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Zhang JS, Pan RS, Li GL, Teng JX, Zhao HB, Zhou CH, Zhu JS, Zheng H, Tian XB. Comprehensive analysis of anoikis-related genes in diagnosis osteoarthritis: based on machine learning and single-cell RNA sequencing data. Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol 2024; 52:156-174. [PMID: 38423139 DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2024.2318210] [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: 03/02/2024]
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease closely associated with Anoikis. The objective of this work was to discover novel transcriptome-based anoikis-related biomarkers and pathways for OA progression.The microarray datasets GSE114007 and GSE89408 were downloaded using the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. A collection of genes linked to anoikis has been collected from the GeneCards database. The intersection genes of the differential anoikis-related genes (DEARGs) were identified using a Venn diagram. Infiltration analyses were used to identify and study the differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Anoikis clustering was used to identify the DEGs. By using gene clustering, two OA subgroups were formed using the DEGs. GSE152805 was used to analyse OA cartilage on a single cell level. 10 DEARGs were identified by lasso analysis, and two Anoikis subtypes were constructed. MEgreen module was found in disease WGCNA analysis, and MEturquoise module was most significant in gene clusters WGCNA. The XGB, SVM, RF, and GLM models identified five hub genes (CDH2, SHCBP1, SCG2, C10orf10, P FKFB3), and the diagnostic model built using these five genes performed well in the training and validation cohorts. analysing single-cell RNA sequencing data from GSE152805, including 25,852 cells of 6 OA cartilage.
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- Jun-Song Zhang
- School of Clinical Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Emergency Surgery, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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Zhao HB, Yang Y. Hearing loss promotes Alzheimer's disease. Nat Aging 2024; 4:443-444. [PMID: 38491290 DOI: 10.1038/s43587-024-00606-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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- Hong-Bo Zhao
- Department of Surgery - Otolaryngology, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Department of Surgery - Otolaryngology, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT, USA
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Cao HT, Zhang W, Luo C, Zhao HB, Liu JM. Effect of Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture on Postoperative Analgesia after Total Knee Arthroplasty. Chin J Integr Med 2023; 29:253-257. [PMID: 35048241 DOI: 10.1007/s11655-022-3463-5] [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] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of wrist-ankle acupuncture (WAA) in pain and functional recovery after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS From June to September 2020, 94 participants were included from the Second Hospital of Tangshan and randomly assigned to the WAA group (47 cases) and the sham WAA group (47 cases) by a random number table, receiving real or sham WAA treatment, respectively. The primary outcome measure involved the visual analogue scale (VAS) scores at rest and in motion. The secondary outcomes involved the range of motion (ROM) of the knee joints, straight-leg raising time, postoperative weight-bearing time, sufentanil consumption within 48 h of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump, length of hospital stay, and postoperative complications. RESULTS The VAS scores on the 3rd, 5th, and 7th postoperative days at rest and in motion was significantly lower in the WAA group than that of the sham WAA group (P<0.01). The ROM on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd PODs was significantly higher in the WAA group than that of the sham WAA group (P<0.01). In comparison to the sham WAA group, the sufentanil consumption within 48 h of PCA pump was significantly less in the WAA group (156.3 ± 12.2 µg vs. 128.8 ± 9.8 µg, P<0.01). There was no significant difference in active straight-leg raising time, postoperative weight-bearing time, length of hospital stay, and postoperative complications between the two groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS WAA could alleviate post-TKA pain, improve knee joint function, and reduce the sufentanil consumption within 48 h of PCA pump. WAA is a safe and effective treatment in the perioperative analgesic management for TKA.
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- Hai-Tao Cao
- Department of Trauma, the Second Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan, Hebei Province, 063000, China.
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- Department of Medical Service, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan, Hebei Province, 063000, China
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- Department of Geriatric Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan, Hebei Province, 063000, China
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- Department of Joint Surgery, the Second Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan, Hebei Province, 063000, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangshan People's Hospital, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei Province, 063000, China
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Liu LM, Liang C, Chen J, Fang S, Zhao HB. Cx26 heterozygous mutations cause hyperacusis-like hearing oversensitivity and increase susceptibility to noise. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eadf4144. [PMID: 36753545 PMCID: PMC9908021 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf4144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Gap junction gene GJB2 (Cx26) mutations cause >50% of nonsyndromic hearing loss. Its recessive hetero-mutation carriers, who have no deafness, occupy ~10 to 20% of the general population. Here, we report an unexpected finding that these heterozygote carriers have hearing oversensitivity, and active cochlear amplification increased. Mouse models show that Cx26 hetero-deletion reduced endocochlear potential generation in the cochlear lateral wall and caused outer hair cell electromotor protein prestin compensatively up-regulated to increase active cochlear amplification and hearing sensitivity. The increase of active cochlear amplification also increased sensitivity to noise; exposure to daily-level noise could cause Cx26+/- mice permanent hearing threshold shift, leading to hearing loss. This study demonstrates that Cx26 recessive heterozygous mutations are not "harmless" for hearing as previously considered and can cause hyperacusis-like hearing oversensitivity. The data also indicate that GJB2 hetero-mutation carriers are vulnerable to noise and should avoid noise exposure in daily life.
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- Li-Man Liu
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
- Department of Surgery–Otolaryngology, Yale University Medical School, 310 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
- Hearing Function Testing Center, Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, 3012 Fuqiang Road, Shenzhen 518017, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
- Department of Surgery–Otolaryngology, Yale University Medical School, 310 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Zhao HB, Lou YB, Zhou T, He J, You X, Yang AR, Gong WJ. Moxibustion plus Acupuncture for the Treatment of PostStroke Shoulder Pain: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Complement Med Res 2022; 29:393-401. [PMID: 35605593 DOI: 10.1159/000525155] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND In China, 45% of stroke patients suffer from poststroke shoulder pain, which brings about many obstacles to further rehabilitation. To date, there have been a few studies evaluating the effects of acupuncture or massage in treating poststroke shoulder pain, and good effects have been shown. However, better clinical treatments are still needed. OBJECTIVE To explore a more effective treatment for poststroke shoulder pain, the clinical effects of moxibustion plus acupuncture were assessed. METHODS Sixty patients were randomly divided into the control and intervention groups. The control group received a standard stroke treatment protocol including acupuncture, and the intervention group was given moxibustion in addition to this treatment. The visual analog scale (VAS), National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Fugl-Meyer motor assessment, Barthel Index, and 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD-17) were applied, and differences were analyzed. RESULTS After 4 weeks of treatment, compared with the control group, the intervention group demonstrated significant improvement in Fugl-Meyer motor assessment and HAMD-17 (both <.01) as well as in the VAS, NIHSS and Barthel Index (all <.05). CONCLUSION Moxibustion plus acupuncture treatment can alleviate poststroke shoulder pain, improve upper limb motor function and the ability to perform activities of daily living, and relieve patients' depression.
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- Hong-Bo Zhao
- Chinese Medicine Department, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,
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- Chinese Medicine Department, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Medicine Department, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Medicine Department, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Rehabilitation Center, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Medicine Department, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Medicine Department, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Zhao HB, Liu LM, Yu N, Zhu Y, Mei L, Chen J, Liang C. Efferent neurons control hearing sensitivity and protect hearing from noise through the regulation of gap junctions between cochlear supporting cells. J Neurophysiol 2022; 127:313-327. [PMID: 34907797 PMCID: PMC8759971 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00468.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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It is critical for hearing that the descending cochlear efferent system provides a negative feedback to hair cells to regulate hearing sensitivity and protect hearing from noise. The medial olivocochlear (MOC) efferent nerves project to outer hair cells (OHCs) to regulate OHC electromotility, which is an active cochlear amplifier and can increase hearing sensitivity. Here, we report that the MOC efferent nerves also could innervate supporting cells (SCs) in the vicinity of OHCs to regulate hearing sensitivity. MOC nerve fibers are cholinergic, and acetylcholine (ACh) is a primary neurotransmitter. Immunofluorescent staining showed that MOC nerve endings, presynaptic vesicular acetylcholine transporters (VAChTs), and postsynaptic ACh receptors were visible at SCs and in the SC area. Application of ACh in SCs could evoke a typical inward current and reduce gap junctions (GJs) between them, which consequently enhanced the direct effect of ACh on OHCs to shift but not eliminate OHC electromotility. This indirect, GJ-mediated inhibition had a long-lasting influence. In vivo experiments further demonstrated that deficiency of this GJ-mediated efferent pathway decreased the regulation of active cochlear amplification and compromised the protection against noise. In particular, distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) showed a delayed reduction after noise exposure. Our findings reveal a new pathway for the MOC efferent system via innervating SCs to control active cochlear amplification and hearing sensitivity. These data also suggest that this SC GJ-mediated efferent pathway may play a critical role in long-term efferent inhibition and is required for protection of hearing from noise trauma.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The cochlear efferent system provides a negative feedback to control hair cell activity and hearing sensitivity and plays a critical role in noise protection. We reveal a new efferent control pathway in which medial olivocochlear efferent fibers have innervations with cochlear supporting cells to control their gap junctions, therefore regulating outer hair cell electromotility and hearing sensitivity. This supporting cell gap junction-mediated efferent control pathway is required for the protection of hearing from noise.
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Mei L, Liu LM, Chen K, Zhao HB. Early Functional and Cognitive Declines Measured by Auditory-Evoked Cortical Potentials in Mice With Alzheimer's Disease. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 13:710317. [PMID: 34588972 PMCID: PMC8473830 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.710317] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by a progressive loss of memory and cognitive decline. However, the assessment of AD-associated functional and cognitive changes is still a big challenge. Auditory-evoked cortical potential (AECP) is an event-related potential reflecting not only neural activation in the auditory cortex (AC) but also cognitive activity in the brain. In this study, we used the subdermal needle electrodes with the same electrode setting as the auditory brainstem response (ABR) recording and recorded AECP in normal aging CBA/CaJ mice and APP/PS1 AD mice. AECP in mice usually appeared as three positive peaks, i.e., P1, P2, and P3, and three corresponding negative peaks, i.e., N1, N2, and N3. In normal aging CBA mice, the early sensory peaks P1, N1, and P2 were reduced as age increased, whereas the later cognitive peaks N2, P3, and N3 were increased or had no changes with aging. Moreover, the latency of the P1 peak was increased as age increased, although the latencies of later peaks had a significant reduction with aging. In AD mice, peak P1 was significantly reduced in comparison with wild-type (WT) littermates at young ages, proceeding AD phenotype presentation. In particular, the later cognitive peak P3 was diminished after 3 months old, different from the normal aging effect. However, the latencies of AECP peaks in AD mice generally had no significant delay or changes with aging. Finally, consistent with AECP changes, the accumulation of amyloid precursor protein (APP) at the AC was visible in AD mice as early as 2 months old. These data suggest that AECP could serve as an early, non-invasive, and objective biomarker for detecting AD and AD-related dementia (ADRD).
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- Ling Mei
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, United States
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Zhao HC, Xia H, Hu S, Lv YY, Zhao ZR, He J, Liang E, Ni G, Chen LY, Qiu XP, Zhou SM, Zhao HB. Large ultrafast-modulated Voigt effect in noncollinear antiferromagnet Mn 3Sn. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5266. [PMID: 34489461 PMCID: PMC8421456 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25654-9] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The time-resolved magneto-optical (MO) Voigt effect can be utilized to study the Néel order dynamics in antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials, but it has been limited for collinear AFM spin configuration. Here, we have demonstrated that in Mn3Sn with an inverse triangular spin structure, the quench of AFM order by ultrafast laser pulses can result in a large Voigt effect modulation. The modulated Voigt angle is significantly larger than the polarization rotation due to the crystal-structure related linear dichroism effect and the modulated MO Kerr angle arising from the ferroic ordering of cluster magnetic octupole. The AFM order quench time shows negligible change with increasing temperature approaching the Néel temperature (TN), in markedly contrast with the pronounced slowing-down demagnetization typically observed in conventional magnetic materials. This atypical behavior can be explained by the influence of weakened Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction rather than the smaller exchange splitting on the diminished AFM order near TN. The temperature-insensitive ultrafast spin manipulation can pave the way for high-speed spintronic devices either working at a wide range of temperature or demanding spin switching near TN. Mn3Sn is an anti-ferromagnetic material which displays a large magneto-optical Kerr effect, despite lacking a ferromagnetic moment. Here, the authors show that likewise, Mn3Sn, also presents a particularly large magneto-optical Voigt signal, with a negligible change in the quench time over a wide temperature range.
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- H C Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), and Shanghai Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing Engineering Research Center, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), and Shanghai Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing Engineering Research Center, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology and Pohl Institute of Solid State Physics and School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology and Pohl Institute of Solid State Physics and School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), and Shanghai Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing Engineering Research Center, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), and Shanghai Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing Engineering Research Center, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), and Shanghai Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing Engineering Research Center, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), and Shanghai Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing Engineering Research Center, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), and Shanghai Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing Engineering Research Center, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology and Pohl Institute of Solid State Physics and School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology and Pohl Institute of Solid State Physics and School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), and Shanghai Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing Engineering Research Center, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Frontier Base of Intelligent Optoelectronics and Perception, Institute of Optoelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Wang XY, Hao Y, Zhao HB, Guo YR, Pan QJ. 2D-layered Mg(OH) 2 material adsorbing cellobiose via interfacial chemical coupling and its applications in handling toxic Cd 2+ and UO 22+ ions. Chemosphere 2021; 279:130617. [PMID: 34134416 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The interfacial chemistry of nanocomposite materials is of overarching importance in the separation and purification science; moreover, its understanding helps to guide synthesis, clarify structure-property relationship and unearth novel applications. However, the composites feature rather complicated local structures and hydrogen bonds are often involved in the interface and the vicinity of active sites. In this regard, density functional theory first-principle calculations associated with experimental study have synergistically examined two-dimensional (2D) magnesium hydroxide material with different layers and their adsorption toward cellobiose. Hydrogen bonds are found responsible for the interfacial coupling, which make it vital to cover the dispersion correction in the calculation. The average adsorption energy ranges from -0.29 to -0.35 eV, falling well within the range of reported hydrogen-bonding strength. On the basis of calculated structural/interfacial properties and experimental findings, the 2D Mg(OH)2 in terms of three-layer model was unraveled to substitute toxic Cd2+ ion and sorb radioactive UO22+ that is coordinated by water and hydroxyl groups. These reactions are thermodynamically feasible. The ion-exchanging mechanism was proposed for cadmium removal and the outer-sphere adsorption one for uranium extraction.
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- Xin-Yu Wang
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Department of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Suihua University, Suihua, 152061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China.
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Li QZ, Zhao HB, Wang YH, Zhao LN, Wang Q, Zhou ZH. [Synchronous intravascular large B-cell lymphoma within meningioma: report of a case]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2021; 50:946-948. [PMID: 34344084 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20210119-00050] [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: 11/05/2022]
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- Q Z Li
- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Logistic Service Support Force, People's Liberation Army, Wuxi 214044, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Logistic Service Support Force, People's Liberation Army, Wuxi 214044, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Logistic Service Support Force, People's Liberation Army, Wuxi 214044, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Logistic Service Support Force, People's Liberation Army, Wuxi 214044, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Logistic Service Support Force, People's Liberation Army, Wuxi 214044, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Logistic Service Support Force, People's Liberation Army, Wuxi 214044, Jiangsu Province, China
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Cai HX, Su DM, Zhao HB, Bacha RUS, Guo YR, Pan QJ. A DFT study on carbon dioxide reduction of low-valent diuranium complex supported by a polypyrrolic macrocycle. Chem Phys Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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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Wan FC, Zhang C, Jin Q, Wei C, Zhao HB, Zhang XL, You W, Liu XM, Liu GF, Liu YF, Tan XW. Protective effects of astaxanthin on lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation in bovine endometrial epithelial cells†. Biol Reprod 2021; 102:339-347. [PMID: 31566218 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioz187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 04/27/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Astaxanthin (AST), a natural antioxidant carotenoid, has been shown to exert anti-inflammatory effects. However, to our knowledge, no study has specifically addressed the potential protective effects of AST against bovine endometritis. The purpose of this study was to examine whether treatment with AST could protect endometrial epithelial cells against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory injury. Treatment of bovine endometrial (BEND) epithelial cell line with AST reduced LPS-induced production of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, increased the cellular activity of superoxide dismutase and catalase, decreased the proportion of apoptotic cells, and promoted the production of insulin-like growth factor and epithelial growth factor. The effects of AST were mediated through the downregulation of B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) associated X, apoptosis regulator (Bax), and cleaved caspase-3 and through the upregulation of Bcl-2. Moreover, AST significantly increased the expression of the tight junction proteins (TJP) claudin, cadherin-1, and TJP1, which play an essential role in the maintenance of host endometrial defense barrier against pathogen infection. Collectively, these results demonstrated that treatment with AST protected against oxidative stress, prevented cell apoptosis, promoted BEND cells viability, and increased the production of growth factors, in addition to activating the endometrial defense barrier. Therefore, AST is a promising therapeutic agent for the prevention and treatment of endometritis. This finding is of utmost importance in the present times when the excessive use of antibiotics has resulted in the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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- Fa-Chun Wan
- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Provincial Testing Center of Beef Cattle Performance, Ji'nan City, China.,College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan City, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan City, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Provincial Testing Center of Beef Cattle Performance, Ji'nan City, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Provincial Testing Center of Beef Cattle Performance, Ji'nan City, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Provincial Testing Center of Beef Cattle Performance, Ji'nan City, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Provincial Testing Center of Beef Cattle Performance, Ji'nan City, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Provincial Testing Center of Beef Cattle Performance, Ji'nan City, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Provincial Testing Center of Beef Cattle Performance, Ji'nan City, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Provincial Testing Center of Beef Cattle Performance, Ji'nan City, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Provincial Testing Center of Beef Cattle Performance, Ji'nan City, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan City, China.,Shandong Provincial Testing Center of Beef Cattle Performance, Ji'nan City, China
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Zhao WG, Zhao HY, Wang GN, Zhang DD, Zhang YP, Zhao HB, Zhang CL, Zhang M, Li WC. [Characteristics of primary cutaneous rare nasal extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma: a clinicopathological study of 15 cases]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2021; 50:609-614. [PMID: 34078048 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20200926-00748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological features and differential diagnosis of primary cutaneous nasal extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma (pcENKTCL-NT). Methods: Fifteen cases of pcENKTCL-NT were collected at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2016 to December 2019. The clinical characteristics, morphological features, immunophenotypes, and results of in situ hybridization and gene detection were analyzed. Results: Among the 15 patients, 7 were male and 8 were female, with a male to female ratio of 1.0∶1.1. Their ages ranged from 29 to 86 years, and the median age was 59.3 years. All patients were hospitalized for skin lesions, including skin ulcers, scattered patchy red papules, and local blisters. The skin lesion might be a hard nodular mass, and part of it was a confluent patchy erythema; it could be manifested as multiple scattered nodules of different sizes, and some lesions were like round ulceration. There were 8 cases of lower limbs, 4 cases of chest (1 case with upper limb lesions), 2 cases of trunk and 1 case of neck. Most of the patients were sensitive to GGDP regimen (cisplatin, dexamethasone, gemcitabine and pemostatin). Histologically, most lesions showed tumor cells invading the epidermis and skin appendages, dermal infiltration, diffuse distribution, vascular and peritubular destruction, and some subcutaneous adipose tissue involvement. Morphologically, most of the tumor cells were mixed with small-to medium-size lymphocytes, and some were large cells, mixed cells or small cells. Immunohistochemistry showed that CD3, CD3 ε and TIA-1 were expressed in all cases, but not CD20 and CD8. CD56 and granzyme B were expressed in most of the cases, and CD5 was not expressed. Ki-67 positive index was about 50%-90%. EBV in situ hybridization was positive in all cases. The clonal rearrangement of T cell receptor gene was found in some CD56 negative cases. The 15 patients were followed up for 5-45 months, and one of them was lost to follow-up. Five patients died within 5-13 months after the diagnosis, accounting for 35.7% (5/14) of the 14 patients. The average survival time of the deceased patients was 8.6 months. Conclusions: The incidence rate of pcENKTCL-NT is relatively low, but its biological behavior is aggressive and its prognosis is overall poor. Its skin lesions and histopathological features are relatively diverse. The diagnosis should be determined with using clinical data, histological morphology, immunophenotype and EB virus in situ hybridization. At the same time, attention should be paid to differential diagnosis from other cutaneous lymphoma with cytotoxic phenotype to avoid missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis.
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- W G Zhao
- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Basic Medicine, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Zhao HB, Liu C, Ye J, Chang LF, Xu Q, Shi BW, Liu LL, Yin YL, Shi BB. A comparison between deep learning convolutional neural networks and radiologists in the differentiation of benign and malignant thyroid nodules on CT images. Endokrynol Pol 2021; 72:217-225. [PMID: 33619712 DOI: 10.5603/ep.a2021.0015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION We designed 5 convolutional neural network (CNN) models and ensemble models to differentiate malignant and benign thyroid nodules on CT, and compared the diagnostic performance of CNN models with that of radiologists. MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively included CT images of 880 patients with 986 thyroid nodules confirmed by surgical pathology between July 2017 and December 2019. Two radiologists retrospectively diagnosed benign and malignant thyroid nodules on CT images in a test set. Five CNNs (ResNet50, DenseNet121, DenseNet169, SE-ResNeXt50, and Xception) were trained-validated and tested using 788 and 198 thyroid nodule CT images, respectively. Then, we selected the 3 models with the best diagnostic performance on the test set for the model ensemble. We then compared the diagnostic performance of 2 radiologists with 5 CNN models and the integrated model. RESULTS Of the 986 thyroid nodules, 541 were malignant, and 445 were benign. The area under the curves (AUCs) for diagnosing thyroid malignancy was 0.587-0.754 for 2 radiologists. The AUCs for diagnosing thyroid malignancy for the 5 CNN models and ensemble model was 0.901-0.947. There were significant differences in AUC between the radiologists' models and the CNN models (p < 0.05). The ensemble model had the highest AUC value. CONCLUSIONS Five CNN models and an ensemble model performed better than radiologists in distinguishing malignant thyroid nodules from benign nodules on CT. The diagnostic performance of the ensemble model improved and showed good potential.
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- Hong-Bo Zhao
- Department of Radiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Radiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Radiology, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu province, Yangzhou, China
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- Beijing Yizhun-ai Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu province, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu province, Yangzhou, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu province, Yangzhou, China
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Inner hair cell (IHC) ribbon synapses are the first synapse in the auditory system and can be degenerated by noise and aging, thereby leading to hidden hearing loss (HHL) and other hearing disorders. However, the mechanism underlying this cochlear synaptopathy remains unclear. Here, we report that elevation of extracellular K+, which is a consequence of noise exposure, could cause IHC ribbon synapse degeneration and swelling. Like intensity dependence in noise-induced cochlear synaptopathy, the K+-induced degeneration was dose-dependent, and could be attenuated by BK channel blockers. However, application of glutamate receptor (GluR) agonists caused ribbon swelling but not degeneration. In addition, consistent with synaptopathy in HHL, both K+ and noise exposure only caused IHC but not outer hair cell ribbon synapse degeneration. These data reveal that K+ excitotoxicity can degenerate IHC ribbon synapses in HHL, and suggest that BK channel may be a potential target for prevention and treatment of HHL.
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- Hong-Bo Zhao
- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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Zhao HB, Wu XJ, Yang Y, Ge ZM, Wang HW. Correlation of endoscopic morphological characteristics and pathological types with traditional Chinese medicine syndrome types of colorectal polyps. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2020; 28:1068-1075. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v28.i21.1068] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Colorectal polyp (CRP) is a common clinical disease whose therapy relies on endoscopic resection. However, it is prone to relapse after surgery. There are few reports about the clinical application of conservative treatment for CRP, and the therapeutic effect is not satisfactory. This study investigated the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome types of CRP based on the four diagnostic methods of TCM and endoscopic polyp morphology characteristics, and explored the correlation of TCM syndrome types with pathological types and endoscopic polyp morphology characteristics, with the hope of preventing the recurrence of CRP and reducing their malignant transformation.
AIM To explore the correlation of morphological characteristics and pathological types with TCM syndrome types of CRP.
METHODS Clinical data of 300 patients with CRP were collected for investigation. Information such as the size, shape, number, and lesion site under endoscopy was recorded. The four diagnostic methods of TCM were used to determine the TCM syndromes. The correlation of TCM syndromes with morphological characteristics and pathological types of CRP was then analyzed.
RESULTS The pathological classification of CRP in the 300 patients was dominated by adenomatous polyps, and the incidence of adenomatous polyps was significantly related to gender, occupation, age group, polyp size, number, location of disease, and Yamada classification (P < 0.05). In CRP associated with the TCM syndromes of dampness accumulation of spleen deficiency, dampness and heat of large intestine, and block syndrome of cold dampness, polyps were mostly less than 1 cm in diameter and smooth, without a pedicle or sub-pedicle. In CRP associated with the syndrome of qi stagnation and blood stasis, syndrome of blood deficiency and intestinal bath, and syndrome of liver stagnation and qi stagnation, polyps were mostly 1-2 cm in diameter, single, granular, and pedicled. There were statistically significant differences in the number and morphology of polyps among the TCM syndromes (P < 0.05). The pathological types of dampness accumulation syndrome of spleen deficiency, dampness heat syndrome of large intestine, block syndrome of cold dampness, and liver-qi stagnation syndrome were mostly tubular adenoma and hyperplastic polyp, while those of the other syndromes were mainly hyperplastic polyp. There was a statistically significant difference in the distribution of TCM syndromes between adenomatous polyps and non-adenomatous polyps (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION Different TCM syndromes are related to the number and morphological changes of CRP, but do not affect the size and location of polyps. TCM syndromes and pathological types are correlated to a certain extent. In clinical practice, TCM constitution can be used to regulate the incidence and recurrence rate of CRP, thus providing a new idea for the prevention and treatment of CRP.
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- Hong-Bo Zhao
- Department of Anorectal Surgery, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Yinchuan, Yinchuan 750001, Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Regin, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Yinchuan, Yinchuan 750001, Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Regin, China
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- Department of Anorectal Surgery, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Yinchuan, Yinchuan 750001, Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Regin, China
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- Department of Anorectal Surgery, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Yinchuan, Yinchuan 750001, Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Regin, China
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- Department of Anorectal Surgery, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Yinchuan, Yinchuan 750001, Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Regin, China
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Li QZ, Zhao HB, Ban N, Wang Q, Zhang JJ, Ding SN, Li HH, Zhou ZH. [Gastric adenocarcinoma with enteroblastic differentiation and elevated serum alpha fetoprotein]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:886-890. [PMID: 32892552 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20191210-00791] [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 study the proportion and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric adenocarcinoma with enteroblastic differentiation (GAED) in gastric cancers showing an elevated serum alpha fetoprotein(AFP). Methods: A total of 724 resected gastric adenocarcinomas were collected from 2008 to 2018 at the 904 Hospital of Joint Service Support Force, and cases with pre-operative serum AFP>10 μg/L were screened. From the cases with elevated serum AFP, GAED cases were further evaluated based on morphology. Then the clincopathological features and immunohistochemical phenotypes of GAED were reviewed. In addition, the amplification of HER2 gene was detected with fluorescence in situ hybridization(FISH). When overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of GAED were analyzed, 289 cases ordinary gastric adenocarcinoma with normal serum AFP were employed as a control. Results: The percentage of GAED was 44% (11/25) in gastric cancers with elevated serum AFP. GAED was histologically tubular or papillary with clear cytoplasm, and some GAED cases showed cystadenoid structure similar to embryo sac (5 cases), homogeneous eosinophilic granules (4 cases) and intragland ulareosinophilic material (6 cases). All 11 GAED cases had lymph node metastasis. Liver metastasis and vascular thrombus were observed in 2 cases and 5 cases respectively. GAED was immunohistochemically positive for CDX2 (11/11), CD10 (8/11) and MUC2(3/11), which were intestinal epithelium differentiation markers. Meanwhile, primitive markers SALL4 (8/11), GPC3 (7/11) and AFP (5/11) were also expressed in GAED, and HER2 gene amplification was found in 3 cases (3/11) of GAED. Lastly, the PFS of GAED were significantly shorter than that of the control group (P=0.02), while OS was not statistically different between these two groups (P=0.99). Conclusions: Patients with GAED usually have a higher rate of elevated serum AFP in gastric adenocarcinoma, and the cancer exhibites features of both intestinal and primitive differentiation. As GAED is highly invasive, the prognosis of GAED may be poor. For GAED, the diagnosis of well-differentiated or moderately-differentiated adenocarcinoma should be avoided, because this diagnosis leads to underestimated malignant potential.
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- Q Z Li
- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Service Support Force, PLA, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi 214044, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Service Support Force, PLA, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi 214044, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Service Support Force, PLA, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi 214044, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Service Support Force, PLA, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi 214044, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Service Support Force, PLA, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi 214044, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Service Support Force, PLA, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi 214044, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Service Support Force, PLA, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi 214044, China
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- Department of Pathology, the 904 Hospital of Joint Service Support Force, PLA, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi 214044, China
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Niu S, Cai HX, Zhao HB, Li L, Pan QJ. Redox and structural properties of accessible actinide(ii) metallocalixarenes (Ac to Pu): a relativistic DFT study. RSC Adv 2020; 10:26880-26887. [PMID: 35515776 PMCID: PMC9055483 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra05365a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The redox properties of actinides play a significant role in manipulating organometallic chemistry and energy/environment science, for being involved in fundamental concepts (oxidation state, bonding and reactivity), nuclear fuel cycles and contamination remediation. Herein, a series of trans-calix[2]pyrrole[2]benzene (H2L2) actinide complexes (An = Ac–Pu, and oxidation states of +II and +III) have been studied by relativistic density functional theory. Reduction potentials (E0) of [AnL2]+/[AnL2] were computed within −2.45 and −1.64 V versus Fc+/Fc in THF, comparable to experimental values of −2.50 V for [UL1e]/[UL1e]− (H3L1e = (Ad,MeArOH)3mesitylene and Ad = adamantyl) and −2.35 V for [U(CpiPr)2]+/[U(CpiPr)2] (CpiPr = C5iPr5). The E0 values show an overall increasing trend from Ac to Pu but a break point at Np being lower than adjacent elements. The arene/actinide mixed reduction mechanism is proposed, showing arenes predominant in Ac–Pa complexes but diverting to metal-centered domination in U–Pu ones. Besides being consistent with previously reported those of AnIII/AnII couples, the changing trend of our reduction potentials is corroborated by geometric data, topological analysis of bonds and electronic structures as well as additional calculations on actinide complexes ligated by tris(alkyloxide)arene, silyl-cyclopentadiene and octadentate Schiff-base polypyrrole in terms of electron affinity. The regularity would help to explore synthesis and property of novel actinide(ii) complex. DFT study reveals the trend of reduction potential of [AnL2]+/[AnL2] (An = Ac ∼ Pu), comparable to previously reported ones of AnIII/AnII and corroborated by calculations of relevant complexes and structural/bonding properties of [AnL2]+/0.![]()
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- Shuai Niu
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin 150080
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin 150080
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin 150080
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin 150080
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin 150080
- China
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Zhao HB, Jiang YM, Hou YJ, Yan ZY, Liu YY, Li XJ, Gong WJ. Xiaoyaosan Produces Antidepressant Effects in Rats via the JNK Signaling Pathway. Complement Med Res 2019; 27:47-54. [DOI: 10.1159/000501995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Background: Xiaoyaosan (XYS) has achieved definite curative effects in clinic. However, the mechanism is not clear. Previous studies of our team indicated XYS improved anxiety-like behaviors through inhibiting c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway of hippocampus. Objectives: In the study, we explored whether the JNK signaling pathway is involved in the mechanism of XYS treating depression. Method: Forty-eight rats were divided randomly into 4 groups (n = 12): the control group (deionized water, p.o.), the model group (deionized water, p.o.), the fluoxetine group (2.08 mg/kg/day, p.o.), and the XYS group (3.9 g/kg/day, p.o.). All rats except for the control group were given continuous 21 days of chronic immobilization stress (CIS; 3 h/day). On day 29, the body weights and the behavioral tests, including the novelty suppressed feeding test, the open field test, and the elevated plus maze test, were measured. On day 30, all the rats were sacrificed, and three indices of the JNK signaling pathway were tested by Western blot. Results: The body weight and behavioral tests of all groups indicated that 21 days of CIS induced depression-like behaviors. After 21 days of treatment with fluoxetine and XYS, changes were seen in body weight, behaviors, and JNK, phosphorylated JNK (P-JNK), and phosphorylated c-Jun (P-c-Jun) levels in the hippocampus. Conclusions: XYS ameliorated the depression-like behaviors, potentially through affecting the JNK signaling pathway in the hippocampus.
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Jin Q, Wei C, Zhao HB, Tan XW, Wan FC, Liu GF. Effect of simvastatin on bovine intramuscular and subcutaneous adipocytes proliferation and gene expression in vitro. Anim Biotechnol 2019; 31:391-396. [PMID: 31060421 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2019.1607749] [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] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Simvastatin (SIM) is a widely used anticholesterolemic drug that blocks the biosynthesis of cholesterol. However, SIM also has pleiotropic effects on 3-hydroxy-3-methyglutary-CoA reductase (HMGR), cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), and lipoprotein lipase (LPL), which are important genes in the cholesterol biosynthesis and transport processes. We investigated the effects of different concentrations of SIM on the mRNA expression of these genes in bovine intramuscular and subcutaneous adipocytes from the longissimus dorsi muscle and subcutaneous fat tissues of Luxi Yellow cattle. The results showed that SIM treatment showed dose-dependent toxicity on normal adipose cells, but no effect on cell proliferation. SIM decreased HMGR expression in a dose-dependent manner but showed no significant effect on CETP and LPL expression. Thus, SIM may lower the cholesterol content by decreasing the HMGR expression level, but CETP and LPL may be regulated through other mechanisms, which require further investigation.
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- Qing Jin
- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Jinan, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Jinan, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Jinan, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Jinan, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Jinan, China
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Li Y, Zhang GN, Xu HJ, Zhou S, Dou XJ, Lin C, Zhang XY, Zhao HB, Zhang YG. Effects of replacing alfalfa hay with Moringa oleifera leaves and peduncles on intake, digestibility, and rumen fermentation in dairy cows. Livest Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2019.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hu DW, Liu CX, Zhao HB, Ren DX, Zheng XD, Chen W. Systematic study of the quality and safety of chilled pork from wet markets, supermarkets, and online markets in China. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2019; 20:95-104. [PMID: 30614233 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b1800273] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND With increasing media coverage of food safety incidents, such as that of clenbuterol residues in pork, food safety has become a major public health concern in China. Rapidly developing online markets attract increasing numbers of Chinese consumers to purchase food on the Internet. However, the quality and safety of food sold online are uncertain and are less reported on. OBJECTIVE This research aimed to systematically study the quality and safety of chilled pork from wet markets, supermarkets, and online markets in China. RESULTS The chilled pork samples from online markets were fresher than those from wet markets and supermarkets based on the surface redness (a* value). Chilled pork contained high levels of nutritional elements, especially the magnesium and phosphorus levels in samples from online markets. The levels of heavy metal element residues and veterinary drug residues in all chilled pork samples were within the standards limits. In addition, huge differences existed in the quality and freshness of the chilled pork samples from online markets according to principal component analysis (PCA). CONCLUSIONS Most chilled pork sold in Chinese markets was qualified and safe. It is necessary to establish an effective online market supervision system for chilled pork.
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- Dong-Wen Hu
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, National Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, National Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, National Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, National Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, National Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Ma SY, Li C, Zhao HB, Zhang JY, Zhang HZ, Wu KL, Li M. [Comparison of clinical outcomes of frozen-thawed blastocysts derived from non-pronucleus or two pronucleus zygotes]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2018; 53:749-754. [PMID: 30453421 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-567x.2018.11.004] [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 application value of the blastocysts derived from non-pronucleus (0PN) zygotes by the good quality blastocyst formation rate and the clinical outcomes of frozen-thawed blastocyst transfers. Methods: The good quality blastocyst formation rate derived from 0PN zygotes was compared with that derived from2 pronucleus (2PN) zygotes in in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles from January 2015 to December 2016. In addition, the clinical pregnancy, embryo implantation and live birth rates of frozen-thawed blastocyst transfers with blastocysts derived from 0PN and 2PN zygotes were analyzed on corresponding dates. Results: (1) In IVF cycles, the high quality blastocysts formation rate of 2PN embryos was significantly higher than that of 0PN (46.64% versus 42.42%, P<0.01) . In ICSI cycles, the high quality blastocysts formation rate of 2PN embryos was markedly higher than that of 0PN (41.96% versus 21.73%, P<0.01) . (2) In frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles for IVF, the clinical pregnancy, implantation and live birth rates of D5 0PN blastocysts were significantly higher than those of D6 2PN (52.64% versus 46.78%, 49.91% versus 41.20%, 46.54% versus 39.56%, all P<0.05) , however, the abortion and newborn abnormal rates of D5 0PN blastocysts were lower than those of D6 2PN blastocysts (17.37% versus 23.36%, 1.31% versus 4.21%, both P<0.05) ; the clinical pregnancy, implantation and livebirth rates of D5 2PN blastocysts were significantly higher than those of D5 0PN (59.73% versus 52.64%, 55.95% versus 49.91%, 53.03% versus 46.54%, all P<0.05) , but newborn abnormal rate was a little higher than that of D5 0PN (3.90% versus 1.31%, P<0.05) ; the clinical pregnancy, implantation and live birth rates of D5 2PN blastocysts were significantly higher than those of D6 2PN (59.73% versus 46.78%, 55.95% versus 41.20%, 53.03% versus 39.56%, all P<0.05) , and the abortion rate of D5 2PN blastocysts was lower than that of D6 2PN blastocysts (18.23% versus 23.36%, P<0.05) . Conclusions: Although the blastocysts derived from 0PN could be transffered, the blastocysts derived from 2PN zygotes are preferred in all cycles. In IVF cycles, the good quality blastocysts derived from 2PN or 0PN zygotes will be transferred.
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- S Y Ma
- IVF Laboratory, Hospital for Reproductive Medicine Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China
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Jia ZW, Li Y, Cui GR, Zhao HB, Li PY, Luo JM. [Expression and Clinical Significance of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia]. Zhongguo Shi Yan Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2018; 26:653-657. [PMID: 29950199 DOI: 10.7534/j.issn.1009-2137.2018.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the expression of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and to analyze the relation of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 expression levels with clinicopathological features. METHODS A total of 68 patients with AML were enrolled in the study, 48 out of them were suffered from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and 20 reached to complete remission (CR), 30 age-matched patients with iron-deficient anemia were included in control group, the peripheral blood samples of all the patients were collected, and the real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expression of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1, meanwhile, the correlation of its expression with clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis was analyzed. RESULTS The expression of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 in AML patients was significantly higher than that in the patient with complete remission and iron-deficient anemia (F=14.67, P<0.01). The expression of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 was not significantly different between 20 cases of AML-CR and 30 cases of iron-deficient anemia (P>0.05). The expression of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 was associated with NCCN risk grade and survival status in patients with AML. The median overall survival time was significantly shorter in patients with high expression of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 than that in patients with low expression(P<0.05). CONCLUSION LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 may be involved in the regulation of AML. Expression of LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 and NCCN risk score can be used as biomarkers of prognosis in the patients with AML and may be a potential prognostic marker and therapeutic target for AML patients.
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- Zhen-Wei Jia
- Department of Hematology, Handan First Hospital, Handan 056002, Hebei Province,China
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- Department of Hematology, Handan First Hospital, Handan 056002, Hebei Province,China
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- Department of Hematology, Handan First Hospital, Handan 056002, Hebei Province,China
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- Department of Hematology, Handan First Hospital, Handan 056002, Hebei Province,China
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- Department of Hematology, Handan First Hospital, Handan 056002, Hebei Province,China
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- Department of Hematology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei Province, China. E-mail:
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Meng ZD, Wang XL, Du TP, Wang Y, Qin GF, Zhao HB, Chen YJ, Tian B. Effects of RNA interference-mediated E-selectin gene silencing on cell adhesion molecule expression and cell-cell adhesion in vascular endothelial cells in mice with immunologic contact urticaria. J Cell Biochem 2018; 120:115-125. [PMID: 30206961 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.27150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Contact urticaria is recognized as the wheal and flare reaction at a site from direct contact with a chemical or protein agent. Ongoing studies have proposed that gene silencing may have a promising future in finding optimal treatment of a variety of disease; hence, the aim of the study was to investigate the effect of RNA interference-mediated E-selectin ( SELE) gene silencing on cell adhesion molecule expression and on cell-cell adhesion in vascular endothelial cells (VECs) in a mouse model of immunologic contact urticaria (ICU). Following the successful establishment of mouse models of ICU induced by antidinitrophenol immunoglobulin E (IgE) combining 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene challenge, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunohistochemistry were used to measure the levels of IgE, interleukin 4 (IL-4), interferon-γ (IFN-γ), and histamine as well as the positive expression rate of SELE, respectively. The siRNA- SELE vector was constructed and transfection efficiency was estimated prior to performing quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blot assay to determine the relative expression of SELE, eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), L-selectin (CD62L), and the alpha chain of leukocyte function-associated antigen-1 (CD11a). Adhesion assay was then performed to assess the cell adhesion ability in VECs. Elevated levels of IgE, IL-4, IFN-γ, and histamine and increased positive expression rate of SELE were indicative of successful establishment of mouse models of ICU. Furthermore, the relative expression levels of SELE, ECP, ICAM-1, CD62L, and CD11a were highest in the OE- SELE group. Besides, cell adhesion ability of VECs was notably promoted. Collectively, the current study define the potential role of SELE silencing as an inhibitor to ICU development by inhibiting cell adhesion ability of VECs.
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- Zu-Dong Meng
- The First Department of Dermatology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China
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- The First Department of Dermatology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China
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- The First Department of Dermatology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China
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- The Second Department of Dermatology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China
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- The Second Department of Dermatology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China
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- The First Department of Dermatology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China
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- The Second Department of Dermatology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China
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Feng XW, Wu Y, Ding S, Tao XJ, Su PX, Shen YZ, Zhao HB. P6621A prediction rule for new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p6621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- X W Feng
- Capital Medical University School of Nursing, Beijing, China People's Republic of
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- Capital Medical University School of Nursing, Beijing, China People's Republic of
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- Capital Medical University School of Nursing, Beijing, China People's Republic of
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- Capital Medical University School of Nursing, Beijing, China People's Republic of
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- Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing, China People's Republic of
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- Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing, China People's Republic of
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- Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing, China People's Republic of
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Zhao HB, Zheng M, Schreckenbach G, Pan QJ. Could new U(ii) complexes be accessible via tuning hybrid heterocalix[4]arene? A theoretical study of redox and structural properties. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:2148-2151. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt04557c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A relativistic DFT study unravels the possible accessibility of several intriguing divalent uranium complexes by tuning building blocks of hybrid heterocalix[4]arene, which are stabilized by δ(U–Ar) bonds and corroborated by computed UIII/II reduction potentials.
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- Hong-Bo Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin
- China
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Zhu Y, Beudez J, Yu N, Grutter T, Zhao HB. P2X2 Dominant Deafness Mutations Have No Negative Effect on Wild-Type Isoform: Implications for Functional Rescue and in Deafness Mechanism. Front Mol Neurosci 2017; 10:371. [PMID: 29180951 PMCID: PMC5693881 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The P2X2 receptor is an ATP-gated ion channel, assembled by three subunits. Recently, it has been found that heterozygous mutations of P2X2 V60L and G353R can cause autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The fact that heterozygous mutations cause deafness suggests that the mutations may have dominant-negative effect (DNE) on wild-type (WT) P2X2 isoforms and/or other partners leading to hearing loss. In this study, the effect of these dominant deafness P2X2 mutations on WT P2X2 was investigated. We found that sole transfection of both V60L and G353R deafness mutants could efficiently target to the plasma membrane, like WT P2X2, but exhibit a significantly reduced response to ATP stimulation. Both mutants reduced the channel conductance, but G353R mutation also altered the voltage dependency. Co-expression with WT P2X2 could restore the response to ATP. As the ratio of WT P2X2 vs. mutants increased, the response to ATP was also increased. Computer modeling confirmed that both V60L and G353R dominant-deafness mutant subunits do not have any negative effect on WT P2X2 subunit, when assembled as a heterotrimer. Improper docking or defective gating is the more likely mechanism for impaired channel function by these P2X2 deafness mutations. These results suggest that P2X2 dominant deafness mutations do not have negative effects on WT P2X2 isoforms, and that adding additional WT P2X2 could rescue the lost channel function caused by the deafness mutations. These P2X2 dominant deafness mutations may have negative-effects on other partners leading to hearing loss.
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- Yan Zhu
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, United States
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7199, Laboratoire de Conception et Application de Molécules Bioactives, Équipe de Chimie et Neurobiologie Moléculaire, Strasbourg, France.,Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, United States.,Department of Otolaryngology, Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7199, Laboratoire de Conception et Application de Molécules Bioactives, Équipe de Chimie et Neurobiologie Moléculaire, Strasbourg, France.,Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, United States
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Mei L, Chen J, Zong L, Zhu Y, Liang C, Jones RO, Zhao HB. A deafness mechanism of digenic Cx26 (GJB2) and Cx30 (GJB6) mutations: Reduction of endocochlear potential by impairment of heterogeneous gap junctional function in the cochlear lateral wall. Neurobiol Dis 2017; 108:195-203. [PMID: 28823936 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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: 05/07/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Digenic Connexin26 (Cx26, GJB2) and Cx30 (GJB6) heterozygous mutations are the second most frequent cause of recessive deafness in humans. However, the underlying deafness mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we created different double Cx26 and Cx30 heterozygous (Cx26+/-/Cx30+/-) mouse models to investigate the underlying pathological changes and deafness mechanism. We found that double Cx26+/-/Cx30+/- heterozygous mice had hearing loss. Endocochlear potential (EP), which is a driving force for hair cells producing auditory receptor current, was reduced. However, unlike Cx26 homozygous knockout (Cx26-/-) mice, the cochlea in Cx26+/-/Cx30+/- mice displayed normal development and had no apparent hair cell degeneration. Gap junctions (GJs) in the cochlea form two independent networks: the epithelial cell GJ network in the organ of Corti and the connective tissue GJ network in the cochlear lateral wall. We further found that double heterozygous deletion of Cx26 and Cx30 in the epithelial cells did not reduce EP and had normal hearing, suggesting that Cx26+/-/Cx30+/- may mainly impair gap junctional functions in the cochlear lateral wall and lead to EP reduction and hearing loss. Most of Cx26 and Cx30 in the cochlear lateral wall co-expressed in the same gap junctional plaques. Moreover, sole Cx26+/- or Cx30+/- heterozygous mice had no hearing loss. These data further suggest that digenic Cx26 and Cx30 mutations may impair heterozygous coupling of Cx26 and Cx30 in the cochlear lateral wall to reduce EP, thereby leading to hearing loss.
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- Ling Mei
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Medical School, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430030, PR China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing 100853, PR China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
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Wu LX, Zhao HB, Wen CJ, Li Y, Shao YY, Yang Z, Zhou HH. Combined Influence of Genetic Polymorphism and DNA Methylation on ABCB1 Expression and Function in Healthy Chinese Males. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2017; 42:627-634. [PMID: 27683186 DOI: 10.1007/s13318-016-0376-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES It is well known that the expression and function of ATP-binding cassette transporter B1 (ABCB1) show high interindividual variability, but the reasons have not yet been fully elucidated. In this study, combined influence of genetic polymorphism and DNA methylation on ABCB1 mRNA expression and digoxin pharmacokinetics in healthy Chinese males was analyzed. METHODS A total of 93 subjects who were homozygous for the ABCB1 1236-2677-3435 TTT or CGC haplotype were enrolled in this study. DNA methylation status of the ABCB1 promoter and ABCB1 mRNA expression level in exfoliated intestinal epithelial cells were analyzed using bisulfite sequencing PCR and real-time PCR. The pharmacokinetics of digoxin in subjects were investigated after administration of a single oral dose of digoxin 0.5 mg. RESULTS The DNA methylation levels of ABCB1 promoter showed no significant difference between TTT/TTT and CGC/CGC carriers (P = 0.54). Subjects with TTT/TTT haplotype pair and high methylation status (TTT/TTT-HM) showed a significantly lower ABCB1 mRNA level compared to other subjects. Compared with TTT/TTT-HM subgroup, the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to 72 h (AUC0-72) of digoxin was decreased by 26.9 %, the maximum plasma concentration (C max) was decreased by 25 % and the apparent oral clearance (CL/F) was increased by 21.2 % in CGC/CGC-LM subgroup. The values of time to maximum concentration (t max) and terminal elimination half-life (t 1/2) showed no significant difference. CONCLUSIONS Both genetic polymorphism and DNA methylation variation should be taken into consideration to explain the interindividual variability in ABCB1 expression and function more clearly.
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- Lan-Xiang Wu
- Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200090, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
- Pharmacogenetics Research Institute, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, People's Republic of China
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Zhao HB. Hypothesis of K +-Recycling Defect Is Not a Primary Deafness Mechanism for Cx26 ( GJB2) Deficiency. Front Mol Neurosci 2017; 10:162. [PMID: 28603488 PMCID: PMC5445178 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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K+-recycling defect is a long-standing hypothesis for deafness mechanism of Connexin26 (Cx26, GJB2) mutations, which cause the most common hereditary deafness and are responsible for >50% of nonsyndromic hearing loss. The hypothesis states that Cx26 deficiency may disrupt inner ear gap junctions and compromise sinking and recycling of expelled K+ ions after hair cell excitation, causing accumulation of K+-ions in the extracellular space around hair cells producing K+-toxicity, which eventually induces hair cell degeneration and hearing loss. However, this hypothesis has never been directly evidenced, even though it has been widely referred to. Recently, more and more experiments demonstrate that this hypothesis may not be a deafness mechanism underlying Cx26 deficiency. In this review article, we summarized recent advances on the K+-recycling and mechanisms underlying Cx26 deficiency induced hearing loss. The mechanisms underlying K+-sinking, which is the first step for K+-recycling in the cochlea, and Cx26 deficiency induced cochlear developmental disorders, which are responsible for Cx26 deficiency induced congenital deafness and associated with disruption of permeability of inner ear gap junctional channels to miRNAs, are also summarized and discussed.
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- Hong-Bo Zhao
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical CenterLexington, KY, United States
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Zong L, Chen J, Zhu Y, Zhao HB. Progressive age-dependence and frequency difference in the effect of gap junctions on active cochlear amplification and hearing. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 489:223-227. [PMID: 28552523 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.05.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 05/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Mutations of Connexin 26 (Cx26, GJB2), which is a predominant gap junction isoform in the cochlea, can induce high incidence of nonsyndromic hearing loss. We previously found that targeted-deletion of Cx26 in supporting Deiters cells and outer pillar cells in the cochlea can influence outer hair cell (OHC) electromotility and reduce active cochlear amplification leading to hearing loss, even though there are no gap junction connexin expressions in the auditory sensory hair cells. Here, we further report that hearing loss and the reduction of active amplification in the Cx26 targeted-deletion mice are progressive and different at high and low frequency regions, first occurring in the high frequency region and then progressively extending to the middle and low frequency regions with mouse age increased. The speed of hearing loss extending was fast in the basal high frequency region and slow in the apical low frequency region, showing a logarithmic function with mouse age. Before postnatal day 25, there were no significant hearing loss and the reduction of active cochlear amplification in the low frequency region. Hearing loss and the reduction of active cochlear amplification also had frequency difference, severe and large in the high frequency regions. These new data indicate that the effect of gap junction on active cochlear amplification is progressive, but, consistent with our previous report, exists in both high and low frequency regions in adulthood. These new data also suggest that cochlear gap junctions may have an important role in age-related hearing loss.
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- Liang Zong
- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, United States; Department of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, PR China
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, United States; Department of Otolaryngology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430030, PR China
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, United States
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, United States.
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Zhao HB, Zheng M, Schreckenbach G, Pan QJ. Interfacial Interaction of Titania Nanoparticles and Ligated Uranyl Species: A Relativistic DFT Investigation. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:2763-2776. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hong-Bo Zhao
- Key Laboratory of
Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry, School
of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of
Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry, School
of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg R3T 2N2, MB, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of
Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry, School
of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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Zhao HB, Jiang YM, Li XJ, Liu YY, Bai XH, Li N, Chen JX, Liu Q, Yan ZY, Zhao FZ. Xiao Yao San Improves the Anxiety-Like Behaviors of Rats Induced by Chronic Immobilization Stress: The Involvement of the JNK Signaling Pathway in the Hippocampus. Biol Pharm Bull 2017; 40:187-194. [PMID: 28154259 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b16-00694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The current study evaluated the effects of Xiao Yao San (XYS) on anxiety-like behaviors and sought to determine whether the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway is involved. A total of 40 rats were divided into 5 groups (n=8): the control group (deionized water, per os (p.o.)), the model group (deionized water, p.o.), the SP600125 group (surgery), the per se group (surgery), and the XYS group (3.9 g/kg/d, p.o.). A 1% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) citrate buffer solution (2 µL/ventricle/d) and SP600125 (10 µg/ventricle, 2 µL/ventricle/d) were separately and bilaterally injected into the rats of the two surgery groups via the ventricular system of the brain. All but the control group underwent 14 d of chronic immobilization stress (CIS; 3 h/d). On day 15, the body weights of all of the rats were measured; additionally, the rats were subjected to the elevated plus maze (EPM) and novelty suppressed feeding (NSF) tests. Finally, JNK signaling pathway indices, including phosphorylated JNK (P-JNK), JNK, phosphorylated c-Jun (P-c-Jun) and cytochrome C (Cyt-C), were examined. After modeling, the body weight and behavioral analyses of the model rats indicated that this modeling method induced anxiety-like behaviors. P-JNK, JNK, and P-c-Jun were altered in the hippocampus of the model rats. After 14 d of treatment with XYS and SP600125, rat body weight and behaviors as well as P-JNK, JNK, and P-c-Jun had changed. However, no significant difference in Cyt-C was found. XYS improves the anxiety-like behaviors induced by CIS, which might be related to the JNK signaling pathway in the hippocampus.
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- Hong-Bo Zhao
- School of Basic Medical Science, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
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Pannexin (Panx) is a gene family encoding gap junction proteins in vertebrates. So far, three isoforms (Panx1, 2 and 3) have been identified. All of three Panx isoforms express in the cochlea with distinct expression patterns. Panx1 expresses in the cochlea extensively, including the spiral limbus, the organ of Corti, and the cochlear lateral wall, whereas Panx2 and Panx3 restrict to the basal cells of the stria vascularis in the lateral wall and the cochlear bony structure, respectively. However, there is no pannexin expression in auditory sensory hair cells. Recent studies demonstrated that like connexin gap junction gene, Panx1 deficiency causes hearing loss. Panx1 channels dominate ATP release in the cochlea. Deletion of Panx1 abolishes ATP release in the cochlea and reduces endocochlear potential (EP), auditory receptor current/potential, and active cochlear amplification. Panx1 deficiency in the cochlea also activates caspase-3 cell apoptotic pathway leading to cell degeneration. These new findings suggest that pannexins have a critical role in the cochlea in regard to hearing. However, detailed information about pannexin function in the cochlea and Panx mutation induced hearing loss still remain largely undetermined. Further studies are required.
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- Hong-Bo Zhao
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
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Zhao HB, Zhang XF, Shi F, Zhang MZ, Xue WL. Comparison of the expression of human equilibrative nucleotide transporter 1 (hENT1) and ribonucleotide reductase subunit M1 (RRM1) genes in seven non-Hodgkin lymphoma cell lines. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr8275. [PMID: 27173327 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15028275] [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: 11/03/2022]
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We investigated the variability in the expression of human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hENT1) and ribonucleotide reductase subunit M1 (RRM1) in non-Hodgkin lymphoma cell lines. hENT1 and RRM1 mRNA expression levels in natural killer (NK) cells and seven non-Hodgkin lymphoma cell lines (YTS, SNK-6, Jeko-1, ly-1, Raji, Karpas, and Jurket) were studied using reverse-transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and the results were compared using the Student t-test. mRNA expression of hENT1 was detectable in YTS, SNK-6, Jeko-1, ly-1, Raji, Karpas, Jurket, and NK cells, which revealed variability in gene expression. There were significant differences in the mRNA expression values of hENT1 (P = 0.021) and RRM1 (P = 0.002) compared to those in NK cells. mRNA expression of both hENT1 and RRM1 was closely associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma cell proliferation. Differential expression analysis of hENT1 and RRM1 in non-Hodgkin lymphoma cell lines may provide novel drug leads for precision medicine.
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- H B Zhao
- Shangqiu Medical College, Shangqiu, China.,The First Clinical Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Shangqiu Medical College, Shangqiu, China
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- The First Clinical Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- The First Clinical Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- The First Clinical Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Liu YF, Zhao HB, Liu XM, You W, Cheng HJ, Wan FC, Liu GF, Tan XW, Song EL, Zhang XL. Substitution of Wheat for Corn in Beef Cattle Diets: Digestibility, Digestive Enzyme Activities, Serum Metabolite Contents and Ruminal Fermentation. Asian-Australas J Anim Sci 2016; 29:1424-31. [PMID: 26954111 PMCID: PMC5003967 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.15.0866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of diets containing different amounts of wheat, as a partial or whole substitute for corn, on digestibility, digestive enzyme activities, serum metabolite contents and ruminal fermentation in beef cattle. Four Limousin×LuXi crossbred cattle with a body weight (400±10 kg), fitted with permanent ruminal, proximal duodenal and terminal ileal cannulas, were used in a 4×4 Latin square design with four treatments: Control (100% corn), 33% wheat (33% substitution for corn), 67% wheat (67% substitution for corn), and 100% wheat (100% substitution for corn) on a dry matter basis. The results showed that replacing corn with increasing amounts of wheat increased the apparent digestibility values of dry matter, organic matter, and crude protein (p<0.05). While the apparent digestibility of acid detergent fiber and neutral detergent fiber were lower with increasing amounts of wheat. Digestive enzyme activities of lipase, protease and amylase in the duodenum were higher with increasing wheat amounts (p<0.05), and showed similar results to those for the enzymes in the ileum except for amylase. Increased substitution of wheat for corn increased the serum alanine aminotransferase concentration (p<0.05). Ruminal pH was not different between those given only corn and those given 33% wheat. Increasing the substitution of wheat for corn increased the molar proportion of acetate and tended to increase the acetate-to-propionate ratio. Cattle fed 100% wheat tended to have the lowest ruminal NH3-N concentration compared with control (p<0.05), whereas no differences were observed among the cattle fed 33% and 67% wheat. These findings indicate that wheat can be effectively used to replace corn in moderate amounts to meet the energy and fiber requirements of beef cattle.
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- Y F Liu
- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China.,Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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Bao Z, Zhao HB, Qu N, Schreckenbach G, Pan QJ. Theoretical investigation of low-valent uranium and transuranium complexes of a flexible small-cavity macrocycle: structural, formation reaction and redox properties. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:15970-15982. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01930g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Size matching of a flexible macrocycle with low-valent actinide(III/IV) ions as well as their bonding determines different coordination modes.
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- Zhe Bao
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin
- China 150080
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin
- China 150080
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin
- China 150080
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin
- China 150080
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Ma X, Fang F, Li Q, Zhu J, Yang Y, Wu YZ, Zhao HB, Lüpke G. Ultrafast spin exchange-coupling torque via photo-excited charge-transfer processes. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8800. [PMID: 26508587 PMCID: PMC4640140 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Optical control of spin is of central importance in the research of ultrafast spintronic devices utilizing spin dynamics at short time scales. Recently developed optical approaches such as ultrafast demagnetization, spin-transfer and spin-orbit torques open new pathways to manipulate spin through its interaction with photon, orbit, charge or phonon. However, these processes are limited by either the long thermal recovery time or the low-temperature requirement. Here we experimentally demonstrate ultrafast coherent spin precession via optical charge-transfer processes in the exchange-coupled Fe/CoO system at room temperature. The efficiency of spin precession excitation is significantly higher and the recovery time of the exchange-coupling torque is much shorter than for the demagnetization procedure, which is desirable for fast switching. The exchange coupling is a key issue in spin valves and tunnelling junctions, and hence our findings will help promote the development of exchange-coupled device concepts for ultrafast coherent spin manipulation. Light can provide ultrafast ways of spin manipulation in magnetic materials, but existing methods are limited by long thermal recovery or low temperature. Here, the authors demonstrate ultrafast spin precession via optical charge-transfer processes in exchange-coupled Fe/CoO at room temperature.
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- X Ma
- Department of Applied Science, College of William and Mary, 251 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Department of Applied Science, College of William and Mary, 251 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Applied Science, College of William and Mary, 251 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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Zhu Y, Zong L, Mei L, Zhao HB. Connexin26 gap junction mediates miRNA intercellular genetic communication in the cochlea and is required for inner ear development. Sci Rep 2015; 5:15647. [PMID: 26490746 PMCID: PMC4614881 DOI: 10.1038/srep15647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Organ development requires well-established intercellular communication to coordinate cell proliferations and differentiations. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that can broadly regulate gene expression and play a critical role in the organ development. In this study, we found that miRNAs could pass through gap junctions between native cochlear supporting cells to play a role in the cochlear development. Connexin26 (Cx26) and Cx30 are predominant isoforms and co-express in the cochlea. Cx26 deficiency but not Cx30 deficiency can cause cochlear developmental disorders. We found that associated with Cx26 deletion induced the cochlear developmental disorders, deletion of Cx26 but not Cx30 disrupted miRNA intercellular transfer in the cochlea, although inner ear gap junctions still retained permeability after deletion of Cx26. Moreover, we found that deletion of Cx26 but not Cx30 reduced miR-96 expression in the cochlea during postnatal development. The reduction is associated with the cochlear tunnel developmental disorder in Cx26 knockout (KO) mice. These data reveal that Cx26-mediated intercellular communication is required for cochlear development and that deficiency of Cx26 can impair miRNA-mediated intercellular genetic communication in the cochlea, which may lead to cochlear developmental disorders and eventually congenital deafness as previously reported.
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- Yan Zhu
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536
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The aim of this study was to study the relationship of EGFR DNA methylation with the severity of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We enrolled 54 patients with NSCLC between March 2013 and June 2014 from Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in our hospital. The methylation levels in the promoter region of the EGFR gene in cancerous and pericarcinomatous tissue were tested by pyrosequencing. EGFR mRNA expression levels were detected by real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. The SPSS software was used for data analysis. We found that EGFR gene methylation levels showed no significant differences among patients of different gender, age, or smoking status. EGFR DNA methylation levels significantly increased (P < 0.05) following NSCLC malignancy upgrading, and showed negative correlation with mRNA expression (P = 0.041). DNA methylation levels of cancerous tissues were significantly higher compared to the corresponding pericarcinomatous tissues (P < 0.05) at stages I, II, and IIIA. The methylation levels at loci 3, 6, 9 among the detected CpG islands were higher in the cancer tissues at each stage (P < 0.05). In summary, our results suggest that the DNA methylation levels of EGFR can be used as an important indicator for the stage of cancer tissue malignancy.
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- J Li
- Department of Oncology, First People's Hospital of Jining, Jining, China
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- Department of Oncology, First People's Hospital of Jining, Jining, China
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- Department of Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Department of Respiration, First People's Hospital of Jining, Jining, China
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- Department of Oncology, First People's Hospital of Jining, Jining, China
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The aim of this study was to explore epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene amplification and its relationship with cancer invasion and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). EGFR amplification in 45 patients with NSCLC and 15 subjects with normal lung tissues was detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization. The relationship between EGFR amplification and the clinicopathologic features of NSCLC was analyzed. EGFR gene amplifications were identified in 2 of 15 normal lung tissues (13.33%) and in 29 of 45 NSCLCs (64.44%). Patients <60 years had a 66.67% EGFR amplification rate, while patients ≥60 years had a rate of 62.50%. The EGFR amplification rates in male and female patients were 64.0% (16/25) and 65.0% (13/20), respectively. Pathologically, the EGFR amplification rate of patients with squamous cell carcinoma was 56.52% (13/23), and with adenocarcinoma was 72.72% (16/22). The EGFR amplification rate in NSCLCs with well-moderate differentiation was lower than in those with poor differentiation; 48.0% (12/25) vs 85.0% (17/20), respectively. Patients with lymph node metastasis had nearly double the amplification rate than those without metastasis; 90.0% (18/20) vs 44.0% (11/25), respectively. The rate of EGFR amplification was significantly higher in NSCLC than in normal lung tissue (64.44 vs 13.33%, P < 0.05), and was not correlated with age or gender (P > 0.05), but increased with clinical stage in NSCLCs (P < 0.05). Overall, these studies found that the rate of EGFR gene amplification was increased significantly in NSCLC and was closely related to lymphatic metastasis and TNM stage.
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- X F Jia
- Department of Oncology, The First People's Hospital of Jining City, Jining, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First People's Hospital of Jining City, Jining, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First People's Hospital of Jining City, Jining, China
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- Department of Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Jinan, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First People's Hospital of Jining City, Jining, China
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Liu YF, Sun FF, Wan FC, Zhao HB, Liu XM, You W, Cheng HJ, Liu GF, Tan XW, Song EL. Effects of Three Feeding Systems on Production Performance, Rumen Fermentation and Rumen Digesta Particle Structure of Beef Cattle. Asian-Australas J Anim Sci 2015; 29:659-65. [PMID: 26954181 PMCID: PMC4852227 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.15.0445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Revised: 07/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The effects of three different feeding systems on beef cattle production performance, rumen fermentation, and rumen digesta particle structure were investigated by using 18 Limousin (steers) with a similar body weight (575±10 kg) in a 80-d experiment. The animals were equally and randomly divided into three treatment groups, namely, total mixed ration group (cattle fed TMR), SI1 group (cattle fed concentrate firstly then roughage), and SI2 group (cattle fed roughage firstly then concentrate). The results showed that the average daily gain was significantly higher in cattle receiving TMR than in those receiving SI1 and SI2 (p<0.05). Consumption per kg weight gain of concentrate, silage, and combined net energy (NEmf) were significantly decreased when cattle received TMR, unlike when they received SI1 and SI2 (p<0.05), indicating that the feed efficiency of TMR was the highest. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) was significantly decreased when cattle received TMR compared with that in cattle receiving SI1 (p<0.05), whereas there was no difference compared with that in cattle receiving SI2. Ammonia nitrogen concentration was significantly lower in cattle receiving TMR than in those receiving SI1 and SI2 (p<0.05). The rumen area of cattle that received TMR was significantly larger than that of cattle receiving SI1 (p<0.05), but there was no difference compared with that of cattle receiving SI2. Although there was no significant difference among the three feeding systems in rumen digesta particle distribution, the TMR group trended to have fewer large- and medium-sized particles and more small-sized particles than those in the SI1 and SI2 groups. In conclusion, cattle with dietary TMR showed increased weight gain and ruminal development and decreased BUN. This indicated that TMR feeding was more conducive toward improving the production performance and rumen fermentation of beef cattle.
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- Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Ji'nan, Shandong 250100, China
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Zhao HB, Zhang XY, Feng GQ, Guo MM, Chang P, Qi C, Zhong XP, Zhou QC, Wang JL. Expression of plzfa in embryo and adult of medaka Oryzias latipes. J Fish Biol 2015; 87:231-240. [PMID: 26077174 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12713] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this study, a homologous gene named plzfa was identified and characterized in medaka Oryzias latipes. Oryzias latipes plzfa was detected in all the tissues including brain, gill, muscle, liver, intestine, kidney, spleen, testis and ovary using reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR. plzfa was detected in the oocytes of the ovary and in the spermatogonia and somitic cells of the testis by in situ hybridization. plzfa had a maternal origin with continuous and dynamic expression during embryonic development. plzfa was observed in the brain, neural rod and sensor organs including the eyes, ears and nose during embryogenesis. plzfa was also detected in the neural crest, somite, pectoral fin, intestine and skin. These results indicate that plzfa is a pleiotropic gene that may play major roles in various tissues.
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- H B Zhao
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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Wu D, Zhang Z, Li L, Zhang Z, Zhao HB, Wang J, Ma B, Jin QY. Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and magnetization dynamics in oxidized CoFeAl films. Sci Rep 2015; 5:12352. [PMID: 26190066 PMCID: PMC4507170 DOI: 10.1038/srep12352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Half-metallic Co-based full-Heusler alloys with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA), such as Co2FeAl in contact with MgO, are receiving increased attention recently due to its full spin polarization for high density memory applications. However, the PMA induced by MgO interface can only be realized for very thin magnetic layers (usually below 1.3 nm), which would have strong adverse effects on the material properties of spin polarization, Gilbert damping parameter, and magnetic stability. In order to solve this issue, we fabricated oxidized Co50Fe25Al25 (CFAO) films with proper thicknesses without employing the MgO layer. The samples show controllable PMA by tuning the oxygen pressure (PO2) and CFAO thickness (tCFAO), large perpendicular anisotropy field of ~8.0 kOe can be achieved at PO2 = 12% for the sample of tCFAO = 2.1 nm or at PO2 = 7% for tCFAO = 2.8 nm. The loss of PMA at thick tCFAO or high PO2 results mainly from the formation of large amount of CoFe oxides, which are superparamagnetic at room temperature but become hard magnetic at low temperatures. The magnetic CFAO films, with strong PMA in a relatively wide thickness range and small intrinsic damping parameter below 0.028, would find great applications in developing advanced spintronic devices.
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- Di Wu
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing , and Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing , and Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Physics, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 31500, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing , and Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing , and Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Physics, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 31500, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing , and Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing , and Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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Wingard JC, Zhao HB. Cellular and Deafness Mechanisms Underlying Connexin Mutation-Induced Hearing Loss - A Common Hereditary Deafness. Front Cell Neurosci 2015; 9:202. [PMID: 26074771 PMCID: PMC4448512 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [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: 04/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Hearing loss due to mutations in the connexin gene family, which encodes gap junctional proteins, is a common form of hereditary deafness. In particular, connexin 26 (Cx26, GJB2) mutations are responsible for ~50% of non-syndromic hearing loss, which is the highest incidence of genetic disease. In the clinic, Cx26 mutations cause various auditory phenotypes ranging from profound congenital deafness at birth to mild, progressive hearing loss in late childhood. Recent experiments demonstrate that congenital deafness mainly results from cochlear developmental disorders rather than hair cell degeneration and endocochlear potential reduction, while late-onset hearing loss results from reduction of active cochlear amplification, even though cochlear hair cells have no connexin expression. However, there is no apparent, demonstrable relationship between specific changes in connexin (channel) functions and the phenotypes of mutation-induced hearing loss. Moreover, new experiments further demonstrate that the hypothesized K+-recycling disruption is not a principal deafness mechanism for connexin deficiency induced hearing loss. Cx30 (GJB6), Cx29 (GJC3), Cx31 (GJB3), and Cx43 (GJA1) mutations can also cause hearing loss with distinct pathological changes in the cochlea. These new studies provide invaluable information about deafness mechanisms underlying connexin mutation-induced hearing loss and also provide important information for developing new protective and therapeutic strategies for this common deafness. However, the detailed cellular mechanisms underlying these pathological changes remain unclear. Also, little is known about specific mutation-induced pathological changes in vivo and little information is available for humans. Such further studies are urgently required.
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- Jeffrey C Wingard
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center , Lexington, KY , USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center , Lexington, KY , USA
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Gap junctions play a critical role in hearing. Connexin gap junction gene mutations can induce a high incidence of hearing loss. Pannexin (Panx) gene also encodes gap junction proteins in vertebrates. Panx1 is a predominant pannexin isoform and has extensive expression in the cochlea. Here, we report that deletion of Panx1 in the cochlea could produce a progressive hearing loss. The auditory brainstem response (ABR) recording showed that hearing loss was moderate to severe and severe at high-frequencies. Distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE), which reflects the activity of active cochlear mechanics that can amply acoustic stimulation to enhance hearing sensitivity and frequency selectivity, was also reduced. We further found that Panx1 deficiency could activate Caspase-3 cell apoptotic pathway in the cochlea to cause hair cells and other types of cells degeneration. These data indicate that like connexins Panx1 deficiency can also induce hearing loss. These data also suggest that pannexins play important rather than redundant roles in the cochlea and hearing.
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- Hong-Bo Zhao
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, United States.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, United States
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Wu J, Dan C, Zhao HB, Xiao CX, Liu YP, Si LJ, Ren JL, Guleng B. ALDOB acts as a novel HBsAg-binding protein and its coexistence inhibits cisplatin-induced HepG2 cell apoptosis. Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr 2015; 24:181-91. [PMID: 25072145 DOI: 10.1615/critreveukaryotgeneexpr.2014010087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 11/13/2022]
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Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus is a cause of end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We previously screened fructose-bisphosphate aldolase B (ALDOB) as a candidate binding protein of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) using a yeast 2-hybrid assay. In this study we aimed to confirm ALDOB as a binding protein of the S region of the HbsAg (HBs) and to investigate the function and involved mechanism between its interactions during HCC development. Our results demonstrated that both of exogenous and endogenous ALDOB proteins bind to HBs and colocalize in the cytoplasm in vitro. The coexistence of HBs and ALDOB inhibit apoptosis of cisplatin-induced HepG2 cells. Furthermore, western blot analysis showed the coexistence of HBs and ALDOB enhance the phosphorylations of AKT and its downstream of GSK-3β (phosphorylation); decreased expression of the pro-apoptotic proteins Bax, Bid, Bim, and Puma; and increased expression of the prosurvival proteins Bcl-2, Bcl-xl, and Mcl-1 in HepG2 cells. These findings suggest that interaction between HBs and ALDOB might be applied as a potential therapeutic target during the treatment of HBV-related hepatitis or HCC.
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- Jing Wu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China
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- Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 361005
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China; Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 361005
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Chen J, Chen J, Zhu Y, Liang C, Zhao HB. Deafness induced by Connexin 26 (GJB2) deficiency is not determined by endocochlear potential (EP) reduction but is associated with cochlear developmental disorders. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 448:28-32. [PMID: 24732355 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Connexin 26 (Cx26, GJB2) mutations are the major cause of hereditary deafness and are responsible for >50% of nonsyndromic hearing loss. Mouse models show that Cx26 deficiency can cause congenital deafness with cochlear developmental disorders, hair cell degeneration, and the reduction of endocochlear potential (EP) and active cochlear amplification. However, the underlying deafness mechanism still remains undetermined. Our previous studies revealed that hair cell degeneration is not a primary cause of hearing loss. In this study we investigated the role of EP reduction in Cx26 deficiency-induced deafness. We found that the EP reduction is not associated with congenital deafness in Cx26 knockout (KO) mice. The threshold of auditory brainstem response (ABR) in Cx26 KO mice was even greater than 110 dB SPL, demonstrating complete hearing loss. However, the EP in Cx26 KO mice varied and not completely abolished. In some cases, the EP could still remain at higher levels (>70 mV). We further found that the deafness in Cx26 KO mice is associated with cochlear developmental disorders. Deletion of Cx26 in the cochlea before postnatal day 5 (P5) could cause congenital deafness. The cochlea had developmental disorders and the cochlear tunnel was not open. However, no congenital deafness was found when Cx26 was deleted after P5. The cochlea also displayed normal development and the cochlear tunnel was open normally. These data suggest that congenital deafness induced by Cx26 deficiency is not determined by EP reduction and may result from cochlear developmental disorders.
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- Jin Chen
- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.; Department of Otolaryngology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, PR China
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY 40536, USA..
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Wu XY, Song Q, Zhao HB, Zhang ZH, Yao Q. Kinetic modeling of inherent mineral catalyzed NO reduction by biomass char. Environ Sci Technol 2014; 48:4184-4190. [PMID: 24588459 DOI: 10.1021/es405521k] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The evolution of rice straw char reactivity during reaction with NO was examined in differential reactor at 900 and 1000 °C. Original and acid-washed rice straw chars were used. Surface area and mineral content of char samples with different conversion were analyzed. The reactivity of the acid-washed char increased until conversion Xchar = 20%, remained constant, and then decreased continuously to zero. The reactivity of the original char decreased continuously to zero throughout the reaction, with a faster decrease at 1000 °C. Mineral transformation during original char reaction was obvious. Concentration of acid-soluble K decreased about 56% and 90% at 900 and 1000 °C. Ca and Mg released little to gas phase, but reacted with SiO2 in a small amount. The evolution of the acid-washed char reactivity correlated well with the development of surface area and was well predicted by random pore model. The reactivity of the original char depended not only on the development of surface area, but also on transformation of inherent minerals, mainly K. A two-reaction model was built which well predicted inherent K transformation. A modified random pore model was developed, which successfully simulated inherent mineral catalyzed char-NO reaction.
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- X Y Wu
- Key Laboratory of Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University , 100084 Beijing, China
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