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Chen HJ, Tang HL, Li PL, Xu J, Luo W, Yang J, Yu MH, Lyu P. [Survey on the awareness rate of mpox knowledge and related factors among men who have sex with men in China]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2024; 45:559-565. [PMID: 38678353 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20231030-00257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
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Objective: To understand the awareness rate of mpox knowledge and related factors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. Methods: The survey was conducted among men aged ≥18 years who had sex with men in the past year, using the convenience sampling method. The estimated sample size was 4 312. With the assistance of social organizations of MSM in 30 provinces in China, an online questionnaire survey was conducted using anonymous self-designed questionnaires powered by www.wjx.cn during 10-14 August 2023 to collect information on socio-demographic characteristics, awareness of mpox knowledge, travel history, and sexual behaviors of the respondents. The software SAS 9.4 was used for statistical analysis. Results: There were 7 725 respondents, and the age of the respondents was (31.6±9.0) years. The results revealed that the awareness rate of mpox knowledge was 50.1% (3 872/7 725). The main routes to acquire mpox knowledge were mainly new media, including WeChat, Weibo, TikTok, and Blued social software (88.4%,6 827/7 725), while official media report was the most trusted way to acquire related knowledge (79.3%,6 129/7 725). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the factors indicated a higher awareness rate of mpox knowledge, including living in the western region or the eastern region, people were over 26 years old in early adulthood and midlife, college-educated or with higher degrees, living in towns or urban periphery, being in homosexual or in bisexual relationships, 1-5 homosexual times/months in the past 3 months, knowing their HIV infection status, paying attention to mpox knowledge very often, occasionally or rarely, and convenient ways to acquire mpox knowledge from new media and social organizations. Conclusions: The awareness rate of mpox knowledge was low among MSM in China. Efforts should be made to improve the awareness rate of mpox knowledge among those who are young, less educated, or sexually active, with targeted health education via new media and social organizations.
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- H J Chen
- Division of Health Education and Behavioral Intervention, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Epidemiology, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Epidemiology, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Health Education and Behavioral Intervention, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Health Education and Behavioral Intervention, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Shenlan Public Health Counsel Service Center, Tianjin 300121, China
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- Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin 300011, China
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- National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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Zhang Y, Li DQ, Yang CX, Xiong ZW, Tohti M, Zhang YQ, Chen HJ, Li J. Polymerization strategy for cellulose nanocrystals-based photonic crystal films with water resisting property. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 265:130793. [PMID: 38503368 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) can form a liquid crystal film with a chiral nematic structure by evaporative-induced self-assembly (EISA). It has attracted much attention as a new class of photonic liquid crystal material because of its intrinsic, unique structural characteristics, and excellent optical properties. However, the CNCs-based photonic crystal films are generally prepared via the physical crosslinking strategy, which present water sensitivity. Here, we developed CNCs-g-PAM photonic crystal film by combining free radical polymerization and EISA. FT-IR, SEM, POM, XRD, TG-DTG, and UV-Vis techniques were employed to characterize the physicochemical properties and microstructure of the as-prepared films. The CNCs-g-PAM films showed a better thermo-stability than CNCs-based film. Also, the mechanical properties were significantly improved, viz., the elongation at break was 9.4 %, and tensile strength reached 18.5 Mpa, which was a much better enhancement than CNCs-based film. More importantly, the CNCs-g-PAM films can resist water dissolution for more than 24 h, which was impossible for the CNCs-based film. The present study provided a promising strategy to prepare CNCs-based photonic crystal film with high flexibility, water resistance, and optical properties for applications such as decoration, light management, and anti-counterfeiting.
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- Yue Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumchi 830052, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumchi 830052, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumchi 830052, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumchi 830052, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumchi 830052, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumchi 830052, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumchi 830052, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumchi 830052, China.
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Zhou X, Meng XB, Zhou XM, Zhu ZT, Yang J, Chen HJ, Song XM. Bioactive 5/5/5/6 Four-Ring System Iridoids from Plumeria alba L. Chem Biodivers 2024; 21:e202400188. [PMID: 38372184 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202400188] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Two rare 5/5/5/6 four-ring system iridoids, allamancins A and B (1 and 2) together with one known biogenetically related iridoid derivative, 3-O-methyallamancin (3) were isolated from the flowers of Plumeria alba L. The structures of these iridoid derivatives were determined by comprehensive spectroscopic analyses. The absolute configuration of 1 was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The inhibitory activities of compounds 1-3 against nitric oxide (NO) production induced and three cancer cell lines were evaluated in vitro. Compounds 1 and 3 showed inhibitory activities on NO production with IC50 values of 18.3±0.12 and 22.1±0.14 μM, respectively. Compounds 1-3 showed moderate inhibitory activities against cancer cell lines of A549, Hela and MCF-7.
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- Xin Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, 571158, China
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Huang SH, Hsiao WC, Chang HI, Ma MC, Hsu SW, Lee CC, Chen HJ, Lin CH, Huang CW, Chang CC. The use of individual-based FDG-PET volume of interest in predicting conversion from mild cognitive impairment to dementia. BMC Med Imaging 2024; 24:75. [PMID: 38549082 PMCID: PMC10976703 DOI: 10.1186/s12880-024-01256-x] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Based on a longitudinal cohort design, the aim of this study was to investigate whether individual-based 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET) regional signals can predict dementia conversion in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). METHODS We included 44 MCI converters (MCI-C), 38 non-converters (MCI-NC), 42 patients with Alzheimer's disease with dementia, and 40 cognitively normal controls. Data from annual cognitive measurements, 3D T1 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, and 18F-FDG-PET scans were used for outcome analysis. An individual-based FDG-PET approach was applied using seven volumes of interest (VOIs), Z transformed using a normal FDG-PET template. Hypometabolism was defined as a Z score < -2 of regional standard uptake value ratio. For the longitudinal cognitive test scores, generalized estimating equations were used. A linear mixed-effects model was used to compare the temporal impact of cortical hypometabolism and cortical thickness degeneration. RESULTS The clinical follow-up period was 6.6 ± 3.8 years (range 3.1 to 16.0 years). The trend of cognitive decline could differentiate MCI-C from MCI-NC after 3 years of follow-up. In the baseline 18F-FDG-PET scan of the patients with MCI, medial temporal lobe (MTL; 94.7% sensitivity, 80.5% specificity) and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC; 89.5% sensitivity, 73.1% specificity) hypometabolism predicted conversion with high accuracy. 18F-FDG-PET hypometabolism preceded dementia conversion at an interval of 3.70 ± 1.68 years and was earlier than volumetric changes, with the exception of the MTL. CONCLUSIONS Our finding supports the use of individual-based 18F-FDG-PET analysis to predict MCI conversion to dementia. Reduced FDG-PET metabolism in the MTL and PCC were strongly associated with future cognitive decline in the MCI-C group. Changes in 18F-FDG-PET occurred 1 to 8 years prior to conversion to dementia. Progressive hypometabolism in the PCC, precuneus and lateral temporal lobe, but not MTL, preceded MRI findings at the MCI stage.
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- Shu-Hua Huang
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiw, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiw, Taiwan
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- Department of Statistics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Bachelor Program in Artificial Intelligence, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiw, Taiwan.
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- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiw, Taiwan.
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Yang T, Chen HJ, Zhang CY, He D, Yuan W. Association of blood heavy metal concentrations with hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Public Health 2024; 227:95-102. [PMID: 38142497 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to assess the associations between blood heavy metal concentrations and hearing loss. STUDY DESIGN This was a systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS A comprehensive literature search was performed using Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Literature, Wanfang and Weipu databases. Ten studies were included, and a random or fixed-effects model was used for the meta-analysis. Review Manager 5.4 software was used for data synthesis, and Stata 15.1 software was used for the publication bias and sensitivity analyses. RESULTS Blood lead concentrations were significantly and substantially associated with hearing loss (mean difference (MD) = 1.14; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.03, 2.26; P = 0.04; I2 = 81%), and iron deficiency was significantly related to hearing loss (MD = -0.42; 95% CI = -0.66, -0.18; P = 0.12; I2 = 60%). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest an association between blood heavy metal concentrations and hearing loss. However, there were limitations: confounding factors, lack of description for the specific methods of blinding and independent verification of case definition, limited sample size, Chinese publications comprising half of the primary data and the lack of assessment of the relationship between different blood heavy metal concentrations and the severity of hearing loss. Therefore, larger and well-designed prospective cohort studies are required for further exploration.
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- T Yang
- Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China; Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Chongqing, 400714, China; Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, 400714, China; Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, 401121, China.
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- Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China; Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Chongqing, 400714, China; Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, 400714, China; Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, 401121, China.
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- Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China; Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Chongqing, 400714, China; Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, 400714, China; Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, 401121, China.
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- Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China; Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Chongqing, 400714, China; Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, 400714, China; Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, 401121, China.
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- Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China; Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Chongqing, 400714, China; Chongqing School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, 400714, China; Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, 401121, China.
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Han YD, Chen HJ. Chronic myeloid leukemia with sleep-related painful erections as a first symptom: a case report. J Med Case Rep 2023; 17:511. [PMID: 38031195 PMCID: PMC10688059 DOI: 10.1186/s13256-023-04222-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Sleep-related painful erections are characterized by deep penile pain that occurs during erections in the rapid eye movement stage of sleep. CASE PRESENTATION This case presents a 43-year-old Chinese Han patient with sleep-related painful erections. Turgid painful erections (4-5 episodes of tumescence) during the sleep hours caused pain. Further, blood testing revealed an abnormal increase in white blood cells (123 × 109/L). The patient was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia by bone marrow biopsy, BCR::ABL1 fusion gene testing, and Philadelphia chromosome. However, the sleep-related painful erections have dramatically decreased in frequency of erectile pain after chemotherapy for Chronic myeloid leukemia in our case. CONCLUSION We considered that the occurrence of sleep-related painful erections was related to chronic myeloid leukemia and the case might be secondary sleep-related painful erections.
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MESH Headings
- Male
- Humans
- Adult
- Sleep
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/complications
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/drug therapy
- Sleep, REM
- Chronic Disease
- REM Sleep Parasomnias/complications
- Pain
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- Yao-Dong Han
- Department of Hematology, The First People's Hospital of Lanzhou, Lanzhou, 730050, China
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- Department of Urology, The First People's Hospital of Lanzhou, Lanzhou, 730050, China.
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Liao L, Chen HJ, Fang SL, Zeng XQ, Xiong SF, Wang Y. [Epidemiological characteristics and spatio-temporal distribution of pulmonary tuberculosis cases reported in students from Guizhou Province, 2011-2020]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:966-973. [PMID: 37380421 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20221122-00993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the trend of epidemiological characteristics and spatiotemporal distribution of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among smear-positive or other types of students in Guizhou Province from 2011 to 2020, and to provide a reference for improving prevention and control measures. Methods: Data were collected from the Chinese Information System's Notifiable Disease and Tuberculosis Management Information System for disease control and prevention, the Joinpoint 4.9.1.0 software was used to analyze the trend of registration rate; the ArcGIS 10.6 software was used to construct a ring map and to perform spatial autocorrelation analysis; the SaTScan 9.7 software was used for spatial-temporal scan statistics. Results: A total of 32 682 student PTB cases were reported in Guizhou Province from 2011 to 2020, including 5 949 (18.20%) smear-positive cases. Most cases occurred from high school students of 16 to 18 years old (43.99%, 14 376/32 682); the annual average registered rate was 36.22/100 000, the highest in 2018 (52.90/100 000), and the registration rate showed an increasing trend. Meanwhile, a similar trend of registration rate was observed among smear-positive or other types of students. The spatialtemporal heterogeneity was found that the "high-high" clustering patterns of smear-positive or other types were aggregated in Bijie City. Six spatialtemporal clusters with statistically significant (all P<0.001) were detected among smear-positive or other cases, respectively. Conclusions: Upward trend with spatial- temporal clusters of PTB cases reported in students from Guizhou Province from 2011 to 2020. Surveillance should be strengthened for high school students, and regular screening should be conducted in high-risk areas to control the source of infection and reduce the risk of transmission.
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- L Liao
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control of Ministry of Education/School of Public Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Institute of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Guizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guiyang 550004, China
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- School of Medicine and Health Management, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control of Ministry of Education/School of Public Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control of Ministry of Education/School of Public Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control of Ministry of Education/School of Public Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, China
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Hao MJ, Ma LP, Chen HJ, Li YH, Zhang L. [Discussion on two common problems in renal transplantation donor-specificity discrimination of anti-human leukocyte antigen antibody]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 103:1571-1574. [PMID: 37246009 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20221228-02711] [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: 05/30/2023]
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Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a key factor affecting the long-term survival of renal allografts. Donor-specific antibody (DSA) is the etiology of AMR. So it is very important to accurately detect DSA. The single antigen bead (SAB) method, which is widely used in clinical practice, is prone to miss DSA detection and underestimate its mean fluorescence intensity (MFI). In this paper, the probability of missed detection of two SAB reagents was calculated by comparing common HLA alleles in China population, and the in vitro effect of antibody cross reaction on MFI value of DSA was revealed. The authors emphasized the clinical significance of the above two problems, tried to manage them by using functional epitope (eplet) analysis and give some clinical examples. Finally, the limitations of this correction method were analyzed.
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- M J Hao
- Department of Organ Transplantation, Changhai Hospital Affiliated to Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Suzhou Caibo Medical Research Institute, Suzhou 215000, China
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- Department of Organ Transplantation, Changhai Hospital Affiliated to Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Nursing, Changhai Hospital Affiliated to Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Organ Transplantation, Changhai Hospital Affiliated to Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Tedjawirja VN, Mieremet A, Rombouts KB, Yap C, Neele AE, Northoff BH, Chen HJ, Vos M, Klaver D, Yeung KK, Balm R, de Waard V. Exploring the expression and potential function of follicle stimulating hormone receptor in extragonadal cells related to abdominal aortic aneurysm. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0285607. [PMID: 37228156 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285607] [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] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is identified to play a role in postmenopausal disease and hypothesized to affect abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) onset/progression in postmenopausal women. We aimed to detect FSHR gene expression in AAA tissue and cell types involved in AAA formation. METHODS FSH stimulation of human umbilical cord endothelial cells (HUVECs), smooth muscle cells (HUCs) and PMA-differentiated macrophages to assess gene expression of FSHR and various markers. Human macrophages activated with various stimuli were assessed for FSHR gene expression. AAA dataset, AAA tissue samples and AAA-derived smooth muscle cells (SMC) obtained from elderly female donors were assessed for FSHR gene expression. AAA-SMCs were stimulated with FSH to assess its effect on gene expression. Lastly, oxidized low-density-lipoprotein (ox-LDL) uptake and abundance of cell surface protein markers were assessed by flow cytometry after FSH stimulation of human monocytes. RESULTS FSH stimulation showed similar levels of gene expression in HUVECs and HUCs. Only ACTA2 was downregulated in HUCs. In PMA-differentiated macrophages, gene expression of inflammation markers was unchanged after FSH stimulation. FSHR gene expression was found to be low in the AAA datasets. Female AAA-SMCs show occasional FSHR gene expression at a very low level, yet stimulation with FSH did not affect gene expression of SMC- or inflammation markers. FSH stimulation did not impact ox-LDL uptake or alter cell surface protein expression in monocytes. While FSHR gene expression was detected in human testis tissue, it was below quantification level in all other investigated cell types, even upon activation of macrophages with various stimuli. CONCLUSION Despite previous reports, we did not detect FSHR gene expression in various extragonadal cell types, except in occasional female AAA-SMCs. No clear effect on cell activation was observed upon FSH stimulation in any cell type. Our data suggest that a direct effect of FSH in AAA-related extragonadal cells is unlikely to influence AAA.
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- V N Tedjawirja
- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery and Physiology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery and Physiology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Guo JH, Zhang G, Qin QQ, Chen HJ, Wang L, Lyu F. [Progress in research of knowledge, attitude and practice of pre-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men and its influencing factors]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2022; 43:1854-1859. [PMID: 36444473 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20220427-00351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) is a group of people at high risk for HIV infection in China, Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a bioprophylaxis strategy in the prevention of HIV infection in MSM, which can reduce the risk for HIV infection in this population effectively. However, in the paractice, the use level of PrEP in MSM is low in China, and there are MSM who know PrEP but receive no PrEP. This paper summarizes the current status of the awareness, willingness to use, actual use of PrEP in MSM and influencing factors both at home and abroad to provide a reference for the promotion of PrEP use in MSM in China.
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- J H Guo
- Division of Epidemiology, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Cooperation and Exchange, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Epidemiology, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Prevention and Intervention, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Epidemiology, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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Ji WK, Tang X, Chen HJ, Yang Y, Ji M, Wang JF, Zhu ES, Zhang LQ, Wang JP, Liu XQ. [Safety and efficacy of a new domestic distal perforated stent graft in the treatment of Stanford type B aortic dissection]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:3207-3212. [PMID: 36319175 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20220516-01078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a new domestic distal perforated stent graft (Talos stent) in the treatment of Stanford type B aortic dissection (TBAD). Methods: Twenty-five patients with TBAD treated with Talos stent in Yan'an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University from February 2018 to December 2019 were selected as the research subjects. Intraoperative angiography was performed to determine the number of branch arteries that remained after stent release. On postoperative day 5 (POD5), the pain intensity of the patients was evaluated by visual analog scale (VAS). The computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the patients before operation, 6 months and 12 months after operation were compared including aortic diameter, true lumen diameter, and false lumen diameter at the level of tracheal bifurcation. Follow-up was performed 1 month, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months after surgery, and the occurrence of stent-related adverse events, reoperation and survival rate were recorded. Results: The enrolled patients included 19 males and 6 females, aged (52.6±11.1) years. Intraoperative angiography showed that 4 (1, 7) branch arteries were preserved, and the VAS score was 1 (0, 1) on POD5. The aortic diameters at the level of the tracheal bifurcation were (34.9±1.1) mm, (34.6±0.9) mm and (34.8±1.0) mm before surgery, 6 months and 12 months after surgery, and there was no significant difference (P=0.926); the diameters of the main true lumen at the level of the tracheal bifurcation were (13.3±1.6) mm, (21.8±1.0) mm and (22.3±1.1) mm before surgery, 6 months and 12 months postoperatively, while the diameters of the main false lumen at the level of the tracheal bifurcation were (20.8±2.2) mm, (4.5±1.5) mm, and (4.6±1.7) mm, respectively. Compared with before surgery, the diameter of true lumen increased significantly 6 months and 12 months after surgery (both P<0.001), while the diameter of false lumen decreased (both P<0.001). No stent-related adverse events occurred within 30 days after surgery, no secondary operations occurred within 12 months after surgery, no type Ⅰ and type Ⅲ endoleaks, no deaths or cases of paraplegia were reported, and the stent structure and position remained good. There were no deaths or paraplegia cases 24 months postoperatively, and no stent-related adverse events occurred. Conclusion: Using Talos stent in the treatment of TBAD can effectively help remodel the aorta, while preserve the intercostal artery and spinal artery, with good clinical effect and safety.
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- W K Ji
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Yan'an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Yan'an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Yan'an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Yan'an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Yan'an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Yan'an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Yan'an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Yan'an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China
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- Department of Interventional Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650101, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Yan'an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China
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Chen HJ, Fu LL, Fu QQ, Xu XL, Wu WY, Dai GM, Liu T, Zeng DG, Huang WY, Chen F. [Altered dynamics of brain spontaneous activity in betel quid dependence chewers]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:2763-2768. [PMID: 36124347 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20220705-01487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the dynamic characteristics of brain spontaneous activity in betel quid dependence (BQD) chewers and its relationship with clinical indexes. Method: This study was conducted in Hainan General Hospital from April to December 2019 and the data of 53 BQD chewers (37 males and 16 females, aged 20 to 58(38±11) years) and 37 healthy controls (HC) (24 males and 13 females, aged 23-57(42±12) years) were collected. All these subjects underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) scan. The dynamic characteristics of resting fMRI indexes, including dynamic amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF), regional homogeneity (ReHo) and degree centrality (DC) of these subjects were calculated using the sliding time window method, parameters such as age and dynamic local consistency were analyzed and compared between the two groups. Pearson correlation was used to analyze the relationship between dynamic indexes, betel quid dependence score (BQDS) and disease duration in BQD group. Results: BQD chewers showed decreased dynamic ALFF in the left orbital prefrontal cortex (0.138±0.041 vs 0.171±0.070), the right temporal pole superior temporal gyrus (0.277±0.070 vs 0.319±0.086) and the right inferior parietal lobule (0.223±0.052 vs 0.259±0.088) than HC (all P<0.05). For regional homogeneity, BQD chewers showed a decrease dynamic ReHo in the right inferior temporal gyrus (0.055±0.008 vs 0.061±0.009), the orbital prefrontal cortex (0.058±0.005 vs 0.063±0.008), the right inferior frontal gyrus (0.081±0.006 vs 0.087±0.011), the right superior occipital gyrus (0.056±0.007 vs 0.062±0.008), the left precentral gyrus (0.068±0.008 vs 0.074±0.008), and the left superior frontal gyrus (0.058±0.008 vs 0.064±0.009) than HC (all P<0.05). BQD chewers showed an increase dynamic ReHo in the right precuneus (0.095±0.009 vs 0.089±0.008) (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in DC between the two groups (all P>0.05). The relationships between three dynamic ALFF and BQDS (r=-0.104, -0.015, -0.119), seven dynamic ReHo and BQDS (r=-0.099, -0.141, -0.055, -0.078, -0.027, -0.111, -0.090), three dynamic ALFF and disease duration (r=-0.122, -0.095, -0.171), and seven dynamic ReHo and disease duration (r=0.242, -0.252, 0.035, 0.056, 0.047, 0.081, 0.169) were not statistically significant (all P>0.05). Conclusions: BQD chewers showed a decrease dynamic ReHo and/or ALFF in multiple brain regions dominated by prefrontal cortex, and an increase dynamic ReHo in the right precuneus.
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- H J Chen
- Department of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital (Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University), Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital (Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University), Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital (Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University), Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital (Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University), Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital (Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University), Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital (Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University), Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital (Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University), Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital (Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University), Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital (Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University), Haikou 570311, China
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Hu X, Zou Y, Chen HJ, He X, Zhang HY. [Spindle cell hemangioma: a clinicopathological and molecular analysis of eight cases]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2022; 51:196-201. [PMID: 35249281 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20211102-00794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological and genetic characteristics of spindle cell hemangioma (SCH). Methods: The clinical, morphological and immunohistochemical features of 8 SCHs diagnosed from January 2013 to September 2021 in West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China were retrospectively analyzed. Hotspot mutations for IDH1 codon 132 and IDH2 codon 172 were tested in 4 SCHs and 29 other non-SCH lesions using Sanger sequencing. Results: The 8 cases occurred in patients with a wide age range, from neonate to 46 years (mean 28 years, median 32 years). Both genders were equally affected. The course of the disease spanned from half a year to 31 years. Two SCHs were recurrent tumors. All tumors involved the distal extremities (4 of foot, 2 of ankle and 2 of hand). Six cases were presented as a single lesion and 2 cases as multiple lesions. The tumor diameters were 1-5 cm. All the 8 SCHs were typically composed of cavernous vascular space and solid components consisting of slit-like vessels, spindle cells and epithelioid endothelial cells which often exhibited cytoplasmic vacuolation. These two alternating components and the vacuolated epithelioid endothelial cells were the distinctive diagnostic clues for SCH. Vascular endothelial cells including epithelioid cells in the solid areas expressed CD31 (8/8), ERG (4/4), CD34 (5/8) and D2-40 (2/3). The spindle cells expressed SMA (8/8). Neither endothelial cells nor spindle cells expressed HHV8 (0/7), Desmin (0/5) or S-100 (0/3). Mutations were revealed in 2 SCHs, with IDH1 mutation (p.R132C) and IDH2 mutation (p.R172G), respectively. The IDH1/2 gene hotspot mutations were not found in the remaining 2 SCHs or the other 29 non-SCH lesions. Simple excisions were performed for 7 cases, and partial resection for 1 case. Follow-up information was obtained in 6 cases, with follow-up time ranging from 5 to 90 months (average, 46 months). No metastasis occurred in the 6 cases. No recurrence occurred in cases treated with simple excision. The residual lesions of the patient who received partial resection were stable. Conclusions: SCH is rare and should be differentiated from a variety of benign and malignant vascular lesions. An accurate diagnosis of SCH is clinically important and can be achieved by combining clinical information and typical pathological presentation. IDH1/2 gene hotspot mutations are specific to SCH in vascular lesions. Genetic detection is helpful in the diagnosis of challenging cases.
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- X Hu
- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Chen C, He X, Jing WY, Qiu Y, Chen M, Luo TY, Liu XY, Chen HJ, Zhang HY, Bu H. [Diagnostic value of MDM2 RNA in situ hybridization in atypical lipomatous tumor/well-differentiated liposarcoma and dedifferentiated liposarcoma]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2022; 51:190-195. [PMID: 35249280 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20211029-00785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the value of MDM2 RNA in situ hybridization (RNA-ISH) in diagnosing atypical lipomatous tumor/well-differentiated liposarcoma (ALT/WDL) and dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDL). Methods: A total of 26 ALT/WDL/DDLs diagnosed from March 2017 to May 2019 in West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China and 18 control cases were included. MDM2 RNA-ISH was performed on all samples and compared with the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) regarding their performance in detecting MDM2. Results: All samples were detected successfully using the three methods. Among 26 ALT/WDL/DDLs, all cases showed MDM2 amplification and positivity for MDM2 RNA-ISH (26/26, 100%). Twenty-four (24/26, 92.3%) of the 26 tested cases were positive for MDM2 IHC while two of them were negative. Eighteen control cases were all negative for MDM2 FISH and RNA-ISH, and 15 (15/18) cases were negative for MDM2 IHC. The sensitivity and specificity of RNA-ISH were both 100%, and those of MDM2 IHC were 92.3% and 83.3%, respectively. Diffuse staining was identified in all MDM2 RNA-ISH positive ALT/WDL/DDLs, but identified in only 8/24 (33.3%) of the MDM2 IHC positive cases. Among the 11 ALT/WDL/DDL samples evaluated on tissue microarray, the positive rate of MDM2 RNA-ISH was 100% with diffuse staining in all cases. The positive rate of MDM2 IHC was 9/11 while only 1 of the 9 cases showed diffuse staining. The result of MDM2 RNA-ISH was identical to that of MDM2 FISH and was overall consistent with that of MDM2 IHC (Kappa=0.763, P<0.001). Conclusions: In ALT/WDL/DDLs, results of MDM2 RNA-ISH are highly consistent with those of FISH. MDM2 RNA-ISH is more sensitive and more specific and has more diffuse positive signals than the IHC. The findings indicate that MDM2 RNA-ISH is highly valuable for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of ALT/WDL/DDLs.
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Yang HC, Xing ZK, Shao H, Tan XW, Wang EQ, Liao Y, Chen HJ, Wu XW, Chen XL, Zhang SJ. The expression of cytokeratin and apoptosis-related molecules in echinococcosis related liver injury. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2022; 248:111455. [PMID: 35016896 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2022.111455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The study aimed to investigate the expression of cytokeratin and apoptosis-related molecules in the livers of two types of hepatic echinococcosis mice models and to preliminarily explore the relationship between the expression of cytokeratin and apoptosis in echinococcosis related liver injury. We established a mouse model infected by Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis and observed the expression of cytokeratin and apoptosis related proteins in the two types of hepatic echinococcosis tissues during different stages by immunohistochemical staining. A co-culture model was established using normal hepatocytes and different concentrations of E. granulosus and E. multilocularis protoscoleces. Cell Counting Kit-8 was used to detect cell proliferation, flow cytometry was used to detect hepatocyte apoptosis, and western blot was used to quantify cytokeratin and apoptosis-related proteins, such as caspase3, caspase9, Bcl-2, and Bax. Surgical specimens were obtained from patients with hepatic echinococcosis to analyze the expressions of cytokeratin, caspase3, caspase9, Bcl-2, and Bax by western blot. The expressions of cytokeratin and caspase3 were analyzed by immunohistochemistry. The qRT-PCR method was used to determine the expression of CK8 and CK18 in the liver tissues. In vivo experiments showed that compared to that in the control group, the cytokeratin and caspase3 proteins in the liver tissues of the two types of hepatic echinococcosis were strongly expressed around the lesions of liver echinococcosis; there was a difference between cytokeratin expression of the two different echinococcosis parasites in the liver. Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis in the co-culture model in vitro could promote the expression of CK, caspase3, caspase9, and Bax protein, decrease the expression of Bcl-2, promote hepatocyte apoptosis, and inhibit cell proliferation; in clinical samples, we found that compared with that in the normal tissues, the expression of cytokeratin, caspase3, caspase9, and Bax in echinococcus tissues was high, but that in Bcl-2 was low. Furthermore, the expression of CK8 and CK18 mRNA were higher in echinococcus tissues than that in the normal tissues and immunohistochemistry analysis also showed that cytokeratin and caspase3 levels were higher in echinococcus tissues than that in the normal tissues. The expression of cytokeratin and apoptosis-related molecules, reflecting liver damage, is high in the liver and is caused due to hepatic echinococcosis. This study provides the first evidence of cytokeratin could be useful for evaluating liver tissue damage caused by echinococcus infection.
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- H C Yang
- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, Xinjiang, China; Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, Xinjiang, China
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- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, Xinjiang, China; Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, Xinjiang, China
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- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, Xinjiang, China
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- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, Xinjiang, China
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- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, Xinjiang, China
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- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, Xinjiang, China
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- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832002, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832008, Xinjiang, China.
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Zhu JD, Huang CW, Chang HI, Tsai SJ, Huang SH, Hsu SW, Lee CC, Chen HJ, Chang CC, Yang AC. Functional MRI and ApoE4 genotype for predicting cognitive decline in amyloid-positive individuals. Ther Adv Neurol Disord 2022; 15:17562864221138154. [DOI: 10.1177/17562864221138154] [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] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background: In light of advancements in machine learning techniques, many studies have implemented machine learning approaches combined with data measures to predict and classify Alzheimer’s disease. Studies that predicted cognitive status with longitudinal follow-up of amyloid-positive individuals remain scarce, however. Objective: We developed models based on voxel-wise functional connectivity (FC) density mapping and the presence of the ApoE4 genotype to predict whether amyloid-positive individuals would experience cognitive decline after 1 year. Methods: We divided 122 participants into cognitive decline and stable cognition groups based on the participants’ change rates in Mini-Mental State Examination scores. In addition, we included 68 participants from Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database as an external validation data set. Subsequently, we developed two classification models: the first model included 99 voxels, and the second model included 99 voxels and the ApoE4 genotype as features to train the models by Wide Neural Network algorithm with fivefold cross-validation and to predict the classes in the hold-out test and ADNI data sets. Results: The results revealed that both models demonstrated high accuracy in classifying the two groups in the hold-out test data set. The model for FC demonstrated good performance, with a mean F1-score of 0.86. The model for FC combined with the ApoE4 genotype achieved superior performance, with a mean F1-score of 0.90. In the ADNI data set, the two models demonstrated stable performances, with mean F1-scores of 0.77 in the first and second models. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the proposed models exhibited promising accuracy for predicting cognitive status after 1 year in amyloid-positive individuals. Notably, the combination of FC and the ApoE4 genotype increased prediction accuracy. These findings can assist clinicians in predicting changes in cognitive status in individuals with a high risk of Alzheimer’s disease and can assist future studies in developing precise treatment and prevention strategies.
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- Jun-Ding Zhu
- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cognition and Aging Center, Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of NeuroRadiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of NeuroRadiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Cognition and Aging Center, Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, No. 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niau-Sung District, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science/Digital Medicine and Smart Healthcare Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, No. 155, Sec. 2, Linong Street, Beitou District, Taipei 112, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chen HJ, Huang JY, Ko CY. Peach Kernel Extracts Inhibit Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Activation of HSC-T6 Hepatic Stellate Cells. Int J Clin Pract 2022; 2022:4869973. [PMID: 36105786 PMCID: PMC9444415 DOI: 10.1155/2022/4869973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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There is an important role for hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) in liver fibrosis. As it stands, many traditional Chinese medicine formulations can effectively improve liver fibrosis, whether it is clinically used or in animal studies; however, the efficacy and mechanism of the main formulations remain unclear, including the peach kernel, which contains numerous phytochemicals with a wide range of biological activities. The purpose of this study was to investigate peach kernel's anti-liver fibrosis effects. In this study, peach kernel extracts inhibited lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activation in HSC-T6 cells and the expression of α-smooth muscle actin and connective tissue growth factor induced by LPS in HSC-T6 cells. Furthermore, peach kernel extracts inhibited signal transducers involving protein kinase B and mitogen-activated protein kinase, which regulate downstream genes associated with inflammation. As a result, peach kernel extracts inhibited inflammatory responses and subsequently inhibited LPS-induced transformation of activated HSC-T6 cells.
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- Hong-Jie Chen
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, People's Hospital of Leshan, Leshan 614000, China
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Suzhou Dushu Lake Hospital, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
- School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350122, Fujian, China
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Chen HJ, Zheng XB, Wang Y, Li JL, Xu B. [Evaluation of screening strategies of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among pulmonary tuberculosis patients of the different risk levels]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2021; 42:2164-2169. [PMID: 34954981 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20210125-00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the detection of MDR-TB and XDR-TB patients and to provide evidence for further improvement of MDR-TB and XDR-TB screening strategy. Methods: Patients who were under drug resistance surveillance, registered and reported by the TB Management Information System of the Chinese Disease Prevention and Control Information System from 2012 to 2019 and resided in Guizhou province were retrospectively analyzed. The contribution of five high-risk subgroups to detection of MDR/XDR-TB were evaluated using population attributable risk proportion (PARP). Results: Of the 18 506 cases under drug resistance surveillance, patients who were male, aged between 25 and 54 years, with drug-resistant TB or with MDR/XDR-TB accounted for 68.65% (12 705/18 506), 47.69% (8 826/18 506), 15.90% (2 943/18 506) or 5.42% (1 003/18 506), respectively. Five high-risk subgroups made significant contributions to the detection of MDR/XDR-TB with a PARP of 57.00%. Specifically, the PARP were 21.70%, 19.49%, 11.90% and 2.30% for patients that were relapse and return, failed initial treatment, chronic/retreatment failure and smear-positive at the end of the second or third month, respectively. The detection rate of MDR/XDR-TB in high-risk groups was 15.89% (578/3 637) while in low-risk groups was 2.86% (425/14 869). Conclusions: Number of patients under drug resistance surveillance and the detection of MDR/XDR-TB trended to increase in Guizhou province from 2012 to 2019. The detection rate of MDR/XDR-TB in high-risk groups was higher than low-risk groups.
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- Institute of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Guizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Medicine and Health Management, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- Institute of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Guizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guiyang 550004, China
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- School of Medicine and Health Management, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550001, China
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Li L, Chen HJ, Lian Y, Wang T. Comparison of dental pulp periodontal therapy and conventional simple periodontal therapy as treatment modalities for severe periodontitis. World J Clin Cases 2021; 9:10098-10105. [PMID: 34904079 PMCID: PMC8638040 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i33.10098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Severe periodontitis is a major oral health concern today as it can lead to loss of teeth. Conventional periodontal therapy has numerous pitfalls as it does not address the pulp-periodontal complex in its entirety.
AIM To investigate the effect of dental pulp periodontal therapy on the levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and IL-10 in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in patients with severe periodontitis.
METHODS Eighty-six patients with severe periodontitis were randomly divided into a research group (n = 43) and a control group (n = 43). The control group was treated with simple periodontal therapy, and the research group was treated with dental pulp periodontal therapy. The total effective rates of the treatments; periodontal status before and after treatment through the measurement of the periodontal pocket probing depth (PPD), gingival sulcus bleeding index (SBI), mobility (MD), and plaque index (PLI); the levels of inflammatory factors IL-1β and IL-10 in the GCF; and the incidence of complications were calculated for both groups and compared using the Student’s t test and the χ2 test.
RESULTS The total effective rate of treatment in the study group (93.02%) was higher than that in the control group (76.74%; P < 0.05). While before treatment, there was no significant difference in the PLI, MD, SBI, or PPD between the two groups, the post-treatment values of PLI, MD, SBI, and PPD (4.71 ± 0.16 mm, 0.61 ± 0.09 mm, 0.96 ± 0.17 mm, and 0.76 ± 0.26 mm, respectively) were significantly lower (P < 0.05) in the research group than in the control group (5.35 ± 0.24 mm, 0.93 ± 0.15 mm, 1.35 ± 0.30 mm, and 1.04 ± 0.41 mm, respectively). There was no significant difference in the level of IL-1β or IL-10 in the GCF before treatment between the two groups; after treatment, the IL-1β level in the research group (139.04 ± 15.54 pg/mL) was significantly lower than that in the control group (156.35 ± 18.10 pg/mL), and the level of IL-10 in the research group (7.98 ± 1.01 ug/L) was higher than that in the control group (5.56 ± 0.96 ug/L) (P < 0.05). The incidence of complications in the study group (4.65%) was significantly lower than that of the control group (18.60%; P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION Endodontic therapy and periodontal treatment for patients with severe periodontitis can effectively reduce the levels of inflammatory factors in the GCF and the inflammatory reaction. In addition, it can improve the periodontal condition and the overall treatment effect, reduce the risk of complications, and ensure the safety of treatment.
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- Lu Li
- Department of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Wuhou District People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Chengdu Children Special Hospital, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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Chen HJ, Ko CY, Xu JH, Huang YC, Wu JSB, Shen SC. Alleviative Effect of Ruellia tuberosa L. on Insulin Resistance and Abnormal Lipid Accumulation in TNF- α-Treated FL83B Mouse Hepatocytes. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2021; 2021:9967910. [PMID: 34257694 PMCID: PMC8249146 DOI: 10.1155/2021/9967910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disease, and most patients with T2DM develop nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Both diseases are closely linked to insulin resistance (IR). Our previous studies demonstrated that Ruellia tuberosa L. (RTL) extract significantly enhanced glucose uptake in the skeletal muscles and ameliorated hyperglycemia and IR in T2DM rats. We proposed that RTL might be via enhancing hepatic antioxidant capacity. However, the potent RTL bioactivity remains unidentified. In this study, we investigated the effects of RTL on glucose uptake, IR, and lipid accumulation in vitro to mimic the T2DM accompanied by the NAFLD paradigm. FL83B mouse hepatocytes were treated with tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) to induce IR, coincubated with oleic acid (OA) to induce lipid accumulation, and then, treated with RTL fractions, fractionated with n-hexane or ethyl acetate (EA), from column chromatography, and analyzed by thin-layer chromatography. Our results showed that the ethyl acetate fraction (EAf2) from RTL significantly increased glucose uptake and suppressed lipid accumulation in TNF-α plus OA-treated FL83B cells. Western blot analysis showed that EAf2 from RTL ameliorated IR by upregulating the expression of insulin-signaling-related proteins, including protein kinase B, glucose transporter-2, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha in TNF-α plus OA-treated FL83B cells. The results of this study suggest that EAf2 from RTL may improve hepatic glucose uptake and alleviate lipid accumulation by ameliorating and suppressing the hepatic insulin signaling and lipogenesis pathways, respectively, in hepatocytes.
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- Hong-Jie Chen
- Department of Nutrition, People's Hospital of Leshan, Leshan 614000, China
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
- School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, China
- Respiratory Medicine Center of Fujian Province, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Department of Tumor Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Graduate Program of Nutrition Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10672, Taiwan
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- Graduate Program of Nutrition Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
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Zhang YH, Qiu Y, Zhang Z, Chen HJ, Zhang HY. [Nodular fasciitis of the breast: a clinicopathological and genetic analysis of seven cases]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2021; 50:476-481. [PMID: 33915654 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20201230-00989] [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: 02/05/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological and genetic features of nodular fasciitis of the breast (NFB). Methods: The clinical and histologic features of seven NFBs were retrospectively reviewed. Immunohistochemistry, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were performed. Results: All the seven patients were female, with a mean age of 36 years (range from 15 to 51 years). The duration of the lesion ranged from 10 days to 2 years. There was no history of trauma for all patients. The lesions occurred in the upper quadrant (4 cases), the lower quadrant (2 cases) and the axillary tail region (1 case). The maximum diameter was 1.0-3.5 cm. All cases showed similar morphology as nodular fasciitis occurring elsewhere in the body. They were composed of plump spindle cells arranged in short bundles or fascicles within a loose collagenous/myxoid stroma. Erythrocyte extravasation, mixed chronic inflammatory cells infiltration and microcystic changes were typically seen. Mitoses were present, with no atypical mitoses observed. The spindle cells were positive for smooth muscleactin(SMA, 6/6), CD10(2/3), and negative for desmin, β-catenin, CD34, CKpan, EMA, S-100, p63 and ALK-1.The Ki-67 index were 5%-15%. USP6 gene rearrangement was found in six cases and MYH9-USP6 gene fusion in two cases. Local resection was performed in six cases. Spontaneous regression was observed in one case. Follow-up of all seven cases revealed no recurrence or metastasis. Conclusions: Although rare, NFB can mimic breast cancer clinically, radiologically and histologically. It should be always considered in the differential diagnosis for the spindle cell proliferations of the breast. A diagnosis of NFB can be achieved basing on the typical clinicopathological presentation. FISH detection of USP6 gene rearrangement in challenging cases is of great value.
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- Y H Zhang
- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Hong JF, Song YF, Liu Z, Zheng ZC, Chen HJ, Wang SS. [Retracted] Anticancer activity of taraxerol acetate in human glioblastoma cells and a mouse xenograft model via induction of autophagy and apoptotic cell death, cell cycle arrest and inhibition of cell migration. Mol Med Rep 2021; 23:461. [PMID: 33876628 PMCID: PMC8072302 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2021.12100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Following the publication of the above paper, a concerned reader drew to the Editor's attention that several figures (Figs. 3, 4, 7 and 10) contained apparent anomalies, including repeated patternings of data within the same figure panels. Furthermore, Fig. 3 contained data that bore striking similarities to data published in Fig. 6 in another paper published in Molecular Medicine Reports, which has now been retracted [Zhu Y‑Y, Huang H‑Y and Wu Y‑L: Anticancer and apoptotic activities of oleanolic acid are mediated through cell cycle arrest and disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential in HepG2 human hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Mol Med Rep 12: 5012‑5018, 2015]. After having conducted an independent investigation in the Editorial Office, the Editor of Molecular Medicine Reports has determined that the above paper should be retracted from the Journal on account of a lack of confidence concerning the originality and the authenticity of the data. The authors were asked for an explanation to account for these concerns, but the Editorial Office never received any reply. The Editor regrets any inconvenience that has been caused to the readership of the Journal. [the original article was published in Molecular Medicine Reports 13: 4541‑4548, 2016; DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5105].
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- Jing-Fang Hong
- Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, Dongfang Hospital, Xiamen University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350025, P.R. China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, Dongfang Hospital, Xiamen University,Fuzhou, Fujian 350025, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, Dongfang Hospital, Xiamen University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350025, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, Dongfang Hospital, Xiamen University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350025, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, Dongfang Hospital, Xiamen University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350025, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, Dongfang Hospital, Xiamen University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350025, P.R. China
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Huang YC, Hsu CC, Wu YC, Chen HJ, Chiu NT. Effect of fasting duration on myocardial fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in diabetic and nondiabetic patients. Nucl Med Commun 2021; 42:300-305. [PMID: 33306629 DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To detect cardiac hypermetabolic lesions using fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) with PET/computed tomography (PET/CT), the efficiency of long fasting and temperature condition for lowering physiological myocardial FDG uptake is controversial and may be confounded by other factors. We thus aimed to investigate the impact of fasting duration and ambient temperature on myocardial uptake in diabetic and nondiabetic patients. METHODS FDG PET/CT scans (n = 666) were reviewed and the myocardial uptake was visually graded on a four-point scale and quantified using standardized uptake value (SUV). The associations between myocardial uptake and fasting duration, diabetes status, ambient temperature parameters, age, gender, and BMI were evaluated. RESULTS Intraobserver [κ = 0.94; intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.99] and interobserver (κ = 0.91; ICC = 0.99) reliabilities of both visual and SUV measurements were all excellent. Fasting duration and diabetes status were found to be significantly associated with myocardial FDG uptake, but the ambient temperature parameters and other factor were not. Patients with intense (Grade 4) myocardial uptake had a shorter fasting duration (P = 0.011). The SUVmax of myocardium was significantly higher in nondiabetic than diabetic patients (P < 0.001). Fasting duration ≥ 12 h in diabetic and ≥16 h in nondiabetic patients was associated with low prevalence of Grade 4 uptake (4.2%, P = 0.016; 2.3%, P = 0.028). CONCLUSION Fasting for long enough durations but not ambient temperature was associated with decreased physiological myocardial FDG uptake. A fasting duration of more than 12 h for diabetic, 16 h for nondiabetic patients is a simple and valuable recommendation.
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- Yung-Cheng Huang
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, E-Da Hospital
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences
- Department of Information Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Tian Y, Wei LX, Chen HJ, Wang XW, Cao P, Liu Y, Yuan W. [A long-term follow-up study on the occurrence of heterotopic ossification after artificial cervical disc replacement with Discover disc]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 100:3584-3589. [PMID: 33333681 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20200715-02127] [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 analyze the incidence of heterotopic ossification after artificial cervical disc replacement with Discover disc, and to explore the effect of heterotopic ossification on postoperative radiological and clinical efficacy. Methods: From January 2010 to January 2015, 45 patients with cervical spondylosis underwent single-level artificial cervical disc replacement in Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, including 29 cases of cervical spondylotic myelopathy, 11 cases of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy and 5 cases of mixed cervical spondylosis. At the last follow-up, Mehren grading method was used for classification of heterotopic ossification, among which, grade 0-Ⅱ was defined as low grade ossification group, and 26 patients (16 male, 10 female) were enrolled in this group; grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ was defined as high grade ossification group, and 19 patients (12 males, 7 females) were included in this group. C(2-7) Cobb angle, cervical total range of motion and range of motion at index level were used to evaluate the radiological outcomes of the two groups. Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score, neck disability index (NDI) score and visual analogue scale (VAS) were used to evaluate the clinical outcomes of the two groups. The adjacent segment intervertebral disc height and range of motion were used to evaluate the effects of heterotopic ossification on adjacent segment. Results: All patients were followed up regularly for (98±18) months. There were no statistical differences between the two groups regarding to demographic data (all P>0.05). There was no significant differences in C(2-7) Cobb angle and total range of motion between the two groups at the last follow-up (all P>0.05), but range of motion at index level in the group with low grades was significantly higher than that in the group with high grades (7.8°±6.2° vs 2.6°±1.2°, t=3.60, P<0.05). There was no significant differences in JOA score, recovery rate and NDI score between the two groups (all P>0.05). There was no significant differences in the adjacent segment intervertebral disc height before operation and at the last follow-up (both P>0.05). There was no significant differences in range of motion at adjacent segment before operation (P>0.05), while range of motion at adjacent segment in the group with low grades was significantly lower than that in the group with high grades (9.5°±1.1° vs 10.6°±1.8° and 9.4°±1.4° vs 10.5°±1.7°, repectively, t=2.54, 2.31, both P<0.05). Conclusions: Heterotopic ossification does not affect the clinical outcomes, cervical curvature and cervical total range of motion after artificial cervical disc replacement with Discover disc. However, the higher grade of heterotopic ossification, the lower range of motion at index level and the higher range of motion at adjacent segment.
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- Y Tian
- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
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- Hong-Jie Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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Burn DM, Zhang SL, Yu GQ, Guang Y, Chen HJ, Qiu XP, van der Laan G, Hesjedal T. Depth-Resolved Magnetization Dynamics Revealed by X-Ray Reflectometry Ferromagnetic Resonance. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:137201. [PMID: 33034462 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.137201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Magnetic multilayers offer diverse opportunities for the development of ultrafast functional devices through advanced interface and layer engineering. Nevertheless, a method for determining their dynamic properties as a function of depth throughout such stacks has remained elusive. By probing the ferromagnetic resonance modes with element-selective soft x-ray resonant reflectivity, we gain access to the magnetization dynamics as a function of depth. Most notably, using reflectometry ferromagnetic resonance, we find a phase lag between the coupled ferromagnetic layers in [CoFeB/MgO/Ta]_{4} multilayers that is invisible to other techniques. The use of reflectometry ferromagnetic resonance enables the time-resolved and depth-resolved probing of the complex magnetization dynamics of a wide range of functional magnetic heterostructures with absorption edges in the soft x-ray wavelength regime.
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- D M Burn
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
- ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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Yuan QY, Chen HJ, Laurence H, He YL. [Antibiotics Induce Horizontal Gene Transfer of Resistance at Sublethal Concentrations]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2020; 41:3748-3757. [PMID: 33124350 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.201912015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In order to explore the conjugation of genes encoding extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL), ESBL-expressing P. aeruginosa and E.coli strains isolated from the wastewater of major hospitals in Singapore were used as donors. gfp-tagged E.coli SCC1 strains resistant to chloramphenicol (CHL) were chosen as recipients. Using response surface analysis, we detected and analyzed the induction of conjugal transfer under single-exposure and co-exposure of tetracycline (TC), sulfamethoxazole (SMZ), and ceftazidime (CAZ) at sublethal concentrations. It was found that the ESBL plasmid could be conjugal transferred from P. aeruginosa and E.coli strains to the recipient E.coli SCC1 strains at an average frequency of 0.0015 and 0.0042, respectively, without stress from inducing antibiotics, thus showing a low fitness cost and higher conjugal frequency between E.coli strains under the exposure of sub-MIC antibiotics. A significant conjugation between E.coli strains occurred under the single-exposure or co-exposure of a TC concentration of <0.03 mg·L-1 and a CAZ concentration of <0.002 mg·L-1, as inhibited by a sub-MIC level of TC. The conjugation between P. aeruginosa and E.coli strains was stimulated under the exposure of TC and CAZ with concentrations 5-times larger than the MIC, while no significant induction was detected from the sub-MIC antibiotics.
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- Qi-Yi Yuan
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Fan XM, Bi ZG, Fu CJ, Wang XM, Zou JL, Chen HJ, Li SM, Sun JB. [Clinical study of psychological changes and post traumatic stress disorder in elderly patients with hip fracture]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2020; 58:209-212. [PMID: 32187924 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5815.2020.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Objective: To explore the psychological state and affected factors of elderly patients with hip fractures. Methods: A retrospective analysis of 156 elderly hip fracture patients(>65 years) admitted to the Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University from January 2016 to August 2019 was performed. General and psychological information were collected by questionnaire.General information included age, gender, education, whether surgery, length of stay.SCL-90, a self-assessment scale, was chosen as the psychological test to analyzed the elderly hip fracture patients' psychological status during hospitalization and the norms of SCL-90 in Chinese which were established in 1986 were used as the control group. The prognostic factors were examined by univariate and multivariate analysis. Results: Somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, paranoid factor scores, and total scores of the elderly hip fracture patients were significantly higher than control group(all P=0.00).Univariate analysis and logistic regression analysis showed that non-surgery treatment and more than 10 days of hospitalization were independent prognostic factors that affected the psychological state of elderly hip fracture patients (all P=0.00). Conclusion: Elderly patients hospitalized with osteoporosis and hip fractures are prone to have negative emotional and psychological changes.The length of hospitalization and the choice of treatment can affect patients' psychological state, suggesting that effective psychological intervention is necessary.
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- X M Fan
- Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China
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Chen HJ, Wang PX, Huang LL, Zhang HY, Chen XG, Zhang Q. [Overexpression of protein phosphatase 2 regulatory subunit B''α gene effect on proliferation and invasion of hepatoma cells]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2020; 27:872-878. [PMID: 31941242 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2019.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Objective: To study the overexpression of protein phosphatase 2 regulatory subunit B''α gene effects on the proliferation and invasion of hepatoma cells. Methods: Immunohistochemistry method was used to analyze the expression of PPP2R3A in cancerous and paracancerous tissues. Hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines (Huh-7 and HepG2) with stably overexpressing PPP2R3A were constructed by lentiviral vector. Biological behavioral transition in hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation, cell cycle, apoptosis, invasion and metastasis were detected by cell counting kit-8 assay (CCK-8), flow cytometry, and transwell assay. A subcutaneous nude tumor mice model was constructed to validate the growth of hepatoma cells. Two independent sample t-tests were used to compare the groups. Results: The expression of PPP2R3A gene in human hepatocarcinoma tissues was higher than paracancerous tissues. The absorbance (A value) of hepatoma cells was increased (P < 0.05) after overexpression of PPP2R3A gene. The transition from G1-to-S phase was significantly increased i.e., the G1 phase of the cell cycle was reduced (Huh-7: t = 3.04, P = 0.0384; HepG2: t = 4.06, P = 0.0153), while the S phase was increased (Huh-7: t = 3.47, P = 0.0255; HepG2: t = 4.46, P = 0.0112). Early apoptotic rate was decreased (Huh-7: t = 7.34, P = 0.0018; HepG2: t = 4.06, P = 0.0153). The number of Huh-7 cells migrating to the lower chamber was increased (t = 3.18, P = 0.0334), and after the use of matrigel the number of cells reaching to the lower chamber was also increased (t = 2.84, P = 0.0464). The results of animal experiments showed that the subcutaneous tumor growth (t = 4.31, P = 0.0035) was significantly overexpressed in nude mice group. The results of Western blot showed that the expression of PARP and P53 protein in the spliced forms decreased, while the accumulation of β-catenin protein in the liver cancer cells was increased. Conclusion: Overexpressed PPP2R3A gene may promote proliferation, migration and invasion ability, inhibit apoptosis, induce G1/S phase transition, and participate in the biological behavior of hepatoma cells.
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- Clinical College of General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Anhui Medical University, Beijing 100039, China;the Third Medical Centre, Chinese PLA (People's Liberation Army) General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450018, China
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- the Third Medical Centre, Chinese PLA (People's Liberation Army) General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- the Third Medical Centre, Chinese PLA (People's Liberation Army) General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- the Third Medical Centre, Chinese PLA (People's Liberation Army) General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Clinical College of General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Anhui Medical University, Beijing 100039, China;the Third Medical Centre, Chinese PLA (People's Liberation Army) General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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Li YS, Jiang BY, Yang JJ, Zhang XC, Zhang Z, Ye JY, Zhong WZ, Tu HY, Chen HJ, Wang Z, Xu CR, Wang BC, Du HJ, Chuai S, Han-Zhang H, Su J, Zhou Q, Yang XN, Guo WB, Yan HH, Liu YH, Yan LX, Huang B, Zheng MM, Wu YL. Unique genetic profiles from cerebrospinal fluid cell-free DNA in leptomeningeal metastases of EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer: a new medium of liquid biopsy. Ann Oncol 2019; 29:945-952. [PMID: 29346604 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background Leptomeningeal metastases (LM) are more frequent in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. Due to limited access to leptomeningeal lesions, the purpose of this study was to explore the potential role of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as a source of liquid biopsy in patients with LM. Patients and methods Primary tumor, CSF, and plasma in NSCLC with LM were tested by next-generation sequencing. In total, 45 patients with suspected LM underwent lumbar puncture, and those with EGFR mutations diagnosed with LM were enrolled. Results A total of 28 patients were enrolled in this cohort; CSF and plasma were available in 26 patients, respectively. Driver genes were detected in 100% (26/26), 84.6% (22/26), and 73.1% (19/26) of samples comprising CSF cell-free DNA (cfDNA), CSF precipitates, and plasma, respectively; 92.3% (24/26) of patients had much higher allele fractions in CSF cfDNA than the other two media. Unique genetic profiles were captured in CSF cfDNA compared with those in plasma and primary tissue. Multiple copy number variations (CNVs) were mainly identified in CSF cfDNA, and MET copy number gain identified in 47.8% (11/23) of patients was the most frequent one, while other CNVs included ERBB2, KRAS, ALK, and MYC. Moreover, loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of TP53 was identified in 73.1% (19/26) CSF cfDNA, which was much higher than that in plasma (2/26, 7.7%; P < 0.001). There was a trend towards a higher frequency of concomitant resistance mutations in patients with TP53 LOH than those without (70.6% versus 33.3%; P = 0.162). EGFR T790M was identified in CSF cfDNA of 30.4% (7/23) of patients who experienced TKI progression. Conclusion CSF cfDNA could reveal the unique genetic profiles of LM and should be considered as the most representative liquid biopsy medium for LM in EGFR-mutant NSCLC.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Burning Rock Biotech, Guangzhou, China
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- Burning Rock Biotech, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pulmonology, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, China
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- Burning Rock Biotech, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cance, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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Gu XF, Chen XM, Chen HJ, Xu TT, Qiu ZW, Sun DD, Ge XT, Ying SM, Dai YR. [The role of S100A8/RAGE and Caveolin-1 and the effect of roxithromycin on their expression in a rat model of neutrophilic asthma]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2019; 42:845-851. [PMID: 31694095 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2019.11.012] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the role of S100A8, the receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) and Caveolin-1 in neutrophilic asthmatic rats, and to further study the intervention of roxithromycin and the possible mechanisms. Methods: Male Brown Norway rats were randomly assigned to a control group, an asthma group and a Roxithromycin group. The asthmatic rat model was established by intraperitoneal injection of ovalbumin (OVA) and Freund's complete adjuvant (FCA) mixture, and aerosol inhalation of OVA. Rats in the Roxithromycin group were given roxithromycin injection 30 mg/kg 30 minutes before each challenge. Rats in the control and the asthma groups were replaced with equal volumes of saline, respectively. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) neutrophil percentage (Neu%) and pathological changes of pulmonary tissue (hematoxylin-eosin, HE staining) were measured to confirm the establishment of asthmatic models. The concentration of inflammatory cytokines and S100A8 were quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and the expression of Caveolin-1 and RAGE at protein levels were detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blot. Results: Neu% in BALF of the asthma group was significantly higher than those of the control group, and Neu% in the Roxithromycin group was lower than the asthma group (all P<0.01). Pulmonary histology revealed that there were a large number of inflammatory cells infiltrated in the bronchial and perivascular, pulmonary interstitial and alveolar spaces, and the bronchial wall and smooth muscles were thickened obviously in the asthma group. Rats in the Roxithromycin group showed milder inflammation and airway remodeling change than the asthma group. There was no obvious pathological damage in the control group. The concentration of IL-6 and IL-17 in BALF and serum of rats in the asthma group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.01), and Roxithromycin inhibited the high expression of these cytokines (P<0.05). The expression of S100A8 and RAGE in the asthma group were significantly higher than those in the control group [(20.6±4.4) vs (7.1±2.0) ng/L; (885±118) vs (462±102) ng/L; (14.2±1.7) vs (7.6±1.8) ng/L; (774±166) vs (406±69) ng/L, all P<0.05], and Roxithromycin inhibited the high expression of these proteins [(14.3±3.7) vs (20.6±4.4) ng/L; (650±53) vs (885±118) ng/L; (10.4±1.2) vs (14.2±1.7) ng/L; (560±64) vs (728±72) ng/L] (all P<0.05). Meanwhile, the expression of Caveolin-1 in the asthma group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.01), and Roxithromycin up-regulated its expression (P<0.01). Correlation analysis showed that there was a significantly positive correlation between the expression of S100A8 and RAGE (r=0.706, P<0.01), while there was a significantly negative correlation between the expression of S100A8 and Caveolin-1 (r=-0.775, P<0.01), and between the expression of Caveolin-1 and RAGE (r=-0.919, P<0.01). Conclusion: S100A8 and Caveolin-1 may play an important role in neutrophilic asthma via RAGE, and Roxithromycin may exerts anti-inflammatory effects and inhibition of airway remodeling partly through this signaling pathway.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang 325027, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang 325027, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Zhejiang, 321000, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang 325027, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang 325027, China
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- Department of Infectious Medicine, the First People's Hospital of Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311100, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang 325027, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang 325027, China
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Luo Y, Cheng C, Chen HJ, Liu K, Zhou XL. Systematic investigations of the electron, phonon and elastic properties of monolayer M 2C (M = V, Nb, Ta) by first-principles calculations. J Phys Condens Matter 2019; 31:405703. [PMID: 31181557 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab2847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Based on first-principles calculations and theoretical analysis, we investigated various properties of pristine monolayer M2C (M = V, Nb, Ta). Firstly, we optimized the structures of monolayer M2C and computed the corresponding electronic band structures, the results show that they are metallic. And there exists Dirac points in the band structure, which make them may being potential candidates for investigating Dirac-physics-based applications. Secondly, we analyzed the phonon spectra combining with the corresponding projected phonon density of states of monolayer M2C. The results indicate that the three monolayers M2C are dynamically stable. The large energy gap between the optical phonon ZO and ZO' mode gets wider with the mass of translation metal increasing. Thirdly, the related thermodynamic properties, such as the Raman (E g, A 1g), infrared active (E u, A 2u) mode, Debye temperature, sound speed, temperature-dependent heat capacity, entropy, free energy and lattice thermal conductivity were also investigated. Finally, the planar elastic stiffness coefficients and other derived elastic properties of monolayer M2C were determined. We find that the Y s value of Nb2C and Ta2C is larger than that of monolayer Ti2C (130 N m-1). By using the uniaxial tensile, we obtained the stress-strain properties of monolayer M2C. The monolayer Ta2C has the strongest peak strength in the direction of armchair. Its maximum stress is 83GP at ε arm = 0.19. Thus, those MXene materials can be considered as extremely stiff 2D materials.
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- Yan Luo
- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610101, People's Republic of China
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Chen HJ, Tan YJ, Long JG, Chen WC, Hong WY, Cui H, Luo AP, Luo ZC, Xu WC. Dynamical diversity of pulsating solitons in a fiber laser. Opt Express 2019; 27:28507-28522. [PMID: 31684601 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.028507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Pulsating behavior is a universal phenomenon in versatile fields. In nonlinear dissipative systems, the solitons also pulsate under proper conditions and show many interesting dynamics. However, the pulsation dynamics are generally concerned with single-soliton cases. Herein, by utilizing real-time spectroscopy technique, namely, dispersive Fourier-transform (DFT), we reveal the distinct dynamical diversity of pulsating solitons in a fiber laser. In particular, the weak to strong explosive behaviors of pulsating solitons, as well as the rogue wave generation during explosions are observed. Moreover, the concept of soliton pulsation is extended to the multi-soliton case. It is found that the simultaneous pulsations of energy, separation and relative phase difference could be observed for solitons inside the molecule, while the pulsations of each individual in a multi-soliton bunch could be regular or irregular. These findings will shed new insights into the complex nonlinear behavior of solitons in ultrafast fiber lasers as well as dissipative optical systems.
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Gu XF, Chen HJ, Chen XM, Xu TT, Qiu ZW, Wu LQ, Dai W, Ying SM, Dai YR. [Expression of RAGE in asthmatic rats and the intervention of Roxithromycin]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 99:2542-2546. [PMID: 31484284 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2019.32.015] [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 observe the expression of the Receptor of Advanced glycation end products (RAGE) in asthmatic rats, and explore the intervention of Roxithromycin. Methods: A total of 18 Specific Pathogen Free-class Brown Norway male rats were randomly divided into control group, asthma model group and Roxithromycin group, with 6 rats in each group. The asthmatic model was sensitized by intraperitoneal injection of Ovalbumin (OVA)+Al(OH)(3), and challenged with OVA. Rats in Roxithromycin group were given Roxithromycin 30 mg/kg 30 minutes before each challenge. Rats in control group and asthma model group were treated with equal volume of saline. The concentrations of RAGE and interleukin (IL)-4 in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA); the pathological changes of lung tissues were observed by HE-staining; the thickness of airway wall and airway smooth muscle were measured by Image-Pro Plus; the relative expression of RAGE in lung tissues were detected by Western blot. Results: In asthma model group, the concentrations of RAGE and IL-4 in the serum and BALF were obviously higher than those in control group [(494±32) vs (327±45) ng/L; (32.4±5.8) vs (13.1±2.9) ng/L; (553±38) vs (399±56) ng/L; (37.8±3.4) vs (19.4±2.5) ng/L] (all P<0.01); in Roxithromycin group, the concentrations of RAGE and IL-4 in the serum and BALF were obviously lower than those in asthma model group [(438±18) vs (494±32) ng/L; (22.8±6.0) vs (32.4±5.8) ng/L; (444±42) vs (553±38) ng/L; (25.6±4.5) vs (37.8±3.4) ng/L] (all P<0.05). In asthma model group, the bronchial wall was thickened, the lumen was narrow, the mucosal wrinkles were significantly increased, edema appeared under the mucosa, and a large number of inflammatory cells infiltrated and aggregated in the bronchi, perivascular and alveolar spaces; the thickness of airway wall and airway smooth muscle were significantly increased than those in control group (P<0.01); in Roxithromycin group, airway inflammation and remodeling were alleviated compared with those in asthma model group (P<0.05). In asthma model group, the expression of RAGE in lung tissues were significantly increased than those in control group (P<0.01); in Roxithromycin group, the expression of RAGE were significantly decreased than those in asthma model group (P<0.01). There were positive correlations between the expression of RAGE and IL-4 in BALF and serum (r=0.782, 0.804, all P<0.01); there were positive correlations between RAGE and total white cell counts, eosinophil counts, smooth muscle thickness (r=0.897, 0.927, 0.860, all P<0.01). Conclusions: The increasing of RAGE in asthmatic rats are positively correlated with airway inflammation and airway remodeling. Roxithromycin may inhibit the development of asthma by reducing the expression of RAGE.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua 321000, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Department of Neurology Rehabilitation, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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Hsu PK, Chen HJ, Tseng EN, Sasniati P, Chen SY, Gloter A. Understanding and tuning magnetism of mesoscopic hollow oxide sphere by surface engineering. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2019. [DOI: 10.1107/s2053273319091599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Gu X, Peng CY, Lin SY, Qin ZY, Liang JL, Chen HJ, Hou CX, Wang R, Du YQ, Jin JL, Yang ZJ. P16 INK4a played a critical role in exacerbating acute tubular necrosis in acute kidney injury. Am J Transl Res 2019; 11:3850-3861. [PMID: 31312394 PMCID: PMC6614612] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common clinical syndrome with high morbidity and mortality, which is mostly caused by acute tubular necrosis (ATN). AKI is associated with many factors, including cell senescence, inflammatory infiltration, apoptosis and excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). P16INK4a (hereafter termed p16) inhibits cell cycle, and the absence of p16 can significantly slow the progression of cell senescence. We found that the expression of p16 was significantly increased after ATN. To determine whether p16 could exacerbate ATN degree and whether p16 deletion had protective effects against the ATN and renal dysfunction in AKI progression, glycerol-rhabdomyolysis-induced ATN was performed in eight-week-old p16 knockout and wild-type (WT) littermates. Their ATN phenotypes were analyzed; the levels of serum creatinine and serum urea nitrogen were detected; inflammation, cell apoptosis, ROS level and ROS signaling pathway molecules were examined using histopathological and molecular techniques. We found that compared to WT mice, p16 deletion has protective effects against the ATN phenotype and renal dysfunction in AKI progression through ameliorating inflammatory infiltration and proinflammatory factor expression by inhibiting NF-κB proinflammatory pathway, decreasing cell apoptosis by balancing the expressions between pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic molecules, and reducing ROS levels and downregulating ROS signaling pathway molecules including AIF, PGAM5 and KEAP1. Thus, p16 deletion or inhibition and p16 positive cell clearance would be a novel strategy for preventing ATN in AKI progression.
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China
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- Research Centre for Bone and Stem Cells, Department of Human Anatomy, Key Laboratory for Aging & Disease, The State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 211166, Jiangsu, China
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- Research Centre for Bone and Stem Cells, Department of Human Anatomy, Key Laboratory for Aging & Disease, The State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 211166, Jiangsu, China
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- Research Centre for Bone and Stem Cells, Department of Human Anatomy, Key Laboratory for Aging & Disease, The State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 211166, Jiangsu, China
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- Research Centre for Bone and Stem Cells, Department of Human Anatomy, Key Laboratory for Aging & Disease, The State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 211166, Jiangsu, China
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- Research Centre for Bone and Stem Cells, Department of Human Anatomy, Key Laboratory for Aging & Disease, The State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 211166, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China
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- Research Centre for Bone and Stem Cells, Department of Human Anatomy, Key Laboratory for Aging & Disease, The State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 211166, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China
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Ren NN, Chen HJ, Chen QL, Eileen J, An YG, Lin Y. [Effects of human mesenchymal stem cells on airway inflammation in allergic asthma mice and the underlying mechanism]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 97:2697-2702. [PMID: 28910960 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.34.012] [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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Objectives: To investigate the effects of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) on airway inflammation in an ovalbumin (OVA) induced asthma mouse model and the underlying mechanism. Methods: Twenty-four BALB/c mice were randomly divided into four equal groups: normal control group, OVA-induced asthmatic model group, hUC-MSCs treated group (50 μl of hUC-MSCs was transplanted into the trachea of asthmatic mice ) and hUC-MSCs control group (50 μl of hUC-MSCs was transplanted into the trachea of control mice). Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells from umbilical cord of healthy new born babies were used as the source of hUC-MSCs for this study. The asthmatic conditions of the airways and the lungs were assessed by examining: (1) histopathological changes of the airways and the lungs; (2) expression of cytokines IL-6 and TGF-β mRNA by real-time PCR; (3) total leukocytes and mast cell count in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and number of IL-17-expressing CD4(+) cells (Th17 cells) in the lung tissue using flow cytometry. Results: Typical histopathological changes of asthma were confirmed in the asthmatic model group. These changes included intensive inflammatory cell infiltration around the airways and patchy airway occlusion by hyperviscous mucus. The number of total leukocytes and mast cells in BALF were significantly increased in the asthmatic mice when compared with the control group (P<0.05). Mice in the asthmatic model group had significantly higher percentage of Th17 cells in lung tissues when compared with the control group (2.90% vs 0.76%, P<0.05). In contrast, in the asthmatic mice treated with hUC-MSCs, the inflammatory cell infiltration was significantly reduced compared with asthmatic mice, as observed by significantly lower leukocytes and mast cells in BALF (P<0.05) and significant reduction in the percentage of Th17 cells in the lung of OVA-challenged mice following hUC-MSCs treatment (percentage of Th17 cells: 0.24% vs 2.90%, P<0.05). The expression of mRNA for IL-6 and TGF-β was significantly suppressed in the hUC-MSCs treatment group (0.23 vs 2.30 and 0.56 vs 6.60, both P<0.01). No asthmatic pathological changes in both normal and hUC-MSCs control groups were observed. Conclusions: hUC-MSCs significantly inhibit the airway inflammation in OVA-induced asthmatic mice. This inhibition is associated with the suppression of Th17 cells and the down-regulation of inflammatory factors such as IL-6 and TGF-β in the lungs.
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- Guangdong Online Hospital, Guangdong 2nd Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, China
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Chen HJ, Chuang SY, Chang HY, Pan WH. Energy intake at different times of the day: Its association with elevated total and LDL cholesterol levels. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2019; 29:390-397. [PMID: 30782508 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2019.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS This study examined the association between macronutrient intake at different times of the day and blood lipid levels. METHODS AND RESULTS The study was based on the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan, a cross-sectional study of non-institutionalized and non-pregnant healthy adults (≥19-years-old). A one-day (24 h) dietary recall assessed participants' food intake. Fasting plasma triglycerides, total cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol were determined. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol was estimated based on the Friedewald formula. According to the data of eligible subjects (n = 1283), the time of energy intake was categorized into three meal times 0500-0929 (morning), 1130-1329 (noon), and 1730-2029 (evening), along with three snack times 0930-1129 (mid-morning), 1330-1729 (afternoon), and 2030-0459 (night). Energy and macronutrient intake were calculated for the 6 time periods, based on 24 h recall data. An adjusted regression model showed that by transferring 100 kcal intake at night to the morning or noon, LDL cholesterol would be lower by 1.46 (95% CI: 2.42-0.50) and 1.27 mg/dL (95% CI: 2.24-0.30), respectively. Transferring 100 kcal of fat intake at night to earlier periods was associated with a lower LDL cholesterol level, especially transferring to noontime (significantly lower by 5.21 mg/dL, 95% CI: [7.42-2.99]) and evening (significantly lower by 3.19 mg/dL, 95% CI: [6.29-0.08]). CONCLUSIONS Total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol had the same pattern of association with the timing of energy intake. The study showed that elevated total and LDL cholesterol were positively associated with nighttime energy and fat intake.
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- H J Chen
- Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli, Taiwan
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Qi M, Chen HJ, Xu C, Yuan W. [Comparison of three different posterior cervical approaches for treating cervical spine trauma with ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 57:176-181. [PMID: 30861645 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5815.2019.03.004] [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 investigate the clinical application value of using laminoplasty combine with short-segment pedicle screw fixation in the treatment of cervical spine trauma patients with ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). Methods: Fifty-four cervical spine trauma patients with OPLL from June 2014 to June 2016 were retrospectively analyzed of Department of Spine Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Military Medical University. There were 31 males and 23 females, aging (68.4±4.3) years (rang: 46 to 82 years). All patients had a history of cervical spine trauma, confirmed by imaging examination of OPLL, and there are signs and symptoms related to cervical spinal cord compression. Eighteen patients underwent one-stage laminoplasty combine with short-segment pedicle screw fixation(group A), and 15 patients underwent posterior cervical laminectomy and pedicle screw fixation (group B). Twenty-one patients underwent posterior laminoplasty (C group). According to the range of OPLL and the compression of the spinal cord, the range of laminoplasty was selected. MRI scan was used to evaluated the compression condition of cervical spine and the injury condition of anterior longitudinal ligament injury and other factors that can cause local instability of the cervical spine. Posterior unilateral pedicle screw fixation (two pedicles) were performed in the instability segment. The neurological function of the patients was assessed by the Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) Score before surgery, the second day after surgery, 3 months, 1 year and the last follow-up. The cervical spine X-ray films were used to evaluate cervical curvature, cervical spine activity and internal fixation-related complications. Results: The average follow-up time was 18 months (6-30 months). Satisfactory neurological improvement was achieved in all three groups, and no internal fixation-related complications occurred during follow-up. The range of laminoplasty was 22 cases in 4 segments (C(3)-C(6), C(4)-C(7)) and 17 cases in 5 segments (C(3)-C(7)). Unilateral pedicle screw fixation was performed in 11 patients with C(3-4) fixation and 7 patients with C(4-5) fixation. Cervical curvature was basically the same in the three groups after operation and at the last follow-up. No significant changes in cervical curvature and kyphosis were observed during the follow-up period. The overall cervical mobility (C(2)-C(7)) in group A and group C had no significant difference compared with preoperative (P=0.077). The overall mobility of cervical vertebrae in group B was significantly lower than that before surgery (P=0.013). Conclusions: For cervical spine trauma patients with OPLL, laminoplasty combined short-segment pedicle screw fixation can increase cervical segmental stability while extensive decompression of cervical spinal cord compression. At the same time, to some extent, the complications of postoperative axial symptoms caused by posterior cervical laminectomy and pedicle screw fixation were avoided.
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- M Qi
- Department of Spine Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
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Huang FX, Chen HJ, Zheng FX, Gao ZY, Sun PF, Peng Q, Liu Y, Deng X, Huang YH, Zhao C, Miao LJ. LncRNA BLACAT1 is involved in chemoresistance of non‑small cell lung cancer cells by regulating autophagy. Int J Oncol 2019; 54:339-347. [PMID: 30387831 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2018.4614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of the long non‑coding RNA (lncRNA) bladder cancer‑associated transcript 1 (BLACAT1) in chemoresistance of non‑small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells. Expression of lncRNA BLACAT1, microRNA (miR)‑17, autophagy‑related protein 7 (ATG7), multidrug‑resistance protein 1 (MRP1), and the autophagy‑associated proteins light chain 3 (LC3)‑II/LC3‑I and Beclin 1 were detected using the reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blot analysis. Cell viability was determined using an MTT assay. The interaction between BLACAT1 and miR‑17 was determined using RNA immunoprecipitation and RNA pull‑down assays. A cisplatin (DDP)‑resistant NSCLC cell A549/DDP xenograft model in nude mice was established to investigate the effect of BLACAT1 on the chemoresistance of NSCLC cells. Compared with in DDP‑sensitive NSCLC cells, expression of BLACAT1, ATG7, MRP1, LC3‑II/LC3‑I and Beclin 1 was significantly upregulated in DDP‑resistant NSCLC cells, whereas miR‑17 was downregulated in DDP‑resistant NSCLC cells. Short interfering RNA against BLACAT1 decreased the viability of DDP‑resistant NSCLC cells. In addition, BLACAT1 interacted with miR‑17, and negatively regulated miR‑17. BLACAT1 promoted ATG7 expression through miR‑17, and facilitated autophagy and promoted chemoresistance of NSCLC cells through miR‑17/ATG7. Finally, in vivo experiments indicated that inhibition of BLACAT1 ameliorated the chemoresistance of NSCLC. BLACAT1 was upregulated in DDP‑resistant NSCLC cells, and promoted autophagy and chemoresistance of NSCLC cells through the miR‑17/ATG7 signaling pathway.
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- Feng-Xiang Huang
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China
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- Department of Lung Disease Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong 261031, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Affiliated Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475000, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China
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Feng M, Hua TR, Wang YF, Wu Q, Chen HJ, Wang N, Cai BW, Liu XH, Bao XJ, Yao Y, Xing B, Kong ZR, Lu L, Zhu HJ, Wang RZ. Demographic Characterization of Patients Enrolled in the China Pituitary Disease Register Network. Chin Med J (Engl) 2018; 131:2871-2873. [PMID: 30511694 PMCID: PMC6278183 DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.246060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Ming Feng
- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzhou General Hospital, PLA Nanjing Military Area Command, Fuzhou, Fujian 350025, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China,Address for correspondence: Prof. Ren-Zhi Wang, Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China E-Mail:
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Liu Y, Li F, Yang YT, Xu XD, Chen JS, Chen TL, Chen HJ, Zhu YB, Lin JY, Li Y, Xie XM, Sun XL, Ke YQ. IGFBP2 promotes vasculogenic mimicry formation via regulating CD144 and MMP2 expression in glioma. Oncogene 2018; 38:1815-1831. [PMID: 30368528 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-018-0525-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 07/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) refers to the fluid-conducting channels formed by aggressive tumor cells rather than endothelial cells (EC) with elevated expression of genes associated with vascularization. VM has been considered as one of the reasons that glioblastoma becomes resistant to anti-VEGF therapy. However, the molecular basis underlying VM formation remains unclear. Here we report that the insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 2 (IGFBP2) acts as a potent factor to enhance VM formation in glioma. Evidence showed that elevated IGFBP2 expression was positively related with VM formation in patients with glioma. Enforced expression of IGFBP2 increased network formation of glioma cells in vitro by activating CD144 and MMP2 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 2). U251 cells with stable knockdown of IGFBP2 led to decreased VM formation and tumor progression in orthotopic mouse model. Mechanistically, IGFBP2 interacts with integrin α5 and β1 subunits and augments CD144 expression in a FAK/ERK pathway-dependent manner. Luciferase reporter and ChIP assay suggested that IGFBP2 activated the transcription factor SP1, which could bind to CD144 promoter. Thus, IGFBP2 acts as a stimulator of VM formation in glioma cells via enhancing CD144 and MMP2 expression.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. .,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China. .,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. .,The National Key Clinical Specialty, The Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China, Guangzhou, China. .,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory on Brain Function Repair and Regeneration, Guangzhou, China.
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Chen HJ, Su ZQ, Li SY. [Application of endobronchial optical conherence tomography in airway diseases]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2018; 41:810-813. [PMID: 30347556 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2018.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Zhao GK, Chen HJ, Liu HZ, Chen WC, Luo AP, Xing XB, Cui H, Luo ZC, Xu WC. Coexistence of rectangular and Gaussian-shape noise-like pulses in a figure-eight fiber laser. Opt Express 2018; 26:17804-17813. [PMID: 30114065 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.017804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We experimentally report the coexistence of the rectangular noise-like pulse (NLP) and the Gaussian-shape NLP in a figure-eight fiber laser. Benefiting from the strengthened nonlinear effect of a segment of highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) in the cavity, the coexistent NLPs with various patterns, i.e. one rectangular pulse with one Gaussian-shape pulse, one rectangular pulse with two Gaussian-shape pulses and two rectangular pulses with one Gaussian-shape pulse, are formed depending on the cavity parameters setting. In particular, the evolution of these coexistent NLPs properties with pump power is investigated. It is found that the duration of the rectangular pulse always increases, while the Gaussian-shape pulse has almost no changes with the increasing pump power. The achieved results demonstrated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the pulses with different shapes can coexist under the NLP regime, which contributes to further understanding the fundamental characteristics of the NLPs and multiple pulses.
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Chen HJ, Wu P, Wang XG, Han CM. [Advances in the research of application of three-dimensional bioprinting in skin tissue engineering]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi 2018; 34:422-426. [PMID: 29961302 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-2587.2018.06.026] [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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Deep skin wounds require skin grafts for coverage. Current treatments such as tissue engineered skin or skin substitutes can not meet the needs of clinical application due to the technical problems involving preservation, transportation, and a lengthy preparation process. In comparison with traditional methods such as freeze-drying, three-dimensional bioprinting can precisely dispense living cells, nucleic acid, growth factor, and phase-changing hydrogels according to the wound form, while maintaining high cell viability. Besides, it has excellent performance in high resolution, flexibility, reproducibility, and high throughput, showing great potential in the fabrication of tissue engineered skin. This review mainly introduces the common techniques of three-dimensional bioprinting, and their application in skin tissue engineering, focusing on the latest research progress, and summarizes the current challenges and future development of three-dimensional skin printing.
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- H J Chen
- Department of Burns, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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Chen HJ, Liu M, Yao J, Hu S, He JB, Luo AP, Xu WC, Luo ZC. Buildup dynamics of dissipative soliton in an ultrafast fiber laser with net-normal dispersion. Opt Express 2018; 26:2972-2982. [PMID: 29401830 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.002972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Taking advantage of technology of spatio-temporal reconstruction and dispersive Fourier transform (DFT), we experimentally observed the buildup dynamics of dissipative soliton in an ultrafast fiber laser in the net-normal dispersion regime. The soliton buildup dynamics were analyzed in both the spectral and temporal domains. We firstly revealed that the appearing of the spectral sharp peaks with oscillation structures during the mode-locking transition is caused by the formation of structural dissipative soliton. The experimental results were explained by the numerical simulations. These findings would give some new insights into the dissipative soliton buildup dynamics in ultrafast fiber lasers.
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Gu JJ, Fan KC, Zhang JH, Chen HJ, Wang SS. Suppression of microRNA-130b inhibits glioma cell proliferation and invasion, and induces apoptosis by PTEN/AKT signaling. Int J Mol Med 2017; 41:284-292. [PMID: 29115407 PMCID: PMC5746316 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2017.3233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 05/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults and is characterized by extensive proliferation and the diffused invasion of tumor cells. Due to the intricate signaling pathways involved in glioma progression, more effective targeted therapies and prognostic biomarkers in clinical practice are required. The suppression of proto-oncogene function or recovery of tumor suppressor gene function remains one of the primary approaches in gene therapy. The close association between the abnormal expression or mutation of microRNA (miRNA) and the tumorigenesis, progression and staging in glioma have been demonstrated previously. However, the expression pattern and specific role of microRNA‑130b (miR‑130b) in the tumor occurrence and progression of glioma are unclear. In the present study, quantitative polymerase chain reaction was performed to determine the expression level of miR-130b in 30 brain glioma patients and 3 glioma cell lines. An miR‑130b inhibitor was transfected into U87 cells to downregulate the expression of miR-130b, and assessments of cell proliferation, cell cycle, apoptosis, cell invasion and migration in vitro and nude mouse tumorigenicity in vivo were conducted. Western blotting and luciferase reporter gene technology were used to verify the downstream target gene of miR-130b, namely phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN). The results demonstrated that miR-130b expression was increased in glioma tissues and cell lines in comparison with non-glioma tissues or cells. The downregulated expression of miR-130b inhibited the proliferation and invasion of glioma cells, induced apoptosis of the cells in vitro and inhibited their tumorigenicity in vivo. Western blotting and luciferase reporter assays demonstrated that the PTEN gene is a direct target of miR‑130b. Western blotting revealed that the miR-130b inhibitor upregulated the expression of PTEN, inhibited AKT pathway activation, upregulated the tumor suppressor gene p27, and suppressed cyclin D1, matrix metalloproteinase 2 and 9 expression. These results suggest that the miR-130b inhibitor suppressed glioma cell proliferation and invasion via the PTEN/AKT pathway. Therefore, miR‑130b is suggested to be an effective therapeutic target for glioma.
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- Jian-Jun Gu
- Stroke Center, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzhou General Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian 350025, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzhou General Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian 350025, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzhou General Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian 350025, P.R. China
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Deng ZS, Zhao GK, Yuan JQ, Lin JP, Chen HJ, Liu HZ, Luo AP, Cui H, Luo ZC, Xu WC. Switchable generation of rectangular noise-like pulse and dissipative soliton resonance in a fiber laser. Opt Lett 2017; 42:4517-4520. [PMID: 29088202 DOI: 10.1364/ol.42.004517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report on the switchable generation of a rectangular noise-like pulse (NLP) and a dissipative soliton resonance (DSR) in a fiber laser with highly nonlinear effect at very low pump power. The NLP centered at 1530.5 nm demonstrates a new characteristic that its profile evolves gradually from rectangular shape to Gaussian-like shape with the increasing pump power. By appropriately manipulating the polarization controller (PC), the laser switches emit a DSR pulse centered at 1551.3 nm. The duration of the DSR could broaden from 17.4 ns to the cavity round trip time with increasing the pump power, while keeping the pulse profile and the intensity unaltered. This type of fiber laser may not only facilitate further investigations of the characteristics of NLP and DSR but also serve as a multi-functional optical source for potential applications.
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Zhao GK, Lin W, Chen HJ, Lv YK, Tan XM, Yang ZM, Mashinsky VM, Krylov A, Luo AP, Cui H, Luo ZC, Xu WC, Dianov EM. Dissipative soliton resonance in Bismuth-doped fiber laser. Opt Express 2017; 25:20923-20931. [PMID: 29041768 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.020923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We experimentally demonstrate the generation of dissipative soliton resonance (DSR) in a passively mode-locked Bi-doped fiber ring laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) technique. The DSR with the central wavelength of 1169.5 nm has a repetition rate of 343.7 kHz. By purely increasing the pump power, the DSR evolves from Gaussian shape to rectangular shape with the duration extending from 2.1 ns to 13.1 ns, while keeping the pulse amplitude and the 3-dB spectrum bandwidth almost constant. The single-pulse energy reaches 24.82 nJ. Furthermore, we construct a lumped model to reproduce the mode-locking process and the traits of the DSR pulse. The obtained results indicate that it could achieve higher pulse energy in mode-locked Bi-doped fiber laser by generating DSR.
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