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Zhang H, Zhang D, Luan H, Wang Z, Zhang P, Xi G, Ji X. Multifunctional, Self-Adhesive MXene-Based Hydrogel Flexible Strain Sensors for Hand-Written Digit Recognition with Assistance of Deep Learning. Langmuir 2023; 39:16199-16207. [PMID: 37906584 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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The conductive hydrogel as a flexible sensor not only has certain mechanical flexibility but also can be used in the field of human health detection and human-computer interaction. Herein, by introduction of tannic acid (TA) with MXene into the polyacrylamide (PAM)/carboxymethyl chitosan (CMC) double-network hydrogel, a hydrogel with high stretchability, self-adhesion, and high sensitivity was prepared. CMC and PAM form a semi-interpenetrating double-network of high toughness and durability through electrostatic interactions and multiple hydrogen bonding networks. The abundant hydrophilic functional groups on TA and MXene form multiple hydrogen bonds simultaneously with the polymer network, ensuring high stretchability and sensitivity of the hydrogel. The hydrogel can display an accurate response to a variety of stimulus signals and can monitor both human joint movements and small physiological signal changes. It can also be combined with deep learning algorithms to classify handwritten digits with an accuracy rate of 98%. This work can promote the application of hydrogel sensors with durability and high sensitivity. The combination of algorithms and flexible sensors provides important ideas for the further development of flexible devices.
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- Hao Zhang
- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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Ma Y, Zhang D, Wang Z, Zhang H, Xia H, Mao R, Cai H, Luan H. Self-Adhesive, Anti-Freezing MXene-Based Hydrogel Strain Sensor for Motion Monitoring and Handwriting Recognition with Deep Learning. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023. [PMID: 37280727 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c02014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Flexible strain sensors based on self-adhesive, high-tensile, super-sensitive conductive hydrogels have promising application in human-computer interaction and motion monitoring. Traditional strain sensors have difficulty in balancing mechanical strength, detection function, and sensitivity, which brings challenges to their practical applications. In this work, the double network hydrogel composed of polyacrylamide (PAM) and sodium alginate (SA) was prepared, and MXene and sucrose were used as conductive materials and network reinforcing materials, respectively. Sucrose can effectively enhance the mechanical performance of the hydrogels and improve the ability to withstand harsh conditions. The hydrogel strain sensor has excellent tensile properties (strain >2500%), high sensitivity with a gauge factor of 3.76 at 1400% strain, reliable repeatability, self-adhesion, and anti-freezing ability. Highly sensitive hydrogels can be assembled into motion detection sensors that can distinguish between various strong or subtle movements of the human body, such as joint flexion and throat vibration. In addition, the sensor can be applied in handwriting recognition of English letters by using the fully convolutional network (FCN) algorithm and achieved the high accuracy of 98.1% for handwriting recognition. The as-prepared hydrogel strain sensor has broad prospect in motion detection and human-machine interaction, which provides great potential application of flexible wearable devices.
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- Yanhua Ma
- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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Zhang H, Zhang D, Wang Z, Xi G, Mao R, Ma Y, Wang D, Tang M, Xu Z, Luan H. Ultrastretchable, Self-Healing Conductive Hydrogel-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Human-Computer Interaction. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:5128-5138. [PMID: 36658100 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c17904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The rapid development of wearable electronic devices and virtual reality technology has revived interest in flexible sensing and control devices. Here, we report an ionic hydrogel (PTSM) prepared from polypropylene amine (PAM), tannic acid (TA), sodium alginate (SA), and MXene. Based on the multiple weak H-bonds, this hydrogel exhibits excellent stretchability (strain >4600%), adhesion, and self-healing. The introduction of MXene nanosheets endows the hydrogel sensor with a high gauge factor (GF) of 6.6. Meanwhile, it also enables triboelectric nanogenerators (PTSM-TENGs) fabricated from silicone rubber-encapsulated hydrogels to have excellent energy harvesting efficiency, with an instantaneous output power density of 54.24 mW/m2. We build a glove-based human-computer interaction (HMI) system using PTSM-TENGs. The multidimensional signal features of PTSM-TENG are extracted and analyzed by the HMI system, and the functions of gesture visualization and robot hand control are realized. In addition, triboelectric signals can be used for object recognition with the help of machine learning techniques. The glove based on PTSM-TENG achieves the classification and recognition of five objects through contact, with an accuracy rate of 98.7%. Therefore, strain sensors and triboelectric nanogenerators based on hydrogels have broad application prospects in man-machine interface, intelligent recognition systems, auxiliary control systems, and other fields due to their excellent stretchable and high self-healing performance.
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- Hao Zhang
- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao266580, China
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Yang C, Zhang D, Wang D, Luan H, Chen X, Yan W. In Situ Polymerized MXene/Polypyrrole/Hydroxyethyl Cellulose-Based Flexible Strain Sensor Enabled by Machine Learning for Handwriting Recognition. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:5811-5821. [PMID: 36648277 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c18989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Flexible strain sensors have significant progress in the fields of human-computer interaction, medical monitoring, and handwriting recognition, but they also face many challenges such as the capture of weak signals, comprehensive acquisition of the information, and accurate recognition. Flexible strain sensors can sense externally applied deformations, accurately measure human motion and physiological signals, and record signal characteristics of handwritten text. Herein, we prepare a sandwich-structured flexible strain sensor based on an MXene/polypyrrole/hydroxyethyl cellulose (MXene/PPy/HEC) conductive material and a PDMS flexible substrate. The sensor features a wide linear strain detection range (0-94%), high sensitivity (gauge factor 357.5), reliable repeatability (>1300 cycles), ultrafast response-recovery time (300 ms), and other excellent sensing properties. The MXene/PPy/HEC sensor can detect human physiological activities, exhibiting excellent performance in measuring external strain changes and real-time motion detection. In addition, the signals of English words, Arabic numerals, and Chinese characters handwritten by volunteers measured by the MXene/PPy/HEC sensor have unique characteristics. Through machine learning technology, different handwritten characters are successfully identified, and the recognition accuracy is higher than 96%. The results show that the MXene/PPy/HEC sensor has a significant impact in the fields of human motion detection, medical and health monitoring, and handwriting recognition.
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- Chunqing Yang
- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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Chen X, Zhang D, Luan H, Yang C, Yan W, Liu W. Flexible Pressure Sensors Based on Molybdenum Disulfide/Hydroxyethyl Cellulose/Polyurethane Sponge for Motion Detection and Speech Recognition Using Machine Learning. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:2043-2053. [PMID: 36571453 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c16730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Flexible pressure sensors with excellent performance have broad application potential in wearable devices, motion monitoring, and human-computer interaction. In this paper, a flexible pressure sensor with a porous structure is proposed by coating molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) on a polyurethane (PU) sponge skeleton. The obtained sensor has excellent sensitivity (0.746 kPa-1), a wide detection range (250 kPa), fast response (120 ms), and outstanding repeatability over 2000 cycles. It is proven that the sensor can realize human motion detection and distinguish the touch of varying strength. In addition, a pressure sensing array was fabricated to reflect the pressure distribution and recognize the writing of Arabic numerals. Finally, the sensor performs speech detection through throat muscle movements, and high-accuracy (97.14%) speech recognition for seven words was achieved by a machine learning algorithm based on the support vector machine (SVM). This work provides an opportunity to fabricate simple flexible pressure sensors with potential applications in next-generation electronic skin, health detection, and intelligent robotics.
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- Xiaoya Chen
- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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Wang P, Luo CH, Song Y, Cao LF, Luan H, Zheng SP, Zhu DJ, Tian G. Pericardial adipose tissue-derived leptin promotes myocardial apoptosis in high fat diet-induced obese rats through JAK2/ROS/NKA signaling pathway. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.3226] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying cardiac structural and functional changes in obesity are complex and linked to adipocytokines released from pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) and cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Although leptin is involved in various pathological conditions, its role in paracrine action of pericardial adipose tissue on myocardial apoptosis remains unknown.
Purpose
This study was designed to investigate the role of PAT-derived leptin on myocardial apoptosis in high fat diet-induced obese rats.
Methods and results
Hearts were isolated from lean or high fat diet-induced obese Wistar rats for myocardial remodeling studies. Obese rats had abnormal myocardial structure, diastolic dysfunction, greatly elevated cardiac apoptosis and increased oxidative stress level. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) detected significantly higher than circulating leptin level in PAT of obese, but not lean rats. Western blot and immunohistochemical analyses demonstrated increased leptin receptor density in obese heart. H9c2 rat cardiomyoblasts after exposed to PAT-conditioned medium of obese rats exhibited pronounced reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated apoptosis, which was partially reversed by leptin antagonist. Moreover, leptin derived from PAT of obese rats inhibited Na+/K+-ATPase activity of H9c2 cells through stimulating ROS, thereby activating calcium-dependent apoptosis. Pretreatment with specific inhibitors revealed that JAK2/STAT3 and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways was involved in the leptin-induced myocardial apoptosis.
Conclusion
PAT-derived leptin induces myocardial apoptosis in high fat diet-induced obese rats via activating JAK2/STAT3/ROS signaling pathway and inhibiting its downstream Na+/K+-ATPase activity.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Nature Science Foundation of ChinaKey Projects of Shaanxi Science and Technology Research and Development Plan
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- P Wang
- the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi an Jiaotong University, Cardiovascular department, Xi'an, China
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- the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi an Jiaotong University, Cardiovascular department, Xi'an, China
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- the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi an Jiaotong University, Cardiovascular department, Xi'an, China
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- the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi an Jiaotong University, Cardiovascular department, Xi'an, China
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- the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi an Jiaotong University, Cardiovascular department, Xi'an, China
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- the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi an Jiaotong University, Cardiovascular department, Xi'an, China
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- the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi an Jiaotong University, Cardiovascular department, Xi'an, China
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- the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi an Jiaotong University, Cardiovascular department, Xi'an, China
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Xu Y, Xu Y, Luan H, Jiang Y, Tian X, Zhang S. Cardioprotection against experimental myocardial ischemic injury using cornin. Braz J Med Biol Res 2016; 49:e5039. [PMID: 26871971 PMCID: PMC4742973 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20155039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Phosphorylated-cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element-binding protein (Phospho-CREB) has an important role in the pathogenesis of myocardial ischemia. We isolated the iridoid glycoside cornin from the fruit of Verbena officinalis L, investigated its effects against myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) injury in vivo, and elucidated its potential mechanism in vitro. Effects of cornin on cell viability, as well as expression of phospho-CREB and phospho-Akt in hypoxic H9c2 cells in vitro, and myocardial I/R injury in vivo, were investigated. Cornin attenuated hypoxia-induced cytotoxicity significantly in H9c2 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. Treatment of H9c2 cells with cornin (10 µM) blocked the reduction of expression of phospho-CREB and phospho-Akt in a hypoxic condition. Treatment of rats with cornin (30 mg/kg, iv) protected them from myocardial I/R injury as indicated by a decrease in infarct volume, improvement in hemodynamics, and reduction of severity of myocardial damage. Cornin treatment also attenuated the reduction of expression of phospho-CREB and phospho-Akt in ischemic myocardial tissue. These data suggest that cornin exerts protective effects due to an increase in expression of phospho-CREB and phospho-Akt.
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- Y Xu
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China
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Kang Z, Zhu H, Luan H, Han F, Jiang W. Curculigoside A induces angiogenesis through VCAM-1/Egr-3/CREB/VEGF signaling pathway. Neuroscience 2014; 267:232-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.02.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Revised: 02/25/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Mo D, Huang J, Jia X, Luan H, Rozelle S, Swinnen J. Checking into China's cow hotels: Have policies following the milk scandal changed the structure of the dairy sector? J Dairy Sci 2012; 95:2282-98. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2011] [Accepted: 12/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Zhou LP, Luan H, Dong XH, Jin GJ, Man DL, Shang H. Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms and colorectal cancer risk: a meta-analysis. Genet Mol Res 2011; 10:3674-88. [PMID: 22058001 DOI: 10.4238/2011.october.31.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an endothelial cell-specific mitogen involved in a number of pathologic processes, including angiogenesis, tumor growth and metastasis. Polymorphisms of the VEGF gene have been associated with susceptibility to colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the specific association still remains controversial. We made a meta-analysis of the association between VEGF gene polymorphisms and CRC risk. Only eight case-control studies were retrieved, with a total of 2337 CRC patients and 2032 healthy controls. Six VEGF gene polymorphisms were addressed in all studies included, +936C>T (rs3025039), -2578C>A (rs699947), -1154G>A (rs1570360), -634G>C (rs2010963), -460C>T (rs833061), and +405C>G (rs2010963). There was a significant association between -2578C>A polymorphism and susceptibility to CRC in the comparison of C allele carriers (CC + CA) versus AA (odds ratio = 0.77, 95% confidence interval = 0.62-0.96, P = 0.02). No association was found between +936C>T, -1154G>A, -634G>C, -460C>T, and +405C>G with susceptibility to CRC. We conclude that the C allele carrier (CC + CA) of VEGF -2578C>A polymorphism appears to be a protective factor for CRC.
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- L P Zhou
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Brown ET, Luan H, Gdowski MJ, Gdowski GT. Head movements produced during linear translations in unexpected directions. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2010; 2009:7261-4. [PMID: 19965099 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2009.5334734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Passive translation of the body in space elicits a complex combination of directionally-specific torques that are exerted on the neck. The inertial torques that are produced by linear translation are counteracted by linear vestibular and proprioceptive reflexes that maintain head stability. A novel experimental apparatus was used in this study to translate human subjects in a random and unpredictable direction in order to quantify the head's 3-D movement with respect to the direction of translation. Head movements were found to be produced in systematic patterns as a function of stimulus direction. Roll and yaw head movements were produced in proportion to the magnitude of the lateral component of the translation. Pitch head movements were proportionate to the magnitude of the fore-aft component of the translation. One surprising observation was that head movements produced during lateral translations were, on average, 17% smaller than those produced during fore-aft translations. This suggests that linear vestibular reflexes that stabilize the head may be directionally-specific and more active during lateral whole body translations.
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- E T Brown
- Dept. Biomed. Eng., Univ. Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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The vestibular nerve sends signals to the brain that code the movement and position of the head in space. These signals are used for a variety of functions, including the control of reflex and voluntary movements and the construction of a sense of self-motion. In order to carry out these functions, sensory vestibular signals need to be transformed in a variety of ways. Transformations are thought to occur at an early stage of sensory processing in the brain, and in many cases are apparent in the responses of neurons in the vestibular nuclei that receive direct inputs from the vestibular nerve. Several specific examples of sensory transformation in the vestibular nuclei are presented, and current hypotheses about the mechanisms that are used to produce the transformations are discussed.
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- R McCrea
- Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
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Kitama T, Ishida M, Luan H, Kawasaki T, Sato Y. Difference between horizontal and vertical optokinetic nystagmus in cats at upright position. Jpn J Physiol 2001; 51:463-74. [PMID: 11564283 DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.51.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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UNLABELLED The slow-phase velocity (SPV) of optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) and optokinetic after nystagmus (OKAN) in response to a velocity step of surround rotation in the horizontal direction is composed of the rapid and slow components in the cat: a rapid rise, a slow rise to a steady state, a rapid fall, and a slow decline to 0 deg/s. The rapid and slow components are attributed to the direct pathway and velocity storage neuronal mechanisms, respectively. The difference between horizontal and vertical OKN has been reported in the monkey at the upright position, but the slow and rapid components have not been distinguished. The present study compared horizontal OKN-OKAN with vertical OKN-OKAN in the cat at the upright position, distinguishing the rapid and slow components. Constant velocity rotation of a random dot pattern at a velocity of 5 to 160 deg/s was used for optokinetic stimulation. THE RESULTS First, the amplitude of the rapid rise was relatively small in all SPV directions and all stimulus velocities investigated, with a slight upward-SPV preference to the downward-SPV (maximum 6.4, 6.0, and 3.4 deg/s in horizontal, upward, and downward SPV directions, respectively). Second, the steady state velocity was large during horizontal OKN (maximum 69.0 deg/s), small during upward-SPV OKN (12.9 deg/s), and missing (SPV is negligibly small and irregular) during downward-SPV OKN, indicating a large directional difference of OKN. Third, the acceleration of the slow rise decreased with the stimulus velocity at higher stimulus velocities >20 deg/s during both horizontal and upward-SPV OKN, suggesting strong nonlinearity in the velocity charge system. Fourth, the decay time course of the OKAN was described by the time constant of the exponential function, and the time constant was longer during horizontal (mean, 8.3 s at a stimulus velocity of 20 deg/s) than during upward-SPV (5.4 s) OKAN, suggesting that the velocity discharge system is relatively linear compared with the velocity charge system. It is concluded that horizontal OKN-OKAN is much larger than vertical OKN-OKAN in the cat at the upright position, and this directional difference is caused mainly by the directional difference in the velocity storage mechanism, but not in the direct pathway mechanism.
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- T Kitama
- Department of Physiology, Yamanashi Medical University, Tamaho, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan.
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Brayman AA, Strickler PL, Luan H, Barned SL, Raeman CH, Cox C, Miller MW. Hemolysis of 40% hematocrit, Albunex-supplemented human erythrocytes by pulsed ultrasound: frequency, acoustic pressure and pulse length dependence. Ultrasound Med Biol 1997; 23:1237-1250. [PMID: 9372572 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(97)00126-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The dependence of hemolysis produced by pulsed ultrasound on ultrasound frequency, acoustic pressure and pulse length was explored. Human erythrocytes (40% hematocrit; in Albunex-supplemented autologous plasma) were exposed (60 s) to 20 or 200 microns pulses of ultrasound at frequencies of 1.02, 2.24 or 3.46 MHz and at peak negative pressures [P-] ranging from 0.0 to approximately 3.0 MPa in 0.5 MPa increments. The duty factor was 0.01. At each frequency, hemolysis increased with increasing acoustic pressure and depended weakly on pulse duration. At relatively high acoustic pressures, hemolysis depended strongly on ultrasound frequency; at lower pressures, the frequency dependence was weaker. The potential clinical significance of ultrasonic hemolysis is discussed.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Xu D, Luan H, Zhan A, Feng W, Sun X, Meng F. Spontaneous malignant transformation of fibrous dysplasia. Chin Med J (Engl) 1996; 109:941-5. [PMID: 9275327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical and radiological findings in diagnosing spontaneous malignant transformation of fibrous dysplasia. METHODS Fifteen cases of sarcomatous transformation proved by operation and pathological examinations were found in a group of 356 patients with fibrous dysplasia, and their radiological manifestations were retrospectively studied. The 15 cases included 8 osteosarcomas, 5 fibrosarcomas and 2 chondrosarcomas. All the 15 patients were known to have long-standing fibrous dysplasia, but no radiation therapy was ever received. Eleven patients had polyostotic fibrous dysplasia and 4 had monostotic type. RESULTS Malignant transformation most frequently occurs in the cystic expansive lesion of the long tubular bone. Pains, swelling and late appearance of a bony mass are the main clinical manifestations. The early radiological features of sarcomatous transformation in fibrous dysplasia are moth-eaten or cystic areas of osteolysis located in the involved bone. The cortical destruction and gradual formation of a soft tissue mass that contains tumor-bone are highly suspicious of osteosarcomatous transformation, while ring-like and spotty calcification in the tumor matrix is indicative of chondrosarcoma. Fibrosarcoma usually shows simple osteolytic destruction. CONCLUSIONS According to the clinical radiological findings, patients of sarcomatous transformation can be detected in the early stage. These radiological findings may be used as a clue for differentiating various kinds of sarcomatous transformation.
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- D Xu
- Affiliated Hospital, Qingdao Medical College
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