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Jiang Y, Si J, Zhang R, Enemali G, Zhou B, McCann H, Liu C. CSTNet: A Dual-Branch Convolutional Neural Network for Imaging of Reactive Flows Using Chemical Species Tomography. IEEE Trans Neural Netw Learn Syst 2023; 34:9248-9258. [PMID: 35324447 DOI: 10.1109/tnnls.2022.3157689] [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] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Chemical species tomography (CST) has been widely used for in situ imaging of critical parameters, e.g., species concentration and temperature, in reactive flows. However, even with state-of-the-art computational algorithms, the method is limited due to the inherently ill-posed and rank-deficient tomographic data inversion and by high computational cost. These issues hinder its application for real-time flow diagnosis. To address them, we present here a novel convolutional neural network, namely CSTNet, for high-fidelity, rapid, and simultaneous imaging of species concentration and temperature using CST. CSTNet introduces a shared feature extractor that incorporates the CST measurements and sensor layout into the learning network. In addition, a dual-branch decoder with internal crosstalk, which automatically learns the naturally correlated distributions of species concentration and temperature, is proposed for image reconstructions. The proposed CSTNet is validated both with simulated datasets and with measured data from real flames in experiments using an industry-oriented sensor. Superior performance is found relative to previous approaches in terms of reconstruction accuracy and robustness to measurement noise. This is the first time, to the best of our knowledge, that a deep learning-based method for CST has been experimentally validated for simultaneous imaging of multiple critical parameters in reactive flows using a low-complexity optical sensor with a severely limited number of laser beams.
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Wang H, Li T, Xie M, Si J, Qin J, Yang Y, Zhang L, Ding H, Chen X, He L. Association of Computed Tomography Radiomics Signature with Progression-free Survival in Neuroblastoma Patients. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2023; 35:e639-e647. [PMID: 37349199 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2023.06.008] [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: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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AIMS To investigate the association of computed tomography radiomics signature with progression-free survival (PFS) in neuroblastoma patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively included 167 neuroblastoma patients who were divided into a training set and a test set through stratified sampling at a ratio of 7:3. Regions of interest of the primary tumours were delineated on pretreatment contrast-enhanced computed tomography images and radiomics features were extracted from them. The intraclass correlation coefficient, Pearson correlation coefficient, and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator Cox regression algorithm were applied to select radiomics features and construct the radiomics signature. The effectiveness of the signature in predicting PFS was evaluated using the concordance index (C-index) and 95% confidence interval in both the training and the test sets. The time-dependent receiver operator characteristic curve of the radiomics signature was plotted and the area under the curve (AUC) was calculated. A calibration curve was used to assess the difference between the predicted probability of the radiomics signature and the observed probability at different time points. RESULTS The radiomics signature was composed of six features, which achieved a C-index of 0.733 (95% confidence interval 0.664-0.803) in the training set and 0.734 (95% confidence interval 0.608-0.861) in the test set. In the training set, the radiomics signature yielded an AUC of 0.707, 0.737, 0.788, 0.859 and 0.829 for 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-year PFS, respectively. Similarly, the radiomics signature exhibited an AUC of 0.738, 0.807, 0.761, 0.787 and 0.818 for 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-year PFS, respectively, in the test set. The calibration curves showed no significant difference between the predicted probability of the radiomics signature and the observed probability for up to 5 years. CONCLUSIONS Computed tomography radiomics features exhibit a significant correlation with the PFS of neuroblastoma patients, particularly in terms of long-term outcomes.
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- H Wang
- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China.
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Jia H, Liu Q, Si J, Chen Y, Zhou G, Lan H, He W. Oxidation engineering triggered peroxidase-like activity of VO xC for detection of dopamine and glutathione. Nanoscale Adv 2023; 5:5799-5809. [PMID: 37881712 PMCID: PMC10597545 DOI: 10.1039/d3na00642e] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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MXenes, two-dimensional nanomaterials, are gaining traction in catalysis and biomedicine. Yet, their oxidation instability poses significant functional constraints. Gaining insight into this oxidation dynamic is pivotal for designing MXenes with tailored functionalities. Herein, we crafted VOxC nanosheets by oxidatively engineering V4C3 MXene. Interestingly, while pristine V4C3 displays pronounced antioxidant behavior, its derived VOxC showcases enhanced peroxidase-like activity, suggesting the crossover between antioxidant and pro-oxidant capability. The mixed valence states and balanced composition of V in VOxC drive the Fenton reaction through multiple pathways to continually generate hydroxyl radicals, which was proposed as the mechanism underlying the peroxidase-like activity. Furthermore, this unique activity rendered VOxC effective in dopamine and glutathione detection. These findings underscore the potential of modulating MXenes' oxidation state to elicit varied catalytic attributes, providing an avenue for the judicious design of MXenes and derivatives for bespoke applications.
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- Huimin Jia
- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion of Henan Province, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Xuchang University Xuchang Henan 461000 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion of Henan Province, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Xuchang University Xuchang Henan 461000 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion of Henan Province, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Xuchang University Xuchang Henan 461000 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion of Henan Province, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Xuchang University Xuchang Henan 461000 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion of Henan Province, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Xuchang University Xuchang Henan 461000 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge Massachusetts 02139 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion of Henan Province, Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials, College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Xuchang University Xuchang Henan 461000 P. R. China
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Hao Y, Si J, Wei J, Gu X, Wang W, Zhang Y, Guan Y, Huang H, Xu C, Song Z. 221P Comparison of efficacy and safety of carboplatin combined with nab-paclitaxel or paclitaxel as first-line therapy for advanced thymic epithelial tumors. J Thorac Oncol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s1556-0864(23)00474-4] [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: 04/03/2023]
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Hao Y, Si J, Jin J, Wei J, Xiang J, Xu C, Song Z. 220P Comparison of efficacy and safety of platinum-based chemotherapy as first-line therapy between B3 thymoma and thymic carcinoma. J Thorac Oncol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s1556-0864(23)00473-2] [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: 04/04/2023]
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Zhang W, Wang D, Si J, Jin L, Hao Y. Gbb Regulates Blood Cell Proliferation and Differentiation through JNK and EGFR Signaling Pathways in the Drosophila Lymph Gland. Cells 2023; 12:cells12040661. [PMID: 36831328 PMCID: PMC9954825 DOI: 10.3390/cells12040661] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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The Drosophila lymph gland is an ideal model for studying hematopoiesis, and unraveling the mechanisms of Drosophila hematopoiesis can improve our understanding of the pathogenesis of human hematopoietic malignancies. Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling is involved in a variety of biological processes and is highly conserved between Drosophila and mammals. Decapentaplegic (Dpp)/BMP signaling is known to limit posterior signaling center (PSC) cell proliferation by repressing the protooncogene dmyc. However, the role of two other TGF-β family ligands, Glass bottom boat (Gbb) and Screw (Scw), in Drosophila hematopoiesis is currently largely unknown. Here, we showed that the loss of Gbb in the cortical zone (CZ) induced lamellocyte differentiation by overactivation of the EGFR and JNK pathways and caused excessive differentiation of plasmatocytes, mainly by the hyperactivation of EGFR. Furthermore, we found that Gbb was also required for preventing the hyperproliferation of the lymph glands by inhibiting the overactivation of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) and c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) pathways. These results further advance our understanding of the roles of Gbb protein and the BMP signaling in Drosophila hematopoiesis and the regulatory relationship between the BMP, EGFR, and JNK pathways in the proliferation and differentiation of lymph gland hemocytes.
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- Wenhao Zhang
- Department of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- Department of Basic Medical, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang 110034, China
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- Department of Basic Medical, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang 110034, China
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- Department of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
- Correspondence: (L.J.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Basic Medical, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang 110034, China
- Correspondence: (L.J.); (Y.H.)
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Si J, Yu J, Lan H, Niu L, Luo J, Yu Y, Li L, Ding Y, Zeng M, Fu L. Chemical Potential-Modulated Ultrahigh-Phase-Purity Growth of Ultrathin Transition-Metal Boride Single Crystals. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:3994-4002. [PMID: 36706380 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal borides (TMBs) are especially expected to exhibit excellent performance in various fields among electricity, superconductivity, magnetism, mechanics, biotechnology, battery, and catalysis. However, the synthesis of ultrathin TMB single crystals with ultrahigh phase purity was deemed extremely challenging and has not been realized till date. That is because TMBs have the most kinds of crystal structures among inorganic compounds, which possess generous phase structures with similar formation energies compared with other transition-metal compounds, attributing to the metalloid and electron-deficient characteristics of boron. Herein, for the first time, we demonstrate a chemical potential-modulated strategy to realize the precise synthesis of various ultrahigh-phase-purity (approximately 100%) ultrathin TMB single crystals, and the precision in the phase formation energy can reach as low as 0.01 eV per atom. The ultrathin MoB2 single crystals exhibit an ultrahigh Young's modulus of 517 GPa compared to other 2D materials. Our work establishes a chemical potential-modulated strategy to synthesize ultrathin single crystals with ultrahigh phase purity, especially those with similar formation energies, and undoubtedly provides excellent platforms for their extensive research and applications.
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- Jingjing Si
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Yang Y, Si J, Lv X, Dai D, Liu L, Tang S, Wang Y, Zhang S, Xiao W, Zhang Y. Integrated analysis of whole genome and transcriptome sequencing reveals a frameshift mutation associated with recessive embryonic lethality in Holstein cattle. Anim Genet 2021; 53:137-141. [PMID: 34873723 DOI: 10.1111/age.13160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Embryo loss is an important factor affecting fertility in dairy production. HH2 was identified as a haplotype on chromosome 1 associated with embryonic lethality in Holstein cattle. In the current study, both short- and long-read WGS was performed on four carriers and four non-carriers of HH2 to screen for variants in concordance with HH2 haplotype status. Sequence variation analysis revealed five putative functional variants of protein-coding genes, including a frameshift mutation (g.107172616delT) in intraflagellar transport protein 80 (IFT80) gene. Transcriptome analysis of whole blood indicated that no gene exhibited significantly differential expression or allele-specific expression between carriers and non-carriers in the candidate region. This evidence points to g.107172616delT as the highest priority causative mutation for HH2. Protein prediction reveals that the frameshift mutation results in a premature stop codon to reduce the peptide chain from 760 to 383 amino acids and greatly alters the structure and function of IFT80 protein. Our results demonstrate that the use of a combination of multiple high-throughput sequencing technologies is an efficient strategy to screen for the candidate causative mutations responsible for Mendelian traits, including genetic disorders.
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- Y Yang
- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Dairy Cattle Center, Beijing, 100192, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Dairy Cattle Center, Beijing, 100192, China
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- Beijing Animal Husbandry Station, Beijing, 100107, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Animal Husbandry Station, Beijing, 100107, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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Tian Q, Si J, Jiang F, Xu R, Wei B, Huang B, Li Q, Jiang Z, Zhao T. Caspofungin combined with TMP/SMZ as a first-line therapy for moderate-to-severe PCP in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. HIV Med 2020; 22:307-313. [PMID: 33277811 PMCID: PMC7984216 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.13013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The effectiveness of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMZ) for pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is limited with adverse events. Caspofungin, by inhibiting the cyst form of Pneumocystis jirovecii, may be an alternative therapy for PCP. However, the availability of clinical data about caspofungin combined with TMP/SMZ in the treatment of PCP in HIV-infected patients is limited. Thus, we aimed to examine the clinical effectiveness and safety of caspofungin combined with TMP/SMZ as a first-line therapy for moderate-to-severe PCP in HIV-infected patients. METHODS From January 2017 to December 2019, data of HIV-infected patients with moderate-to-severe PCP who received either TMP/SMZ alone or caspofungin combined with TMP/SMZ as first-line therapy were retrospectively reviewed to assess the effectiveness and safety of each regimen. The Kaplan-Meier curve and log-rank test were used for survival analysis. RESULTS A total of 278 patients met the criteria. The overall positive response rate of PCP treatment was 48.92%, and the overall all-cause in-hospital mortality rate was 33.09%. Patients who received combination therapy consisting of caspofungin and TMP/SMZ had a better positive response rate (59.44% vs. 37.78%, P < 0.001) and lower all-cause in-hospital mortality rate (24.48% vs. 42.22%, P = 0.003). Also, patients who received combination therapy had higher survival rate during a hospital stay (75.52% vs. 57.78%, P = 0.004), and those who received longer combination therapy were more likely to have higher survival rate (P = 0.042). We found that age (P = 0.019), CD4 cell count (P = 0.001) and therapeutic regimen (P = 0.002) were significant risk factors for all-cause in-hospital mortality rate in univariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, only CD4 cell count and therapeutic regimen were statistically significant factors associated with all-cause in-hospital mortality rate. Patients with a CD4 count of > 30 cells/µL and patients who received combination therapy consisting of caspofungin and TMP/SMZ were more likely to survive from PCP (P = 0.011 and P = 0.002, respectively). There were no additional severe adverse events caused by adding caspofungin. CONCLUSIONS For HIV-infected patients with moderate-to-severe PCP, combination therapy with caspofungin and TMP/SMZ is an effective and promising first-line therapy with no greater number of adverse events compared with TMP/SMZ monotherapy. Patients who received caspofungin had better positive response rates and lower all-cause in-hospital mortality rates. Also, we recommend early initiation of caspofungin.
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- Q Tian
- The Third People's Hospital of Guilin, Guangxi, China
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- The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- The Third People's Hospital of Guilin, Guangxi, China
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- The Third People's Hospital of Guilin, Guangxi, China
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- The Third People's Hospital of Guilin, Guangxi, China
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- The Third People's Hospital of Guilin, Guangxi, China
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- The Third People's Hospital of Guilin, Guangxi, China
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- People's Hospital of Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
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- The Third People's Hospital of Guilin, Guangxi, China
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Si J. 211P Is axillary lymph node dissection necessary in breast cancer patients with mastectomy and false-negative frozen section in sentinel lymph node biopsy? Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Si J, Zeng M, Ta HQ, Zheng S, Liao J, Yang X, Rümmeli MH, Fu L. Adsorption-Free Growth of Ultra-Thin Molybdenum Membranes with a Low-Symmetry Rectangular Lattice Structure. Small 2020; 16:e2001325. [PMID: 32484312 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202001325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Although low-symmetry lattice structure of 2D transition metals is highly anticipated for both fundamental research and potentially distinctive application, it still has not been experimentally realized, which greatly hinders the exploration of the unique properties. Here, ultra-thin body-centered-cubic (bcc) phase molybdenum (Mo) membranes are successfully synthesized with a low-symmetry rectangular (110) crystal face via an adsorption-free reaction. Through experimental and density functional theory studies, no foreign atoms being adsorbed is shown to be a key factor for the successful preparation of the bcc phase 2D transition metal with (110) faces. The realization of 2D Mo(110) with a low-symmetric rectangular lattice structure extends the scope of 2D structures and is also beneficial for the exploration and development of low-symmetry rectangular lattice-structured materials with unique properties.
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- Jingjing Si
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou, Nano Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Department of Physics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Department of Physics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou, Nano Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 34, Zabrze, 41-819, Poland
- Institute of Environmental Technology, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. Listopadu 15, Ostrava, 708 33, Czech Republic
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
- The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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Si J, Quan CL, Mo M, Guo R, Su YH, Yang BL, Chen JJ, Shao ZM, Wu J. [A single-center retrospective study on axillary evaluation in 1 557 breast ductal carcinoma in situ patients between 2006 and 2016]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 57:681-685. [PMID: 31474060 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5915.2019.09.007] [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 examine the influence factors on axillary evaluation in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) patients, and the prognosis of different choices of axillary evaluation in a single-center retrospective study. Methods: Totally 1 557 DCIS patients admitted in Department of Breast Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center from January 2006 to November 2016 were retrospectively enrolled. All patients were female. The median age was 49 years (range: 21 to 85 years). Surgical methods included modified radical mastectomy, simple mastectomy (with or without axillary evaluation) and breast conservation surgery (with or without axillary evaluation). Axillary evaluation included axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) and sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). T tests, χ(2) test and Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze influence factors on axillary evaluation, respectively. Kaplan-Meier curve and Log-rank analysis were used to evaluate recurrence-free survival (RFS) and loco-regional recurrence-free survival (LRRFS) in patients with different surgical methods. Results: Among the 1 557 DCIS patients, there were 1 226 cases received axillary evaluation, while 331 cases not received axillary evaluation. Patients were separated into 3 groups by different axillary evaluation choices: SLNB group (957 cases, 61.46%), ALND group (197 cases, 12.65%) and no evaluation group (403 cases, 25.88%). The patients in SLNB group increased significantly (P=0.000), from 3.85% (60/1 557) in 2006 to 75.19% (1 170/1 557) in 2016. The independent influence factors of receiving axillary evaluation were high nuclear grade (OR=3.191, 95%CI: 1.722 to 5.912, P=0.001) and tumor size>15 mm (OR=1.698, 95%CI: 1.120 to 2.573, P=0.012). Also, patients received breast conservation surgery were more likely to refuse axillary evaluation (OR=0.155, 95%CI: 0.103 to 0.233, P=0.000). There were no significant differences in RFS and LRRFS in patients with different axillary evaluation choices. Conclusions: The investigation in trends and influence factors of different axillary evaluation choices provided basis on surgical precision medicine in DCIS patients. Patients received SLNB increased significantly. The independent influence factors of axillary evaluation were nuclear grade, tumor size and surgical methods. There was no significant differences in prognosis among the groups receiving different axillary evaluations.
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- J Si
- Department of Breast Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China
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Fang X, Zhang Y, Wang M, Li P, Zhang Q, Si J, Wei B, Miao Y, Tian L, Cai X. Lysosome and proteasome pathways are distributed in laticifers of Euphorbia helioscopia L. Physiol Plant 2019; 166:1026-1038. [PMID: 30414186 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12869] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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At present, the lysosome pathway (LP) and proteasome pathway (PP) are known as major clearance systems in eukaryotic cells. The laticifer, a secretory tissue, degrades some cytoplasm during development. In this study, we investigated the distribution of LP and PP in non-articulated laticifers of Euphorbia helioscopia L. Electron microscopy revealed that, plastids, mitochondria and some cyotsol were degraded in the late development laticifers, where there were numerous vesicles originated from dicytosomes. Accordingly, some key proteins in LP and PP were detected in E. helioscopia latex using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) proteomics. Further immunohistochemistry analysis revealed that the clathrin heavy chain (CHC) belonging to LP and the ubiquitin-mediated proteasome degradation increases gradually as the laticifer develops. Immuno-electron microscopy revealed that the cysteine protease, CHC and AP-2 complex subunit beta-1 belonging to LP were mainly distributed in vesicles deriving from dicytosomes, which we called lysosome-like vesicles. Ubiquitin was widely distributed in the cytosol, and proteasome activity was significantly reduced when various concentrations of the inhibitor MG132 were added to the latex total protein. We hypothesize that LP and PP are distributed in E. helioscopia laticifers; and it was speculated that LP and PP might be involved in the degradation of organelles and some cytoplasmic matrix in E. helioscopia laticifers.
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- Xiaoai Fang
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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Si J, Li H, Lu C, Shen G. Identification and investigation on the foxc1-regulated mrnas and mirnas in osteogenic differentiation of mouse preosteoblastic cells. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2019.03.842] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Si J, Shen H, Shi J, Shen G. Will inferior alveolar nerve injury during bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy impair the bone healing of human mandible? Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2019.03.210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Guo R, Su YH, Xue JY, Si J, Chi YY, Wu J. Abstract P6-05-01: A novel cleaved cytoplasmic lncRNA LacRNA interacts with PHB2 and suppresses breast cancer metastasis via repressing MYC targets. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p6-05-01] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated in breast cancer metastases through largely unknown mechanisms. In this study, we used microarray analysis to compare lncRNAs expression levels between matched pairs of breast lymph node metastatic tissues and primary tumors. We discovered that lncRNA LINC00478 was substantially downregulated in the metastatic tumor samples. Interestingly, we found that LINC00478 could be cleaved by RNase to simultaneously generates the mature 5' ends of cytoplasmic RNA and 3' ends of nuclear RNA by polyadenylation. We named 5' ends 791-nt RNA as LacRNA (LINC00478-assciated cytoplasmic RNA). Over expression of full-length LINC00478 and LacRNA, but not LINC00478 3' RNA, significantly inhibited breast cancer proliferation, invasion and metastasis in vitro and in vivo.We used CRISPR-dCas9 complex to mediate efficient transcriptional activation of LacRNA at endogenous genomic loci followed by RNA-seq analyses. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) showed that the MYC pathway/targets were prominent gene sets negatively enriched in LacRNA-activated cells. Further study revealed that LacRNA exerted its tumor suppressive activity by directly binding with prohibitin2(PHB2) to enhance its protein stability, which promoted PHB2 competing with MYC for transcriptionally suppressing the MYC target genes (e.g., CDC20, CDC45, CCNA2 and MAD2L1). Mechanistically, LacRNA inhibits breast cancer invasion and metastasis by interacting with PHB2 through LacRNA's 1-300nt region. In addition, taking advantage of CRISPR system to knock-out and activate the expression of LacRNA, as well as rescue experiment, we uncovered the positive correlation between LacRNA and PHB2 and their role in suppressing MYC target genes and cancer metastasis. At the same time, LacRNA can attenuated the MYC induced activation of MYC targets through binding with PHB2, indicating that LacRNA plays a central role in the suppression of MYC target genes. We further explored the role of LacRNA in inhibiting lung metastasis by implanting LacRNA-activated LM2 cells into the mammary fat pads of NOD-SCID mice. Luciferase imaging and histological analysis were used to detect lung metastasis and found that LacRNA significantly suppressed lung metastasis. Immunohistochemistry were used to detect the expression of PHB2 and MYC targets in both orthotopic tumors and lung metastasis and verified their correlation in vivo. Extensive analyses of clinical data indicated that LacRNA level was substantially downregulated in metastases tumors accompanied by enrichment of MYC targets. The robustness value of LacRNA expression was further verified in two independent patient cohorts, including 530 invasive breast cancer tumors in Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (FUSCC) and 819 breast patients' data from TCGA. High LacRNA expression level had a significantly better clinical outcome in both cohorts and represented an independent prognostic predictor for DFS (HR=0.48, P=0.006, multivariate analysis) and OS (HR=0.32, P=0.009, multivariate analysis) in FUSCC cohort. Collectively, LacRNA functions as a tumor suppressor lncRNA that inhibits breast cancer invasion-metastasis cascade.
Citation Format: Guo R, Su Y-H, Xue J-y, Si J, Chi Y-y, Wu J. A novel cleaved cytoplasmic lncRNA LacRNA interacts with PHB2 and suppresses breast cancer metastasis via repressing MYC targets [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P6-05-01.
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- R Guo
- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China
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Si J, Tang P. Influence of antistatic agent encapsulated into functionalized mesoporous silica on antistatic properties of polystyrene. INT J POLYM MATER PO 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2017.1376201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Jingjing Si
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Si J, Aihong M, Hong Z. PO-128 MicroRNA-449A enhances the radiosensitivity of prostate cancer cells. ESMO Open 2018. [DOI: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-eacr25.652] [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: 11/04/2022] Open
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Si J, Yang B, Guo R, Huang N, Quan C, Chen J, Wu J. Abstract P3-01-06: Can axillary evaluation be omitted in patients preoperatively diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ by core needle biopsy? Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs17-p3-01-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background
Patients diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) by core needle biopsy (CNB) have a great chance of upgrading invasive cancer on the final pathology. Positive axillary lymph nodes can be found in these patients. The present study sought to identify clinicopathological factors associated with upgrading and axillary lymph nodes metastasis in patients preoperatively diagnosed with DCIS by CNB.
Materials and Methods
This study identified 604 patients (cT1-3N0M0) with preoperative diagnosis of pure DCIS by CNB who had undergone axillary evaluation from August 2006 to December 2015 at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (FUSCC). Predictors of upgrading and axillary lymph nodes metastasis were analyzed, respectively.
Results
Of all 604 patients, 513 (84.93%) and 91 (15.07%) patients had undergone sentinel lymph nodes biopsy (SLNB) and axillary lymph nodes dissection (ALND), respectively. Overall, 121 (20.03%) and 193 (31.95%) patients were upgraded to DCIS with microinvasion (DCISM) and IDC on final pathology, respectively. Positive axillary lymph nodes were identified in 41 (6.79%) patients, of which 35 (5.80%) patients had 1-2 positive axillary lymph nodes, 6 (0.99%) patients had 3 or more positive axillary lymph nodes. Among patients with axillary lymph nodes metastasis, 4 (9.76%), 4 (9.76%) and 33 (80.48%) patients were in DCIS, DCISM and IDC group, respectively. Predictors of upgrading included tumor size on ultrasonography (P=0.001), Ki-67 (P=0.046) and molecular subtype (P=0.007) in univariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, patients with larger tumor size on ultrasonography (>2cm) (OR 1.767, P=0.001) were more likely to be upgraded on final pathology. Also, ER+ HER2+ patients were more likely to be upgraded than ER+ HER2- patients (OR 1.659, P=0.047). Factors associated with axillary lymph nodes metastasis included nipple discharge (P<0.001), tumor size on pathology (P=0.037), number of lesions (P=0.039), axillary evaluation methods (P=0.029) and molecular subtype (P=0.049) in univariate analysis. Whereas, only nipple discharge and larger tumor size on pathology (>2cm) reached statistical significance in multivariate analysis (OR 5.959, P<0.001; OR 2.361, P=0.042). In addition, further analysis showed upgrading on final pathology had a significant influence on axillary lymph nodes status (P<0.001). However, this correlation was not shown between patients with DCIS and DCISM in pairwise comparison.
Conclusion
The data of upgrading and axillary lymph nodes metastasis in patients with an initial diagnosis of DCIS by CNB was comparable in this cohort with published data. Despite of a 51.98% upgrading rate, the rate of axillary lymph nodes metastasis in these patients is low, which supports the omission of axillary evaluation in selected patients.
Citation Format: Si J, Yang B, Guo R, Huang N, Quan C, Chen J, Wu J. Can axillary evaluation be omitted in patients preoperatively diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ by core needle biopsy? [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-01-06.
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- J Si
- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine
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Si J, Xiao S, Wang Y, Zhu L, Xia X, Huang Z, Gao Y. Sub-nanometer Co 3O 4 clusters anchored on TiO 2(B) nano-sheets: Pt replaceable Co-catalysts for H 2 evolution. Nanoscale 2018; 10:2596-2602. [PMID: 29354816 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr07336d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Cobalt-based heterogeneous cocatalysts are important substitutions of noble metal cocatalysts in many important commercial chemical processes, but their efficiency is extremely low on a per metal atom basis, because only the atoms located at surface active-sites participate in the chemical reaction. Thus, cocatalysts with small cluster dispersions are highly desirable to maximize the amount of active-sites and enhance the per atom efficiency. Here, we report the synthesis of sub-nanometer Co3O4 clusters which are anchored to 2D ultrathin TiO2(B) nanosheets, as a cocatalyst for H2 evolution reaction (HER). It was found that the conduction type of Co3O4 clusters turns from P-type to N-type, and the heterojunction band structure between TiO2(B) and Co3O4 clusters changes from type II to type I, when the cluster size is reduced from nanometer scale to the sub-nanometer scale. With a suitable energy band matching between TiO2(B) and sub-nanometer Co3O4 clusters, the electrons generated in TiO2(B) during the photocatalytic process reduce the Co ions into metallic Co atoms, which produce excellent photocatalytic stability and extremely high HER efficiency comparable to that of the noble Pt cocatalyst.
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- Jingjing Si
- Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Physics and Electronic Technology, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
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Wang L, Lin Z, Chen S, Li J, Chen C, Huang Z, Ye B, Ding J, Li W, Wu L, Jiang Y, Meng L, Du Q, Si J. Ten-day bismuth-containing quadruple therapy is effective as first-line therapy for Helicobacter pylori –related chronic gastritis: a prospective randomized study in China. Clin Microbiol Infect 2017; 23:391-395. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2016] [Revised: 12/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Liu W, Wang J, Wang L, Qian C, Qian Y, Xuan H, Zhuo W, Li X, Yu J, Si J. Ras-association domain family 10 acts as a novel tumor suppressor through modulating MMP2 in hepatocarcinoma. Oncogenesis 2016; 5:e237. [PMID: 27348267 PMCID: PMC4945738 DOI: 10.1038/oncsis.2016.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 11/08/2015] [Revised: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Ras-Association Domain Family 10 (RASSF10) is the last identified member of the RASSF family. The functional characteristics of this new gene in human cancers remain largely unclear. Here, we examined RASSF10 for the biological functions and related molecular mechanisms in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We found that RASSF10 is expressed in normal human liver tissue, but is silenced or down-regulated in 62.5% (5/8) of HCC cell lines. The mean expression level of RASSF10 was significantly lower in primary HCCs compared with their adjacent normal tissues (P<0.005, n=52). The promoter methylation contributes to the inactivation of RASSF10 as demonstrated by bisulfite genomic sequencing and demethylation treatment analyses. Transgenic expression of RASSF10 in silenced HCC cell lines suppressed cell viability, colony formation and inhibited tumor growth in nude mice (QGY7703, P<0.01; HepG2, P<0.05). Furthermore, RASSF10 was shown to induce the cell accumulation in G1 phase with the increase of p27, as well as the decrease of cyclinD1 and CDK2/CDK4. Over-expression of RASSF10 also inhibited HCC cells migration (P<0.01) or invasion (P<0.05). Adhesion genes array revealed that Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2) was a downstream effector of RASSF10. RASSF10 acting as a tumor suppressor to inhibit HCC invasion partially mediated by Focal Adhesion Kinase or p38 MAPK to decrease the accumulation of MMP2. Our study suggests that RASSF10 acts as a tumor suppressor for HCC.
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- W Liu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Postgraduate at Institute of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University; The First People's Hospital of Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Xing S, Li R, Si J, Tang P. In situ polymerization of poly(styrene- alt -maleic anhydride)/organic montmorillonite nanocomposites and their ionomers as crystallization nucleating agents for poly(ethylene terephthalate). J IND ENG CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2016.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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RNA transcripts, which do not encode proteins, have received considerable attention in recent years. These non-coding RNAs are classified into two groups: small non-coding RNAs and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). Increasing evidence suggests that lncRNAs are emerging as key regulators in many biological processes. However, knowledge of the underlying mechanisms whereby they act is still limited. Here, we try to elucidate the way that lncRNAs function in the context of DNA, RNA and protein interaction networks. It is noteworthy that lncRNA and another type of non-coding RNA microRNA (miRNA) may 'talk' to each other more frequently than ever expected. Additionally, lncRNAs display aberrant expression profiles in different kinds of cancers, with their potential roles in carcinogenesis and cancer metastasis. We summarize the effect of some cancer related lncRNAs upon tumor biological events, including cell proliferation, apoptosis, invasion and metastasis. Finally, we focus on the clinical value of lncRNAs, considering their potential application in cancer diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention.
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Zhao X, Si J, Miao Y, Peng Y, Wang L, Cai X. Comparative proteomics of Euphorbia kansui Liou milky sap at two different developmental stages. Plant Physiol Biochem 2014; 79:60-5. [PMID: 24681756 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Euphorbia kansui Liou is a unique traditional Chinese medicinal herb. Its milky sap proteins play important roles in laticifer development, synthesis and transport of its biologically active substances. A proteomic approach was applied to analyze the E. kansui latex proteins related to laticifer development and secondary metabolite synthesis by using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A total of 125 milky sap proteins associated with development of laticifers, disease and defense, and general metabolism were identified, and 19 differentially expressed proteins at two different developmental stages of laticifers were successfully detected. Peroxidase, cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenase superfamily, lipoxygenase, and multidrug resistance protein ABC transporter family may be involved in laticifer development, secondary metabolite synthesis and transport, and plant physiology.
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- Xueyan Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an 710069, China
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an 710069, China.
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The toxic effects of x-ray radiation on eye development was measured using zebrafish as a model organism. Zebrafish embryos at 8 h post-fertilization (hpf) were irradiated using X-rays at doses of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gy. At 24 and 48 hpf, x-ray radiation induced a significant increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) content and cell apoptotic signals. Both of these increases were dose dependent and there were significant positive relationships between them at 24 hpf. At 48 and 72 hpf, the increase of ROS concentration can be eliminated by increasing activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase. Although the ROS generated by x-ray radiation caused a significant increase in cell apoptosis at 24 and 48 hpf, the cellular layers of the retina and lens formation in the irradiated groups were not significantly disrupted at 144 hpf compared with the control group, with the exception of a heterogeneous distribution of the cells in inner nuclear cell layer and a significant decrease in the diameters of whole eyes after 8 Gy irradiation. X-Ray radiation at later stages of gastrulation may not cause distinct optic complications; however, there is still a risk of microophthalmia at high doses of irradiation.
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- R Zhou
- Department of Medical Physics, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Physics, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Physics, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China
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- School/Hospital of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Physics, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Physics, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Physics, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China
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Si J, Huang S, Shi H, Liu Z, Hu Q, Wang G, Shen G, Zhang D. Usefulness of 3T diffusion-weighted MRI for discrimination of reactive and metastatic cervical lymph nodes in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma: a pilot study. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2014; 43:20130202. [PMID: 24408820 DOI: 10.1259/dmfr.20130202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To study the diagnostic accuracy of 3T diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) for the discrimination of reactive and metastatic cervical lymph nodes in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. METHODS DW T1 and T2 weighted MRI was performed in 25 patients with biopsy-proved primary oral squamous cell carcinoma. The mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of 30 histopathologically proved reactive lymph nodes and 21 histopathologically proved metastatic lymph nodes were compared using an unpaired t-test. A cut-off ADC value with optimal diagnostic sensitivity, specificity and area under the curve in discrimination of the two groups was determined using a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. RESULTS The mean ADC values of reactive lymph node and metastatic lymph node groups were (1.037 ± 0.149) × 10(-3) and (0.702 ± 0.197) × 10(-3) mm(2) s(-1), respectively. A statistically significant difference in ADC values of the two groups was certified (p < 0.0001). An optimal ADC threshold value of 0.887 × 10(-3) mm(2) s(-1) was suggested as the cut-off point, which resulted in 93.33% sensitivity, 80.95% specificity, 88.20% accuracy and area under curve of 0.887. CONCLUSIONS Our preliminary study indicates that the addition of 3T DW-MRI may be useful for discriminating between reactive lymph nodes and metastatic lymph nodes in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. However, larger studies are still required to validate our results and to standardize this imaging technique for daily clinical practice.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Wang S, Jing X, Wang Y, Si J. High char yield of aryl boron-containing phenolic resins: The effect of phenylboronic acid on the thermal stability and carbonization of phenolic resins. Polym Degrad Stab 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2013.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhao X, Zheng L, Si J, Miao Y, Peng Y, Cai X. Immunocytochemical localization of saikosaponin-d in vegetative organs of Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd. Bot Stud 2013; 54:32. [PMID: 28510868 PMCID: PMC5430319 DOI: 10.1186/1999-3110-54-32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Saikosaponin-d (SSd) is an important active component of Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd., a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. Thus far, the biosynthetic pathway and biosynthetic site of saikosaponins in Bupleurum are largely unknown. The cellular localization of SSd will help in understanding saikosaponin biosynthesis and regulation. RESULTS In this study, we characterize for the first time the localization of SSd in B. scorzonerifolium tissues and cells using histochemistry and immunoelectron microscopy. The results show that the saikosaponin distribution in different plant organs changes as they mature. The number of SSd gold particles distinctly differed among the roots, stems, and leaves, with the particles mainly concentrated in the roots. The gold particles were mainly observed in vacuoles, with a few particles in the protoplasm; hence, SSd is mainly stored in vacuoles. CONCLUSIONS We speculate that saikosaponins are mainly synthesized via the mevalonate pathway in the protoplasm in young organs, and then transported to the central vacuole by the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) or the fusion of vacuoles, to protect plants from self-poisoning with the accumulation of more saikosaponins.
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in western China, (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, Xi’an, 710069 China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in western China, (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, Xi’an, 710069 China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in western China, (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, Xi’an, 710069 China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in western China, (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, Xi’an, 710069 China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in western China, (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, Xi’an, 710069 China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in western China, (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, Xi’an, 710069 China
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Wang S, Jing X, Wang Y, Si J. Synthesis and characterization of novel phenolic resins containing aryl-boron backbone and their utilization in polymeric composites with improved thermal and mechanical properties. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.3216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Shujuan Wang
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an 710049 China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an 710049 China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an 710049 China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an 710049 China
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This paper focuses on a systematic treatment for developing a generic online learning control system based on the fundamental principle of reinforcement learning or more specifically neural dynamic programming. This online learning system improves its performance over time in two aspects: 1) it learns from its own mistakes through the reinforcement signal from the external environment and tries to reinforce its action to improve future performance; and 2) system states associated with the positive reinforcement is memorized through a network learning process where in the future, similar states will be more positively associated with a control action leading to a positive reinforcement. A successful candidate of online learning control design is introduced. Real-time learning algorithms is derived for individual components in the learning system. Some analytical insight is provided to give guidelines on the learning process took place in each module of the online learning control system.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-7606, USA.
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Lei Yang, Si J, Tsakalis K, Rodriguez A. Direct Heuristic Dynamic Programming for Nonlinear Tracking Control With Filtered Tracking Error. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 39:1617-22. [DOI: 10.1109/tsmcb.2009.2021950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Si J, Zhu G. [Application of expressed sequence tag (EST) in parasite genome research]. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2009; 17:311-4. [PMID: 12563868] [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: 02/28/2023]
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Gu B, Si J, Liu F, Xu Y, Andersson K. POS-01.121: Improving voiding efficiency in the diabetic rat by a 5-HT1A serotonin receptor agonist. Urology 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.06.823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Principle component analysis (PCA) was performed on recorded neuronal action potentials from neural ensembles in rat's motor cortex when the rat was involved in a closed-loop real-time brain machine interface (BCI). The implanted rat was placed in a conditioning chamber, but freely moving, to decide which one of the two paddles should be activated to shift the light to the center. It is found that the principle component feature vectors revealed the importance of individual neurons and their temporal dynamics in relation to the intention of activating either left or right paddle. In addition, the first principle component feature has much higher discriminative capability than others although it represents only a few percentage of the total variance. Using the first principle component with the Bayes classifier achieved 90% classification accuracy, which is comparable with the accuracy obtained by a more sophisticated high performance support vector classifiers.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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Zhu Y, Si J, Harn DA, Xu M, Ren J, Yu C, Liang Y, Yin X, He W, Cao G. Schistosoma japonicum triose-phosphate isomerase plasmid DNA vaccine protects pigs against challenge infection. Parasitology 2006; 132:67-71. [PMID: 16393355 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182005008644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2005] [Revised: 06/22/2005] [Accepted: 06/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The protective efficacy of a Schistosoma japonicum, Chinese strain, triose-phosphate isomerase (TPI) plasmid DNA vaccine was examined in naïve pigs. Pigs were vaccinated with the TPI DNA-plasmid alone, or in conjunction with IL-12 as pcDNA3.1-P35, pcDNA3.1-P40 plasmids via intramuscular injection. Control pigs were immunized with equivalent amounts of pcDNA3.1. Pigs were immunized 3 times at 21-day intervals and challenged 30 days after the final boost. Forty-five days post-challenge, pigs were sacrificed and perfused to compare adult worm burdens, female worm burdens, liver egg burdens and granuloma size. We found that pigs vaccinated with SjCTPI DNA alone had adult worm burdens reduced by 48.3% and that a further decrease in adult worm burdens was not seen in the group vaccinated with SjCTPI DNA in conjunction with IL-12 (46.2% reduction). The SjCTPI DNA vaccines had a more pronounced effect on reducing female worm burdens i.e. 53.6% SjCTPI alone and 59.6% for SjCTPI+IL-12. Vaccination with SjCTPI-DNA reduced liver eggs by 49.4% and this response was significantly enhanced by the addition of IL-12 (65.8% reduction in liver eggs). In addition to the dramatic protective effects seen in vaccinated pigs, we also noted that granuloma size was reduced by 42% in both groups. Thus, vaccination of pigs and other large animals in China with SjCTPI DNA vaccine will likely reduce transmission by reducing adult worm burdens and worm egg output and simultaneously reduce hepatic egg-associated pathology.
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- Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214064, PR China.
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Si J. Society briefs - Welcome to the CIS multimedia tutorials center! IEEE COMPUT INTELL M 2006. [DOI: 10.1109/mci.2006.1626498] [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]
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Si J, Fritts C, Waldroup P, Burnham D. Effects of Tryptophan to Large Neutral Amino Acid Ratios and Overall Amino Acid Levels on Utilization of Diets Low in Crude Protein by Broilers. J APPL POULTRY RES 2004. [DOI: 10.1093/japr/13.4.570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Si J, Fritts C, Waldroup P, Burnham D. Effects of Excess Methionine from Meeting Needs for Total Sulfur Amino Acids on Utilization of Diets Low in Crude Protein by Broiler Chicks. J APPL POULTRY RES 2004. [DOI: 10.1093/japr/13.4.579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Schroder L, Basta NT, Casteel SW, Evans TJ, Payton ME, Si J. Validation of the in vitro gastrointestinal (IVG) method to estimate relative bioavailable lead in contaminated soils. J Environ Qual 2004; 33:513-521. [PMID: 15074802 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.5130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The effect of the dosing vehicle (e.g., dough) on the ability of an in vitro gastrointestinal (IVG) method to predict relative bioavailable Pb associated with soil ingestion was evaluated. Bioaccessible Pb determined by the IVG method was compared with relative bioavailable Pb measured from dosing trials using juvenile swine for 18 contaminated soils ranging from 1270 to 14200 mg Pb kg(-1). Bioaccessible Pb was measured in the IVG gastric extraction (GE) and intestinal extraction (IE) solutions. Mean bioaccessible Pb values were 32.2% for GE without dough, 23.0% for GE with dough, 1.06% for IE without dough, and 0.56% for IE with dough. It is possible that phytic acid associated with the dough addition decreased bioaccessible Pb. In vivo relative bioavailable Pb ranges for different swine tissues were 1 to 87% for blood, 0 to 110% for liver, 1 to 124% for kidney, and 0.04 to 94% for bone. Strong linear relationships between IVG GE Pb with dough (r > 0.76, P < 0.0002), IVG IE Pb with dough (r > 0.56, P < 0.015), and IVG GE Pb without dough (r > 0.81, P < 0.0001) and in vivo bioavailable Pb as estimated with blood, kidney, liver, and bone were found. Inexpensive in vitro methods may be useful in providing an estimate of the variability in relative bioavailable Pb at a single study site. The IVG method can be used to estimate relative bioavailable Pb, As, and Cd in contaminated soil.
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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Schroder JL, Basta NT, Casteel SW, Evans TJ, Payton ME, Si J. Validation of the In Vitro Gastrointestinal (IVG) Method to Estimate Relative Bioavailable Lead in Contaminated Soils. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ren JG, Zhu YC, Harn DA, Yu CX, Yin XR, Si J, He W, Xu M, Hua WQ, Xu YL. [Protective immunity induced by 23 kDa membrane protein DNA vaccine of Schistosoma japonicum Chinese strain in mice]. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2003; 19:336-9. [PMID: 12572063] [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: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To develop 23 kDa membrane protein DNA vaccine of Schistosoma japonicum Chinese strain and test its protective efficacy in infected C57BL/6 mice. METHODS The full length cDNA encoding SjC23 amplified from pUC19-SjC23 subcloned into pcDNA3.1. 48 female mice were divided into three groups: A, B and C. Group A (control group) was each immunized i.m. with 100 micrograms of pcDNA3.1; group B (SjC23 group) was each immunized i.m. with 100 micrograms of pcDNA3.1-SjC23; group C (SjC23 + IL-12) was each immunized i.m. with a mixture of 100 micrograms of pcDNA3.1-SjC23, 100 micrograms of pcDNA3.1-p35 and 100 micrograms of pcDNA-p40, followed by two boosts of the same DNA once every two weeks. All the mice were challenged with 45 cercariae at week 8, killed and perfused for worms at week 14. The expression of SjC23 and p35, p40 in muscle tissue was determined by immuno-histochemical method. By the culture of spleen cells, the production of IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IFN-gamma after the stimulation of rSjC23-HD was determined two weeks before and after challenge. Anti-SjC23 antibodies were tested by Western blotting. RESULTS SjC23 and p35, p40 were all expressed on the membrane and in the plasma of muscle cells of the infected mice. Significant increase of IL-2 and IFN-gamma in SjC23 and SjC23 + IL-12 groups was observed before and after challenge. Western blotting showed that after the third immunization (before challenge) 8 out of 10 sera from SjC23 group and 9 out of 10 sera from SjC23 + IL-12 group were positive. The worm reduction rate in SjC23 group and SjC23 + IL-12 group was 26.9% and 35.4%, respectively; the number of eggs in liver tissue was reduced by 22.2% and 28.4%, respectively. CONCLUSION pcDNA3.1-SjC23 DNA vaccine could induce partial protection against Schistosoma japonicum in C57BL/6 mice.
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- Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi 214064
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Si J, Zhou W, Wu J, Cao Q, Xiang Z, Jiang L, Lü W, Huang H. Establishment of an animal model of chronic atrophic gastritis and a study on the factors inducing atrophy. Chin Med J (Engl) 2001; 114:1323-5. [PMID: 11793864] [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: 02/23/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To establish a rat model of chronic atrophic gastritis and explore the factors inducing atrophy. METHODS In accordance with repeated orthogonal design of L8(2(7)), 60% alcohol and 20 mmol/L sodium deoxycholate (served as factor A), 0.05%-0.1% ammonia water (factor B), 0.05% indomethacin (factor C) were given, alone or in combination, to rats in three experiments for 3 months, 6 months or 9 months respectively. Then the rats were dissected, and their pathologic changes of the gastric mucosa were assessed. RESULTS Typical signs of chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) were found in all rats which were treated with factor A, B, C alone or in combination for 6 or 9 months. No significant difference of pathologic changes of gastric mucosa was found between the rats treated for 6 months and those for 9 months. No obvious CAG signs were found in the rats treated with factor A, B, C for 3 months. CONCLUSION Sixty percent of alcohol, 20 mmol/L sodium deoxycholate, 0.05%-0.1% ammonia water and 0.05% indomethacin given to Sprague-Dawley rats for 6 months can successfully establish the animal model of CAG. Prolongation of the model-establishment time is not able to further facilitate the atrophy of gastric mucosa.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China
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Si J, Fritts CA, Burnham DJ, Waldroup PW. Relationship of dietary lysine level to the concentration of all essential amino acids in broiler diets. Poult Sci 2001; 80:1472-9. [PMID: 11599707 DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.10.1472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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A study was conducted to evaluate the relationship of dietary Lys and other essential amino acids (EAA) in diets for broilers. Diets were formulated based upon NRC (1994) recommendations. Within each age period, diets contained NRC recommended levels of Lys with other EAA at 100, 110, 120, or 130% of NRC. The diets were then supplemented with 0.1, 0.2, or 0.3% additional Lys, resulting in a 4 x 4 factorial arrangement with four levels of Lys (NRC, + 0.1%, + 0.2%, and + 0.3% Lys) and four levels of other EAA (100, 110, 120, and 130% of NRC). Each of the 16 treatments was fed to six replicate pens of 25 male broilers of a commercial strain. At 56 d, five birds per pen were processed to determine dressing percentage and carcass yield. There were no significant interactions between level of Lys and levels of other EAA for live performance or carcass characteristics. The BW was significantly increased at 21 and 42 d by addition of + 0.1% Lys above NRC but not at 56 d. There was no significant effect of other EAA on BW at any age. The effects of Lys on feed conversion were varied. At 21 and 42 d, addition of 0.1% Lys to diets containing the NRC Lys level significantly improved feed conversion; response to 0.2 or 0.3% Lys were varied. No significant effects of Lys on feed conversion were observed at 56 d. Increasing the level of EAA resulted in significant improvements in feed conversion at 21, 42, and 56 d, generally following a linear trend. Dietary Lys levels had no significant effects on dressing percentage, breast meat yield, or abdominal fat content. The level of other EAA significantly influenced dressed yield but had no significant influence on carcass yield. These results indicate that NRC (1994) levels of Lys and other EAA are adequate for optimum performance of male broilers processed at 56 d but may be less than adequate at younger ages.
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- J Si
- Poultry Science Department, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72701, USA
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Si J. [The compliance of patients to medical prescriptions]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2001; 40:507-8. [PMID: 11718046] [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: 02/22/2023]
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We report on photoinduced second-harmonic generation (SHG) in chalcogenide glasses. Fundamental and second-harmonic waves from a nanosecond pulsed Nd:YAG laser were used to induce second-order nonlinearity in chalcogenide glasses. The magnitude of SHG in 20G?20A?60S glass was 10(4) larger than that of tellurite glass with a composition of 15Nb(2)O (5) 85TeO(2) (mol.%). Moreover, no apparent decay of photoinduced SHG in 20G?20A?60S glass was observed after optical poling at room temperature. We suggest that the large and stable value of chi((2)) is due to the induced defect structures and large chi((3)) of the chalcogenide glasses.
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Xue-Bin Liang, Si J. Global exponential stability of neural networks with globally Lipschitz continuous activations and its application to linear variational inequality problem. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001; 12:349-59. [DOI: 10.1109/72.914529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Wu J, Si J, Cao Q, Lü W, Weng J, Lü B, Dai N. [The effect of epidermal growth factor on the pathologic changes of gastric mucosa in SD rats with chronic atrophic gastritis]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2001; 40:169-72. [PMID: 11798573] [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: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on the pathologic changes of gastric mucosa in rats with chronic atrophic gastritis(CAG). METHODS The established rat models of CAG were divided into therapy group and control group. The rats in the therapy group received EGF 10 microg/kg subcutaneously (SC), whereas these in the control group the same volume of normal saline SC. 12 weeks later, all rats were killed by cervical dislocation and their gastric mucosa were examined with microscope. RESULTS The grade of inflammatory cell infiltration in the therapy group was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.01). The thickness of gastric mucosal gland layer was (215.0 +/- 20.7) microm in the therapy group and (139.2 +/- 13.8) microm in the control group (P < 0.01). The ratio of the thickness of gastric mucosal glands and muscularis mucosa(L(1)/L(2)) was 2.70 +/- 0.34 in the therapy group and 1.27 +/- 0.27 in the control group (P < 0.01). The number of gastric glands in 1 mm length of mucosal layer was 26.20 +/- 1.27 in the therapy group and 19.90 +/- 1.78 in the control group (P < 0.01). In the therapy group, the gastric glands were rearranged in order, without signs of malignant proliferation. The width of the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA ) of gastric mucosa was higher in the therapy group than in the control group [(77.70 +/- 4.16) microm vs (54.40 +/- 4.54) microm, P < 0.01]. CONCLUSIONS EGF played a therapeutic role in reversing the gastric mucosal atrophy of the rats with CAG. It promoted the expression of PCNA, which induced a protective proliferation of the gastric mucosal lesions in the rats with CAG.
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- Department of Gastroenterology of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hongzhou 310016, China
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Si J, Cao Q, Gao M, Fang L, Qian G, Wang Y. Changes in serum ammonia concentration in cirrhotic patients with Helicobacter pylori infection. Chin Med J (Engl) 2000; 113:1080-1. [PMID: 11776140] [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: 02/23/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To study whether liver cirrhosis associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection will induce increased serum ammonia and whether the peripheral serum ammonia reflects the level of portal vein serum ammonia. METHODS Blood was taken from the portal vein and the cubital vein in cirrhotic patients with and without H. pylori infection and non-cirrhotic patients (splenic rupture) with and without H. pylori infection, and the serum ammonia was measured. RESULTS The mean levels of serum ammonia in the group of cirrhotic patients with H. pylori infection were 167.82 +/- 8.97 mumol/L (portal vein) and 142.2 +/- 13.35 mumol/L (cubital vein). They were increased significantly as compared with cirrhotic patients without H. pylori infection (47.68 +/- 12.03 mumol/L portal vein and 37.23 +/- 7.04 mumol/L cubital vein), and also compared with the groups of splenic rupture patients with and without H. pylori infection (P < 0.01). There was no significant difference between the serum ammonia level of the cubital vein and portal vein (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS H. pylori infection can induce an increase in serum ammonia in patients with liver dysfunction, and the peripheral serum ammonia measurement may replace the portal vein serum ammonia as a monitoring method. Eradication of H. pylori in cirrhotic patients may prevent hepatic encephalopathy (HE).
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- Gastrointestinal Department, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China
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Zhang M, Liu Y, Liu S, Zhang B, Si J, Xu X, Chen L, Song G. [Assay and L1 gene sequence analysis of human papillomavirus type 6 and 11 in condylomata acuminata]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 2000; 22:463-6. [PMID: 12903430] [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: 03/04/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To determinate the prevalence of HPV type 6, 11 in condylomata acuminata, and analyze the sequence of L1 gene and its deduced L1 protein. METHODS PCR was used to amplify DNA sequences between E6 and E7 of HPV type 6 and 11. The PCR products were identified by the fragment length cleaved with restriction enzyme RsaI. L1 genes were amplified with high fidelity Taq, and cloned DNA sequences were detected by the dideoxynucleotide method. RESULTS In 34 examples of condylomata acuminata, HPV11 was found in 25 examples (73.5%), HPV6 in 15(44.1%), including HPV6 + HPV11 in 6(17.6%). In comparison with the prototypes there were 7-8 point mutations in HPV11 L1 gene and 3 in HPV6L1 gene. L1 encoded protein changes showed up only in 1-3 amino acids in the former cases. CONCLUSION Most of patients tested with condylomata acuminata are mainly infected by HPV11, the rest of them by HPV6 or by co-infection of two mixex types. Sequence analysis of L1 genes indicated that mutations were found in both HPV6 and 11, whereas deduced amino acid mutations in L1 protein were limited in HPV11 only.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Zhang
- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100005, China
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