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Ginsberg C, Blackwell T, Cheng JH, Potok OA, Cauley JA, Ensrud KE, Hsu S, Kado DM, Orwoll E, Cawthon PM, Ix JH. The Vitamin D Metabolite Ratio Is Associated With Volumetric Bone Density in Older Men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2024; 109:e513-e521. [PMID: 37804103 PMCID: PMC10795912 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgad587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
Abstract
CONTEXT Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) is the current marker of vitamin D adequacy, but its relationship with bone health has been inconsistent. The ratio of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 to 25(OH)D3 (vitamin D metabolite ratio or VMR) is a marker of vitamin D that has been associated with longitudinal changes in bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture risk. OBJECTIVE High-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) provides information on bone health beyond standard dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, in that it measures volumetric BMD (vBMD) as well bone strength. The relationship of the VMR with vBMD and bone strength remains unknown. METHODS We evaluated the associations of the VMR and 25(OH)D3 with vBMD and bone strength in the distal radius and tibia, assessed by HR-pQCT in 545 older men participating in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study. Primary outcomes were vBMD and estimated failure load (EFL, a marker of bone strength) at the distal radius and tibia. RESULTS The mean age was 84 ± 4 years, 88.3% were White, and 32% had an estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2. In adjusted models, each twofold higher VMR was associated with a 9% (3%, 16%) higher total vBMD and a 13% (5%, 21%) higher EFL at the distal radius. Results were similar at the distal tibia. 25(OH)D3 concentrations were not associated with any of the studied outcomes. CONCLUSION Among older men, a higher VMR was associated with greater vBMD and bone strength while 25(OH)D3 was not. The VMR may serve as a valuable marker of skeletal health in older men.
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- Charles Ginsberg
- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego, CA 92037, USA
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- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, Department of Epidemiology, University of California, SanFrancisco, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego, CA 92037, USA
- Nephrology Section, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego, CA 92037, USA
- Nephrology Section, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
- Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, Department of Epidemiology, University of California, SanFrancisco, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego, CA 92037, USA
- Nephrology Section, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
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Cheng JH, Hoofnagle AN, Katz R, Kritchevsky SB, Shlipak MG, Sarnak MJ, Ix JH, Ginsberg C. Development and Validation of Novel Free Vitamin D Equations: The Health Aging and Body Composition Study. JBMR Plus 2023; 7:e10781. [PMID: 37701148 PMCID: PMC10494503 DOI: 10.1002/jbm4.10781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in 25% of Americans. However, 25(OH)D may not be an accurate measure of vitamin D because the majority (85%-90%) of 25(OH)D is bound to vitamin D binding protein (VDBP), which varies by over 30% across individuals. Free 25(OH)D may be a better measure, but it is difficult to measure accurately and precisely. The existing free 25(OH)D estimating equation does not include VDBP phenotypes; therefore, new equations that include this variable may be more accurate. A total of 370 participants in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study, a cohort of healthy community-dwelling individuals aged 70-79 years old, underwent VDBP and vitamin D metabolite [25(OH)D, 24,25(OH)2D, 1,25(OH)2D, free 25(OH)D] measurements and were randomly allocated into equation development (two out of three) and internal validation (one out of three) groups. New equations were developed with multiple linear regression and were internally validated with Bland-Altman plots. The mean age was 75 ± 3 years, 53% were female, and the mean measured free 25(OH)D was 5.37 ± 1.81 pg/mL. Three equations were developed. The first equation included albumin, 25(OH)D3, 25(OH)D2, VDBP, 1,25(OH)2D3, and 24,25(OH)2D3. The second equation included all variables in Eq. (1) plus VDBP phenotypes. The third equation included albumin, 25(OH)D3, intact parathyroid hormone, and 1,25(OH)2D3. In internal validation, all three new equations predicted free 25(OH)D values within 30% and 15% of the measured free 25(OH)D concentrations in 76%-80% and 48%-52% of study participants, respectively. Equation (2) was the most precise, with a mean bias of 0.06 (95% limits of agreement -2.41 to 2.30) pg/mL. The existing equation estimated free 25(OH)D within 30% and 15% of measured free 25(OH)D in 43% and 22% of participants, respectively. Free 25(OH)D can be estimated with clinically available biomarkers as well as with more laboratory-intensive biomarkers with moderate precision. © 2023 The Authors. JBMR Plus published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Jonathan H. Cheng
- Division of Nephrology‐HypertensionUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCAUSA
- Nephrology SectionVeterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare SystemSan DiegoCAUSA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine and the Kidney Research InstituteUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWAUSA
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWAUSA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric MedicineWake Forest School of MedicineWinston‐SalemNCUSA
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- Kidney Health Research Collaborative, Veterans Affairs Medical CenterUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCAUSA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of NephrologyTufts Medical CenterBostonMAUSA
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- Division of Nephrology‐HypertensionUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCAUSA
- Nephrology SectionVeterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare SystemSan DiegoCAUSA
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- Division of Nephrology‐HypertensionUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCAUSA
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Dugar A, Hoofnagle AN, Sanchez AP, Ward DM, Corey-Bloom J, Cheng JH, Ix JH, Ginsberg C. The Vitamin D Metabolite Ratio (VMR) is a Biomarker of Vitamin D Status That is Not Affected by Acute Changes in Vitamin D Binding Protein. Clin Chem 2023; 69:718-723. [PMID: 37220642 PMCID: PMC10320009 DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvad050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND 25-hydroxyvitamin D[25(OH)D] may be a poor marker of vitamin D status due to variability in levels of vitamin D binding protein (VDBP). The vitamin D metabolite ratio (VMR) is the ratio of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D[24,25(OH)2D3] to 25(OH)D3 and has been postulated to reflect vitamin D sufficiency independent of variability in VDBP. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a procedure that removes plasma, including VDBP, and may lower bound vitamin D metabolite concentrations. Effects of TPE on the VMR are unknown. METHODS We measured 25(OH)D, free 25(OH)D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D[1,25(OH)2D], 24,25(OH)2D3, and VDBP in persons undergoing TPE, before and after treatment. We used paired t-tests to assess changes in these biomarkers during a TPE procedure. RESULTS Study participants (n = 45) had a mean age of 55 ± 16 years; 67% were female; and 76% were white. Compared to pretreatment concentrations, TPE caused a significant decrease in total VDBP by 65% (95%CI 60,70%), as well as all the vitamin D metabolites-25(OH)D by 66% (60%,74%), free 25(OH)D by 31% (24%,39%), 24,25(OH)2D3 by 66% (55%,78%) and 1,25(OH)2D by 68% (60%,76%). In contrast, there was no significant change in the VMR before and after a single TPE treatment, with an observed mean 7% (-3%, 17%) change in VMR. CONCLUSIONS Changes in VDBP concentration across TPE parallel changes in 25(OH)D, 1,25(OH)2D, and 24,25(OH)2D3, suggesting that concentrations of these metabolites reflect underlying VDBP concentrations. The VMR is stable across a TPE session despite a 65% reduction in VDBP. These findings suggest that the VMR is a marker of vitamin D status independent of VDBP levels.
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- Anushree Dugar
- School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine and the Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States
- Nephrology Section, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States
- Nephrology Section, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States
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Wu YX, Li ZX, Lyu XZ, Wang M, Huang TY, Cheng JH, Meng RR. [Scoping review of progress in cohort studies of autism spectrum disorder]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:837-844. [PMID: 37221076 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20221027-00918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Objective: To understand the status of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) cohort studies and explore the feasibility of constructing ASD disease-specific cohorts based on real-world data (RWD). Methods: ASD cohort studies published by December 2022 were collected by literature retrieval from major Chinese and English databases. And the characteristics of the cohort were summarized. Results: A total of 1 702 ASD cohort studies were included, and only 60 (3.53%) were from China. A total of 163 ASD-related cohorts were screened, of which 55.83% were birth cohorts, 28.22% were ASD-specific cohorts, and 4.91% were ASD high-risk cohorts. Most cohorts used RWD such as hospital registries or conducted community-based field surveys to obtain participant information and identified patients with ASD by scales or clinical diagnoses. The contents of the studies included ASD incidence and prognostic risk factors, ASD comorbidity patterns and the impact of ASD on self-health and their offspring's health. Conclusions: ASD cohort studies in developed countries have been in the advanced stage, while the Chinese studies are still in their infancy. RWD provides the data basis for ASD-specific cohort construction and offers new opportunities for research, but work such as case validation is still needed to ensure the scientific nature of cohort construction.
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- Y X Wu
- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Education Department, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- The Sixth Hospital of Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- National Institute of Health Data Science, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Beijing ALSOABA Technology Company Limited, Beijing 102200, China
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- National Institute of Health Data Science, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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Ginsberg C, Hoofnagle AN, Katz R, Cheng JH, Hsu S, Budoff MJ, Kado DM, Kestenbaum B, Siscovick DS, Michos ED, Ix JH, de Boer IH. Vitamin D Metabolite Ratio and Coronary Artery Calcification in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 16:e015055. [PMID: 36943910 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.122.015055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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- Charles Ginsberg
- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego (C.G., J.H.C., J.H.I.)
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine and the Kidney Research Institute (A.N.H.), University of Washington, Seattle
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (R.K.), University of Washington, Seattle
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego (C.G., J.H.C., J.H.I.)
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- Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Institute (S.H., B.K., I.H.d.B.), University of Washington, Seattle
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- Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (M.J.B.)
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (D.M.K.)
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- Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Institute (S.H., B.K., I.H.d.B.), University of Washington, Seattle
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- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (E.D.M.)
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, San Diego (C.G., J.H.C., J.H.I.)
- Nephrology Section, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, CA (J.H.I.)
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- Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Institute (S.H., B.K., I.H.d.B.), University of Washington, Seattle
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Barber DL, Sakai S, Kudchadkar RR, Fling SP, Day TA, Vergara JA, Ashkin D, Cheng JH, Lundgren LM, Raabe VN, Kraft CS, Nieva JJ, Cheever MA, Nghiem PT, Sharon E. Tuberculosis following PD-1 blockade for cancer immunotherapy. Sci Transl Med 2020; 11:11/475/eaat2702. [PMID: 30651320 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aat2702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Because of the well-established therapeutic benefit of boosting antitumor responses through blockade of the T cell inhibitory receptor PD-1, it has been proposed that PD-1 blockade could also be useful in infectious disease settings, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. However, in preclinical models, Mtb-infected PD-1-/- mice mount exaggerated TH1 responses that drive lethal immunopathology. Multiple cases of tuberculosis during PD-1 blockade have been observed in patients with cancer, but in humans little is understood about Mtb-specific immune responses during checkpoint blockade-associated tuberculosis. Here, we report two more cases. We describe a patient who succumbed to disseminated tuberculosis after PD-1 blockade for treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and we examine Mtb-specific immune responses in a patient with Merkel cell carcinoma who developed checkpoint blockade-associated tuberculosis and was successfully treated for the infection. After anti-PD-1 administration, interferon-γ-producing Mtb-specific CD4 T cells became more prevalent in the blood, and a tuberculoma developed a few months thereafter. Mtb-specific TH17 cells, CD8 T cells, regulatory T cells, and antibody abundance did not change before the appearance of the granuloma. These results are consistent with the murine model data and suggest that boosting TH1 function with PD-1 blockade may increase the risk or severity of tuberculosis in humans.
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- Daniel L Barber
- T Lymphocyte Biology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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- T Lymphocyte Biology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Clinical Immunology Group, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98102, USA
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- Clinical Immunology Group, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98102, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Norris Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Norris Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.,Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Cheng JH, Tiulim JW, Zhou S, El-Khoueiry A, Nieva J. Mandatory Research Biopsy Requirements Delay Initiation of Clinical Trials. Front Oncol 2019; 9:968. [PMID: 31681560 PMCID: PMC6813196 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: There has been an increasing requirement for fresh tumor tissue to enroll in clinical trials in order to look for specific biomarkers. This has been shown to increase screening duration and increase screen failure rates. It was important to corroborate these results in other centers. Methods: This study is a non-randomized retrospective analysis of patients in one subset of patients seen by research nurses who operated in the standard head/neck and lung team not including patients in the phase 1 program. All patients were enrolled in clinical trials from January 16, 2013 to May 28, 2018 at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Institute in Los Angeles. Patients who were required to give fresh research biopsies prior to intervention were part of the research biopsy group. Results: In total, 76 patients were analyzed in this study. Thirty-three patients were in the research biopsygroup and 43 patients were in the no biopsy group. Trials that required a fresh biopsy had a longer median screening duration (30 vs. 14 days) than trials that did not require a biopsy (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Our study shows that requiring biopsies prior to clinical trial treatment results in a statistically significant delay in treatment. The informed consent forms that were part of clinical trials involving mandatory research biopsies did not reflect this delay in treatment. However, these delays did not result in a statistically significant decrease in number of days on trial or days until progression of disease.
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- LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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An FP, Balantekin AB, Band HR, Bishai M, Blyth S, Butorov I, Cao D, Cao GF, Cao J, Cen WR, Chan YL, Chang JF, Chang LC, Chang Y, Chen HS, Chen QY, Chen SM, Chen YX, Chen Y, Cheng JH, Cheng J, Cheng YP, Cherwinka JJ, Chu MC, Cummings JP, de Arcos J, Deng ZY, Ding XF, Ding YY, Diwan MV, Dove J, Draeger E, Dwyer DA, Edwards WR, Ely SR, Gill R, Gonchar M, Gong GH, Gong H, Grassi M, Gu WQ, Guan MY, Guo L, Guo XH, Hackenburg RW, Han R, Hans S, He M, Heeger KM, Heng YK, Higuera A, Hor YK, Hsiung YB, Hu BZ, Hu LM, Hu LJ, Hu T, Hu W, Huang EC, Huang HX, Huang XT, Huber P, Hussain G, Jaffe DE, Jaffke P, Jen KL, Jetter S, Ji XP, Ji XL, Jiao JB, Johnson RA, Kang L, Kettell SH, Kohn S, Kramer M, Kwan KK, Kwok MW, Kwok T, Langford TJ, Lau K, Lebanowski L, Lee J, Lei RT, Leitner R, Leung KY, Leung JKC, Lewis CA, Li DJ, Li F, Li GS, Li QJ, Li SC, Li WD, Li XN, Li XQ, Li YF, Li ZB, Liang H, Lin CJ, Lin GL, Lin PY, Lin SK, Ling JJ, Link JM, Littenberg L, Littlejohn BR, Liu DW, Liu H, Liu JL, Liu JC, Liu SS, Lu C, Lu HQ, Lu JS, Luk KB, Ma QM, Ma XY, Ma XB, Ma YQ, Martinez Caicedo DA, McDonald KT, McKeown RD, Meng Y, Mitchell I, Monari Kebwaro J, Nakajima Y, Napolitano J, Naumov D, Naumova E, Ngai HY, Ning Z, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Olshevski A, Pan HR, Park J, Patton S, Pec V, Peng JC, Piilonen LE, Pinsky L, Pun CSJ, Qi FZ, Qi M, Qian X, Raper N, Ren B, Ren J, Rosero R, Roskovec B, Ruan XC, Shao BB, Steiner H, Sun GX, Sun JL, Tang W, Taychenachev D, Tsang KV, Tull CE, Tung YC, Viaux N, Viren B, Vorobel V, Wang CH, Wang M, Wang NY, Wang RG, Wang W, Wang WW, Wang X, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang Z, Wang ZM, Wei HY, Wen LJ, Whisnant K, White CG, Whitehead L, Wise T, Wong HLH, Wong SCF, Worcester E, Wu Q, Xia DM, Xia JK, Xia X, Xing ZZ, Xu JY, Xu JL, Xu J, Xu Y, Xue T, Yan J, Yang CG, Yang L, Yang MS, Yang MT, Ye M, Yeh M, Young BL, Yu GY, Yu ZY, Zang SL, Zhan L, Zhang C, Zhang HH, Zhang JW, Zhang QM, Zhang YM, Zhang YX, Zhang YM, Zhang ZJ, Zhang ZY, Zhang ZP, Zhao J, Zhao QW, Zhao YF, Zhao YB, Zheng L, Zhong WL, Zhou L, Zhou N, Zhuang HL, Zou JH. Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:061801. [PMID: 26918980 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.061801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
This Letter reports a measurement of the flux and energy spectrum of electron antineutrinos from six 2.9 GWth nuclear reactors with six detectors deployed in two near (effective baselines 512 and 561 m) and one far (1579 m) underground experimental halls in the Daya Bay experiment. Using 217 days of data, 296 721 and 41 589 inverse β decay (IBD) candidates were detected in the near and far halls, respectively. The measured IBD yield is (1.55±0.04) ×10(-18) cm(2) GW(-1) day(-1) or (5.92±0.14) ×10(-43) cm(2) fission(-1). This flux measurement is consistent with previous short-baseline reactor antineutrino experiments and is 0.946±0.022 (0.991±0.023) relative to the flux predicted with the Huber-Mueller (ILL-Vogel) fissile antineutrino model. The measured IBD positron energy spectrum deviates from both spectral predictions by more than 2σ over the full energy range with a local significance of up to ∼4σ between 4-6 MeV. A reactor antineutrino spectrum of IBD reactions is extracted from the measured positron energy spectrum for model-independent predictions.
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- F P An
- Institute of Modern Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- National United University, Miao-Li, Taiwan
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- National United University, Miao-Li, Taiwan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
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- Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- China General Nuclear Power Group, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- National United University, Miao-Li, Taiwan
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- Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, China
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
- Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- China General Nuclear Power Group, China
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, China
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
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An FP, Balantekin AB, Band HR, Bishai M, Blyth S, Butorov I, Cao GF, Cao J, Cen WR, Chan YL, Chang JF, Chang LC, Chang Y, Chen HS, Chen QY, Chen SM, Chen YX, Chen Y, Cheng JH, Cheng J, Cheng YP, Cherwinka JJ, Chu MC, Cummings JP, de Arcos J, Deng ZY, Ding XF, Ding YY, Diwan MV, Draeger E, Dwyer DA, Edwards WR, Ely SR, Gill R, Gonchar M, Gong GH, Gong H, Grassi M, Gu WQ, Guan MY, Guo L, Guo XH, Hackenburg RW, Han R, Hans S, He M, Heeger KM, Heng YK, Higuera A, Hor YK, Hsiung YB, Hu BZ, Hu LM, Hu LJ, Hu T, Hu W, Huang EC, Huang HX, Huang XT, Huber P, Hussain G, Jaffe DE, Jaffke P, Jen KL, Jetter S, Ji XP, Ji XL, Jiao JB, Johnson RA, Kang L, Kettell SH, Kramer M, Kwan KK, Kwok MW, Kwok T, Langford TJ, Lau K, Lebanowski L, Lee J, Lei RT, Leitner R, Leung KY, Leung JKC, Lewis CA, Li DJ, Li F, Li GS, Li QJ, Li SC, Li WD, Li XN, Li XQ, Li YF, Li ZB, Liang H, Lin CJ, Lin GL, Lin PY, Lin SK, Ling JJ, Link JM, Littenberg L, Littlejohn BR, Liu DW, Liu H, Liu JL, Liu JC, Liu SS, Lu C, Lu HQ, Lu JS, Luk KB, Ma QM, Ma XY, Ma XB, Ma YQ, Martinez Caicedo DA, McDonald KT, McKeown RD, Meng Y, Mitchell I, Monari Kebwaro J, Nakajima Y, Napolitano J, Naumov D, Naumova E, Ngai HY, Ning Z, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Olshevski A, Park J, Patton S, Pec V, Peng JC, Piilonen LE, Pinsky L, Pun CSJ, Qi FZ, Qi M, Qian X, Raper N, Ren B, Ren J, Rosero R, Roskovec B, Ruan XC, Shao BB, Steiner H, Sun GX, Sun JL, Tang W, Taychenachev D, Themann H, Tsang KV, Tull CE, Tung YC, Viaux N, Viren B, Vorobel V, Wang CH, Wang M, Wang NY, Wang RG, Wang W, Wang WW, Wang X, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang Z, Wang ZM, Wei HY, Wen LJ, Whisnant K, White CG, Whitehead L, Wise T, Wong HLH, Wong SCF, Worcester E, Wu Q, Xia DM, Xia JK, Xia X, Xing ZZ, Xu JY, Xu JL, Xu J, Xu Y, Xue T, Yan J, Yang CG, Yang L, Yang MS, Yang MT, Ye M, Yeh M, Yeh YS, Young BL, Yu GY, Yu ZY, Zang SL, Zhan L, Zhang C, Zhang HH, Zhang JW, Zhang QM, Zhang YM, Zhang YX, Zhang YM, Zhang ZJ, Zhang ZY, Zhang ZP, Zhao J, Zhao QW, Zhao YF, Zhao YB, Zheng L, Zhong WL, Zhou L, Zhou N, Zhuang HL, Zou JH. New measurement of antineutrino oscillation with the full detector configuration at Daya Bay. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:111802. [PMID: 26406819 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.111802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
We report a new measurement of electron antineutrino disappearance using the fully constructed Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. The final two of eight antineutrino detectors were installed in the summer of 2012. Including the 404 days of data collected from October 2012 to November 2013 resulted in a total exposure of 6.9×10^{5} GW_{th} ton days, a 3.6 times increase over our previous results. Improvements in energy calibration limited variations between detectors to 0.2%. Removal of six ^{241}Am-^{13}C radioactive calibration sources reduced the background by a factor of 2 for the detectors in the experimental hall furthest from the reactors. Direct prediction of the antineutrino signal in the far detectors based on the measurements in the near detectors explicitly minimized the dependence of the measurement on models of reactor antineutrino emission. The uncertainties in our estimates of sin^{2}2θ_{13} and |Δm_{ee}^{2}| were halved as a result of these improvements. An analysis of the relative antineutrino rates and energy spectra between detectors gave sin^{2}2θ_{13}=0.084±0.005 and |Δm_{ee}^{2}|=(2.42±0.11)×10^{-3} eV^{2} in the three-neutrino framework.
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- F P An
- Institute of Modern Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - Y L Chan
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | - J F Chang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | | | - S M Chen
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
| | - Y Chen
- Shenzhen University, Shenzhen
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
| | | | - Y P Cheng
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | | | - M C Chu
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | | | - J de Arcos
- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - Y Y Ding
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - M V Diwan
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
| | - E Draeger
- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
| | - R Gill
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
| | - M Gonchar
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
| | - H Gong
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
| | - M Grassi
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
| | - M Y Guan
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
| | | | - R Han
- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
| | - S Hans
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
| | - M He
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - K M Heeger
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - W Hu
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- China General Nuclear Power Group
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
- Chongqing University, Chongqing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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Chao HY, You SH, Lu JY, Cheng JH, Chang YH, Liang CT, Wu CT. The growth and characterization of ZnO/ZnTe core-shell nanowires and the electrical properties of ZnO/ZnTe core-shell nanowire field effect transistor. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2011; 11:2042-2046. [PMID: 21449346 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.3128] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Vertically aligned ZnO/ZnTe core-shell nanowires were grown on a-plane sapphire substrate by using chemical vapor deposition with gold as catalyst for the growth of ZnO core and then followed by growing ZnTe shell using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Raman scattering indicate that the core-shell nanostructures have good crystalline quality. Three-dimensional fluorescence images obtained by using laser scanning confocal microscope demonstrate that the nanowires have good optical properties. The core-shell nanowire was then fabricated into single nanowire field effect transistor by standard e-beam photolithography. Electrical measurements reveals that the p-type ZnO/ZnTe FET device has a turn on voltage of -1.65 V and the hole mobility is 13.3 cm2/V s.
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- H Y Chao
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Han JS, Cheng JH, Yoon TM, Song J, Rajkarnikar A, Kim WG, Yoo ID, Yang YY, Suh JW. Biological control agent of common scab disease by antagonistic strain Bacillus sp. sunhua. J Appl Microbiol 2005; 99:213-21. [PMID: 15960681 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02614.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS To identify an antagonistic strain against Streptomyces scabiei and to characterize the antibiotic agent. The efficacy of the isolated strain in controlling common scab disease was also evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS A bacterial strain antagonistic against S. scabiei was isolated from the soil of a potato-cultivating area. This bacterium was identified as a Bacillus species by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and was designated Bacillus sp. sunhua. Antibiotics produced by this strain were proven to be stable within a broad pH range and at high temperatures. The culture broth was extracted with ethyl acetate, and then the crude extract was applied to HPLC. Two compounds were isolated and identified as iturin A and macrolactin A by 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, HMBC, HMQC and mass spectrometer. The culture broth of Bacillus sp. sunhua had a suppressive effect on common scab disease in a pot assay, decreasing the infection rate from 75 to 35%. This strain also suppressed Fusarium oxysporum, the pathogen of potato dry rot disease. CONCLUSIONS Bacillus sp. sunhua was shown to inhibit S. scabiei effectively. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This is the first report demonstrating that macrolactin A and iturin A inhibit S. scabiei. This study demonstrated the possibility of controlling potato scab disease using Bacillus sp. sunhua.
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- J S Han
- Department of Biological Science, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Myongji University, Yongin, Korea
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Cheng JH, Ding MP, Hsu YH, Tsai CH. The partial purified RNA-dependent RNA polymerases from bamboo mosaic potexvirus and potato virus X infected plants containing the template-dependent activities. Virus Res 2001; 80:41-52. [PMID: 11597747 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(01)00348-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 11/19/2022]
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RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRp) isolated from bamboo mosaic potexvirus (BaMV) and potato virus X infected Nicotiana benthamiana plants and solubilized with the detergent NP-40, generated a full-length genomic and two subgenomic double-stranded RNAs of respective viruses in an in vitro RdRp assay containing endogenous RNA templates. Template-dependent and species-specific RdRp activity could be detected after the removal of endogenous RNA templates. The 3' untranslated regions (UTR) containing a stretch of 40 adenylate residues were shown to be an efficient exogenous RNA template for in vitro RdRp reactions. Solution hybridization and nuclease digestion studies revealed that the products transcribed in vitro were minus-sense. Besides using the 3' UTR for minus-sense RNA synthesis, the BaMV RdRp can also recognize 3' terminal 77 nucleotides of the minus-strand for plus-sense RNA synthesis. Promoter studies with BaMV RdRp showed that domain D containing the potexviral hexamer motif of the 3' UTR would be the major contributor of minus-sense RNA synthesis in vitro. On the other hand, the pseudoknot domain containing the poly(A) sequences would be sufficient for minus-sense RNA synthesis.
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- J H Cheng
- Graduate Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, 402, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
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Bao JX, Yu ZB, Cheng JH. [Changes in expression of myocardial myosin heavy chain and troponin in simulated weightless rats]. Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng Li Xue Za Zhi 2001; 17:319-336. [PMID: 21207684] [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: 05/30/2023]
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To EW, Tsang WM, Pak MW, Cheng JH, Tse GM, van Hasselt CA. Cowden's disease with vocal fold involvement. Ear Nose Throat J 2001; 80:754-6, 758. [PMID: 11605575] [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: 02/21/2023] Open
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Cowden's disease is a hereditary disorder characterized by oropharyngeal fibrosis and multiple hamartomas with potential malignant changes. We treated a 47-year-old man who had fibrotic lesions on the left vocal fold and an extensive amount of papillomatous lesions on the mucosa of the lips, tongue, and pharyngeal wall and on the skin of the axillae and buttocks. The pattern of distribution and the histopathologic features of these mucocutaneous lesions were diagnostic of Cowden's disease. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Cowden's disease involving a vocal fold.
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- E W To
- Division of Head and Neck/Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR.
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To EW, Tsang WM, Pang PC, Cheng JH, Tse GM, Tsang WS. A case of parotid mucoepidermoid carcinoma complicated by fatal gastrointestinal bleeding. Ear Nose Throat J 2001; 80:671-3. [PMID: 11579854] [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: 02/21/2023] Open
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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is one of the most common of the salivary gland neoplasms. Histologically, it is classified as either a low-, intermediate-, or high-grade tumor, and there are significant differences in prognosis among the different grades. Patients with low-grade disease have an excellent chance of survival. High-grade tumors behave aggressively, and they frequently manifest as local recurrences and distant metastases. We describe a case of a high-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland that had metastasized to the skin, stomach, and liver. The disease culminated in a rapidly fatal bleeding from the stomach metastasis. Such a complication is unusual and to our knowledge has not been previously reported. We briefly discuss the clinical features, biologic behavior, and treatment of this tumor.
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- E W To
- Division of Head and Neck/Plastic, Reconstructive, and Burns Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR.
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Zhang LN, Cheng JH, Ni HY, Ma J, Zhang LF, Wu YH. [Counteraction effect of intermittent -Gx on changes of responsiveness of basilar artery in tail-suspended rats]. Space Med Med Eng (Beijing) 2001; 14:244-7. [PMID: 11681334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate counteracting effects of intermittent -Gx exposure on changes of responsiveness of basilar artery in tall-suspended rats. METHOD Rats tail-suspended for 3 wk were daily subjected to 1 h 1.5 G or 2.6 G centrifugation, simulating -Gx exposure of various G values. Responses of perfused isolated basilar arterial rings to KCl was examined. RESULT Maximal isometric contractile response to KCl were significantly enhanced in arterial rings isolated from 3 wk tail-suspended rats as compared with that from simultaneous control rats (P < 0. 05). However, maximal isometric contractile responses to KCl of arterial rings isolated from 3 wk tail-suspended plus daily -Gx exposure rats were no difference as compared with that from simultaneous control rats, and were significantly decreased (P < 0.05) as compared with that from 3 wk tail-suspended rats. CONCLUSION Daily intermittent -Gx exposure as a countermeasure to prevent the effects of simulated weightless on changes in responsiveness of basilar artery from tail-suspended rats was valid.
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- Department of Aerospace Physiology, Xi'an 710032, China
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Chu MX, Cheng JH, Guo W. [Preliminary studies of microsatellite markers OarAE101 and BM1329 in five sheep breeds]. Yi Chuan Xue Bao 2001; 28:510-7. [PMID: 11431983] [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: 02/20/2023]
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Two microsatellite markers OarAE101 and BM1329 which were closely linked to the fecundity gene FecB in Booroola sheep were analysed for polymorphisms in Small Tail Han sheep, Hu sheep, Charollais sheep, Ujumqin sheep, Dorset sheep, F1 (Dorset x Small Tail Han sheep). The number of alleles for OarAE101 was 5 or 4 in five sheep breeds. The number of alleles for BM1329 was all 4 in five sheep breeds. The polymorphic information contents for OarAE101/BM1329 in Small Tail Han sheep, Hu sheep, Charollais sheep, Ujumquin sheep, Dorset sheep, F1(Dorset x Small Tail Han sheep) were 0.57/0.54, 0.62/0.67, 0.61/0.59, 0.62/0.66, 0.56/0.67, 0.62/0.68, respectively. Least squares mean of litter size for OarAE101 107 bp/113 bp was significantly higher than those for OarAE101 109 bp/109 bp and 107 bp/111 bp (P < 0.05) in Small Tail Han sheep. Least squares means for litter size were not significantly different among other OarAE101 genotypes. The allele 107 bp of OarAE101 had a significant positive correlation with litter size in Small Tail Han sheep, both alleles 109 bp and 111 bp of OarAE101 had a significant negative correlation with litter size in Small Tail Han sheep. Least squares mean of litter size for BM1329 146 bp/158 bp was significantly higher than those for other BM1329 genotypes (P < 0.05) in Small Tail Han sheep. Least squares means for litter size were not obviously different among other BM1329 genotypes. The allele 146 bp of BM1329 had a significant positive correlation with litter size in Small Tail Han sheep, the allele 148 bp of BM1329 had a significant negative correlation with litter size in Small Tail Han sheep.
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- M X Chu
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
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Chen KT, Su YC, Lin JG, Hsin LH, Su YP, Su CH, Li SY, Cheng JH, Mao SJ. Identification of Atractylodes plants in Chinese herbs and formulations by random amplified polymorphic DNA. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2001; 22:493-7. [PMID: 11747753] [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: 02/22/2023] Open
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AIM An efficient, precise, and sensitive method for identifying Atractylodes plants has been established and will contribute significantly to quality control and scientific analysis in Chinese traditional medicine. METHODS Twenty primers were applied for setting up the RAPD (randomly amplified polymorphic DNA) markers of Atractylodes plants, Atractylodes lancea DC (A lancea DC), Atractylodes japonica Koidz (A japonica K), and Atractylodes ovata DC (A ovata DC). The primer OPF03, OPF05, and OPF14 could discriminate them successfully. The results were also able to apply on the Chinese formulations with Atractylodes purchased from local markets. RESULTS RAPD was used to investigate phylogenetic relationships among and within closely related species. RAPD analysis reflects heritable changes in the nucleotides sequence in both the coding and noncoding regions, because it is conducted directly from the DNA level. This work first conducted RAPD analysis of Atractylodes plants to establish their RAPD makers. CONCLUSION The RAPD markers could be applied extensively in the Chinese herbal formulations.
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- K T Chen
- Department of Cosmetics Application and Management, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chin-min College, Miao-li 351, Taiwan, China
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Cheng JH, Kamiya K, Kodama I. Carvedilol and vesnarinone: new antiarrhythmic approach in heart failure therapy. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2001; 22:193-200. [PMID: 11742564] [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: 02/22/2023] Open
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Carvedilol and vesnarinone are drugs attracting recent interest in the treatment of chronic heart failure. Electrophysiologic studies have revealed that these drugs cause a moderate prolongation of action potential duration (APD) of ventricular muscles with minimal "reverse frequency-dependence" through different ionic mechanisms. Carvedilol blocks L-type Ca2+ current (ICa), transient outward K+ current (Ito), and delayed rectifier K+ current (IK) preferentially for the rapidly activating component (IKr). Vesnarinone is a selective blocker of IK with a unique drug-channel interaction. From the voltage- and time-dependence of IK inhibition, vesnarinone is considered to bind the IK (mainly IKr) channel during the activated state and unbind during the closed state. These electropharmacologic profiles provide a new approach for the development of an ideal antiarrhythmic drugs in patients with structural heart diseases.
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- J H Cheng
- School of Life Science and Medical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Cheng JH, Chang G, Wu WY. [A controlled clinical study between hepatic arterial infusion with embolized curcuma aromatic oil and chemical drugs in treating primary liver cancer]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 2001; 21:165-7. [PMID: 12577327] [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 evaluate the effectiveness, toxicity and prospective application of hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) with Embolized Curcuma Aromatic oil (CAO) in treating primary liver cancer (PLC). METHODS In the treated group, 32 patients with PLC were treated by HAI with 1-3 ml of embolized CAO and oral administration of Chinese herbal medicine. In the control group, 32 patients with PLC were treated with transcatheter artery chemoembolization (TACE). RESULTS In the treated group, one patient attained complete remission (CR) and 13 partial remission (PR), the total effective rate being 43.75%. The level of alpha fetal protein (AFP) turned to normal range in 7 cases and decreased in other 7. In the control group, 10 obtained PR and the total effective rate being 31.25%, AFP level turned to normal in 5 and decreased in 2. There was no statistical significance between the two groups. The incidences of post-embolism syndrome, such as fever, abdominal pain and vomiting were similar between the two groups but no myelosuppression occurred in the treated group with significant difference (P < 0.01) as comparing with that in the control group. The mean survival time, median survival time, 1-, 2- and 3-year survival rate in the treated group was 11.5 months, 10 months, 37.5%, 13.3% and 6.9% respectively, while in the control group was 7.25 months, 6 months, 15.6%, 3.2% and 0 respectively. The treated group was better in mean survival time, median survival time and 1-year survival rate than that of the control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION HAI with embolized CAO showed a similar favorite effect in treating PLC as that of TACE, but superior than TACE with longer survival time and milder myelosuppression.
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- J H Cheng
- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120
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Huang JL, Kuo ML, Hung IJ, Wu CJ, Ou LH, Cheng JH. Lowered IL-4-producing T cells and decreased IL-4 secretion in peripheral blood from subjects with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Chang Gung Med J 2001; 24:77-83. [PMID: 11360405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND To evaluate T helper 1 (Th1)/Th2 cells and cytokines in patients with three different subtypes of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS Peripheral blood was obtained from 25 children with JRA suffering from active arthritis (8 systemic, 9 pauciarticular and 8 polyarticular). Eight healthy children were recruited as controls. T helper cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were evaluated by using intracellular staining analysis of cytokine production with 3-colored flow cytometry. A Th1 cell was defined as an interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) producing CD4+ cell, and a Th2 cell as an interleukin-4 (IL-4) producing CD4+ cell. The production of IL-2, IL-4, IL-5 and IFN-gamma from PBMC was measured by ELISA. RESULTS In comparison with normal controls, the patients with JRA had significantly fewer Th2 cells among their PBMC (0.78 +/- 0.56% vs. 5.44 +/- 2.33%, p < 0.001). The percentage of Th1 cells among PBMC was not different between patients and normal controls (4.32 +/- 3.24% vs. 4.52 +/- 2.56%, p > 0.5). The ratio of Th1/Th2 cells in the patient group was significantly higher than the control group (8.38 +/- 8.63 vs. 0.95 +/- 0.66, p < 0.001). After 24-hour culture, the PBMC from JRA patients produced less IL-4 than that of controls (3.61 +/- 0.56 pg/mL vs. 4.29 +/- 0.68 pg/mL, p = 0.002). The production of IL-2, IL-5, and IFN-gamma did not show significant differences between JRA patients and normal controls. CONCLUSION Decreased IL-4 producing T-helper cells were identified in all three subtypes of JRA. This implicates that an imbalance of Th sub-populations might be a predominant factor in JRA pathogenesis.
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- J L Huang
- Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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Lin SC, Liou CH, Cheng JH. The role of the antennal glands in ion and body volume regulation of cannulated Penaeus monodon reared in various salinity conditions. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2000; 127:121-9. [PMID: 11064279 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(00)00245-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/19/2022]
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Urinary production rate and the osmotic and ionic concentrations in both urine and hemolymph were measured in cannulated intermolt Penaeus monodon which were either abruptly transferred from 45 ppt seawater to 15 ppt seawater (Experiment 1) or acclimated to 5, 25 and 45 ppt seawater (Experiment 2). In Experiment 1, urinary magnesium concentration fell dramatically from 228 to 30 mEq/l within 4 h post-transfer, but 8 h after transfer, U/H (urine/hemolymph) ratios stabilized at between 1.0 and 2.5. Sodium was higher in urine than in hemolymph during the first 24 h after transfer, while potassium was lower in urine than in hemolymph until 72 h after transfer, which suggests that sodium and potassium concentrations are regulated by the antennal gland after an abrupt change in media. In Experiment 2, the urinary production rate of P. monodon decreased as salinity increased, suggesting that the antennal glands also regulate body volume. In the acclimated shrimps of Experiment 2, the antennal glands did not appear to regulate osmolarity or the concentration of chloride, sodium, potassium, and calcium ions, but as salinity increased, U/H ratios of magnesium increased from 2.3 to 13.5, and active secretion by the antennal gland accounted for 57 approximately 93% of the total magnesium excretion through urine. These results suggest that active secretion of magnesium by the antennal gland enable this shrimp to maintain hypoionic levels of magnesium in the hemolymph.
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- S C Lin
- Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, 202, Keelung, Taiwan
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Wang SY, Zhang LF, Wang XB, Cheng JH. [Age dependency of heart rate variability, blood pressure variability and baroreflex sensitivity]. Space Med Med Eng (Beijing) 2000; 13:318-22. [PMID: 11894867] [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: 02/24/2023]
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Objective. To compare the cardiovascular autonomic regulatory function between young and middle-aged male subjects and to assess the effects of aging. Method. Spectral indices of short term heart rate variability (HRV), systolic blood pressure variability (SBPV), and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in both supine and upright positions were obtained by AR spectral analysis and the sequential method, respectively, for both groups. Result. HRV spectral indices in both supine and upright, and the BRS in supine were lower in the middle-aged subjects than in the young subjects (P< 0.05, or P< 0.01). From supine to upright position total power (TP), low frequency power (LF) and high frequency power (HF) of HRV spectrum did not show any significant changes in the middle-aged subjects, whereas in the young subjects typical changes were observed. SBPV spectral indices did not show significant differences between the two groups in both supine and upright positions. However, SBPV HF was an exception, being lower in supine position in the middle-aged than in the young subjects (P< 0.01). For the young subjects, in supine position, BRS was correlated with LF and HF of HRV, respectively, and the spectral indices of HRV in supine position were also correlated with their corresponding indices in upright position. For the middle-aged subjects these correlations did not exist. Conclusion. In the middle-aged, both HRV and BRS are reduced and the correlations between HRV indices and BRS are not existent. However, the short-term blood pressure variability seems to be not age-dependent. It suggests that different regulatory mechanisms might account for it and that under resting condition the feed forward regulation from HRV to SBPV might be unimportant.
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- S Y Wang
- Department of Aerospace Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Wang SY, Zhang LF, Wang XB, Cheng JH. Age dependency and correlation of heart rate variability, blood pressure variability and baroreflex sensitivity. J Gravit Physiol 2000; 7:P145-6. [PMID: 12697491] [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: 03/01/2023]
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Simultaneous analysis of heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure variability (BPV) and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) with different types of measures may provide non-duplicative information about autonomic cardiovascular regulation. Therefore, a multiple signal analysis of cardiovascular time series will enhance the physiological understanding of neuro cardiovascular regulation with deconditioning in bedrest or related gravitational physiological studies. It has been shown that age is an important determinant of HRV and BRS in healthy subjects. Whereas in the case of BPV, the effect of aging seems to depend upon the activity status of the subjects. In view of the facts that most of the previous works were dealing with only the variability of one kind of cardiovascular parameters in one study with conventional time-domain and/or frequency-domain analysis, we therefore designed the present work to compare the HRV, BPV and BRS between young and middle-aged male healthy subjects in one study with the same subjects using various techniques, including the approximate entropy (ApEn) measurement, a statistic quantifying HRV "complexity" derived from non-linear dynamics.
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- S Y Wang
- Department of Aerospace Physiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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Critchley LA, Karmakar MK, Cheng JH, Critchley JA. A study to determine the optimum dose of metaraminol required to increase blood pressure by 25% during subarachnoid anaesthesia. Anaesth Intensive Care 1999; 27:170-4. [PMID: 10212714 DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9902700207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We studied dosage optimization for metaraminol when managing hypotension during subarachnoid anaesthesia. Twenty patients aged 53 to 84 years, were recruited. Non-invasive blood pressure (BP) and heart rate were recorded one-minutely. A series of four i.v. metaraminol boluses (0.25 to 1.0 mg per 50 kg adult) were administered. From individual patient time plots of BP predicted dosages for a 25% elevation in BP were estimated. Dose-related elevations in systolic BP [mean (SD)] occurred following dosages of 0.5 mg [25 (11)%] and 1.0 mg [50 (23)%]. Similar elevations occurred in mean and diastolic BP. Overall estimated dosage (median) to produce a 25% elevation in systolic BP was 0.5 mg (per 50 kg adult). However, individual patient responses varied (10-90th centiles = 0.23 to 0.80 mg). Thus, we now recommend a starting dose of 0.25 mg, increasing to 0.5 mg if necessary, to treat hypotension (25% decrease in systolic BP) during subarachnoid anaesthesia.
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- L A Critchley
- Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
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Tsai CH, Cheng JH. The preparation of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase complex from virus infected plants. Proc Natl Sci Counc Repub China B 1998; 22:83-90. [PMID: 9615471] [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: 02/07/2023]
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Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is an icosahedrion plant virus and contains three different single-stranded positive sense genomic RNAs. The very 3' ends of each of the genomic RNAs can fold into a tRNA-like structure. Based on the structural analysis of the 3' tRNA-like structure of the brome mosaic virus (BMV), we superimposed and redrew the 3' tRNA-like structure of CMV. We homogenized virus infected or healthy tobacco leaves with polytron and carried out low speed centrifugation twice and ultra-centrifugation three times to get detergent solubilized membrane bound fractions. We accidentally found that these fractions were enriched with a host-encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) activity. Similar activity could also be found in other plants tested. Alternately, the membrane bound fraction could be simply precipitated by low speed centrifugation (3,000 g) and high speed ultra-centrifugation (40,000 g). The pellet was then suspended in a detergent-containing buffer, after which 25%-55% glycerol gradient fractionation was performed. Activity was tested through the incorporation of [alpha-32P]UTP using endogenous CMV RNAs as templates on each fraction collected. It was found that most of the fractions contained the viral-encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. The products of RdRp reaction were found to have a double-stranded from through further analysis of the RNase protection assay.
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- C H Tsai
- Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratories, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Cheng JH, Liu XH. [Survey and progress in the research of Chinese medicinal herbs intervention therapy in treating primary liver carcinoma]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 1997; 17:187-90. [PMID: 9863087] [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: 02/09/2023]
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Cheng JH. [Clinical study on prevention and treatment to chemotherapy caused nephrotoxicity with jian-pi yi-qi li-shui Decoction]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 1994; 14:331-3, 323. [PMID: 8000218] [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: 01/28/2023]
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95 cases of cancer patients were treated with large dose of Cisplatinum. They were randomly divided into treated group with Chinese medicinal herbs (49 cases) and control group with hydration treatment (46 cases). Multiple indexes were selected to observe effect on renal function. The result showed that the level of blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatnine (Cr), beta 2 microglobulin (beta 2-MG), urea N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase (NAG) of treated group lowered. After treatment the difference of BUN, Cr between the two groups was significant (P < 0.05). It suggested that Jian-Pi Yi-Qi Li-Shui Decoction (JPYQLSD) was superior to hydration group in preventing the large dose of Cisplatinum induced nephrotoxicity. It was also used to treat 44 cases-times of chemotherapy caused renal failure. The total effect rate is 93.18%. The difference of the level of BUN, Cr between before and after treatment was very significant (P < 0.01). It is proved that JPYQLSD has good effect in treating chemotherapy caused renal failure.
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- J H Cheng
- Jiangxi Provincial Tumor Hospital, Nanchang
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Cheng JH. [A new form of nursing report]. Zhonghua Hu Li Za Zhi 1993; 28:287-90. [PMID: 8258173] [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: 01/29/2023]
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Cheng JH. [Effect of preventive and therapeutical function of jian-pi yi-qi li-shui decoction on cisplatin nephrotoxicity in rats]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 1992; 12:614-6, 581-2. [PMID: 1338869] [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: 12/26/2022]
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The effect of preventive and therapeutical function of Chinese herbs compound prescription Jian-Pi Yi-qi Li-Shui decoction (JPYQLSD) on cisplatin (DDP) and nephrotoxicity of rat. It was carried out that the prescription JPYQLSD had notable result in reducing content of serum urea nitrogen, glucosaminidase, beta 2-microglobulin of the rats (P < 0.05). JPYQLSD also could alleviate inhibition on activity of adenosine triphosphatase (ATP-ase). Pathological examination revealed the protective effect of the JPYQLSD on kidneys of rats. It suggested that JPYQLSD has a good effect on preventive and therapeutical function of Cisplatin (DDP) nephrotoxicity. The mechanism of JPYQLSD was to regulate the energy metabolism of rats.
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- J H Cheng
- Jiangxi Provincial Tumor Hospital, Nan-chang
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Dai DZ, Rong P, Huang J, Liu J, Cheng JH, Chen YH, Qiu YT, Huang WL, Peng SX. Anti-arrhythmic activities of six indole derivatives of changrolin. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 1991; 12:411-5. [PMID: 1819895] [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: 12/28/2022]
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The indole-derived compounds, which possessed side chains resembling those of changrolin (4-[3',5'-bis[(N-pyrrolidinyl)methyl]-4'-hydroxyaniline]-quinazoline) showed potent anti-arrhythmic activity by restoration of sinus rhythm from ouabain-induced tachycardia in guinea pigs. The potency was assessed by comparison of the maintenance time of sinus rhythm recovered from tachyarrhythmias induced by ouabain. The promising compound was MI2 with piperidyl residue on position 3 & 5 of phenol moiety. There was no difference in anti-arrhythmic activities resulting from substitutions between a benzene ring and methyl residue at position 2 of indole, but the latter had weaker parasympatholytic activity. The anti-arrhythmic activity of MI2 (greater than 60 min) was 2.4 times more potent then changrolin (25 min), but its anti-cholinergic activity was only half of the latter. To compare the suppressive effect on reperfusion-induced arrhythmias by iv MI2 at different time in relation to the ligation-reperfusion protocol, it was the most effective when administered either 30 min prior to coronary occlusion or at the moment of reperfusion. The compound MI might belong to the Ic group shown by the slowing impulse conduction within the heart.
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- D Z Dai
- Research Division of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing
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Premolt stage D3 of juvenile lobsters, Homarus americanus, was further divided into five substages according to the degree of cuticle digestion along the dorsal midline of the carapace and on the dorsal surface of the merus of the chelipeds. The mean times to ecdysis for intact lobsters (5.5 +/- 1.1 g) at each substage were 71.4, 57.7, 30.0, 16.1, and 6.6 h, respectively. The level of ecdysteroids dropped continuously during stage D3, from 0.5 μg/ml at substage 1, to less than 0.1 μg/ml at substage 5. Injections of 20-hydroxyecdysone (20-HE) (1.0 or 5.0 μg/g) delayed ecdysis in animals receiving an injection at substages 3 or 4, but not 1, 2, or 5. The staging method can be applied to eyestalk-ablated (ESX) lobsters as well; but those animals complete stage D3 and molt much more rapidly. In addition to the time of ecdysis, the rate of development (based on the degree of cuticle digestion) in both intact and ESX lobsters was decreased by injections of 20-HE. We conclude that decreased ecdysteroid titers in the hemolymph of lobsters is a prerequisite to the initiation of ecdysis, and that rates of development during stage D3 are regulated negatively by ecdysteroids. We suggest that the time of ecdysis is controlled in lobsters through the regulation of the rate of decline of ecdysteroid titers.
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Cheng JH, Wang HC, Tang RB, Chang YR, Hwang BT. A rapid cold agglutinin test in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) 1990; 46:49-52. [PMID: 2176924] [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: 12/30/2022]
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A definite diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is currently based on cultural method or complement fixation test which is usually retrospective. A rapid cold agglutinin test was developed to determine its value on the early diagnosis of M. Pneumoniae infection. One hundred and thirty patients with pneumonia aged between 5 and 14 years were studied. Blood specimens from all the patients were collected for rapid cold agglutinin test, cold hemagglutination test, and complement fixation test. Thirty patients showed positive, rapid cold agglutinin test. All the patients with positive rapid cold agglutinin test had higher (greater than or equal to 1:32) cold agglutinin titers which were simultaneously performed. The rapid cold agglutinin test had 100% sensitivity and 97% specificity when a cut-off criterion was set at cold agglutinin titer greater than or equal to 1:64. Twenty-five of the 130 cases were serologically proven to have M. pneumoniae infection using complement fixation test or/and cold agglutinin titer. M. pneumoniae was a major cause (21/28) in cold agglutinin-positive pneumonic patients. The positive predictive value of the rapid cold agglutinin test is 70% (21/30). Only 28% (7/25) of the patients with M. pneumoniae infection were diagnosed at acute stage with serological method. We conclude that the rapid cold agglutinin test is of much value in the early detection of M. pneumoniae infection in office or hospital practice in children with pneumonia.
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- J H Cheng
- Department of Pediatrics, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, R.O.C
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Ting CW, Wu TC, Cheng JH, Hwang B. [Gastrointestinal manifestations and endoscopic findings in children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura]. Zhonghua Min Guo Xiao Er Ke Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi 1988; 29:303-8. [PMID: 3272531] [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: 01/05/2023]
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Cheng JH, Fu YK, Chen WP, Hwang BT, Chen SM, Lin CY. Type I primary hyperoxaluria associated with type I renal tubular acidosis. Int J Pediatr Nephrol 1987; 8:235-8. [PMID: 3449474] [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: 01/05/2023]
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An 8-year-old boy who had suffered from recurrent stone formation since the age of 4 years, was admitted as an emergency due to anuria for a half day on November 20, 1986. Kidney-ureter-bladder film showed that the urethra was obstructed by a stone, and emergent cystoscopy was performed to remove it. He is the product of consanguinous marriage, his parents being first cousins. There was no family history of renal stone. Laboratory investigations showed hypokalemic, hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis. The ammonium chloride loading test revealed inability to acidify the urine and a markedly decreased excretion of titrable hydrogen ion and ammonium ion in the urine. These results indicate that this is a case of Type I renal tubular acidosis. His 24-hour urinary excretion of oxalate and glyoxylate were also markedly increased. There were no underlying causes leading to the development of secondary hyperoxaluria. These results also establish the diagnosis of Type I primary hyperoxaluria. The patient then received regimens of Polycitra 1ml/kg/day and Vitamin B6 50mg/day for 4 months. However, urinary stone developed again in this patient 4 months later. To our knowledge, Type I primary hyperoxaluria in association with Type I renal tubular acidosis has not been previously reported.
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- J H Cheng
- Department of Pediatric, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China
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Cheng JH. [Correlative study between the average flow-volume curve and instantaneous flow-volume curve and their clinical application]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 1983; 22:198-200. [PMID: 6617347] [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: 01/21/2023]
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Yao CZ, Zhang ZD, Liu YL, Cheng JH, Liu YY, Zhao SL. [Influence of Chinese herb Lysimachia hemsleyana Maxim on immune responses in mice. II. Depletion of lymphoid tissue]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1982; 4:286-9. [PMID: 6219763] [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: 01/19/2023]
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Yao CZ, Li F, Liu YL, Zhang ZD, Wang JW, Cai BJ, Liu YY, Cheng JH, Zhao SL. [Influence of Chinese herb Lysimachia christinae Hance on immune responses in mice. I. Immunosuppressive effect (author's transl)]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1981; 3:123-6. [PMID: 6458406] [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: 01/20/2023]
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