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Cao YL, Sun C, Xi JY, Luo SS, Hu JN, Zheng YS, Qiao K, Lu JH, Lin J. [Clinical features of peripheral neuropathy with livedo reticularis: an analysis of seven cases]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2024; 104:218-221. [PMID: 38220448 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20231024-00882] [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: 01/16/2024]
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The clinical characteristics, auxiliary examinations, skin and neuropathological features of 7 patients who had reticular cyanosis with peripheral neuropathy from the Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University from January 2019 to December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Among the 7 patients, 5 were female and 2 were male.The age of onset of peripheral neuropathy was (39.8±21.3) years and the disease duration of peripheral neuropathy was (2.7±2.3) years. Three patients had acute onset and 4 patients had chronic onset. All the patients had limb numbness, with limb weakness in 6 patients and pain in 5 cases. Neuroelectrophysiological examination revealed 1 case of mononeuropathy, 2 cases of polyneuropathy, 2 cases of peripheral neuropathy, and 2 cases of sensory neuron neuropathy. Skin biopsy was performed in 3 patients, which presented hyperplasia and expansion of blood vessels in the dermis with lymphocyte infiltration. Nerve biopsy was performed in 3 patients, indicating axonal damage. Reticular cyanosis with peripheral neuropathy characterizes with numbness and weakness of limbs, most of which were accompanied by pain. Electrophysiological changes are in various forms. The pathological changes are dominated by the damage of axonal.
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- Y L Cao
- Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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Hu X, Han C, Zhang M, Mu Z, Fu Z, Ren J, Qiao K, Jia J, Yu J, Yuan S, Wei Y. Predicting Radiation Esophagitis using 18F-FAPI-04 PET/CT in Patients with LA-ESCC Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e303-e304. [PMID: 37785107 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.2323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) This prospective study examined whether 18F-FAPI-04 PET/CT can predict the development and severity of radiation esophagitis (RE) in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (LA-ESCC) treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy. MATERIALS/METHODS From June 2021 to March 2022, images were prospectively collected from LA-ESCC patients who underwent 18F-FAPI-04 PET/CT examinations before and during radiotherapy. The development of RE was evaluated weekly according to Radiation Therapy Oncology Group criterion. The target-to-background ratio in blood (TBRblood) was analyzed at each time point and correlated with the onset and severity of RE. Factors that predicted RE were identified by multivariate logistic analyses. RESULTS Thirty patients (median age, 66.5 years [interquartile range: 56¨C71 years]; 22 men) were evaluated. Significantly higher TBRblood (during radiotherapy, mean: 3.06 vs 7.11, P = 0.003) and change in TBRblood compared with pre-RT (ΔTBRblood, mean: 0.67 vs 4.81, P = 0.002) were observed in patients with RE than patients without RE. Those with grade 3 RE had a significantly higher TBRblood (during radiotherapy, mean: 4.55 vs 9.66, P = 0.003) and ΔTBRblood (mean: 2.16 vs 7.50, P = 0.003) compared with those with RE CONCLUSION The ΔTBRblood on 18F-FAPI-04 PET/CT may be effective at identifying patients at risk for the development of RE, especially grade 3 RE.
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- X Hu
- Department of Radiology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Surgery II, Breast Cancer Center, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- 1.Department of Radiology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China. 2.Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, China
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- Department of PET/CT Center, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China 2. Department of Radiology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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Sun J, Luo S, Suetterlin KJ, Song J, Huang J, Zhu W, Xi J, Zhou L, Lu J, Lu J, Zhao C, Hanna MG, Männikkö R, Matthews E, Qiao K. Clinical and genetic spectrum of a Chinese cohort with SCN4A gene mutations. Neuromuscul Disord 2021; 31:829-838. [PMID: 33965302 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2021.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Skeletal muscle sodium channelopathies due to SCN4A gene mutations have a broad clinical spectrum. However, each phenotype has been reported in few cases of Chinese origin. We present detailed phenotype and genotype data from a cohort of 40 cases with SCN4A gene mutations seen in neuromuscular diagnostic service in Huashan hospital, Fudan University. Cases were referred from 6 independent provinces from 2010 to 2018. A questionnaire covering demographics, precipitating factors, episodes of paralysis and myotonia was designed to collect the clinical information. Electrodiagnostic studies and muscle MRI were retrospectively analyzed. The clinical spectrum of patients included: 6 Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (15%), 18 Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (45%), 7 sodium channel myotonia (17.5%), 4 paramyotonia congenita (10%) and 5 heterozygous asymptomatic mutation carriers (12.5%). Review of clinical information highlights a significant delay to diagnosis (median 15 years), reports of pain and myalgia in the majority of patients, male predominance, circadian rhythm and common precipitating factors. Electrodiagnostic studies revealed subclinical myotonic discharges and a positive long exercise test in asymptomatic carriers. Muscle MRI identified edema and fatty infiltration in gastrocnemius and soleus. A total of 13 reported and 2 novel SCN4A mutations were identified with most variants distributed in the transmembrane helix S4 to S6, with a hotspot mutation p.Arg675Gln accounting for 32.5% (13/40) of the cohort. Our study revealed a higher proportion of periodic paralysis in SCN4A-mutated patients compared with cohorts from England and the Netherlands. It also highlights the importance of electrodiagnostic studies in diagnosis and segregation studies.
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- J Sun
- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China; Department of Neurology, North Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200003, China
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Clinical Electrophysiology, Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom; Atkinson Morley Neuromuscular Centre, Regional Neurosciences Centre, Department of Neurology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Electrophysiology, Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
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Jiang SW, Gao H, Wu L, Wang GW, Cen FL, Li JX, Feng C, Wen JM, Chen Y, He RL, Qiao K, Wang Y, Liu YX, Wang ZQ. [Clinical feature changes of a COVID-19 patient from mild to critical condition and cardiopulmonary pathological results]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2020; 48:580-586. [PMID: 32455515 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20200304-00155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To analyse the clinical history, laboratory tests and pathological data of a patient who suffered from novel coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) and provide reference for the clinical treatment of similar cases. Methods: Data of clinical manifestation, laboratory examination, bronchoscopy, echocardiography and cardiopulmonary pathological results were retrospectively reviewed in a case of COVID-19 with rapid exacerbation from mild to critical condition. Results: This patient hospitalized at day 9 post 2019 novel coronavirus(2019-nCoV) infection, experienced progressive deterioration from mild to severe at day 12, severe to critical at day 18 and underwent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(ECMO) and continuous renal replacement therapy(CRRT) as well as heart lung transplantation during day 28-45 post infection, and died at the second day post heart and lung transplantation. The patient had suffered from hypertension for 8 years. At the early stage of the disease, his symptoms were mild and the inflammatory indices increased and the lymphocyte count decreased continuously. The patient's condition exacerbated rapidly with multi-organ infections, and eventually developed pulmonary hemorrhage and consolidation, pulmonary hypertension, right heart failure, malignant ventricular arrhythmias, liver dysfunction, etc. His clinical manifestations could not be improved despite viral RNAs test results became negative. The patient underwent lung and heart transplantation and finally died of multi organ failure at the second day post lung and heart transplantation. Pathological examination indicated massive mucus, dark red secretions and blood clots in bronchus. The pathological changes were mainly diffused pulmonary hemorrhagic injuries and necrosis, fibrosis, small vessel disease with cardiac edema and lymphocyte infiltration. Conclusions: The clinical course of severe COVID-19 can exacerbate rapidly from mild to critical with lung, liver and heart injuries.
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- S W Jiang
- Department of Cardiology, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Hemodialysis, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Department of Anesthesia, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Department of Anesthesia, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Administration Office, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Administration Office, Shenzhen Third People's Hospitle, Shenzhen 518112, China
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Wan L, Qiao K, Sun XN, Di ZC, Fang Z, Li ZJ, Guo K. Benzylation of heterocyclic N-oxides via direct oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling with toluene derivatives. NEW J CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6nj02560a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) of heterocyclic N-oxides with toluene derivatives has been disclosed.
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- L. Wan
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- 30 Puzhu South Road
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- 30 Puzhu South Road
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- 30 Puzhu South Road
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- 30 Puzhu South Road
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- 30 Puzhu South Road
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- 30 Puzhu South Road
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- 30 Puzhu South Road
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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Liu Y, Ye X, Zhang JB, Ouyang H, Shen Z, Wu Y, Wang W, Wu J, Tao S, Yang X, Qiao K, Zhang J, Liu J, Fu Q, Xie Y. PROX1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma proliferation and sorafenib resistance by enhancing β-catenin expression and nuclear translocation. Oncogene 2015; 34:5524-35. [PMID: 25684142 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2015.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Revised: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Aberrant activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway is frequent in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and contributes to HCC initiation and progression. This abnormal activation may result from somatic mutations in the genes of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and/or dysregulation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. The mechanism for the latter remains poorly understood. Prospero-related homeobox 1 (PROX1) is a downstream target of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in human colorectal cancer and elevated PROX1 expression promotes malignant progression. However, the Wnt/β-catenin pathway does not regulate PROX1 expression in the liver and HCC cells. Here we report that PROX1 promotes HCC cell proliferation in vitro and tumor growth in HCC xenograft mice. PROX1 and β-catenin levels are positively correlated in tumor tissues as well as in cultured HCC cells. PROX1 can upregulate β-catenin transcription by stimulating the β-catenin promoter and enhance the nuclear translocation of β-catenin in HCC cells, which leads to the activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Moreover, we show that increase in PROX1 expression renders HCC cells more resistant to sorafenib treatment, which is the standard therapy for advanced HCC. Overall, we have pinpointed PROX1 as a critical factor activating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in HCC, which promotes HCC proliferation and sorafenib resistance.
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- Y Liu
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital; Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (MOE), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Immunology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE & MOH), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Qiao K, Huang J, Lu C, Wu Z. 73. Correlation study between (CAG) n/(GGC) n microsatellites and electrophysiological changes in chinese spinal bulbar muscular atrophy patients. Clin Neurophysiol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.11.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lan R, Yang C, Lan L, Ou J, Qiao K, Liu F, Gao Q. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolates from HIV-infected patients in Guangxi, China. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2012; 15:1669-75. [PMID: 22118176 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected persons. The prevalence of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in HIV-infected patients in China is unknown. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of M. tuberculosis and NTM in HIV-infected patients in Guangxi Province, determine their drug resistance profiles, and evaluate the genotype patterns of M. tuberculosis strains. DESIGN Samples were collected from two HIV designated hospitals in Guangxi Province between 2005 and 2008. HIV-infected patients who were culture-positive for mycobacteria were included. Drug susceptibility testing was performed for mycobacterial isolates. NTM species was identified by sequencing, and M. tuberculosis isolates were genotyped using the variable number of tandem repeats method. RESULTS M. tuberculosis and NTM were identified in respectively 117 (53%) and 102 (47%) HIV-infected patients. Drug resistance was found in 27% and multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in 11% of the patients with TB. Previous treatment for TB was significantly associated with MDR-TB. Twenty (17%) TB patients belonged to eight VNTR-defined clusters. CONCLUSION The high frequency of NTM among HIV-infected patients raises concerns about accurate species identification before the determination of appropriate treatment. The potential for TB transmission exists among HIV-infected patients. Intensified screening and effective treatment of TB-HIV co-infected patients is urgently needed.
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- R Lan
- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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Qiao K, Hyde TW. Structural phase transitions and out-of-plane dust lattice instabilities in vertically confined plasma crystals. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2005; 71:026406. [PMID: 15783428 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.71.026406] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2004] [Revised: 11/15/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The formation of plasma crystals confined in an external one-dimensional parabolic potential well is simulated for a normal experimental environment employing a computer code called BOX_TREE. Under appropriate conditions, crystals were found to form layered systems. The system's structural phase transitions, including transitions between crystals with differing numbers of layers and the same number of layers but different intralayer structures, were investigated and found to agree with previous theoretical and experimental research results. One- to two-layer transitions were examined in detail and shown to start at the point where the out-of-plane lattice instability appears. The resulting three layer system caused by this instability was observed at the center of the system. Finally, growth rates for this out-of-plane lattice instability were obtained using the BOX_TREE simulation with these results shown to agree with those obtained from analytical theory.
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- K Qiao
- Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798-7310, USA
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Qiao K, Hyde TW. Dispersion properties of the out-of-plane transverse wave in a two-dimensional Coulomb crystal. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2003; 68:046403. [PMID: 14683050 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.68.046403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The formation of a two-dimensional (2D) Coulomb crystal in a typical experimental environment was simulated with a computer code called BOX_TREE. The dispersion properties of a novel dust lattice wave (DLW) mode, the out-of-plane transverse wave, were obtained. The dispersion relation was determined to be an opticlike inverse dispersion when wave number k is lower than a critical value k(critical), and a positive dispersion when k>k(critical). The negative group velocity of the wave for k<k(critical) depends on the kappa value (with kappa=a/lambda(D), where a is the interparticle spacing and lambda(D) is the Debye length) and the positive group velocity for k>k(critical) depends on the propagation direction. The value of k(critical) depends on both kappa and propagation direction, but changes very little for all propagation directions and the range of kappa investigated. An analytical method has also been used to derive the dispersion relations assuming a hexagonal 2D lattice and Yukawa interparticle potential. These dispersion relations compare favorably with the simulation results. The dispersion relation for a 1D string was also obtained via BOX_TREE simulation and shown to agree with the analytical result given by Vladimirov [Physica A 315, 222 (2002)]. Comparison shows that the out-of-plane transverse DLW in a 2D lattice when k<k(critical) has a negative group velocity much larger than that of the 1D string, given the same particle parameters and operating environment. Again k(critical) for 1D string and 2D lattice are in the same range.
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- K Qiao
- Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798-7310, USA
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