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Wang KJ, Xia QD, Ding F, Hu X, Liu BC. [Pulmonary nuclear protein of the testis midline carcinoma:a case report]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2023; 46:1019-1021. [PMID: 37752046 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20230316-00134] [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: 09/28/2023]
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Nuclear protein of the testis (NUT) midline carcinoma (NMC) is a rare malignant epithelial tumor that typically occurs in the midline regions such as the head, neck, and mediastinum. This tumor is characterized by rapid development, aggressive growth, and strong invasiveness. Due to its short duration, most patients are diagnosed at advanced stages, often leading to rapid mortality. Although reports on pulmonary NUT carcinoma are uncommon, this article presents a case of pulmonary NUT carcinoma in which the patient repeatedly expectorated bronchial casts and tumor tissue. Additionally, a comprehensive review of relevant literature from recent years is provided to enhance understanding of this disease.
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- K J Wang
- Bishan Hospital Afflicted of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 402260, China
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- Bishan Hospital Afflicted of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 402260, China
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- Bishan Hospital Afflicted of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 402260, China
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- Bishan Hospital Afflicted of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 402260, China
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- Bishan Hospital Afflicted of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 402260, China
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He MJ, Ji LD, Lian L, Ma ZF, Luo YT, Lai JL, Wang KJ. [Epidemiological trend of early-onset gastric cancer and late-onset gastric cancer in China from 2000 to 2019]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:1198-1202. [PMID: 37661609 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20230302-00117] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Objective: In order to understand the changing trends of gastric cancer incidence and mortality in early-onset and late-onset in China from 2000 to 2019. Methods: The Global Burden of Disease research data was collected, and Excel and R 4.2.1 softwares were used to examine the incidence rate, mortality rate, and disability-adjusted life years (DALY) of Chinese people from 2000 to 2019, with a focus on gender, age, and year. Results: In 2019, the crude incidence rates were 7.06/100 000 (95%UI: 6.63/100 000-7.59/100 000) and 114.52/100 000 (95%UI: 108.79/100 000-121.63/100 000) for early- and late-onset gastric cancer, respectively. The crude mortality rate for early-onset gastric cancer was 3.29/100 000 (95%UI: 3.11/100 000- 3.50/100 000), while the crude mortality rate for late-onset gastric cancer was 81.88/100 000 (95%UI: 78.15/100 000-86.04/100 000). Additionally, the crude DALY rates for these two types of gastric cancer were 156.48/100 000 (95%UI: 148.82/100 000-165.84/100 000) and 1 750.13/100 000 (95%UI: 1 661.21/100 000-1 852.99/100 000). The standardized incidence of early-onset gastric cancer decreased from 5.49/100 000 in 2000 to 4.76/100 000 in 2019, and that of late-onset gastric cancer decreased from 143.45/100 000 in 2000 to 123.02/100 000 in 2019.The standardized mortality rate of early-onset gastric cancer decreased from 4.16/100 000 in 2000 to 2.18/100 000 in 2019, and that of late-onset gastric cancer decreased from 140.82/100 000 in 2000 to 91.49/100 000 in 2019. The standardized DALY rate for early-onset gastric cancer in 2019 was 105.87/100 000 (95%UI: 87.98/100 000 -125.60/100 000), lower than 198.84/100 000 (95%UI: 179.47/100 000- 219.83/100 000) in 2000. The standardized DALY rate for late onset gastric cancer in 2019 was 1 821.11/100 000 (95%UI: 1 509.42/100 000-2 158.53/100 000), lower than 2 932.52/100 000 (95%UI: 2 665.92/100 000-3 252.60/100 000) in 2000. Conclusions: The standardized mortality rate of early-onset gastric cancer in China showed a decreasing trend from 2000 to 2019. The standardized mortality rate of late onset gastric cancer showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing. Notably, the incidence, mortality, and DALY of late-onset gastric cancer were significantly higher than those of early-onset gastric cancer during this period. Additionally, male incidence, mortality, and crude DALY rates were higher than female.
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- M J He
- School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China Key Laboratory of Tumor Epidemiology of Henan Province/State Key Laboratory of Esophageal Cancer Prevention & Treatment, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Li YD, Zheng GY, Wen BH, Luo Y, Chi YJ, Wang KJ, Kong Y, Zhang XP. [Clinical observation of spontaneous brain activity in children with congenital cortical cataract amblyopia]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2023; 59:526-534. [PMID: 37408423 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112142-20230306-00085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the characteristics of spontaneous brain activity in children with congenital cortical cataract amblyopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. Twenty cases of unilateral congenital cortical cataract amblyopia (unilateral amblyopia group) and 14 cases of bilateral congenital cortical cataract amblyopia (bilateral amblyopia group) were enrolled from January 2022 to December 2022 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. Seventeen age and gender matched children with normal visual acuity were recruited as the healthy control group. Resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) was performed on all participants, and the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) technique was used to analyze their spontaneous brain activities. The original ALFF value of each voxel was divided by the average ALFF value of the whole brain to obtain the standardized ALFF value (referred to as ALFF value), which reflected the intensity of spontaneous brain activity in different brain regions. General demographic data were compared using one-way analysis of variance, Kruskal-Wallis test, and chi-square test. Comparison of ALFF values was conducted using one-way analysis of variance. Results: There were no significant differences in age, gender, distribution of amblyopic eye or non-dominant eye, and degree of refractive error among the three groups (all P>0.05). Compared to the healthy control group, the unilateral amblyopia group showed higher ALFF values in the right posterior lobe of the cerebellum (67 voxels, t=3.48) and left posterior lobe of the cerebellum (71 voxels, t=4.09), and lower ALFF values in the right postcentral gyrus (91 voxels, t=-3.91), right inferior parietal lobule (73 voxels, t=-4.88), right inferior frontal gyrus (78 voxels, t=-4.09), left inferior parietal lobule (556 voxels, t=-4.82), and left inferior frontal gyrus (122 voxels, t=-4.27) (all P<0.01). The bilateral amblyopia group showed higher ALFF values in the right insula (60 voxels, t=3.54), right Rolandic operculum (69 voxels, t=3.73), right posterior lobe of the cerebellum (54 voxels, t=3.43), and left posterior lobe of the cerebellum (143 voxels, t=3.69), and lower ALFF values in the left inferior frontal gyrus (99 voxels, t=-4.39), left postcentral gyrus (231 voxels, t=-4.28), and right inferior parietal lobule (54 voxels, t=-3.77) (all P<0.01). Compared to the unilateral amblyopia group, the bilateral amblyopia group showed higher ALFF values in the left middle frontal gyrus (52 voxels, t=3.15, P=0.029), left posterior lobe of the cerebellum (77 voxels, t=3.39, P=0.001), and right Rolandic operculum (53 voxels, t=3.59, P=0.007). Conclusion: Children with congenital cortical cataract amblyopia exhibit altered spontaneous brain activity in multiple brain regions, and there are differences in spontaneous brain activity changes between unilateral and bilateral amblyopia.
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- Y D Li
- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Cao T, Ji P, Zhang Z, Xiao D, Wang KJ, Li N, Li W, Jin GJ, Hao T, Tao K. [A prospective randomized controlled study of antibiotic bone cement in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Yu Chuang Mian Xiu Fu Za Zhi 2023; 39:311-318. [PMID: 37805732 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20221111-00485] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the clinical effects and related mechanism of antibiotic bone cement in treating diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). Methods: A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted. From August 2020 to August 2022, 24 patients with DFU who met the inclusion criteria were admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University. According to the block randomization, the patients were divided into 2 groups, with 12 patients in each group. In antibiotic bone cement group, there were 7 male and 5 female patients, aged (64±8) years, with the ulcer area of (41±21) cm2. In silver sulfadiazine group, there were 8 male and 4 female patients, aged (62±8) years, with the ulcer area of (38±19) cm2. Under the condition of ensuring the patency of at least one main inferior genicular artery in each patient, the continuous vacuum sealing drainage was performed for 3-5 days after thorough debridement. Thereafter, the wounds in antibiotic bone cement group were treated with gentamicin-laden bone cement, and the wounds in silver sulfadiazine group were treated with silver sulfadiazine cream for dressing change. After 3 weeks of dressing change, the wound was covered with split-thickness skin graft from the lateral thigh on the affected side. Before debridement and after 3 weeks of dressing change, the blood flow intensities of wound tissue and normal skin tissue in foot were measured using laser Doppler flowmeter, and then, the percentage of relative blood flow intensity of wound and the change rate of blood flow intensity were calculated. After 3 weeks of dressing change, the wound margin tissue was taken, the number of CD31-positive neovascular and the vascular morphology were observed and detected by immunohistochemical staining, the morphology of blood vessels surrounded by CD31 and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) double-positive cells was observed by immunofluorescence staining, the cell proliferation activity was evaluated by immunofluorescence staining (denoted as the ratio of Ki67 positive cells), and the protein expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) was detected by Western blotting. The skin graft survival was observed 3-5 days after skin grafting, and the wound healing time was recorded. Data were statistically analyzed with independent sample t test and Fisher's exact probability test. Results: The percentages of relative blood flow intensity of wounds of patients before debridement were similar between the two groups (P>0.05). After 3 weeks of dressing change, the percentage of relative blood flow intensity of wounds and the change rate of blood flow intensity of patients in antibiotic bone cement group were (44.7±2.0)% and (129±12)%, respectively, which were significantly higher than (28.3±1.2)% and (41±8)% in silver sulfadiazine group (with t values of 24.15 and 20.97, respectively, P<0.05). After 3 weeks of dressing change, compared with those in silver sulfadiazine group, the number of CD31-positive neovascular in the wound margin tissue of patients in antibiotic bone cement group was significantly increased (t=33.81, P<0.05) with larger diameter and more regular arrangement, the vascular wall continuity surrounded by CD31 and α-SMA double-positive cells was better, and the ratio of Ki67 positive cells and protein expression of VEGFR2 were significantly increased (with t values of 40.97 and 47.38, respectively, P<0.05). On post skin grafting day 3-5, all the patients in antibiotic bone cement group and 8 patients in silver sulfadiazine group had good skin graft survival, while 4 patients in silver sulfadiazine group showed spotted/patchy skin graft necrosis, which were cured after corresponding treatment. The wound healing time of patients in antibiotic bone cement group was (47.1±2.9) d, which was significantly shorter than (58.8±2.3) d in silver sulfadiazine group (t=10.86, P<0.05). Conclusions: Compared with silver sulfadiazine, clinical application of antibiotic bone cement for treating DFU has the characteristics of accelerating wound healing and better reconstruction of local blood flow, which may be closely related to the fact that antibiotic bone cement promoted the local angiogenesis effectively in the wound through enhancing the expression of VEGFR2.
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- T Cao
- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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Gu YX, Chen M, Wang KJ. [Research advances in classifications and functions of retinal ganglion cells]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2022; 58:390-395. [PMID: 35511668 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112142-20211103-00516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the most important type of neurons in the visual pathway. RGC axons exit the eye to form the optic nerve, which connects with the brain. The visual signals carried by RGC axons establish the only link between the outside world and our internal perception of sight. Researches on the morphological, physiological, molecular, and mosaic features of RGCs are of great significance. This article reviews the research advances of RGC classifications, definitive types of RGCs, and selective vulnerability of specific RGC types after various injuries.
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- Y X Gu
- Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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Lyu DN, Lu B, Zhang LF, Yin JF, Chen M, Wang KJ, Wu W, Yao K. [Preliminary efficacy of ab interno canaloplasty combined with micro-incision cataract surgery in primary open angle glaucoma combined with cataract: one-year results]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2022; 58:279-288. [PMID: 35391515 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112142-20211028-00510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the preliminary efficacy and safety of ab interno canaloplasty (ABiC) combined with micro-incision cataract surgery for treating primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) combined with cataract. Methods: Prospective case series study. Patients diagnosed with POAG and concurrent cataract were enrolled to receive ABiC combined with micro-incision phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation in the Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine from June 2018 to October 2019. Intraocular pressure (IOP), use of hypotensive medications, visual acuity, visual field, and optic nerve at baseline as well as at 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months postoperatively were assessed. Subgroup analyses were further performed to evaluate these data between controlled and uncontrolled POAG, as well as among mild, moderate, and advanced POAG. Success rate and complications were analyzed. Results: A total of 68 eyes in 42 patients completed a follow-up of 12 months. Compared to the baseline IOP under medical control [(18.25±2.65) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa)], the mean postoperative IOP at 1 month [(14.31±3.25) mmHg], 3 months [(14.00±3.09) mmHg], 6 months[ (14.58±2.93) mmHg], and 12 months[ (14.84±2.73) mmHg] was all significantly reduced (P<0.05). The median (upper quadrant, lower quadrant) of the hypotensive medication number was 2.5 (2, 3) at baseline, which was significantly reduced to 0 (0, 1) at 1 month, and 0 (0, 0) at 3, 6, and 12 months (P<0.05). The complete success rate and qualified success rate at 12 months were 80.88%(55/68) and 89.71%(61/68), respectively. No deterioration in the visual field or optical coherence tomography scan of the optic nerve was observed at 12 months compared to the baseline status. Hyphema (26 eyes, 38.24%) and transient IOP spike (23 eyes, 33.82%) were the most common complications, but no severe case was present. Conclusion: ABiC combined with micro-incision cataract surgery is considerably effective and safe in the treatment of POAG combined with cataract in the Chinese population.
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- D N Lyu
- Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Eye Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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Cai WX, Shen K, Cao T, Wang J, Zhao M, Wang KJ, Zhang Y, Han JT, Hu DH, Tao K. [Effects of exosomes from human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells on pulmonary vascular endothelial cells injury in septic mice and its mechanism]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Yu Chuang Mian Xiu Fu Za Zhi 2022; 38:266-275. [PMID: 35325972 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501120-20211020-00362] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the effects of exosomes from human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) on pulmonary vascular endothelial cells (PMVECs) injury in septic mice and its mechanism. Methods: The experimental research method was adopted. The primary ADSCs were isolated and cultured from the discarded fresh adipose tissue of 3 patients (female, 10-25 years old), who were admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University undergoing abdominal surgery, and the cell morphology was observed by inverted phase contrast microscope on the 5th day. The expressions of CD29, CD34, CD44, CD45, CD73, and CD90 of ADSCs in the third passage were detected by flow cytometry. The third to the fifth passage of ADSCs were collected, and their exosomes from the cell supernatant were obtained by differential ultracentrifugation, and the shape, particle size, and the protein expressions of CD9, CD63, tumor susceptibility gene 101 (TSG101), and β-actin of exosomes were detected, respectively, by transmission electron microscopy, nano-particle tracking analysis and Western blotting. Twenty-four adult male BALB/c mice were adopted and were divided into normal control group, caecal ligation perforation (CLP) alone group, and CLP+ADSC-exosome group with each group of 8 according to random number table (the same grouping method below) and were treated accordingly. At 24 h after operation, tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) and interleukin 1β (IL-1β) levels of mice serum were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and lung tissue morphology of mice was detected by hematoxylin-eosin and myeloperoxidase staining, and the expression of 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) of mouse lung cells was detected by immunofluorescence method. Primary PMVECs were obtained from 1-month-old C57 mice regardless gender by tissue block method. The expression of CD31 of PMVECs was detected by immunofluorescence and flow cytometry. The third passage of PMVECs was co-cultured with ADSCs derived exosomes for 12 h, and the phagocytosis of exosomes by PMVECs was detected by PKH26 kit. The third passage of PMVECs were adopted and were divided into blank control group, macrophage supernatant alone group, and macrophage supernatant+ADSC-exosome group, with 3 wells in each group, which were treated accordingly. After 24 h, the content of reactive oxygen species in cells was detected by flow cytometry, the expression of 8-OHdG in cells was detected by immunofluorescence, and Transwell assay was used to determine the permeability of cell monolayer. The number of samples in above were all 3. Data were statistically analyzed with one-way analysis of variance and least significant difference t test. Results: The primary ADSCs were isolated and cultured to day 5, growing densely in a spindle shape with a typical swirl-like. The percentages of CD29, CD44, CD73 and CD90 positive cells of ADSCs in the third passage were all >90%, and the percentages of CD34 and CD45 positive cells were <5%. Exosomes derived from ADSCs of the third to fifth passages showed a typical double-cavity disc-like structure with an average particle size of 103 nm, and the protein expressions of CD9, CD63 and TSG101 of exosomes were positive, while the protein expression of β-actin of exosomes was negative. At 24 h after operation, compared with those in normal control group, both the levels of TNF-α and IL-1β of mice serum in CLP alone group were significantly increased (with t values of 28.76 and 29.69, respectively, P<0.01); compared with those in CLP alone group, both the content of TNF-α and IL-1β of mice serum in CLP+ADSC-exosome group was significantly decreased (with t values of 9.90 and 4.76, respectively, P<0.05 or P<0.01). At 24 h after surgery, the pulmonary tissue structure of mice in normal control group was clear and complete without inflammatory cell infiltration; compared with those in normal control group, the pulmonary tissue edema and inflammatory cell infiltration of mice in CLP alone group were more obvious; compared with those in CLP alone group, the pulmonary tissue edema and inflammatory cell infiltration of mice in CLP+ADSC-exosome group were significantly reduced. At 24 h after operation, endothelial cells in lung tissues of mice in 3 groups showed positive expression of CD31; compared with that in normal control group, the fluorescence intensity of 8-OHdG positive cells of the lung tissues of mice in CLP alone group was significantly increased, and compared with that in CLP alone group, the fluorescence intensity of 8-OHdG positive cells in the lung tissues of mice in CLP+ADSC-exosome group was significantly decreased. The PMVECs in the 3rd passage showed CD31 positive expression by immunofluorescence, and the result of flow cytometry showed that CD31 positive cells accounted for 99.5%. At 12 h after co-culture, ADSC-derived exosomes were successfully phagocytose by PMVECs and entered its cytoplasm. At 12 h after culture of the third passage of PMVECs, compared with that in blank control group, the fluorescence intensity of reactive oxygen species of PMVECs in macrophage supernatant alone group was significantly increased (t=15.73, P<0.01); compared with that in macrophage supernatant alone group, the fluorescence intensity of reactive oxygen species of PMVECs in macrophage supernatant+ADSC-exosome group was significantly decreased (t=4.72, P<0.01). At 12 h after culture of the third passage of PMVECs, and the 8-OHdG positive fluorescence intensity of PMVECs in macrophage supernatant alone group was significantly increased; and compared with that in blank control group, the 8-OHdG positive fluorescence intensity of PMVECs in macrophage+ADSC-exosome supernatant group was between blank control group and macrophage supernatant alone group. At 12 h after culture of the third passage PMVECs, compared with that in blank control group, the permeability of PMVECs monolayer in macrophage supernatant alone group was significantly increased (t=6.34, P<0.01); compared with that in macrophage supernatant alone group, the permeability of PMVECs monolayer cells in macrophage supernatant+ADSC-exosome group was significantly decreased (t=2.93, P<0.05). Conclusions: Exosomes derived from ADSCs can ameliorate oxidative damage in mouse lung tissue, decrease the level of reactive oxygen species, 8-OHdG expression, and permeability of PMVECs induced by macrophage supernatant.
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- W X Cai
- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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Wang KJ, Yu CJ, Gao X. [Research progress on the correlation between nasal sinus microbiome and chronic rhinosinusitis]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2020; 55:803-808. [PMID: 32791785 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20200303-00152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- K J Wang
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Jiangsu Provincial Key Medical Discipline, Nanjing 210008, China; Research Institute of Otolaryngology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Jiangsu Provincial Key Medical Discipline, Nanjing 210008, China; Research Institute of Otolaryngology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing 210008, China
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Chen Y, Wang KJ, Luo YC, Wang BZ, Zhang MM, Xu YQ, Yang YN, Ma YT. [Predictive value of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio on myocardial injury in severe COVID-19 patients]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2020; 48:572-579. [PMID: 32842269 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20200422-00336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the predictive value of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) on myocardial injury in severe COVID-19 patients. Methods: In this single-center retrospective cohort study, we collected and analyzed data form 133 severe COVID-19 patients admitted to Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University (Eastern District) from January 30 to February 18, 2020. Patients were divided into myocardial injury group (n=29) and non-myocardial injury group (n=104) according the presence or absence of myocardial injury. The general information of patients was collected by electronic medical record database system. All patients were followed up for 30 days, the organ injury and/or dysfunction were monitored, the in-hospital death was compared between the two groups, and the disease progression was reevaluated and classified at 14 days after initial hospitalization. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify risk factors of myocardial injury in severe COVID-19 patients. The ROC of NLR was calculated, and the AUC was determined to estimate the optimal cut-off value of NLR for predicting myocardial injury in severe cases of COVID-19. Results: There was statistical significance in age, respiratory frequency, systolic blood pressure, symptoms of dyspnea, previous chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary heart disease history, white blood cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes, platelets, C-reactive protein, platelet counting, aspartate transaminase, albumin, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, urea, estimated glomerular filtration rate, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, D-dimer, CD3+, CD4+, partial pressure of oxygen, partial pressure of CO2, blood oxygen saturation, other organ injury, clinical outcome and prognosis between patients with myocardial injury and without myocardial injury (all P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that NLR was a risk factor for myocardial injury (OR=1.066,95%CI 1.021-1.111,P=0.033). ROC curve showed that NLR predicting AUC of myocardial injury in severe COVID-19 patients was 0.774 (95%CI 0.694-0.842), the optimal cut-off value of NLR was 5.768, with a sensitivity of 82.8%, and specificity of 69.5%. Conclusion: NLR may be used to predict myocardial injury in severe COVID-19 patients.
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- Y Chen
- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830000, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China
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- Department of Cadre Health, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China
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Wang X, Zhang Y, Zhao M, Mao XC, Tan Z, Shang JB, Wang XL, Wang KJ. [Predictive analysis of distant metastasis after primary treatment of papillary thyroid cancer in patients under 18 years old]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2020; 55:664-670. [PMID: 32668875 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20200115-00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the distant metastasis after primary treatment of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) in children and adolescents. Methods: A retrospective analysis of 180 cases (54 boys and 126 girls, with an age range of 6-18 years) with PTC treated at the Chinese Medical Academy Cancer Hospital and Zhejiang Cancer Hospital from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2014 was performed. Patients' clinical and pathological data were collected. The follow-up results were statistically analyzed. The distant metastasis rate during the follow-up period was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method. Log-Rank test was used for univariate analysis and Cox regression model was established in multivariate analysis. Results: Twenty-four cases (13.3%) had distant metastases during following-up with a median of 92 months. The Log-Rank test showed that the younger age ≤15 years old (χ(2)=11.803, P=0.001), the larger tumor diameter >20 mm (χ(2)=5.776, P=0.016), multifocal (χ(2)=11.205, P=0.001), bilateral tumor distribution (χ(2)=19.804, P=0.001), invaded capsule (χ(2)=10.808, P=0.001), and bilateral lymph nodes metastasis (χ(2)=6.278, P=0.012) were risk factors for distant metastasis after initial treatment. The Cox regression analysis showed that age ≤15 years (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]: 4.08[1.504-11.111], P=0.006) and bilateral tumor distribution (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]: 4.77[1.903-11.966], P=0.001) were independent risk factors for distant metastasis after initial treatment. The risk factors for local recurrence and distant metastasis were similar, but the local recurrence could not be a significant predictor for distant metastasis. It was indicated that distant metastasis rate was lower in patients with total thyroidectomy in multifocal lesions groups (χ(2)=5.891, P=0.015). Conclusions: Age, tumor size, invaded capsule, bilateral lymph nodes metastasis, multifocal and bilateral lesions are factors for predicting distant metastasis after primary treatment of PTC in children and adolescents. Total thyroidectomy is recommended for patients with multifocal and bilateral lesions.
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- X Wang
- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Cancer and Basic Medicine (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Cancer and Basic Medicine (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Cancer and Basic Medicine (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Department of Head Neck and Thyroid Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Cancer and Basic Medicine (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Cancer and Basic Medicine (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310022, China
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Li W, Dong Y, Wang KJ, Deng Z, Zhang W, Shen HF. Plasma exosomal miR-125a-5p and miR-141-5p as non-invasive biomarkers for prostate cancer. Neoplasma 2020; 67:1314-1318. [PMID: 32614237 DOI: 10.4149/neo_2020_191130n1234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Predictive biomarkers for early diagnosis of prostate cancer are important for its treatment. The functional microRNAs in the exosomes of plasma and serum samples are of interest as stable and non-invasive biomarkers for recurrence in cancer patients. The present study aimed to clarify the value of plasma exosomal miRNA-125a-5p and miR-141-5p as biomarkers for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The study included 19 healthy individuals and 31 prostate cancer patients. In comparison to the levels in healthy controls, exosomal miR-141-5p levels showed a slight increase in prostate cancer patients (p=0.085), and miR-125a-5p levels that showed a significant decrease in patients with prostate cancer than in healthy controls (p=0.032). As a derived parameter, the miR-125a-5p/miR-141-5p ratio was significantly higher in patients with prostate cancer than in healthy controls (p<0.001). We found that exosomal miR-141-5p in plasma showed a promise in distinguishing prostate cancer patients with the AUC of 0.652, and for miR-125a-5p, the AUC was 0.691. For the miR-125a-5p/miR-141-5p ratio, the AUC value was 0.793. We found that miR-125a-5p has a weak positive correlation with PSA (correlation coefficient = 0.3413). Moreover, miR-141-5p has been found to hold a negatively no-significant correlation with PSA, with the correlation coefficient is -0.1102. We speculate that, as diagnostic markers for prostate cancer, miR-125-5p and miR-141-5p might be independent of the PSA. In summary, the results of this study suggest that high plasma exosomal expression of miR-141-3p and low expression of miR-125a-5p in plasma exosomes from prostate cancer patients might be useful markers of specific tumor traits associated with prostate cancer. Moreover, the miR-125a-5p/miR-141-5p ratio seems to perform better than either of the single values alone.
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- Department of Urology, 928th Hospital of PLA Joint Logistic Support Force, Haikou, China
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- Department of Urology, 928th Hospital of PLA Joint Logistic Support Force, Haikou, China.,Department of Urology, Hainan Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Sanya, China
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- Department of Urology, 928th Hospital of PLA Joint Logistic Support Force, Haikou, China
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- Department of Urology, 900th Hospital of PLA Joint Logistic Support Force, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, 81th Hospital affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Urology, 928th Hospital of PLA Joint Logistic Support Force, Haikou, China
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Zhu Z, Wang KJ, Orangio GR, Han JY, Lu B, Zhou ZQ, Gao W, Fu CG. Clinical efficacy and quality of life after transrectal natural orifice specimen extraction for the treatment of middle and upper rectal cancer. J Gastrointest Oncol 2020; 11:260-268. [PMID: 32399267 DOI: 10.21037/jgo.2020.03.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Laparoscopic anterior resection with natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSE) avoids extra abdominal extraction incision during colorectal surgery. Some surgeons realized the benefits of NOSE on clinical efficacy. We compared the clinical efficacy of laparoscopic NOSE, laparoscopic non-NOSE and open surgery (OS) for short-term recovery and quality of life (QoL). Methods A single randomized controlled trial of NOSE for middle and upper rectal cancer between April 2014 and February 2018. Preoperative and postoperative clinical variables were analyzed and compared between the groups. Preoperative and 6 months postoperative QoL was assessed with the SF-36 QoL questionnaire. Results A total of 378 patients were enrolled, 334 patients randomly divided into NOSE group (n=104), non-NOSE group (n=119), OS group (n=111). The NOSE group was superior to the other two groups on the QoL after surgery. The NOSE group had the lowest postoperative VAS score between three groups. The postoperative time for bowel function recovery and the length of hospital stay was statistically significantly different among the three groups, with the NOSE group having the shortest time. The incidence of postoperative complications was lower in the NOSE group (12/104, 11.5%) than in the non-NOSE group (20/119, 16.8%), the difference was statistically significant. The Kaplan-Meier (K-M) survival curve showed no statistically significant difference in the disease-free survival (DFS) rate between the three groups. Conclusions Comparing NOSE to non-NOSE and OS, the NOSE had significantly better functional recovery and better QoL. The NOSE group had a significant lower surgical complication rate than the non-NOSE group.
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- Zhe Zhu
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China
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Han JT, Wang HT, Xie ST, Li J, Yang XK, Gao XW, Wang KJ. [Initial exploration of choice of the donor site of flap and its repair strategy]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi 2020; 36:85-90. [PMID: 32114724 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-2587.2020.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the choice of the donor site of flap and the repair method of secondary wound of flap donor site in tissue repair and reconstruction operation. Methods: From January 2014 to September 2018, 62 cases of scar contracture deformity, 15 cases of skin tumor, 20 cases of skin and soft tissue injury, and 25 cases of chronic wound were admitted to the Burn Center of People's Liberation Army of First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, with 84 males and 38 females, aged from 3 to 89 years. Four repair strategies adopted for tissue repair and reconstruction and good repair of the donor site of flap were as follows: designing the flap rationally according to the condition around the wound or the size and shape of wound, choosing pre-expanded technique of the donor site of flap for repair of scar deformity optimally, making full use of the surrounding condition of flap donor site, and repaired with the distal flap, i. e. replacing the important site with secondary site. The donor site of flap was repaired by direct suture or peripheral flap and distal flap. The wound size of patients ranged from 3.0 cm×2.0 cm to 20.0 cm×18.0 cm, and the flap area ranged from 3.5 cm×2.0 cm to 25.0 cm×22.0 cm. The survival condition of flap, healing condition of donor site and recipient site, and follow-up condition of donor site and recipient site were recorded. Results: Wounds of 122 patients were repaired with a total of 148 flaps designed by the above four repair strategies. All the flaps survived well, and the wound and flap donor site healed well. Follow-up for 3 to 36 months showed that the shape and function of recipient site and flap donor site were satisfactory. Conclusions: According to the specific condition of the wound and anatomical structure of the surrounding tissue of flap donor site, overall surgical design with flexibility and personalization can achieve effects of good repair of the wound and reduce the secondary damage of flap donor site.
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- J T Han
- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Burn Center of PLA, the First Affiliated Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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Zhu XT, Wang KJ, Zhou Q, Xu JC. [Establishing reference intervals of thyroid hormone based on a laboratory information system]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2020; 59:129-133. [PMID: 32074686 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2020.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To establish reference intervals (RIs) of thyroid hormone based on data from healthy subjects in laboratory information system (LIS) by indirect methods. Methods: Data were selected from the physical examination center in LIS of the First Hospital of Jilin University from May 2014 to December 2018. The normal distribution of the original data was checked by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Skewed data were transformed into normal distribution using BOX-COX techniques, and outliers were identified by the Turkey method. The continuous percentile curve was established by coefficient of skewness-median-coefficient of variation(LMS) methods. Cut-off value of age was determined by decision trees, and the differences between groups were verified by Z-tests. P(2.5) and P(97.5) in the RIs were analyzed by non-parametric methods. Results: A total of 45 742 subjects were included in the study. There were no differences in the RI for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) among age groups or between men and women (Z<Z*), and the RI was 0.60-4.41mIU/L (20-79 years old). However, the levels of free triiodothyronine(FT(3)) decreased with age in males and females under 35-year-old. The RIs for FT(3) were 4.47-6.44pmol/L (20-44 years old), 4.19-6.21pmol/L (45-64 years old) and 3.90-5.85pmol/L (65-79 years old) in males, and 4.04-6.13pmol/L (20-34 years old) and 3.87-5.76pmol/L (35-79 years old) in females, respectively. The levels of free thyroxine(FT(4)) in men were higher than those in women from 20 to 49 years old, and no gender and age differences could be viewed in subjects after 50 years old (Z<Z*). The RIs for FT(4) were 13.69-21.76pmol/L (male, 20-49 years old), 12.99-20.83pmol/L (female, 20-49 years old) and 12.98-21.21pmol/L (50~79 years old). Conclusion: Establishment of RIs of thyroid hormone based on the data from LIS is simple and reliable, which is suitable for clinical laboratory application.
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- X T Zhu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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Sng G, Lim DYZ, Sia CH, Lee JSW, Shen XY, Lee ECY, Dalakoti M, Wang KJ, Kwan CKW, Chow WE, Tan RS, Lam CSP, Chua T, Yeo TJ, Chong DTT. P1925Machine learning versus classic electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy in a young pre-participation cohort: results from the SAFE protocol study. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background/Introduction
Classic electrocardiographic (ECG) criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) have been well studied in Western populations, particularly in hypertensive patients. However, their utility in Asian populations is not well studied, and their applicability to young pre-participation cohorts is unclear. We sought to evaluate the performance of classical criteria against that of machine learning models.
Aims
We sought to evaluate the performance of classical criteria against the performance of novel machine learning models in the identification of LVH.
Methodology
Between November 2009 and December 2014, pre-participation screening ECG and subsequent echocardiographic data was collected from 13,954 males aged 16 to 22, who reported for medical screening prior to military conscription.
Final diagnosis of LVH was made on echocardiography, with LVH defined as a left ventricular mass index >115g/m2. The continuous and binary forms of classical criteria were compared against machine learning models using receiver-operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis. An 80:20 split was used to divide the data into training and test sets for the machine learning models, and three fold cross validation was used in training the models. We also compared the important variables identified by machine learning models with the input variables of classical criteria.
Results
Prevalence of echocardiographic LVH in this population was 0.91% (127 cases). Classical ECG criteria had poor performance in predicting LVH, with the best predictions achieved by the continuous Sokolow-Lyon (AUC = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.58–0.68) and the continuous Modified Cornell (AUC = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.58–0.68). Machine learning methods achieved superior performance – Random Forest (AUC = 0.74, 95% CI = 0.66–0.82), Gradient Boosting Machines (AUC = 0.70, 95% CI = 0.61–0.79), GLMNet (AUC = 0.78, 95% CI = 0.70–0.86). Novel and less recognized ECG parameters identified by the machine learning models as being predictive of LVH included mean QT interval, mean QRS interval, R in V4, and R in I.
ROC curves of models studies
Conclusion
The prevalence of LVH in our population is lower than that previously reported in other similar populations. Classical ECG criteria perform poorly in this context. Machine learning methods show superior predictive performance and demonstrate non-traditional predictors of LVH from ECG data. Further research is required to improve the predictive ability of machine learning models, and to understand the underlying pathology of the novel ECG predictors identified.
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- G Sng
- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- National University Heart Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Lee JSW, Lim DYZ, Sng G, Shen XY, Wang KJ, Tan BYQ, Sia CH, Dalakoti M, Kwan CKW, Chow WE, Chua TSJ, Yeo TJ, Chong DTT. P308Utility of a prominent R wave in lead V1 of a resting electrocardiogram for detecting significant cardiac pathology in an unselected population of young males. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Pre-participation electrocardiogram (ECG) screening is proposed as a means to detect cardiac pathology in asymptomatic individuals, and to select individuals for further cardiac investigation. Isolated ECG finding of Right Ventricular Hypertrophy (RVH) does not require further investigation based on the recent 2017 International Criteria. However, a prominent R wave in V1 has been described in cardiac abnormalities such as Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiomyopathy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), atrial septal defect and pulmonary hypertension.
Purpose
We sought to examine the utility of a prominent R wave in V1 as a screening criterion in an asymptomatic young male population of predominantly non-athletes, to detect significant structural cardiac pathology.
Methods
As part of the Singapore Armed Forces Electrocardiographic and Echocardiographic (SAFE) Protocol Study, pre-military enlistment screening ECG data was collected from 144,346 males between the ages of 16 to 22 from November 2009 to December 2014. Patients with ECGs with a prominent R wave, defined as an R wave ≥0.5mV in lead V1 with an R/S ratio of ≥1, were sent to a tertiary medical facility for a detailed transthoracic echocardiogram and subsequent cardiologist review. Any cardiac pathology identified was deemed significant if it led to the patient being excluded from participation in vigorous physical activity.
Results
1,144 patients with an isolated prominent R wave in V1 were studied. The mean age was 18.2±1.09 years and 81% were of Chinese ethnicity. None of the patients had echocardiographic evidence of RVH, 5 patients had a dilated right ventricle and 3 individuals had an elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure. 11 patients (0.96%) had significant structural heart disease known to be associated with a prominent R wave in V1 that excluded them from participation in physical activity. These included large atrial septal defects (n=8), pulmonary stenosis (n=1), total anomalous pulmonary venous return (n=1) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (n=1). The test has a sensitivity of 21.6%, specificity of 93.4%, positive predictive value of 0.96% and negative predictive value of 99.8%,
Performance As Screening Criteria Number of Patients With Cardiac Pathology In Those Tested Positive Number of Patients With Cardiac Pathology In Those Tested Negative Positive Predictive Value (%) Negative Predictive Value (%) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) 11 40 0.96 99.8 21.6 93.4
Significant Cardiac Pathology Identified
Conclusion
A prominent R in V1 is not associated with echocardiographic RVH, or ARVC even in a large predominantly non-athletic male population. However, 0.96% of such patients would have other significant cardiac pathologies such as a large atrial septal defect.
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- J S W Lee
- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Lu DY, Cao X, Wang KJ, He MD, Wang D, Li J, Zhang XM, Liu L, Luo JH, Li Z, Liu JQ, Xu L, Hu WD, Chen X. Broadband reflective lens in visible band based on aluminum plasmonic metasurface. Opt Express 2018; 26:34956-34964. [PMID: 30650911 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.034956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We demonstrate a flat optical lens based on plasmonic reflectarray metasurface, which consists of a planar array of hyperbolic-shaped aluminum (Al) nanoantenna separated from an Al ground plane by a SiO2 spacer. The gradual change in the width of the Al nanoantenna enables unique broadband (400-700 nm) to focus on the visible band because of its hyperbolic reflection-phase profile. The focal length of metalens is quickly decreased with the increase of wavelength in the short wavelength region (400-550 nm), compensating the chromatic aberration in traditional lenses. In long wavelength region (550-700 nm), the focal length has only a slight change, thereby minimizing chromatic aberration. Furthermore, the proposed metalens creates a small focal spot beyond diffraction limit, while maintaining high focusing efficiency. Our method of simple and anisotropic nanoantenna is used to realize wide phase tuning range offers a novel strategy to design braodband metalens, and our metalens has widespread applications in compact camera, telescope, and microscope.
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Wang XF, Ma C, Gong FF, Yi SY, Xing GC, Wang KJ, Yang Q, Cao W. [Relationship between UGT1A1 gene polymorphisms and irinotecan-induced severe adverse events]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2018; 40:594-599. [PMID: 30139029 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3766.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the relationship between UGT1A1*6, UGT1A1*28, UGT1A1*60 and UGT1A1*93 polymorphisms and irinotecan-induced severe adverse reactions(grade 3-4 delayed diarrhea and neutropenia) in Chinese cancer patients. Methods: A total of 141 cancer patients treated with irinotecan were enrolled in this study. Peripheral venous blood was collected and genomic DNA was extracted. The genetic polymorphisms of UGT1A1*6, UGT1A1*28, UGT1A1*60 and UGT1A1*93 were analyzed by PCR and direct sequencing. The adverse reactions during chemotherapy were observed and recorded. The incidence of severe adverse reactions was compared among patients with different genotypes. Results: Among 141 patients, the cases with UGT1A1*6 GG, GA and AA genotypes were 71, 54 and 16, while those with UGT1A1*28 TA6/6, TA6/7 and TA7/7 genotypes were 105, 33 and 3, respectively. The cases with UGT1A1*60 AA, AC and CC genotypes were 52, 80 and 9, while those with UGT1A1*93 GG, GA and AA genotypes were 105, 32 and 4, respectively. The patients with grade 3-4 delayed diarrhea and neutropenia were 23 and 56, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that UGT1A1*6 and UGT1A1*60 genetic polymorphisms were independent factors influencing the occurrence of grade 3-4 delayed diarrhea. The risk of grade 3-4 delayed diarrhea in homozygous AA carriers of UGT1A1*6 increased 3.79 times compared with that in wild-type GG carriers (95%CI: 1.35-10.67). Moreover, the risk of grade 3-4 delayed diarrhea in homozygous CC carriers of UGT1A1*60 was 20.42 times compared with that in wild-type AA carriers (95%CI: 3.52-118.33). In addition, UGT1A1*28 genetic polymorphism was an independent factor of the occurrence of grade 3-4 neutropenia. The patients with homozygous TA7/7 carriers of UGT1A1*28 had an 1.61 times higher risk of grade 3-4 neutropenia compared with those with wild-type TA6/6 carriers (95%CI: 1.44-12.65). There was no correlation between UGT1A1*93 genetic polymorphism and severe adverse reactions caused by irinotecan. Conclusion: The cancer patients who carried UGT1A1*6, UGT1A1*28 and UGT1A1*60 gene polymorphisms have high risk of severe adverse events caused by irinotecan-based chemotherapy.
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- Translational Medical Center, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450007, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450007, China
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- Translational Medical Center, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450007, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450007, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450007, China
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- Henan Academy of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Henan Academy of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Translational Medical Center, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450007, China
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Jiang L, Lou JL, Wang KJ, Fang MY, Fu ZF. [Planned neck dissection in the treatment of locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018; 53:92-96. [PMID: 29429177 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2018.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the value of planned neck dissection combined with induction chemotherapy and concurrent chemoradiotherapy in regional control and the outcome of locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: A prospective randomized controlled study totally enrolled sixty-four patients of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas(include oropharynx, hypopharynx, and larynx) in stages Ⅳa-Ⅳb with lymph node metastase was were N2-N3. All patients firstly received 2-3 cycles of induction chemotherapy(ICT), then divided into two groups randomly, according to the efficacy of ICT. Group A(the study group) received planned neck dissection(PND) and concurrent chemoradiotherapy(CCRT). Group B(the control group) received concurrent chemoradiotherapy(CCRT). The differences in clinicopathologic features, local recurrence(LR), regional recurrence(RR), disease-free survival(DFS), and overall survival(OS) between the two groups were estimated. SPSS 19.0 software was used to analyze the data. Results: Group A enrolled twenty-one patients, and group B enrolled forty-three patients.The follow-up of all patients were 4-55 months, median follow-up time was 22 months. In study group, two-year OS and DFS were 80.9% and 68.3%, respectively. In control group, two-year OS and DFS were 90.7% and 67.1%, respectively. There was no significant difference in gender(P=0.215), age(P=0.828), primary tumor site(P=0.927), LR(P=0.126), DFS(P=0.710), and OS(P=0.402) between the two groups, while the RR(χ(2)=5.640, P<0.05) and distant metastasis(χ(2)=10.363, P<0.01) showed significant differences between the two groups. Conclusion: The ICT+ PND+ CCRT treatment model has benefit on regional control of locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery
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- Department of Chemotherapy, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China
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Liu JM, Cheng SH, Xia C, Deng T, Zhu YC, Wei X, Huang ZL, Liao BH, Luo DY, Zhang YG, Jin T, Wang KJ, Huang J, Li H. Association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in AKT1 and the risk of prostate cancer in the Chinese Han population. Genet Mol Res 2017; 16:gmr-16-01-gmr.16019469. [PMID: 28363000 DOI: 10.4238/gmr16019469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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AKT1, also known as v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1, is involved in the regulation of cell-survival and anti-apoptotic activities, which may affect the pathogenesis of various cancers. However, the association between genetic variants of AKT1 and the risk of developing prostate cancer has not been investigated before. This study investigated the associations between three polymorphisms (rs1130214, rs3730358, and rs2494732) in AKT1 and the risk of development of prostate cancer in the Chinese Han population. Sequenom MassARRAY & iPLEX technology were used to genotype these polymorphisms in 493 Chinese Han patients with prostate cancer and 309 age-matched healthy individuals. Compared to the CC genotype of the rs3730358 polymorphism, the CT genotype of the same polymorphism was strongly associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer (OR = 0.617, 95%CI = 0.390-0.976, P = 0.037). However, there was no significant difference between the allele frequency of the rs3730358 polymorphism and those of the other two polymorphisms (P > 0.05). Moreover, no significant difference was found in the haplotype analysis (P > 0.05). Our study found that the variant genotype CT of rs3730358 of AKT1 was associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer, which suggested that this polymorphism could play an important role in the development of the disease.
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- J M Liu
- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology (Laboratory of Reconstructive Urology) West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital; Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology (Laboratory of Reconstructive Urology) West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology (Laboratory of Reconstructive Urology) West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology (Laboratory of Reconstructive Urology) West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology (Laboratory of Reconstructive Urology) West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology (Laboratory of Reconstructive Urology) West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The Periodical Press of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology (Laboratory of Reconstructive Urology) West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology (Laboratory of Reconstructive Urology) West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Urology (Laboratory of Reconstructive Urology) West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Wu HY, Xing XK, Wang KJ, Zhang L. Lack of association between the ESR1 rs9340799 polymorphism and age at menarche: a meta-analysis. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr8598. [PMID: 27525849 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15038598] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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It has been reported that the estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) rs9340799 polymorphism is associated with age at menarche (AAM). However, recent investigations have generated inconsistent results. This study aimed to establish a more precise estimation of the association between this polymorphism and AAM. A meta-analysis was conducted based on an in silico literature search using PubMed. Six studies presenting continuous data, including ESR1 rs9340799 genotype frequencies, were selected. Effect size was estimated using Hedges' adjusted g with 95% confidence intervals (CIs), which were calculated based on the standardized mean difference between groups of subjects and different genotypes. No evidence of an association between the ESR1 rs9340799 polymorphism and AAM was found in the pooled continuous data under any genotype comparison (AA vs GG+AG: Hedges' g = -0.085, 95%CI = -0.202-0.032, P = 0.156; GG vs AA+AG: Hedges' g = 0.143, 95%CI = -0.041-0.327, P = 0.129; A vs G: Hedges' g = 0.187, 95%CI = -0.032-0.406, P = 0.095). Moreover, a funnel plot generated using this data was found to be symmetrical using the Egger (P = 0.797) and Begg tests (P = 0.851), indicating the absence of publication bias. In summary, our meta-analysis shows that the ESR1 rs9340799 polymorphism is not a significant, independent contributing factor to AAM. To validate this finding, further studies involving larger numbers of participants are needed.
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Department of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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Wang HY, Ma YM, Cui JZ, Zhao D, Liu AJ, Hong J, Lu YG, Wang KJ. [The role of smoking and metabolic enzyme polymorphisms in the organic solvent induced chronic encephalopathy]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2016; 34:199-202. [PMID: 27220440 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2016.03.009] [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: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The organic solvents and other exogenous compounds of metabolic enzymes genetic variation may affect the risk of the toxic effect of organic solvents exposure. Therefore, this research we observed the glutathione transferase M1 and T1 (GSTM1, GSTT1) deletion mutation genotype, two kinds of microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEPHX) genetic polymorphism, organic solvents exposure and smoking effection in chronic cases of toxic encephalopathy (CTE) correlation. METHODS The object was 115 patients who had a long history of organic solvents exposure, were divieded into two groups: CTE (n=83) , no CET (n=32) according to clinical diagnosis. DNA was isolated from patients in white blood cells through the multiple-polymerase chain reaction to determine the loss of GSTM1 and GSTT1 genotype. two kinds of mEPHX polymorphism were analysised through the PCR-RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism). RESULTS The relative risk has obviously improved when lack of GSTM1 genotypes to CTE (RR=2.35, 95% CI 2.35 0.96). in according to the patient's Smoking condition and classify genotype, patients lack of GSTM1 genotypes had a significantly higher risk CTE than GSTM1+genotype patients (RR=3.13, 95% CI 3.13 1.2) , both mEPHX polymorphisms had nothing to do with an increased risk of CTE. CONCLUSION The GSTM1 genotypes played an important role in the organic solvent induced the CTE of susceptibility.it was Influenced by the interaction between smoking at the same time.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Worker's Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan 063000, China
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Wu J, Jiang Y, Cao ZP, Li ZH, Hu YY, Li HZ, Zuo JE, Wang KJ. Enhanced anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge of low organic content in a novel digester. Water Sci Technol 2015; 72:966-973. [PMID: 26360757 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.296] [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: 06/05/2023]
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A novel digester, termed an internal circulation anaerobic digester (ICAD), was developed to intensify sludge digestion. It consists of reaction zone, settling zone, thickening zone, riser and downcomer. Internal circulation in the digester is intensified by backflow biogas. The mesophilic ICAD treating thermal pretreated waste activated sludge with volatile suspended solids (VSS)/suspended solids (SS) of 0.45-0.49 was conducted in this study to reduce and stabilize the low organic content sludge. The results showed that the VSS removal rate and biogas rate reached 46.0% and 0.72 m(3)/kg VSS(fed) at hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 15 days. VSS/SS and soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) of the effluent sludge ranged from 0.39 to 0.41 and 274 mg/L to 473 mg/L, respectively, under various HRTs from 10 to 27 days. The degradation ability of ICAD derived from the improved mass transfer by internal circulation and long solid retention time at short HRT is compared with continuous stirred tank reactor.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail: ; Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- Laboratory of Reactions and Process Engineering, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, 1, rue Grandville, BP 20451, 54001 Nancy cedex, France
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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Zhao LH, Lin QL, Wei J, Huai YL, Wang KJ, Yan HY. CD44v6 expression in patients with stage II or stage III sporadic colorectal cancer is superior to CD44 expression for predicting progression. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2015; 8:692-701. [PMID: 25755763 PMCID: PMC4348888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Currently, it is difficult to predict the prognosis of patients exhibiting stage II or stage III colorectal cancer (CRC) and to identify those patients most likely to benefit from aggressive treatment. The current study was performed to examine the clinicopathological significance of CD44 and CD44v6 protein expression in these patients. STUDY DESIGN We retrospectively investigated 187 consecutive patients who underwent surgery with curative intent for stage II to III CRC from 2007 to 2013 in the Beijing Civil Aviation Hospital. CD44 and CD44v6 protein expression levels were determined using immunohistochemistry and compared to the clinicopathological data. RESULTS Using immunohistochemical detection, CD44 expression was observed in 108 (57.75%) of the CRC patients; and its detection was significantly associated with greater invasion depth, lymph node metastasis, angiolymphatic invasion, and a more advanced pathological tumor-lymph node-metastasis (TNM) stage. CD44v6 expression was observed in 135 (72.19%) of the CRC patients; and its expression was significantly associated with a poorly differentiated histology, greater invasion depth, lymph node metastasis, angiolymphatic invasion, and a more advanced pathological TNM stage. Expression of CD44v6 was higher than that of CD44 in stage II and stage III sporadic CRC. CONCLUSION CD44v6 is a more useful marker for predicting a poor prognosis in stage II and stage III sporadic CRC as compared to CD44.
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Civil Aviation Hospital 1 Gao Jing Jia, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100123, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Civil Aviation Hospital 1 Gao Jing Jia, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100123, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Civil Aviation Hospital 1 Gao Jing Jia, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100123, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Civil Aviation Hospital 1 Gao Jing Jia, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100123, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Civil Aviation Hospital 1 Gao Jing Jia, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100123, China
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- Department of Pathology, Beijing Civil Aviation Hospital 1 Gao Jing Jia, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100123, China
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Zheng MX, Wang KJ, Zuo JE, Yan Z, Fang H, Yu JW. Flow pattern analysis of a full-scale expanded granular sludge bed-type reactor under different organic loading rates. Bioresour Technol 2012; 107:33-40. [PMID: 22248799 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.11.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2011] [Revised: 11/18/2011] [Accepted: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The hydraulic characteristics of a lab-scale and a full-scale (275 m(3)) expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB)-type reactor under different organic loading rates varying from 10 kg COD m(-3)d(-1) to 45 kg COD m(-3)d(-1) were investigated. A modified combined model composed of two completely mixing regions and a plug flow region was sufficient for simulating the flow pattern of a full-scale EGSB-type reactor. Moreover, the outputs fitted the measured tracer distribution results well. The simplified model structure was in very good agreement with the physical structure of a full-scale EGSB-type reactor. The upflow (liquid+gas) velocity, high concentration of granular sludge, and gas hold-up effect may contribute to the generation of dead spaces (maximum of 19.5%). The bed expansion characteristics indicated that the sludge bed of the EGSB-type reactor performed as a suspended bed, in which the bed expansion was controlled between 20% and 30%, rather than the usually considered expanded bed.
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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Jiang CY, Liu JS, Sun B, Wang KJ, Li SX, Yao JQ. Time-dependent theoretical model for terahertz wave detector using a parametric process. Opt Express 2010; 18:18180-18189. [PMID: 20721207 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.018180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We have presented a time-dependent theoretical model to describe the time behavior of a quasi-monochromatic nanosecond terahertz detector reported by Guo et al. [Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 021106 (2008)]. The temporal input-output characteristic of the detector is investigated numerically by taking the system parameters close to the experimental ones, and the calculated pulse width for the incident terahertz wave agrees well with the experimental one. Our results demonstrate that the energy and width of an output idler wave pulse are proportional to those of the incident terahertz wave pulse. This study provides a strict theoretical basis and could be used to guide the design and optimization for the highly sensitive coherent terahertz detector.
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- C Y Jiang
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Wang KJ, Takahata Y, Kono Y, Kaizuma N. Allelic differentiation of Kunitz trypsin inhibitor in wild soybean (Glycine soja). Theor Appl Genet 2008; 117:565-73. [PMID: 18512041 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0800-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2008] [Accepted: 05/12/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Soybean Kunitz trypsin inhibitor (SKTI) has several polymorphic types, which are controlled by co-dominant multiple alleles at a single locus. Of these types, Tia and Tib are predominant types, and there are nine differences in amino acids between Tia and Tib. Recently, an intermediate transitional type (Tibi5) between them was detected. However, other transitional types have not been detected despite surveys of many cultivated and wild soybeans. One of the reasons why other transitional variants have not been found is inferred to be due to the difficulty of the detection of SKTI protein variants by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). To detect novel variants of SKTI, nucleotide sequence analysis in addition to PAGE was carried out. Four new variants were found from many Japanese wild soybeans. Of these variants, three (designated as Tiaa1, Tiaa2, Tiab1) were detected through gene sequence analysis on wild soybeans having the same electrophoretic mobility as Tia, and one (Tig) was detected through PAGE. The Tig variant showed a slightly lower electrophoretic mobility than Tic. The nucleotide sequences of Tig were identical to those of Tib except for one T-->C transitional mutation at position +340. The sequences of Tiaa1 and Tiaa2 genes were identical to those of Tia with the exception of a G-->A mutation at position +376 and a T-->C mutation at +404, respectively. The sequence of Tiab1 differed from Tia by three nucleotides: C-->A at position +331, T-->C at +459 and A-->G at +484. Of the three nucleotide changes, two were common to Tiab1, Tibi5 and Tib, suggesting that Tiab1 is an intermediate transitional type between Tia and Tib. Our results suggest that Tib type has been differentiated through a series of mutations from Tia before the domestication of cultivated soybean.
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- K J Wang
- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka 020-8550, Japan
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Tan JY, Zhao N, Wu TX, Yang KH, Zhang JD, Tian JH, Liu YL, Wang KJ, Chen F, Li SF, Li YP. Steroid Withdrawal Increases Risk of Acute Rejection but Reduces Infection: A Meta-Analysis of 1681 Cases in Renal Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2006; 38:2054-6. [PMID: 16979997 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.06.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety of steroid withdrawal in renal transplantation recipients. METHODS These following databases were searched: Medline (1966 to September 2005), OVID (1966 to 2004), Embase (1984 to 2004), Cochrane library (issue 4, 2005), Highwire (1849 to September 2005), American Transplant Congress (2005), Chinese Biomedicine database (CBM 1994 to 2005). The safety was measured by the following factors: patient and graft survival, acute rejection, chronic rejection, infection, serum creatinine. We performed meta-analysis by using Revman 4.2.7. RESULTS Nine randomized clinical trials were identified to have a steroid withdrawal and a steroid continuing group. They included 1681 patients: 845 with steroid withdrawal and 836 with continuing steroid. The risk of acute rejection after steroid withdrawal was two times higher than steroid-continuing group (RR 2.05; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.54, 2.72; P < .00001), while the incidence of opportunistic infection and urinary tract infection of steroid withdrawal group were lower than the control group (RR 0.80; 95%CI 0.64, 1.00; P = .05 vs RR 0.74; 95%CI, 0.60, 0.92; P = .004, respectively). The graft and patient survivals, chronic rejection, and serum creatinine were similar to the steroid continuing group. CONCLUSION Steroid withdrawal can significantly increase the risk of acute rejection episodes, but reduces the incidence of infection to a certain extent. To prophylaxis against serious infection, steroid withdrawal is worth considering using a sufficient immunosuppressive regimen. The key point is to balance the benefit and harm for the individual recipient.
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- J Y Tan
- Key Laboratory of Transplant Engineering and Immunology, Ministry of Health, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P.R. China.
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Wang KJ, Takahata Y, Kono Y, Kaizuma N. Entity evidence for differentiation between Tia and Tib types of soybean Kunitz trypsin inhibitor: detection of a novel transitional variant type between Tia and Tib in wild soybean (Glycine soja Sieb. & Zucc.). Theor Appl Genet 2005; 112:66-71. [PMID: 16228192 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-005-0105-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2005] [Accepted: 09/01/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Soybean Kunit trypsin inhibitor (SKTI) has several polymorphic types. Of these SKTI, there are large differences of nine amino acid substitutions between Tia and Tib. So far no transitional type between them has been found. A novel transitional intermediate variant between Tia and Tib was detected in 11 lines from 720 Japanese wild soybeans (Glycine soja Sieb. & Zucc.). This variant showed identical electrophoretic mobility to Tib in the Davis system polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), but higher electric points than other SKTI proteins (Tia, Tib, Tic) in isoelectric focusing PAGE. The genetic analysis of SKTI in F(2) seeds from a cross between the novel variant type and Tib showed that this variant type is inherited as codominant alleles in a multiple allelic system at an SKTI locus. This variant also showed inhibitory activity to trypsin. We propose the genetic symbol Ti b ( i5) for this novel variant. The sequence analysis of Tib ( i5) revealed that six nucleotides were different between Tib ( i5) and Tia, and the nucleotides of these mutated positions were identical to Tib. This causes substitution of five amino acids at the residue position 62 (Tyr-->Phe), 74 (Ser-->Arg), 114 (Met-->Val), 120 (Leu-->Ile) and 137 (Pro-->Thr). These substitutive amino acids are completely in accord with the amino acids of Tib, showing that Tib ( i5) is an intermediate between Tia and Tib types. Tib ( i5) type is widely distributed throughout seven separate areas from northeast to southwest Japan with a 1.5% frequency of total materials examined. This indicated that Tib ( i5) type did not originate from a recent mutation event, but had spread in wild soybean from ancient times.
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- K J Wang
- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka 020-8550, Japan
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Jiang GM, Sun JZ, Liu HQ, Qu CM, Wang KJ, Guo RJ, Bai KZ, Gao LM, Kuang TY. Changes in the rate of photosynthesis accompanying the yield increase in wheat cultivars released in the past 50 years. J Plant Res 2003; 116:347-54. [PMID: 12898392 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-003-0115-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2003] [Accepted: 06/18/2003] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Photosynthetic rates in different development stages were carefully investigated in 18 cultivars of winter wheat released in the period between 1945 and 1995 in the area of Beijing, China. During this period, the recorded grain yield has increased eightfold. However, when those cultivars were planted and managed in the same environment, the difference was reduced to only 36%, indicating that agronomic practices are the most important factors for grain yield. Agronomic features have changed greatly in the past 50 years, through increasing the harvest index (R2 = 0.89, P < 0.05), shortening plant height (R2 = 0.77, P < 0.05) and slightly increasing flag leaf areas (R2 = 0.45, P < 0.05), which is mostly in agreement with many other researchers. In contrast to many reports, however, this study found a genetic increase in the rate of photosynthesis per unit leaf area. From the mid-stem elongation to soft dough stages, the average photosynthetic rates at saturated photosynthetic photon flux density (P(sat)) increased by 44%. In the process, the stomatal conductance (g(s)) also increased by 122%. Grain yield was positively related to the mean values of P(sat) (R2 = 0.61, P < 0.01) and g(s) (R2 = 0.67, P < 0.01) in the six development stages. Our experiment may suggest that increase in grain yield was associated with the elevation of leaf photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance over the past 50 years.
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- G M Jiang
- Laboratory of Quantitative Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, 100093 Beijing, China.
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The Langmuir adsorption isotherms of the phosphoroimidazolides of adenosine (ImpA) and uridine (ImpU), dA5' ppdA and N6,N6-dimethyladenine binding on montmorillonite are consistent with their forming a monolayer on the clay surface. This suggests the condensation of ImpA and ImpU to oligomers proceeds on the surface of the clay and not in groups of monomers stacked on the clay surfaces. The binding and reactions of ImpU and ImpA on montmorillonite are blocked by N6,N6-dimethyladenine and dA5' ppdA. dA5' ppdA is a better inhibitor of oligomer formation than N6,N6-dimethyladenine because both adenine rings of dA5' ppdA bind to the clay surface and block adjacent catalytic sites. An upper limit of 5-10 x 10(15) catalytic sites on 50 mg of clay was estimated from the binding of ImpU and the inhibition of oligomer formation by dA5' ppdA.
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- K J Wang
- New York Center for Studies on the Origins of Life, Department of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
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Wu XL, He CY, Chen SY, Zhuang BC, Wang KJ, Wang XC. [Phylogenetic analysis of interspecies in genus Glycine through SSR markers]. Yi Chuan Xue Bao 2001; 28:359-66. [PMID: 11329878] [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: 02/19/2023]
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The genetic diversity among 11 species of genus Glycine (altogether 37 accessions) was evaluated through SSR analysis. The number of alleles in different loci ranges from 6 to 29, averaging 15.9 per locus; alleles of subgenus soja account for 71.5% of those in subgenus Glycine, and the fingerprinting among subgenus Glycine is more divergent than that of subgenus soja. Principal factor analysis shows that the first and the second principal factor can classify genus Glycine into two groups which represent subgenus Glycine and subgenus soja. The results of UPGMA indicate that G. mas, G. soja and G. gracilis in subgenus soja are different species.
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- X L Wu
- Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Wang KJ, Guo L, Shang JB, Liu AH. [Management of cervical lymph node metastasis in parotid carcinoma]. Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue 2000; 9:247-9. [PMID: 15014775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Wang KJ, Li YP, Yang YR. [Xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease]. Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi 2000; 14:181-5. [PMID: 12080859] [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: 02/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the histological characteristics of xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and to differentiate it from the allogeneic GVHD. METHODS The original articles related to the characteristics of xenogeneic GVHD and the relationship between xenogeneic GVHD and allogeneic GVHD were widely reviewed in the past decade. RESULTS Xenogeneic GVHD was different from allogeneic GVHD in the speed of development, position and features of pathological changes, due to the incompatibility of common simulative signals, adhesive molecules and difference of antigens. Xenogeneic spleen transplantation could induce xenogeneic GVHD. CONCLUSION Xenogeneic GVHD can be used as a model to mimic rejection in xenotransplantation and to evaluate the compatibility of xenotransplantation.
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- K J Wang
- Department of Urinary Surgery, First University Hospital, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China 610041
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Zhang JY, Dai M, Wang X, Lu WQ, Li DS, Zhang MX, Wang KJ, Dai LP, Han SG, Zhou YF, Zhuang H. A case-control study of hepatitis B and C virus infection as risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in Henan, China. Int J Epidemiol 1998; 27:574-8. [PMID: 9758109 DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.4.574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers in the world and is particularly prevalent in China. China is also a hyperendemic area for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Although a strong association between HBV infection and HCC has been established previously, the role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the interaction between HBV and HCV in the development of HCC has not been adequately explored. The major objective of this study is to determine the relationship between HBV or HCV infection and HCC by use of case-control study in Henan, China. METHOD In all, 152 HCC patients and 115 control patients were collected from four hospitals in Henan, China between January 1994 and October 1995. The demographic characteristics of the two groups were comparable. In further analysis, a 1:1 pair-matched case-control study was performed. Of 152 HCC patients, 113 were randomly selected to be pair-matched by sex and age (+/-5 years) to controls with non-hepatic disease. All the cases and controls were interviewed during hospitalization by two specially trained interviewers using a standard questionnaire. All sera were tested for HBV and HCV markers. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% CI for HCC risk factors were calculated by logistic regression model controlling for possible confounding factors such as sex and age. The multivariate analysis was done on the basis of the univariate analysis. RESULTS The results of this study indicated that the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibody to HCV (anti-HCV) were much higher in HCC patients (63.2% and 11.2% respectively) than in the control patients (5.2%, 3.5%). The difference between two groups was significant (P < 0.05). Risk factor analysis revealed that both HBV and HCV infection were important factors for HCC in Henan, China and HBV appeared to have a key role in the development of HCC. Odds ratios of HBsAg and HBV infection were 28.82 (95% CI: 11.18-78.78) and 31.22 (95% CI: 13.86-72.15), respectively. Moreover, the risk of developing HCC increased significantly and showed an additive effect when both viral markers of HBV and HCV infection were considered (OR = 42.85). Results from the 1:1 pair-matched case-control study also showed that HBV infection was an important risk factor for HCC, which was consistent with the results from the group-matched case-control study. CONCLUSION This is the first reported case-control study of HCC in Henan, China. This study provides further evidence that chronic HBV infection is strongly associated with the development of HCC among this population. Our results have demonstrated that HCV and HBV infection are independent and probably additive risk factors for HCC.
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- J Y Zhang
- Department of Epidemiology, Henan Medical University, Zhengzhou, PR of China
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Wang KJ, Chen JJ, Zhang JY. [Study on the epidemiology of HP infection among 464 school staff in Henan Province]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 1996; 17:99-101. [PMID: 8758405] [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: 02/02/2023]
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An epidemiological study of Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection among 464 school staff was carried out by detecting sera urease antibody. The result showed that HP infection rate was 42.03% and increased with age. It was higher among persons with upper gastrointestinal symptoms and with gastric disease than without. The rate of HP infection tended to relate to factors as educational level, income, alcohol consumption but did not reach significant level statistically. HP infection did not seem to be related to gender, members in a family and smoking.
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- K J Wang
- Department of Epidemiology, Henan Medical University, Zhengzhou
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- J W Seakins
- Division of Biochemistry and Metabolism, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Wang KJ. [A case-control study on electrocardiographic abnormalities and hypertension in long-term survivors of cerebrovascular disease]. Zhonghua Shen Jing Jing Shen Ke Za Zhi 1989; 22:104-7, 127. [PMID: 2791757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In order to assess the ECG change and the effect of hypertension in relation to the occurrence and outcome of the cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in its advanced stage. 78 such patients together with the same number of control subjects were selected randomly, studied and compared in a neuroepidemiological survey. This study showed that ECG abnormality was associated with the female patients with CVD (P less than 0.05). The presence of unconsciousness during the acute stage of CVD was related to subsequent ECG abnormality (P less than 0.05) and to late severe disability (P less than 0.05). In the late stage of CVD hypertension was still a risk factor for both sexes (P less than 0.01), and there were more patients above the age of 65 complicated by hypertension than those below the age of 65 (P less than 0.05). Hypertension had a positive relationship with the degree of disabilities in patients with CVD. It was emphasized that cardiac disorders and hypertension should be properly taken care of even though the CVD had been in its later stage.
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Tang HZ, Lu XF, Wang KJ, Ouyang S, Huang YQ. Monoamine metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid during and after acute cerebral ischemia. Mol Chem Neuropathol 1989; 10:77-85. [PMID: 2472800 DOI: 10.1007/bf03159715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In order to understand the role of monoamines in cerebral ischemia, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol(MHPG), 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), and homovanillic acid(HVA), the three major unconjugated monoamine metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), of 33 patients and 18 controls were measured with high performance liquid chromatography. Results showed all three metabolites were raised in patients with severe ischemia, but only MHPG and 5-HIAA were elevated significantly, MHPG changes more quickly and regularly as a consequence of cerebral ischemia than the two others. A positive correlation between any pair of metabolites was found in controls and in patients in the first week after stroke, but not at the end of the second week. Computer assisted multivariate analysis indicated 5-HIAA and MHPG correlated more closely with the state of illness in the acute stage, whereas HVA correlated the least. Possible explanations for the changes of CSF levels of amine metabolites are discussed.
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- H Z Tang
- Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Hunan Medical University, People's Republic of China
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Tang HZ, Lu XF, Wang KJ, Ou YS, Huang YQ. Monoamine metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid during acute cerebral ischemia. Chin Med J (Engl) 1989; 102:18-23. [PMID: 2475306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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To clarify the rule of monoamine in cerebral ischemia, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG), 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 33 patients and 18 controls were measured with high performance liquid chromatography. Results showed all the three metabolites increased in patients with severe ischemia but only MHPG and 5-HIAA increased significantly. MHPG changed more quickly and regularly in cerebral ischemia than the other two. A positive correlation between any couple of the metabolites was found in both the controls and patients in the first week after stroke, but it was disturbed at the end of the second week. Computer-assisted multivariate analysis indicated that 5-HIAA and MHPG are more closely related to the state of illness in the acute stage while HVA the least. Possible explanations for the changes of CSF levels of amine metabolites were discussed.
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Wang KJ, Schoenberg BS, Ouyang S, Wang CC, Cheng XM, Li SC, Bolis CL. Serum cholesterol, its lipoprotein fractions among survivors of cerebrovascular disease. A case-control study. Neuroepidemiology 1989; 8:175-83. [PMID: 2755548 DOI: 10.1159/000110180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [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: 01/02/2023] Open
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A case-control study was conducted in 1983 on 210 cerebrovascular disease (CVD) patients identified from a retrospective cross-sectional door-to-door survey of four cities in the People's Republic of China. One hundred and eleven male (mean age 63.8 +/- 8.9 years) and 99 female (mean age 63.5 +/- 11.1 years) CVD survivors and controls matched for sex, age, race and area were selected. Total serum cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were measured to see if there were differences between lipids in survivors of CVD and their matched controls. There was a higher level of total cholesterol in cerebral thrombotic patients (n = 114) and a lower level of total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in cerebral hemorrhagic patients (n = 35) than in controls, although the results were not statistically significant. The only higher level of total serum cholesterol that might be important was in the group of male thrombotic patients of age greater than 70 years (n = 22; nominal p value less than 0.05). The implication of this finding needs further clarification.
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- K J Wang
- Neurology Department, First Affiliated Hospital, Hunan Medical College, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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Wang KJ, Chen SH, Lin SJ, Wu HL. Derivatization-gas chromatographic analysis of cinoxacin in capsules as its pentafluorobenzyl derivative. J Chromatogr A 1986; 360:443-8. [PMID: 3733950 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)91695-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Li SC, Schoenberg BS, Wang CC, Cheng XM, Bolis CL, Wang KJ. Cerebrovascular disease in the People's Republic of China: epidemiologic and clinical features. Neurology 1985; 35:1708-13. [PMID: 4069361 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.35.12.1708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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A door-to-door survey was carried out in six cities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). There was 100% cooperation with the survey. Among 63,195 screened individuals, there were 392 prevalent cases of completed stroke and 115 incidence cases. Prevalence ratios and incidence rates for completed stroke showed a south-to-north gradient. The highest point prevalence ratio and incidence rate (age-adjusted to the 1960 US population) were documented in Harbin in northeast PRC (1,249/100,000; 441/100,000/yr). The majority of new completed strokes were cerebral infarction, but the percentage of intracerebral hemorrhage (44%) was much greater than that reported among Caucasian populations.
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Wang CC, Wang KJ, Grossman MI. EFFECTS OF LIGATION OF THE PANCREATIC DUCT UPON THE ACTION OF SECRETIN AND PANCREOZYMIN IN RABBITS WITH A CORRELATED HISTOLOGICAL STUDY. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1949; 160:115-21, illust. [PMID: 15403643 DOI: 10.1152/ajplegacy.1949.160.1.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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