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Zhao Y, Ma W, Tian K, Wang Z, Fu X, Zuo Q, Qi Y, Zhang S. Sucrose ester embedded lipid carrier for DNA delivery. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2024; 198:114269. [PMID: 38527635 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Sucrose esters (SEs) have great potential in the field of nucleic acid delivery due to their unique physical and chemical properties and good biosafety. However, the mechanism of the effect of SEs structure on delivery efficiency has not been studied. The liposomes containing peptide lipids and SEs were constructed, and the effects of SEs on the interaction between the liposomes and DNA were studied. The addition of SEs affects the binding rate of liposomes to DNA, and the binding rate gradually decreases with the increase of SEs' carbon chain length. SEs also affect the binding site and affinity of liposomes to DNA, promoting the aggregation of lipids to form liposomes, where DNA wraps around or compresses inside the liposomes, allowing it to compress DNA without damaging the DNA structure. COL-6, which is composed of sucrose laurate, exhibits the optimal affinity for DNA, and SE promotes the formation of ordered membrane structure and enhances membrane stability, so that COL-6 exhibits a balance between rigidity and flexibility, and thus exhibits the highest delivery efficiency of DNA among these formulations. This work provides theoretical foundations for the application of SE in gene delivery and guides for the rational design of delivery systems.
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- Yinan Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116600, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China
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- Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2050, Australia.
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, China.
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Zhao B, Li H, Tian K, Su Y, Zou Z. Synthesis and antitumor activity of bagasse xylan derivatives modified by graft-esterification and cross-linking. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:126867. [PMID: 37730005 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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A crucial aspect in achieving sustainable development of biomass materials is the modification of renewable polysaccharides to create various high-value functional materials. In this paper, bagasse xylan (BX) was used as a raw material to introduce benzyl methacrylate (BMA) through graft copolymerization reaction to generate the intermediate product BX-g-BMA. Subsequently, the target product (CA-BX-g-BMA) was synthesized by catalytic esterification of BX-g-BMA with citric acid (CA) in AmimCl ionic liquid. Meanwhile, the characterization and bioactivity studies of CA-BX-g-BMA were carried out. The graft copolymerization and esterification reactions induced significant changes in the morphological structure of BX and obviously improved its thermal stability and crystallinity. The application of density functional theory (DFT), molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) and molecular docking has revealed that CA-BX-g-BMA possesses multiple active sites, strong biological activity and a strong binding affinity to 6RCF tumor protein with a binding energy of -32.26 kJ/mol. The in vitro antitumor activity of this novel derivative was tested by MTT assay, and the results showed that CA-BX-g-BMA was non-toxic to normal cells and inhibited MDA-MB-231 (breast cancer cells) by up to 32.16 % ± 4.89 %, which is approximately 11 times higher than that of BX. The exploration of these properties is essential to promote future multidisciplinary applications of BX derivatives.
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- Bin Zhao
- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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Ge J, Gao P, Tian T, Wu X, Li Q, Tian K, Song G, Zheng F, Chu Y. [Quantification of antigen of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae by optical assay]. Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao 2023; 39:4874-4886. [PMID: 38147988 DOI: 10.13345/j.cjb.230178] [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] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (Mccp) is the cause of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) in goats. Inactivated vaccines and capsular polysaccharide (CPS) indirect hemagglutination reagents are available for prevention and serological detection, but high culture costs and complex antigen quantification have been plagued by production staff. In order to solve these problems in production practice, a sugar fermentation medium with an initial pH value of 7.8, which could improve the production of two antigens simultaneously, was screened out by changing the initial pH value based on previous Mccp metabolomics analysis. Since phenol red can be identified by UV absorption spectrum and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) can bind to anionic capsular polysaccharide, a UV spectrum measurement method for analyzing the culture stage reached by Mccp and a CTAB precipitation test for relative quantification of capsular polysaccharide antigen content in the fermentation broth were established. The UV spectrum observation method can guide the production of Mccp according to the growth curve of Mccp, which greatly reduces the monitoring time of the traditional CCU method and improves the accuracy of the original eye-observation method. The established CTAB precipitation test can complete the monitoring of CPS content within 5 hours, which greatly reduces the time required compared with the traditional differential technique, and its accuracy was verified by the phenol-sulfuric acid method. The optimized culture medium and the two correlation comparison methods established in this study can effectively reduce the production cost of Mccp and improve the production efficiency. The two assays have been used in the research at our laboratory, which provides experimental data for further improvement of the production process of CCPP inactivated vaccine and capsular polysaccharide as well as rapid quantification.
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- Jiazhen Ge
- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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Tian K, Zhang J, Zhou C, Liu H, Pei Y, Zhang X, Yan X. Revealing the roles of carbonized humic acid in biohydrogen production. Bioresour Technol 2023; 386:129506. [PMID: 37468005 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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For low yield in dark fermentation (DF), in this study, the carbonized humic acid (CHA) was produced and added to DF for enhancing biohydrogen (bioH2) yield at mesophilic condition. The highest bioH2 yield was 151.08 mL/g glucose with the addition of CHA at 80 mg/L, which was 35.27% and 16.53% higher than those of 0 mg/L CHA and 80 mg/L mineral humic acid (MHA) groups, respectively. Electrons preferentially conducted via the butyrate pathway due to CHA amendments, which corresponded to the prediction of relevant functional genes. Furthermore, CHA possessed distinctive advantages over MHA, which acted as an electron shuttle to facilitate electron transfer, released metal ions as an essential signal mediator and favored the reduction of ferredoxin, obtaining more H2. The use of CHA in the field of H2-DF depicted the high-value utilization and industrial chain extension of MHA.
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- Kexin Tian
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China
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- Shandong Institute of Geophysical & Geochemical Exploration, Jinan 250013, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China
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Sun J, Tian K, Jing L, Niu Y, Lou Q, Chen H. Identification of characteristic aroma compounds for spicy in Iris lactea var. chinensis. Physiol Plant 2023; 175:e14016. [PMID: 37882258 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14016] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Iris lactea var. chinensis (Fisch.) Koidz has a unique floral fragrance that differs from that of other Iris spp.; however, its characteristic aroma composition remains unknown. This study aimed to identify the floral fragrance components of I. lactea var. chinensis during different flowering stages using headspace solid-phase microextraction in conjunction with gas chromatography mass spectrometry, electronic nose, and sensory evaluation. During the three flowering phases (bud stage, bloom stage, and decay stage), 70 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including 13 aldehydes, 13 esters, 11 alcohols, 10 alkanes, 8 ketones, 7 terpenes, 7 benzenoids, and 1 nitrogenous compound, were identified. According to principal component analysis, the primary VOCs were (-)-pinene, β-irone, methyl heptenone, phenylethanol, hexanol, and 2-pinene. A comparison of the differential VOCs across the different flowering stages using orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis and hierarchical clustering analysis revealed that 3-carene appeared only in the bud stage, whereas hexanol, ethyl caprate, ethyl caproate, linalool, (-)-pinene, and 2-pinene appeared or were present at significantly increased levels during the bloom stage. The phenylethanol, methyl heptenone, 3-methylheptane, and β-irone reached a peak in the decay stage. The odor activity value and sensory evaluation suggested that "spicy" is the most typical odor of I. lactea var. chinensis, mainly due to 2-methoxy-3-sec-butylpyrazine, which is rare in floral fragrances.
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- Junming Sun
- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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Shen Z, Tian K, Ali MM, Mei S, Ma X, Liang J, Pan F, Li J, Sui H, Du Z. The occurrence and probabilistic risk assessment of 3-MCPDEs and GEs in infant formulas from Chinese market employing Monte Carlo simulation technique. Food Chem Toxicol 2023; 179:113978. [PMID: 37532171 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2023.113978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol esters (3-MCPDEs) and glycidyl esters (GEs) are food contaminants and have arisen continuous attention due to their toxicity, especially towards infants. Current risk assessment of these contaminants was mostly employing deterministic approaches, lacking quantitative characterization of the likelihood, incidence, or severity of the risks involved. Herein, 3-MCPDE and GE levels in 46 representative infant formulas (IFs) from Chinese market were determined by GC-MS/MS. Then, combining the occurrence data and consumption data from China National Food Consumption Survey, the Monte Carlo simulation-based probabilistic model for risk assessment of 3-MCPDEs and GEs in IFs from Chinese market was established. The results showed that all P90 (90th percentiles) hazard quotient values were below 1, demonstrating 3-MCPDEs didn't pose health risks to most populations aged 0-36 months old. However, for 0-12 months old groups, P10 (10th percentiles) margin of exposure values were all below 25000, indicating GEs may pose potential risks to 10% of this group. Uncertainty analysis revealed that the probabilistic model had considered uncertainties of model input and distribution, and realized refined assessment. This study is the first report on probabilistic assessment of 3-MCPDEs and GEs in IFs, which also provided references for the formulation of related regulatory limits in China.
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- Zhengchao Shen
- College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- School of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, 100022, People's Republic of China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, 100022, People's Republic of China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, 100022, People's Republic of China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, 100022, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China.
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Tian K, Zhang J, Zhou C, Yang M, Zhang X, Yan X, Zang L. Magnetic nitrogen-doped activated carbon improved biohydrogen production. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:87215-87227. [PMID: 37420156 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28584-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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Low biological hydrogen (bioH2) production due to non-optimal metabolic pathways occurs frequently. In this work, magnetic nitrogen-doped activated carbon (MNAC) was prepared and added into the inoculated sludge with glucose as substrate to enhance hydrogen (H2) yield by mesophilic dark fermentation (DF). The highest H2 yield appeared in 400 mg/L AC (252.8 mL/g glucose) and 600 mg/L MNAC group (304.8 mL/g glucose), which were 26.02% and 51.94% higher than that of 0 mg/L MNAC group (200.6 mL/g glucose). The addition of MNAC allowed for efficient enrichment of Firmicutes and Clostridium-sensu-stricto-1, accelerating the metabolic pathway shifted towards butyrate type. The Fe ions released by MNAC facilitated electron transfer and favored the reduction of ferredoxin (Fd), thereby obtaining more bioH2. Finally, the generation of [Fe-Fe] hydrogenase and cellular components of H2-producing microbes (HPM) during homeostasis was discussed to understand on the use of MNAC in DF system.
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- Kexin Tian
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), No.3501 Daxue Road, Jinan, 250353, China
- Engineering Laboratory of Clean Energy for Light Industrial Wastes of Shandong, Jinan, 250353, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), No.3501 Daxue Road, Jinan, 250353, China.
- Engineering Laboratory of Clean Energy for Light Industrial Wastes of Shandong, Jinan, 250353, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), No.3501 Daxue Road, Jinan, 250353, China
- Engineering Laboratory of Clean Energy for Light Industrial Wastes of Shandong, Jinan, 250353, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), No.3501 Daxue Road, Jinan, 250353, China
- Engineering Laboratory of Clean Energy for Light Industrial Wastes of Shandong, Jinan, 250353, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), No.3501 Daxue Road, Jinan, 250353, China
- Engineering Laboratory of Clean Energy for Light Industrial Wastes of Shandong, Jinan, 250353, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), No.3501 Daxue Road, Jinan, 250353, China
- Engineering Laboratory of Clean Energy for Light Industrial Wastes of Shandong, Jinan, 250353, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), No.3501 Daxue Road, Jinan, 250353, China
- Engineering Laboratory of Clean Energy for Light Industrial Wastes of Shandong, Jinan, 250353, China
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Zhou C, Zhang J, Pei Y, Tian K, Zhang X, Yan X, Yang J. Molten salt strategy to activate biochar for enhancing biohydrogen production. Bioresour Technol 2023:129466. [PMID: 37429558 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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Generally, dark fermentation (DF) of hydrogen (H2) synthesis has low H2 production from industrial-scale plant. In this study, campus greening wastes-ginkgo leaves were used to produce molten salt-modified biochar (MSBC) and nitrogen (N2)-atmosphere BC (NBC) in molten salt and N2 environment at 800 °C, respectively. MSBC showed excellent properties including high specific surface area and electron transfer ability. After supplementation with MSBC, H2 yield rose by 32.4% compared to the control group without carbon material. Electrochemical analysis revealed MSBC improved the electrochemical properties of sludge. Furthermore, MSBC optimized the microbial community structure and increased the relative abundance of dominant microbes, thus promoting H2 production. This work is provide the deep understanding of two carbons that play vital roles in increasing microbial biomass, supplementing trace element and favoring electron transfer in DF reactions. Salt recovery achieved 93.57% in molten salt carbonization, which has sustainability compared with N2-atmosphere pyrolysis.
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- Chen Zhou
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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Pei Y, Zhang J, Zhou C, Tian K, Zhang X, Yan X. Hydrothermal carbon microspheres and their iron salt modification for enhancing biohydrogen production. Bioresour Technol 2023:129371. [PMID: 37348568 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Dark fermentation (DF) for hydrogen (H2) evolution is often limited to industrial application due to its low H2 yield. In this work, hydrothermal carbon microspheres (HCM) and iron modified HCM (Fe-HCM) were prepared by hydrothermal process using waste corn cob. Subsequently, HCM and Fe-HCM were used in DF for more H2. The highest H2 yields amended with HCM and Fe-HCM at 600 mg/L were achieved to be 119 and 154 mL/g glucose (0.87 and 1.2 mol H2/mol glucose), respectively, being 24% and 59% higher than that of control yield. Soluble metabolites revealed HCM and Fe-HCM promoted butyric acid-based DF. Microbial composition depicted that HCM and Fe-HCM improved the abundance level of Firmicutes from 35% to 41% and 56%, while the abundance level of Clostridium_sensu_stricto_1 rose from 25% to 38% and 51%, respectively. This provides valuable guidance for hydrothermal carbon used in biofuel production.
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- Yong Pei
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China
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Yang J, Zhang H, Tian K, Zhang Y, Zhang J. Novel lanthanum-iron oxide nanoparticles alleviate the inhibition of anaerobic digestion by carbamazepine through adsorption and bioaugmentation. J Environ Manage 2023; 340:117975. [PMID: 37084648 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Several reports have shown that pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) have some negative effects on anaerobic digestion (AD), yet there are no convenient and efficient strategies for mitigating the adverse influences. The typical PPCPs of carbamazepine have a strong negative effect on lactic acid AD process. Therefore, in this work, novel lanthanum-iron oxide (LaFeO3) nanoparticles (NPs) were used for adsorption and bioaugmentation to weak the negative effects of carbamazepine. The adsorption removal of carbamazepine increased from 0 to 44.30% as the dosage of LaFeO3 NPs was increased from 0 to 200 mg/L, providing the necessary prerequisites for bioaugmentation. Adsorption reduced the probability of direct contact between carbamazepine and anaerobes, partly alleviating the inhibition of carbamazepine on microbes. The highest methane (CH4) yield induced by LaFeO3 NPs (25 mg/L) was 226.09 mL/g lactic acid, increasing by 30.06% compared to the control yield with a recovery to 89.09% of the normal CH4 yield. Despite the ability of LaFeO3 NPs to restore normal AD performance, the biodegradation rate of carbamazepine remained below 10% due to its anti-biodegradability. Bioaugmentation was primarily reflected in the enhanced bioavailability of dissolved organic matter, while the intracellular LaFeO3 NPs promoted coenzyme F420 activity through binding to humic substances. Under the mediation of LaFeO3, a direct interspecies electron transfer system with Longilinea and Methanosaeta as functional bacteria was successfully constructed and the corresponding electron transfer rate was accelerated from 0.021 s-1 to 0.033 s-1. LaFeO3 NPs eventually recovered AD performance under carbamazepine stress in an adsorption and bioaugmentation manner.
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- Junwei Yang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, PR China
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- College of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, PR China
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- College of Bioengineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, PR China.
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Li Z, Wang J, Tian K, Zhou C, Pei Y, Zhang J, Zang L. Nickel-Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticle-Induced Biohydrogen Production. ACS Omega 2022; 7:41594-41605. [PMID: 36406540 PMCID: PMC9670286 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The positive effects of metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) on dark fermentation (DF) for biohydrogen synthesis have been increased, and the mechanism still needs to be further revealed. In this study, nickel-cobalt oxide (NiCo2O4) NPs were prepared to increase H2 yield via DF. The highest (259.67 mL/g glucose) and the lowest (188.14 mL/g glucose) yields were achieved at 400 and 800 mg/L NiCo2O4 NPs added, respectively, with their corresponding 33.97% increase and 2.93% decrease compared with the control yield (193.82 mL/g glucose). Meanwhile, the microbial community further confirmed that NiCo2O4 NPs increased the abundance of the dominant H2-producing Clostridium sensu stricto 1 by 23.05%. The gene prediction also showed that NiCo2O4 NPs increased the abundance of genes encoding the rate-limiting enzyme pyruvate kinase in glycolysis, thus increasing the substrate conversion. Moreover, the gene abundance of key enzymes directly related to H2 evolution was also increased at different levels.
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- Zhenmin Li
- College
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan250353, China
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- Shandong
Weifang Ecological Environment Monitoring Center, Weifang261041, China
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- College
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan250353, China
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- College
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan250353, China
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- College
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan250353, China
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- College
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan250353, China
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- College
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan250353, China
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Yang M, Qu C, Guo H, Guo X, Tian K, Wang G. Machiavellianism and learning-related subjective well-being among Chinese senior high school students: A moderated mediation model. Front Psychol 2022; 13:915235. [PMID: 36248461 PMCID: PMC9558827 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.915235] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Based on the life history theory and broadening construction theory, the study aimed to investigate the influence of Machiavellianism on the learning-related subjective well-being and the underlying mechanism, 582 Chinese senior high school students (16.8 ± 0.9 years old) including 289 girls (48.3%) and 310 boys were recruited to participate in this study, and they anonymously filled out questionnaires regarding Machiavellianism, learning-related subjective well-being, gratitude, and subjective family economic level. The results showed that: (1) a higher level of Machiavellianism was associated with a lower level of learning-related subjective well-being; (2) gratitude partially mediated the relationship between Machiavellianism and learning-related subjective well-being; (3) subjective family economic level moderated the links between Machiavellianism and learning-related subjective well-being, and between gratitude and learning-related subjective well-being. This study explained how and when Machiavellianism affected Chinese senior high school students’ learning-related subjective well-being and provided a deeper understanding of the relationship between Machiavellianism and learning-related subjective well-being.
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- Minqi Yang
- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Sociology, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Guofang Wang,
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Su Y, Zhang S, Li H, Zhao B, Tian K, Zou Z. Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate/Diethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Grafted onto Folate-Esterified Bagasse Xylan/Andrographolide Composite Nanoderivative: Synthesis, Molecular Docking and Biological Activity. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27185970. [PMID: 36144706 PMCID: PMC9505221 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27185970] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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As a biocompatible biomaterial, bagasse xylan (BX) has been widely used in the biomedical field. The low biological activity of andrographolide (AD) restricts its development, so AD with certain anticancer activity is introduced. We use chemical modification methods such as grafting and esterification to improve the biological activity and make a novel anticancer nanomaterial. On the basis of the esterification of a mixture of BX and AD with folic acid (FA), a novel anticancer nanoderivative of bagasse xylan/andrographolide folate-g-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA)/diethylene glycol dimethacrylate (DEGDMA) nanoparticles (FA-BX/AD-g-DMAEMA/DEGDMA NPs) was synthesized by introducing DMAEMA and DEGDMA monomers through a graft copolymerization and nanoprecipitation method. The effects of reaction temperature, reaction time, the initiator concentration and the mass ratio of FA-BX/AD to mixed monomers on the grafting rate (GR) were investigated. The structure of the obtained product was characterized by FTIR, SEM, XRD and DTG. Further, molecular docking and MTT assays were performed to understand the possible docking sites with the target proteins and the anticancer activity of the product. The results showed that the GR of the obtained product was 79% under the conditions of the initiator concentration 55 mmol/L, m (FA-BX/AD):m (mixed monomer) = 1:2, reaction temperature 50 °C and reaction time 5 h. The inhibition rate of FA-BX/AD-g-DMAEMA/DEGDMA NPs on human lung cancer cells (NCI-H460) can reach 39.77 ± 5.62%, which is about 7.6 times higher than that of BX. Therefore, this material may have potential applications in the development of anticancer drug or carriers and functional materials.
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- Yue Su
- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-773-8996098
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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Xu Q, Liu H, Chen Y, Tian K. Understanding cognitive differences in the effect of digitalization on ambidextrous innovation: Moderating role of industrial knowledge base. Front Psychol 2022; 13:983844. [PMID: 36176792 PMCID: PMC9514140 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.983844] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A number of existing researches agree that digitalization would facility firms to launch ambidextrous innovations. Digitalization is not only about technological change, but more importantly, the reshaping of the firms' knowledge structure and routines to percept and integrate knowledge. Thus, some researchers suggest that whether firms could benefit from digitalization varies across firms and industries, since innovation in different firms and industries relies on differentiated level of cognitive and reasoning of knowledge. However, existing studies mainly focus on exploring the firm-level differences, and leave the industry-level difference underdeveloped. In response, this study integrates knowledge-based view to examine how a firm's digitalization affects ambidextrous innovation, and further explore the conjoint effect of industrial knowledge bases-the knowledge base of the industry the firm is located in-on the relationship between firm digitalization level and ambidextrous innovation. This study uses Python to conduct text mining of firms' annual reports, and obtains data of 394 listed companies from the year 2014 to 2020. The empirical results show that digitalization level has positive effect on both exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation, and the effect on exploitative innovation is stronger than on exploratory innovation. Moreover, the moderating effect of industrial knowledge base is significant on "digitalization-exploratory innovation" but not on "digitalization-exploitative innovation" relationship. By doing so, this study refines the research on the relationship between digitalization and firm innovation, and confirms that the usage of digitalization may lead to achieve an ambidextrous situation. This study also provides a theoretical basis for industrial differences of the effectiveness of digitalization, suggesting firms considering industrial characteristics to implement digitalization-assisted innovation practices.
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- School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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Yang M, Qu C, Zhang Z, Guo H, Guo X, Yang L, Tian K, Hu W. Relationships between Dark Triad and negative emotions during COVID-19 lockdown: The chain mediating roles of negative coping and state boredom. Curr Psychol 2022:1-13. [PMID: 36065326 PMCID: PMC9433533 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03560-7] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Revised: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Personality is distal vulnerability of negative emotions and vital to mental health. Dark Triad was significantly correlated with negative emotions, whereas the mechanisms beneath the relationships were less clear. Based on life history strategy theory (LHS) and cognitive vulnerability-transactional stress model, the study explored the relationships between Dark Triad and negative emotions and investigated the roles of negative coping style and state boredom in the relationships aforementioned during the strict period of COVID-19 lockdown in China. 464 participants (M age = 36.78 years; SD = 10.53) finished a package of measurements online including Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), Short Dark Triad (SD3), Multidimensional State Boredom Scale (MSBS), and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ). The results showed there were positive relationships between Dark Triad and depression, anxiety and stress. Moreover, the relationships between Dark Triad and negative emotions were sequentially mediated by negative coping style and state boredom. The present study offered fascinating perspectives in the relationships between Dark Triad and negative emotions, and revealed how Dark Triad affected depression, anxiety and stress during the initial phase of COVID-19 pandemic and strict lockdown among Chinese population. The present results may provide important implications for the prevention and intervention of depression, anxiety and stress during COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Specifically, the intervention strategies that focus on reducing Dark Triad, negative coping and boredom may help offset occurrence of negative emotional states.
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- Minqi Yang
- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, China
- School of Marxism, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Water Conservancy Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Education, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, China
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Lei H, Ma Z, Tian K, Liu K, Wang J, Zhu X, Mi B, Chen Y, Yang Q, Jiang H. The effects of different types of Tai Chi exercises on motor function in patients with Parkinson's disease: A network meta-analysis. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:936027. [PMID: 36105909 PMCID: PMC9465240 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.936027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Tai Chi can show improvement in balance and motor ability of elderly patients with PD. However, there were few reports on differences in outcomes associated with different types of Tai Chi on improving exercise capacity in elderly patients with PD. We compared the improvement of motor function in Parkinson's patients with different types of Tai Chi, for finding an optimal intervention. Methods The following databases were searched from the beginning of the establishment of each database to 10 January 2022: PubMed, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang Database, and VIP Database. Randomized controlled trials incorporating different types of Tai Chi for PD were included. The outcome measures were UPDRSIII and BBS. NMA was conducted using Stata 15.0 based on a frequentist framework. Results A total of twenty trials were eligible, including 996 participants. In conventional meta-analysis, as for the UPDRSIII scale, 24-form simplified Tai Chi (SMD = −1.272, 95% CI [−2.036, −0.508], P < 0.05, I2 > 50%), Tai Chi exercise program (SMD = −0.839, 95% CI [−1.828, 0.151], P > 0.05, I2 > 50%), 8-form simplified Yang style Tai Chi (SMD = −0.325, 95% CI [−1.362, 0.713], P > 0.05, I2 > 50%), and 8-form simplified Chen style Tai Chi (SMD = −0.28, 95% CI [−0.97, 0.42], P > 0.05, I2 > 50%) were statistically more efficient than the control group. For BBS outcome, 24-form simplified Tai Chi (MD = 3.979, 95% CI [3.364, 4.595], P < 0.05, I2 <50%), Tai Chi exercise program (MD = 5.00, 95% CI [2.07, 7.93], P > 0.05, I2 > 50%), and 8-form simplified Chen style Tai Chi (MD = 1.25, 95% CI [0.52, 1.98], P < 0.05, I2 > 50%) were better than the control group. In the network meta-analysis, the results of UPDRSIII were as follows: 24-form > TCEP > 8-form YS > 8-form CS > control. The ranking probability of BBS was as follows: TCEP > 24-form > 8-form CS > control. Conclusion Among the four treatments studied, 24-form Tai Chi and Tai Chi exercise programs have shown better efficacy than other types. Our study provides new insights into exercise therapy for PD and may contribute to the formulation of a clinical exercise prescription. Systematic review registration Identifier: CRD42021285005.
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- Honghui Lei
- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Xiangyu Zhu
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- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Encephalopathy, Beijing Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Sport Rehabilitation, School of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Ma Z, Lei H, Tian K, Liu Z, Chen Y, Yang H, Zhu X. Baduanjin exercise in the treatment of hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:936018. [PMID: 36046185 PMCID: PMC9421065 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.936018] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BackgroundAs a therapy to prevent and treat hypertension, exercise is widely used in clinical practice. But due to the lack of documentary evidence, Baduanjin as a relaxed and convenient mode of exercise is not currently recommended by professional health organizations to treat hypertension. The purpose of this article is to examine the efficacy of Baduanjin as an antihypertensive exercise therapy.MethodsOur systematic retrieved of the entire relevant literatures in 12 databases. Finally, 28 eligible trials involving Baduanjin intervention in hypertension were included. After the quality assessment and bias risk assessment of the included trials, we analyzed the blood pressure values before and after the intervention, and performed meta-analysis on the random effect results. In order to explore the factors influencing the decrease of blood pressure, we also performed a subgroup analysis of the results.ResultsParticipants (n = 2121) were adults (61.74 ± 5.85years of age, mean ± SD), with baseline blood pressure (systolic blood pressure (SBP) = 150.7 ± 9.2 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) = 93.2 ± 8.8 mmHg). Baduanjin was practiced 7.5 ± 3.8 sessions / week for 28.2 ± 12.8 min /session for 16.7 ± 9.2 weeks. Overall, Baduanjin resulted in SBP (−9.3 mmHg, d = −1.49, 95%CI: −1.73 to −1.13) and DBP (−6.3 mmHg, d = −1.20, 95%CI: −1.51 to −0.88) vs. the control group (p < 0.001). After a subgroup analysis of age, we found that SBP heterogeneity was significantly reduced in the elderly group.ConclusionOur results indicate that Baduanjin can effectively reduce blood pressure (i.e., 9.3 mmHg and 6.3 mmHg of SBP and DBP reductions, respectively), and reduce the incidence rate of cardiovascular disease in hypertensive patients. In addition, we will be more likely to recommend that the elderly exercise Baduanjin.
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- Zhen Ma
- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Encephalopathy, Beijing Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Sports Rehabilitation, School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Xiangyu Zhu
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Tian K, Di R, Wang L. Retraction Note: MicroRNA-23a enhances migration and invasion through PTEN in osteosarcoma. Cancer Gene Ther 2021; 28:1228. [PMID: 34211127 DOI: 10.1038/s41417-021-00363-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- K Tian
- Department of Bone Surgery, The 1st Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Nose Surgery, The 1st Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Bone Surgery, The 1st Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
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Wang J, Liu Z, Feng A, Tian K, Wei Y, Wang W, Pan Q, Zhang L, Wang F, Zhang S. P60.04 The Association of Patient HLA Class I Genotype and Genomic Alterations of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hu L, Tian K, Zhang T, Fan CH, Zhou P, Yuan DZ, Chen Y, Li J, Ran JH. [Cyanate-induced oxidative stress injury in human normal liver HL-7702 cells]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2020; 28:446-449. [PMID: 32536063 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20190801-00283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- L Hu
- Neuroscience Research Platform of Basic Medical College of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Neuroscience Research Platform of Basic Medical College of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Neuroscience Research Platform of Basic Medical College of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Neuroscience Research Platform of Basic Medical College of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Laboratory of Histology and Cell Engineering and Stem Cells, Basic Medical College of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Laboratory of Histology and Cell Engineering and Stem Cells, Basic Medical College of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Laboratory of Histology and Cell Engineering and Stem Cells, Basic Medical College of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Neuroscience Research Platform of Basic Medical College of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; Laboratory of Histology and Cell Engineering and Stem Cells, Basic Medical College of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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Bernardi D, Arbeiter F, Cappelli M, Fischer U, García A, Heidinger R, Krolas W, Martín-Fuertes F, Miccichè G, Muñoz A, Nitti F, Pérez M, Pinna T, Tian K, Ibarra A. Towards the EU fusion-oriented neutron source: The preliminary engineering design of IFMIF-DONES. Fusion Engineering and Design 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.12.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Aiello A, Arena P, Di Maio P, Ferrucci B, Forte R, Frisoni M, Galabert J, Ghidersa B, Granieri M, Ortiz C, Polidori M, Ricapito I, Tincani A, Tian K, Voukelatou K. Updated design and integration of the ancillary circuits for the European Test Blanket Systems. Fusion Engineering and Design 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Davis B, Tian K, Pahlitzsch M, Brenton J, Ravindran N, Butt G, Malaguarnera G, Normando E, Guo L, Cordeiro M. Corrigendum to “Topical Coenzyme Q10 demonstrates mitochondrial-mediated neuroprotection in a rodent model of ocular hypertension” [Mitochondrion 36 (2017) 114–123]. Mitochondrion 2019; 47:330. [PMID: 31108262 PMCID: PMC6854459 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Liu D, Tian K, Yuan Y, Li M, Zheng M, Qiu X. Prokaryotic functional expression and activity comparison of three CYP9A genes from the polyphagous pest Helicoverpa armigera. Bull Entomol Res 2018; 108:77-83. [PMID: 28578718 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485317000517] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Cytochrome P450s (CYPs or P450s) have been long recognized as very important enzymes in the metabolism of xenobiotic and endogenous compounds, but only a few CYPs have been functionally characterized in insects. The effort in functional characterization of insect P450s is heavily hindered by technical difficulties in preparing active, individual P450 enzymes directly from the target insect. In this paper, we describe the functional expression of two additional pyrethroid resistance-associated CYP9A genes (CYP9A12 and CYP9A17) from the polyphagous pest Helicoverpa armigera in the facile Escherichia coli. The functionality of E. coli produced CYP9A12, CYP9A14, and CYP9A17 was investigated and activities of these CYP9As were compared against three probe substrates after reconstitution with NADPH-dependent cytochrome P450 reductase. The results showed that active forms of CYP9A12 and CYP9A17 were expressed in E. coli with a content of about 1.0-1.5 nmol mg-1 protein in membrane preparations. In vitro assays showed that CYP9A14 was capable of catalyzing O-dealkylation of methoxyresorufin (MROD), ethoxyresorufin (EROD), and benzyloxyresorufin (BROD), while CYP9A12 and CYP9A17 exhibited only MROD and EROD activities. Kinetic studies demonstrated that CYP9A14 had the greatest k cat/K m value for MROD, and CYP9A17 for EROD, while the lowest k cat/K m values for both MROD and EROD were observed for CYP9A12. The distinct biochemical traits suggest that the three paralogous CYP9As may play different roles in xenobiotic metabolism in this important pest.
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
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- College of Science, China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
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Wang XH, Liu YN, Tian K, Yao CX, Li LM, Zheng YQ, Shi ZM. Expression and clinical significance of ARTN and MMP-9 in endometrial carcinoma. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2017; 31:879-887. [PMID: 29254290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The aim of this study was to detect the differential expression of Artemin (ARTN) and matrix metallopeptidase protein 9 (MMP-9) in endometrial carcinoma (EC) and to assess their clinical significance in order to provide insight into the pathological mechanism of tumor infiltration and metastasis in EC. A total of 48 patients who had undergone surgery for EC at the School of Medicine and Affiliated Hospital of HeBei University of Engineering between July 2015 and July 2016 were included in the study. The 48 patients were classified into 3 groups according to tumor stage: 27 patients with EC stage I, 12 patients with EC stage II and 9 patients with EC stage III. The samples collected from each patient included fresh normal endometrial tissue, endometrial simple hyperplastic tissue and endometrial atypical hyperplastic tissue. The transcription levels of ARTN and MMP-9 mRNA in each group were investigated using RT-PCR. The expression levels of ARTN and MMP-9 protein in each group were examined using Western blotting. Spearmans correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between the expression levels of ARTN and MMP-9 proteins and EC tissue type. RT-PCR and Western blotting assays revealed that the expression levels of ARTN and MMP-9 were increased in normal endometrial tissue, simple hyperplastic tissue, atypical hyperplastic tissue and EC of stages I, II and III. The differences noted were statistically significant (P less than 0.05). Furthermore, Western blot analysis indicated that the expression levels of ARTN and MMP-9 proteins in lymphatic metastatic tissues were higher than those in non-lymphatic metastatic tissues (P less than 0.05). The expression levels in the infiltration tissues of the deep muscular layer were higher than those noted in the light muscular layer (P less than 0.05). The expression levels of ARTN and MMP-9 proteins were positively correlated (P less than 0.05). The data suggest that ARTN and MMP-9 are involved in the occurrence, development, invasion and metastasis of EC, and play a synergistic role in the development of EC and lymphatic metastasis.
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- Pathological Staff Room, School of Medicine and Affiliated Hospital of HeBei University of Engineering, Hebei, China
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- Pathological Staff Room, School of Medicine and Affiliated Hospital of HeBei University of Engineering, Hebei, China
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- Oncology Department, School of Medicine and Affiliated Hospital of HeBei University of Engineering, Hebei, China
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- Pathological Staff Room, School of Medicine and Affiliated Hospital of HeBei University of Engineering, Hebei, China
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- Pathological Staff Room, School of Medicine and Affiliated Hospital of HeBei University of Engineering, Hebei, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Handan Maternal and Child Health-Care Hospital, Hebei, China
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- Pathological Staff Room, School of Medicine and Affiliated Hospital of HeBei University of Engineering, Hebei, China
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Tian K, Wang L, Ma J, Wang K, Li D, Du J, Jia G, Wu Z, Zhang J. MR Imaging Grading System for Skull Base Chordoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017; 38:1206-1211. [PMID: 28428207 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Skull base chordoma has been widely studied in recent years, however, imaging characteristics of this tumor have not been well elaborated. The purpose of this study was to establish an MR imaging grading system for skull base chordoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, 156 patients with skull base chordomas were retrospectively assessed. Tumor-to-pons signal intensity ratios were calculated from pretreatment MR images RT1 (ratio of tumor to pons signal intensity in T1 FLAIR sequence), RT2 (ratio of tumor to pons signal intensity in T2 sequence) and REN (ratio of tumor to pons signal intensity in enhanced T1 FLAIR sequence), and significant ratios for overall survival and progression-free survival were selected to establish a grading system. Clinical variables among different MR imaging grades were then analyzed to evaluate the usefulness of the grading system. RESULTS RT2 (P < .001) and REN (P = .04) were identified as significant variables affecting progression-free survival. After analysis, the classification criteria were set as follows: MR grade I, RT2 > 2.49 and REN ≤ 0.77; MR grade II, RT2 > 2.49 and REN > 0.77, or RT2 ≤ 2.49 and REN ≤ 0.77; and MR grade III, RT2 ≤ 2.49 and REN > 0.77. MR grade III tumors had a more abundant tumor blood supply than MR grade I tumors (P < .001), and the intraoperative blood loss of MR grade III tumors was higher than that of MR grade I tumors (P = .002). Additionally, skull base chordoma progression risk increased by 2.071 times for every single MR grade increase (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS A higher RT2 value was a negative indicator of tumor progression, whereas a higher REN value was a positive risk factor of tumor progression. MR grade III tumors showed a more abundant blood supply than MR grade I tumors, and the risk of skull base chordoma progression increased with every single MR grade increase.
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- K Tian
- From the Department of Neurosurgery (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China.,Center of Brain Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brian Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China .,China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China.,Center of Brain Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brian Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China.,Center of Brain Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brian Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China.,Center of Brain Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brian Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China.,Center of Brain Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brian Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China
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- Department of Neuropathology (J.D), Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases (J.D.), Center of Brain Tumor, Beijing, China.,Institute for Brain Disorders (J.D.), Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Tumor, Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China.,Center of Brain Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brian Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China.,Center of Brain Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brian Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China .,China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China.,Center of Brain Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brian Tumor (K.T., L.W., J.M., K.W., D.L., G.J., Z.W., J.Z.), Beijing, China
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Zheng J, Tian K, Yuan Y, Li M, Qiu X. Identification and expression patterns of Halloween genes encoding cytochrome P450s involved in ecdysteroid biosynthesis in the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera. Bull Entomol Res 2017; 107:85-95. [PMID: 27545316 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485316000663] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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20-Hydroxyecdysone (20E) is a key hormone which regulates growth, development and reproduction in insects. Although cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) participating in the ecdysteroid biosynthesis of 20E have been characterized in a few model insects, no work has been published on the molecular entity of their orthologs in the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera, a major pest insect in agriculture worldwide. In this study, four cytochrome P450 homologs, namely HarmCYP302A1, HarmCYP306A1, HarmCYP314A1 and HarmCYP315A1 from H. armigera, were identified and evolutional conservation of these Halloween genes were revealed among lepidopteran. Expression analyses showed that HarmCYP302A1 and HarmCYP315A1 were predominantly expressed in larval prothoracic glands, whereas this predominance was not always observed for HarmCYP306A1 and CYP314A1. The expression patterns of Halloween genes indicate that the fat bodies may play an important role in the conversion of ecdysone into 20E in larval-larval molt and in larval-pupal metamorphosis, and raise the possibility that HarmCYP315A1 plays a role in tissue-specific regulation in the steroid biosynthesis in H. armigera. These findings represent the first identification and expression characterization of four steriodogenic P450 genes and provide the groundwork for future functional and evolutionary study of steroid biosynthesis in this agriculturally important pest.
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents,Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
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Kong Q, Zhao HY, Tian K, Duan BF, Hu YY, Hu TS, Zhang YG, Zhang WD, Zhang FQ. [Molecular analysis of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase genes of avian influenza virus H5N6 subtype in the border of Yunnan Province from 2014 to 2015]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2016; 50:1105-1107. [PMID: 28057117 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2016.12.016] [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: 06/06/2023]
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- Q Kong
- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agriculture University, Kunming 650201, China
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Cartner T, Brand N, Tian K, Saud A, Carr T, Stapleton P, Lane ME, Rawlings AV. Effect of different alcohols on stratum corneum kallikrein 5 and phospholipase A 2 together with epidermal keratinocytes and skin irritation. Int J Cosmet Sci 2016; 39:188-196. [PMID: 27578266 DOI: 10.1111/ics.12364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate the effect of ethanol, isopropanol and n-propanol on stratum corneum (SC) enzymes and keratinocytes in vitro together with their effects on skin condition and function. METHODS Activities of kallikrein 5 (KLK5) and phospholipase A2 (PLA2) as well as keratinocyte metabolic activity, interleukin-1α (IL-1α) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were measured in vitro in the presence and absence of the different alcohols. We also measured transepidermal water loss (TEWL), skin capacitance, visual dryness and visual redness on the volar forearms of 25 Caucasian women following application of the alcohols 20 and 100 times per day over a period of 14 days in a clinical study. RESULTS Reduced activities of KLK5 and PLA2 were observed in the presence of the alcohols. The greatest denaturing effect was always observed for n-propanol (P < 0.001), and in the case of PLA2, the effect of isopropanol was greater than ethanol (P < 0.001). Equally, ethanol had the mildest effects on keratinocyte metabolic activity and cytokine secretion (P < 0.001) and n-propanol always produced the most severe changes in normal and differentiated keratinocytes. These in vitro findings supported the clinical results where the major effects were on the induction of skin irritation (increased dropout rates) and ranked the intolerance of the different alcohols as follows: n-propanol > isopropanol > ethanol. At the high application frequencies, the effect of the different alcohols on transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and skin capacitance was similar, but at the low application frequencies, n-propanol had a significant effect on TEWL and capacitance values (P < 0.05). Equally, n-propanol and isopropanol produced significantly more skin redness at the low application frequencies. CONCLUSIONS Clearly, isopropanol and n-propanol caused significant SC and keratinocyte perturbation in vitro together with damage to skin condition and function in vivo whereas ethanol did not. As a result, we show that ethanol-based sanitizers are better tolerated by skin, particularly in high-use settings, than other alcohols and should be the active ingredient of choice.
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- GOJO Industries, Inc, PO Box 991, Akron, OH, 44309-0991, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, UCL, London, UK
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- GOJO Industries, Inc, PO Box 991, Akron, OH, 44309-0991, USA
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- GOJO Industries, Inc, PO Box 991, Akron, OH, 44309-0991, USA
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- Carr Consulting, Wilmette, IL, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, UCL, London, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, UCL, London, UK.,AVR Consulting Ltd., 26 Shavington way, Northwich, UK
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Tian Y, Huang X, Tian K, Di J, Bai Y, Xu X, Fu X, Wu W, Shi X, Zhao B. P1030 Identification of copy number variations in fine wool sheep using Ovine SNP600 BeadChip array. J Anim Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.2527/jas2016.94supplement429a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wu W, Tulafu H, Xu X, Fu X, Tian K. P3035 Analysis of transcriptome profile of ovine preimplantation embryo developed in vitro. J Anim Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.2527/jas2016.94supplement470x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wu W, Tulafu H, Xu X, Fu X, Tian K. P3034 Analysis of microRNA of ovine preimplantation embryo developed in vitro. J Anim Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.2527/jas2016.94supplement469a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Li C, Zhuang J, Wang J, Han L, Sun Z, Xiao Y, Ji G, Li Y, Tan F, Li X, Tian K. Outbreak Investigation of NADC30-Like PRRSV in South-East China. Transbound Emerg Dis 2016; 63:474-9. [PMID: 27292168 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Epidemiological outbreak investigations were conducted on NADC30-like porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) to investigate the prevalence of the disease in south-east China in 2015. Two more provinces were found to have NADC30-like PRRSV circulating besides previously reported six provinces. Phylogenetic analysis showed that these virus isolates were clustered in an independent branch and shared high nucleotide similarity to NADC30, a type 2 PRRSV that has been isolated in Unite States in 2008. One NADC30-like PRRSV strain from Henan province was successfully isolated on porcine alveolar macrophages and was tested on 6-week-old specific pathogen-free pigs for pathogenic study. The virus-inoculated pigs showed typical PRRSV clinical symptoms, but all pigs survived throughout the study with a period of 14 days. At necropsy, the lungs of infected pigs developed PRRSV-specific interstitial pneumonia, and virus antigen was detected in lung samples. Therefore, our results indicated NADC30-like PRRSV has widely spread in China and could cause clinical disease on pigs.
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- National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang, China
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- National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang, China
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- National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang, China
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- National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang, China
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- National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang, China
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- National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang, China
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- National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang, China
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- National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang, China
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- National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang, China
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- National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang, China
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- National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang, China.,College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.,OIE Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Reference Laboratory, Beijing, China
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Capulli AK, Tian K, Mehandru N, Bukhta A, Choudhury SF, Suchyta M, Parker KK. Approaching the in vitro clinical trial: engineering organs on chips. Lab Chip 2014; 14:3181-6. [PMID: 24828385 PMCID: PMC4117800 DOI: 10.1039/c4lc00276h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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In vitro cell culture and animal models are the most heavily relied upon tools of the pharmaceutical industry. When these tools fail, the results are costly and have at times, proven deadly. One promising new tool to enhance preclinical development of drugs is Organs on Chips (OOCs), proposed as a clinically and physiologically relevant means of modeling health and disease. Bringing the patient from bedside to bench in this form requires that the design, build, and test of OOCs be founded in clinical observations and methods. By creating OOCs as models of the patient, the industry may be better positioned to evaluate medicinal therapeutics.
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- A K Capulli
- Disease Biophysics Group, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford St, Pierce Hall 321, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Yin HD, Tian K, Li DY, Gilbert ER, Xiao LH, Chen SY, Wang Y, Liu YP, Zhao XL, Zhu Q. Expression Profiles of Cellular Retinol-binding Protein, Type II (CRBP II) in Erlang Mountainous Chickens. Asian Australas J Anim Sci 2014; 27:310-5. [PMID: 25049956 PMCID: PMC4093264 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2013] [Revised: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cellular retinol-binding protein II (CRBP II) belongs to the family of cellular retinol-binding proteins and plays a major role in absorption, transport, and metabolism of vitamin A. In addition, because vitamin A is correlated with reproductive performance, we measured CRBP II mRNA abundance in erlang mountainous chickens by real-time PCR using the relative quantification method. The expression of CRBP II showed a tissue-specific pattern and egg production rate-dependent changes. The expression was very high (p<0.05) in jejunum and liver, intermediate in kidney, ovary, and oviduct, and lowest (p<0.05) in heart, hypothalamus, and pituitary. In the hypothalamus, oviduct, ovary, and pituitary, CRBP II mRNA abundance were correlated to egg production rate, which increased from 12 wk to 32 wk, peaked at 32 wk relative to the other time points, and then decreased from 32 wk to 45 wk. In contrast, the expression of CRBP II mRNA in heart, jejunum, kidney, and liver was not different at any of the ages evaluated in this study. These data may help to understand the genetic basis of vitamin A metabolism, and suggest that CRBP II may be a candidate gene to affect egg production traits in chickens.
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Tian K, Guo B, Liu G, Mitchell I, Cheng D, Zhao W. KCMAC-BYY: Kernel CMAC using Bayesian Ying–Yang learning. Neurocomputing 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2012.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Zhao G, Cui J, Zhang JG, Qin Q, Chen Q, Yin T, Deng SC, Liu Y, Liu L, Wang B, Tian K, Wang GB, Wang CY. SIRT1 RNAi knockdown induces apoptosis and senescence, inhibits invasion and enhances chemosensitivity in pancreatic cancer cells. Gene Ther 2011; 18:920-8. [PMID: 21677689 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2011.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The NAD(+)-dependent deacetylase, sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), has been recently been suspected to have a role in tumorigenesis. We investigated the expression of SIRT1 in pancreatic cancer and the effect of SIRT1-targeted RNA interference (RNAi) on cell proliferation and tumor formation in a pancreatic cancer cell line, PANC1. The expression of SIRT1 was investigated in 49 specimens of pancreatic cancer and adjacent normal pancreatic tissues. SIRT1 was overexpressed in pancreatic cancer tissues at both the mRNA and protein levels, with increased SIRT1 positivity associated with tumors from patients over 60 years old, tumors larger than 4 cm, higher TNM (extent of tumor (T), the extent of spread to lymph nodes (N), and presence of distant metastasis (M)) stage or the presence of lymph node or hepatic metastases. The PANC-1 was stably transfected with a SIRT1 small hairpin RNA (shRNA) expression plasmid and compared with untransfected and PANC-1-negative RNAi cells. Proliferation of PANC-1-SIRT1-RNAi cells was significantly reduced, accompanied by increased rates of apoptosis, G1 arrest and senescence. Furthermore, FOXO3a expression was markedly upregulated in PANC-1-SIRT1-RNAi cells, but no significant difference in p53 expression was observed. The invasive ability of PANC-1-SIRT1-RNAi cells was markedly reduced in vitro, which was linked to increased E-cadherin and reduced-MMP expression. Additionally, PANC-1-SIRT1-RNAi cells had a significantly reduced capacity to form tumors in vivo compared with untransfected and PANC-1-negative RNAi cells. These results suggest that SIRT1 may promote cell proliferation and tumor formation in pancreatic cancer, and downregulation of SIRT1 using shRNA could provide a novel therapeutic treatment.
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- Pancreatic Disease Institute, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Chen N, Cao Z, Yu X, Deng X, Zhao T, Wang L, Liu Q, Li X, Tian K. Emergence of novel European genotype porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in mainland China. J Gen Virol 2011; 92:880-892. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.027995-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Harris JR, Neumann JG, Tian K, O'Shea PG. Longitudinal density modulation and energy conversion in intense beams. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2007; 76:026402. [PMID: 17930157 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.76.026402] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2006] [Revised: 03/27/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Density modulation of charged particle beams may occur as a consequence of deliberate action, or may occur inadvertently because of imperfections in the particle source or acceleration method. In the case of intense beams, where space charge and external focusing govern the beam dynamics, density modulation may, under some circumstances, be converted to velocity modulation, with a corresponding conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy. Whether this will occur depends on the properties of the beam and the initial modulation. This paper describes the evolution of discrete and continuous density modulations on intense beams and discusses three recent experiments related to the dynamics of density-modulated electron beams.
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- J R Harris
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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Previous results showed that overexpression of the WTH3 gene in multidrug resistance (MDR) cells reduced MDR1 gene expression and converted their resistance to sensitivity to various anticancer drugs. The WTH3 gene promoter was found to be differentially regulated in paired MDR vs non-MDR MCF7 cells owing to epigenetic modifications and transcription factor modulations. To understand further the mechanisms that govern WTH3's differential expression, we uncovered a p53-binding site in its promoter, which indicated that WTH3 could be regulated by the p53 gene. This hypothesis was then tested by different strategies. The resulting data revealed that (1) the WTH3 promoter was upregulated by the p53 transgene in diverse host cells; (2) there was a correlation between WTH3 expression levels and p53 gene status in a cell line panel; (3) a WTH3 promoter region was directly targeted by the p53 protein in vitro and in vivo. In addition, overexpression of the WTH3 gene promoted the apoptotic phenotype in host cells. On the basis of these findings, we believe that the negative role played by the WTH3 gene in MDR development is through its proapoptotic potential that is regulated by multiple mechanisms at the transcription level, and one of these mechanisms is linked to the p53 gene.
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- K Tian
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Pathobiology, Jilin University, Changchun, The People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Liu R, Xiao N, Tian K. [The role of PMN apoptosis delay in acute lung injury induced by administrating LPS]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2001; 81:617-21. [PMID: 11798936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the law of apoptosis and necrosis of the peripheral PMN and the PMN extravasated into pulmonary tissue, and its relationship with lung injury and the mechanisms involved. METHODS Fifty rats were subjected to acute lung injury by administrating intraperitoneally LPS (O(55)B(5), 3 mg/kg). Blood was harvested and bronchoalveoli was lavaged pre-LPS and 2, 4, 8, 12 h after LPS administration. PMNs were isolated by density gradient centrifugation and apoptosis, necrosis and respiratory burst were detected by flow cytometry. LDH activity, TNF, IL-1beta, IL-6, and lung permeability index were also measured. RESULTS Viable PMN in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BLF) increased and apoptosis was delayed compared with that in peripheral blood. Meanwhile, TNF, IL-1beta and IL-6 in BLF were obviously higher and endured longer compared with those in peripheral blood. Moreover, the LDH activity in BLF and the lung permeability index were also remarkably increased. CONCLUSION Retention of PMN in tissues and the abnormality in apoptotic pathway inevitably caused by higher level cytokines and temporal increased of intracellular free Ca(2+) generate persistent activation of PMN and excessive release of toxic substances, resulting in tissue injury.
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- R Liu
- Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China
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Tian K. Simultaneous flow-injection measurement of hydroxide, chloride, hypochlorite and chlorate in Chlorâalkali cell effluents. Talanta 2000; 52:623-30. [DOI: 10.1016/s0039-9140(00)00399-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/1999] [Accepted: 02/28/2000] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zhou B, Tian K, Jing G. An in vitro peptide folding model suggests the presence of the molten globule state during nascent peptide folding. Protein Eng 2000; 13:35-9. [PMID: 10679528 DOI: 10.1093/protein/13.1.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Although molten globules have been widely accepted as a general intermediate in protein folding, there is no clear evidence to show their presence during nascent peptide folding. This paper concentrates on whether the molten globule state occurs, and if it does, when does it form during nascent peptide folding, by comparing the changes in conformation during peptide chain extension of staphylococcal nuclease R. The results show that a large N-terminal fragment of staphylococcal nuclease, SNR121, which already contains more than 80% amino acid sequence of the nuclease, is found to fulfill all the criteria for the molten globule state, suggesting that the molten globule should occur at a later stage of peptide elongation. At this stage the hydrophobic collapse of the polypeptide chain occurs driven by the hydrophobic force, which leads to the formation of a solvent-accessible non-polar core, characterized by the high ANS-binding fluorescence. The nascent peptide folding of the nuclease is a hierarchical process that at the very least includes the following steps: secondary structure accumulation, pre-molten globule state, molten globule state, post-molten globule state and finally the native state. Constant conformation adjustment is necessary for correct folding and active expression of the protein.
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- B Zhou
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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Tian K, Zhou B, Geng F, Jing G. Folding of SNase R begins early during synthesis: the conformational feature of two short N-terminal fragments of staphylococcal nuclease R. Int J Biol Macromol 1998; 23:199-206. [PMID: 9777707 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(98)00049-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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To further understand the folding of nascent peptide during the early course of peptide synthesis, two short N-terminal fragments of staphylococcal nuclease R (SNase R), SNR52 and SNR79, were made by deleting 97 and 70 amino acid residues from the C-terminus. The conformations of SNR52 and SNR79 were studied by FTIR and far-ultraviolet CD. The results demonstrate that even the short N-terminal fragments of SNase R still have a certain amount of residual ordered secondary structure in the physiological condition. The ordered secondary structures were mainly assigned as beta-strands and turns, which corresponds well to the structures of the N-terminal part in the native protein. The conformational changes during unfolding and refolding in different concentrations of guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl), monitored by far-ultraviolet CD and intrinsic fluorescence, show that the interaction between amino acid residues, which governs the formation of their conformation are not random. Considered together with earlier studies (Jing et al., Biochim Biophys Acta 1995;1250:189-196; Zhou et al., J Biochem 1996:120: 881-888), the results suggest that the folding of nascent peptide chains begins early in the synthesis process and that the amount of ordered structure increases with increasing peptide chain length until the conformation of the biologically active protein is generated.
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- K Tian
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Jiang J, Chen H, Diao Y, Tian K, Zhu P, Wang Z. Distribution of endotoxins in tissues and circulation and its effects following hemorrhagic shock. Chin Med J (Engl) 1998; 111:118-22. [PMID: 10374369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To systemically investigate 1) distribution of endogenous endotoxin (ET) in tissues and circulation; 2) its relationship with shock duration and organ damage; and 3) its possible mechanism after hemorrhagic shock. METHODS To further elucidate the intrinsic relationship between endogenous endotoxin translocation and hemorrhagic shock, the present study systematically investigated the distribution of endogenous ET into the liver, lungs, kidneys and circulation, and the relationship between ET levels and the corresponding organ dysfunction with limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) chromogenic assay following hemorrhagic shock in rats. RESULTS It was found that ET levels in hepatic homogenate markedly increased (P = 0.09) 1.5 hours following shock compared with that in the sham group. After resuscitation, ET levels in hepatic, pulmonary and renal tissues were all significantly elevated. The levels kept increasing with the prolonged experimental time, and reached as high as 3.88 +/- 0.95 EU (endotoxin unit)/g in the livers, 2.53 +/- 1.46 EU/g in the lungs and 2.51 +/- 0.89 EU/g in the kidneys 12 hours after shock. ET levels in plasma reached a peak of 1.13 +/- 0.42 EU/ml at 1 hour following resuscitation, then rapidly decreased to the sham levels 3 hours following resuscitation. There was a close relationship between endotoxin translocation and shock duration. Correlation analysis further indicated that the changes in glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT), blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in plasma and angiotensin I-converting exzyme (ACE) in pulmonary homogenate were significantly and positively correlated with the ET levels in the liver, kidneys and lungs after hemorrhagic shock. CONCLUSIONS Hemorrhagic shock can induce obvious endogenous ET translocation, which is closely related to the shock duration. Although only transient endotoxemia occurs after hemorrhagic shock, ET can massively accumulate in tissues (liver, lungs and kidneys), and may play an important role in the development of shock.
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- J Jiang
- Research Institute of Surgery, Third Military Medical College, China
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Jiang J, Tian K, Chen H, Zhu P, Wang Z. Kinetics of plasma cytokines and its clinical significance in patients with severe trauma. Chin Med J (Engl) 1997; 110:923-6. [PMID: 9772403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To examine the kinetics of plasma tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) in patients with severe trauma and to discuss their relationship with organ damage and endotoxemia. METHODS Seventeen patients (10 men and 7 women) with severe trauma were selected in this study. Their mean age was 37.9 +/- 11.9 years. All patients were divided into two groups according to injury severity score (ISS): group I with ISS from 16-25 (18.8 +/- 2.9, n = 10) and group II with ISS more than 25 (34.3 +/- 8.3, n = 7). Ten young healthy volunteers (6 men and 4 women) were used as controls. Plasma TNF alpha and IL-8 levels were assayed with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. IL-6 activity in the plasma was determined by bioassay with IL-6-dependent cell-line 7TD1. Limulus amebocyte lysate chromogenic test was used for plasma endotoxin assay. RESULTS Plasma cytokine levels in patients with trauma had a successively significant increase. Plasma TNF level increased earlier. Increases in plasma IL-6 and IL-8 occurred later. All the increases were significantly correlated with the severity of trauma and organ damage after trauma. In addition, obvious endotoxemia occurred at the early stage of trauma and was significantly correlated with the severity of trauma and the levels of plasma TNF alpha, IL-6 and IL-8. CONCLUSIONS Release of TNF alpha, IL-6 and IL-8 can be significantly increased in patients with severe trauma. The increase may be related to massive endotoxin translocation and may play an important role in the development of organ damage after trauma.
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- J Jiang
- Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Jiang J, Diao Y, Tian K, Chen H, Zhu P, Wang Z. Effect of hemorrhagic shock on endotoxin-induced TNF production and its molecular mechanism in rats. Chin Med Sci J 1997; 12:207-11. [PMID: 11360551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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The present study was designed to investigate the production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) induced by low-dose (1 microgram/kg) lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and its cellular source after hemorrhagic shock (HS) in rats, and to further analyze the mechanism for increased sensitivity to LPS through looking at expression of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) mRNA in the liver, lungs and kidneys. It was found in vivo that plasma TNF alpha levels in the HS + LPS group were 20-fold higher than that in the HS group (P < 0.01), and 2.7-fold higher than that in the LPS group (P < 0.05). It was shown in vitro that the capacity of peripheral white blood cells to produce TNF alpha in response to LPS stimulation was significantly decreased by 126% (P < 0.01) and 57% (P < 0.05) compared with pre-shock levels and the sham group respectively at the end of resuscitation following shock, and was still markedly decreased 3 hours after resuscitation, while the capacity of Kupffer cells was significantly increased by 110% compared with the sham group (P < 0.01) after shock and resuscitation. Results from RT-PCR showed that expression of LBP mRNA in the liver, lungs and kidneys was increased after shock and resuscitation. It is suggested that hemorrhagic shock could significantly enhance endotoxin-induced TNF alpha production, which might be due to up-regulation of LBP expression in tissues after shock, and tissue macrophages might be the main source of cytokine production.
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- J Jiang
- Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 630042
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Deng W, Tian K, Zhang Y, Chen D. Radioactivity in zircon and building tiles. Health Phys 1997; 73:369-372. [PMID: 9228172 DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199708000-00009] [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: 05/22/2023]
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Zircon (ZrSiO4) is commonly used in the manufacture of glazed tiles. In this study we found high concentrations of the radionuclides 226Ra, 232Th, 40K in zircon sand. The average radium equivalent (A(Ra) + 1.26 A(Th) + 0.086 A(k)) in zircon sand is 17,500 Bq kg(-1), which is 106 times as much as that in ordinary building materials. The external radiation (gamma + beta) dose rates in air at 5 cm from the surface of piles of zircon sand sacks range from 1.1 to 4.9 x 10(-2) mGy h(-1) with an average of 2.1 x 10(-2) mGy h(-1). Although no elevated gamma-ray radiation or radon exhalation rate was detected in rooms decorated with glazed tiles, which is characteristic of combined alpha, beta and gamma emitting thin materials, the average gamma-ray radiation dose rate at the surface of the tile stacks in shops is 1.5 times as much as the indoor background level. The average area density of total beta emitting radionuclides in glazed floor tiles and glazed wall tiles is 0.30 Bq cm(-2) and 0.28 Bq cm(-2), respectively. It was estimated that the average beta dose rates in tissue at a depth 7 mg cm(-2) with a distance 20-100 cm from the floor tiles were 3.2 to 0.9 x 10(-7) Gy h(-1). The study indicates that the beta-rays from glazed tiles might be one of the main factors leading to an increase in ionizing radiation received by the general public. Workers in glazed tile manufacturing factories and in tile shops or stores may be exposed to elevated levels of both beta-rays and gamma-rays from zircon sand or glazed tile stacks. No elevated radiation from unglazed tiles was detected.
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- Sichuan Institute of Labor Hygiene, Chendu, Sichuan Province, China
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Jiang J, Tian K, Chen H. [Changes of plasma cytokines in patients with severe trauma and their relationship with organ damage]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1997; 35:406-7. [PMID: 10677974] [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: 02/15/2023]
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We investigated kinetics of plasma TNF, IL-6 and IL-8 and their relationship with organ dysfunction and endotoxemia in 17 patients with severe trauma in order to further elucidate the role of cytokines in the development of organ damage and their production mechanism after trauma. Plasma cytokine levels significantly increased in trauma patients, and their plasma TNF was increased earlier. The cytokines were positively correlated with ISS, cardiac and hepatic enzyme activities, index of renal function, and plasma endotoxin levels. It is suggested that TNF, IL-6 and IL-8 may participate in the development of organ damage after trauma, and its release might be related to massive endotoxin translocation into body at the early stage of trauma.
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- J Jiang
- Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing
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Tian K, Norris AW, Lin CL, Li E. The isolation and characterization of purified heterocomplexes of recombinant retinoic acid receptor and retinoid X receptor ligand binding domains. Biochemistry 1997; 36:5669-76. [PMID: 9153406 DOI: 10.1021/bi9627020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Retinoic acid exerts many of its biological effects by interaction with heterocomplexes of nuclear retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors (RXRs). To further examine this interaction, a glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion protein containing the ligand binding domain of human RXR alpha has been used to copurify the ligand binding domain of human RAR gamma by affinity chromatography over glutathione-agarose. Complexes of recombinant RAR-RXR ligand binding domains retaining full ligand binding capacity were purified, and their interactions with various retinoids were characterized by fluorometric titration and photoaffinity labeling. Analyses of the distribution of limiting amounts of [3H]-all-trans-retinoic acid between cytoplasmic retinoic acid binding proteins, CRABP-I and CRABP-II, and the purified heterocomplexes indicate that all-trans-retinoic acid binds with comparable affinity to CRABP-I and the heterocomplexes, but with approximately 10-fold less affinity to CRABP-II. The aromatic retinoid acitretin, which is used in the treatment of psoriasis, binds relatively poorly to the purified heterocomplexes, although it binds with high affinity to the CRABPs. Acitretin displaces [3H]-all-trans-retinoic acid from the CRABPs and increases retinoic acid occupancy of the heterocomplexes. These results suggest that certain retinoids could potentially perturb the distribution of endogenous retinoic acid between the CRABPs and the nuclear receptors and thus affect retinoid signaling. The purified recombinant complexes should provide a useful model system for further structural analysis of the dimerization interface between the RAR and RXR ligand binding domains.
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- K Tian
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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