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Zhu WY, Li YH, Zhang T, Peng M, Feng RE, Shi JH. [Diffuse thickening of bronchial walls with multiple nodular mucosal protrusions]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2024; 47:346-351. [PMID: 38599810 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20230913-00156] [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: 04/12/2024]
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A 58-year-old woman presented with a six-month history of nasal congestion, sore throat and cough, and a five-month history of dyspnea. She had a history of xerostomia for one year. On examination, the bilateral submandibular gland and parotid glands were enlarged. Parotid and anterior cervical lymph nodes were palpable. There were rales in both lungs. The rest of the physical examination was unremarkable. Sialographic analysis showed normal caliber in the main duct, stenosis in secondary ducts, and dilation in the proximal ducts. Minor salivary gland biopsy demonstrated periductal lymphocytic infiltration. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed diffuse thickening of the tracheal and bilateral bronchial walls. Bronchoscopy revealed macroscopic multiple nodules mainly in the trachea and bilateral main bronchus. Endobronchial biopsy showed lymphocytic infiltration in the bronchial submucosa. She was diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome and treated with glucocorticoids. The dose of prednisone was started at 30 mg/d and tapered gradually. Following treatment, the patient's clinical condition improved dramatically, with shrinkage of the enlarged lymph nodes, bilateral submandibular and parotid glands. A repeated chest CT scan revealed improvement of the tracheal and bilateral bronchial thickening. Multiple nodules in the airway regressed, as evidenced by repeated bronchoscopic examination. The final diagnosis was a large-airway disease associated with Sjögren's syndrome.Among airway diseases in Sjögren's syndrome, peripheral airway diseases including bronchiolitis and bronchiectasis are common; however, central airway lesions in Sjögren's syndrome, especially with macroscopic nodules, are rare. In this case, we demonstrated tracheal and endobronchial nodules in Sjögren's syndrome as determined by clinical features, CT scan, bronchoscopy, and response to therapy.
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- W Y Zhu
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University, Qinghai 810001
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Jiang Y, Liu S, Liu G, Pan A, Peng M, Liao Y. Association between sex hormones and gout: An analysis of the UK Biobank cohort. Steroids 2024:109422. [PMID: 38599307 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2024.109422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2024] [Revised: 04/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the associations between sex hormones and gout. METHODS A total of 448,836 individuals free of gout at baseline were included from the UK Biobank. Cox regression models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) for gout. Besides, we investigated the causal relationship between bioavailable testosterone (BAT) and gout using mendelian randomization (MR). RESULTS There were differential effects in different testosterone active states in gout. One-unit higher log-transformed total testosterone (TT) was associated with a 52 % [95 % CI, 0.39-0.58] lower risk of gout in males. In contrast, free testosterone (FT) and BAT were associated with a 74 % [95 % CI, 1.38-2.20] and a 78 % [95 % CI, 1.41-2.25] higher risk of gout in males respectively. For MR, the weighted median [OR, 1.70; 95 % CI, 1.14-2.56;] and inverse variance-weighted [OR, 1.25; 95 % CI, 0.96-1.62; P = 0.09] method revealed significant and approximately significant positive effect of genetic liability to BAT levels on the risk of gout respectively. CONCLUSIONS Sex hormones were potentially associated with gout. Notably, we were the first to explore different testosterone states on gout and found that FT and BAT may increase the risk of gout in males, which is opposite to TT. And the former are active states of androgens, may be more accurately reflect the association between androgens and gout.
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- Yaoyao Jiang
- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China.
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Liu R, Peng M, Zhang J, Qiu K, Zeng T, Chen L. The ALDH2 gene rs671 polymorphism is associated with cardiometabolic risk factors in East Asian population: an updated meta-analysis. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 15:1333595. [PMID: 38567307 PMCID: PMC10986734 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1333595] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Introduction Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) had reported as a prominent role in the development of cardiometabolic diseases among Asians. Our study aims to investigate the relationship between ALDH2 polymorphism and cardiometabolic risk factors in East Asian population. Method We searched databases of PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase updated to Oct 30th, 2023. We extracted data of BMI, Hypertension, SBP, DBP, T2DM, FBG, PPG, HbA1c, TG, TC, LDL-C and HDL-C. Result In total, 46 studies were finally included in our meta-analysis, containing, 54068 GG and, 36820 GA/AA participants. All outcomes related to blood pressure revealed significant results (hypertension OR=0.83 [0.80, 0.86]; SBP MD=-1.48 [-1.82, -1.14]; DBP MD=-1.09 [-1.58, -0.61]). FBG showed a significant difference (MD=-0.10 [-0.13, -0.07]), and the lipid resulted significantly in some outcomes (TG MD=-0.07 [-0.09, -0.04]; LDL-C MD=-0.04 [-0.05, -0.02]). As for subgroups analysis, we found that in populations without severe cardiac-cerebral vascular diseases (CCVDs), GG demonstrated a significantly higher incidence of T2DM (T2DM OR=0.88 [0.79, 0.97]), while the trend was totally opposite in population with severe CCVDs (T2DM OR=1.29 [1.00, 1.66]) with significant subgroup differences. Conclusion Our updated meta-analysis demonstrated that ALDH2 rs671 GG populations had significantly higher levels of BMI, blood pressure, FBG, TG, LDL-C and higher risk of hypertension than GA/AA populations. Besides, to the best of our knowledge, we first report GG had a higher risk of T2DM in population without severe CCVDs, and GA/AA had a higher risk of T2DM in population with severe CCVDs.Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO, identifier CRD42023389242.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Wang Y, Hu D, Liu Y, Yang L, Huang J, Zhou J, Guo L, Fan X, Huang X, Peng M, Cheng C, Zhang W, Feng R, Tian X, Yu S, Xu KF. Sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a man with somatic mosaicism of TSC2 mutations, a case report. QJM 2024; 117:75-76. [PMID: 37843443 PMCID: PMC10849871 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcad235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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- Y Wang
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- McKusick-Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Clinical Center, Beijing, China
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- Clinical Genome Center, Guangzhou KingMed Diagnostics Group Co., Ltd., Guangdong, China
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- Clinical Genome Center, Guangzhou KingMed Diagnostics Group Co., Ltd., Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Clinical Genome Center, Guangzhou KingMed Diagnostics Group Co., Ltd., Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Zhang H, Zeng T, Zhang J, Zheng J, Min J, Peng M, Liu G, Zhong X, Wang Y, Qiu K, Tian S, Liu X, Huang H, Surmach M, Wang P, Hu X, Chen L. Development and validation of machine learning-augmented algorithm for insulin sensitivity assessment in the community and primary care settings: a population-based study in China. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 15:1292346. [PMID: 38332892 PMCID: PMC10850228 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1292346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Objective Insulin plays a central role in the regulation of energy and glucose homeostasis, and insulin resistance (IR) is widely considered as the "common soil" of a cluster of cardiometabolic disorders. Assessment of insulin sensitivity is very important in preventing and treating IR-related disease. This study aims to develop and validate machine learning (ML)-augmented algorithms for insulin sensitivity assessment in the community and primary care settings. Methods We analyzed the data of 9358 participants over 40 years old who participated in the population-based cohort of the Hubei center of the REACTION study (Risk Evaluation of Cancers in Chinese Diabetic Individuals). Three non-ensemble algorithms and four ensemble algorithms were used to develop the models with 70 non-laboratory variables for the community and 87 (70 non-laboratory and 17 laboratory) variables for the primary care settings to screen the classifier of the state-of-the-art. The models with the best performance were further streamlined using top-ranked 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, and 20 features. Performances of these ML models were evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), the area under the precision-recall curve (AUPR), and the Brier score. The Shapley additive explanation (SHAP) analysis was employed to evaluate the importance of features and interpret the models. Results The LightGBM models developed for the community (AUROC 0.794, AUPR 0.575, Brier score 0.145) and primary care settings (AUROC 0.867, AUPR 0.705, Brier score 0.119) achieved higher performance than the models constructed by the other six algorithms. The streamlined LightGBM models for the community (AUROC 0.791, AUPR 0.563, Brier score 0.146) and primary care settings (AUROC 0.863, AUPR 0.692, Brier score 0.124) using the 20 top-ranked variables also showed excellent performance. SHAP analysis indicated that the top-ranked features included fasting plasma glucose (FPG), waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), triglycerides (TG), gender, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), the number of daughters born, resting pulse rate (RPR), etc. Conclusion The ML models using the LightGBM algorithm are efficient to predict insulin sensitivity in the community and primary care settings accurately and might potentially become an efficient and practical tool for insulin sensitivity assessment in these settings.
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- Hao Zhang
- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Yichang Yiling Hospital, Yichang, China
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- Department of Public Health and Health Services, Grodno State Medical University, Grodno, Belarus
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- Precision Health Program, Department of Radiology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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Peng M, Wang G, Zhu S. Cold-stored mulberry leaves affect antioxidant system and silk proteins of silkworm (Bombyx mori) larva. J Sci Food Agric 2023; 103:7673-7682. [PMID: 37431698 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.12849] [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: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cold storage has been widely used to maintain the quality of vegetables, but whether eating cold-stored vegetables affects health remains unknown. RESULTS This study used silkworms as an animal model to evaluate the effects of nutrient changes in cold-stored mulberry leaves (CSML) on health. Compared with fresh mulberry leaves (FML), CSML contained lower vitamin C, soluble sugars and proteins, and higher H2 O2 , suggesting decreased antioxidant ability and nutrition. The CSML did not obviously affect larval survival rate, body weight or dry matter rate, cocoon shape, weight and size, or final rates of cluster and cocooning relative to the FML, suggesting CSML did not alter overall growth and development. However, the CSML increased the initial rates of cluster and cocooning and upregulated BmRpd3, suggesting CSML shortened larval lifespan and enhanced senescence. CSML upregulated BmNOX4, downregulated BmCAT, BmSOD and BmGSH-Px and increased H2 O2 in silkworms, suggesting CSML caused oxidative stress. CSML upregulated ecdysone biosynthesis and inactivation genes and elevated ecdysone concentration in silkworms, suggesting that CSML affected hormone homeostasis. CSML upregulated apoptosis-related genes, downregulated sericin and silk fibroin genes and decreased sericin content rate in silkworms, suggesting oxidative stress and protein deficiency. CONCLUSION Cold storage reduced nutrition and antioxidant capability of mulberry leaves. CSML did not influence growth and development of silkworm larva, but affected health by causing oxidative stress and reducing protein synthesis. The findings show that the ingredient changes in CSML had negative effects on health of silkworms. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Miaomiao Peng
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Wu LY, Zhang KY, Peng M, Gong J, Yan H. New Limits on Exotic Spin-Dependent Interactions at Astronomical Distances. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:091002. [PMID: 37721836 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.091002] [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: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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Exotic spin-dependent interactions involving new light particles address key questions in modern physics. Interactions between polarized neutrons (n) and unpolarized nucleons (N) occur in three forms: g_{S}^{N}g_{P}^{n}σ·r, g_{V}^{N}g_{A}^{n}σ·v, and g_{A}^{N}g_{A}^{n}σ·v×r, where σ is the spin and g's are the corresponding coupling constants for scalar, pseudoscalar, vector, and axial-vector vertexes. If such interactions exist, the Sun and Moon could induce sidereal variations of effective fields in laboratories. By analyzing existing data from laboratory measurements on Lorentz and CPT violation, we derive new experimental upper limits on these exotic spin-dependent interactions at astronomical ranges. Our limits on g_{S}^{N}g_{P}^{n} surpass the previous combined astrophysical-laboratory limits, setting the most stringent experimental constraints to date. We also report new constraints on vector-axial-vector and axial-axial-vector interactions at astronomical scales, with vector-axial-vector limits improved by ∼12 orders of magnitude. We extend our analysis to Hari Dass interactions and obtain new constraints.
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- L Y Wu
- Key Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China and Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China and Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China and Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China and Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China and Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, Sichuan, China
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Peng M, Chen Z, Zhang L, Wang Y, Zhu S, Wang G. Preharvest Application of Sodium Nitroprusside Alleviates Yellowing of Chinese Flowering Cabbage via Modulating Chlorophyll Metabolism and Suppressing ROS Accumulation. J Agric Food Chem 2023. [PMID: 37290404 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c00630] [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] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Chinese flowering cabbage is prone to senescence and yellowing after harvest, leading to a huge postharvest loss. Nitric oxide (NO) is a multifunctional plant growth regulator, but the effect of preharvest application of NO on the storage quality of Chinese flowering cabbage remains unclear. Preharvest application of 50 mg L-1 sodium nitroprusside (SNP, a NO donor) to the roots obviously reduced leaf yellowing in Chinese flowering cabbage during storage. Proteomic analysis reveals 198 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in SNP-treated plants compared to the control. The main DEPs were significantly enriched in chlorophyll metabolisms, phenylpropanoid synthesis, and antioxidant pathways. SNP treatment enhanced chlorophyll biosynthesis and suppressed chlorophyll-degradation-related proteins and genes. It also modulated flavonoid-biosynthesis-related genes, and 21 significantly regulated flavonoids were identified in SNP-treated plants. The enhanced antioxidant capacity in SNP-treated plants was able to decrease chlorophyll catabolism by inhibiting peroxidase-mediated chlorophyll bleaching. Collectively, preharvest SNP treatment modulated chlorophyll metabolism and preserved chlorophyll content in leaves during storage. Moreover, SNP treatment enhanced flavonoid synthesis, suppressed reactive oxygen species accumulation, and delayed the senescence process, thereby maintaining leaf greening in Chinese flowering cabbage. These findings highlight the role of exogenous NO in alleviating yellowing of leafy vegetables.
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- Miaomiao Peng
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Zhang T, Kui SY, Yang JN, Li YY, Xue PJ, Peng M, Yang J, Xu J, Shi JH. [Hypercapnia under controlled mechanical ventilation in patients with high-risk acute pulmonary thromboembolism]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2023; 46:454-459. [PMID: 37147806 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20220705-00569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the variation of arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) in patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism under mechanical ventilation. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the cases of high-risk pulmonary embolism who underwent intravenous thrombolysis in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 1, 2012, to May 1, 2022. The enrolled patients were divided into a mechanical-ventilated group and an active-breathing group according to whether they received invasive mechanical ventilation or not. The level of PaCO2 under active breathing between the two groups, the changes in PaCO2 before intubation, after intubation and after thrombolysis in the mechanical-ventilated group were compared. The 14-day all-cause mortality of the two groups was calculated and compared. Results: A total of 49 patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism were enrolled, including 22 patients in the mechanical-ventilated group and 27 patients in the active-breathing group. Before intubation, PaCO2 in both groups was lower than normal without statistically significant difference between the two groups. After effective thrombolysis therapy, PaCO2 in both groups recovered to the normal range. In the mechanical-ventilated group, PaCO2 significantly increased 11-147 min after intubation and returned to the normal range after thrombolysis therapy. The 14-day mortality in the mechanical-ventilated group was 54.5%, while all patients in the active-breathing group survived. Conclusions: Under mechanical controlled ventilation, patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism could represent hypercapnia which resolved after effective thrombolytic therapy. In mechanical ventilated patients with sudden-onset hypoxemia and hypercapnia, the possibility of high-risk pulmonary embolism should be considered.
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Zhang J, Zhang FJ, Zhang L, Xian DX, Wang SA, Peng M, Liu Y. Identification of key genes and molecular pathways in type 2 diabetes mellitus and polycystic ovary syndrome via bioinformatics analyses. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2023; 27:3255-3269. [PMID: 37140276 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202304_32097] [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: 05/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are highly prevalent endocrine system diseases. However, studies on the molecular mechanisms of T2DM and PCOS at the transcriptomic level are still few. Thus, we aimed to reveal the potential common genetic and molecular pathways between T2DM and PCOS via bioinformatics analyses. MATERIALS AND METHODS We downloaded the GSE10946 and GSE18732 datasets for T2DM and PCOS, respectively, from the National Center for Biotechnology Information's Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. These datasets were subjected to integrated differential and weighted gene co-expression network analyses (WGCNA) to screen common genes. Thereafter, functional enrichment and disease gene association analyses were performed, transcription factor (TF)-gene and TF-miRNA-gene regulatory networks were constructed, and finally, the relevant target drugs were identified. RESULTS We identified common genes (BIRC3, DEPTOR, TNNL3, ADRA2A) in T2DM and PCOS. Pathway enrichment analysis depicted that the common genes were enriched in smooth muscle contraction, channel inhibitor activity, apoptosis, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) signaling pathways. TFs such as SP7, KLF8, HCFC1, IRF1, and MLLT1 played key roles in TF regulatory networks. Orlistat was indicated to be an important gene-targeting drug. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first study to explore four diagnostic biomarkers and gene regulatory networks for T2DM and PCOS. The findings of our study provide novel insights into the diagnosis and treatment of T2DM and PCOS.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shandong Second Provincial General Hospital, Jinan, China.
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Chen W, Chen J, Peng M, Luo J, Chen Y, Qiu H, Li J. Successful Eisenmenger syndrome-targeted drug therapy in pregnant women: a case series and literature review. BJOG 2023. [PMID: 36802098 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To clarify the real-world outcomes in pregnant women with Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) in the new therapeutic era and provide a literature review. DESIGN Retrospective case and literature review. SETTING Tertiary referral hospital (The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University). SAMPLE Thirteen women with ES delivered between 2011 and 2021. METHODS Respective study and literature reviews. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES Maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity. RESULTS 12/13 (92%) pregnant women were treated with targeted drugs. 9/13 (69%) of patients had heart failure, but no maternal deaths occurred. 12/13 (92%) of women chose caesarean delivery. One pregnant woman gave birth at 37+1 weeks, and the remaining 12 (92%) patients had preterm birth. 10/13 (77%) women gave birth to live infants, of which 9/10 (90%) were low birthweight infants with a mean birthweight of 1575 g. The infant mortality rate was 1/10 (10%). Cardiac functional class improved during pregnancy, probably due to therapy; 11/13 (85%) of the pregnant women were in cardiac functional level III/IV at admission and 12 (92%) were in cardiac functional class II/III at discharge. Our literature review identified 72 cases of pregnancy with ES from 11 studies, which were characterised by a low rate of targeted drug use (28%) and a high maternal mortality rate of 24% in the perinatal period. CONCLUSION Our case series and literature review suggest that targeted drugs may be key to improving maternal mortality in ES.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha City, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha City, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha City, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha City, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha City, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha City, China
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Chen Z, Zhang L, Peng M, Zhu S, Wang G. Preharvest application of selenite enhances the quality of Chinese flowering cabbage during storage via regulating the ascorbate-glutathione cycle and phenylpropanoid metabolisms. Food Res Int 2023; 163:112229. [PMID: 36596157 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chinese flowering cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis var. utilis Tsen et Lee) is a candidate of selenium (Se) accumulator, but it is not clear whether and how preharvest Se treatment affects its quality after harvest. Here, we showed that preharvest application of 100 μmol/L selenite to roots enhanced storage quality of Chinese flowering cabbage. It increased antioxidant capacity and reduced weight loss, leaf yellowing, and protein degradation after harvest. Furthermore, it increased the activities of antioxidant enzymes such as POD, CAT, GSH-Px, and GR, as well as contents of AsA, GSH, phenolics, and flavonoids during storage. Metabolome analysis revealed that phenolic acids including p-Coumaric acid, caffeic acid, and ferulic acid; flavonoids such as naringenin, eriodictyol, apigenin, quercetin, kaempferol, and their derivatives were notably increased by preharvest selenite treatment. Consistently, the total antioxidant capacity, evaluated by DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP methods, were all markedly enhanced in selenite-treated cabbage compared to the control. Transcriptomics analysis showed that the DEGs induced by selenite were significantly enriched in AsA-GSH metabolisms and phenylpropanoids biosynthesis pathways. Moreover, preharvest selenite treatment significantly up-regulated the expressions of BrGST, BrGSH-Px, BrAPX, BrASO, BrC4H, BrCOMT, BrCHS, and BrFLS during storage. These results suggest that preharvest selenite treatment enhanced quality of cabbage not only by increasing Se biological accumulation, but also through regulating AsA-GSH cycle and increasing phenolics and flavonoids synthesis after harvest. This study provides a novel insight into the effects of preharvest Se treatment on quality of Chinese flowering cabbage during storage.
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- Zhuosheng Chen
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables, Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Peng M, Ma L. Clinical and prognostic significance of long non-coding RNA CRNDE expression in severe pneumonia and its correlation with inflammatory factor levels. Am J Transl Res 2023; 15:1798-1806. [PMID: 37056853 PMCID: PMC10086886] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical and prognostic significance of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) CRNDE expression in severe pneumonia and its correlation with the levels of inflammatory factors. METHODS In this retrospective study, 86 patients with severe pneumonia were selected as the observation group (OG), and 70 patients with non-severe pneumonia were selected as the control group (CG). The expression of lncRNA CRNDE was measured by real-time fluorescence quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The relationship between lncRNA CRNDE expression and clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients was analyzed. The correlation between lncRNA CRNDE expression and the levels of inflammatory factors related to severe pneumonia was also analyzed. RESULTS Relative expression of lncRNA CRNDE in OG was significantly higher than that in CG (P<0.05). The receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed that lncRNA CRNDE expression could be used for the detection of severe pneumonia. The expression of lncRNA CRNDE was not related to gender, age, or smoking history (all P>0.05), but related to the pneumonia severity index (PSI) score, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score, and procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and D-dimer (DD) expression (P<0.05). Spearman correlation analysis revealed that lncRNA CRNDE expression was positively correlated with the expressions of PCT, CRP, and DD (r=0.908, 0.898, and 0.951, respectively, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS lncRNA CRNDE is highly expressed in the serum of patients with severe pneumonia and is an independent risk factor for the poor prognosis of these patients. The expression of lncRNA CRNDE is also positively correlated with the levels of inflammatory factors in such patients, which can be used for the clinical detection of severe pneumonia.
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- Miaomiao Peng
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zibo Central Hospital Zibo 255036, Shandong, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zibo Central Hospital Zibo 255036, Shandong, China
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Peng M, Liu Y, Jia X, Wu Y, Zou X, Ke M, Cai K, Zhang L, Lu D, Xu A. Dietary Total Antioxidant Capacity and Cognitive Function in Older Adults in the United States: The NHANES 2011-2014. J Nutr Health Aging 2023; 27:479-486. [PMID: 37357333 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-023-1934-9] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Oxidative stress level takes part in the development of cognitive decline. However, the association between total antioxidant capacity (TAC) from diet and cognitive function is controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between TAC and the cognitive function of older adults in the U.S. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys database. PARTICIPANTS 2712 older adults aged over 60 years. MEASUREMENTS TAC was calculated from 8 antioxidative vitamins based on the reference values for vitamin C equivalent antioxidant capacity obtained from individuals' 24 h dietary recall. Four memory-related assessments were employed [Immediate Recall test (IRT), Delayed Recall test (DRT), Animal Fluency test (AFT), and Digit Symbol Substitution test (DSST)]. RESULTS Among the 2712 participants, the median age was 68 years, and 50.4% were women. Participants in the group with higher TAC levels had relatively higher IRT, AFT and DSST scores (P=0.025, P=0.008, P<0.001, respectively). In adjusted weighted linear regression, log-transformed TAC was positively associated with AFT (β=1.10, 95%CI: 0.51, 1.70) and DSST (β=2.81, 95%CI: 1.16, 4.45). Compared with the first quartile, the participants in the second (Q2 vs. Q1, OR=0.66, 95%CI: 0.43,1.02) and fourth quartile (Q4 vs. Q1, OR=0.47, 95%CI:0.28, 0.78) of log-transformed TAC showed a decreased risk of impaired cognitive function (ICF) after adjusting for confounders. The dose-response analysis indicated a gradual descent in the risk of ICF as TAC increases. Diabetes mellitus (DM) mediated part of the effect of TAC on ICF. The relationship between TAC and ICF was more pronounced in subjects with DM (Q4 vs Q1, OR=0.36, 95%CI:0.17, 0.74). CONCLUSION Our findings support that higher dietary antioxidant potential was related to a decreased risk of cognitive dysfunction, particularly in the subjects with DM who may have oxidative injury. DM was one of the factors mediating the effect of TAC on ICF.
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- Anding Xu, Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, No.613, Huangpu Road West, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong Province, China, ; Dan Lu, Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, No.613, Huangpu Road West, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong Province, China,
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Hu X, Li XK, Wen S, Li X, Zeng TS, Zhang JY, Wang W, Bi Y, Zhang Q, Tian SH, Min J, Wang Y, Liu G, Huang H, Peng M, Zhang J, Wu C, Li YM, Sun H, Ning G, Chen LL. Predictive modeling the probability of suffering from metabolic syndrome using machine learning: A population-based study. Heliyon 2022; 8:e12343. [PMID: 36643319 PMCID: PMC9834713 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12343] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background There is an increasing trend of Metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence, which has been considered as an important contributor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancers and diabetes. However, there is often a long asymptomatic phase of MetS, resulting in not diagnosed and intervened so timely as needed. It would be very helpful to explore tools to predict the probability of suffering from MetS in daily life or routinely clinical practice. Objective To develop models that predict individuals' probability of suffering from MetS timely with high efficacy in general population. Methods The present study enrolled 8964 individuals aged 40-75 years without severe diseases, which was a part of the REACTION study from October 2011 to February 2012. We developed three prediction models for different scenarios in hospital (Model 1, 2) or at home (Model 3) based on LightGBM (LGBM) technique and corresponding logistic regression (LR) models were also constructed for comparison. Model 1 included variables of laboratory tests, lifestyles and anthropometric measurements while model 2 was built with components of MetS excluded based on model 1, and model 3 was constructed with blood biochemical indexes removed based on model 2. Additionally, we also investigated the strength of association between the predictive factors and MetS, as well as that between the predictors and each component of MetS. Results In this study, 2714 (30.3%) participants suffer from MetS accordingly. The performances of the LGBM models in predicting the probability of suffering from MetS produced good results and were presented as follows: model 1 had an area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.993 while model 2 indicated an AUC value of 0.885. Model 3 had an AUC value of 0.859, which is close to that of model 2. The AUC values of LR model 1 and 2 for the scenario in hospital and model 3 at home were 0.938, 0.839 and 0.820 respectively, which seemed lower than that of their corresponding machine learning models, respectively. In both LGBM and logistic models, gender, height and resting pulse rate (RPR) were predictors for MetS. Women had higher risk of MetS than men (OR 8.84, CI: 6.70-11.66), and each 1-cm increase in height indicated 3.8% higher risk of suffering from MetS in people over 58 years, whereas each 1- Beat Per Minute (bpm) increase in RPR showed 1.0% higher risk in individuals younger than 62 years. Conclusion The present study showed that the prediction models developed by machine learning demonstrated effective in evaluating the probability of suffering from MetS, and presented prominent predicting efficacies and accuracies. Additionally, we found that women showed a higher risk of MetS than men, and height in individuals over 58 years was important factor in predicting the probability of suffering from MetS while RPR was of vital importance in people aged 40-62 years.
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- Xiang Hu
- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Engineering Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomes, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomes, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomes, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China,Corresponding author.
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Yu C, Zhang FJ, Zhang LL, Xian DX, Li Y, Li JJ, Tang SX, Li XJ, Liu Y, Peng M, Zhang L, Wang S. An approach combining bioinformatics and machine learning to identify eight autophagy-related biomarkers and construct molecular mechanisms underlying COVID-19 and major depressive disorders. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2022; 26:8129-8143. [PMID: 36394763 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202211_30167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE A lack of objective biomarkers is preventing the screening and diagnosis of COVID-19 combined with major depression disorder (COVID-19-MDD). The purpose of this study was to identify diagnostic biomarkers and gene regulatory mechanisms associated with autophagy; a crucial process significantly involved in the pathogenesis of COVID-19-MDD. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened using GSE98793 from the GEO2R analysis (GEO) database, and intersected with the COVID-19-related gene (CRGs) and autophagy-related genes (ARGs) to obtain common genes involved in. Then, Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analyses of these common genes were performed. Subsequently, the transcription factor (TF)-gene regulatory network and comorbidity network were constructed. In addition, 10 drug candidates were screened using the DSigDB database. To identify diagnostic markers, we used LASSO regression. RESULTS In total, 13 common genes were screened, which were primarily enriched in lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum membranes, and other endomembrane systems also associated with autophagy. Additionally, these genes were involved in neurological cell signaling and have a functional role in pathways related to vascular endothelial growth factor, tyrosine kinase, autophagy, inflammation, immunity, and carcinogenesis. Tumors and psychiatric disorders were the most highly linked diseases to COVID-19. Finally, ten drug candidates and eight diagnostic markers (STX17, NRG1, RRAGD, XPO1, HERC1, HSP90AB1, EPHB2, and S1PR3) were screened. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to screen eight diagnostic markers and construct a gene regulatory network for COVID-19-MDD from the perspective of autophagy. The findings of our study provide novel insights into the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19-MDD.
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classics, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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Ma C, Xu D, Hui Q, Gao X, Peng M. Quantitative Intracerebral Iodine Extravasation in Risk Stratification for Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2022; 43:1589-1596. [PMID: 36202552 PMCID: PMC9731239 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a7671] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Intracerebral hemorrhage poses a severe threat to the outcomes in patients with postthrombectomy acute stroke. We aimed to compare the absolute intracerebral iodine concentration and normalized iodine concentration ratio in predicting intracerebral hemorrhage in patients postthrombectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with acute anterior circulation large-vessel occlusion who underwent mechanical thrombectomy and had successful recanalization were retrospectively included in the study. Dual-energy CT was performed within 1 hour after mechanical thrombectomy. Postprocessing was performed to measure the absolute intracerebral iodine concentration and the normalized iodine concentration ratio. The correlation between the absolute intracerebral iodine concentration and the normalized iodine concentration ratio was analyzed using the Spearman rank correlation coefficient. We compared the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the absolute intracerebral iodine concentration and the normalized iodine concentration ratio using the DeLong test. RESULTS We included 138 patients with successful recanalization. Of 43 patients who did not have parenchymal contrast staining on postthrombectomy dual-energy CT, 5 (11.6%) developed intracerebral hemorrhage. Among patients (95/138, 68.8%) with parenchymal contrast staining, 37 (38.9%, 37/95) developed intracerebral hemorrhage. The absolute intracerebral iodine concentration was significantly correlated with the normalized iodine concentration ratio (ρ = 0.807; 95% CI, 0.718-0.867; P < .001). The cutoffs of the normalized iodine concentration ratio and absolute intracerebral iodine concentration for identifying patients with intracerebral hemorrhage development were 222.8%, with a sensitivity of 67.6% and specificity of 76.4%, and 2.7 mg I/mL, with a sensitivity of 75.7% and specificity of 65.5%, respectively. No significant difference was found between the areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve for the absolute intracerebral iodine concentration and the normalized iodine concentration ratio (0.753 versus 0.738) (P = .694). CONCLUSIONS The hemorrhagic transformation predictive power of the normalized iodine concentration ratio is similar to that of the absolute intracerebral iodine concentration in patients with successful recanalization.
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- From the Departments of Radiology (C.M., Q.H., X.G.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (C.M., Q.H., X.G.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (C.M., Q.H., X.G.)
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- Neurology (M.P.), Deyang People's Hospital, Deyang, Sichuan, China
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He J, Wang B, Tao J, Liu Q, Peng M, Qiu X, Yang Y, Ye Z, Liu D, W. li, Chen Z, Zeng Q, Fan J, Liang W. 905MO Synergistic combination of clinical, imaging and DNA methylation biomarkers improves the classification of pulmonary nodules. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.1031] [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: 11/25/2022] Open
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Wu KY, Chen SY, Sun GA, Peng SM, Peng M, Yan H. Experimental Limits on Exotic Spin and Velocity Dependent Interactions Using Rotationally Modulated Source Masses and an Atomic-Magnetometer Array. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:051802. [PMID: 35960570 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.051802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Various theories beyond the standard model predict new interactions mediated by new light particles with very weak couplings to ordinary matter. Interactions between polarized electrons and unpolarized nucleons proportional to g_{V}^{N}g_{A}^{e}σ[over →]·v[over →] and g_{A}^{N}g_{A}^{e}σ[over →]·v[over →]×r[over →] are two such examples, where σ[over →] is the spin of the electrons, r[over →] and v[over →] are position and relative velocity between the polarized electrons and nucleons, g_{V}^{N}/g_{A}^{N} is the vector or axial-vector coupling constant of the nucleon, and g_{A}^{e} is the axial-vector coupling constant of the electron. Such interactions involving a vector or axial-vector coupling g_{V}^{N}/g_{A}^{N} at one vertex and an axial-vector coupling g_{A}^{e} at the polarized electron vertex can be induced by the exchange of spin-1 bosons. We report new experimental upper limits on such exotic spin-velocity-dependent interactions of the electron with nucleons from dedicated experiments based on a recently proposed scheme. We rotationally modulated two ∼6 Kg source masses at a frequency of 20 Hz. We used four identical atomic magnetometers in an array form to increase the statistics and cancel the common-mode noise. We applied a data processing method based on high precision numerical integration for the four harmonic frequencies of the signal. We reverse the rotation direction of the source masses to flip the signal due to the new interactions; thus, we can apply the [+1,-3,+3,-1] weighting method to remove possible slow drifting. Our constraint on the product of vector and axial-vector couplings is |g_{V}^{N}g_{A}^{e}|<2.1×10^{-34} and on the product of axial-vector and axial-vector couplings is |g_{A}^{N}g_{A}^{e}|<2.4×10^{-22} for an interaction range of 10 m. The new constraints on vector-axial-vector interaction improved by as much as more than 4 orders of magnitude and on axial-axial interaction by as much as 2 orders of magnitude in the corresponding interaction range, respectively.
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- K Y Wu
- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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- Key Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China and Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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Zhang T, Xue PJ, Li YY, Peng M, Sun XF, Shi JH. [Clinical and prognostic analysis of acute pulmonary thromboembolism in the elderly]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2022; 45:539-545. [PMID: 35658377 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20211126-00839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To analyse the clinical characteristics and to explore the prognostic factors of acute pulmonary thromboembolism in the elderly. Methods: The medical records of inpatients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism discharged from Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 1, 2012, to February 1, 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. The eligible patients were divided into elderly group (≥ 60 years old) and non-elderly group (<60 years old). The clinical symptoms, complications, laboratory results, pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI) and mortality were compared between the two groups. Mortality was further compared among elderly patients of different age groups. Cox regression analysis was used to analyze the risk factors of 7-day and 30-day death in elderly patients with pulmonary embolism. Results: A total of 503 patients with acute pulmonary embolism were included, including 279 cases in the elderly group and 224 cases in the non-elderly group. The incidence of cardiac arrest was higher in the elderly group compared with non-elderly group, while the incidence of chest pain and hemoptysis was less common in the elderly group. The proportions of comorbidities, including diabetes, hypertension, and coronary heart disease were higher in the elderly group while the proportion of autoimmune diseases was higher in the non-elderly group. In terms of prognosis, the PESI score and 7-day and 30-day mortality in the elderly group were higher than those in the non-elderly group. The mortality of elderly patients increased with age. Cox univariate regression analysis showed that infection, hypoalbuminemia, hypocalcemia, elevated cardiac troponin(cTnI), elevated N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic pepride(NT-proBNP) and PESI grade were associated with 30-day death. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that PESI grade and decreased serum calcium concentration were independent risk factors for 7-day death of pulmonary embolism in elderly patients. PESI grade, decreased serum calcium concentration and infection were independent risk factors for 30-day death. Conclusions: The mortality of elderly patients with pulmonary embolism was higher than that of non-elderly patients, and the mortality increased gradually with age. PESI grade, decreased serum calcium concentration and infection were independent risk factors for 30-day death of pulmonary embolism in elderly patients.
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- T Zhang
- Department of pulmonary and critical care medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of pulmonary and critical care medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of pulmonary and critical care medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of pulmonary and critical care medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Zhang T, Luo JM, Peng M, Gao L, Tian XL, Xu WB, Liu HR, Shi JH, Feng R. [Waxing and waning pulmonary nodules and cavities]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2022; 45:475-479. [PMID: 35527463 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20211103-00768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We reported a case of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome presenting with recurrent pulmonary hemorrhage. A 22-year-old man was admitted for intermittent hemoptysis and chest pain during the past 18 months. Computed tomography of chest showed bilateral nodules and cavities with halo sign. Inflammatory markers, including erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C reactive protein and interleukin 6, were within normal range. The microbiological and pathological examination of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy failed to draw a diagnosis. The pulmonary lesions waxed and waned despite empirical antibacterial, antifungal, antimycobacterial, and anti-parasite treatment. Video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy showed pulmonary hemorrhage, hematoma, ossification, and fibrous nodules, suggesting vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The molecular testing revealed a heterozygous missense variant in the COL3A1 gene which confirmed the diagnosis of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The patient had no skin hyperextensibility or joint hypermobility. During 3-year follow-up, there were no evidence of other vascular or organ involvement except he had intermittent minor hemoptysis. Through this clinical pathological discussion, we aimed to remind pulmonologist to consider the possible diagnosis of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in young patients with recurrent hemoptysis and waxing and waning pulmonary nodules, cavities, or cysts on CT scan who has neither obvious systematic inflammation nor effective reaction on empirical antimicrobial therapy. Molecular testing should be carried out as soon as possible in a suspected patient to avoid unnecessary invasive examinations.
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- T Zhang
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Li YY, Zhang T, Gao L, Xu WB, Tian XL, Zhu YJ, Liu HR, Peng M, Shi JH, Feng R. [Subcutaneous nodules, mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2022; 45:387-391. [PMID: 35381637 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20210929-00688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A 52-year old man was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea on exertion for 2 months and subcutaneous nodules for 1 month. Chest enhanced CT showed bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Bronchial alveolar lavage fluid revealed a CD4+/CD8+ T cell subsets ratio of 4.3 and culture for acid-fast bacillus (AFB) was negative. The pathology of skin nodules and transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy guided by endoscopic ultrasound (EBUS-TBNA) revealed non-caseating necrotizing epithelioid granulomas with negative acid-fast bacilli staining and periodic acid-Schiff staining, which was compatible with sarcoidosis. The patient was diagnosed as sarcoidosis and glucocorticoid was administrated. The subcutaneous nodules were improved. However, the lymph nodes were enlarged instead of shrinking after 6-month therapy. The failure to respond to glucocorticoids raised the possibility of sarcoidosis complicated with tuberculosis infection. The patient received anti-tuberculosis therapy. Lymphadenopathy responded within 4 months, and there was complete regression after 18-month treatment. The patient was followed up for 5 years and repeated chest CT scan showed that the sizes of bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes were normal.
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- Y Y Li
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Wang G, Peng M, Wang Y, Chen Z, Zhu S. Preharvest Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment Delays Leaf Senescence of Chinese Flowering Cabbage During Storage by Reducing Water Loss and Activating Antioxidant Defense System. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:856646. [PMID: 35432398 PMCID: PMC9009452 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.856646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Leaf yellowing, an indicator of senescence, reduces commercial value of Chinese flowering cabbage after harvest. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) plays a dual role in mediating plant stress responses, but it is not clear whether and how it affects leaf senescence when exogenously stimulating the plants before harvest. Here, we found that preharvest application with low concentrations of H2O2 to root delays leaf senescence. Around 10 mM H2O2 reduced leaf yellowing rate by 8.2 and 26.4% relative to the control following 4 and 8 days storage, respectively. The H2O2-treated cabbages showed higher chlorophyll and lower relative expression of senescence-associated gene (SAG) BrSAG12 than the control. Proteomic analysis revealed 118 and 204 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in H2O2-treated plants at 4 and 8 days of storage, respectively. The main DEPs are involved in chlorophyll degradation and synthesis, water deprivation, antioxidant activity, and protections on chloroplast membranes. Decline of water loss in H2O2-treated cabbages was coincide with increase of proline contents and modulation of leaf stomatal aperture. Alleviation of oxidative stress was indicated by suppression of respiratory burst oxidase homolog and upregulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging-related genes. These results were also supported by the alleviation of lipid peroxidation and the protections on cell integrity and photochemical efficiency in H2O2-treated group. Collectively, preharvest H2O2 treatment alleviates water loss and activates antioxidant defense system, protects chloroplast membrane from oxidative damage, and ultimately delays leaf senescence during storage. This study provides novel insights into the roles of H2O2 for regulating leaf senescence of Chinese flowering cabbage.
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Peng M, Xu WB, Xu ZJ, Cai BQ, Zhu YJ, Liu HR, Zhang WH, Song L, Wang MZ, Li SQ, Shi JH, Feng R. [Diagnostic value of surgical lung biopsies for diffuse parenchymal lung disease: the change of disease spectrum in the past 28 years in a single institution in China]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2022; 45:255-260. [PMID: 35279988 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20211012-00712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the changes of disease spectrum in diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD) diagnosed by surgical lung biopsy, and to explore the diagnostic value of surgical lung biopsy in DPLD. Methods: Four hundred and fifty-five consecutive DPLD patients, who underwent surgical lung biopsy in Peking Union Medical College Hospital during the past 28 years, were analyzed retrospectively. Results: There were 211 males and 244 females. The average age at biopsy was (45±14) years. Four hundred and eleven cases (90.3%) were diagnosed by pathologic findings. Four hundred and forty-one cases (96.9%) were diagnosed by clinical-radiologic-pathologic multidisciplinary discussion. The 30-day mortality and 90-day mortality were 2.4% and 3.3% respectively. The disease spectrum included interstitial pneumonia in 209 cases (45.9%) (nonspecific interstitial pneumonia in 105 cases, usual interstitial pneumonia in 33 cases), other miscellaneous DPLD in 166 cases (36.5%) (including hypersensitivity pneumonitis in 49 cases), tumor in 39 cases (8.6%), and infectious diseases in 27 cases (5.9%). In the three consecutive periods (1993-2002, 2003-2012 and 2013-2020), the number of biopsies was 76 (16.7%), 297 (65.3%) and 82 (18%) respectively. The disease spectrum changes over time: in the above three periods, the percentage of interstitial pneumonia in DPLD was 68.4%, 45.1% and 28%, other miscellaneous DPLDs were 22.4%, 39.4% and 39.0%, the tumors were 2.6%, 7.4% and 18.3%, the infectious diseases were 5.3%, 5.1% and 9.8%. Conclusions: This study presented the changes of disease spectrum in DPLD diagnosed by surgical lung biopsy through single center real-world data, reflecting the progress of clinicians' understanding of DPLD and interstitial pneumonia. Surgical lung biopsy is still valuable for some difficult and complicated DPLD cases.
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- M Peng
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Sun X, Zhang T, Peng M, Wang Y, Feng RE, Shi J. [Bloody sputum with cavitary lesions on chest computed tomography scans: a case report]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2022; 45:191-194. [PMID: 35135089 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20210429-00298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This article reported a case of a middle-aged man with a 1-year history of intermittent cough and production of bloody sputum. Serum autoantibodies of the patient were negative. Early in the course of the disease, chest computed tomography (CT) scans showed a nodule in the right middle lung lobe with cavity formation. Surgical resection of the lesion was done with a postoperative pathological diagnosis of inflammatory pseudotumor. No treatment was given and his symptoms recurred with new patches in the right upper lobe. Pathology consultation from another hospital found vasculitis under the microscope and a diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis was made. His symptoms still worsened after glucocorticoid therapy. Final pathological consultation from Peking Union Medical College Hospital reached a diagnosis of pulmonary actinomycosis. Pulmonary lesions were absorbed after anti-infection treatment. The diagnosis and treatment of this patient provided more data for understanding of the relationship between infection and vasculitis among clinicians and pathologists.
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- X Sun
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Qiu K, Zeng T, Liao Y, Min J, Zhang N, Peng M, Kong W, Chen LL. Identification of Inflammation-Related Biomarker Pro-ADM for Male Patients With Gout by Comprehensive Analysis. Front Immunol 2022; 12:798719. [PMID: 35116032 PMCID: PMC8803656 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.798719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Objective Gout is a local inflammatory disease caused by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in joints or adjacent tissues. When some gout occurs without hyperuricemia, or its clinical symptoms and signs are not typical, the diagnosis of gout will be delayed, so there is an urgent need to find a new biomarker to predict and diagnose of gout flare. Our research attempts to find the key genes and potential molecular mechanisms of gout through bioinformatics analysis, and collected general data and blood biochemical samples of patients with gout and healthy, then analyzed and compared the expression of factors regulated by key genes. Method GSE160170 were downloaded from GEO database for analysis. The data were normalized to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs), then GO and KEGG enrichment analysis were applied. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks and hub genes between DEGs were identified. Then collect general information and blood samples from male patients with acute gout, hyperuricemia and healthy. ELISA method was used to detect pro-ADM levels of different groups, and the data was input into SPSS statistical software for analysis. Result We identified 266 DEGs (179 up-regulated and 87 down-regulated) between gout patients and healthy controls. GO analysis results show that DEGs are mostly enriched in inflammatory response, growth factor activity, cytokine activity, chemokine activity, S100 protein binding and CXCR chemokine receptor binding. KEGG pathway analysis showed that DEGs are mainly related to Chemokine signaling pathway and Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction. ADM, CXCR1, CXCR6, CXCL3, CCL3, CCL18, CCL3L3, CCL4L1, CD69, CD83, AREG, EREG, B7RP1, HBEGF, NAMPT and S100B are the most important hub genes in the PPI network. We found that the expression of pro-ADM in the gout group and hyperuricemia group was higher than that in the healthy group, and the difference was statistically significant. Conclusion In this study, a series of bioinformatics analyses were performed on DEGs to identify key genes and pathways related to gout. Through clinical verification, we found that pro-ADM can be used as an inflammation-related biomarker for acute attacks of gout, providing new ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of gout.
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- Kangli Qiu
- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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Wu Y, Peng M, Gao Y, Pei J, Zhang Y, Li S, Fang J, Wei Y. Nonomuraea nitratireducens Qu et al. 2020 is a later heterotypic synonym of Nonomuraea phyllanthi Klykleung et al. 2020. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71. [PMID: 34546871 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nonomuraea nitratireducens WYY166T was compared with Nonomuraea phyllanthi PA1-10T to examine the taxonomic relationship between the two type strains. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of N. nitratireducens WYY166T had high similarity (99.9 %) to that of N. phyllanthi PA1-10T. The results of phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the two strains formed a tight cluster within the genus Nonomuraea. Draft genomic comparison between the two strains revealed an average nucleotide identity of 99.3 % and a digital DNA-DNA hybridization estimate of 94.4±1.8 %, strongly indicating that the two strains represented a single species. In addition, neither strain displayed any striking difference in metabolic, physiological or chemotaxonomic features. Therefore, we propose Nonomuraea nitratireducens as a later heterotypic synonym of Nonomuraea phyllanthi.
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- Yong Wu
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, PR China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, PR China
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- State key laboratory of marine geology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, PR China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, PR China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, PR China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, PR China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, PR China.,National Engineering Research Center for Oceanic Fisheries, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, PR China
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Cui X, Weng Y, Feng J, Jin Y, Xu Z, Wang P, Ruan P, Luo J, Luo P, Peng M. 64P Prognostic value of tertiary lymphoid structures in cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.344] [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: 10/20/2022] Open
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Qiu K, Li K, Zeng T, Liao Y, Min J, Zhang N, Peng M, Kong W, Chen LL. Integrative Analyses of Genes Associated with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. J Immunol Res 2021; 2021:8263829. [PMID: 34493981 PMCID: PMC8418929 DOI: 10.1155/2021/8263829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Hashimoto's thyroiditis, also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, is a common autoimmune thyroiditis, which mostly occurs in young and middle-aged women. It can be manifested as hyperthyroidism in the early stage; hypothyroidism may appear with the progression of the disease. Studies have shown that multiple factors such as heredity, environment, and autoimmunity are involved in the pathogenesis, but the specific mechanism is not clear. In our study, we tried to find key genes and potential molecular mechanisms of Hashimoto's thyroiditis to provide new ideas for the therapeutic targets of Hashimoto's thyroiditis. METHOD GSE138198 and GSE54958 were downloaded from the GEO database, and two datasets were combined for analysis. The combined data were normalized to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs), and GO and KEGG enrichment analyses were performed. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks and hub genes between DEGs were identified. We also used the miRWalk database to identify regulatory miRNAs associated with expressions of DEGs. RESULT We identified 182 DEGs (160 upregulated and 22 downregulated) between Hashimoto's disease patients and the healthy control group. GO analysis showed that DEGs were mostly concentrated in detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception, intermediate filament cytoskeleton, and olfactory receptor activity. KEGG pathway analysis showed that DEGs were mainly related to olfactory transduction. Some members of the KRTAP family and HTR5A, KNG1, DRD3, HTR1D, TAS2R16, INSL5, TAS2R42, and GRM7 are the most important hub genes in the PPI network. In addition, we recognized that OTUD4, LLPH, and ECHDC1 were the most important hub genes in the miRNA-target gene network. CONCLUSION In this study, a series of bioinformatics analyses of DEGs were performed to identify the key genes and pathways associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. These genes and pathways provide a more detailed understanding of the pathogenesis of Hashimoto's disease and provide new ideas for the therapeutic targets of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
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- Kangli Qiu
- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Network and Computing Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan 430022, China
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Zhang T, Peng M, Shi JH. [Pathogenesis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis with respiratory system involvement]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2021; 44:670-673. [PMID: 34256455 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20200817-00904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Zhang Y, Ma L, Peng M, Wang L. Effects of the miR-29c/PTEN axis on the PI3 K/Akt/NF-kB pathway in a rat model of severe pneumonia. All Life 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/26895293.2021.1922511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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- Yun Zhang
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo, People’s Republic of China
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Zhou C, Jiang L, Dong X, Gu K, Pan Y, Shi Q, Zhang G, Wang H, Zhang X, Yang N, Li Y, Xiong J, Yi T, Peng M, Song Y, Fan Y, Cui J, Chen G, Tan W, Zang A, Guo Q, Zhao G, Wang Z, He J, Yao W, Wu X, Chen K, Hu X, Hu C, Yue L, Jiang D, Wang G, Liu J, Yu G. MA01.04 A Randomized Study Comparing Cisplatin/Paclitaxel Liposome vs Cisplatin/Gemcitabine in Chemonaive, Advanced Squamous NSCLC. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.200] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Small modular reactors (SMRs) are suitable for deployment in isolated underdeveloped areas to support highly localized microgrids. In order to achieve almost autonomous operation for reducing the cost of operating personnel, an autonomous control system with decision-making capability is needed. In this paper, a decision-making method based on Bayesian optimization algorithm (BOA) is proposed to explore the optimal operation scheme under fault conditions. BOA is used to adjust exploration strategy of operation scheme according to observations (operation schemes previously explored). To measure the feasibility of each operation scheme, an objective function that considers security and economy is established. BOA attempts to obtain the optimal operation scheme with maximum of the objective function in as few iterations as possible. To verify the proposed method, all main pump powered off fault is simulated by RELAP5 code. The optimal operation scheme of the fault is applied, the transient result shows that all key parameters are within safe limits and SMR is maintained at relatively high power, which means that BOA has the decision-making capability to get an optimal operation scheme on fault conditions.
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Peng M, Chen Z, Deng Q, Zhu S, Wang G. The roles of luteolin in peanut shell extract - Mediated protection of erythrocytes against hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase-induced toxicity. FOOD BIOSCI 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2020.100826] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Lin JJ, Zhang T, Peng M, Shi JH. [Clinical features of pulmonary artery involvement in Takayasu's arteritis and recent advances]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2021; 44:54-59. [PMID: 33412625 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20200316-00349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Min J, Hu X, Zhang J, Zeng T, Wang Y, Tian S, Liu G, Zhong X, Qiu K, Peng M, Chen L. Short-Term Changes in Metabolically Healthy Overweight/Obesity Status Impact the Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes in Chinese Adults. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes 2021; 14:2561-2571. [PMID: 34135608 PMCID: PMC8200172 DOI: 10.2147/dmso.s313475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Changes in transition from metabolically healthy overweight/obesity (MHO) to metabolically unhealthy overweight/obesity (MUO) are associated with the risk for cardiometabolic complications. This study aims to investigate the effects of short-term dynamic changes in body mass index (BMI) and metabolic status on the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and to identify biological predictors for the MHO-to-MUO transition. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 4604 subjects from the REACTION study were included for a 3-year follow-up. Subjects were categorized based on their BMI and metabolic syndrome status. Overweight/obesity was defined as BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2. Metabolically healthy was defined as having two or fewer of the metabolic syndrome components proposed by the Chinese Diabetes Society. Thus, subjects were divided into four groups: metabolically healthy normal weight (MHNW), MHO, metabolically unhealthy normal weight (MUNW), and MUO. RESULTS Compared with MHNW, MHO was not predisposed to an increased risk for T2D (OR 1.08, 95% CI 0.64-1.83, P = 0.762). However, a 3-year transition probability of 20.6% was identified for subjects who shifted from MHO to MUO; this conversion increased the risk of T2D by 3-fold (OR 3.04, 95% CI 1.21-7.68, P = 0.018). The fatty liver index independently predicted the MHO-to-MUO transition with an OR 3.14 (95% CI 1.56-7.46, P = 0.002) when comparing the fourth quartile to the first quartile. CONCLUSION This study reveals that metabolic changes affect the short-term susceptibility to T2D in the overweight/obese Chinese population, and the fatty liver index is an efficient clinical parameter for identifying those with a metabolic deterioration risk.
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- Jie Min
- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
- Correspondence: Lulu Chen Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86 27 8572 6082Fax +86 27 8535 6365 Email
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Zhang TT, Yu ZK, Xiu CF, Bai YT, Peng M, Guo ZH. Changes of plasma Von Willebrand factor and Von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease levels in pregnancy-induced hypertension. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2020; 34:1147-1152. [PMID: 32608221 DOI: 10.23812/19-514-l-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Department of Obstetrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun City, China
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun City, China
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- Department of Gynaecology II, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun City, China
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- Department of Gynaecology I, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun City, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun City, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun City, China
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Xie Y, Gou L, Peng M, Zheng J, Chen L. Effects of soluble fiber supplementation on glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clin Nutr 2020; 40:1800-1810. [PMID: 33162192 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [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: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Soluble dietary fiber is prompted as an important part of reducing blood glucose, ameliorating insulin resistance and controlling body weight. Thus, we performed this systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to quantify and synthesize the effects of soluble fiber supplementation on glycemic control and BMI modification in adults with type 2 diabetes. METHODS We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Cochrane databases until February 13, 2020 to identify RCTs that detected the effects of soluble fiber supplementation on glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes. A random-effects model with the generic inverse variance method was used to analyze the pooled data. The meta-regression and subgroup analyses were conducted to identify the variables that influenced the pooled results. The robust error meta-regression model was used to conduct the dose-response test. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system was undertaken to evaluate the overall quality of the evidence. RESULTS A total of 29 RCTs (33 comparisons) involving 1517 participants were identified in this meta-analysis. Results showed that supplemental soluble dietary fiber significantly reduced glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c, MD -0.63%, 95% CI [-0.90, -0.37]; P < 0.00001), fasting plasma glucose (FPG, MD -0.89 mmol/L, 95% CI [-1.28, -0.51]; P < 0.00001), fasting insulin (SMD -0.48, 95% CI [-0.80, -0.17]; P = 0.003), homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR, SMD -0.58, 95% CI [-0.86, -0.29], P < 0.0001), fructosamine (SMD -1.03, 95% CI [-1.51, -0.55]; P < 0.0001), 2-h postprandial plasma glucose (SMD -0.74, 95% CI [-1.00, -0.48]; P < 0.00001), and BMI (SMD -0.31, 95% CI [-0.61, -0.00], P = 0.05) compared with control diets in patients with type 2 diabetes. Specifically, dose-response meta-analyses presented that a daily dosage of 7.6-8.3 g was recommended. CONCLUSION Intake of soluble fiber supplementation is effective in improving glycemic control and BMI level in type 2 diabetes and is also a convenient way to help individuals meet standard dietary fiber needs. But due to the evidence of substantial heterogeneity in most pooled estimates, further long-term and high-quality RCTs are needed.
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- Yajuan Xie
- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430022, China; Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430022, China; Department of Endocrinology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430022, China; Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430022, China; Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430022, China; Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Wuhan, China.
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Chen YL, Wang H, Zhou YN, Lu ZH, Peng M, Sun F, Huang YH. [Epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in Wuchang district of Wuhan]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2020; 41:1616-1622. [PMID: 33297617 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200412-00565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To analyzes epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 and provide evidence for adjustment for COVID-19 prevention and control strategies. Methods: The data of COVID-19 cases in Wuchang district reported as of 19 March, 2020 were obtained from National Notifiable Disease Report System of Chinese Disease Prevention and Control Information System. The software's of Excel 2010, SPSSS 22.0, Arc GIS10.2 and Joinpoint regression program 4.8.0.0 were used for statistical analysis. Results: A total of 7547 COVID-19 cases had been reported as of 19 March, 2020 in Wuchang district, including 5 448 confirmed cases (72.19%), 2009 clinical diagnosed cases (26.62%) and 90 asymptomatic cases case (1.19%). The age of the cases was (56.65±16.25) years and age ranged from 2 days to 105 years among confirmed cases, 2634 were males (48.35%) and 2814 were females (51.65%), 2 492 were retirees (45.74%). A total of 545 health workers were infected with SARS-CoV-2 (7.22% of all cases) including 365 confirmed cases and 5 cases have died. A total of 430 cases of death were reported with case fatality rate of 7.89% (430/5 448), case fatality rate of males (10.9%, 266/2 634) was higher than that of females (5.82%, 164/2 814). The first phase of epidemic peak was from January 24 to January 26, the second phase of epidemic peak was from February 1 to February 5 and there was no one of new confirmed case in one day for the first time on March 18. The first four Streets with the highest incidence rates of confirmed cases were Huanghelou Street (1 043.77/100 000), Ziyang Street (627.97/100 000), Yangyuan Street (503.67/100 000) and Shuiguohu Street (486.02/100 000). Compared with females, aged ≤50 years and mild cases of clinical classification respectively, males (RR=0.690, 95%CI: 0.322-1.478), aged >50 years (RR=11.745, 95%CI: 6.878-20.058), severe cases (RR=2.317, 95%CI: 1.789-3.000) and critical cases of clinical classification (RR=10.794, 95%CI: 7.997-14.569), and gender time-dependent covariate (RR=1.392, 95%CI: 1.053-1.840) were major influencing factors of prognosis of COVID-19 confirmed cases. Conclusions: The gender, ages and occupation of distribution were wide among COVID-19 cases in Wuchang district. Males, aged >50 years, severe cases and critical cases of clinical classification were influencing factors of prognosis of COVID-19 confirmed cases. The standardized management of discharged cases, asymptomatic infected cases and close contact persons were main measures to reduce incidence rates of COVID-19 cases.
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- Jiyuqiao Street Community Health Service Center of Wuchang District of Wuhan, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Wuhan Wuchang District Health Bureau, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430071, China
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Zhang X, Peng M, Feng C, Wang H, Gong P, Jiang T, Xie Y, Yang D, Yuan K, Chen J, Li Y, Liu D, Liu X, Xu G. Nomogram predicting early neurological improvement in ischaemic stroke patients treated with endovascular thrombectomy. Eur J Neurol 2020; 28:152-160. [PMID: 32897575 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Early neurological improvement (ENI) after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) has been associated with favorable outcomes. This study aimed to identify the optimal definition of ENI and develop a nomogram for predicting ENI after EVT in acute ischaemic stroke. METHODS Patients with EVT were enrolled from a multicenter registry as the training cohort. The receiver operating characteristic curve was used to estimate the optimal threshold for ENI at 24 h of EVT. Logistic regression analysis was utilized to generate the best-fit nomogram for predicting ENI. The discrimination of the nomogram was assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). An additional 447 patients from two stroke centers were prospectively recruited as the test cohort for validating the nomogram. RESULTS A total of 612 patients with EVT were included in the training cohort. The optimal threshold for predicting 3-month favorable outcome (modified Rankin Scale 0-2) was an improvement of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score by ≥6 points (AUC 0.875; sensitivity 79.5%; specificity 90.7%). Age, blood glucose, recanalization, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) and baseline Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (ASPECTS) were independently associated with ENI, and were incorporated in the nomogram. The AUC of the nomogram was 0.795 in the training cohort and 0.752 in the test cohort. CONCLUSIONS A reduction of NIHSS score ≥6 appeared to be the optimal definition of ENI. The nomogram composed of age, blood glucose, recanalization, sICH and baseline ASPECTS may predict the probability of ENI in ischaemic stroke patients treated with EVT.
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- The Hospital of PLA Hong Kong Garrison, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Neurology, The 89th Hospital of The People's Liberation Army, Weifang, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Pang X, Zhang L, Liu N, Liu B, Chen Z, Li H, Chen M, Peng M, Ren H, Hu P. Combination of pegylated interferon-alpha and nucleos(t)ide analogue treatment enhances the activity of natural killer cells in nucleos(t)ide analogue experienced chronic hepatitis B patients. Clin Exp Immunol 2020; 202:80-92. [PMID: 32638357 DOI: 10.1111/cei.13486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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A combination of pegylated interferon-alpha (peg-IFN-α) and nucleos(t)ides analogue (NA) therapy can effectively reduce hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), especially in NA-experienced chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients. However, the immune mechanism of this therapy is unclear. Forty NA-experienced CHB patients were enrolled into this study. The frequencies of peripheral blood natural killer (NK) cells, dendritic cells (DCs), CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, T helper (Th) cells, regulatory T cells (Treg ), B cells and follicular T helper (Tfh) cells were evaluated by flow cytometry. Seven of the 40 patients converted to peg-IFN-α combined with NA treatment, while the other 33 continued to NA therapy. The decrease in HBsAg was more pronounced in the combination treatment group, and only patients receiving combination treatment achieved HBsAg loss. The frequency and absolute number of CD56bright NK cells in the combination treatment group increased significantly compared with the NA treatment group, whereas the CD56dim NK cells were decreased. In the NA treatment group, the proportions of CD4+ TN , CD8+ TN , CD19+ B and cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4)+ CD4+ T cells were increased, while the proportions of CD4+ TEM , CD8+ TEM , CD25+ CD4+ Treg , CD25high CD4+ Treg , CD127low CD25+ Treg , programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)+ CD4+ T, PD-1+ CD8+ T, CTLA-4+ CD8+ T, CCR4+ CD25+ Treg and CCR4+ CD25high Treg cells were decreased after therapy. For NA-experienced CHB patients who achieved low HBsAg levels, combination treatment is more likely to result in HBsAg decline and HBsAg clearance by increasing the activity of CD56bright NK cells.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Viral Hepatitis, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Viral Hepatitis, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Viral Hepatitis, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Viral Hepatitis, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Viral Hepatitis, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Viral Hepatitis, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Viral Hepatitis, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Viral Hepatitis, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Viral Hepatitis, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Viral Hepatitis, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Chen SS, Peng M, Zhou GZ, Pu YC, Yi MC, Zhu Y, Jiang B. Long non-coding RNA HOTAIR regulates the development of non-small cell lung cancer through miR-217/DACH1 signaling pathway. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2020; 23:670-678. [PMID: 30720199 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201901_16905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Long non-coding RNA HOX transcript antisense RNA (HOTAIR) is reported to make chromatin state, cell growth and cancer metastasis. However, the role of HOTAIR in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains unknown. The aim of this study was to explore the regulatory mechanism of HOTAIR in NSCLC in relation to miR-217/Dachshund homolog 1 (DACH1) signaling pathway. MATERIALS AND METHODS The expression levels of HOTAIR and miR-217 were measured by quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) in NSCLC cell lines and human bronchial epithelial cell line HBE. The direct target of HOTAIR and miR-217 in NSCLC was confirmed by a Luciferase reporter assay. The expression of DACH1 protein was examined by Western blot (WB) assay. Cell migration and invasion were examined with transwell assays, and cell proliferation was measured by Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK8) assay. RESULTS HOTAIR was up-regulated and miR-217 was down-regulated in NSCLC cell lines. Silencing of HOTAIR significantly repressed cell proliferation and inhibited cell migration and invasion in H1299 and A549 cells by facilitating miR-217 expression. Moreover, bioinformatics analysis and Luciferase reporter assay confirmed that DACH1 was a target of miR-217. Furthermore, the overexpression of miR-217 markedly repressed cell proliferation and inhibited cell migration and invasion in H1299 and A549 cells. DACH1 reverses the effects of miR-217 overexpression in NSCLC cells. CONCLUSIONS HOTAIR was up-regulated in NSCLC cell and regulates the proliferation, migration, invasion through the miR-217/DACH1 signaling pathway. It provides a novel potential treatment strategy for NSCLC.
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- Department of Surgery, Chuxiong Medical College, Chuxiong, China.
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Tian XL, Peng M, Wang HP, Cai BQ, Xu WB, Zhu YJ, Li TS, Zhu HD, Song L, Wang MZ, Zhang L, Shi JH. [The differential diagnosis for novel coronavirus pneumonia and similar lung diseases in general hospitals]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2020; 43:401-408. [PMID: 32153167 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20200221-00136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Novel coronavirus pneumonia was a novel coronavirus infection that has dominated pulmonary infection since December 2019. The main manifestations were fever, dry cough, shortness of breath, normal or leukopenia in peripheral blood and changes in chest CT and in severe cases, multiple organ failure might occur. The National Health Commission, PRC has revised the consensus on diagnosis and treatment seven times in a short period of time, indicating the growing understanding of the disease. Patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia usually had history of travelling or living in the epidemic area including Wuhan within 14 days before onset, or have been exposed to patients who had fever or respiratory symptoms from the epidemic area, or had clustering diseases. However, novel coronavirus pneumonia was becoming more and more blurred after vanishing epidemic. The diagnosis and differential diagnosis of novel coronavirus pneumonia were challenges not only because of large number of tourists increasing dramatically after the relieving of epidemic, but also patients with other diseases from different areas to search for medical care. In this article, the clinical and chest imaging features of the novel coronavirus pneumonia were reviewed and compared with other infections and non-infectious diffuse pulmonary diseases. We try to find the similarities and differences among them, and to identify clues to the diagnosis of novel coronavirus pneumonia, so as to ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment.
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department Infection Disease, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Emergency, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Gao C, Sun X, Huang J, Peng M, Sun XF, Zhang T, Shi JH. [The clinical features and prognosis of interstitial lung disease patients with positive anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2020; 43:362-368. [PMID: 32294819 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20191205-00813] [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: 06/11/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the clinical features and prognosis of interstitial lung disease patients with positive anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody. Methods: The patients with interstitial lung disease who visited Peking Union Medical College Hospital from March 2006 to March 2016 were divided into three groups: interstitial lung disease with ANCA-positive(ANCA-ILD), connective tissue disease associated interstitial lung disease and interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (CTD-ILD/IPAF) and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP). The three groups were analyzed in terms of clinical manifestations, serology, lung function, imaging, survival and recurrence. Results: Two hundred and seventy four patients were enrolled and 38 (14%) were ANCA-positive of whom 16 were male and 22 were female. The age of 38 ANCA-positive patients was (59±10) years and the follow-up time was (52±31) months. Seven among the 38 ANCA-positive patients died and the death rate is 18.42%. The ANCA-positive patients with interstitial lung disease have higher onset age (ANCA-ILD:59±10,CTD-ILD/IPAF:52±10,IIP:53±11,H=19.29, P<0.001), lower hemoglobin (ANCA-ILD: 129±21, CTD-ILD/IPAF: 138±15, IIP: 140±19, H=8.17, P=0.017), higher erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ANCA-ILD:45±35, CTD-ILD/IPAF:26±24,IIP:19±22,H=19.73, P<0.001), lower lung function improvement rate after treatment (ANCA-ILD:31%,CTD-ILD/IPAF:59%,IIP: 39%,χ(2)=11.74,P=0.003), lower absorption rate of CT lesion (ANCA-ILD:61%,CTD-ILD/IPAF:82%,IIP:67%, χ(2)=9.23,P=0.010) and higher death rate(ANCA-ILD:18%,CTD-ILD/IPAF:6%,IIP:12%, χ(2)=7.16,P=0.028). Conclusions: There are significant differences in clinical characteristics between ANCA-positive patients and other types of pulmonary interstitial disease. And both the treatment effect and the prognosis is poor for the ANCA-positive patients.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Zhang B, Peng M, Cheng S, Sun L. A decision-making method based on Bayesian optimization algorithm for small modular reactor. KERNTECHNIK 2020. [DOI: 10.3139/124.190105] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Small modular reactors (SMRs) are suitable for deployment in isolated underdeveloped areas to support highly localized microgrids. In order to achieve almost autonomous operation for reducing the cost of operating personnel, an autonomous control system with decision-making capability is needed. In this paper, a decision-making method based on Bayesian optimization algorithm (BOA) is proposed to explore the optimal operation scheme under fault conditions. BOA is used to adjust exploration strategy of operation scheme according to observations (operation schemes previously explored). To measure the feasibility of each operation scheme, an objective function that considers security and economy is established. BOA attempts to obtain the optimal operation scheme with maximum of the objective function in as few iterations as possible. To verify the proposed method, all main pump powered off fault is simulated by RELAP5 code. The optimal operation scheme of the fault is applied, the transient result shows that all key parameters are within safe limits and SMR is maintained at relatively high power, which means that BOA has the decision-making capability to get an optimal operation scheme on fault conditions.
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Gong X, Shan W, Yuan K, Lu Z, Zhang M, Lu J, Zhang X, Huang X, Guo H, Peng M, Liu X, Zhao X, Xu G. Dietary Inflammatory Index and Leukoaraiosis in Patients with Ischemic Stroke. J Nutr Health Aging 2020; 24:473-477. [PMID: 32346684 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-020-1351-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Diet may change the chronic levels of systemic inflammation, which in turn influence the development of leukoaraiosis (LA). This study aimed to examine the association between dietary inflammatory index (DII) and LA in patients with ischemic stroke. METHODS Patients with first-ever ischemic stroke were enrolled from two centers. A semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to evaluate diet contents. The DII score of each patient was calculated based on the reported diet contents. Presence and degree of LA were evaluated with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. LA was graded according to Fazekas scale. RESULTS Of the 497 enrolled patients, 337 (67.8%) were detected with LA. Patients with LA had a higher DII score (0.23 vs -0.88, P < 0.001). Logistic regression analysis detected that patients with highest quartile of DII score had an OR of 3.61 (95% CI: 2.05-6.36, P < 0.001) for LA compared with those with lowest quartile of DII. After adjusting for major confounders, the highest DII quartile remained as an independent predictor for LA (OR = 2.66, 95% CI: 1.41-5.00, P = 0.008). CONCLUSIONS A pro-inflammatory diet pattern, as indicated by higher DII values, appears to be associated with a higher risk of LA. This result suggested that dietary-mediated inflammation may involved in the pathogenesis of LA, which warrant further study.
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- Gelin Xu, Department of Neurology, Jinling Hospital, First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, 305 East Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu Province, China. Tel: (+) 86- 18951919349; E-Mail: ; Xiongfei Zhao, Department of Neurology, Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Hospital of Meishan, Meishan 620000, Sichuan, China. Tel: (+) 86-13609147368;
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Li Y, Peng M, Zeng T, Zheng J, Liao Y, Zhang H, Yang S, Chen L. Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 4 Regulates Adipose Tissue Lipolysis in Type 1 Diabetic Mice. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes 2020; 13:535-544. [PMID: 32161480 PMCID: PMC7049750 DOI: 10.2147/dmso.s235869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Hypertriglyceridemia is considered to be driven by increased lipolysis in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). However, information regarding the transcriptional circuitry that governs lipolysis remains incomplete in T1DM. Protein arginine methyltransferase 4 (PRMT4), a transcriptional coactivation factor, promotes autophagy and may play an important role in lipolysis. We wonder whether activated lipolysis in T1DM is regulated by PRMT4. MATERIALS AND METHODS Recombinant adeno-associated virus was adopted to overexpress PRMT4 in adipose tissue of mice. Streptozotocin (150 mg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally into mice to induce T1DM. Plasma insulin, triglycerides, free fatty acids (FFAs) levels were determined using commercial assay kits. Differentiated adipocytes were applied to verify the regulation of PRMT4 on lipolysis. RESULTS Elevated serum triglycerides and FFAs were observed in PRMT4-overexpressed T1DM mice. We also observed that PRMT4 over-expression induced the decrease of fat pads weights and adipocyte sizes. Moreover, expression levels of lipolysis-related molecules, including ATGL, HSL, and MAGL, and HSL phosphorylation levels were increased in PRMT4-overexpressed mice when compared to those of control mice. In vitro, PRMT4 promoted FFAs release and activated HSL phosphorylation, whereas PRMT4 knockdown inhibited these processes. CONCLUSION PRMT4 promotes lipolysis and increases serum triglyceride in T1DM.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430022, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430022, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430022, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430022, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430022, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430022, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430022, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430022, People’s Republic of China
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Lubbers RJM, Liwanag AJ, Peng M, Dilokpimol A, Benoit-Gelber I, de Vries RP. Evolutionary adaptation of Aspergillus niger for increased ferulic acid tolerance. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 128:735-746. [PMID: 31674709 PMCID: PMC7027748 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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AIMS To create an Aspergillus niger mutant with increased tolerance against ferulic acid using evolutionary adaptation. METHODS AND RESULTS Evolutionary adaptation of A. niger N402 was performed by consecutive growth on increasing concentrations of ferulic acid in the presence of 25 mmol l-1 d-fructose, starting from 0·5 mmol l-1 and ending with 5 mmol l-1 ferulic acid. The A. niger mutant obtained after six months, named Fa6, showed increased ferulic acid tolerance compared to the parent. In addition, Fa6 has increased ferulic acid consumption and a higher conversion rate, suggesting that the mutation affects aromatic metabolism of this species. Transcriptome analysis of the evolutionary mutant on ferulic acid revealed a distinct gene expression profile compared to the wild type. Further analysis of this mutant and the parent strain provided the first experimental confirmation that A. niger converts coniferyl alcohol to ferulic acid. CONCLUSIONS The evolutionary adaptive A. niger mutant Fa6 has beneficial mutations that increase the tolerance, conversion rate and uptake of ferulic acid. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study demonstrates that evolutionary adaptation is a powerful tool to modify micro-organisms towards increased tolerance to harsh conditions, which is beneficial for various industrial applications.
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- Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
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- Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Du J, Hu C, Bai J, Peng M, Wang Q, Zhao N, Wang Y, Wang G, Tao K, Wang G, Xia Z. Intestinal Glucose Absorption Was Reduced by Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy via Decreased Gastric Leptin Secretion. Obes Surg 2019; 28:3851-3861. [PMID: 29915972 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-018-3351-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The unique effects of gastric resection after vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) on type 2 diabetes mellitus remain unclear. This work aimed to investigate the effects of VSG on gastric leptin expression and intestinal glucose absorption in high-fat diet-induced obesity. METHODS Male C57BL/6J mice were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) to induce obesity. HFD mice were randomized into VSG and sham-operation groups, and the relevant parameters were measured at 8 weeks postoperation. RESULTS Higher gastric leptin expression and increased intestinal glucose transport were observed in the HFD mice. Furthermore, VSG reduced gastric leptin expression and the intestinal absorption of alimentary glucose. Both exogenous leptin replenishment during the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and the addition of leptin into the everted isolated jejunum loops in vitro restored the glucose transport capacity in VSG-operated mice, and this effect was abolished when the glucose transporter GLUT2 was blocked with phloretin. Moreover, phloretin almost completely suppressed glucose transport in the HFD mice. Intestinal immunohistochemistry in the obese mice showed increased GLUT2 and diminished sodium glucose co-transporter 1 (SGLT-1) in the apical membrane of enterocytes. Decreased GLUT2 and enhanced SGLT1 were observed following VSG. VSG also reduced the phosphorylation status of protein kinase C isoenzyme β II (PKCβ II) in the jejunum, which was stimulated by the combination of leptin and glucose. CONCLUSION Our data demonstrated that the decreased secretion of gastric leptin in VSG results in a decrease in intestinal glucose absorption via modulation of GLUT2 translocation.
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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Traill RM, Luckman MS, Fisk NA, Peng M. Application of the Rate-All-That-Apply (RATA) method to differentiate the visual appearance of milk powders using trained sensory panels. Int Dairy J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2019.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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