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Yang L, Wang D, Zuo J, Yang P, Tang X, Yang X. Pathological fracture increases the risk of unsatisfactory functional results and avascular necrosis in children with proximal femur simple bone cysts. Injury 2024; 55:111068. [PMID: 37798196 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.111068] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Proximal femur simple bone cysts (SBCs) are rare in children, but with a risk of pathological fractures and the associated poor outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the functional and radiographic outcomes of children with proximal femur SBCs. PATIENTS AND METHODS 38 children with proximal femur SBCs treated surgically at our department, West China hospital, were enrolled in the study. Patients were divided into two groups according to whether pathological fractures presented before treatment. The non-fracture group received treatment of open curettage, cavity electrocauterization, bone grafting, and fixation (proximal femoral plate, intramedullary nail or Kirschner wire). The pathological fracture group received the same procedures of curettage, electrocauterization, grafting, and fixation. Autogenous iliac bone grafting was done in all cases, and the artificial bone was used as a supplementary based on the size of the cavity. Postoperatively, all patients underwent hip spica or similar orthosis immobilization for six weeks and received the same rehabilitation program after the removal of hip spica. Patients were evaluated by two independent observers, including the functional results based on the Ratliff's criteria, avascular necrosis, healing rate based on the Neer scoring system, coxa vara, and premature physeal arrest. We described the good outcome in Ratliff's criteria as "Satisfactory results", and fair and poor outcomes as "Unsatisfactory results." Grade 1 and grade 2 Neer results were termed as failures in treatment, and grades 3 and 4 were considered successes and healing. RESULTS 38 patients with 38 hips (18 on the left side and 20 on the right side) were evaluated, including 9 females and 29 males, with a mean age of 9.0±2.6 years old (range, 5 to 14 years). There was no significant difference between these two groups in the baseline data of gender, age, side, grafting, staging, and fixation methods. The rate of unsatisfactory functional results in the pathological fractures group was 56.3% (9/16), significantly higher than that in patients without fracture (22.7%, 5/22. p= 0.047). There was also a significant difference in avascular necrosis of the femoral head between the pathological fractures group (7/16) and the group without fracture (2/22, p=0.021). Thirty cases presented with healing, including 13 in the fractures group and 17 in the non-fracture group (p=1.000), and eight cases were graded as failures (2 cases of grade 1 and 6 cases of grade 2). There were also no significant differences between these two groups in premature physeal arrest (2 in fracture group and 1 in non-fracture group, P=0.562), and Coxa vara (3 in the fracture group and 0 in non-fracture group, P=0.066). CONCLUSIONS Pathological fracture significantly increases the risk of unsatisfactory functional results and avascular necrosis of the femoral head in patients with femoral neck SBCs. Prophylactic treatment and fixation of SBCs in weight bearing proximal femur region is better to manage without complications than managing with pathological fractures.
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- Lei Yang
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Master of science in occupational therapy (Msc OT), Rehabilitation Medicine Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China.
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Yang P, Zeng CZ, Tao XW, Rong SW, Long Y, Zeng LK. [Zellweger syndrome caused by PEX6 gene variation in 2 cases and literature review]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2024; 62:43-48. [PMID: 38154976 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112140-20230914-00191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Objective: To summarize the clinical features and genetic characteristics of Zellweger spectrum disorder caused by PEX6 gene variation. Methods: This was a case series research. Clinical date and genetic results of 2 neonatal cases of Zellweger syndrome caused by PEX6 gene variation in Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology and Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University from July 2021 to July 2022 were retrospectively collected and analyzed. Literature up to August 2023 was searched from electronic databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data and PubMed with the combined keywords of "Zellweger syndrome" "Zellweger spectrum disorder", and "PEX6 gene" both in Chinese and English. The main clinical features and genetic characteristics of Zellweger spectrum disorder caused by PEX6 gene variation were summarized. Results: The 2 male neonates both developed clinical manifestations as dyspnea, hypotonia, feeding difficulties, enlarged fontanelle, and high palatine arch after birth. Biochemical parameters indicated elevated bile acids, and the cranial ultrasound showed the enlarged bilateral ventricles and subependymal cyst in both 2 neonates. Zellweger syndrome was confirmed by whole exome sequencing, and the results revealed PEX6 gene variation in the 2 neonates, including compound heterozygous variants c.315G>A and c.2095-3T>G, and homozygous variant c.506_507del. Case 1 was hospitalized for 5 days, and case 2 for 32 days; they both died shortly after being discharged (the specific time is unknown). Literature review found 26 patients, including 2 neonates in this study, with Zellweger spectrum disorder caused by PEX6 gene defect reported in 1 Chinese article and 11 English articles. Clinical features included hearing loss (19 cases), developmental delay (19 cases), vision impairment (19 cases), elevated very long chain fatty acids (17 cases), brain malformations (15 cases), hypotonia (12 cases), hepatic insufficiency (12 cases), distinctive facies (10 cases), and dental impairment (9 cases). Compound heterozygous variations dominated the variation types (15 cases), and the frameshift variations (16 cases) were the main pathogenic variations. Conclusions: Zellweger spectrum disorder should be considered when neonates show hypotonia, feeding difficulty, distinctive facial appearance, brain malformations and failure of hearing screening, or when older children show retinitis pigmentosa, sensorineural hearing loss, amelogenesis imperfecta and developmental delays. Detection of genetic variation in the PEX gene is crucial for definitive diagnosis.
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- P Yang
- School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, China
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- Division of Neonatology, Wuhan Children's Hospital (Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital), Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430000, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, China
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- Division of Neonatology, Wuhan Children's Hospital (Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital), Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430000, China
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- Division of Neonatology, Wuhan Children's Hospital (Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital), Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430000, China
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Zeng LS, Yang P, Qin YY, He WH, Cao L. Pharmacological activity and clinical progress of Triptolide and its derivatives LLDT-8, PG490-88Na, and Minnelide: a narrative review. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2023; 27:10181-10203. [PMID: 37975343 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202311_34294] [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: 11/19/2023]
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Triptolide, a compound isolated from a Chinese medicinal herb, has potent antitumor, immunosuppressive, and anti-inflammatory properties. Due to its interesting structural features and diverse pharmacological activities, it has attracted great interest by the Society of Organic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. However, its clinical potential is greatly hampered by limited aqueous solubility and oral bioavailability, and multi-organ toxicity. In recent years, various derivatives of Triptolide have made varying degrees of progress in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, and cancer. The most researched and potentially clinically valuable of them were (5R)-5-hydroxytriptolide (LLDT-8), PG490-88Na (F6008), and Minnelide. In this review, we provide an overview of the advancements made in triptolide and several of its derivatives' biological activity, mechanisms of action, and clinical development. We also summarized some prospects for the future development of triptolide and its derivatives. It is hoped to contribute to a better understanding of the progress in this field, make constructive suggestions for further studies of Triptolide, and provide a theoretical reference for the rational development of new drugs.
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- L-S Zeng
- Department of Nephrology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
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Dental caries is a dynamic disease induced by the unbalance between demineralization of dental hard tissues caused by biofilm and remineralization of them; however, although various effective remineralization methods have been well documented, it is a challenge to reestablish the balance by enhancing remineralization alone while ignoring the antibacterial therapy. Therefore, the integration of remineralizing and antibacterial technologies offers a promising strategy to halt natural caries progression in clinical practice. Here, the conception of interrupting dental caries (IDC) was proposed based on the development of dual-functional coating with remineralizing and antibacterial properties. In this study, bovine serum albumin (BSA) loaded octenidine (OCT) successfully to form a BSA-OCT composite. Subsequently, through fast amyloid-like aggregation, the phase-transited BSA-OCT (PTB-OCT) coating can be covered on teeth, resin composite, or sealant surfaces in 30 min by a simple smearing process. The PTB-OCT coating showed satisfactory effects in promoting the remineralization of demineralized enamel and dentin in vitro. Moreover, this coating also exerted significant acid-resistance stability and anti-biofilm properties. Equally importantly, this coating exhibited promising abilities in reducing the microleakage between the tooth and resin composite in vitro and preventing primary and secondary caries in vivo. In conclusion, this novel dual-functional PTB-OCT coating could reestablish the balance between demineralization and remineralization in the process of caries, thereby potentially preventing or arresting caries.
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- D Lu
- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Institute of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Chen T, Zheng B, Yang P, Zhang Z, Su Y, Chen Y, Luo L, Luo D, Lin Y, Xie R, Zeng L. The Incidence and Prognosis Value of Perineural Invasion in Rectal Carcinoma: From Meta-Analyses and Real-World Clinical Pathological Features. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2023; 35:e611-e621. [PMID: 37263883 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2023.05.008] [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: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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AIMS Perineural invasion (PNI) is a special type of metastasis of several cancers and has been reported as being a factor for poor prognosis in colorectal carcinoma. However, investigations of PNI in only rectal cancer and a comprehensive analysis combining meta-analyses with real-world case studies remain lacking. MATERIALS AND METHODS First, articles from 2000 to 2020 concerning the relationship between PNI and rectal cancer prognoses and clinical features were meta-analysed. Subsequently, we carried out a retrospective analysis of 312 rectal cancer cases that underwent radical surgery in the real world. The incidence of PNI and the relationship between PNI and prognosis, as well as clinicopathological factors, were investigated. RESULTS The incidence of PNI was 23.09% and 33.01% in the meta-analysis and clinical cases, respectively. PNI occurred as early as stage I (2.94%). Moreover, neoadjuvant therapy significantly reduced the PNI-positive rate (20.34% versus 26.54%). Both meta-analysis and real-world clinical case studies suggested that PNI-positive patients had poorer prognoses than PNI-negative patients. We established an effective risk model consisting of T stage, differentiation and lymphovascular invasion to predict PNI in rectal cancer. CONCLUSION PNI is a poor prognostic factor for rectal cancer and could occur even in stage I. Additionally, neoadjuvant therapy could sufficiently reduce the PNI-positive rate. T stage, lymphovascular invasion and differentiation grade were independent risk factors for PNI and the risk model that included these factors could predict the probability of PNI.
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- T Chen
- Department of Abdominal Oncology, The Cancer Center of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of Abdominal Oncology, The Cancer Center of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of Abdominal Oncology, The Cancer Center of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of Abdominal Oncology, The Cancer Center of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of Abdominal Oncology, The Cancer Center of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of Abdominal Oncology, The Cancer Center of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
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- Department of Abdominal Oncology, The Cancer Center of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
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Chen Y, Yang P, Du S, Zhuang Y, Hu Y, Zeng ZC. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Combined with Sintilimab in Patients with Recurrent or Oligometastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Phase II Clinical Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:S106-S107. [PMID: 37784281 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) The anti-tumor activity and tolerability of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and PD-1 inhibitors have been illustrated in retrospective studies, but the results vary across a broad range. This study aimed to assess the clinical efficacy of SBRT combined with sintilimab in patients with recurrent or oligometastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MATERIALS/METHODS This trial involved patients with recurrent or oligometastatic HCC intravenously treated with SBRT plus sintilimab every 3 weeks for 12 months or until disease progression. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). RESULTS Twenty-five patients were enrolled from August 14, 2019, to August 23, 2021. The median treatment duration was 10.2 months. SBRT was delivered at a median dose of 54 in six fractions. The median follow-up time was 21.9 months, and 32 targeted lesions among 25 patients were evaluated for treatment response according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1. The median PFS was 19.7 months, with PFS rates of 68% and 45.3% at 12 and 24 months, respectively. The median overall survival (OS) was not reached, with OS rates of 91.5% and 83.2% at 12 and 24 months, respectively. The 1- and 2-year local control rate were 100% and 90.9%, respectively. The confirmed objective response rate and disease control rate was 96%, and 96%, respectively. Most adverse events were graded as 1 or 2, and grade 3 adverse events were observed in three patients. CONCLUSION SBRT plus sintilimab is an effective, well-tolerated treatment regimen for patients with recurrent or oligometastatic HCC.
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- Y Chen
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Wu JM, Yang H, Li Q, Luo TF, Yang P, Huang WC. [Clinical efficacy of local injection of platelet-rich plasma combined with double-layer artificial dermis in treating wounds with exposed tendon on extremity]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Yu Chuang Mian Xiu Fu Za Zhi 2023; 39:849-856. [PMID: 37805801 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20230420-00134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of local injection of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) combined with double-layer artificial dermis in treating wounds with exposed tendon on extremity. Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted. From December 2017 to October 2022, 16 patients were admitted to Department of Orthopaedic Trauma of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and 32 patients were admitted to Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery of Guiyang Steel Factory Staff Hospital. All the patients had wounds with exposed tendon on extremity caused by various reasons and met the inclusion criteria. There were 39 males and 9 females, aged 26 to 58 years. The patients were divided into PRP alone group, artificial dermis alone group, and PRP+artificial dermis group, with 16 patients in each group. The wounds were treated with autologous PRP, double-layer artificial dermis, or thei combination of autologous PRP and double-layer artificial dermis, followed by autologous split-thickness scalp grafting after good growth of granulation tissue. On the 7th day after the secondary surgery, the autograft survival was observed, and the survival rate was calculated. The wound healing time and length of hospital stay of patients were recorded. At 3 and 6 months after wound healing, the Vancouver scar scale (VSS) was used to score the pigmentation, height, vascularity, and pliability of scars, and the total score was calculated. Adverse reactions during the entire treatment process were recorded. Data were statistically analyzed with chi-square test, Fisher's exact probability test, one-way analysis of variance, least significant difference test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, Nemenyi test, and Bonferroni correction. Results: On the 7th day after the secondary surgery, there was no statistically significant difference in the autograft survival rate of patients among PRP alone group, artificial dermis alone group, and PRP+artificial dermis group (P>0.05). The wound healing time and length of hospital stay of patients in PRP+artificial dermis group were (20.1±3.0) and (24±4) d, respectively, which were significantly shorter than (24.4±5.5) and (30±8) d in PRP alone group (P<0.05) and (24.8±4.9) and (32±8) d in artificial dermis alone group (P<0.05). At 3 and 6 months after wound healing, the pliability scores of patients in PRP+artificial dermis group were significantly lower than those in PRP alone group (with Z values of 12.91 and 15.69, respectively, P<0.05) and artificial dermis alone group (with Z values of 12.50 and 12.91, respectively, P<0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in pigmentation, vascularity, height scores, and total score of scar of patients among the three groups (P>0.05). In artificial dermis alone group, one patient experienced partial liquefaction and detachment of the double-layer artificial dermis due to local infection of Staphylococcus epidermidis, which received wound dressing change, second artificial dermis transplantation, and subsequent treatment as before. No adverse reactions occurred in the remaining patients during the whole treatment process. Conclusions: Local injection of PRP combined with double-layer artificial dermis is effective in treating wounds with exposed tendon on extremity, which can not only significantly shorten wound healing time and length of hospital stay, but also improve scar pliability after wound healing to some extent in the long term. It is a clinically valuable treatment technique that is worth promoting and applying.
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550001, China Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guiyang Steel Factory Staff Hospital, Guiyang 550005, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guiyang Steel Factory Staff Hospital, Guiyang 550005, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guiyang Steel Factory Staff Hospital, Guiyang 550005, China
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Guiyang Steel Factory Staff Hospital, Guiyang 550005, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550001, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550001, China
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Xu X, Cai YX, Liu YH, Shen Y, Pan Y, Yao H, Wang XL, Yang P. [Comparison of incubation periods of infections of Omicron variants BA.2 and BF.7 in Beijing]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:1397-1401. [PMID: 37743272 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20230316-00153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Objective: To understand the incubation periods of infections of Omicron variants BA.2 and BF.7 in two COVID-19 epidemics and related factors in Beijing and provide basic parameters for the establishment of 2019-nCoV dynamic transmission model. Methods: The COVID-19 cases with specific exposure time and onset time in the Omicron variant BA.2 infection epidemic in April 2022 and in the Omicron variant BF.7 infection epidemic in October 2022 in Beijing were included in the analysis. The rank-sum test was conducted to estimate the differences in the incubation period between two types of infections. The incubation period distribution of the Omicron variant infection was fitted by using Weibull, Gamma and lognormal distributions. Multivariate analysis of variance was conducted to assess the effects of age, sex, variant type and vaccination status on the incubation periods. Results: A total of 64 cases of variant BA.2 infection and 58 cases of variant BF.7 infection were included. The M(Q1,Q3) of the incubation period was 3.00 (3.00, 4.00) days for BA.2 infection and 3.00 (2.00, 3.25) days for BF.7 infection. The lognormal distribution was the best fit. Multivariate analysis of variance showed that there were some differences in the incubation periods between two types of infections of Omicron variants, and the incubation period of variant BF.7 infection was shorter than that of variant BA.2 infection. Conclusion: Omicron variant BF.7 infection had shorter incubation period compared with Omicron variant BA.2 infection.
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- Beijing Office of Global Health, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Office of Global Health, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Office of Global Health, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Office of Global Health, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Office of Global Health, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Office of Global Health, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Central Office, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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Nachlas WO, Moy A, Ritchie N, Donovan J, Fournelle JH, Allaz J, Almeev R, Bullock ES, DesOrmeau JW, Goemann K, Hoffmann R, Jokubauskas P, Jöns N, Lam T, Locock A, Ruscitto DM, Vicenzi EP, von der Handt A, Wade B, Yang P, Zhang D. Evaluating Consensus in Experimental K-ratios from over 40 WDS and EDS Measurement Systems. Microsc Microanal 2023; 29:225-226. [PMID: 37613484 DOI: 10.1093/micmic/ozad067.100] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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- W O Nachlas
- Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, United States
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- CAMCOR, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
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- Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Mineralogy, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
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- Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Science, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United States
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- Central Science Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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- Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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- Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD, United States
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- General Electric Research, Niskayuna, NY, United States
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- Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD, United States
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- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Adelaide Microscopy, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada
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- Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Hao XY, Yang P, Zhang W, Liu H, Sun XH, Xiao XB, Wang JW, Li ZL, Li LH, Wang SY, He J, Li XL, Jing HM. [Clinical features and prognostic factors of elderly patients with mantle cell lymphoma]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:495-500. [PMID: 37550206 PMCID: PMC10450559 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2023.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Objective: To examine the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of elderly patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and the impact of nutrition and underlying diseases on the prognosis of elderly patients with MCL. Methods: retrospectively analyzed 255 elderly patients with MCL from 11 medical centers, including Peking University Third Hospital between January 2000 and February 2021. We analyzed clinical data, such as age, gender, Mantle Cell Lymphoma International Prognostic Index score, and treatment options, and performed univariate and multivariate prognostic analysis. We performed a comprehensive geriatric assessment on elderly MCL patients with medical records that included retraceable underlying disease and albumin levels, and we investigated the impact of basic nutrition and underlying disorders on MCL prognosis in the elderly. Results: There were 255 senior individuals among the 795 MCL patients. Elderly MCL was more common in males (78.4%), with a median age of 69 yr (ages 65-88), and the majority (88.6%) were identified at a late stage. The 3-yr overall survival (OS) rate was 42.0%, with a 21.2% progression-free survival (PFS) rate. The overall response rate (ORR) was 77.3%, with a 33.3% total remission rate. Elderly patients were more likely than younger patients to have persistent underlying illnesses, such as hypertension. Multivariate analysis revealed that variables related with poor PFS included age of ≥80 (P=0.021), Ann Arbor stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ (P=0.003), high LDH level (P=0.003), involvement of bone marrow (P=0.014). Age of ≥80 (P=0.001) and a high LDH level (P=0.003) were risk factors for OS. The complete geriatric assessment revealed that renal deficiency was associated with poorer OS (P=0.047) . Conclusions: Elderly MCL patients had greater comorbidities. Age, LDH, renal function, bone marrow involvement, and Ann Arbor stage are all independent risk factors for MCL in the elderly.
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- X Y Hao
- Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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- Beijing Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116027, China
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- The 5th Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
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- China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Beijing 102218, China
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- The First Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China
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- The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- Liaoning Cancer Hospital&Institute, Shenyang 110042, China
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- Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Luo L, Jiao Y, Yang P, Li Y, Huang WY, Ke XY, Zou DH, Jing HM. [Efficacy and prognostic factors of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation treatment for T lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:388-394. [PMID: 37550188 PMCID: PMC10440623 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2023.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the efficacy and prognostic factors of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) for treating T lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (T-ALL/LBL) . Methods: This study retrospectively evaluated 119 adolescent and adult patients with T-ALL/LBL from January 2006 to January 2020 at Peking University Third Hospital and Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Patients were divided into chemotherapy-only, chemotherapy followed by allo-HSCT, and chemotherapy followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) groups according to the consolidation regimen, and the 5-year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) rates of each group were compared. Results: Among 113 patients with effective follow-up, 96 (84.9%) patients achieved overall response (ORR), with 79 (69.9%) having complete response (CR) and 17 (15.0%) having partial response (PR), until July 2022. The analysis of the 96 ORR population revealed that patients without transplantation demonstrated poorer outcomes compared with the allo-HSCT group (5-year OS: 11.4% vs 55.6%, P=0.001; 5-year PFS: 8.9% vs 54.2%, P<0.001). No difference was found in 5-year OS and 5-year PFS between the allo-HSCT and auto-HSCT groups (P=0.271, P=0.197). The same results were achieved in the CR population. Allo-HSCT got better 5-year OS (37.5% vs 0) for the 17 PR cases (P=0.064). Different donor sources did not affect 5-year OS, with sibling of 61.1% vs hap-haploidentical of 63.6% vs unrelated donor of 50.0% (P>0.05). No significant difference was found in the treatment response in the early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (ETP) and non-ETP populations. The ETP group demonstrated lower 5-year OS compared with the non-ETP group in the chemotherapy alone group (0 vs 12.6%, P=0.045), whereas no significant difference was found between the ETP and non-ETP groups in the allo-HSCT group (75.0% vs 62.9%, P=0.852). Multivariate analysis revealed that high serum lactate dehydrogenase level, without transplantation, and no CR after chemotherapy induction were independently associated with inferior outcomes (P<0.05) . Conclusion: Allo-HSCT could be an effective consolidation therapy for adult and adolescent patients with T-ALL/LBL. Different donor sources did not affect survival. Allo-HSCT may overcome the adverse influence of ETP-ALL/LBL on OS.
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- L Luo
- Department of Hematology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tianjin 300020, China
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- Department of Hematology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Hematology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tianjin 300020, China
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- Department of Hematology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tianjin 300020, China
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- Department of Hematology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Yin Y, Wu SS, Yang P, Liu XQ, Gao Y, Song LL, Sui XL, Yu GH. [Clinicopathological analysis of three cases EB virus-positive mucocutaneous ulcer]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2023; 52:501-503. [PMID: 37106295 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20221209-01036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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- Y Yin
- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, China
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- The Second Medical College of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264003, China
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- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, China
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- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, China
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Wan XC, Zhang H, Shen Y, Zhou SY, Yang P, Zhou XJ, Gu H, Le QH, Xu JJ, Zhou XT, Hong JX. [A preliminary study on the tear matrix metalloproteinase 9 point-of-care assay using a domestic kit]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2023; 59:272-278. [PMID: 37012590 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112142-20220813-00400] [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: 04/05/2023]
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Objective: To compare the point-of-care assays for tear matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) using domestic and InflammaDry kits, and to evaluate the feasibility of diagnosing dry eye with the domestic kit. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study. Thirty dry eye patients and 30 age-and sex-matched normal volunteers were continuously enrolled in this cross-sectional study from June 2022 to July 2022. Both domestic and InflammaDry kits were used to detect the tear MMP-9 levels. The positive rates were recorded for qualitative analysis, and the gray ratios of bands (the gray value of detection bands to that of control bands) were collected for quantitative analysis. The correlations of MMP-9 levels with age, ocular surface disease index, fluorescence tear break-up time, tear meniscus height, Schirmer's Ⅰ test score, corneal fluorescein staining score, and meibomian gland dropout were analyzed. The Mann-Whitney U test, paired Chi-square test, Kappa test, and Spearman's correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis. Results: There were 14 males and 16 females (30 eyes) in the control group, and their age was (39.37±19.55) years. In the dry eye group, 11 males and 19 females (30 eyes), aged (46.87±17.85) years, had moderate to severe dry eye. The positive rates of MMP-9 in tear fluid were significantly different between dry eye patients (InflammaDry: 86.67%; domestic kit: 70.00%) and controls (InflammaDry: 16.67%, P<0.001; domestic kit: 6.67%, P<0.001). Although the sensitivity of the domestic kit was lower than that of the InflammaDry kit (70.0% vs. 86.7%, P=0.001), the specificity was higher (93.3% vs. 83.3%, P=0.001). In dry eye patients, the positive coincidence rate was 80.7% (21/26), the negative coincidence rate was 100% (4/4), and the total coincidence rate was 83.3% (25/30), with no significant difference between the two kits (McNemar test: χ2=3.20, P>0.05), and the results of both kits were consistent (Kappa=0.53, P=0.001). The Spearman's correlation coefficient showed the gray ratios using both kits were positively correlated with the corneal fluorescein staining score (InflammaDry: ρ=0.48, P<0.05; domestic kit: ρ=0.52, P=0.003). Conclusion: The performances of the domestic and InflammaDry kits are consistent in the point-of-care assay for tear MMP-9, and the domestic kit has lower sensitivity but higher specificity.
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- X C Wan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Shanghai 200031, China
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Jiang XL, Qiu Y, Zhang YP, Yang P, Huang B, Lin M, Ye Y, Gao F, Li D, Qin Y, Li Y, Li ZJ. [Latent period and incubation period with associated factors of COVID-19 caused by Omicron variant]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 57:659-666. [PMID: 36977565 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20220926-00925] [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: 03/30/2023]
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Objective: To estimate the latent period and incubation period of Omicron variant infections and analyze associated factors. Methods: From January 1 to June 30, 2022, 467 infected persons and 335 confirmed cases in five local Omicron variant outbreaks in China were selected as the study subjects. The latent period and incubation period were estimated by using log-normal distribution and gamma distribution models, and the associated factors were analyzed by using the accelerated failure time model (AFT). Results: The median (Q1, Q3) age of 467 Omicron infections including 253 males (54.18%) was 26 (20, 39) years old. There were 132 asymptomatic infections (28.27%) and 335 (71.73%) symptomatic infections. The mean latent period of 467 Omicron infections was 2.65 (95%CI: 2.53-2.78) days, and 98% of infections were positive for nucleic acid detection within 6.37 (95%CI: 5.86-6.82) days after infection. The mean incubation period of 335 symptomatic infections was 3.40 (95%CI: 3.25-3.57) days, and 97% of them developed clinical symptoms within 6.80 (95%CI: 6.34-7.22) days after infection. The results of the AFT model analysis showed that compared with the group aged 18~49 years old, the latent period [exp(β)=1.36 (95%CI: 1.16-1.60), P<0.001] and incubation period [exp(β)=1.24 (95%CI: 1.07-1.45), P=0.006] of infections aged 0~17 year old were also prolonged. The latent period [exp(β)=1.38 (95%CI: 1.17-1.63), P<0.001] and the incubation period [exp(β)=1.26 (95%CI: 1.06-1.48), P=0.007] of infections aged 50 years old and above were also prolonged. Conclusion: The latent period and incubation period of most Omicron infections are within 7 days, and age may be the influencing factor of the latent period and incubation period.
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- Division of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Haidian District Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 100094, China
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- Division of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changchun 130062, China
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- Guangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning 530028, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control,Henan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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- Division of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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Yang P, Wang Y, Gao Q, Liu Y, Wang Y, Guo Y, Liu C, Liu G. [Chemical reprogramming of human embryonic fibroblasts into neural progenitor cells in vitro]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2023; 43:360-367. [PMID: 37087579 PMCID: PMC10122728 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2023.03.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To establish a protocol for reprogramming human embryonic fibroblasts (HEFs) into chemically induced neural progenitor cells (ciNPCs). METHODS In the two-staged reprogramming of HEFs, the intermediate compact cell colonies were first chemically induced in KSR medium containing small-molecule compounds (VCR) for 15 days in normoxia, followed by the lineage-specific induction stage, in which the compact cell colonies were digested with 0.25% trypsin and the cells were cultured in low adhesion plates. After formation of a large number of free-floating neurospheres 2 days later, the ciNPCs were labeled with CM-DiI and transplanted into rat models of Parkinson's disease (PD)to observe the survival, migration and differentiation of the cells in PD brain. RESULTS After induction with VCR for 10 days under normoxic condition, compact cell colonies occurred in HEF cultures (approximately 40 colonies in each well containing 1×105 HEFs), and most of the colonies expressed high levels of alkaline phosphatase. A large number of free-floating neurospheres formed 2 days after passage and were defined as P1 ciNPCs. These ciNPCs exhibited typical neurosphere-like structures and expressed NPC-specific markers (nestin, Sox2, and Pax6). Under neuronal or glial differentiation condition, the ciNPCs expressed the neuron-specific marker Tuj1 and the astrocyte-specific marker GFAP. These ciNPCs could differentiate into Tuj1+, GFAP+, TH+ and GABA+ cells 4 weeks after transplantation into the brain of PD rats. CONCLUSION HEFs can be directly reprogrammed into ciNPCs using smallmolecule compounds without the need of introducing exogenous genes. This success may provide a solution to the shortage of donor materials for neuroscience research and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- P Yang
- Bengbu Medical College School of Life Sciences, Bengbu 233000, China
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- Bengbu Medical College School of Life Sciences, Bengbu 233000, China
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- Bengbu Medical College School of Life Sciences, Bengbu 233000, China
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- Bengbu Medical College School of Life Sciences, Bengbu 233000, China
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- Bengbu Medical College School of Life Sciences, Bengbu 233000, China
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- Bengbu Medical College School of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu 233000, China
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- Bengbu Medical College School of Life Sciences, Bengbu 233000, China
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- Bengbu Medical College School of Life Sciences, Bengbu 233000, China
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Wu SS, Sun Y, Dou XF, Ren ZY, Zhang JJ, Jia L, Yang P, Pang XH. [Analysis on infection sources and transmission chains of three outbreaks caused by 2019-nCoV Omicron variant in Beijing, China]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:373-378. [PMID: 36942330 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20221112-00966] [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: 03/23/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the infection sources and the transmission chains of three outbreaks caused by 2019-nCoV Omicron variant possibly spread through cross-border logistics in Beijing. Methods: Epidemiological investigation and big data were used to identify the exposure points of the cases. Close contacts were traced from the exposure points, and the cases' and environmental samples were collected for nucleic acid tests. Positive samples were analyzed by gene sequencing. Results: The Omicron variant causing 3 outbreaks in Beijing from January to April, 2022 belonged to BA.1, BA.1.1 and BA.2. The outbreaks lasted for 8, 12 and 8 days respectively, and 6, 42 and 32 cases infected with 2019-nCoV were reported respectively. International mail might be the infection source for 1 outbreak, and imported clothes might be the infection sources for another 2 outbreaks. The interval between the shipment start time of the imported goods and the infection time of the index case was 3-4 days. The mean incubation period (Q1, Q3) was 3 (2,4) days and the mean serial interval (Q1, Q3) was 3 (2,4)days. Conclusions: The 3 outbreaks highlighted the risk of infection by Omicron variant from international logistics-related imported goods at normal temperature. Omicron variant has stronger transmissibility, indicating that rapid epidemiological investigation and strict management are needed.
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Central Office, Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Central Office, Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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Xu J, Liu J, Yang P, Lv P. Improving Peer Assessment by Incorporating Grading Behaviors: Models and Practices. INT J ARTIF INTELL T 2023. [DOI: 10.1142/s0218213023600072] [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: 01/12/2023]
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Duan JY, Yang P, Wang Y, Zheng RJ, Yuan MY, Yang XC, Li Y, Wang Y. [Impact of NLR on atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation in atrial fibrillation patients combined with heart failure]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2022; 50:1074-1079. [PMID: 36418275 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20220816-00633] [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: To investigate the predictive value of neutrophils-to-lymphocytes ratio (NLR) for atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation in atrial fibrillation patients combined with heart failure. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study. Patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure who received radiofrequency ablation in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2019 to June 2020 were included. Patient were followed up in the outpatient clinic at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after radiofrequency ablation and were divided into recurrent and non-recurrent groups according to the absence or presence of atrial fibrillation. Demographic data, echocardiographic indices and inflammation-related indices including NLR were collected and compared between the two groups. Spearman rank correlation was performed to analyze the correlation of NLR with atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine independent risk factors of atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the value of NLR in predicting the atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation. Results: A total of 883 patients were included, of which 460 (52.1%) were male, mean age was (64.4±10.7) years old. There were 246 patients (27.9%) in the recurrence group and 637 patients (72.1%) in the non-recurrence group. Compared with the non-recurrent group, the duration of atrial fibrillation, NLR, neutrophil count, N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide precursor (NT-proBNP) and body mass index levels were significantly higher, while lymphocyte count was significantly lower in the recurrence group than in the non-recurrent group (all P<0.05). Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that NLR was positively correlated with the atrial fibrillation recurrence (r=0.333, P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that NLR was an independent risk factor for atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation in atrial fibrillation patients combined heart failure (OR=1.634, P<0.001). The ROC curve showed that the area under the curve (AUC) of NLR in predicting the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency ablation was 0.715 (95%CI: 0.668-0.762, P<0.001), with a sensitivity of 55.61% and a specificity of 84.54%. Conclusion: NLR is a useful predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation in atrial fibrillation patients combined with heart failure.
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- J Y Duan
- Department of Geriatric Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Geriatric Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Geriatric Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Geriatric Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Geriatric Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Geriatric Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Geriatric Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Geriatric Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Hsu S, Chen Y, Yang P, Hu Y, Chen R, Zeng Z, Du S. Radiotherapy Enhance the Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Efficacy in Advanced Liver Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.532] [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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Zhao DW, Zhou ZH, Zhao JL, Chen D, Yang ZY, Wang J, Long XB, Zhang YJ, Yang P, Cao Y, Li JB, Zhou FJ, Li YH. [Landscape and metastases of the lymph nodes in prostatic anterior fat pad at radical prostatectomy]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2022; 60:999-1003. [PMID: 36323582 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20220224-00082] [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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Objectives: To examine the landscape and metastases of the lymph nodes in prostatic anterior fat pad (PAFP) at radical prostatectomy (RP), and to describe the clinical characteristic of the patients with lymph node metastases in PAFP. Methods: The clinical and pathological data of 287 prostate cancer patients underwent RP from December 2019 to August 2021 in Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center were collected and analyzed retrospectively. All patients were male, aging (66±7) years (range: 42 to 83 years). The preoperative prostate-specific antigen (PSA) (M(IQR)) were 16.00(29.64) μg/L (range: 0.01 to 99.90 μg/L). There were 244 patients with localized or locally advanced prostate cancer and 43 patients with metastatic prostate cancer. All PAFP were dissected at RP routinely and were sent for pathologic analysis respectively. The PAFP was dissected from the prostate apex caudally toward the bladder neck and dissection extended to the joint of the prostate and the endopelvic fascia bilaterally. All the specimen of PAFP were examined and reported by subspecialty pathologists of genitourinary tumors. Statistical analysis was performed by Student t test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, χ2 test or Fisher exact test. Results: There were 8.0% (23/287) patients with lymph nodes in PAFP, 3.8% (11/287) patients with PAFP lymph node metastases. Pathologically upstaged occurred in 1 patient due to the PAFP lymph node as the solitary metastatic lesion. Patients with lymph node metastases in PAFP presented higher preoperative PSA (M(IQR): 48.2(73.0) μg/L vs. 15.4(26.5) μg/L, Z=3.158, P=0.002), clinical T stage and N stage (Z=2.977, P=0.003; Z=2.780, P=0.005) and preoperative Gleason score (Z=2.205, P=0.027). Conclusions: Routine dissection of PAFP at RP and separately pathological analysis may allow more lymph nodes and lymph node metastases detection. More accurate pathological N stage may be acquired and consequently may improve the survival of patients by offering more appropriate adjuvant or salvage therapy.
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- D W Zhao
- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Good Clinical Practice, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collabrative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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Yang P, Jin Y, Zhou G, Xie X, Jin H, Shi Y. A Prospective Study of Differences in the Incidence of Radiation Pneumonitis in Elderly Patients between Volumetric Arc Modulated Therapy and Step-and-Shoot Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.1562] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Jin M, Yang P, Yu H, Kim T, Lee H, Pak H, Lee M, Joung B. Association of usual walking with mortality in oldest old adults aged 85 years and older: a nationwide senior cohort study. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Current guidelines recommend moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) for health benefit in adults. However, it is difficult to meet the recommended minimum MVPA in “oldest old” aged over 85. Although walking is simple and easy exercise for oldest old, research on the association between walking and mortality in oldest old are lacking.
Purpose
To investigate the association between walking and the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among older adults aged 85 years and older.
Methods
7047 participants aged 85 or older underwent the Korean National Health Screening Program, including self-administered questionnaire for physical activity. Reported frequency per week of walking for at least 30 minutes increment was used to classify hours of walking per week. We computed multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios for walking and mutually adjusted for MVPA in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
Results
The proportions of participants who engaged in walking, moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity were 42.5% (2996/7047), 14.7% (1037/7047) and 11.0% (773/7047), respectively. Only 7.6% (538/7047) of participants met the guidelines recommended minimum MVPA. Compared to inactive individuals, those who walked at least 1 hour per week had lower all-cause (HR 0.60 [95% CI, 0.50–0.74]) and cardiovascular mortality risk (HR 0.61 [95% CI, 0.42–0.89]). Walking 1 hour per week was still significant associated with reduction of risk for all-cause (HR 0.50 [95% CI, 0.40–0.61]) and cardiovascular mortality (HR 0.46 [95% CI, 0.30–0.70]) among participants who reported only walking without any MVPA.
Conclusions
1 hour a week of walking might be of benefit for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in aged over 85 years, even without MVPA. Promoting walking may be a way to help oldest old avoid inactivity and encourage an active lifestyle for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk reduction.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- M Jin
- Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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- Cha Bundang Medical Center , Seongnam , Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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- Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Korea (Republic of)
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Wu SS, Ren ZY, Sun Y, Zhang JJ, Zhao H, Dou XF, Ma CN, Jia L, Yang P, Pang X. [Survey on infection source of a cold-chain product associated COVID-19 epidemic caused by 2019-nCoV Delta variant in Beijing]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2022; 43:1230-1236. [PMID: 35981984 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20220228-00157] [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 investigate the source and the transmission chain of a cold-chain product associated COVID-19 epidemic caused by 2019-nCoV Delta variant in Beijing. Methods: Epidemiological investigation were used to verify the exposure points of the cases. Close contacts were traced from the exposure points, and human and environmental samples were collected for nucleic acid tests. Positive samples were analyzed by gene sequencing. Results: A total of 112 cases of COVID-19 were reported in the epidemic from January 18 to February 6, 2022 in Beijing. Except for 1 case was uncertain, there were epidemiological links among 111 cases. The source of infection was the packages of imported cold-chain products from Southeast Asia, which were harvested and stored in a local cold-storage in January 2021, and packaged and sent to the cold-storage A in A district in June 2021, and then sold in batches in cold-storage B in B district from January 2022. The first case was infected in the handling of positive frozen products, and then 77 cases occurred due to working, eating and living together with the index case in the cold-storage B, cold-storage C and restaurant D. Besides the cold-storage B, C and the restaurant D, there were 16 sub-transmission chains, resulting in additional 35 cases. Conclusion: The epidemic indicated that the risk of 2019-nCoV infection from imported cold-chain products contaminated by package and highlighted the importance to strengthen the management of cold-chain industry in future.
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- S S Wu
- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for School Health, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control,Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Central Office, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Central Office, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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Zhang H, Yang P, Huang J. Gastrointestinal: A rare congenital malformation of the pancreaticobiliary duct (with video). J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022; 37:1210. [PMID: 34978348 DOI: 10.1111/jgh.15756] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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- H Zhang
- Graduate School of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hengshanqiao Hospital, Changzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, China
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Wang Y, Gao ZY, Jia L, Yang P, Wang QY, Lu QB, Cui FQ. [Progress in epidemiological research of norovirus infection]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2022; 43:974-980. [PMID: 35725358 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20211220-00999] [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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With characteristics of high infectivity, diverse transmission routes and high variation, norovirus is the main pathogen of sporadic cases and outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis, resulting in a serious disease burden. This paper summarizes the latest progress in epidemiological research of norovirus infection from aspects of disease burden caused by acute gastroenteritis, virus variation and predominant strains, prevention and control measures, and immunization and vaccine development.
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Office of Beijing Center for Global Health, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology/Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology/Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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Zhang K, Jia Y, Wang R, Guo D, Yang P, Sun L, Wang Y, Liu F, Zang Y, Shi M, Zhang Y, Zhu Z. Rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of major cardiometabolic diseases: a Mendelian randomization study. Scand J Rheumatol 2022:1-7. [PMID: 35658786 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2022.2070988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is suggested to be implicated in the development of cardiometabolic diseases. We conducted a Mendelian randomization (MR) study to assess potential causality for associations of RA with the risk of cardiometabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes (T2D), coronary artery disease (CAD), and ischaemic stroke. METHOD Seventy independent single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with RA were identified as instrumental variables from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 58 284 European subjects. Summary-level data for the associations of the 70 genetic variants with T2D, CAD, and ischaemic stroke were taken from three GWASs with a total of 1 529 131 participants. Inverse-variance weighted (IVW) MR was used in the main analyses. RESULTS The main IVW MR analysis showed that genetically determined RA was associated with higher risks of T2D [odds ratio (OR): 1.04, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02-1.05; p < 0.001] and CAD (OR: 1.02, 95% CI 1.00-1.03; p = 0.012), but not ischaemic stroke (OR: 1.00, 95% CI 0.99-1.02; p = 0.961). Sensitivity analyses with multiple MR methods confirmed these associations. MR-Egger regression showed no evidence of pleiotropy in the association between genetically determined RA and the risk of T2D, CAD, and ischaemic stroke. Leave-one-out sensitivity analysis showed that the association between genetically determined RA and the risk of T2D, CAD, and ischaemic stroke was not driven by any individual SNP. CONCLUSION Genetically determined RA was associated with increased risks of T2D and CAD, suggesting that RA plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of T2D and CAD.
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- K Zhang
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China.,School of Nursing, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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Yan H, Jin JQ, Yang P, Yu B, He J, Mao XB, Yu J, Chen DW. Fermented soybean meal increases nutrient digestibility via the improvement of intestinal function, anti-oxidative capacity and immune function of weaned pigs. Animal 2022; 16:100557. [PMID: 35687941 DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2022.100557] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The nutritional components of fermented soybean meal (FSBM) vary because of the complex process of microbial fermentation. The objective of this study was to investigate the nutritional value of FSBM from two sources and explore the mode of actions of FSBM on the improvement of nutrient digestibility with the measurements of digestive enzymes and serum biomarkers. Eight weaned barrows (initial BW: 14.12 ± 0.24 kg) equipped with T-cannula in the distal ileum were allotted to a duplicated 4 × 4 Latin-square design with four experimental diets and four periods. Four experimental diets included a soybean meal control diet, two FSBM diets, and a nitrogen-free diet. The two sources of FSBM increased the contents of CP, amino acid and lactic acid, while decreased the levels of anti-nutritional factors, including glycinin, β-conglycinin and trypsin inhibitors. Compared to soybean meal control diet, both FSBM diets significantly increased the apparent and standardised ileal digestibility of CP and amino acids (P < 0.05), increased the activities of lipase, maltase and invertase in digesta (P < 0.05), increased total antioxidant capacity, activities of glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase, the levels of interleukin-4, IgA, IgG and IgM in serum (P < 0.05), while decreased the levels of diamine oxidase, malondialdehyde, interleukin-6, and interleukin-2 in serum (P < 0.05). Additionally, the standardised ileal digestibility of amino acids were highly correlated with the aforementioned digestive enzymes and health-related serum biomarkers. In summary, FSBM diets showed an improved nutritional value evidenced by the higher nutrient digestibility, which may be partially derived from its beneficial effects on intestinal integrity, anti-oxidative capacity and immune function.
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- H Yan
- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition and Feed of China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition of Sichuan Province, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China
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Huang Y, Jia L, Tian Y, Lyu B, Qu M, Zhang X, Liu BW, Huo D, Wu XN, Yan HQ, Yang P. [Etiological and epidemiological characteristics of Vibrio cholerae in Beijing, 2015-2021]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2022; 43:734-738. [PMID: 35589581 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20220123-00064] [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 analyze the etiological and epidemiological characteristics of Vibrio cholerae in Beijing during 2015-2021 and provide evidence for the prevention and control of cholera. Methods: The V. cholerae strains isolated in Beijing during 2015-2021 were analyzed by serotyping and virulence genes detection. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was performed for the molecular typing of the strains. Based on the collected epidemiological and clinical data of cholera cases,the epidemiological characteristics of cholera were analyzed by descriptive epidemiology method. Results: A total of 76 Vibrio cholerae O1 strains were isolated in Beijing during 2015-2021, including 61 strains from human, 10 strains from environment and 5 strains from seafood. The 76 strains consisted of 68 Ogawa strains and 8 Inaba strains. Six Ogawa strains isolated from sporadic cases carried ctxAB. After NotⅠ digestion, 76 strains were divided into 33 PFGE patterns. From 2015 to 2021, a total of 38 cholera epidemics were reported in Beijing, most of them were sporadic ones, accounting for 92.11% (35/38). A total of 45 cases were reported, and the cases occurred during June-September accounted for 97.78% (44/45). Cholera cases occurred in 9 districts of Beijing, and the cases reported in Chaoyang district accounted for 42.22% (19/45) and in Changping district accounted for 31.11% (14/45). The age of the cholera cases ranged from 19 to 63 years. Except for one case with unknown clinical symptoms, 44 cases had diarrhea symptoms with 84.09% (37/44) of the cases reporting diarrhea (3-9 times/day), followed by yellow watery stool (95.45%, 42/44), abdominal pain (68.18%, 30/44), nausea and vomiting (40.91%, 18/44) and fever (36.36%, 16/44). Conclusion: Vibrio cholerae strains isolated in Beijing during 2015-2021 were mainly O1 serotype Ogawa,most of which were non-toxigenic. The PFGE of the strains varied. Cholera epidemics occurred in 9 districts of Beijing, but most were sporadic ones with incidence peak during June-September.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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Yang P, Freeman ZT, Dysko RC, Hoenerhoff MJ. Degenerative Myelopathy and Neuropathy in NOD. Cg-Prkdcscid Il2rgtm1Wjl/SzJ (NSG) Mice Caused by Lactate Dehydrogenase-Elevating Virus (LDV). Toxicol Pathol 2022; 50:390-396. [PMID: 35450478 DOI: 10.1177/01926233221091747] [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] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Following implantation of patient-derived xenograft (PDX) breast carcinomas from three separate individuals, 33/51 female NOD.Cg-Prkdcscid Il2rgtm1Wjl/SzJ (NSG) mice presented with progressive, unilateral to bilateral, ascending hindlimb paresis to paralysis. Mice were mildly dehydrated, in thin to poor body condition, with reduced to absent hindlimb withdrawal reflex and deep pain sensation. Microscopically, there was variable axonal swelling, vacuolation, and dilation of myelin sheaths within the ventral spinal cord and spinal nerve roots of the thoracolumbar and sacral spinal cord, as well as within corresponding sciatic nerves. Results of PCR screening of PDX samples obtained at necropsy and pooled environmental swabs from the racks housing affected animals were positive for lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus (LDV). LDV is transmitted through animal-animal contact or commonly as a contaminant of biologic materials of mouse origin. Infection is associated with progressive degenerative myelopathy and neuropathy in strains of mice harboring endogenous retrovirus (AKR, C58), or in immunosuppressed strains (NOD-SCID, Foxn1nu), and can interfere with normal immune responses and alter engraftment and growth of xenograft tumors in immunosuppressed mice. This is the first reported series of LDV-induced poliomyelitis in NSG mice and should be recognized as a potentially significant confounder to biomedical studies utilizing immunodeficient xenograft models.
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- P Yang
- Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.,In Vivo Animal Core, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Dong SB, Wang XL, Zhao H, Wang Y, Liu BW, Liu YH, Pan Y, Jia L, Wang QY, Yang P. [Epidemiological characteristics of imported COVID-19 cases in Beijing]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2022; 43:478-482. [PMID: 35443300 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20211213-00975] [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] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of imported COVID-19 cases and the effect of vaccination on virus load and disease severity of the cases in Beijing. Methods: The data of the imported COVID-19 cases in Beijing were collected from the National Notifiable Infectious Disease Reporting System of China Information for Disease Control and Prevention and Epidemiology investigation. The data were processed and analyzed by Excel 2010 and SPSS 22.0. Results: From June 1 to September 30, 2021, a total of 171 imported COVID-19 cases were reported in Beijing, of which 66.67% (114/171) were asymptomatic. The cases were mainly from the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation, accounting for 67.84% (116/171). The male to female ratio of the cases was 2∶1 (114∶57). The median age M (Q1, Q3) of the cases was 28 (23, 36) years. The cases of Chinese accounted for 80.12% (137/171). The sequencing of the whole genome of the virus in 47 imported COVID-19 cases showed that the proportion of Delta variant was 76.60% (36/47). The COVID-19 vaccination coverage rate in the cases was 60.82% (104/171), but the full vaccination coverage rate was 53.80% (92/171). In the imported COVID-19 cases, 13.53% (23/170) were screened to be SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid positive on the day when they arrived in Beijing, and all the cases were positive for 2019-nCoV nucleic acid within 28 days. The severity of the disease was higher in the unvaccinated group than in the partially vaccinated group and fully vaccinated group (P<0.001). In the unvaccinated group, there were 1 severe case and 1 critical case. The median Ct values M (Q1, Q3) of N gene and ORFlab gene in unvaccinated group were 32.51 (23.23, 36.06) and 32.78 (24.00, 36.38), respectively. There was no significant difference in the median of double-gene Ct value between the partially vaccinated group and the fully vaccinated group. Conclusions: During the study period, most of the imported COVID-19 cases in Beijing were asymptomatic. No matter vaccinated or not, the viral loads in the COVID-19 cases were similar, but the vaccination could reduce the severity of the disease.
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- S B Dong
- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Office of Beijing Center for Global Health, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Office of Beijing Center for Global Health, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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- Office of Beijing Center for Global Health, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
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Meng X, Duan X, Zhang L, Zhang D, Yang P, Qin H, Zhang Y, Xiao S, Duan L, Zhou R. Long-Chain Alkane Dehydrogenation over Hierarchically Porous Ti-Doped Pt–Sn–K/TiO2–Al2O3 Catalysts. Kinet Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0023158422020070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wu SS, Zhang JJ, Sun Y, Ren ZY, Dou XF, Zhang L, Duan W, Ma CN, Yang P, Pang X. [Survey of possible aerosol transmission of a COVID-19 epidemic caused by 2019-nCoV Delta variant]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2022; 43:305-309. [PMID: 35345282 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20211208-00961] [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] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the epidemiological characteristics and the transmission chain of a family clustering of COVID-19 cases caused by severe acute respiratory 2019-nCoV Delta variant in Changping district of Beijing. Methods: Epidemiological investigation was conducted and big data were used to reveal the exposure history of the cases. Close contacts were screened according to the investigation results, and human and environmental samples were collected for nucleic acid tests. Positive samples were analyzed by gene sequencing. Results: On November 1, 2021, a total of 5 COVID-19 cases caused by 2019-nCoV Delta variant were reported in a family detected through active screening. The infection source was a person in the same designated isolation hotel where the first case of the family cluster was isolated from 22 to 27, October. The first case was possibly infected through aerosol particles in the ventilation duct system of the isolation hotel. After the isolation discharge on October 27, and the first case caused secondary infections of four family members while living together from October 27 to November 1, 2021. Conclusion: 2019-nCoV Delta variant is prone to cause family cluster, and close attention needs to be paid to virus transmission through ventilation duct system in isolation hotels.
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- S S Wu
- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control/Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control/Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control/Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control/Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control/Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control/Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control/Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China
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- Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control/Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China
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- Office of Global Health Center, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control/Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China
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- Central Office, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control/Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China
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Wang Y, Yang P, Zhou Y, Hu T, Zhang P, Wu Y. A proteomic approach to understand the impact of nodulation on salinity stress response in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2022; 24:323-332. [PMID: 34870352 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes is an important source of nitrogen supply in sustainable agriculture. Salinity is a key abiotic stress that negatively affects host plant growth, rhizobium-legume symbiosis and nitrogen fixation. This work investigates how the symbiotic relationship impacts plant response to salinity stress. We assayed the physiological changes and the proteome profile of alfalfa plants with active nodules (NA), inactive nodules (NI) or without nodules (NN) when plants were subjected to salinity stress. Our data suggest that NA plants respond to salinity stress through some unique signalling regulations. NA plants showed upregulation of proteins related to cell wall remodelling and reactive oxygen species scavenging, and downregulation of proteins involved in protein synthesis and degradation. The data also show that NA plants, together with NI plants, upregulated proteins involved in photosynthesis, carbon fixation and respiration, anion transport and plant defence against pathogens. The study suggests that the symbiotic relationship gave the host plant a better capacity to adjust key processes, probably to more efficiently use energy and resources, deal with oxidative stress, and maintain ion homeostasis and health during salinity stress.
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- Y Wang
- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- School of Agriculture Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, Australia
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
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Yang L, Yang P, Li L, Tang X. The outcome of loose bone fragments in pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures: a retrospective study. J Pediatr Orthop B 2022; 31:12-17. [PMID: 33230053 PMCID: PMC8614548 DOI: 10.1097/bpb.0000000000000837] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We evaluated the clinical and imaging outcomes of loose bone fragments in children with supracondylar humerus fractures after closed reduction with percutaneous pin (CRPP) fixation. A retrospective review was conducted on 12 children with fragments on imaging after closed reduction of displaced humeral supracondylar fractures (Gartland III). Primary radiographic assessment included fragment outcome, postoperative Baumann angle, carrying angle and loss of reduction. Clinical outcome included the elbow range of motion (ROM), Flynn grade and other complications. Between January 2015 and January 2018, 460 children (2-14 years old) with supracondylar humerus fractures were treated at our center, including 12 (2.6%) with loose bone fragments on postoperative X-ray. Union or absorption of fragments was noted in all 12 patients at 1 year postoperatively, with good radiographic and clinical outcomes. The mean Baumann angle was 15.5° ± 4.3° and the mean carrying angle was 11.2° ± 2.8°. All patients had a normal elbow ROM. Ten patients achieved an excellent and two a good result according to the Flynn criteria. Good results were achieved after CRPP fixation in 12 children with supracondylar humerus fractures and loose bone fragments. The fragments were mainly absorbed or achieved union to the humerus within 1 year.
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- Lei Yang
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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Xu X, Chu Y, Zhang Y, Li G, Yang P, Zhang J, Duan J, Yang H, Xu H, Wang M. Chondrocyte Adipogenic Differentiation in Softening Osteoarthritic Cartilage. J Dent Res 2021; 101:655-663. [PMID: 34903082 DOI: 10.1177/00220345211057539] [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: 12/11/2022] Open
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A chondrocyte-to-osteoblast lineage continuum exists in the growth plate. Adipogenic differentiation of chondrocytes in vivo should be investigated. Here, unilateral anterior crossbite (UAC), which can induce osteoarthritic lesions in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), was applied to 6-wk-old C57BL/6 mice. Matrix loss in TMJ cartilage was obvious, as demonstrated by safranin O staining, and the condylar cartilage elastic modulus values, detected by using atomic force microscopy (AFM), were reduced, indicating cartilage softening that might be linked with loss of the highly charged proteoglycan. By crossing the Rosa26/tdTomato (TdT) mice with Sox9;CreERT2 mice or with Col10;CreERT2 mice, we obtained the Sox9-TdT and Col10-TdT strains, respectively, in which the Sox9- or Col10-expressing cells, accordingly, were labeled by TdT. A few TdT-labeled cells in both strains expressed AdipoQ or DMP-1. The Sox9-TdT+AdipoQ+ cells were primarily located in the deep zone cartilage and then in the whole cartilage. Col10-TdT+AdipoQ+ cells, Sox9-TdT+DMP-1+ cells, and Col10-TdT+DMP-1+ cells were located in the deep zone region. UAC promoted AdipoQ and DMP-1 expression in cartilage. The percentages of Sox9-TdT+AdipoQ+ and Col10-TdT+AdipoQ+ cells to Sox9-TdT+ and Col10-TdT+ cells, respectively, were increased (both P < 0.05), implying that more chondrocytes were undergoing adipogenic differentiation in the UAC group, the cartilage of which was softened. The percentages of Sox9-TdT+DMP-1+ and Col10-TdT+DMP-1+ cells to Sox9-TdT+ cells and Col10-TdT+ cells, respectively, were increased (both P < 0.05), consistent with our report that UAC enhanced deep zone cartilage calcification, causing stiffening of the deep zone cartilage. Our present data demonstrated that TMJ chondrocyte descendants can become adipogenic in vivo in addition to becoming osteogenic. This potential was promoted in osteoarthritic cartilage, in which deep zone cartilage calcification-associated cartilage stiffening and proteoglycan loss-associated cartilage softening were both stimulated.
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- X Xu
- School of Stomatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.,Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and Clinic of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Oral and Maxillofacial Pain, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and Clinic of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Oral and Maxillofacial Pain, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.,Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and Clinic of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Oral and Maxillofacial Pain, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.,Research & Development Institute in Shenzhen, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and Clinic of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Oral and Maxillofacial Pain, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and Clinic of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Oral and Maxillofacial Pain, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and Clinic of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Oral and Maxillofacial Pain, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.,Research Center of Special Environmental Biomechanics & Medical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Stomatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.,Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and Clinic of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Oral and Maxillofacial Pain, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Yang P, Zhao J, Zhang G, Ni J, Huang C. Determination and prediction of digestible and metabolizable energy of soybean meal and wheat bran for finishing pigs. Livest Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104741] [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]
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Yang W, Wang Z, Luo L, Yang P, Sun D, Gao B. Role of miR-27a in the regulation of cellular function via the inhibition of MAP2K4 in patients with asthma. Hum Exp Toxicol 2021; 40:S77-S86. [PMID: 34219538 DOI: 10.1177/09603271211026738] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Asthma is a respiratory disease with a clinically high incidence, and repeated attacks of asthma severely affect the quality of life and even pose a threat to health, leading to severe burdens on families and even the society. A thorough understanding of the pathogenesis of asthma is essential for the prevention and treatment of asthma. This study aimed to examine the effect of the microRNA miR-27a on asthma and its relationship with mitogen activated protein kinase 4 (MAP2K4). Patients with asthma admitted to our hospital from August 2016 to August 2018 and healthy participants in the same period were included in this prospective analysis. The mRNA expression levels of miR-27a and MAP2K4 in peripheral blood were determined. Airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) were used to study the effects of miR-27a and MAP2K4 on cell biological behavior. The relationship between miR-27a and MAP2K4 was verified using dual-luciferase reporter assay. miR-27a expression was increased and MAP2K4 mRNA expression was decreased in asthma (P < 0.05). Increasing miR-27a expression and inhibiting MAP2K4 expression could enhance the activity of ASMCs, whereas inhibiting miR-27a expression and increasing MAP2K4 expression had the opposite effect (P < 0.05). Dual-luciferase reporter assay results showed that the fluorescence activity of MAP2K4-wild type was inhibited by increased miR-27a expression (P < 0.05). miR-27a promotes the proliferation and invasion of ASMCs by targeting MAP2K4 and is involved in the occurrence of asthma.
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- W Yang
- Department of Pulmonary Function Test, the Affiliated Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital of Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory, The Affiliated Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Outpatient, Community Health Service Center of Xinzhuang, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory, The Affiliated Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Toxicology, The Affiliated Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital of Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Affiliated Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital of Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Sun D, Yu GH, Chen WY, Yang P, Zhang L. [Primary small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia of the appendix with acute appendicitis as the first symptom: report of a case]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2021; 50:1288-1290. [PMID: 34719175 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20210421-00310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- D Sun
- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, Shandong Province, China
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Yang P, Peng X, Jin H, Jin Y, Cheng J, Elhalawani H, Liu J, Wang J, Mohamed A, Shi Y, Wang H, Fuller C. Radiological Prediction Model of Lung Radiation Pneumonitis Based on Dose Line Segmentation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.1289] [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]
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Naser J, Fogell N, Patel M, Yang P, Krams R, Wentzel JJ, Aben JP, De Silva R. Moving shear stress towards the clinic: preclinical comparison of optical coherence tomography-based versus angiography-based time-averaged wall shear stress estimations. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.1195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Introduction
Identification of coronary atherosclerotic plaques at risk of causing future acute coronary syndromes remains a major unmet clinical challenge. The addition of vessel biomechanics to intracoronary imaging derived evaluation of plaque morphology, improves identification of plaques likely to develop high risk features. We and others have developed a framework for intracoronary imaging (optical coherence tomography [OCT]) based 3D reconstructions of coronary arteries for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of shear stress, which are considered the current gold standard approach for quantification of coronary arterial haemodynamics. However, these approaches are time consuming and computationally intensive, resulting in a barrier to clinical uptake.
Purpose
Determination of time averaged wall shear stress (TAWSS) based on 3D coronary geometries from non-invasive 3D Quantitative Coronary Angiography (3D-QCA) has recently been developed (Pie Medical Imaging, Netherlands), which enables results of shear stress simulations to be available within 30 minutes. We sought to compare TAWSS determined from 3D-QCA with gold standard OCT-based CFD simulations in both normal and stenotic arteries in minipigs.
Methods
15 normal and 5 stenotic minipig coronary arteries were studied. Anatomically matched 3D arterial geometries were reconstructed from 3D-QCA and OCT using common centrelines. Boundary conditions for simulations included directly measured inlet blood velocities; parabolic inlet flow profiles, zero pressure outlet; no-slip arterial walls; blood density: 1.05 g/ml; blood dynamic viscosity: 0.035 g/cm.s. Blood was modelled as Newtonian. 3D-QCA TAWSS was obtained with a Kratos Multi-Physics CFD solver. OCT-based simulations were performed using Abaqus/CFD v6.14. TAWSS was calculated for 80 axially matched segments for both methods (1200 and 400 paired comparisons for normal and stenotic arteries, respectively). Data were analysed using Bland-Altman and Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed ranked tests.
Results
Computation times for 3D-QCA and OCT-based CFD were approximately 30 minutes and 2 hours respectively. Axial profiles of TAWSS were similar between the two methods and there was agreement in TAWSS magnitudes and narrow 95% limits of agreement (Figure 1 and Figure 2). Using co-registered TAWSS maps generated by each method, we find similar spatial regional distributions of TAWSS in both normal and stenotic arteries.
Conclusions
Our data suggest that 3D-QCA based TAWSS is feasible in both normal and stenotic arteries. Spatial TAWSS distributions between the two methods are similar with agreement in matched TAWSS comparisons, though there are some small systematic differences in the absolute values of TAWSS, due to different resultant arterial geometries. These encouraging data suggest that further clinical evaluation of rapid TAWSS from 3D-QCA is warranted, which may facilitate clinical adoption of TAWSS assessment.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – EU funding. Main funding source(s): Medical Research Council
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- J Naser
- Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands (The)
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- Pie Medical Imaging, Maastricht, Netherlands (The)
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- Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Wang D, Yang P, Yang L, Jin S, Yang P, Chen Q, Tang X. Comparison of laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure and laparoscopic intracorporeal suture in pediatric hernia repair. J Pediatr Surg 2021; 56:1894-1899. [PMID: 33309301 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Laparoscopic inguinal repair use is rapidly growing because it is a minimally invasive surgery (MIS) technique. However, there is insufficient evidence to support the use of one MIS over others. We compared laparoscopic intracorporeal suture (LIS) and laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure (LPEC) to determine which technique is superior. METHODS Between February 2017 and December 2019, 260 children who underwent LPEC and 214 children who underwent LIS were enrolled. Operative time, recovery score, and patient cosmetic satisfaction were compared. A total of 108 propensity score-matched pairs were analyzed using paired t-test for continuous measurements and McNemar test for categorical variables. RESULTS The mean surgery time was lower in the LPEC group for both unilateral (15.76 ± 5.35 vs. 19 ± 5.71 min; p = 0.04) and bilateral (21.56 ± 5.7 vs. 26.38 ± 6.94 min; p = 0.01) surgeries. The LPEC group required shorter time for complete recovery (p = 0.017). The mean rating for scar visibility was higher in the LIS group (p = 0.02); however, both groups had high levels of cosmetic satisfaction (p = 0.125). CONCLUSION LPEC for hernia repair is safe and efficient in children and reduced operative time, hastened recovery, and provided excellent cosmetic results.
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- Daoxi Wang
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Suining Central Hospital, Suining, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
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Kehl K, Zahrieh D, Yang P, Hillman S, Tan A, Sands J, Oxnard G, Gillespie E, Wigle D, Malik S, Stinchcombe T, Ramalingam S, Kelly K, Mandrekar S, Osarogiagbon R, Kozono D. MA15.05 Rates of Guideline-Concordant Surgery and Adjuvant Chemotherapy Among Patients in The U.S. ALCHEMIST Study (Alliance). J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.08.191] [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]
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Liu GH, Wen Y, Yang P, Liu GF. Regulation by Pink1 on the mitochondrial dysfunction in endothelial cells post the hypoxia mimetic agent CoCl2 treatment. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 25:5071. [PMID: 34486679 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202108_26514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The article "Regulation by Pink1 on the mitochondrial dysfunction in endothelial cells post the hypoxia mimetic agent CoCl2 treatment, by G.-H. Liu, Y. Wen, P. Yang, G.-F. Liu, published in Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2018; 22 (17): 5704-5711-DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201809_15838-PMID: 30229848" has been withdrawn from the authors due to inaccuracies (severe contamination of HeLa cell for A549 and NCI-H460s). The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. https://www.europeanreview.org/article/15838.
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- Department of Cardiology, Department of Endocrinology, Department of Radiology; China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Cheaib B, Yang P, Kazlauskaite R, Lindsay E, Heys C, Dwyer T, De Noa M, Schaal P, Sloan W, Ijaz U, Llewellyn M. Genome erosion and evidence for an intracellular niche - exploring the biology of mycoplasmas in Atlantic salmon. Aquaculture 2021; 541:736772. [PMID: 34471330 PMCID: PMC8192413 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Mycoplasmas are the smallest autonomously self-replicating life form on the planet. Members of this bacterial genus are known to parasitise a wide array of metazoans including vertebrates. Whilst much research has been significant targeted at parasitic mammalian mycoplasmas, very little is known about their role in other vertebrates. In the current study, we aim to explore the biology of mycoplasmas in Atlantic Salmon, a species of major significance for aquaculture, including cellular niche, genome size structure and gene content. Using fluorescent in-situ hybridisation (FISH), mycoplasmas were targeted in epithelial tissues across the digestive tract (stomach, pyloric caecum and midgut) from different development stages (eggs, parr, subadult) of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), and we present evidence for an intracellular niche for some of the microbes visualised. Via shotgun metagenomic sequencing, a nearly complete, albeit small, genome (~0.57 MB) as assembled from a farmed Atlantic salmon subadult. Phylogenetic analysis of the recovered genome revealed taxonomic proximity to other salmon derived mycoplasmas, as well as to the human pathogen Mycoplasma penetrans (~1.36 Mb). We annotated coding sequences and identified riboflavin pathway encoding genes and sugar transporters, the former potentially consistent with micronutrient provisioning in salmonid development. Our study provides insights into mucosal adherence, the cellular niche and gene catalog of Mycoplasma in the gut ecosystem of the Atlantic salmon, suggesting a high dependency of this minimalist bacterium on its host. Further study is required to explore and functional role of Mycoplasma in the nutrition and development of its salmonid host.
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- B. Cheaib
- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
- School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
- Corresponding author at: Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture, nutrition and feed, Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Hongdao Rd, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Zhang WT, Liu D, Xie CJ, Shen D, Chen ZQ, Li ZH, Liu Y, Zhang XR, Chen PL, Zhong WF, Yang P, Huang QM, Luo L, Mao C. [Sensitivity and specificity of nucleic acid testing in close contacts of COVID-19 cases in Guangzhou]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2021; 42:1347-1352. [PMID: 34814552 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20201211-01400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the sensitivity and specificity of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid testing in 20 348 close contacts of COVID-19 cases in different prevention and control stages in Guangzhou and to provide scientific evidence for optimizing epidemic response strategies. Methods: A total of 20 348 close contacts of COVID-19 cases in Guangzhou were traced between February 21 and September 22,2020. All the close contacts were tested for the nucleic acid of SARS-CoV-2. The sensitivity and specificity of nucleic acid testing and diagnosis in the different prevention and control stages were compared. Results: In 20 348 close contacts, 12 462 were males (61.24%), the median (P25,P75) of age of them was 31.0 years (23.0,43.0), the median number (P25,P75) of nucleic acid testing for them was 2.0 (1.0,3.0), and the median (P25,P75) of their quarantine days was 12.0 (8.0,13.0) days, respectively. A total of 256 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the close contacts after seven nucleic acid tests. In the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 7th nucleic acid testing, the sensitivity and specificity were 69.14% and 99.99% (177 cases confirmed), 89.84% and 99.99% (230 cases confirmed), 97.27% and 99.99% (249 cases confirmed), and 100.00% and 99.98%, respectively. In the three stages of COVID-19 prevention and control in China: domestic case stage, imported case stage, and imported case associated local epidemic stage, the sensitivity of the 1st nucleic acid testing was 70.68%, 68.00% and 67.35%, and the specificity was 99.98%, 100.00% and 100.00%, respectively. Conclusions: The sensitivity of nucleic acid testing in the close contacts at the different stages were consistent with slight decrease, which might be related to the increased proportion of asymptomatic infections in the late stage of epidemic prevention and control with COVID-19 in Guangzhou. It is suggested to give three nucleic acid tests to improve the sensitivity and reduce false negative risk.
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- W T Zhang
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Cai Z, Wang W, Pan BH, Xie C, Yang P, Wang XW, Ouyang Y, Liu GQ, Wu KM, Le TM, Huang JH. [Choices of emergency treatment and surgical method for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:2288-2292. [PMID: 34333943 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20201216-03368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the emergency management process of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA), and analyze the perioperative mortality factors of different surgical methods. Methods: The emergency data and hospitalization data of 91 patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in Xiangya Hospital of Central South University from June 2010 to June 2019 were retrospectively analyzed.Twelve of the patients died preoperatively due to excessive blood loss, and the remaining 79 patients were hospitalized for open surgery (OSR) or endovascular repair (EVAR).The differences in age, time to hospital arrival, emergency preparation time, first creatinine value, emergency infusion volume, preoperative drop in blood pressure, preoperative use of vasoactive drugs and iliac artery involvement were compared between preoperative death group (n=12) and preoperative survival group (n=79), OSR group (n=50) and EVAR group (n=29), postoperative death group (n=23) and postoperative survival group (n=56). Results: Seventy-nine patients received open surgery or endovascular repair, and 23 died after operation. Age, time to hospital arrival, first creatinine value and emergency infusion volume were (77±11) years, (18±5)h, (469±150) μmol/L, (4 140±1 743) ml in the preoperative death group and (70±10) years, (12±8) h, (228±174) μmol/L, (1 358±1 211) ml in the preoperative survival group, respectively, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). There were no significant differences in preoperative data, intraoperative treatment and postoperative perioperative mortality between the open surgery group and the endovascular repair group (all P>0.05). The intraoperative blood loss, operation time and aortic occlusion rate in the endovascular repair group were 100 (50, 175) ml, (3.2±0.9) h, 13.8%, respectively, which were better than that in the open surgery group 1700 (600, 3425) ml, (5.2±1.1) h, 100%. The differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). Age, emergency preparation time, first creatinine value, emergency infusion volume, blood pressure decline rate and vasoactive drug utilization rate in the death group were (77±8) years, (4.1±1.7) h, (456±172) μmol/L, (2 024±1 687) ml, 100%, 100%, respectively, and (68±10) years, (2.7±2.2) h, (135±26) μmol/L, (1 085±825) ml, 21.4%, 12.5% in the survival group, respectively. The differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). Conclusions: Age, emergency preparation time, first creatinine value, emergency infusion volume, decreased blood pressure and use of vasoactive drugs are all associated with perioperative death in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. EVAR surgery is a better choice if conditions exist.
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 413000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 413000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 413000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 413000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 413000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 413000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 413000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 413000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 413000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 413000, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 413000, China
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Wang Y, Yang P, Liu Y. PO-1961 The effect of 4DCT vs. 3DCT simulation on the positioning accuracy for lung cancer radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)08412-7] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Ma PP, Meng LN, Wang MT, Jin HF, Fan YH, Zha AS, Huo XH, Chen DF, Cao ZQ, Tang XF, Yang P, Shi ZH, Li TW, Meng J, Gan C, Chen GX, Sha WH, Du Q, Li Y, Lyu B. [A multicenter randomized controlled study of bismuth-containing quadruple therapy followed by Jing-Hua-Wei-Kang in the treatment of patients newly diagnosed with Helicobacter pylori infection and dyspepsia]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:2060-2065. [PMID: 34275239 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20210305-00563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication rate and improvement of dyspepsia in patients who were newly diagnosed with H. pylori infection and dyspepsia and treated by bismuth-containing quadruple therapy followed by Jing-Hua-Wei-Kang(JHWK). Methods: Patients who were newly diagnosed with dyspepsia and H. pylori infection and treated in 16 medical centers in China between December 1, 2017 and September 30, 2019 were randomly divided into two groups. The experimental group received bismuth-containing quadruple therapy (esomeprazole+amoxicillin+furazolidone+colloidal bismuth pectin capsule, 14 days), followed by JHWK (30 days), and the course of treatment was 44 days in total. In the control group, the administration regimen was bismuth-containing quadruple therapy (esomeprazole+amoxicillin+furazolidone+colloidal bismuth pectin capsule, 14 days). The main outcome measure was H. pylori eradication rate, while the secondary outcome measures were dyspepsia symptom changes and adverse events during the treatment and the 1st month after treatment. Results: A total of 1 054 patients were included in the study. There were 522 cases enrolled in the experimental group, including 224(42.91%) men and 298(57.09%) women, and the age was 53(26, 73) years old; 532 cases enrolled in the control group, including 221(41.54%) men and 311(58.46%) women, and the age was 46(22, 71) years old. Based on PP analysis, it was found that the H. pylori eradication rate in the experimental group was significantly higher than those in the control group (93.85% vs 87.88%, P=0.001). In the group of all enrolled patients, the symptom dyspepsia after H. pylori eradication was significantly improved compared with that before treatment [4(4, 7) vs 15(10, 22), P<0.001], so was the superior and middle abdominal pain [1(1, 4) vs 4(1, 8), P<0.001], the postprandial fullness [1(1, 4) vs 4(4, 9), P<0.001], the early satiety [1(1, 1) vs 4(1, 4), P<0.001], and the heartburn [1(1, 1) vs 1(1, 4), P<0.001]. The symptom dyspepsia after treatment was significantly improved compared with that before treatment in the experimental, the control groups, the successful and the unsuccessful H. pylori eradication groups. The superior and middle abdominal pain after treatment was signifcantly improved than that before treatment [1(1, 2) vs 1(1, 4), P<0.001], so were the postprandial fullness [1(1, 3) vs 1(1, 4), P=0.002] and the dyspepsia[4(4, 7) VS 7(4, 10), P<0.001]. There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of adverse events between the experimental group and the control group (1.34% vs 0.38%, P=0.09). Conclusions: Compared with bismuth-containing quadruple therapy, bismuth-containing quadruple therapy followed by JHWK significantly improves the H. pylori eradication rate without increasing the incidence of adverse events. H. pylori eradication therapy can improve symptoms of patients with H. pylori infection and dyspepsia.
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- P P Ma
- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory for Pathophysiological Research on Digestive System Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310060, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory for Pathophysiological Research on Digestive System Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310060, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Jilin People's Hospital, Jilin 132012, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory for Pathophysiological Research on Digestive System Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310060, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory for Pathophysiological Research on Digestive System Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310060, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230031, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050023, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Medical Center, Chongqing 400042, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250011, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Harbin 150030, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xiangyin People's Hospital, Xiangyin 410500, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Wuhan No.1 Hospital, Wuhan 430033, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430006, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding 071030, China
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- the First Department of Gastroenterology, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xuzhou No.1 People's Hospital, Xuzhou 221002, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Key Laboratory for Pathophysiological Research on Digestive System Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310060, China
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Yang P, Tang X. Is the Greater Trochanter the Ideal Freehand Landmark for the S2AI Screw Angle in the Caudal Direction? Commentary on "Extra-articular Portion of the Sacroiliac Joint-Between the Sacral and Pelvic Tuberosities: An Anatomical Guide for the S2-Alar-Iliac Screw Trajectory" by Tatara et al. Global Spine J 2021; 11:1008-1009. [PMID: 34196579 PMCID: PMC8258828 DOI: 10.1177/21925682211015190] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The author introduced a novel freehand technique for S2-Alar-Iliac screw placement Which demonstrated good clinical safety. However the optimal anatomical landmarks of the screw angle in the caudal direction have not been unified. The tip of the greater trochanter(TGT) was one of the most frequently chosen landmark in fluoroscopic or navigation guidance technique. Additional adjustments are always needed according to these studies. The freehand technique of the present study also choose the TGT as the as the landmark of the S2AI screw angle in the caudal direction, whether it also need any adjustment? We hope the author could explain more about this issue. Besides, the relationship between TGT and the sacral iliac bone is not static, which will make the reliability of the pre-surgery navigation software simulation doubtful.
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- Panyi Yang
- Department of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China,Xueyang Tang, Department of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 GuoXue Rd, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People’s Republic of China.
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Fan D, Qiu B, Yang XJ, Tang HL, Peng SJ, Yang P, Dong YM, Yang L, Bao GQ, Zhao HD. LncRNA SNHG8 promotes cell migration and invasion in breast cancer cell through miR-634/ZBTB20 axis. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:11639-11649. [PMID: 33275231 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202011_23808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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 Small nucleolus RNA Host Gene 8 (SNHG8) belongs to a subgroup of long non-coding RNAs. SNHG8 is upregulated in many cancers, such as gastric cancer, liver cancer, and esophageal squamous cell cancer. However, whether SNHG8 is abnormally expressed in breast cancer and its biological functions remain unclear. Therefore, our research intended to determine the expression status of SNHG8 in breast cancer, explore the effects of SNHG8 on the development of breast cancer, and investigate the potential molecular mechanisms in cancer progression. PATIENTS AND METHODS The expression levels of SNHG8 were detected in tissue samples and cell lines via qRT-PCR. The effects of SNHG8 on viability of breast cancer cells were detected via CCK-8, EdU, transwell, and flow cytometry analyses. RESULTS qRT-PCR results showed that the expression level of SNHG8 was significantly upregulated in tumor tissues and cell lines. Gene functional studies showed that the downregulation of the expression level of SNHG8 significantly inhibited the breast cancer cells migration and invasion, and induced apoptosis. Meanwhile, we found that SNHG8 served as an inhibitor of miR-634 in tumor tissues. SNHG8 may participate in the malignancy of breast cancer by sponging the miR-634 to increase the expression level of ZBTB20. CONCLUSIONS The SNHG8-miR-634-ZBTB20 pathway may be a potential target for the treatment of breast cancers.
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- Tangdu Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
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