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Han J, Gao XZ, Xu Y, Liu EJ, Du Q, Chen K, Li SL. [Clinicopathological features of SMARCA4-deficient lung adenocarcinoma: a study of 42 cases]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2024; 53:136-142. [PMID: 38281780 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20230718-00011] [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: 01/30/2024]
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Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics and genetic mutations of SMARCA4-deficient lung adenocarcinoma. Methods: From January 2021 to April 2023 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 42 cases of SMARCA4-deficienct lung adenocarcinoma were diagnosed and now analyzed. All cases were retrospectively studied using hematoxylin-eosin staining and immunohistochemistry. The clinicopathological features were reviewed. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was performed to investigate the mutations of related genes. Results: Among the 42 cases, there were 35 biopsy and 7 surgical specimens. There were 38 males and 4 females. The male to female ratio was 9.5∶1.0, with an age range from 42 to 78 years. Thirty-three patients were smokers. Overall, 4 cases (9.5%), 2 cases (4.7%), 18 cases (42.9%) and 18 cases (42.9%) were at stages Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, and Ⅳ, respectively. Microscopically, all the cases were non-mucinous adenocarcinoma, without lepidic pattern. The morphology was diverse. Rhabdomyoid cells, tumor giant cells and tumor necrosis were present. Most of the tumor cells had eosinophilic cytoplasm and occasionally clear cytoplasm. Defined cell borders and variable cytoplasmic hyaline secretory globules could be found. Inflammatory cells infiltrated the tumor stroma. Immunohistochemistry showed 29 cases (69.0%, 29/42) expressed TTF1, 10 cases (40.0%, 10/25) expressed Napsin A, and 20 cases (100.0%, 20/20) expressed INI1. Forty cases (95.2%, 40/42) showed BRG1 loss in all tumor cells, while 2 cases (4.8%, 2/42) had partial BRG1 loss. PD-L1 (22C3) was positive in 59.2% of the cases (16/27). NGS revealed mutations in EGFR, ROS1, MET, RET and KRAS. Six cases (6/8) showed SMARCA4 mutation, while some cases were accompanied by mutations of TP53 (7/15), STK11 (4/8), and KEAP1 (1/8). Driver gene mutations were more common in women (P<0.05). Patients were followed up for 1-25 months. Four patients died and 20 patients' diseases progressed. Conclusions: SMARCA4-deficient lung adenocarcinoma lacks characteristic morphology. Most of them express TTF1 and harbor driver gene mutations. It is necessary to identify this subset of lung adenocarcinoma by carrying out BRG1 stain routinely on lung adenocarcinoma. These patients can then be identified and benefit from targeted therapies.
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- J Han
- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Li Y, Li Y, Du H, Lin YX, Du Q, Chen HB, Lu XX. [Analysis of clinical epidemiological characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus in children in a hospital of pediatric in Hubei Province from 2020 to 2023]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2024; 58:213-218. [PMID: 38387953 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20230810-00076] [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: 02/24/2024]
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Objective: To explore the clinical epidemiological characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus in children in Hubei Province from 2020 to 2023. Method: A single-center and cross-sectional study was used to analyze the clinical data of 3 271 children with respiratory syncytial virus infection in Wuhan Children's Hospital affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023. Nonparametric rank sum test and χ2 test were used for comparative analysis. Results: From July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023, a total of 25 583 children were included in the analysis, of which 3 271(12.8%) children infected RSV. The detection rate was 16.3% in 2020-2021, 14.7% in 2021-2022 and 9.1% in 2022-2023. The detection rate decreased year by year (χ2=222.054, P<0.05). From 2020 to 2023, there was an anti-seasonal epidemic of RSV in spring and autumn. The detection rate of RSV in infants under 1 year old was the highest, but the median ages of RSV positive children increased (H=140.575, P<0.05). Pneumonia was the main clinical manifestation of RSV respiratory tract infection. Conclusion: The epidemiological characteristics of RSV in children in Hubei Province were different from those before. From 2020 to 2023, the detection rate of RSV decreased year by year. Besides winter, the prevalence of RSV could also be seen in spring and autumn. The median age of children infected with RSV increased after the epidemic. Pneumonia was the main clinical manifestation after RSV infection.
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- Y Li
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430016, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430016, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430016, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430016, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430016, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430016, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430016, China
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Du Q, Cui T, Niu G, Qui J, Yang B. Improving Bond Strength of Translucent Zirconia Through Surface Treatment With SiO2-ZrO2 Coatings. Oper Dent 2023; 48:666-676. [PMID: 37961015 DOI: 10.2341/22-121-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Translucent monolithic zirconia ceramics have been applied in dental clinics due to their esthetic translucent formulations and mechanical properties. Considering inherent ceramic brittleness, adhesive bonding with resin composite increases the fracture resistance of ceramic restorations. However, zirconia is a chemically stable material that is difficult to adhesively bond with resin. OBJECTIVES To investigate the influences of SiO2-ZrO2 coatings on adhesive bonding of zirconia and the surface characterization of those coatings. METHODS AND MATERIALS Translucent zirconia discs were classified into groups based on surface treatments: CT (control), SB (sandblasting), C21(SiO2:ZrO2=2:1), C11(SiO2:ZrO2=1:1), and C12 (SiO2:ZrO2=1:2) (n=10). Surface characterization of coatings on zirconia were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), surface roughness assessment (Ra), X-ray diffraction (XRD), water contact angle (WCA), translucency parameter (TP), and shear bond strength (SBS). Two-way ANOVA for shear bond strength results and ANOVA for Ra and WCA were performed. RESULTS SEM images revealed SiO2 islands on zirconia disks coated with SiO2-ZrO2. Surface roughness of C12, C11, and C21 groups was significantly larger than those of groups SB and CT (p<0.05). XRD results showed that phase transformation of zirconia disks was detected only in the SB group. In addition, SiO2-ZrO2 coatings reduced WCA. The translucency decreased only in group C21. Group C11 showed the highest shear bond strength under both aging conditions. CONCLUSION SiO2-ZrO2 coating is a promising method to enhance the adhesive resin bonding of translucent zirconia without causing phase transformation of translucent zirconia.
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- Q Du
- †Qiao Du, DDS, Department of Stomatology, Beijing Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Beijing, China
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- †Tiehan Cui, DDS, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- *Guangliang Niu, DDS, Department of Stomatology,Beijing Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Beijing, China
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- *Jiaxuan Qui, DDS, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- *Bin Yang, DDS, Restorative Department, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA
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Kawabe Y, Du Q, Narita TB, Bell C, Schilde C, Kin K, Schaap P. Emerging roles for diguanylate cyclase during the evolution of soma in dictyostelia. BMC Ecol Evol 2023; 23:60. [PMID: 37803310 PMCID: PMC10559540 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02169-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cyclic di-guanylate (c-di-GMP), synthesized by diguanylate cyclase, is a major second messenger in prokaryotes, where it triggers biofilm formation. The dictyostelid social amoebas acquired diguanylate cyclase (dgcA) by horizontal gene transfer. Dictyostelium discoideum (Ddis) in taxon group 4 uses c-di-GMP as a secreted signal to induce differentiation of stalk cells, the ancestral somatic cell type that supports the propagating spores. We here investigated how this role for c-di-GMP evolved in Dictyostelia by exploring dgcA function in the group 2 species Polysphondylium pallidum (Ppal) and in Polysphondylium violaceum (Pvio), which resides in a small sister clade to group 4. RESULTS Similar to Ddis, dgcA is upregulated after aggregation in Ppal and Pvio and predominantly expressed in the anterior region and stalks of emerging fruiting bodies. DgcA null mutants in Ppal and Pvio made fruiting bodies with very long and thin stalks and only few spores and showed delayed aggregation and larger aggregates, respectively. Ddis dgcA- cells cannot form stalks at all, but showed no aggregation defects. The long, thin stalks of Ppal and Pvio dgcA- mutants were also observed in acaA- mutants in these species. AcaA encodes adenylate cyclase A, which mediates the effects of c-di-GMP on stalk induction in Ddis. Other factors that promote stalk formation in Ddis are DIF-1, produced by the polyketide synthase StlB, low ammonia, facilitated by the ammonia transporter AmtC, and high oxygen, detected by the oxygen sensor PhyA (prolyl 4-hydroxylase). We deleted the single stlB, amtC and phyA genes in Pvio wild-type and dgcA- cells. Neither of these interventions affected stalk formation in Pvio wild-type and not or very mildly exacerbated the long thin stalk phenotype of Pvio dgcA- cells. CONCLUSIONS The study reveals a novel role for c-di-GMP in aggregation, while the reduced spore number in Pvio and Ppal dgcA- is likely an indirect effect, due to depletion of the cell pool by the extended stalk formation. The results indicate that in addition to c-di-GMP, Dictyostelia ancestrally used an as yet unknown factor for induction of stalk formation. The activation of AcaA by c-di-GMP is likely conserved throughout Dictyostelia.
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- Yoshinori Kawabe
- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD15EH, UK
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- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD15EH, UK
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- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD15EH, UK
- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, 275-0016, Japan
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- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD15EH, UK
- West of Scotland Innovation Hub, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, G514LB, UK
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- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD15EH, UK
- D'Arcy Thompson Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD14HN, UK
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- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD15EH, UK
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, 08003, Spain
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- Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD15EH, UK.
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Smitherman EA, Chahine RA, Beukelman T, Lewandowski LB, Rahman AKMF, Wenderfer SE, Curtis JR, Hersh AO, Abulaban K, Adams A, Adams M, Agbayani R, Aiello J, Akoghlanian S, Alejandro C, Allenspach E, Alperin R, Alpizar M, Amarilyo G, Ambler W, Anderson E, Ardoin S, Armendariz S, Baker E, Balboni I, Balevic S, Ballenger L, Ballinger S, Balmuri N, Barbar‐Smiley F, Barillas‐Arias L, Basiaga M, Baszis K, Becker M, Bell‐Brunson H, Beltz E, Benham H, Benseler S, Bernal W, Beukelman T, Bigley T, Binstadt B, Black C, Blakley M, Bohnsack J, Boland J, Boneparth A, Bowman S, Bracaglia C, Brooks E, Brothers M, Brown A, Brunner H, Buckley M, Buckley M, Bukulmez H, Bullock D, Cameron B, Canna S, Cannon L, Carper P, Cartwright V, Cassidy E, Cerracchio L, Chalom E, Chang J, Chang‐Hoftman A, Chauhan V, Chira P, Chinn T, Chundru K, Clairman H, Co D, Confair A, Conlon H, Connor R, Cooper A, Cooper J, Cooper S, Correll C, Corvalan R, Costanzo D, Cron R, Curiel‐Duran L, Curington T, Curry M, Dalrymple A, Davis A, Davis C, Davis C, Davis T, De Benedetti F, De Ranieri D, Dean J, Dedeoglu F, DeGuzman M, Delnay N, Dempsey V, DeSantis E, Dickson T, Dingle J, Donaldson B, Dorsey E, Dover S, Dowling J, Drew J, Driest K, Du Q, Duarte K, Durkee D, Duverger E, Dvergsten J, Eberhard A, Eckert M, Ede K, Edelheit B, Edens C, Edens C, Edgerly Y, Elder M, Ervin B, Fadrhonc S, Failing C, Fair D, Falcon M, Favier L, Federici S, Feldman B, Fennell J, Ferguson I, Ferguson P, Ferreira B, Ferrucho R, Fields K, Finkel T, Fitzgerald M, Fleming C, Flynn O, Fogel L, Fox E, Fox M, Franco L, Freeman M, Fritz K, Froese S, Fuhlbrigge R, Fuller J, George N, Gerhold K, Gerstbacher D, Gilbert M, Gillispie‐Taylor M, Giverc E, Godiwala C, Goh I, Goheer H, Goldsmith D, Gotschlich E, Gotte A, Gottlieb B, Gracia C, Graham T, Grevich S, Griffin T, Griswold J, Grom A, Guevara M, Guittar P, Guzman M, Hager M, Hahn T, Halyabar O, Hammelev E, Hance M, Hanson A, Harel L, Haro S, Harris J, Harry O, Hartigan E, Hausmann J, Hay A, Hayward K, Heiart J, Hekl K, Henderson L, Henrickson M, Hersh A, Hickey K, Hill P, Hillyer S, Hiraki L, Hiskey M, Hobday P, Hoffart C, Holland M, Hollander M, Hong S, Horwitz M, Hsu J, Huber A, Huggins J, Hui‐Yuen J, Hung C, Huntington J, Huttenlocher A, Ibarra M, Imundo L, Inman C, Insalaco A, Jackson A, Jackson S, James K, Janow G, Jaquith J, Jared S, Johnson N, Jones J, Jones J, Jones J, Jones K, Jones S, Joshi S, Jung L, Justice C, Justiniano A, Karan N, Kaufman K, Kemp A, Kessler E, Khalsa U, Kienzle B, Kim S, Kimura Y, Kingsbury D, Kitcharoensakkul M, Klausmeier T, Klein K, Klein‐Gitelman M, Kompelien B, Kosikowski A, Kovalick L, Kracker J, Kramer S, Kremer C, Lai J, Lam J, Lang B, Lapidus S, Lapin B, Lasky A, Latham D, Lawson E, Laxer R, Lee P, Lee P, Lee T, Lentini L, Lerman M, Levy D, Li S, Lieberman S, Lim L, Lin C, Ling N, Lingis M, Lo M, Lovell D, Lowman D, Luca N, Lvovich S, Madison C, Madison J, Manzoni SM, Malla B, Maller J, Malloy M, Mannion M, Manos C, Marques L, Martyniuk A, Mason T, Mathus S, McAllister L, McCarthy K, McConnell K, McCormick E, McCurdy D, Stokes PM, McGuire S, McHale I, McMonagle A, McMullen‐Jackson C, Meidan E, Mellins E, Mendoza E, Mercado R, Merritt A, Michalowski L, Miettunen P, Miller M, Milojevic D, Mirizio E, Misajon E, Mitchell M, Modica R, Mohan S, Moore K, Moorthy L, Morgan S, Dewitt EM, Moss C, Moussa T, Mruk V, Murphy A, Muscal E, Nadler R, Nahal B, Nanda K, Nasah N, Nassi L, Nativ S, Natter M, Neely J, Nelson B, Newhall L, Ng L, Nicholas J, Nicolai R, Nigrovic P, Nocton J, Nolan B, Oberle E, Obispo B, O'Brien B, O'Brien T, Okeke O, Oliver M, Olson J, O'Neil K, Onel K, Orandi A, Orlando M, Osei‐Onomah S, Oz R, Pagano E, Paller A, Pan N, Panupattanapong S, Pardeo M, Paredes J, Parsons A, Patel J, Pentakota K, Pepmueller P, Pfeiffer T, Phillippi K, Marafon DP, Phillippi K, Ponder L, Pooni R, Prahalad S, Pratt S, Protopapas S, Puplava B, Quach J, Quinlan‐Waters M, Rabinovich C, Radhakrishna S, Rafko J, Raisian J, Rakestraw A, Ramirez C, Ramsay E, Ramsey S, Randell R, Reed A, Reed A, Reed A, Reid H, Remmel K, Repp A, Reyes A, Richmond A, Riebschleger M, Ringold S, Riordan M, Riskalla M, Ritter M, Rivas‐Chacon R, Robinson A, Rodela E, Rodriquez M, Rojas K, Ronis T, Rosenkranz M, Rosolowski B, Rothermel H, Rothman D, Roth‐Wojcicki E, Rouster – Stevens K, Rubinstein T, Ruth N, Saad N, Sabbagh S, Sacco E, Sadun R, Sandborg C, Sanni A, Santiago L, Sarkissian A, Savani S, Scalzi L, Schanberg L, Scharnhorst S, Schikler K, Schlefman A, Schmeling H, Schmidt K, Schmitt E, Schneider R, Schollaert‐Fitch K, Schulert G, Seay T, Seper C, Shalen J, Sheets R, Shelly A, Shenoi S, Shergill K, Shirley J, Shishov M, Shivers C, Silverman E, Singer N, Sivaraman V, Sletten J, Smith A, Smith C, Smith J, Smith J, Smitherman E, Soep J, Son M, Spence S, Spiegel L, Spitznagle J, Sran R, Srinivasalu H, Stapp H, Steigerwald K, Rakovchik YS, Stern S, Stevens A, Stevens B, Stevenson R, Stewart K, Stingl C, Stokes J, Stoll M, Stringer E, Sule S, Sumner J, Sundel R, Sutter M, Syed R, Syverson G, Szymanski A, Taber S, Tal R, Tambralli A, Taneja A, Tanner T, Tapani S, Tarshish G, Tarvin S, Tate L, Taxter A, Taylor J, Terry M, Tesher M, Thatayatikom A, Thomas B, Tiffany K, Ting T, Tipp A, Toib D, Torok K, Toruner C, Tory H, Toth M, Tse S, Tubwell V, Twilt M, Uriguen S, Valcarcel T, Van Mater H, Vannoy L, Varghese C, Vasquez N, Vazzana K, Vehe R, Veiga K, Velez J, Verbsky J, Vilar G, Volpe N, von Scheven E, Vora S, Wagner J, Wagner‐Weiner L, Wahezi D, Waite H, Walker J, Walters H, Muskardin TW, Waqar L, Waterfield M, Watson M, Watts A, Weiser P, Weiss J, Weiss P, Wershba E, White A, Williams C, Wise A, Woo J, Woolnough L, Wright T, Wu E, Yalcindag A, Yee M, Yen E, Yeung R, Yomogida K, Yu Q, Zapata R, Zartoshti A, Zeft A, Zeft R, Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Zhu A, Zic C. Childhood-Onset Lupus Nephritis in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry: Short-Term Kidney Status and Variation in Care. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2023; 75:1553-1562. [PMID: 36775844 PMCID: PMC10500561 DOI: 10.1002/acr.25002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The goal was to characterize short-term kidney status and describe variation in early care utilization in a multicenter cohort of patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) and nephritis. METHODS We analyzed previously collected prospective data from North American patients with cSLE with kidney biopsy-proven nephritis enrolled in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry from March 2017 through December 2019. We determined the proportion of patients with abnormal kidney status at the most recent registry visit and applied generalized linear mixed models to identify associated factors. We also calculated frequency of medication use, both during induction and ever recorded. RESULTS We identified 222 patients with kidney biopsy-proven nephritis, with 64% class III/IV nephritis on initial biopsy. At the most recent registry visit at median (interquartile range) of 17 (8-29) months from initial kidney biopsy, 58 of 106 patients (55%) with available data had abnormal kidney status. This finding was associated with male sex (odds ratio [OR] 3.88, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.21-12.46) and age at cSLE diagnosis (OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.01-1.49). Patients with class IV nephritis were more likely than class III to receive cyclophosphamide and rituximab during induction. There was substantial variation in mycophenolate, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab ever use patterns across rheumatology centers. CONCLUSION In this cohort with predominately class III/IV nephritis, male sex and older age at cSLE diagnosis were associated with abnormal short-term kidney status. We also observed substantial variation in contemporary medication use for pediatric lupus nephritis between pediatric rheumatology centers. Additional studies are needed to better understand the impact of this variation on long-term kidney outcomes.
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Han J, Gao XZ, Xu Y, Du Q, Li SL. [Cardiac metastasis of ependymoma: report of a case]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2023; 52:181-183. [PMID: 36748144 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20220527-00463] [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: 02/08/2023]
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- J Han
- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Hahn T, Daymont C, Beukelman T, Groh B, Hays K, Bingham CA, Scalzi L, Abel N, Abulaban K, Adams A, Adams M, Agbayani R, Aiello J, Akoghlanian S, Alejandro C, Allenspach E, Alperin R, Alpizar M, Amarilyo G, Ambler W, Anderson E, Ardoin S, Armendariz S, Baker E, Balboni I, Balevic S, Ballenger L, Ballinger S, Balmuri N, Barbar-Smiley F, Barillas-Arias L, Basiaga M, Baszis K, Becker M, Bell-Brunson H, Beltz E, Benham H, Benseler S, Bernal W, Beukelman T, Bigley T, Binstadt B, Black C, Blakley M, Bohnsack J, Boland J, Boneparth A, Bowman S, Bracaglia C, Brooks E, Brothers M, Brown A, Brunner H, Buckley M, Buckley M, Bukulmez H, Bullock D, Cameron B, Canna S, Cannon L, Carper P, Cartwright V, Cassidy E, Cerracchio L, Chalom E, Chang J, Chang-Hoftman A, Chauhan V, Chira P, Chinn T, Chundru K, Clairman H, Co D, Confair A, Conlon H, Connor R, Cooper A, Cooper J, Cooper S, Correll C, Corvalan R, Costanzo D, Cron R, Curiel-Duran L, Curington T, Curry M, Dalrymple A, Davis A, Davis C, Davis C, Davis T, De Benedetti F, De Ranieri D, Dean J, Dedeoglu F, DeGuzman M, Delnay N, Dempsey V, DeSantis E, Dickson T, Dingle J, Donaldson B, Dorsey E, Dover S, Dowling J, Drew J, Driest K, Du Q, Duarte K, Durkee D, Duverger E, Dvergsten J, Eberhard A, Eckert M, Ede K, Edelheit B, Edens C, Edens C, Edgerly Y, Elder M, Ervin B, Fadrhonc S, Failing C, Fair D, Falcon M, Favier L, Federici S, Feldman B, Fennell J, Ferguson I, Ferguson P, Ferreira B, Ferrucho R, Fields K, Finkel T, Fitzgerald M, Fleming C, Flynn O, Fogel L, Fox E, Fox M, Franco L, Freeman M, Fritz K, Froese S, Fuhlbrigge R, Fuller J, George N, Gerhold K, Gerstbacher D, Gilbert M, Gillispie-Taylor M, Giverc E, Godiwala C, Goh I, Goheer H, Goldsmith D, Gotschlich E, Gotte A, Gottlieb B, Gracia C, Graham T, Grevich S, Griffin T, Griswold J, Grom A, Guevara M, Guittar P, Guzman M, Hager M, Hahn T, Halyabar O, Hammelev E, Hance M, Hanson A, Harel L, Haro S, Harris J, Harry O, Hartigan E, Hausmann J, Hay A, Hayward K, Heiart J, Hekl K, Henderson L, Henrickson M, Hersh A, Hickey K, Hill P, Hillyer S, Hiraki L, Hiskey M, Hobday P, Hoffart C, Holland M, Hollander M, Hong S, Horwitz M, Hsu J, Huber A, Huggins J, Hui-Yuen J, Hung C, Huntington J, Huttenlocher A, Ibarra M, Imundo L, Inman C, Insalaco A, Jackson A, Jackson S, James K, Janow G, Jaquith J, Jared S, Johnson N, Jones J, Jones J, Jones J, Jones K, Jones S, Joshi S, Jung L, Justice C, Justiniano A, Karan N, Kaufman K, Kemp A, Kessler E, Khalsa U, Kienzle B, Kim S, Kimura Y, Kingsbury D, Kitcharoensakkul M, Klausmeier T, Klein K, Klein-Gitelman M, Kompelien B, Kosikowski A, Kovalick L, Kracker J, Kramer S, Kremer C, Lai J, Lam J, Lang B, Lapidus S, Lapin B, Lasky A, Latham D, Lawson E, Laxer R, Lee P, Lee P, Lee T, Lentini L, Lerman M, Levy D, Li S, Lieberman S, Lim L, Lin C, Ling N, Lingis M, Lo M, Lovell D, Lowman D, Luca N, Lvovich S, Madison C, Madison J, Manzoni SM, Malla B, Maller J, Malloy M, Mannion M, Manos C, Marques L, Martyniuk A, Mason T, Mathus S, McAllister L, McCarthy K, McConnell K, McCormick E, McCurdy D, Stokes PMC, McGuire S, McHale I, McMonagle A, McMullen-Jackson C, Meidan E, Mellins E, Mendoza E, Mercado R, Merritt A, Michalowski L, Miettunen P, Miller M, Milojevic D, Mirizio E, Misajon E, Mitchell M, Modica R, Mohan S, Moore K, Moorthy L, Morgan S, Dewitt EM, Moss C, Moussa T, Mruk V, Murphy A, Muscal E, Nadler R, Nahal B, Nanda K, Nasah N, Nassi L, Nativ S, Natter M, Neely J, Nelson B, Newhall L, Ng L, Nicholas J, Nicolai R, Nigrovic P, Nocton J, Nolan B, Oberle E, Obispo B, O’Brien B, O’Brien T, Okeke O, Oliver M, Olson J, O’Neil K, Onel K, Orandi A, Orlando M, Osei-Onomah S, Oz R, Pagano E, Paller A, Pan N, Panupattanapong S, Pardeo M, Paredes J, Parsons A, Patel J, Pentakota K, Pepmueller P, Pfeiffer T, Phillippi K, Marafon DP, Phillippi K, Ponder L, Pooni R, Prahalad S, Pratt S, Protopapas S, Puplava B, Quach J, Quinlan-Waters M, Rabinovich C, Radhakrishna S, Rafko J, Raisian J, Rakestraw A, Ramirez C, Ramsay E, Ramsey S, Randell R, Reed A, Reed A, Reed A, Reid H, Remmel K, Repp A, Reyes A, Richmond A, Riebschleger M, Ringold S, Riordan M, Riskalla M, Ritter M, Rivas-Chacon R, Robinson A, Rodela E, Rodriquez M, Rojas K, Ronis T, Rosenkranz M, Rosolowski B, Rothermel H, Rothman D, Roth-Wojcicki E, Rouster-Stevens K, Rubinstein T, Ruth N, Saad N, Sabbagh S, Sacco E, Sadun R, Sandborg C, Sanni A, Santiago L, Sarkissian A, Savani S, Scalzi L, Schanberg L, Scharnhorst S, Schikler K, Schlefman A, Schmeling H, Schmidt K, Schmitt E, Schneider R, Schollaert-Fitch K, Schulert G, Seay T, Seper C, Shalen J, Sheets R, Shelly A, Shenoi S, Shergill K, Shirley J, Shishov M, Shivers C, Silverman E, Singer N, Sivaraman V, Sletten J, Smith A, Smith C, Smith J, Smith J, Smitherman E, Soep J, Son M, Spence S, Spiegel L, Spitznagle J, Sran R, Srinivasalu H, Stapp H, Steigerwald K, Rakovchik YS, Stern S, Stevens A, Stevens B, Stevenson R, Stewart K, Stingl C, Stokes J, Stoll M, Stringer E, Sule S, Sumner J, Sundel R, Sutter M, Syed R, Syverson G, Szymanski A, Taber S, Tal R, Tambralli A, Taneja A, Tanner T, Tapani S, Tarshish G, Tarvin S, Tate L, Taxter A, Taylor J, Terry M, Tesher M, Thatayatikom A, Thomas B, Tiffany K, Ting T, Tipp A, Toib D, Torok K, Toruner C, Tory H, Toth M, Tse S, Tubwell V, Twilt M, Uriguen S, Valcarcel T, Van Mater H, Vannoy L, Varghese C, Vasquez N, Vazzana K, Vehe R, Veiga K, Velez J, Verbsky J, Vilar G, Volpe N, von Scheven E, Vora S, Wagner J, Wagner-Weiner L, Wahezi D, Waite H, Walker J, Walters H, Muskardin TW, Waqar L, Waterfield M, Watson M, Watts A, Weiser P, Weiss J, Weiss P, Wershba E, White A, Williams C, Wise A, Woo J, Woolnough L, Wright T, Wu E, Yalcindag A, Yee M, Yen E, Yeung R, Yomogida K, Yu Q, Zapata R, Zartoshti A, Zeft A, Zeft R, Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Zhu A, Zic C. Intraarticular steroids as DMARD-sparing agents for juvenile idiopathic arthritis flares: Analysis of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2022; 20:107. [PMID: 36434731 PMCID: PMC9701017 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-022-00770-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who achieve a drug free remission often experience a flare of their disease requiring either intraarticular steroids (IAS) or systemic treatment with disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). IAS offer an opportunity to recapture disease control and avoid exposure to side effects from systemic immunosuppression. We examined a cohort of patients treated with IAS after drug free remission and report the probability of restarting systemic treatment within 12 months. METHODS We analyzed a cohort of patients from the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry who received IAS for a flare after a period of drug free remission. Historical factors and clinical characteristics and of the patients including data obtained at the time of treatment were analyzed. RESULTS We identified 46 patients who met the inclusion criteria. Of those with follow up data available 49% had restarted systemic treatment 6 months after IAS injection and 70% had restarted systemic treatment at 12 months. The proportion of patients with prior use of a biologic DMARD was the only factor that differed between patients who restarted systemic treatment those who did not, both at 6 months (79% vs 35%, p < 0.01) and 12 months (81% vs 33%, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION While IAS are an option for all patients who flare after drug free remission, it may not prevent the need to restart systemic treatment. Prior use of a biologic DMARD may predict lack of success for IAS. Those who previously received methotrexate only, on the other hand, are excellent candidates for IAS.
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- Timothy Hahn
- Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Children's Hospital, 500 University Dr, Hershey, 90 Hope Drive, P.O. Box 855, Hershey, PA, 17033-0855, USA.
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- grid.240473.60000 0004 0543 9901Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Children’s Hospital, 500 University Dr, Hershey, 90 Hope Drive, P.O. Box 855, Hershey, PA 17033-0855 USA
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- grid.265892.20000000106344187Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CPPN G10, 1600 7th Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35233 USA
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- grid.240473.60000 0004 0543 9901Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Children’s Hospital, 500 University Dr, Hershey, 90 Hope Drive, P.O. Box 855, Hershey, PA 17033-0855 USA
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- grid.240473.60000 0004 0543 9901Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Children’s Hospital, 500 University Dr, Hershey, 90 Hope Drive, P.O. Box 855, Hershey, PA 17033-0855 USA
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- grid.240473.60000 0004 0543 9901Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Children’s Hospital, 500 University Dr, Hershey, 90 Hope Drive, P.O. Box 855, Hershey, PA 17033-0855 USA
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Du Q, Schaap P. Autophagy of the somatic stalk cells likely nurses the propagating spores of Dictyostelid social amoebas. Open Res Eur 2022; 2:104. [PMID: 36860212 PMCID: PMC7614253 DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.14947.2] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Background: Autophagy (self-feeding) assists survival of starving cells by partial self-digestion, while dormancy as cysts, spores or seeds enables long-term survival. Starving Dictyostelium amoebas construct multicellular fruiting bodies with spores and stalk cells, with many Dictyostelia still able to encyst individually like their single-celled ancestors. While autophagy mostly occurs in the somatic stalk cells, autophagy gene knock-outs in Dictyostelium discoideum ( D. discoideum) formed no spores and lacked cAMP induction of prespore gene expression. Methods: To investigate whether autophagy also prevents encystation, we knocked-out autophagy genes atg5 and atg7 in the dictyostelid Polysphondylium pallidum, which forms both spores and cysts. We measured spore and cyst differentiation and viability in the knock-out as well as stalk and spore gene expression and its regulation by cAMP. We tested a hypothesis that spores require materials derived from autophagy in stalk cells. Sporulation requires secreted cAMP acting on receptors and intracellular cAMP acting on PKA. We compared the morphology and viability of spores developed in fruiting bodies with spores induced from single cells by stimulation with cAMP and 8Br-cAMP, a membrane-permeant PKA agonist. Results: Loss of autophagy in P. pallidum reduced but did not prevent encystation. Stalk cells still differentiated but stalks were disorganised. However, no spores were formed at all and cAMP-induced prespore gene expression was lost. D. discoideum spores induced in vitro by cAMP and 8Br-cAMP were smaller and rounder than spores formed multicellularly and while they were not lysed by detergent they germinated not (strain Ax2) or poorly (strain NC4), unlike spores formed in fruiting bodies. Conclusions: The stringent requirement of sporulation on both multicellularity and autophagy, which occurs mostly in stalk cells, suggests that stalk cells nurse the spores through autophagy. This highlights autophagy as a major cause for somatic cell evolution in early multicellularity.
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- Qingyou Du
- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Angus, DD15EH, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Angus, DD15EH, UK
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Du Q, Niu GL. [Effect of SiO 2-ZrO 2 slurry coating on shear bond strength of zirconia to resin cement]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 57:932-937. [PMID: 36097940 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112144-20220222-00069] [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 evaluate the effect of shear bond strength between resin cement and zirconia using SiO2-ZrO2 slurry coating. Methods: One hundred and forty pre-sintered zirconia discs were randomly divided into seven groups (n=20) according to the surface treatments: AS (as-sintered), SB (sand blasting with Al2O3), 2SiO2-1ZrO2 (2∶1 mole ratio SiO2-ZrO2 coating), 1SiO2-1ZrO2 (mole ratio 1∶1 SiO2-ZrO2 coating), 1SiO2-2ZrO2 (mole ratio 1∶2 SiO2-ZrO2 coating), 1SiO2-3ZrO2 (mole ratio 1∶3 SiO2-ZrO2 coating), 1SiO2-4ZrO2 (mole ratio 1∶4 SiO2-ZrO2 coating). Each zirconia disc was bonded to composite resin cylinder using resin cement. All specimens were stored in distilled water (37 ℃, 24 h). Each group was divided into two subgroups in which half specimens were tested using universal testing machine and another half specimens accepted artificial aging of 5 000 times thermocycling then tested. Scaning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to observe the micro-morphology of coating surface etched by hydrofluoric acid,then the coating thickness was measured. Results: Before artificial aging, 1SiO2-1ZrO2 showed a higher shear bond strength [(41.69±6.28) MPa] than all the other group (P<0.05). 1SiO2-2ZrO2 gained a higher strength than AS, SB, 1SiO2-3ZrO2 and 1SiO2-4ZrO2 (P<0.05). However, 1SiO2-2ZrO2 did not get a significant higher shear bond strength than 2SiO2-1ZrO2 (P>0.05). No significant differences were found among SB, 2SiO2-1ZrO2 and 1SiO2-3ZrO2 (P>0.05). After artificial aging, shear bond strength of all groups were decreased significantly besides 2SiO2-1ZrO2. 2SiO2-1ZrO2, 1SiO2-1ZrO2 and 1SiO2-2ZrO2 [(24.13±5.50), (22.28±4.40), (23.11±4.80) MPa] showed higher shear bond strength than SB and 1SiO2-3ZrO2 (P<0.05),no intergroup differences were observed (P>0.05). Shear bond strength of AS and 1SiO2-4ZrO2 fell to 0 MPa approximately. The SEM images of etched coating surface showed contraction fissure due to different thermal expansion coefficient between SiO2 and ZrO2 and intercrystal pores of zirconia. The thickness of coating was measured to be less than 30 μm. Conclusions: Mole ratio 1∶1 SiO2-1ZrO2 slurry coating showed the highest shear bond strength of resin cement to zirconia.
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- Q Du
- Department of Stomatology,Beijing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Stomatology,Beijing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Beijing 100039, China
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Mao X, Zhao Y, Jiang J, Du Q, Tu B, Li J, Wang F. Sensitive and high-accuracy detection of Salmonella based on CRISPR/Cas12a combined with recombinase polymerase amplification. Lett Appl Microbiol 2022; 75:899-907. [PMID: 35694840 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Salmonella is a crucial food-borne pathogen causing food poisoning, leading to severe public health events. Here, we developed a technique by integrating recombinase polymerase amplification with CRISPR-LbCas12a and employing two targets with engineered crRNA for detection of Salmonella (RPA-LbCas12a-TTECDS). Our findings revealed that this novel method rapidly detects trace Salmonella in food through fluorescence intensity and provides a template for other food-borne pathogen detection methods. Further, crRNA was optimized to increase detection sensitivity. Double targets were used to enhance the detection accuracy, reaching the level of qPCR, which was superior to fluorescent RPA. The RPA-LbCas12a-TTECDS system specifically detected Salmonella levels as low as 50 CFU per ml at 37°C in 1 h. In summary, a simple, rapid, sensitive and high accuracy detection technique based on CRISPR-Cas12a was created for Salmonella detection without complicated equipment.
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- X Mao
- Pathogen Inspection Center, Changzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Changzhou, China
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- Pathogen Inspection Center, Changzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Changzhou, China
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- Pathogen Inspection Center, Changzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Changzhou, China
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- Pathogen Inspection Center, Changzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Changzhou, China
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- Pathogen Inspection Center, Changzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Changzhou, China
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- Pathogen Inspection Center, Changzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Changzhou, China
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- Pathogen Inspection Center, Changzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Changzhou, China
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Du Q, Xu Y, Gao XZ, Han J, Li SL. [Uterine adenosarcoma with cardiac metastasis: report of a case]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2022; 51:262-264. [PMID: 35249299 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20210827-00609] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Q Du
- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Gao XZ, Han J, Wang GN, Zhao WG, Du Q, Li SL, Li WC. [Clinicopathological analysis of 23 cases of classic Hodgkin's lymphoma of the lung]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2022; 51:227-229. [PMID: 35249287 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20210711-00498] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- X Z Gao
- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Soulsby WD, Balmuri N, Cooley V, Gerber LM, Lawson E, Goodman S, Onel K, Mehta B, Abel N, Abulaban K, Adams A, Adams M, Agbayani R, Aiello J, Akoghlanian S, Alejandro C, Allenspach E, Alperin R, Alpizar M, Amarilyo G, Ambler W, Anderson E, Ardoin S, Armendariz S, Baker E, Balboni I, Balevic S, Ballenger L, Ballinger S, Balmuri N, Barbar-Smiley F, Barillas-Arias L, Basiaga M, Baszis K, Becker M, Bell-Brunson H, Beltz E, Benham H, Benseler S, Bernal W, Beukelman T, Bigley T, Binstadt B, Black C, Blakley M, Bohnsack J, Boland J, Boneparth A, Bowman S, Bracaglia C, Brooks E, Brothers M, Brown A, Brunner H, Buckley M, Buckley M, Bukulmez H, Bullock D, Cameron B, Canna S, Cannon L, Carper P, Cartwright V, Cassidy E, Cerracchio L, Chalom E, Chang J, Chang-Hoftman A, Chauhan V, Chira P, Chinn T, Chundru K, Clairman H, Co D, Confair A, Conlon H, Connor R, Cooper A, Cooper J, Cooper S, Correll C, Corvalan R, Costanzo D, Cron R, Curiel-Duran L, Curington T, Curry M, Dalrymple A, Davis A, Davis C, Davis C, Davis T, De Benedetti F, De Ranieri D, Dean J, Dedeoglu F, DeGuzman M, Delnay N, Dempsey V, DeSantis E, Dickson T, Dingle J, Donaldson B, Dorsey E, Dover S, Dowling J, Drew J, Driest K, Du Q, Duarte K, Durkee D, Duverger E, Dvergsten J, Eberhard A, Eckert M, Ede K, Edelheit B, Edens C, Edens C, Edgerly Y, Elder M, Ervin B, Fadrhonc S, Failing C, Fair D, Falcon M, Favier L, Federici S, Feldman B, Fennell J, Ferguson I, Ferguson P, Ferreira B, Ferrucho R, Fields K, Finkel T, Fitzgerald M, Fleming C, Flynn O, Fogel L, Fox E, Fox M, Franco L, Freeman M, Fritz K, Froese S, Fuhlbrigge R, Fuller J, George N, Gerhold K, Gerstbacher D, Gilbert M, Gillispie-Taylor M, Giverc E, Godiwala C, Goh I, Goheer H, Goldsmith D, Gotschlich E, Gotte A, Gottlieb B, Gracia C, Graham T, Grevich S, Griffin T, Griswold J, Grom A, Guevara M, Guittar P, Guzman M, Hager M, Hahn T, Halyabar O, Hammelev E, Hance M, Hanson A, Harel L, Haro S, Harris J, Harry O, Hartigan E, Hausmann J, Hay A, Hayward K, Heiart J, Hekl K, Henderson L, Henrickson M, Hersh A, Hickey K, Hill P, Hillyer S, Hiraki L, Hiskey M, Hobday P, Hoffart C, Holland M, Hollander M, Hong S, Horwitz M, Hsu J, Huber A, Huggins J, Hui-Yuen J, Hung C, Huntington J, Huttenlocher A, Ibarra M, Imundo L, Inman C, Insalaco A, Jackson A, Jackson S, James K, Janow G, Jaquith J, Jared S, Johnson N, Jones J, Jones J, Jones J, Jones K, Jones S, Joshi S, Jung L, Justice C, Justiniano A, Karan N, Kaufman K, Kemp A, Kessler E, Khalsa U, Kienzle B, Kim S, Kimura Y, Kingsbury D, Kitcharoensakkul M, Klausmeier T, Klein K, Klein-Gitelman M, Kompelien B, Kosikowski A, Kovalick L, Kracker J, Kramer S, Kremer C, Lai J, Lam J, Lang B, Lapidus S, Lapin B, Lasky A, Latham D, Lawson E, Laxer R, Lee P, Lee P, Lee T, Lentini L, Lerman M, Levy D, Li S, Lieberman S, Lim L, Lin C, Ling N, Lingis M, Lo M, Lovell D, Lowman D, Luca N, Lvovich S, Madison C, Madison J, Manzoni SM, Malla B, Maller J, Malloy M, Mannion M, Manos C, Marques L, Martyniuk A, Mason T, Mathus S, McAllister L, McCarthy K, McConnell K, McCormick E, McCurdy D, Stokes PMC, McGuire S, McHale I, McMonagle A, McMullen-Jackson C, Meidan E, Mellins E, Mendoza E, Mercado R, Merritt A, Michalowski L, Miettunen P, Miller M, Milojevic D, Mirizio E, Misajon E, Mitchell M, Modica R, Mohan S, Moore K, Moorthy L, Morgan S, Dewitt EM, Moss C, Moussa T, Mruk V, Murphy A, Muscal E, Nadler R, Nahal B, Nanda K, Nasah N, Nassi L, Nativ S, Natter M, Neely J, Nelson B, Newhall L, Ng L, Nicholas J, Nicolai R, Nigrovic P, Nocton J, Nolan B, Oberle E, Obispo B, O’Brien B, O’Brien T, Okeke O, Oliver M, Olson J, O’Neil K, Onel K, Orandi A, Orlando M, Osei-Onomah S, Oz R, Pagano E, Paller A, Pan N, Panupattanapong S, Pardeo M, Paredes J, Parsons A, Patel J, Pentakota K, Pepmueller P, Pfeiffer T, Phillippi K, Marafon DP, Phillippi K, Ponder L, Pooni R, Prahalad S, Pratt S, Protopapas S, Puplava B, Quach J, Quinlan-Waters M, Rabinovich C, Radhakrishna S, Rafko J, Raisian J, Rakestraw A, Ramirez C, Ramsay E, Ramsey S, Randell R, Reed A, Reed A, Reed A, Reid H, Remmel K, Repp A, Reyes A, Richmond A, Riebschleger M, Ringold S, Riordan M, Riskalla M, Ritter M, Rivas-Chacon R, Robinson A, Rodela E, Rodriquez M, Rojas K, Ronis T, Rosenkranz M, Rosolowski B, Rothermel H, Rothman D, Roth-Wojcicki E, Rouster-Stevens K, Rubinstein T, Ruth N, Saad N, Sabbagh S, Sacco E, Sadun R, Sandborg C, Sanni A, Santiago L, Sarkissian A, Savani S, Scalzi L, Schanberg L, Scharnhorst S, Schikler K, Schlefman A, Schmeling H, Schmidt K, Schmitt E, Schneider R, Schollaert-Fitch K, Schulert G, Seay T, Seper C, Shalen J, Sheets R, Shelly A, Shenoi S, Shergill K, Shirley J, Shishov M, Shivers C, Silverman E, Singer N, Sivaraman V, Sletten J, Smith A, Smith C, Smith J, Smith J, Smitherman E, Soep J, Son M, Spence S, Spiegel L, Spitznagle J, Sran R, Srinivasalu H, Stapp H, Steigerwald K, Rakovchik YS, Stern S, Stevens A, Stevens B, Stevenson R, Stewart K, Stingl C, Stokes J, Stoll M, Stringer E, Sule S, Sumner J, Sundel R, Sutter M, Syed R, Syverson G, Szymanski A, Taber S, Tal R, Tambralli A, Taneja A, Tanner T, Tapani S, Tarshish G, Tarvin S, Tate L, Taxter A, Taylor J, Terry M, Tesher M, Thatayatikom A, Thomas B, Tiffany K, Ting T, Tipp A, Toib D, Torok K, Toruner C, Tory H, Toth M, Tse S, Tubwell V, Twilt M, Uriguen S, Valcarcel T, Van Mater H, Vannoy L, Varghese C, Vasquez N, Vazzana K, Vehe R, Veiga K, Velez J, Verbsky J, Vilar G, Volpe N, von Scheven E, Vora S, Wagner J, Wagner-Weiner L, Wahezi D, Waite H, Walker J, Walters H, Muskardin TW, Waqar L, Waterfield M, Watson M, Watts A, Weiser P, Weiss J, Weiss P, Wershba E, White A, Williams C, Wise A, Woo J, Woolnough L, Wright T, Wu E, Yalcindag A, Yee M, Yen E, Yeung R, Yomogida K, Yu Q, Zapata R, Zartoshti A, Zeft A, Zeft R, Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Zhu A, Zic C. Social determinants of health influence disease activity and functional disability in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2022; 20:18. [PMID: 35255941 PMCID: PMC8903717 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-022-00676-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Social determinants of health (SDH) greatly influence outcomes during the first year of treatment in rheumatoid arthritis, a disease similar to polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA). We investigated the correlation of community poverty level and other SDH with the persistence of moderate to severe disease activity and functional disability over the first year of treatment in pJIA patients enrolled in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry. METHODS In this cohort study, unadjusted and adjusted generalized linear mixed effects models analyzed the effect of community poverty and other SDH on disease activity, using the clinical Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score-10, and disability, using the Child Health Assessment Questionnaire, measured at baseline, 6, and 12 months. RESULTS One thousand six hundred eighty-four patients were identified. High community poverty (≥20% living below the federal poverty level) was associated with increased odds of functional disability (OR 1.82, 95% CI 1.28-2.60) but was not statistically significant after adjustment (aOR 1.23, 95% CI 0.81-1.86) and was not associated with increased disease activity. Non-white race/ethnicity was associated with higher disease activity (aOR 2.48, 95% CI: 1.41-4.36). Lower self-reported household income was associated with higher disease activity and persistent functional disability. Public insurance (aOR 1.56, 95% CI 1.06-2.29) and low family education (aOR 1.89, 95% CI 1.14-3.12) was associated with persistent functional disability. CONCLUSION High community poverty level was associated with persistent functional disability in unadjusted analysis but not with persistent moderate to high disease activity. Race/ethnicity and other SDH were associated with persistent disease activity and functional disability.
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- William Daniel Soulsby
- University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, 4th Floor, Box #0632, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
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- grid.239915.50000 0001 2285 8823Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY USA ,grid.5386.8000000041936877XWeill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA
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- grid.5386.8000000041936877XWeill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA
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- grid.5386.8000000041936877XWeill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA
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- grid.266102.10000 0001 2297 6811University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, 4th Floor, Box #0632, San Francisco, CA 94158 USA
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- grid.239915.50000 0001 2285 8823Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY USA ,grid.5386.8000000041936877XWeill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA
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- grid.239915.50000 0001 2285 8823Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY USA ,grid.5386.8000000041936877XWeill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA
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- grid.239915.50000 0001 2285 8823Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY USA ,grid.5386.8000000041936877XWeill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA
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Forbes G, Schilde C, Lawal H, Kin K, Du Q, Chen ZH, Rivero F, Schaap P. Interactome and evolutionary conservation of Dictyostelid small GTPases and their direct regulators. Small GTPases 2022; 13:239-254. [PMID: 34565293 PMCID: PMC8923023 DOI: 10.1080/21541248.2021.1984829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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GTP binding proteins known as small GTPases make up one of the largest groups of regulatory proteins and control almost all functions of living cells. Their activity is under, respectively, positive and negative regulation by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) and GTPase activating proteins (GAPs), which together with their upstream regulators and the downstream targets of the small GTPases form formidable signalling networks. While genomics has revealed the large size of the GTPase, GEF and GAP repertoires, only a small fraction of their interactions and functions have yet been experimentally explored. Dictyostelid social amoebas have been particularly useful in unravelling the roles of many proteins in the Rac-Rho and Ras-Rap families of GTPases in directional cell migration and regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. Genomes and cell-type specific and developmental transcriptomes are available for Dictyostelium species that span the 0.5 billion years of evolution of the group from their unicellular ancestors. In this work, we identified all GTPases, GEFs and GAPs from genomes representative of the four major taxon groups and investigated their phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary conservation and changes in their functional domain architecture and in their developmental and cell-type specific expression. We performed a hierarchical cluster analysis of the expression profiles of the ~2000 analysed genes to identify putative interacting sets of GTPases, GEFs and GAPs, which highlight sets known to interact experimentally and many novel combinations. This work represents a valuable resource for research into all fields of cellular regulation.
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- Gillian Forbes
- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK,CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (Csic-universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Centre for Atherothrombosis and Metabolic Disease, Hull York Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK,CONTACT Pauline Schaap ; School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Msi/wtb Complex, Dundee, DD15EH, UK
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Sudhir R, Jaafar N, Du Q, Sukhodub A, Jovanović S, Kreouzi M, Jovanović A. Increase in cardioprotective SUR2A does not alter heart rate and heart rate regulation by physical activity and diurnal rhythm. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol 2021; 33:619-624. [PMID: 34870381 DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp-2021-0289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES SUR2A is an ABC protein serving as a regulatory subunit of ATP-sensitive (KATP) channels. An increase in SUR2A levels is cardioprotective and it is a potential therapeutic strategy against ischaemic heart disease, heart failure and other diseases. However, whether overexpression of this protein has any adverse effects is yet to be fully understood. Here, we examined the heart rate and the heart rate diurnal variation in mice overexpressing SUR2A (SUR2A+) and their littermate controls (WT) using ECG telemetry that was continuously recorded for 14 days (days 8-23 post-radiotransmitter implantation). METHODS Using SigmaPlot 14.0 and Microsoft Excel, Area Under the Curve (AUC) for each parameter was calculated and plotted in a graph. RESULTS Both WT and SUR2A+ mice were more physically active during nights and there were no significant differences between two phenotypes. Physical activity was associated with increased heart rate in both phenotypes, but there were no differences in heart rate between phenotypes irrespective of physical activity or time of the day. A diurnal heart rate variation was preserved in the SUR2A+ mice. As area under the curve (AUC) analysis has the potential to reveal differences that are invisible with other statistical methods, we compared AUC of heart rate in SUR2A+ and WT mice. This analysis did not yield anything different from traditional analysis. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that increased SUR2A levels are not associated with changes in physical activity, heart rate and/or circadian rhythm influence on the heart rate. This lack of adverse effects supports a notion that manipulation with SUR2A levels is a promising cardioprotective strategy.
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- Rajni Sudhir
- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.,Center for Neuroscience and Integrative Brain Research (CENIBRE), University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Hu CF, Li LL, Li LY, Du Q, Zhang Y, Wang KP, Song Y. [Clinicopathological features and prognostic impact of MELF pattern in 512 endometrioid adenocarcinoma]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2021; 43:968-972. [PMID: 34530581 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112152-20210304-00196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the relationship of microcystic elongated fragmented (MELF) and clinicopathological features of patients with low grade endometrial endometrioid carcinoma, and to analyze its impact on prognosis. Methods: The clinical pathological data of 512 cases with low grade endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma were collected. The MELF invasive pattern in all of the sections were reappraised. The correlations between MELF pattern and clinicopathological features were analyzed by chi-square test, and the independent risk factor of lymph node metastasis were evaluated by Logistic multivariate regression analysis. Survival curves was drawn by Kaplan-Meier method, and Log-rank test was used to compare progression free survival (PFS) between patients with or without MELF pattern. Disease progression-related multivariate analysis was carried out by Cox proportional hazards model. Results: MELF pattern was observed in 12.9% (66/512) low grade endometrioid adenocarcinoma. It was significantly associated with cervical stroma invasion, more than half of the depth of myometrial invasion, lymph node metastasis and vessel invasion (P<0.05). In addition, MELF pattern was an independent risk factor for lymph node metastasis (P<0.05). The 5-year PFS of patients with and without MELF pattern were 95.0% and 96.0% respectively (P>0.05). Conclusions: The patients with MELF pattern are more likely accompany with cervical stroma and deeper myometrium invasion, vessel invasion, and lymph node metastasis, and it is an independent risk factor of lymph node metastasis. However, MELF pattern has no significant impact on prognosis of patients with endometrioid carcinoma.
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- C F Hu
- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Medical Record Room, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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Yamada Y, Forbes G, Du Q, Kawata T, Schaap P. Loss of PIKfyve Causes Transdifferentiation of Dictyostelium Spores Into Basal Disc Cells. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:692473. [PMID: 34490246 PMCID: PMC8417116 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.692473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The 1-phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate 5-kinase PIKfyve generates PtdIns3,5P2 on late phagolysosomes, which by recruiting the scission protein Atg18, results in their fragmentation in the normal course of endosome processing. Loss of PIKfyve function causes cellular hypervacuolization in eukaryotes and organ failure in humans. We identified pikfyve as the defective gene in a Dictyostelium mutant that failed to form spores. The amoebas normally differentiated into prespore cells and initiated spore coat protein synthesis in Golgi-derived prespore vesicles. However, instead of exocytosing, the prespore vesicles fused into the single vacuole that typifies the stalk and basal disc cells that support the spores. This process was accompanied by stalk wall biosynthesis, loss of spore gene expression and overexpression of ecmB, a basal disc and stalk-specific gene, but not of the stalk-specific genes DDB_G0278745 and DDB_G0277757. Transdifferentiation of prespore into stalk-like cells was previously observed in mutants that lack early autophagy genes, like atg5, atg7, and atg9. However, while autophagy mutants specifically lacked cAMP induction of prespore gene expression, pikfyve - showed normal early autophagy and prespore induction, but increased in vitro induction of ecmB. Combined, the data suggest that the Dictyostelium endosomal system influences cell fate by acting on cell type specific gene expression.
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- Yoko Yamada
- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, Funabashi, Japan.,Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, Funabashi, Japan
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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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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Li Z, Du Q, Ma PQ, Zhang HF, Zhang HT. [Clinicopathological characteristics of hepatic epithelioid haemangioendothelioma]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2021; 50:511-513. [PMID: 33915661 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20200910-00704] [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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- Z Li
- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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Wan PQ, Zhang JH, Du Q, Dong K, Luo J, Heres C, Geller DA. Analysis of the relationship between microRNA-31 and interferon regulatory factor-1 in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:647-654. [PMID: 32016965 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202001_20041] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a role in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study was designed to elucidate the role of microRNA-31 (miR-31) in HCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS HuH7 cell lines were transfected with miR-31 mimic or miR-31 inhibitor to investigate the role of miR-31 in regulating interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1). The mRNA and protein expression levels of IRF-1 were quantitatively detected by quantitative Real Time-Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western blot, respectively. Subsequently, Dual-Luciferase reporter assay was also performed. RESULTS The expression level of miR-31 was significantly up-regulated in HuH7 cells when compared with that in primary human hepatocytes (hHC). Dual-Luciferase reporter assay indicated that IRF-1 was the direct target of miR-31. The expression levels of IRF-1 were decreased in HuH7 and HepG2 cell lines. IRF-1 was negatively correlated with miR-31 in HCC tissues and paired adjacent tissues. The expression level of miR-31 was inversely correlated with IRF-1. MiR-31 inhibitor up-regulated the expression levels of IRF-1 in HuH7 cells, whereas miR-31 mimic down-regulated the expression levels of IRF-1. Furthermore, the miR-31 mimic repressed IRF-1-3'UTR reporter activity, whereas the miR-31 inhibitor enhanced IRF-1-3'UTR reporter activity depending on the concentration of miR-31 mimic and miR-31 inhibitor. CONCLUSIONS These results indicated that miR-31 can regulate the expression level of IRF-1 in HCC, which probably provided novel theoretical evidence for the application of target miR-31 treatment of HCC.
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- P-Q Wan
- Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
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Wang YQ, Xu ZM, Wang XL, Zheng JK, Du Q, Yang JX, Zhang HC. LncRNA FOXC2-AS1 regulated proliferation and apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cell through targeting miR-1253/FOXF1 axis in atherosclerosis. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:3302-3314. [PMID: 32271448 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202003_20698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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 Atherosclerosis (AS) is the most dangerous factor for human death, which is responsible for coronary heart disease. Growing evidence has showed that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in the development of AS. In this study, we mainly aimed at investigating the roles of FOXC2-AS1 in AS patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS RT-PCR was performed to detect the expressions of FOXC2-AS1 and miR-1253 in serum samples of AS patients (n=35) and healthy volunteer (n=35). The correlation between FOXC2-AS1 and miR-1253 was further analyzed. Human vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) were respectively treated with ox-LDL, IL-6, CRP, TNF-α and IL-8 to explore the affecting factors. P-FOXC2-AS1 was constructed and transfected into VSMCs. Cell proliferation abilities were measured by CCK-8 assay. Cell apoptotic rates were measured by flow cytometry (FACS) analysis. Western blot (WB) was performed to detect protein levels of FOXF1, Bcl-2, Bax and Cleaved Caspase3. Finally, luciferase gene reporter assay was performed to prove the relationships between FOXC2-AS1 and miR-1253, miR-1253 and FOXF1. RESULTS We found that FOXC2-AS1 was significantly upregulated in AS patients, which could be induced by ox-LDL and IL-6 in VSMCs. MiR-1253 was decreased in AS patients, which was negatively correlated with FOXC2-AS1. Furthermore, FOXC2-AS1 overexpression promoted proliferation and inhibited apoptosis in VSMCs. Luciferase gene reporter assay showed that FOXC2-AS1 could bind to miR-1253 in VSMCs and 293 cells. Moreover, miR-1253 overexpression inhibited proliferation and promoted apoptosis of VSMCs. Luciferase reporter assay proved that miR-1253 could target at FOXF1 in VSMCs and 293 cells, which was reported to be associated with cell proliferation and apoptosis in some cancers. Additionally, miR-1253 mimic or GSK343, a FOXF1 inhibitor, was respectively transfected into VSMCs with p-FOXC2-AS1. Results showed that the promoted cell proliferation and inhibited cell apoptosis were reversed as well, confirming that FOXC2-AS1 promoted cell proliferation and inhibited apoptosis via miR-1253/FOXF1 signaling axis in AS patients. CONCLUSIONS According to the results, we found that FOXC2-AS1 was upregulated in AS patients; furthermore, FOXC2-AS1 overexpression promoted cell proliferation and inhibited cell apoptosis via targeting miR-1253/FOXF1 signaling axis. Our results elucidated a potential mechanism underlying the role of FOXC2-AS1, which might be used as a promising marker and a potential target for AS patients.
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- Y-Q Wang
- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan Province, China.
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Ni H, Niu LL, Tian SC, Jing LK, Zhang LT, Lin QQ, Cai YH, Liang HM, Du Q, Li H. Long non-coding RNA LINC00152 is up-regulated in ovarian cancer tissues and regulates proliferation and cell cycle of SKOV3 cells. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2020; 23:9803-9813. [PMID: 31799647 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201911_19543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize functions of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) in the progression of epithelial ovarian cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS Epithelial ovarian cancer tissues and matching normal tissues were collected from two individual patients for RNA microarray analysis. Besides, twenty-two ovarian cancer samples and ten healthy ovarian epithelial tissues were collected for Reverse Transcription-quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR). Microarray assay suggested that a list of cancer relating mRNAs and lncRNAs were upregulated. The identified lncRNAs were validated via RT-qPCR, which led to the identification of long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 152 (LINC00152). To determine the function of LINC00152 in ovarian cancer, we knocked down the expression of LINC00152 in epithelial ovarian cancer cell line SKOV3 with small interference RNAs (siRNAs). The effects of LIN00152 on the proliferation and cell cycle were determined by comparing the cell viability of SKOV3 cells with LIN00152 knockdown and the control cells with negative siRNA. The cell viability was assessed using Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) and flow cytometry assay. RNA microarray assay was used again in control and LINC00152 knockdown SKOV3 cells to identify downstream signaling pathways. RESULTS Fourteen ovarian cancer relating lncRNAs were identified by RNA microarray assay. Up-regulation of LINC00152 was validated via RT-qPCR. A higher expression of LINC00152 in late cancer stage (III-IV) compared to the early stage tumors was also demonstrated. Inhibition of LINC00152 in SKOV3 cells inhibited cell proliferation and induced cell cycle arrest that involved prolonged G1 phase and shortened S phase. The microarray assay data of SKOV3 cells suggested that Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 1C (CDKN1C) was a potential downstream target of LINC00152. CONCLUSIONS LINC00152 is upregulated in epithelial ovarian cancer tissues comparing to normal tissues. Knockdown of LINC00152 expression inhibits cell proliferation and induces cell cycle arrest. LINC00152 possibly interacts with Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) signaling pathway. CDKN1C is a potential downstream target of LINC00152.
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- H Ni
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
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Gan Y, Du Q, Liu W, Li J, Jiang X, Li X, Ou X, Yue H, Zhu H, Zhong Q, Luo D, Liang Q, Xie Y, Zhang Q, Li G, Shang Y. Value Of Radiotherapy After Minimally Invasive Surgery In Patients With Stage IA1-IIA1 Cervical Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Parr E, Du Q, Zhang C, Lin C, Kamal A, McAlister J, Liang X, Bavitz K, Rux G, Hollingsworth M, Baine M, Zheng D. Radiomics-Based Survival and Recurrence Prediction for Pancreatic Cancer Following Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.680] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Cai LJ, Zhang Q, Zhang Y, Chen HX, Shi ZY, Du Q, Zhou HY. Clinical characteristics of very late-onset neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2020; 46:102515. [PMID: 33032051 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2020.102515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The typical age at onset of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is between 30 and 40 years. A growing awareness about the disease and advances in diagnostic techniques have led to an increase in the number of patients being diagnosed with very late-onset (VLO) NMOSD. This study compared the clinical characteristics, treatments, and prognoses between patients with VLO-NMOSD or late-onset (LO) NMOSD. METHODS Patients in our study were assigned to two groups based on age at onset of the disease: LO-NMOSD (50-70 years old at onset) and VLO-NMOSD (> 70 years old at onset). We compared clinical characteristics, magnetic resonance imaging of lesions, prognosis, and treatments between the two groups. RESULTS We collected data from 12 VLO-NMOSD patients with a median age at onset of 74.0 years (interquartile range, 72.6-75.9 years) and 104 LO-NMOSD patients with a median age at onset of 56.0 years (55.8-57.9 years). There were a high proportion of female patients in both the VLO-NMOSD group (9, 75.0%) and the LO-NMOSD group (91, 87.5%). Our study indicated that VLO-NMOSD patients had significantly higher expanded disability status scale (EDSS) scores (8.5 vs 4.0, p = 0.01), higher motor disability rates (41.7% vs 9.6%, p = 0.002), and higher mortality rates (25.0 vs 4.8%, p = 0.044) at last follow-up. However, patients with VLO-NMOSD had lower rates of immunosuppressant usage (50.0% vs 76.9%, p = 0.044). Age at onset was positively correlated with EDSS score at remission (r = 0.49, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION VLO-NMOSD was associated with higher EDSS score at remission, higher rates of mortality and motor disability, but lower rates of immunosuppressive treatment usage than LO-NMOSD. Future studies are needed to understand the effects of NMOSD on older patients, and to seek suitable treatment to improve their prognosis.
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- L J Cai
- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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Zhang L, Wei JG, Du YH, Gao XZ, Han J, Du Q, Xu Y, Li WC, Li SL. [MicroRNA-140-5p suppresses cell proliferation and invasion in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by targeting Glut1]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:897-903. [PMID: 32892554 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20200213-00088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the expression of microRNA-140-5p (miR-140-5p) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and its role in cell proliferation and invasion of ESCC. Methods: Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) was used to detect the expression levels of miR-140-5p in ESCC tissues and cells. Negative control and miR-140-5p mimic were transfected into Eca109 and KYSE70 cells. CCK-8 kit and Transwell assay were employed to examine the changes of cell proliferation and invasion ability after transfection, respectively. The dual-luciferase reporter assay was used to assess the interaction of miR-140-5p with Glut1. Western blot was utilized to detect the Glut1 protein expression after transfection. Results: Analysis of the related GEO datasets revealed that the expression of miR-140-5p in ESCC tissues was significantly lower than that in normal tissues (P<0.01). The qPCR testing demonstrated that the expression of miR-140-5p in ESCC tissues and cells was markedly lower than that in normal tissues and normal esophageal epithelial cell Het-1A (P<0.01). The miR-140-5p expression was closely associated with tumor differentiation, TNM staging and lymph node metastasis in ESCC patients. The survival rate of ESCC patients with high miR-140-5p level was higher than those with low miR-140-5p level (P<0.05). Besides, addition of miR-140-5p mimic significantly upregulated the expression of miR-140-5p in Eca109 and KYSE70 cells, and suppressed cell proliferation and invasion in Eca109 and KYSE70 cells. The dual-luciferase reporter assay showed that Glut1 was a direct target of miR-140-5p in ESCC cells, and its expression was upregulated in ESCC tissues. Glut1 expression was inversely associated with miR-140-5p expression in ESCC tissues. MiR-140-5p mimic dramatically inhibited the expression of Glut1 in Eca109 and KYSE70 cells. Conclusions: MiR-140-5p plays an essential role in ESCC development and progression. Targeting at miR-140-5p/Glut1 may be a novel therapeutic strategy for ESCC patients.
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- L Zhang
- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shaoxing People's Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Shaoxing 312000, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Yu J, Du Q, Chen J. The Significance and Challenge of Quantitative Hemodynamic Study in Moyamoya Disease. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:E71. [PMID: 32675344 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6517] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- J Yu
- Department of NeurosurgeryZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhan, China
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- Department of RheumatologyXiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityHunan, China
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- Department of NeurosurgeryZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhan, China
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The well-orchestrated multicellular life cycle of Dictyostelium discoideum has fascinated biologists for over a century. Self-organisation of its amoebas into aggregates, migrating slugs and fruiting structures by pulsatile cAMP signalling and their ability to follow separate differentiation pathways in well-regulated proportions continue to be topics under investigation. A striking aspect of D. discoideum development is the recurrent use of cAMP as chemoattractant, differentiation inducing signal and second messenger for other signals that control the developmental programme. D. discoideum is one of >150 species of Dictyostelia and aggregative life styles similar to those of Dictyostelia evolved many times in eukaryotes. Here we review experimental studies investigating how phenotypic complexity and cAMP signalling co-evolved in Dictyostelia. In addition, we summarize comparative genomic studies of multicellular Dictyostelia and unicellular Amoebozoa aimed to identify evolutionary conservation and change in all genes known to be essential for D. discoideum development.
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Yu J, Du Q, Chen J. Angiographic characteristics in Moyamoya disease with the p.R4810K variant: a propensity score-matched analysis. Eur J Neurol 2020; 27:e26. [PMID: 32125061 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- J Yu
- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Hong R, Du Q, Pan Y. New Imaging Findings of Incomplete Partition Type III Inner Ear Malformation and Literature Review. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:1076-1080. [PMID: 32467182 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Incomplete partition type III, also referred to as X-linked deafness, is a rare genetic inner ear malformation. Its characteristic CT findings, including bulbous dilation of the internal auditory canal and absence of the modiolus with the interscalar septa present, have been well-recognized. In this series of 19 cases, we report the abnormalities of the vestibule and semicircular canals and provide a comprehensive description of their CT and MR imaging findings. The inner ear malformations in incomplete partition type III were bilateral and basically symmetric, with involvement of the internal auditory canal, nerve canals in the fundus, cochlea, vestibule, semicircular canals, vestibular aqueduct, otic capsule, round window, oval window, and stapes. An irregular vestibule with a cystic appearance is also a distinctive imaging feature, which could be seen in about 90% of our patients, with a cystic appearance of the semicircular canals present in nearly half of the cases.
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- R Hong
- From the Departments of Radiology (R.H., Y.P.)
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- Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Q.D.), Eye and ENT Hospital of Shanghai Medical School, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- From the Departments of Radiology (R.H., Y.P.)
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Sudhir R, Du Q, Sukhodub A, Jovanović S, Jovanović A. Improved adaptation to physical stress in mice overexpressing SUR2A is associated with changes in the pattern of Q-T interval. Pflugers Arch 2020; 472:683-691. [PMID: 32458088 PMCID: PMC7293680 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-020-02401-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether increased expression of SUR2A, a regulatory subunit of sarcolemmal ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels, improves adaptation to physical stress and regulates cardiac electrophysiology in physical stress. All experiments have been done on transgenic mice in which SUR2A expression was controlled by cytomegalovirus immediate-early (CMV) promoter (SUR2A) and their littermate wild-type controls (WT). The levels of mRNA in heart tissue were measured by real-time RT-PCR. Electrocardiogram (ECG) was monitored with telemetry. The physical adaptation to stress was elucidated using treadmill. We have found that SUR2A mice express 8.34 ± 0.20 times more myocardial SUR2A mRNA than WT (n = 8–18). The tolerated workload on exercise stress test was more than twofold higher in SUR2A than in WT (n = 5–7; P = 0.01). The pattern of Q-T interval from the beginning of the exercise test until drop point was as follows in the wild type: (1) increase in Q-T interval, (2) decrease in Q-T interval, (3) steady stage with a further decrease in Q-T interval, and (4) a sharp increase in Q-T interval. The pattern of Q-T interval was different in transgenic mice and the following stages have been observed: (1) increase in Q-T interval, (2) decrease in Q-T interval, and (3) prolonged steady-state stage with a slight decrease in Q-T interval. In SUR2A mice, no stage 4 (a sharp increase in Q-T interval) was observed. Based on the obtained results, we conclude that an increase in the expression of SUR2A improves adaptation to physical stress and physical endurance by increasing the number of sarcolemmal KATP channels and, by virtue of their channel activity, improving Ca2+ homeostasis in the heart.
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- Rajni Sudhir
- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus. .,Center for Neuroscience and Integrative Brain Research (CENIBRE), University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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Yang R, Corasaniti M, Le CC, Liao ZY, Wang AF, Du Q, Petrovic C, Qiu XG, Hu JP, Degiorgi L. Spin-Canting-Induced Band Reconstruction in the Dirac Material Ca_{1-x}Na_{x}MnBi_{2}. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:137201. [PMID: 32302196 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.137201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The ternary AMnBi_{2} (A is alkaline as well as rare-earth atom) materials provide an arena for investigating the interplay between low-dimensional magnetism of the antiferromagnetic MnBi layers and the electronic states in the intercalated Bi layers, which harbor relativistic fermions. Here, we report on a comprehensive study of the optical properties and magnetic torque response of Ca_{1-x}Na_{x}MnBi_{2}. Our findings give evidence for a spin canting occurring at T_{s}∼50-100 K. With the support of first-principles calculations we establish a direct link between the spin canting and the reconstruction of the electronic band structure, having immediate implications for the spectral weight reshuffling in the optical response, signaling a partial gapping of the Fermi surface, and the dc transport properties below T_{s}.
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- R Yang
- Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH-Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH-Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden 01187, Germany
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11790, USA
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11790, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences and CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- South Bay Interdisciplinary Science Center, Dongguan, Guangdong Province 523808, China
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- Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH-Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Du Q, Niu GL. [Removable partial denture restoration for a patient with limited mouth opening using intraoral scanning and three-dimensional printing technique: a case report]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 55:189-190. [PMID: 32193917 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1002-0098.2020.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- Q Du
- Department of Stomatology, Beijing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Beijing 100039, China
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Chen H, Qian L, Jiang M, Du Q, Yuan F, Feng W. Performance of IOTA ADNEX model in evaluating adnexal masses in a gynecological oncology center in China. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2019; 54:815-822. [PMID: 31152572 DOI: 10.1002/uog.20363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) Assessment of Different NEoplasias in the adneXa (ADNEX) model in the preoperative diagnosis of adnexal masses using data from a gynecological oncology center in China. METHODS This was a single-center, retrospective diagnostic accuracy study based on ultrasound data collected prospectively, between May and December 2017, from 278 patients with at least one adnexal (ovarian, paraovarian or tubal) mass. Clinical and pathologic information, serum CA 125 level and ultrasonographic findings were collected. All patients underwent surgery and the histopathological diagnosis was used as reference standard. The final diagnosis was classified into five tumor types according to the ADNEX model: benign ovarian tumor, borderline ovarian tumor (BOT), Stage-I ovarian cancer (OC), Stages-II-IV OC and ovarian metastasis. Receiver-operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis was used to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the ADNEX model, with and without inclusion of CA 125 level in the model. RESULTS Of the 278 women included, 203 (73.0%) had a benign ovarian tumor and 75 (27.0%) had a malignant ovarian tumor, including 18 (6.5%) with BOT, 17 (6.1%) with Stage-I OC, 32 (11.5%) with Stages-II-IV OC and eight (2.9%) with ovarian metastasis. The performance of the IOTA ADNEX model was good for discriminating between benign and malignant tumors, with an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.94 (95% CI, 0.91-0.97) when CA 125 was included in the model and AUC of 0.93 (95% CI, 0.90-0.96) without CA 125. The AUC values of the model including CA 125 ranged between 0.61 and 0.99 for distinguishing between the different types of tumor, and it showed excellent performance in discriminating between a benign ovarian tumor and Stages-II-IV OC, with an AUC of 0.99 (95% CI, 0.97-1.00). The performance of the model was less effective at distinguishing between BOT and Stage-I OC and between Stages-II-IV OC and ovarian metastasis, with AUC values of 0.61 (95% CI, 0.43-0.77) and 0.78 (95% CI, 0.62-0.90), respectively. Although inclusion of CA 125 did not alter the performance of the ADNEX model in discriminating between benign and malignant lesions (AUC of 0.94 and 0.93 with and without CA 125 level, respectively; P = 0.54), the inclusion of CA 125 in the model improved its performance in discriminating between Stage-I OC and Stages-II-IV OC (AUC increased from 0.81 to 0.92; P = 0.04) and between Stages-II-IV OC and metastatic cancer (AUC increased from 0.58 to 0.78; P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS The IOTA ADNEX model showed good to excellent performance in distinguishing between benign and malignant adnexal masses and between the different types of ovarian tumor in a Chinese setting. Based on our findings, the ADNEX model has high value in clinical practice and can aid in the preoperative diagnosis of patients with an adnexal mass. Copyright © 2019 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- H Chen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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Yang LT, Li HB, Yue Q, Ma H, Kang KJ, Li YJ, Wong HT, Agartioglu M, An HP, Chang JP, Chen JH, Chen YH, Cheng JP, Deng Z, Du Q, Gong H, Guo QJ, He L, Hu JW, Hu QD, Huang HX, Jia LP, Jiang H, Li H, Li JM, Li J, Li X, Li XQ, Li YL, Liao B, Lin FK, Lin ST, Liu SK, Liu YD, Liu YY, Liu ZZ, Ma JL, Mao YC, Pan H, Ren J, Ruan XC, Sharma V, She Z, Shen MB, Singh L, Singh MK, Sun TX, Tang CJ, Tang WY, Tian Y, Wang GF, Wang JM, Wang L, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wang YX, Wu SY, Wu YC, Xing HY, Xu Y, Xue T, Yi N, Yu CX, Yu HJ, Yue JF, Zeng XH, Zeng M, Zeng Z, Zhang FS, Zhang YH, Zhao MG, Zhou JF, Zhou ZY, Zhu JJ, Zhu ZH. Search for Light Weakly-Interacting-Massive-Particle Dark Matter by Annual Modulation Analysis with a Point-Contact Germanium Detector at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:221301. [PMID: 31868422 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.221301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We present results on light weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) searches with annual modulation (AM) analysis on data from a 1-kg mass p-type point-contact germanium detector of the CDEX-1B experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. Datasets with a total live time of 3.2 yr within a 4.2-yr span are analyzed with analysis threshold of 250 eVee. Limits on WIMP-nucleus (χ-N) spin-independent cross sections as function of WIMP mass (m_{χ}) at 90% confidence level (C.L.) are derived using the dark matter halo model. Within the context of the standard halo model, the 90% C.L. allowed regions implied by the DAMA/LIBRA and CoGeNT AM-based analysis are excluded at >99.99% and 98% C.L., respectively. These results correspond to the best sensitivity at m_{χ}<6 GeV/c^{2} among WIMP AM measurements to date.
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- L T Yang
- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir 35160
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- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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Zhang XZ, Liu AG, Guo ML, Guan J, Cai SL, Du Q, Zhou CY. Relationship of platelet microparticle CD62P and activated GP IIb/IIIa with hypercoagulable state after atrial fibrillation radiofrequency catheter ablation. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2019; 22:3919-3924. [PMID: 29949168 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201806_15277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The morbidity of atrial fibrillation (AF) is 1%-2% in clinic. Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) is a type of radical interventional therapy for AF, whereas it may lead to a hypercoagulable state. This study evaluated platelet particle CD62P and platelet activation biomarker GP IIb/IIIa expressions in AF patients treated by RFCA, and aimed to analyze their relationships with the hypercoagulable state after RFCA. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 60 AF patients received RFCA in our hospital were enrolled. The patients were divided into group A as hypercoagulable state group and group B as non-hypercoagulable group. Healthy volunteers were selected as normal control. Serum D-Dimer, parathyroid activity index 1 (PAI-1), and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) content were tested by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), while peripheral CD62P and GP IIb/IIIa expressions were detected by using flow cytometry before, after, and seven days after RFCA. RESULTS D-Dimer and PAI-1 levels increased, while t-PA reduced in group A compared with that in group B and control (p<0.05). D-Dimer and t-PA contents gradually elevated, whereas t-PA level gradually declined in group A before, after, and seven days after RFCA (p<0.05). Serum CD62P and GP IIb/IIIa expressions in group A were significantly higher compared to that in group B and control (p<0.05). CD62P and GP IIb/IIIa levels were significantly higher seven days after RFCA compared with immediate after RFCA in group A (p<0.05). CD62P showed a positive correlation with GP IIb/IIIa in hypercoagulable state patients after RFCA (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS AF patient may appear in hypercoagulable state after RFCA. CD62P and GP IIb/IIIa significantly increased and exhibited a positive correlation.
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- Department of Emergency Internal Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
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Liu ZZ, Yue Q, Yang LT, Kang KJ, Li YJ, Wong HT, Agartioglu M, An HP, Chang JP, Chen JH, Chen YH, Cheng JP, Deng Z, Du Q, Gong H, Guo XY, Guo QJ, He L, He SM, Hu JW, Hu QD, Huang HX, Jia LP, Jiang H, Li HB, Li H, Li JM, Li J, Li X, Li XQ, Li YL, Liao B, Lin FK, Lin ST, Liu SK, Liu YD, Liu YY, Ma H, Ma JL, Mao YC, Ning JH, Pan H, Qi NC, Ren J, Ruan XC, Sharma V, She Z, Singh L, Singh MK, Sun TX, Tang CJ, Tang WY, Tian Y, Wang GF, Wang L, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wang YX, Wu SY, Wu YC, Xing HY, Xu Y, Xue T, Yi N, Yu CX, Yu HJ, Yue JF, Zeng M, Zeng Z, Zhang FS, Zhao MG, Zhou JF, Zhou ZY, Zhu JJ. Constraints on Spin-Independent Nucleus Scattering with sub-GeV Weakly Interacting Massive Particle Dark Matter from the CDEX-1B Experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:161301. [PMID: 31702340 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.161301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We report results on the searches of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with sub-GeV masses (m_{χ}) via WIMP-nucleus spin-independent scattering with Migdal effect incorporated. Analysis on time-integrated (TI) and annual modulation (AM) effects on CDEX-1B data are performed, with 737.1 kg day exposure and 160 eVee threshold for TI analysis, and 1107.5 kg day exposure and 250 eVee threshold for AM analysis. The sensitive windows in m_{χ} are expanded by an order of magnitude to lower DM masses with Migdal effect incorporated. New limits on σ_{χN}^{SI} at 90% confidence level are derived as 2×10^{-32}∼7×10^{-35} cm^{2} for TI analysis at m_{χ}∼50-180 MeV/c^{2}, and 3×10^{-32}∼9×10^{-38} cm^{2} for AM analysis at m_{χ}∼75 MeV/c^{2}-3.0 GeV/c^{2}.
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- Z Z Liu
- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir 35160
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065
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Du Q, Jovanović S, Tulić L, Tulić I, Jovanović A. Pregnancy-induced hypertension is associated with down-regulation of Kir6.1 in human myometrium. Pregnancy Hypertens 2019; 18:96-98. [PMID: 31585348 DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2019.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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It is generally accepted that activity of K+ channels maintain resting membrane potential and uterine quiescence during pregnancy, which is, at least in part, mediated by down-regulation of ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels. Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is associated with pre-term and late pre-term labour. Here, we have used real time RT-PCR to compare mRNA levels of KATP channel subunits in PIH parturient and control parturient. We have found that Kir6.1, a pore forming, myometrial KATP channel subunit is down-regulated in PIH patients. This could perfectly explain increased rate of pre-term labour in patients suffering from PIH.
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- Qingyou Du
- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, UK
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- Department of In Vitro Fertilization, Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of In Vitro Fertilization, Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University of Nicosia Medical School, Cyprus; Center for Neuroscience and Integrative Brain Research (CENIBRE), University of Nicosia Medical School, Cyprus.
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Jian M, Du Q, Zhu D, Mao Z, Wang X, Feng Y, Xiao Z, Wang H, Zhu Y. Tumor suppressor miR-145-5p sensitizes prolactinoma to bromocriptine by downregulating TPT1. J Endocrinol Invest 2019; 42:639-652. [PMID: 30370446 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-018-0963-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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PURPOSE Prolactinoma is the most commonly seen secretory tumor of pituitary glands, which accounts for approximately up to 40% of total pituitary adenomas. Due to its high drug resistance, dopamine agonist, such as bromocriptine, has limited effect on the treatment of patients with prolactinoma. Recent discoveries have revealed that multiple miRNAs were involved in regulating drug resistance. In this research, we explored the relationship between miR-145-5p expression as well as bromocriptine sensitivity both in vitro and in vivo. METHODS To study the role of miR-145-5p in drug resistance of prolactinoma, the expression levels of miR-145-5p in bromocriptine-resistant prolactinoma cell line MMQ/BRC and its parental cell line MMQ cells, 24 bromocriptine-resistant as well as eight sensitive clinical samples were measured by qRT-PCR. Moreover, CCK8, flow cytometry and immunofluorescence were performed to identify the biological characteristics of MMQ/BRC and MMQ. TPT1 was predicted as a direct target gene of miR-145-5p by bioinformatic methods. In addition, qRT-PCR, western blot and immunohistochemistry were used to detect the expression level of TPT1 in clinical specimens and cell lines. Xenograft mouse model was constructed to analyze whether miR-145-5p could reverse bromocriptine resistance in prolactinoma in vivo. RESULTS In our study, bromocriptine-resistant prolactinoma clinical samples and cell line had decreased miR-145-5p levels and expressed high levels of TPT1 compared with their sensitive counterparts. Bioinformatic methods and our preliminary dual luciferase reporter assay were utilized to elucidate that TPT1 was a direct target gene of miR-145-5p. Furthermore, introducing miR-145-5p mimic into MMQ cells led to a decrease of IC50 along with upregulation of TPT1; nevertheless, transfecting the corresponding inhibitor into MMQ cells resulted in an upregulation of IC50 as well as reduction of TPT1. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, our findings elucidated the role of miR-145-5p as an important regulator of drug resistance in prolactinoma by controlling TPT1, and implicated the potential application of miR-145-5p in cancer therapy as well.
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- M Jian
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 74, Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 74, Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Pituitary Tumor Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58, Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Pituitary Tumor Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58, Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 74, Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 74, Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Pituitary Tumor Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58, Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Pituitary Tumor Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58, Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 74, Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.
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Du Q, Yu XJ, Li HJ, Guan SQ, Zhang ZY, Mei YF. [The expression and clinical significance of proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 in rheumatoid arthritis]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2019; 56:655-659. [PMID: 28870033 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2017.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To assess the expression and significance of proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 (PCSK9) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: Sixty-five RA patients and forty-seven healthy controls were recruited in this study. The body mass index (BMI) and serum total cholesterol(TC), triglyceride(TG), high density lipoprotein(HDL), lipoprotein a, low density lipoprotein(LDL), very low density lipoprotein(VLDL), apolipoprotein A(ApoA), apolipoprotein B(ApoB) and the ratio of LDL-C/HDL-C were tested. Other parameters included disease activity score 28(DAS28), rheumatoid factor (RF), anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), c-reactive protein (CRP). Serum PCSK9 level was measured by ELISA and compared between RA patients and healthy controls. Results: (1) The serum PCSK9 levels in RA patients were higher than those in healthy controls[(409.36±223.52) μg/L vs (292.19±109.79) μg/L, P<0.05]. (2) Compared with subgroup of moderate and low active disease and patients in remission, PCSK9 was significantly higher in patients with highly active disease (P<0.05). (3) The serum PCSK9 levels were positively correlated with RF, TC, TG, LDL, very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), ApoB, with r values as 0.303, 0.490, 0.320, 0.451, 0.319, 0.463, respectively (P<0.05). (4) Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that DAS28, RF, TC and LDL-C/HDL-C were relevant factors for PCSK9 in RA patients. Conclusions: The serum PCSK9 level is elevated in RA patients, which is related to RF, disease activity, TC, TG, LDL, VLDL, ApoB. This suggests that PCSK9 is potentially linked to inflammatory reaction and lipid metabolism in rheumatoid arthritis.
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- Q Du
- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China
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Xu X, Sui X, Zhong W, Xu Y, Wang Z, Jiang J, Ge Y, Song L, Du Q, Wang X, Song W, Jin Z. Clinical utility of quantitative dual-energy CT iodine maps and CT morphological features in distinguishing small-cell from non-small-cell lung cancer. Clin Radiol 2019; 74:268-277. [PMID: 30691731 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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AIM To evaluate the clinical usefulness of quantitative dual-energy (DE) computed tomography (CT) iodine enhancement metrics combined with morphological CT features in distinguishing small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) from non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred and six untreated lung cancer patients who underwent DECT before biopsy or surgery were prospectively enrolled. Twenty-seven routine CT descriptors, including tumour location, size, shape, margin, enhancement heterogeneity, and internal and surrounding structures, and associated findings were assessed and DECT parameters were measured in all patients. Multiple logistic regression analyses were applied to identify independent predictors of SCLC. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was compared between CT features combined with DECT metrics and CT features alone for distinguishing SCLC from NSCLC. RESULTS Histology revealed NSCLC in 80 and SCLC in 26 patients. In univariate analysis, 12 morphological CT features and two DECT metrics differed significantly between NSCLC and SCLC. When DECT parameters were combined with CT features for multivariate analysis, the independent predictors of SCLC were large tumour size, central location, confluent mediastinal lymphadenopathy, homogeneous enhancement, absence of coarse spiculation, and lower iodine density and iodine ratio (all p<0.05). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was improved from 0.908 to 0.981 after adding DECT metrics compared with CT features alone (p=0.007). CONCLUSION The combination of DECT measures and CT morphological features can be used to distinguish SCLC from NSCLC, with higher diagnostic performance compared with CT morphological features alone.
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Disease, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Disease, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Siemens China, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Zhang DL, Du Q, Djemli A, Julien P, Fraser WD, Luo ZC. Cord blood insulin, IGF-I, IGF-II, leptin, adiponectin and ghrelin, and their associations with insulin sensitivity, β-cell function and adiposity in infancy. Diabet Med 2018; 35:1412-1419. [PMID: 29766568 DOI: 10.1111/dme.13671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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AIM Vulnerability to insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes may originate in early life, but little is known about whether any perinatal biomarkers are predictive of later metabolic health. We sought to assess whether cord blood insulin, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, IGF-II, leptin, adiponectin and ghrelin are associated with metabolic health indicators in infancy. METHODS In a prospective singleton birth cohort, we assessed cord blood insulin, IGF-I, IGF-II, leptin, adiponectin and ghrelin concentrations in relation to the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), β-cell function (HOMA-β), fasting proinsulin-to-insulin ratio, BMIz-score, and the sum of triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness (an indicator of adiposity) in infants at age 1 year (n = 185). RESULTS Adjusting for maternal and infant characteristics, one standard deviation (sd) increase in cord blood adiponectin was associated with an 11.1% (95% confidence interval 1.8-19.5%) decrease in HOMA-β (P = 0.02) and a 13.6% (1.8-26.8%) increase in proinsulin-to-insulin ratio (P = 0.02), indicating worse β-cell function in infants at age 1 year. One sd increase in cord blood insulin was associated with a 0.5 (0.1-1.0) mm increase in skinfold thickness (P = 0.01). One sd increase in cord blood ghrelin was associated with a 0.2 (0.02-0.3) decrease in BMIz-score (P = 0.02) and a 0.5 (0.1-0.9) mm decrease (P = 0.02) in skinfold thickness. Cord blood IGF-I and IGF-II were not associated with the observed metabolic health indicators at age 1 year. CONCLUSION The study is the first to show that cord blood adiponectin may be negatively predictive of β-cell function, whereas cord blood ghrelin may be negatively predictive of adiposity in infancy.
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- D L Zhang
- Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Departments of Clinical Biochemistry and Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Departments of Medicine, Endocrinology and Nephrology, CHU-Quebec Laval University Research Center, Quebec City, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
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- Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prosserman Center for Population Health Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Du Q, Jovanović S, Sukhodub A, Ngoi YS, Lal A, Zheleva M, Jovanović A. Insulin down-regulates cardioprotective SUR2A in the heart-derived H9c2 cells: A possible explanation for some adverse effects of insulin therapy. Biochem Biophys Rep 2018; 16:12-18. [PMID: 30211323 PMCID: PMC6132176 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2018.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 07/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Some recent studies associated insulin therapy with negative cardiovascular events and shorter lifespan. SUR2A, a KATP channel subunit, regulate cardioprotection and cardiac ageing. Here, we have tested whether glucose and insulin regulate expression of SUR2A/KATP channel subunits and resistance to metabolic stress in heart H9c2 cells. Absence of glucose in culture media decreased SUR2A mRNA, while mRNAs of Kir6.2, Kir6.1, SUR1 and IES SUR2B were increased. 2-deoxyglucose (50 mM) decreased mRNAs of SUR2A, SUR2B and SUR1, did not affect IES SUR2A and IES SUR2B mRNAs and increased Kir6.2 mRNA. No glucose and 2-deoxyglucose (50 mM) decreased resistance to an inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation, DNP (10 mM). 50 mM glucose did not alter KATP channel subunits nor cellular resistance to DNP (10 mM). Insulin (20 ng/ml) in both physiological and high glucose (50 mM) down-regulated SUR2A while upregulating Kir6.1 and Kir6.2 (in high glucose only). Insulin (20 ng/ml) in physiological and high glucose decreased cell survival in DNP (10 mM). As opposed to Kir6.2, infection with SUR2A resulted in titre-dependent cytoprotection. We conclude that insulin decreases resistance to metabolic stress in H9c2 cells by decreasing SUR2A expression. Lower cardiac SUR2A levels underlie increased myocardial susceptibility to metabolic stress and shorter lifespan.
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- Qingyou Du
- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
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Zhou X, Du Q. Association between idiopathic scoliosis and bone quality. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Du Q, Zhou X, Sun K. Randomized controlled trial of a home-based exercise program for children with congenital heart disease following interventional cardiac catheterization: A preliminary study. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.648] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Zhou X, Du Q. High risk of motor development delay in children with congenital muscular torticollis. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Jiang H, Jia LP, Yue Q, Kang KJ, Cheng JP, Li YJ, Wong HT, Agartioglu M, An HP, Chang JP, Chen JH, Chen YH, Deng Z, Du Q, Gong H, He L, Hu JW, Hu QD, Huang HX, Li HB, Li H, Li JM, Li J, Li X, Li XQ, Li YL, Liao B, Lin FK, Lin ST, Liu SK, Liu YD, Liu YY, Liu ZZ, Ma H, Ma JL, Pan H, Ren J, Ruan XC, Sevda B, Sharma V, Shen MB, Singh L, Singh MK, Sun TX, Tang CJ, Tang WY, Tian Y, Wang GF, Wang JM, Wang L, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wu SY, Wu YC, Xing HY, Xu Y, Xue T, Yang LT, Yang SW, Yi N, Yu CX, Yu HJ, Yue JF, Zeng XH, Zeng M, Zeng Z, Zhang FS, Zhang YH, Zhao MG, Zhou JF, Zhou ZY, Zhu JJ, Zhu ZH. Limits on Light Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from the First 102.8 kg×day Data of the CDEX-10 Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:241301. [PMID: 29956956 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.241301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We report the first results of a light weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) search from the CDEX-10 experiment with a 10 kg germanium detector array immersed in liquid nitrogen at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory with a physics data size of 102.8 kg day. At an analysis threshold of 160 eVee, improved limits of 8×10^{-42} and 3×10^{-36} cm^{2} at a 90% confidence level on spin-independent and spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross sections, respectively, at a WIMP mass (m_{χ}) of 5 GeV/c^{2} are achieved. The lower reach of m_{χ} is extended to 2 GeV/c^{2}.
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Dokuz Eylül University, Ízmir 35160
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Dokuz Eylül University, Ízmir 35160
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- NUCTECH Company, Beijing 100084
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064
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- YaLong River Hydropower Development Company, Chengdu 610051
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Liu J, Du Q, Huang J, Yao S. Galectin-3 induces protein ezrin phosphorylation via integrin α3β1/c-src/PI3K/AKT cascade and promotes cervical cancer metastasis. Gynecol Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.04.138] [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: 11/27/2022]
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The effects of graphene nano-platelets (GNPs) content on melt flow behavior and flexural properties of reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites were investigated. The results showed that both the flexural modulus and strength at room temperature increased when GNPs weight fraction was lower than 0.4 wt.%, and then decreased with increasing GNPs weight fraction. During the melt flow of the PP composites in capillary extrusion within temperatures ranging from 180 to 230 °C and in apparent shear rates varying from 100 to 4 000 s−1, the melt shear flow followed the power law relationship, and the dependence of the melt shear viscosity on temperature obeyed the Arrhenius equation. The correlation between the melt shear viscosity and GNPs weight fraction was approximately linear under the given test conditions.
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- J. Z. Liang
- Research Division of Green Function Materials and Equipment , School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou , PRC
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- Research Division of Green Function Materials and Equipment , School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou , PRC
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Sutherland IA, Du Q, Wood P. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RETENTION, LINEAR FLOW, AND DENSITY DIFFERENCE IN COUNTERCURRENT CHROMATOGRAPHY. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2017. [DOI: 10.1081/jlc-100104370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- I. A. Sutherland
- a Brunel Institute for Bioengineering, Brunel University , Uxbridge , UB8 3PH , UK
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- b Department of Chemical Engineering , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, Zhejiang , 310027 , P. R. China
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- a Brunel Institute for Bioengineering, Brunel University , Uxbridge , UB8 3PH , UK
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