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Brochet T, Lapuyade-Lahorgue J, Bougleux S, Salaün M, Ruan S. Deep Learning Using Havrda-Charvat Entropy for Classification of Pulmonary Optical Endomicroscopy. Ing Rech Biomed 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.irbm.2021.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Xie J, Cao Y, Zhu Z, Ruan S, Wang M, Shi J. Transcriptomic Alterations Induced By Vemurafenib after Treatment of Melanoma: A Comprehensive Bioinformatics Analysis. Indian J Pharm Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.36468/pharmaceutical-sciences.spl.351] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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Chen X, Yang R, Wang J, Ruan S, Lin Z, Xin Q, Yang R, Xie J. Porcine acellular dermal matrix accelerates wound healing through miR-124-3p.1 and miR-139-5p. Cytotherapy 2020; 22:494-502. [PMID: 32571650 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2020.04.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND AIMS Cutaneous wound management is a major health problem and imposes a huge economic burden worldwide. Previous studies have demonstrated that wound healing is a highly coordinated process including epithelialization, angiogenesis, remodeling and scarring. This progression requires self-renewal, preservation and repair properties of stem cells. However, our understanding of the detailed internal regulatory mechanism following injury and the means to accelerate wound healing are limited. METHODS Our previous research revealed that porcine acellular dermal matrix (ADM) effectively promotes wound healing and scar formation through epidermal stem cells (ESCs), and this process is relevant to the alteration of internal miRNA levels. In this study, we investigated the regulatory function of porcine ADM treatment on miRNAs in ESCs. RESULTS We report that the treatment of porcine ADM reduced the levels of miR-124-3p.1 and miR-139-5p in wounds. MiR-124-3p.1 and miR-139-5p inhibited the expression of JAG1 and Notch1, respectively, by directly targeting miRNAs in ESCs. CONCLUSIONS This work demonstrates that porcine ADM induced down-regulation of miR-124-3p.1/139-5p in wounds and up-regulation of JAG1/Notch1 in ESCs, thus enhancing cutaneous wound healing.
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- Xiaodong Chen
- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Guangzhou Dermatology and Prevention Institute, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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Yang R, Wang J, Zhou Z, Qi S, Ruan S, Lin Z, Xin Q, Lin Y, Chen X, Xie J. Role of caveolin-1 in epidermal stem cells during burn wound healing in rats. Dev Biol 2018; 445:271-279. [PMID: 30476483 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 09/25/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Local transplantation of stem cells has therapeutic effects on skin damage but cannot provide satisfactory wound healing. Studies on the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of stem cells on skin wound healing will be needed. Hence, in the present study, we explored the role of Caveolin-1 in epidermal stem cells (EpiSCs) in the modulation of wound healing. We first isolated EpiSCs from mouse skin tissues and established stable EpiSCs with overexpression of Caveolin-1 using a lentiviral construct. We then evaluated the epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced cell proliferation ability using cell counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay and assessed EpiSC pluripotency by examining Nanog mRNA levels in EpiSCs. Furthermore, we treated mice with skin burn injury using EpiSCs with overexpression of Caveolin-1. Histological examinations were conducted to evaluate re-epithelialization, wound scores, cell proliferation and capillary density in wounds. We found that overexpression of Caveolin-1 in EpiSCs promoted EGF-induced cell proliferation ability and increased wound closure in a mouse model of skin burn injury. Histological evaluation demonstrated that overexpression of Caveolin-1 in EpiSCs promoted re-epithelialization in wounds, enhanced cellularity, and increased vasculature, as well as increased wound scores. Taken together, our results suggested that Caveolin-1 expression in the EpiSCs play a critical role in the regulation of EpiSC proliferation ability and alteration of EpiSC proliferation ability may be an effective approach in promoting EpiSC-based therapy in skin wound healing.
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- Ronghua Yang
- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, Guangdong, China.
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong, China.
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Yang R, Wang J, Zhou Z, Qi S, Ruan S, Lin Z, Xin Q, Lin Y, Chen X, Xie J. Curcumin promotes burn wound healing in mice by upregulating caveolin-1 in epidermal stem cells. Phytother Res 2018; 33:422-430. [PMID: 30461085 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.6238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 09/10/2018] [Revised: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We aimed to explore the effect of curcumin on epidermal stem cells (ESCs) in regulating wound healing and the underlying molecular mechanism. We treated mouse ESCs isolated from skin tissues with curcumin, and then assessed the proliferation ability of cells induced by epidermal growth factor using cell counting kit-8 assay. The pluripotency of ESCs was evaluated as well through examination of Nanog expression in ESCs. Further, mice with skin burns were treated with ESCs with or without curcumin pretreatments. Histological evaluations were then preformed to determine wound scores, cell proliferation, reepithelialization, and capillary density in wounds. Curcumin treatment promoted the proliferative ability of ESCs and conditioned medium from curcumin-treated ESCs enhanced human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) tube formation. We also found curcumin treatment elevated caveolin-1 expression in ESCs, which was required for the beneficial effect of curcumin on ESC proliferation and HUVEC tube formation. Next, using a mouse model of burn wound healing, curcumin-treated ESCs exhibited enhanced wound closure, which also required caveolin-1 expression. Our current study demonstrates the beneficial effect of curcumin on burn wound healing in mice, which is mediated by upregulating caveolin-1 in ESCs, and supports the potential therapeutic role of curcumin in ESC-based treatment against skin wound healing.
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- Ronghua Yang
- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Ruan S, Zhao J, He Z, Yang H, Zhang G. Analysis of pathogenicity and immune efficacy of fowl adenovirus serotype 4 isolates. Poult Sci 2018; 97:2647-2653. [DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Samuelson D, Siggins R, Ruan S, Amedee A, Shellito J, Welsh D. Alcohol use and alcohol-associated dysbiosis increase susceptibility to pneumococcal pneumonia in a humanized murine HIV model. Alcohol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2017.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Trullo R, Petitjean C, Ruan S, Dubray B, Nie D, Shen D. SEGMENTATION OF ORGANS AT RISK IN THORACIC CT IMAGES USING A SHARPMASK ARCHITECTURE AND CONDITIONAL RANDOM FIELDS. Proc IEEE Int Symp Biomed Imaging 2017; 2017:1003-1006. [PMID: 29062466 PMCID: PMC5649634 DOI: 10.1109/isbi.2017.7950685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Radiotherapy is a standard treatment for this condition and the first step of the radiotherapy process is to identify the target volumes to be targeted and the healthy organs at risk (OAR) to be protected. Unlike previous methods for automatic segmentation of OAR that typically use local information and individually segment each OAR, in this paper, we propose a deep learning framework for the joint segmentation of OAR in CT images of the thorax, specifically the heart, esophagus, trachea and the aorta. Making use of Fully Convolutional Networks (FCN), we present several extensions that improve the performance, including a new architecture that allows to use low level features with high level information, effectively combining local and global information for improving the localization accuracy. Finally, by using Conditional Random Fields (specifically the CRF as Recurrent Neural Network model), we are able to account for relationships between the organs to further improve the segmentation results. Experiments demonstrate competitive performance on a dataset of 30 CT scans.
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- R Trullo
- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, UNIHAVRE, INSA Rouen, LITIS, 76000 Rouen, France
- Department of Radiology and BRIC, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, UNIHAVRE, INSA Rouen, LITIS, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, UNIHAVRE, INSA Rouen, LITIS, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, UNIHAVRE, INSA Rouen, LITIS, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Department of Radiology and BRIC, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
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- Department of Radiology and BRIC, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
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Seloi O, Heintz A, Hanafi R, Laborde R, Dou W, Ruan S, Prades J, Le Gars D, Deramond H, Lefranc M, Coutte A, Toussaint P, Desenclos C, Chauffert B, Boone M, Constans J. Intérêt des séquences avancées en IRM dans l’évaluation à la réponse au Bevacizumab. Suivi multimodal de 20 glioblastomes. J Neuroradiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2017.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Constans JM, Heintz A, Seloi O, Deleval N, Beauvois M, Hanafi R, Dallery F, Dou W, Ruan S, Prades J, Le Gars D, Baledent O, Deramond H, Houessinon A, Fichten A, Lefranc M, Coutte A, Toussaint P, Desenclos C, Chauffert B, Boone M. Importance des variations spectrales durant 36 mois de suivi longitudinal IRM et SRM de 80 patients atteints de glioblastomes traités. J Neuroradiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2017.01.048] [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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Lapuyade-Lahorgue J, Ruan S, Li H, Vera P. TU-AB-202-11: Tumor Segmentation by Fusion of Multi-Tracer PET Images Using Copula Based Statistical Methods. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4957433] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Djemal K, Ruan S, Toumoulin C. Special Issue on Medical Image Analysis for Computer Aided Diagnosis. Ing Rech Biomed 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.irbm.2016.01.001] [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: 10/22/2022]
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Gil H, Qualls WA, Cosner C, DeAngelis DL, Hassan A, Gad AM, Ruan S, Cantrell SR, Beier JC. A model for the coupling of the Greater Bairam and local environmental factors in promoting Rift-Valley Fever epizootics in Egypt. Public Health 2016; 130:64-71. [PMID: 26298586 PMCID: PMC4718900 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 06/26/2014] [Revised: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Rift-Valley Fever (RVF) is a zoonotic mosquito-borne disease in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Drivers for this disease vary by region and are not well understood for North African countries such as Egypt. A deeper understanding of RVF risk factors would inform disease management policies. STUDY DESIGN The present study employs mathematical and computational modeling techniques to ascertain the extent to which the severity of RVF epizootics in Egypt differs depending on the interaction between imported ruminant and environmentally-constrained mosquito populations. METHODS An ordinary differential system of equations, a numerical model, and an individual-based model (IBM) were constructed to represent RVF disease dynamics between localized mosquitoes and ruminants being imported into Egypt for the Greater Bairam. Four cases, corresponding to the Greater Bairam's occurrence during distinct quarters of the solar year, were set up in both models to assess whether the different season-associated mosquito populations present during the Greater Bairam resulted in RVF epizootics of variable magnitudes. RESULTS The numerical model and the IBM produced nearly identical results: ruminant and mosquito population plots for both models were similar in shape and magnitude for all four cases. In both models, all four cases differed in the severity of their corresponding simulated RVF epizootics. The four cases, ranked by the severity of the simulated RVF epizootics in descending order, correspond with the occurrence of the Greater Bairam on the following months: July, October, April, and January. The numerical model was assessed for sensitivity with respect to parameter values and exhibited a high degree of robustness. CONCLUSIONS Limiting the importation of infected ruminants beginning one month prior to the Greater Bairam festival (on years in which the festival falls between the months of July and October: 2014-2022) might be a feasible way of mitigating future RVF epizootics in Egypt.
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- H Gil
- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
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- Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
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- Department of Entomology, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
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Ruan S, Mi H, Petitjean C, Li H, Chen H, Robinson C, Dubray B, Vera P. Robust Optimal Feature Selection for Lung Tumor Recurrence Prediction in PET Imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.021] [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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Lian C, Li H, Denoeux T, Chen H, Robinson C, Vera P, Ruan S. MO-AB-BRA-10: Cancer Therapy Outcome Prediction Based On Dempster-Shafer Theory and PET Imaging. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4925280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Chen H, Dolly S, Victoria J, Anastasio M, Ruan S, Low D, Li H, Wooten H, Dempsey J, Gay H, Mutic S, Thorstad W, Li H. WE-G-BRD-04: BEST IN PHYSICS (JOINT IMAGING-THERAPY): An Integrated Model-Based Intrafractional Organ Motion Tracking Approach with Dynamic MRI in Head and Neck Radiotherapy. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4926060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Chen H, Dolly S, Victoria J, Ruan S, Low D, Anastasio M, Fischer-Valuck B, Kashani R, Green O, Rodriguez V, Dempsey J, Mutic S, Gay H, Thorstad W, Li H. SU-C-210-07: Assessment of Intra-/Inter-Fractional Internal Tumor and Organ Movement in Radiotherapy of Head and Neck Cancer Using On-Board Cine MRI. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4923852] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Guinin M, Ruan S, Nkhali L, Dubray B, Massoptier L, Gardin I. PO-0971: Segmentation of organs at risk using superpixels on MRI or CT images in prostate radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)40963-6] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Onoma DP, Ruan S, Thureau S, Nkhali L, Modzelewski R, Monnehan GA, Vera P, Gardin I. Segmentation of heterogeneous or small FDG PET positive tissue based on a 3D-locally adaptive random walk algorithm. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2014; 38:753-63. [PMID: 25450759 DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2014.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Revised: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A segmentation algorithm based on the random walk (RW) method, called 3D-LARW, has been developed to delineate small tumors or tumors with a heterogeneous distribution of FDG on PET images. Based on the original algorithm of RW [1], we propose an improved approach using new parameters depending on the Euclidean distance between two adjacent voxels instead of a fixed one and integrating probability densities of labels into the system of linear equations used in the RW. These improvements were evaluated and compared with the original RW method, a thresholding with a fixed value (40% of the maximum in the lesion), an adaptive thresholding algorithm on uniform spheres filled with FDG and FLAB method, on simulated heterogeneous spheres and on clinical data (14 patients). On these three different data, 3D-LARW has shown better segmentation results than the original RW algorithm and the three other methods. As expected, these improvements are more pronounced for the segmentation of small or tumors having heterogeneous FDG uptake.
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- D P Onoma
- LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, University of Rouen, France; LPNR, UFR-SSMT, University of Cocody, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire.
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- LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, University of Rouen, France
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- LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, University of Rouen, France; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Centre Henri-Becquerel & LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, France
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- LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, University of Rouen, France; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Centre Henri-Becquerel & LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, France
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- LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, University of Rouen, France; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Centre Henri-Becquerel & LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, France
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- LPNR, UFR-SSMT, University of Cocody, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire
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- LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, University of Rouen, France; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Centre Henri-Becquerel & LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, France
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- LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, University of Rouen, France; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Centre Henri-Becquerel & LITIS EA 4108 - QuantIF, France.
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Guinin M, Buyssens P, Massoptier L, Ruan S, Nkhali L, Dubray B, Gardin I. Segmentation d’organes à risque du pelvis masculin à l’aide de superpixels. Cancer Radiother 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2014.07.135] [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: 10/24/2022]
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Buyssens P, Gardin I, Ruan S. Eikonal based region growing for superpixels generation: Application to semi-supervised real time organ segmentation in CT images. Ing Rech Biomed 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.irbm.2013.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Dubray B, Thureau S, Nkhali L, Modzelewski R, Doyeux K, Ruan S, Vera P. FDG-PET imaging for radiotherapy target volume definition in lung cancer. Ing Rech Biomed 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.irbm.2013.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mueller GA, Maleki SJ, Johnson K, Hurlburt BK, Cheng H, Ruan S, Nesbit JB, Pomés A, Edwards LL, Schorzman A, Deterding LJ, Park H, Tomer KB, London RE, Williams JG. Identification of Maillard reaction products on peanut allergens that influence binding to the receptor for advanced glycation end products. Allergy 2013; 68:1546-54. [PMID: 24266677 DOI: 10.1111/all.12261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent immunological data demonstrated that dendritic cells preferentially recognize advanced glycation end product (AGE)-modified proteins, upregulate expression of the receptor for AGE (RAGE), and consequently bias the immune response toward allergy. METHODS Peanut extract was characterized by mass spectrometry (MS) to elucidate the specific residues and specific AGE modifications found in raw and roasted peanuts and on rAra h 1 that was artificially glycated by incubation with glucose or xylose. The binding of the RAGE-V1C1 domain to peanut allergens was assessed by PAGE and Western analysis with anti-Ara h 1, 2, and 3 antibodies. IgE binding to rAra h 1 was also assessed using the same methods. RESULTS AGE modifications were found on Ara h 1 and Ara h 3 in both raw and roasted peanut extract. No AGE modifications were found on Ara h 2. Mass spectrometry and Western blot analysis demonstrated that RAGE binds selectively to Ara h 1 and Ara h 3 derived from peanut extract, whereas the analysis failed to demonstrate Ara h 2 binding to RAGE. rAra h 1 with no AGE modifications did not bind RAGE; however, after AGE modification with xylose, rAra h 1 bound to RAGE. CONCLUSIONS AGE modifications to Ara h 1 and Ara h 3 can be found in both raw and roasted peanuts. Receptor for AGE was demonstrated to selectively interact with AGE-modified rAra h 1. If sensitization to peanut allergens occurs in dendritic cells via RAGE interactions, these cells are likely interacting with modified Ara h 1 and Ara h 3, but not Ara h 2.
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- G. A. Mueller
- Laboratory of Structural Biology; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Research Triangle Park NC USA
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- US Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Research Service; Southern Regional Research Center; New Orleans LA USA
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Research Triangle Park NC USA
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- US Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Research Service; Southern Regional Research Center; New Orleans LA USA
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- US Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Research Service; Southern Regional Research Center; New Orleans LA USA
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- US Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Research Service; Southern Regional Research Center; New Orleans LA USA
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- US Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Research Service; Southern Regional Research Center; New Orleans LA USA
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- Indoor Biotechnologies, Inc.; Charlottesville VA USA
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Research Triangle Park NC USA
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Research Triangle Park NC USA
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Research Triangle Park NC USA
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- The Scripps Research Institute; Jupiter FL USA
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Research Triangle Park NC USA
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Research Triangle Park NC USA
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Research Triangle Park NC USA
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Chen X, Shi Y, Shu B, Xie X, Yang R, Zhang L, Ruan S, Lin Y, Lin Z, Shen R, Zhang F, Feng X, Xie J. The effect of porcine ADM to improve the burn wound healing. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2013; 6:2280-2291. [PMID: 24228089 PMCID: PMC3816796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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To study the effect of porcine acellular dermal matrix (ADM) on the burn wound healing. Seventy healthy Wistar rats were inflicted with 2 cm second degree burn and divided into 2 groups; one group was treated with porcine ADM and the other with Povidone Iodine Cream. Biopsies were taken on day 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14, 21 for histopathological and biochemical analysis to test PCNA, K19, Integrin-β1, PDGF, EGF and FGF. The results revealed relatively better and faster regeneration after treatment of porcine ADM, along with greatly increased synthesis in collagen in the experimental group. PCNA, K19, Integrin-β1 had an increase and then tapered down, and were stronger in the experimental group than in the contrast group during 21 days after burns. PDGF, EGF and FGF levels increased on day 3, peaked on day 5 and then started to decrease, while significantly enhanced expression of relevant growth factors were observed in the experimental group. Porcine ADM stimulate collagen synthesis, stem cells proliferation and differentiation, and the expression of relevant growth factors and ultimately improve the burn wound healing.
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- Xiaodong Chen
- Department of Burn Surgery, Fo Shan Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityFoshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, Fo Shan Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityFoshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, Fo Shan Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityFoshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, Fo Shan Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityFoshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, Fo Shan Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityFoshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, Fo Shan Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityFoshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, Fo Shan Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityFoshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, Fo Shan Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityFoshan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Baudrier E, Millon G, Nicolier F, Seulin R, Ruan S. Hausdorff distance-based multiresolution maps applied to image similarity measure. The Imaging Science Journal 2013. [DOI: 10.1179/174313107x166884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Chen X, Feng X, Xie J, Ruan S, Lin Y, Lin Z, Shen R, Zhang F. Application of acellular dermal xenografts in full-thickness skin burns. Exp Ther Med 2013; 6:194-198. [PMID: 23935745 PMCID: PMC3735587 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2013.1114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 01/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to explore the clinical value of the porcine acellular dermal xenograft (ADX) in combination with autologous split-thickness skin and pure autologous split-thickness skin grafting applied in deep full-thickness burns and scar wounds. A total of 30 patients with deep burns were randomly divided into experimental and control groups following escharectomy. The patients were separately treated with porcine acellular dermal xenograft (ADX) in combination with autologous split-thickness skin and pure autologous split-thickness skin graft. The wound healing was observed routinely and the scores were evaluated using Vancouver scar scale at different times following transplant surgery. The samples of cograft regions and the control group (pure transplant split-thickness skin autograft) were observed using light microscopy and electron microscopy, and the follow-up results were recorded. No conspicuous rejections on the cograft wound surface were observed. Compared with the control group, the cograft wounds were smooth, presented no scar contracture and exhibited good skin elasticity and recovery of the joint function. The cografted skin combined well and displayed a clear and continuous basal membrane, as well as gradually combined skin structure, a mature stratum corneum, downward extended rete pegs, a mainly uniform dermal collagen fiber structure, regular alignment, and fewer blood capillaries. Clear desmosome cograft regions were identified among heckle cells, as well as a clear and continuous basal membrane. The cografted skin of the combined split-thickness autograft and the acellular heterologous (porcine) dermal matrix showed an improved shape and functional recovery compared with the pure split-thickness skin autograft. The combination of the meshed ADX and the split-thickness skin autograft applied in deep full-thickness burns and scar wounds may induce tissue regeneration via dermis aiming. This method also has superior shape and functional recovery, and has an extensive clinical application value.
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- Xiaodong Chen
- Department of Burns Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong 528000
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Abou-Alfa G, O'Donoghue J, Gansukh B, Ma J, Ruan S, Koga M, Lee R, Ohishi N, Othomo T, Carrasquillo J. 328 124I GC33 Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Imaging Biomarker of Glypican-3 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Eur J Cancer 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(12)72126-3] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Wang J, Wang L, Magal P, Wang Y, Zhuo J, Lu X, Ruan S. Corrigendum to “Modelling the transmission dynamics of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Beijing Tongren hospital” [Journal of Hospital Infection 2011;79:302–308]. J Hosp Infect 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.04.002] [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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Mattison C, Grimm C, Desormeaux W, Ruan S, Maleki S. Identification of Maillard reaction induced chemical modifications on Ara h 1. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.12.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Maleki SJ, Teuber SS, Cheng H, Chen D, Comstock SS, Ruan S, Schein CH. Computationally predicted IgE epitopes of walnut allergens contribute to cross-reactivity with peanuts. Allergy 2011; 66:1522-9. [PMID: 21883278 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02692.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cross-reactivity between peanuts and tree nuts implies that similar immunoglobulin E (IgE) epitopes are present in their proteins. OBJECTIVE To determine whether walnut sequences similar to known peanut IgE-binding sequences, according to the property distance (PD) scale implemented in the Structural Database of Allergenic Proteins, react with IgE from sera of patients with allergy to walnut and/or peanut. METHODS Patient sera were characterized by western blotting for IgE binding to nut protein extracts and to peptides from walnut and peanut allergens, similar to known peanut epitopes as defined by low PD values, synthesized on membranes. Competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to show that peanut and predicted walnut epitope sequences compete with purified Ara h 2 for binding to IgE in serum from a cross-reactive patient. RESULTS Sequences from the vicilin walnut allergen Jug r 2, which had low PD values to epitopes of the peanut allergen Ara h 2, a 2S albumin, bound to IgE in sera from five patients who reacted to either walnut or peanut or both. A walnut epitope recognized by sera from six patients mapped to a surface-exposed region on a model of the N-terminal pro-region of Jug r 2. This predicted walnut epitope competed for IgE binding to Ara h 2 in serum as well as the known IgE epitope from Ara h 2. CONCLUSIONS Sequences with low PD value (< 8.5) to known IgE epitopes could contribute to cross-reactivity between allergens. This further validates the PD scoring method for predicting cross-reactive epitopes in allergens.
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service-Southern Regional Research Center (USDA-ARS-SRRC), New Orleans, LA 70124, USA.
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Wang J, Wang L, Magal P, Wang Y, Zhuo J, Lu X, Ruan S. Modelling the transmission dynamics of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Beijing Tongren hospital. J Hosp Infect 2011; 79:302-8. [PMID: 22033439 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 12/28/2010] [Accepted: 08/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Semi-professional volunteers work in many tertiary care hospitals in China as healthcare assistants. Proper infection control measures are needed to reduce nosocomial transmission involving volunteers. A compartmental model was constructed to describe the transmission characteristics of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the emergency ward (EW) and respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) for volunteers in Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, China. The model consists of components describing uncolonized and colonized patients, uncontaminated and contaminated healthcare workers (HCWs), and uncontaminated and contaminated volunteers. The basic reproduction number (R(0)) was calculated, and the dependence of R(0) on various model parameters was analysed. Moreover, simulations of the model were performed for comparision with the reported data on the numbers of colonized patients in the EW and RICU from 3 March 2009 to 28 February 2010, respectively. Sensitivity analysis of R(0) showed that increasing handwashing compliance among HCWs and volunteers would reduce the risk of transmission dramatically. As volunteers care for patients on a one-to-one basis, this study showed that the number of MRSA-positive patients would increase if volunteers were replaced by HCWs. Therefore, in addition to improving hand hygiene among HCWs, the employment of properly trained volunteers is an attractive alternative to decrease MRSA and other multi-drug resistant bacteria infections in the hospital setting.
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- Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Graber T, Anderson S, Brewer H, Chen YS, Cho HS, Dashdorj N, Henning RW, Kosheleva I, Macha G, Meron M, Pahl R, Ren Z, Ruan S, Schotte F, Srajer V, Viccaro PJ, Westferro F, Anfinrud P, Moffat K. BioCARS: a synchrotron resource for time-resolved X-ray science. J Synchrotron Radiat 2011; 18:658-70. [PMID: 21685684 PMCID: PMC3121234 DOI: 10.1107/s0909049511009423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2010] [Accepted: 03/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BioCARS, a NIH-supported national user facility for macromolecular time-resolved X-ray crystallography at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), has recently completed commissioning of an upgraded undulator-based beamline optimized for single-shot laser-pump X-ray-probe measurements with time resolution as short as 100 ps. The source consists of two in-line undulators with periods of 23 and 27 mm that together provide high-flux pink-beam capability at 12 keV as well as first-harmonic coverage from 6.8 to 19 keV. A high-heat-load chopper reduces the average power load on downstream components, thereby preserving the surface figure of a Kirkpatrick-Baez mirror system capable of focusing the X-ray beam to a spot size of 90 µm horizontal by 20 µm vertical. A high-speed chopper isolates single X-ray pulses at 1 kHz in both hybrid and 24-bunch modes of the APS storage ring. In hybrid mode each isolated X-ray pulse delivers up to ~4 × 10(10) photons to the sample, thereby achieving a time-averaged flux approaching that of fourth-generation X-FEL sources. A new high-power picosecond laser system delivers pulses tunable over the wavelength range 450-2000 nm. These pulses are synchronized to the storage-ring RF clock with long-term stability better than 10 ps RMS. Monochromatic experimental capability with Biosafety Level 3 certification has been retained.
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Constans JM, Collet S, Kauffmann F, Hossu G, Dou W, Ruan S, Rioult F, Derlon JM, Lechapt-Zalcmann E, Chapon F, Valable S, Théron J, Guillamo JS, Courthéoux P. Five-Year Longitudinal MRI Follow-up and (1)H Single Voxel MRS in 14 patients with Gliomatosis Treated with Temodal, Radiotherapy and Antiangiogenic Therapy. Neuroradiol J 2011; 24:401-14. [PMID: 24059663 DOI: 10.1177/197140091102400309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2010] [Accepted: 01/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Gliomatosis cerebri (GC) is a challenging tumor, considered to have a poor prognosis and poor response to treatments. The purpose of this study is to better understand glial tumor metabolism and post chemotherapy, radiotherapy and antiangiogenic variations in a longitudinal study to determine cerebral variation in MRS area, amplitude, and ratios of metabolites and spectral profiles during a five year longitudinal follow-up in 14 patients with gliomatosis without initial hyperperfusion and treated with chemotherapy (Temozolomide (Temodal(®))), radiotherapy and subsequent antiangiogenic therapy. The study also aimed to detect changes in infiltration, proliferation, lipids or glycolytic metabolism, as these changes could be monitored longitudinally in humans with glial brain tumors (low and high grade) after therapy, using conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), spectroscopy (MRS) and MR perfusion. Most patients had first initial clinical and MRS improvement and stable MRI. After 12 to 24 chemotherapy treatment cycles MRS usually showed an increase in the Cho/Cr ratio (proliferation) and sometimes contrast enhancements. Later, the patients showed clinical deterioration and radiotherapy was started. There was an improvement with radiotherapy that lasted nine to 18 months. This was followed by a worsening that led to try antiangiogenic therapy. Later in the evolution for three patients with hyperperfusion this symptom disappeared, but proliferation, infiltration and glycolytic metabolism remained at a high level. Spectroscopic and metabolic changes often occur well before clinical deterioration and sometimes before improvement. Therefore, MRS could be more sensitive and could detect changes earlier than MRI and is sometimes predictive. Despite the difficulty, the variability and unknown factors, these repeated measurements give us a better insight into the nature of the different processes, tumor progression and could lead to better understanding of therapeutic response.
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- J M Constans
- CHU Caen; Caen, France - Cervoxy, UMR 6232 CI-NAPS, CNRS, CEA Basse Normandie Caen University, Centre CYCERON; Caen, France -
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Schwartz J, Jaggi JS, O'Donoghue JA, Ruan S, McDevitt M, Larson SM, Scheinberg DA, Humm JL. Renal uptake of bismuth-213 and its contribution to kidney radiation dose following administration of actinium-225-labeled antibody. Phys Med Biol 2011; 56:721-33. [PMID: 21220845 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/3/012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Clinical therapeutic studies using (225)Ac-labeled antibodies have begun. Of major concern is renal toxicity that may result from the three alpha-emitting progeny generated following the decay of (225)Ac. The purpose of this study was to determine the amount of (225)Ac and non-equilibrium progeny in the mouse kidney after the injection of (225)Ac-huM195 antibody and examine the dosimetric consequences. Groups of mice were sacrificed at 24, 96 and 144 h after injection with (225)Ac-huM195 antibody and kidneys excised. One kidney was used for gamma ray spectroscopic measurements by a high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector. The second kidney was used to generate frozen tissue sections which were examined by digital autoradiography (DAR). Two measurements were performed on each kidney specimen: (1) immediately post-resection and (2) after sufficient time for any non-equilibrium excess (213)Bi to decay completely. Comparison of these measurements enabled estimation of the amount of excess (213)Bi reaching the kidney (γ-ray spectroscopy) and its sub-regional distribution (DAR). The average absorbed dose to whole kidney, determined by spectroscopy, was 0.77 (SD 0.21) Gy kBq(-1), of which 0.46 (SD 0.16) Gy kBq(-1) (i.e. 60%) was due to non-equilibrium excess (213)Bi. The relative contributions to renal cortex and medulla were determined by DAR. The estimated dose to the cortex from non-equilibrium excess (213)Bi (0.31 (SD 0.11) Gy kBq(-1)) represented ∼46% of the total. For the medulla the dose contribution from excess (213)Bi (0.81 (SD 0.28) Gy kBq(-1)) was ∼80% of the total. Based on these estimates, for human patients we project a kidney-absorbed dose of 0.28 Gy MBq(-1) following administration of (225)Ac-huM195 with non-equilibrium excess (213)Bi responsible for approximately 60% of the total. Methods to reduce renal accumulation of radioactive progeny appear to be necessary for the success of (225)Ac radioimmunotherapy.
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- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Wang X, Guo J, Ruan S, Lu Y, Bi Y, Xiao X, Wang G. MP-12.15: Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy for the Treatment of Urinary Calculi in Infants and Young Children. Urology 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.07.902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ruan S, Noyes K, Bazarian J. 11: S100β Screening: A Cost-Minimization Study for Managing Adult Patients With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.01.279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Li X, Lebonvallet S, Qiu T, Ruan S. An Improved Level Set Method for Automatically Volume Measure: Application in Tumor Tracking from MRI Images. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 2007:808-11. [DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2007.4352413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Zhang M, Chen Q, Li X, O'Donoghue J, Ruan S, Zanzonico P, Ling C, Humm J. SU-FF-I-109: Image Deconvolution in Autoradiography: A Preliminary Study. Med Phys 2007. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2760486] [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: 11/07/2022] Open
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Feng X, Shen R, Tan J, Chen X, Pan Y, Ruan S, Zhang F, Lin Z, Zeng Y, Wang X, Lin Y, Wu Q. The study of inhibiting systematic inflammatory response syndrome by applying xenogenic (porcine) acellular dermal matrix on second-degree burns. Burns 2007; 33:477-9. [PMID: 17331650 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2006] [Accepted: 08/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of xenogenic (porcine) acellular dermal matrix on the systematic inflammatory reaction syndrome (SIRS), and the reaction of burn patients to tissue damage upon application to second-degree burn wounds. METHOD Seventy-two cases of patients with acute second-degree burns were enrolled in the study. According to the total burn surface area (TBSA) and the treatment methods, we randomly divided the patients into four groups. Group A (treatment group): patients with less than 30% TBSA covered with xenogenic acellular dermal matrix. Group B (control group): patients with less than 30% TBSA covered with betadine ointment gauzes. Group C (treatment group): patients with more than 30% TBSA covered with porcine acellular dermal matrix. Group D (control group): patients with more than 30% TBSA covered with betadine ointment gauzes. Serum level of C-reactive protein (CRP) was measured by single radial immunodiffusion method on 1, 4, 7 and 14 days postburn. RESULTS The serum level of CRP in group A was significantly less than that of in group B (P<0.05) on days 4, 7 and 14. The serum level of CRP in group C increased slowly, descended quickly and was significantly less than that of in group D on days 4, 7 and 14. CONCLUSION The application of xenogenic (porcine) acellular dermal matrix on second-degree burn wound can decrease serum level of CRP of the patients, which may play an important role in reducing SIRS and sepsis incidence.
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- Xiangsheng Feng
- Department of Plastic and Burn Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, China
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Feng X, Du Y, Chen X, Shen R, Ruan S, Wu Q, Tan J. Control of hypertrophic scar from inception by using xenogenic (porcine) acellular dermal matrix (ADM) to cover deep second degree burn. Burns 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Feng X, Tan J, Pan Y, Wu Q, Ruan S, Shen R, Chen X, Du Y. Control of hypertrophic scar from inception by using xenogenic (porcine) acellular dermal matrix (ADM) to cover deep second degree burn. Burns 2006; 32:293-8. [PMID: 16487662 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We have spent 7 years to investigate the method of applying porcine acellular dermal matrix (ADM) on deep partial thickness burn wound until the wound heals without dressing change. Known as "Feng's pig skin method" by our hospital, the method appears to encourage rapid re-epithilization with minimum scarring. METHOD The deep partial thickness burn wound was rinsed cleanly under anesthesia when the patient admitted. ADM was applied on the wound after the detached epidermis was thoroughly removed, wrapped and fixed by sterile gauze and bandages. The dressing was removed within two weeks and the wound completely healed. The outcome of the treatment was analyzed by using the modified Vancouver Burn Scar Assessment Scale. RESULT All the wounds healed with one dressing within 2 weeks, and the time of wound re-epithelialization shortened to 7-12 days. Scar hyperplasia did not occur, or it was greatly ameliorated compared with traditional treatment after a followed-up period of 3 months to 2 years. The Scar Index was significant lower than that of the traditional exposure method. CONCLUSION Using ADM to cover deep second degree burn can preserve maximally residual dermal tissue and epithelium, help accelerate the regeneration of epithelial and stem cells, thus shorten the healing time, remodel the skin structure, and consequently has the effect of controlling hypertrophic scar at inception.
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- Department of Plastic and Burn Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, and Clinical College of Shandong University, Jinan, PR China
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Pugachev A, Claus F, Sun X, Ruan S, Cai S, Koziorowsky J, Finn R, O”Donoghue J, Ling C, Humm J. MO-D-I-609-08: Validation of PET Hypoxia Tracers by Autoradiography and Fluorescent Microscopy. Med Phys 2005. [DOI: 10.1118/1.1998244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Humm JL, Ballon D, Hu YC, Ruan S, Chui C, Tulipano PK, Erdi A, Koutcher J, Zakian K, Urano M, Zanzonico P, Mattis C, Dyke J, Chen Y, Harrington P, O'Donoghue JA, Ling CC. A stereotactic method for the three‐dimensional registration of multi‐modality biologic images in animals: NMR, PET, histology, and autoradiography. Med Phys 2003; 30:2303-14. [PMID: 14528951 DOI: 10.1118/1.1600738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The objective of this work was to develop and then validate a stereotactic fiduciary marker system for tumor xenografts in rodents which could be used to co-register magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), PET, tissue histology, autoradiography, and measurements from physiologic probes. A Teflon fiduciary template has been designed which allows the precise insertion of small hollow Teflon rods (0.71 mm diameter) into a tumor. These rods can be visualized by MRI and PET as well as by histology and autoradiography on tissue sections. The methodology has been applied and tested on a rigid phantom, on tissue phantom material, and finally on tumor bearing mice. Image registration has been performed between the MRI and PET images for the rigid Teflon phantom and among MRI, digitized microscopy images of tissue histology, and autoradiograms for both tissue phantom and tumor-bearing mice. A registration accuracy, expressed as the average Euclidean distance between the centers of three fiduciary markers among the registered image sets, of 0.2 +/- 0.06 mm was achieved between MRI and microPET image sets of a rigid Teflon phantom. The fiduciary template allows digitized tissue sections to be co-registered with three-dimensional MRI images with an average accuracy of 0.21 and 0.25 mm for the tissue phantoms and tumor xenografts, respectively. Between histology and autoradiograms, it was 0.19 and 0.21 mm for tissue phantoms and tumor xenografts, respectively. The fiduciary marker system provides a coordinate system with which to correlate information from multiple image types, on a voxel-by-voxel basis, with sub-millimeter accuracy--even among imaging modalities with widely disparate spatial resolution and in the absence of identifiable anatomic landmarks.
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- J L Humm
- Department of Medical Physics and Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Feng X, Tan J, Du Y, Ruan S, Pan Y. [A clinical study on composite transplantation of meshed split-thickness autograft and heterologous dermal matrix]. Zhonghua Zheng Xing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2002; 18:269-70. [PMID: 12471812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the feasibility of the composite transplantation of 1:3 meshed split-thickness autograft and acellular heterologous (porcine) dermal matrix. METHODS 9 inpatients with full thickness skin burn or hypertrophic scar were selected in this study. After the eschar or scar was excised, the wound was covered with acellular heterologous dermal matrix. Then the meshed (1:3) split-thickness autologous skin sheet was grafted on the dermal matrix. Before dressing up, the radiated pigskin was placed on the composite transplants. RESULTS The composite transplantation was successfully used in 9 cases. The meshed split-thickness autograft was expanded 3 times and covered the dermal matrix tightly. The clinical results of the composite transplantation were similar to that of intermediate split thickness skin graft or full thickness skin graft. CONCLUSION The composite transplantation of meshed (1:3) split-thickness autograft and acellular heterologous (porcine) dermal matrix allowed the expansion of the autologous skin sheet to 3 times. The clinical results were similar to that of intermediate split thickness skin graft or full thickness skin graft.
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Schmidt M, Pahl R, Srajer V, Anderson S, Brister K, Ruan S, Rajagopal S, Ren Z, Moffat K. Application of singular value decomposition to time-resolved X-ray data; simulations and experiments. Acta Crystallogr A 2002. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767302099956] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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Recently, ratio-dependent predator-prey systems have been regarded by some researchers to be more appropriate for predator-prey interactions where predation involves serious searching processes. However, such models have set up a challenging issue regarding their dynamics near the origin since these models are not well-defined there. In this paper, the qualitative behavior of a class of ratio-dependent predator-prey system at the origin in the interior of the first quadrant is studied. It is shown that the origin is indeed a critical point of higher order. There can exist numerous kinds of topological structures in a neighborhood of the origin including the parabolic orbits, the elliptic orbits, the hyperbolic orbits, and any combination of them. These structures have important implications for the global behavior of the model. Global qualitative analysis of the model depending on all parameters is carried out, and conditions of existence and non-existence of limit cycles for the model are given. Computer simulations are presented to illustrate the conclusions.
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- D Xiao
- Department of Mathematics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei.
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It is known that predator-prey systems with constant rate harvesting exhibit very rich dynamics. On the other hand, incorporating time delays into predator-prey models could induce instability and bifurcation. In this paper we are interested in studying the combined effects of the harvesting rate and the time delay on the dynamics of the generalized Gause-type predator-prey models and the Wangersky-Cunningham model. It is shown that in these models the time delay can cause a stable equilibrium to become unstable and even a switching of stabilities, while the harvesting rate has a stabilizing effect on the equilibrium if it is under the critical harvesting level. In particular, one of these models loses stability when the delay varies and then regains its stability when the harvesting rate is increased. Computer simulations are carried to explain the mathematical conclusions.
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- A Martin
- Department of Mathematics, University of New Orleans, LA 70148-2900, USA
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