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Zheng SG. [Early treatment principles of tooth replacement disorders associated with hereditary oral diseases]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 58:772-780. [PMID: 37550037 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112144-20230403-00131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Tooth replacement disorders are characterized by retention of deciduous teeth and abnormalities in permanent teeth eruption. Hereditary disorders with multiple teeth involved include cleidocranial dysplasia, osteopetrosis and Gardner syndrome. These rare diseases have great difficulty in treatment with various principles reported. This article focused on clinical manifestations and early treatment principles of these hereditary disorders, as well as the important role of dentists in early diagnosis of these diseases.
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- S G Zheng
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Digital Medical Devices & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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Ruan WY, Zhang YL, Zheng SG, Sun Y, Fan ZP, Song YL, Sun HC, Wang WM, Dai JW, Zhao ZJ, Zhang TT, Chen D, Pan YC, Jiang YG, Wang XD, Zheng LW, Zhu QL, He M, Xu BS, Jia ZL, Han D, Duan XH. [Expert consensus on the biobank development of oral genetic diseases and rare diseases and storage codes of related biological samples from craniofacial and oral region]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 58:749-758. [PMID: 37550034 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112144-20230523-00210] [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: 08/09/2023]
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The biological samples of oral genetic diseases and rare diseases are extremely precious. Collecting and preserving these biological samples are helpful to elucidate the mechanisms and improve the level of diagnose and treatment of oral genetic diseases and rare diseases. The standardized construction of biobanks for oral genetic diseases and rare diseases is important for achieving these goals. At present, there is very little information on the construction of these biobanks, and the standards or suggestions for the classification and coding of biological samples from oral and maxillofacial sources, and this is not conducive to the standardization and information construction of biobanks for special oral diseases. This consensus summarizes the background, necessity, principles, and key points of constructing the biobank for oral genetic diseases and rare diseases. On the base of the group standard "Classification and Coding for Human Biomaterial" (GB/T 39768-2021) issued by the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Biological Samples, we suggest 76 new coding numbers for different of biological samples from oral and maxillofacial sources. We hope the consensus may promote the standardization, and smartization on the biobank construction as well as the overall research level of oral genetic diseases and rare diseases in China.
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- W Y Ruan
- Clinic of Oral Rare Diseases and Genetic Diseases & Department of Oral Biology, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Clinic of Oral Rare Diseases and Genetic Diseases & Department of Oral Biology, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Digital Medical Devices & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral Implantology, Stomatological Hospital and Dental School of Tongji University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Capital Medical University School of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Tooth Regeneration and Function Reconstruction, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Stomatology, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Department of Oral Pathology, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine & College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China
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- The First Outpatient Department, School and Hospital of Stomatology, China Medical University, Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Shenyang 110002, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Department of Polyclinics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Orthodontics, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University & Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Stomatological Translational Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Cariology & Endodontics, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China
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- Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine & College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China
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- Deparment of Pediatric Dentistry, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University & State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Deparment of Pediatric Dentistry, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Stomatological Research, Hospital of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Deparment of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University & State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Digital Medical Devices & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Clinic of Oral Rare Diseases and Genetic Diseases & Department of Oral Biology, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Xi'an 710032, China
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Lin QZ, Liu HZ, Zhou WP, Cheng ZJ, Lou JY, Zheng SG, Bi XY, Wang JM, Guo W, Li FY, Wang J, Zheng YM, Li JD, Cheng S, Zeng YY. [Effect of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy on prognosis of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma:a multicenter retrospective study]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2023; 61:305-312. [PMID: 36822587 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20230106-00010] [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: 02/25/2023]
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Objectives: To examine the influence of adjuvant chemotherapy after radical resection on the survival of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma(ICC) and to identify patients who may benefit from it. Methods: The clinical and pathological data of 654 patients with ICC diagnosed by postoperative pathology from December 2011 to December 2017 at 13 hospitals in China were collected retrospectively. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria,455 patients were included in this study,including 69 patients (15.2%) who received adjuvant chemotherapy and 386 patients (84.8%) who did not receive adjuvant chemotherapy. There were 278 males and 177 females,with age of 59 (16) years (M(IQR))(range:23 to 88 years). Propensity score matching (PSM) method was used to balance the difference between adjuvant chemotherapy group and non-adjuvant chemotherapy group. Kaplan-Meier method was used to plot the survival curve,the Log-rank test was used to compare the difference of overall survival(OS) and recurrence free survival(RFS)between the two groups. Univariate analysis was used to determine prognostic factors for OS. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models were then performed for prognostic factors with P<0.10 to identify potential independent risk factors. The study population were stratified by included study variables and the AJCC staging system,and a subgroup analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method to explore the potential benefit subgroup population of adjuvant chemotherapy. Results: After 1∶1 PSM matching,69 patients were obtained in each group. There was no significant difference in baseline data between the two groups (all P>0.05). After PSM,Cox multivariate analysis showed that lymph node metastasis (HR=3.06,95%CI:1.52 to 6.16,P=0.039),width of resection margin (HR=0.56,95%CI:0.32 to 0.99,P=0.044) and adjuvant chemotherapy (HR=0.51,95%CI:0.29 to 0.91,P=0.022) were independent prognostic factors for OS. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the median OS time of adjuvant chemotherapy group was significantly longer than that of non-adjuvant chemotherapy group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in RFS time between the adjuvant chemotherapy group and the non-adjuvant chemotherapy group (P>0.05). Subgroup analysis showed that,the OS of female patients,without HBV infection,carcinoembryonic antigen<9.6 μg/L,CA19-9≥200 U/ml,intraoperative bleeding<400 ml,tumor diameter>5 cm,microvascular invasion negative,without lymph node metastasis,and AJCC stage Ⅲ patients could benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy (all P<0.05). Conclusion: Adjuvant chemotherapy can prolong the OS of patients with ICC after radical resection,and patients with tumor diameter>5 cm,without lymph node metastasis,AJCC stage Ⅲ,and microvascular invasion negative are more likely to benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy.
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- Q Z Lin
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University,Fuzhou 350002,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University,Fuzhou 350002,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery Ⅲ, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University,Shanghai 200438,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery,Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University,Nanjing 210009,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,the Second Affiliated Hospital,Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Hangzhou 310009,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,the Southwest Hospital of Army Medical University,Chongqing 400038,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,Cancer Hospital,Peking Union Medical University,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,Beijing 100021,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,Beijing Friendship Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University,Beijing 100050,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University,Chengdu 610041,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200127,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,Xuanwu Hospital,Capital Medical University,Beijing 100053,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College,Nanchong 637000,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University,Beijing 100070,China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery,Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University,Fuzhou 350002,China
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Regulatory T cells (Treg) play an indispensable role in maintaining the body's immune nonresponse to self-antigens and suppressing the body's unwarranted and potentially harmful immune responses. Their absence, reduction, dysfunction, transformation, and instability can lead to numerous autoimmune diseases. There are several distinct subtypes of the Treg cells, although they share certain biological characteristics and have unique phenotypes with different regulatory functions, as well as mechanistic abilities. In this book chapter, we introduce the latest advances in Treg cell subtypes pertaining to classification, phenotype, biological characteristics, and mechanisms. We also highlight the relationship between Treg cells and various diseases, including autoimmune, infectious, as well as tumors and organ transplants.
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- Yang Du
- Department of Pathology and Physiopathology, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China.,Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Microenvironmental Regulation, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine and Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Zhang RJ, Wang XZ, Liu Y, Zheng SG. [Preliminary study on the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor-loaded self-assembled peptide hydrogel on angiogenesis and vascularization of human umbilical vein endothelial cells]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 55:757-764. [PMID: 33045788 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112144-20200331-00182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the effect of RATEA16 scaffold on the proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and the effect of new self-assembling peptide hydrogel (RATEA16) scaffold with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on promoting angiogenesis. Methods: RATEA16 hydrogel was prepared, then the injectability, microstructure, degradation, biocompatibility of RATEA16 hydrogel were determined. HUVEC were cultured with RATEA16 scaffold to detect cell morphology and proliferation. HUVEC were cultured on RATEA16 scaffold with VEGF for 24 h. The expression of VEGF-A, von Willebrand factor (vWF), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) were detected by using real-time PCR to evaluate the effects of the scaffold with VEGF system on HUVEC differentiation. Results: The sol-gel transition was completed under neutral condition (pH=7.4) adjusted by Tris-HCl solution. The hydrogel could be easily injected from a syringe. It presented a porous and interconnected internal structure and the porosity of the scaffold was (67.3±9.4)%. After 4 week degradation in vitro, the residual weight was still (82.354±0.006)%, which exhibited slow degradation. HUVEC grew well after being cultured in leach liquor of RATEA16 hydrogel for 24 h, and there was no significant difference in HUVEC cell viability compared with that of the control group (P>0.05). HUVEC encapsulated in RATEA16 hydrogel appeared round in shape and exhibited effectively continuous proliferation. When HUVEC were cultured on RATEA16 hydrogel with VEGF for 24 h, the formation of vascular-like structures was observed. The expression of VEGF-A and MMP-9 was 1.5-2.0 times that of control group, and vWF was 10 times and PECAM-1 was 55 times compared with that of the control group (P<0.05). Conclusions: The RATEA16 hydrogel used in this study could be prepared by simply adjusting pH to neutral. This hydrogel exhibited good biodegradability, slow degradation and injectability. HUVEC might attach and spread in RATEA16 scaffold. The RATEA16 scaffold with VEGF could promote angiogenic differentiation of HUVEC. The novel scaffold is expected to achieve the critical vascularization process in bone tissue regeneration.
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- R J Zhang
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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Xu J, Xiong YF, Huang XJ, Yang FC, Li JD, Liu JH, Zhao WX, Qin RY, Yin XM, Zheng SG, Liang X, Peng B, Zhang QF, Li DW, Tang ZH. [A multicenter clinical analysis of short-term efficacy of laparoscopic radical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2020; 58:758-764. [PMID: 32993262 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20200210-00074] [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: 02/05/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic radical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma at multiple centers in China. Methods: Between December 2015 and August 2019, the clinical data of 143 patients who underwent LRHC in Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Affiliated Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, the First Hospital Affiliated to Army Medical University, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Zhejiang University, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University and the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University were collected prospectively. There were 92 males and 51 females with age of (64±11) years (range: 53 to 72 years). Bismuth type: type I, 38 cases (26.6%), type Ⅱ, 19 cases (13.3%), type Ⅲa, 15 cases (10.5%), type Ⅲb, 28 cases (19.6%) and type Ⅳ, 43 cases (30.0%). The patients within the first 10 operation cases in each operation time (the first 10 patients in each operation team) were divided into group A (77 cases), and the patients after 10 cases in each operation time were classified as group B (66 cases); the cases with more than 10 cases in the center were further divided into group A(1) (116 cases), and the center with less than 10 cases was set as group A(2) (27 cases). T test or Wilcoxon test was used to compare the measurement data between groups, and the chi square test or Fisher exact probability method was used to compare the counting data between groups. Kaplan Meier curve was used for survival analysis. Results: All patients successfully completed laparoscopic procedure. The mean operation time was (421.3±153.4) minutes (range: 159 to 770 minutes), and the intraoperative blood loss was 100 to 1 500 ml (median was 300 ml) .Recent post-operative complications contained bile leakage, abdominal bleeding, abdominal infection, gastrointestinal bleeding, and delay gastric emptying, pulmonary infection, liver failure, et al.The post-operative hospital stay was (15.9±9.2) days. The operation time in group B was relatively reduced ( (429.5±190.7)minutes vs. (492.3±173.1)minutes, t=2.063, P=0.041) and the blood loss (465 ml vs. 200 ml) was also reduced (Z=2.021, P=0.043) than that in group B. The incidence of postoperative biliary fistula and lung infection in patients in group A was significantly higher than that in group B (χ(2)=4.341, 0.007; P=0.037, 0.047) .Compared with group A(2), the operation time in group A(1) was relatively reduced( (416.3±176.5)minutes vs. (498.1±190.4)minutes, t=2.136, P=0.034) , the incidence of bile leakage and abdominal cavity infection in group A(1) was lower than that in group A(2) (χ(2)=7.537, 3.162; P=0.006, 0.046) . Kaplan Meier survival curve showed that the difference of short-term survival time between group A and group B was statistically significant (P<0.05) . Conclusions: The completion of laparoscopic hilar cholangiocarcinoma radical surgery is based on improved surgical skills, and proficiency in standardized operation procedures.It is feasible for laparoscopic radical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma to well experienced surgeon with cases be strictly screened, but it is not recommended for widespread promotion at this exploratory stage.
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- J Xu
- Department of General Surgery, Institute of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic-Intestinal Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Institute of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic-Intestinal Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Institute of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic-Intestinal Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Institute of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic-Intestinal Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Institute of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic-Intestinal Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 200092, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221006, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Biliary Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha 410005, China
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- Department of Biliary Surgery, the First Hospital Affiliated to Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310020, China
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- Department of Biliary Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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Fang SB, Zhang HY, Meng XC, Wang C, He BX, Peng YQ, Xu ZB, Fan XL, Wu ZJ, Wu ZC, Zheng SG, Fu QL. Small extracellular vesicles derived from human MSCs prevent allergic airway inflammation via immunomodulation on pulmonary macrophages. Cell Death Dis 2020; 11:409. [PMID: 32483121 PMCID: PMC7264182 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-020-2606-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Allergic airway inflammation is a major public health disease that affects up to 300 million people in the world. However, its management remains largely unsatisfactory. The dysfunction of pulmonary macrophages contributes greatly to the development of allergic airway inflammation. It has been reported that small extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC-sEV) were able to display extensive therapeutic effects in some immune diseases. This study aimed to investigate the effects of MSC-sEV on allergic airway inflammation, and the role of macrophages involved in it. We successfully isolated MSC-sEV by using anion exchange chromatography, which were morphologically intact and positive for the specific EV markers. MSC-sEV significantly reduced infiltration of inflammatory cells and number of epithelial goblet cells in lung tissues of mice with allergic airway inflammation. Levels of inflammatory cells and cytokines in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were also significantly decreased. Importantly, levels of monocytes-derived alveolar macrophages and M2 macrophages were significantly reduced by MSC-sEV. MSC-sEV were excreted through spleen and liver at 24 h post-administration in mice, and were able to be taken in by macrophages both in vivo and in vitro. In addition, proteomics analysis of MSC-sEV revealed that the indicated three types of MSC-sEV contained different quantities of proteins and shared 312 common proteins, which may be involved in the therapeutic effects of MSC-sEV. In total, our study demonstrated that MSC-sEV isolated by anion exchange chromatography were able to ameliorate Th2-dominant allergic airway inflammation through immunoregulation on pulmonary macrophages, suggesting that MSC-sEV were promising alternative therapy for allergic airway inflammation in the future.
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- Shu-Bin Fang
- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine and Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, China.
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Salivary microbiota is a typical habitat of the human microbiome. This study intended to use salivary microbiota as a model aiming to systematically address the influence of collection methods and temporal dynamics on the human microbiota compared to personal specificity. We carried out a supervised short-term longitudinal study to evaluate the influence of the change of collection methods and sampling time point on salivary microbiota in 10 systemically and orally healthy individuals with certain confounding factors (sex, oral and general health state, medication history, physical exercise, diet, and oral hygiene behavior) controlled before and during the sampling period. The microbial profiles were analyzed by 16S rDNA V3 to V4 hypervariable region amplicon sequencing. The taxonomic structure represented by the dominant species and the weighted UniFrac distance algorithm were used to demonstrate the individual specificity and the intraindividual variation introduced by the change of collection method and sampling time point. The findings suggested individual specificity existed in salivary microbiota from individuals with similar oral and general health status. The intraindividual variation brought by the change of collection method or sampling time point might introduce remarkable perturbation with the personal specificity. Insights into the intraindividual variation and personal specificity of salivary microbiota will enhance our understanding in salivary microbiota-related research. We recommend keeping collection conditions consistent within a study to avoid interference brought by the sampling. The strategy of repeated sampling at multiple time points as representative samples, as well as thorough interpretation of the complex relationships and causality between microbiome composition and disease without the interference of temporal dynamics, is optimal for research exploring the relationship between the salivary microbiome and disease.
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- C Zhu
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
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Ma ZK, Tong PY, Yuan C, Tang H, Zhu C, Sun XY, Zheng SG. [Pre- and post-treatment changes of gingvitis-associated peptidomic profiles in the saliva and gingival crevicular fluid by mass spectrometry]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 54:745-752. [PMID: 31683381 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1002-0098.2019.11.005] [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 explore peptidomic changes of peptides in saliva and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) before and after treatment of gingivitis. Methods: From January 2017 to September 2017, seventeen participants at the age of 24-62 (6 males and 11 females) at Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology with gingivitis were recruited in the present study. Their clinical parameters were measured and recorded. Saliva and GCF samples were collected from each of the participants at the baseline and 7 days after ultrasonic supragingival scaling, respectively. Matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was employed to detect the changes of peptidomic profiles, while ano-liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (nano-LC/ESI-MS/MS) was performed to identify the possible proteins from which the peptides might derive. Results: Initially, four peptide peaks [mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) values: 1 030.6, 1 043.4, 1 053.4 and 1 064.6] were screened out exhibiting a decreasing trend after treatment (P<0.05). Besides, five peptide peaks from gingival crevicular fluid (P<0.05) exhibited differential expression, among which 1 055.5 and 1 168.3 demonstrating a decrease after treatment, while 3 363.7, 3 480.9 and 3 489.5 increased overtime. Certain positive correlations were detected between some peptides and clinical parameters. Principle component analysis using the above mentioned peptide peaks showed a distinct distribution before and after treatment and peptides from GCF showed a slightly better capacity to discriminate patients before and after treatment. The peptides with m/z values of 1 055.5 in GCF and 1 064.6 in saliva were identified to be segments of serum albumin and complement C3, respectively. Conclusions: Several differentially expressed peptides were detected in saliva and GCF by MALDI-TOF MS, exhibiting the potentiality to act as biomarkers in gingivitis patients.
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- Z K Ma
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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He X, Liu LY, Ji XK, Xian YB, Yan YJ, Xu HJ, Sha L, Pu CL, Zhou JY, Yuan CY, Yang M, Zheng SG. Low interferon-gamma release in response to phytohemagglutinin predicts the high severity of diseases. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019; 98:e15843. [PMID: 31145331 PMCID: PMC6709005 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000015843] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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A clinically useful immune biomarker could potentially assist clinicians in their decision making. We stimulated T-cell proliferation to secret interferon gamma (IFN-γ) by phytohemagglutinin, and then measured the production of IFN-γ (mitogen value [M value]). We aimed to determine the relationship between the M value, clinical severity, and outcomes of diseases.In all, 484 patients admitted to intensive care units were enrolled in this retrospective study. The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) scores were collected within the first 24 hours. M value, C-reaction protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and routine blood tests were analyzed and collected during the study.When APACHE II scores were greater than 15 and M values were less than 6, the hospital mortality rose in a straight line. There was an inverse correlation between APACHE II score and M value (rs = -0.212, P < .001). There was a positive correlation between M value and lymphocyte numbers (b' = 0.249, P < .001); however, there was an inverse correlation between M value and WBC (b' = -0.230, P < .001), and ESR (b' = -0.100, P = .029). Neurological diseases had the greatest influence on APACHE II scores (b' = 10.356, P < .001), whereas respiratory diseases had the greatest influence on M value (b' = 1.933, P < .001). Furthermore, in the respiratory system, severe pneumonia had a greater influence on M value. Taking the APACHE II score as the gold standard, the area under the curve of M was 0.632 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.575-0.690, P < .001), PCT was 0.647 (95% CI 0.589-0.705, P < .001), CRP was 0.570 (95% CI 0.511-0.629, P = .022), and ESR was 0.553 (95% CI 0.494-0.612, P = .078). Divided by M value = 5, the positive predictive value of the M value is 37.22% (115/309) and negative predictive value is 75.43% (132/175).The results show that the M values, PCT, and CRP were better than ESR to predict the severity of diseases. The number and proportion of lymphocytes also affected the result of the M value. To a certain extent, the M value may be a clinically useful immune biomarker, which may help clinicians objectively evaluate the severity of diseases, especially in the respiratory system.
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- Xing He
- Department of Emergency, Qujing Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, Qujing Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, Qujing Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, Qujing Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, Qujing Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, Qujing Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, Qujing Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, Qujing Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, Qujing Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, Qujing Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, Qujing Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, P.R. China
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- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine Penn State University, Hershey, PA
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease with immune system disorder mediated through complex autoimmune pathways that involve immune cells, nonimmune cells, cytokines, chemokines, as well as costimulatory molecules. Costimulatory signals play a critical role in initiating, maintaining and regulating immune reactions, and these include ligands and receptors and their interactions involving multiple types of signal information. Dysfunction of costimulatory factors results in complicated abnormal immune responses, with biological effects and eventually, clinical autoimmune diseases. Here we outline what is known about various roles that costimulatory families including the B7 family and tumor necrosis factor super family play in SLE. The aim of this review is to understand the possible association of costimulation with autoimmune diseases, especially SLE, and to explore possible therapeutic target(s) of costimulatory molecules and pathways that might be used to develop therapeutic approaches for patients with these conditions.
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- Z X Xiao
- Department of Clinical Immunology at Sun Yat-sen University Third Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, Penn State College of Medicine and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Penn State College of Medicine and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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Huang W, Solouki S, Carter C, Zheng SG, August A. Beyond Type 1 Regulatory T Cells: Co-expression of LAG3 and CD49b in IL-10-Producing T Cell Lineages. Front Immunol 2018; 9:2625. [PMID: 30510554 PMCID: PMC6252342 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Type 1 regulatory CD4+ T (Tr1) cells express high levels of the immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10 but not the master transcription factor Foxp3, and can suppress inflammation and promote immune tolerance. In order to identify and obtain viable Tr1 cells for research and clinical applications, co-expression of CD49b and LAG3 has been proposed as a unique surface signature for both human and mouse Tr1 cells. However, recent studies have revealed that this pattern of co-expression is dependent on the stimulating conditions and the differentiation stage of the CD4+ T cells. Here, using an IL-10GFP/Foxp3RFP dual reporter transgenic murine model, we demonstrate that co-expression of CD49b and LAG3 is not restricted to the Foxp3− Tr1 cells, but is also observed in Foxp3+ T regulatory (Treg) cells and CD8+ T cells that produce IL-10. Our data indicate that IL-10-producing Tr1 cells, Treg cells and CD8+ T cells are all capable of co-expressing LAG3 and CD49b in vitro following differentiation under IL-10-inducing conditions, and in vivo following pathogenic insult or infection in the pulmonary mucosa. Our findings urge caution in the use of LAG3/CD49b co-expression as sole markers to identify Tr1 cells, since it may mark IL-10-producing T cell lineages more broadly, including the Foxp3− Tr1 cells, Foxp3+ Treg cells, and CD8+ T cells.
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- Weishan Huang
- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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Meng Y, Liu XN, Zheng SG. [Status and analysis of oral disease burden: comparison of the domestic and overseas data]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 52:386-389. [PMID: 28613064 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1002-0098.2017.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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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At present, it has been regarded that oral disease was one of the most prevalent problems for people's general health around the world. Oral disease burden study focuses on the pressure and effect of oral diseases to the whole social economy and people's health. Oral disease burden, as a public health problem, needs to be attached importance in China and foreign countries. By means of retrieving the literature, this review article summarizes the progress of domestic and oversea studies on oral disease burden, analyses the epidemiological burden through the indicators such as the prevalence rate, decayed missing and filled teeth, disability adjusted life years, disability weights, and illustrates the economic burden of oral diseases by using part of the data. Results shows that the oral disease burden is obvious in most countries and regions both in China and foreign countries. The study of oral disease burden in China has not been well developed. Giving priority to dental caries, periodontal disease and tooth loss, the prevalence of oral diseases in China is high. The rate of seeking dental treatments is low and the proportion of self-supporting treatments is high. In general, the epidemiological and economic burden of oral diseases is heavier in China than that in the rest of the world.
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- Y Meng
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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Huang W, Solouki S, Koylass N, Zheng SG, August A. ITK signaling via the Ras/IRF4 pathway regulates the development and function of type 1 regulatory T cells. The Journal of Immunology 2017. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.198.supp.52.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Type 1 regulatory T (Tr1) cells differentiate in response to signals engaging T cell receptor (TCR), express high levels of the immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10 but not Foxp3, and can suppress inflammation and promote immune tolerance. Here, using IL-10GFP/Foxp3RFP dual reporter transgenic mouse system, we show that ITK, a key modulator of TCR signaling, is required for the development of Tr1 cells in various organs following TCR activation, and in the mucosal system during parasitic and viral infections. ITK kinase activity is required for mouse and human Tr1 cell fate programming and regulates the balance between IL-10 and IFN-γ production during Tr1 cell differentiation. The requirement for ITK function during Tr1 cell development and suppressive function can be restored by the expression of the transcription factor IRF4. Downstream of ITK, Ras, and MAP kinases ERK1/2, p38 and JNK, are required for Tr1 cell differentiation, but not Th17 cell differentiation. We have previously shown that Th17 differentiation is also dependent on ITK signaling. However, in the absence of ITK, expression of the constitutively active HRasG12V rescued IRF4 expression and Tr1 cell differentiation, but failed to restore Th17 cell differentiation. We conclude that the TCR/ITK signaling through the Ras/MAPK/IRF4 pathway is specifically required for functional development of Tr1 cells, and that targeting these signaling components may be of therapeutic benefit.
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Wang K, Gu J, Ni X, Ding Z, Wang Q, Zhou H, Zheng S, Li B, Lu L. CD25 signaling regulates the function and stability of peripheral Foxp3+ regulatory T cells derived from the spleen and lymph nodes of mice. Mol Immunol 2016; 76:35-40. [PMID: 27344615 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2016.06.007] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a critical role in sustaining immune tolerance and maintaining immune balance to alloantigen after transplatation. However, the functions of peripheral Tregs in different organs have not been fully characterized. Here, we showed that spleen-derived Tregs exhibited higher expression of Foxp3, greater suppressive capacity, and lower levels of IL-17A secretion than lymph node-derived Tregs in vitro in the presence or absence of inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-6. We found a higher percentage of CD25(bright) Tregs among spleen-derived Tregs than among lymph node-derived Tregs. Additionally, in vivo experiments demonstrated that adoptive transfer of spleen-derived Tregs, but not lymph node-derived Tregs, alleviated ischemia-reperfusion injury. These results reveal novel functions of Tregs derived from peripheral organs. In particular, spleen-derived Tregs, primarily consisting of CD25(bright) cells, may provide a more significant contribution to the suppression of immune-mediated autoimmune and inflammatory disease.
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- Kunpeng Wang
- Translational Medicine Research Center, Affiliated Jiangning Hospital, and Liver Transplantation Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Translational Medicine Research Center, Affiliated Jiangning Hospital, and Liver Transplantation Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Translational Medicine Research Center, Affiliated Jiangning Hospital, and Liver Transplantation Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Translational Medicine Research Center, Affiliated Jiangning Hospital, and Liver Transplantation Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Translational Medicine Research Center, Affiliated Jiangning Hospital, and Liver Transplantation Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Translational Medicine Research Center, Affiliated Jiangning Hospital, and Liver Transplantation Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Translational Medicine Research Center, Affiliated Jiangning Hospital, and Liver Transplantation Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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Wang XZ, Sun XY, Zhang CY, Yang X, Yan WJ, Ge LH, Zheng SG. RUNX2 Mutation Impairs 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 mediated Osteoclastogenesis in Dental Follicle Cells. Sci Rep 2016; 6:24225. [PMID: 27068678 PMCID: PMC4828645 DOI: 10.1038/srep24225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), a skeletal disorder characterized by delayed permanent tooth eruption and other dental abnormalities, is caused by heterozygous RUNX2 mutations. As an osteoblast-specific transcription factor, RUNX2 plays a role in bone remodeling, tooth formation and tooth eruption. To investigate the crosstalk between RUNX2 and 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1α,25-(OH)2D3) in human dental follicle cells (hDFCs) during osteoclast formation, we established a co-culture system of hDFCs from CCD patient and healthy donors with peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Expression of the osteoclast-associated genes and the number of TRAP+ cells were reduced in CCD hDFCs, indicating its suppressed osteoclast-inductive ability, which was reflected by the downregulated RANKL/OPG ratio. In addition, 1α,25-(OH)2D3-stimulation elevated the expression of osteoclast-related genes, as well as RANKL mRNA levels and RANKL/OPG ratios in control hDFCs. Conversely, RUNX2 mutation abolished this 1α,25-(OH)2D3-induced RANKL gene activation and osteoclast formation in CCD hDFCs. Therefore, RUNX2 haploinsufficiency impairs dental follicle-induced osteoclast formation capacity through RANKL/OPG signaling, which may be partially responsible for delayed permanent tooth eruption in CCD patients. Furthermore, this abnormality was not rescued by 1α,25-(OH)2D3 application because 1α,25-(OH)2D3-induced RANKL activation in hDFCs is mediated principally via the RUNX2-dependent pathway.
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- X Z Wang
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun Avenue South, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun Avenue South, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun Avenue South, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Department of Stomatology, Dongzhimen Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, 5 Haiyuncang Alley, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100700, PR China
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- Outpatient Center, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 37A Xishiku Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, PR China
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun Avenue South, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun Avenue South, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China
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Liu LN, Xu HX, Zheng SG, Sun LP, Guo LH, Zhang YF, Xu JM, Liu C, Xu XH. Ultrasound Findings of Intraductal Papillary Neoplasm in Bile Duct and the Added Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound. Ultraschall Med 2015; 36:594-602. [PMID: 25188491 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1366672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the imaging features of intraductal papillary neoplasm in bile duct (IPNB) on baseline ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). MATERIALS AND METHODS The imaging features on baseline ultrasound and CEUS in 16 pathologically proven IPNB lesions in 15 patients were retrospectively analyzed. Real-time contrast specific modes and contrast agent of SonoVue were used for CEUS. RESULTS Bile duct dilation was present in all patients. The mean lengths for the intraductal papillary adenomas and adenocarcinomas were 2.5 ± 1.1 (range, 1.2 - 4.2 cm) and 5.6 ± 2.0 cm (range, 3.3 - 9.8 cm) (P = 0.004). Three imaging types of IPNB on ultrasound were depicted: bile duct dilation with intraductal mass (n = 8), bile duct dilation without intraductal mass (n = 3), and cystic-solid mixed type (n = 5). On CEUS, solid components of 13 lesions appeared hyper- (n = 12) or iso-enhancement (n = 1) in the arterial phase whereas all showed hypo-enhancement in the portal and late phases. For 3 lesions of bile duct dilation without intraductal mass, CEUS showed non-enhancement during all phases. Pre-surgical CEUS and conventional ultrasound made correct diagnoses in 12 (75.0 %) and 5(31.3 %) of 16 IPNBs respectively (P = 0.04). For CECT, correct diagnosis was also achieved in 12 (75.0 %) of 16 lesions (P = 1.00, in comparison with CEUS). CONCLUSIONS IPNB should be taken into consideration when intraductal mass or cystic-solid mass with bile duct dilation, or remarkable bile duct dilation without intraductal mass, are found on US. Intraductal mass length > 3.0 cm is more commonly found in malignant IPNB. CEUS might facilitate the diagnosis of IPNB by easily excluding the possibility of commonly found sludge, nonshadowing stones, or blood clots.
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- L N Liu
- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Guangdong Medical College Affiliated Hospital, Zhanjiang, China
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Li N, Wei W, Yin F, Chen M, Ma TR, Wu Q, Zhou JR, Zheng SG, Han J. The abnormal expression of CCR4 and CCR6 on Tregs in rheumatoid arthritis. Int J Clin Exp Med 2015; 8:15043-15053. [PMID: 26628988 PMCID: PMC4658877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The study aims to investigate the frequency of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+)CD127(-) T regulatory cells (Tregs) and the expression of CCR4, CCR6 and/or other chemokine receptors on Tregs in peripheral blood (PB) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, as well as in PB, draining lymph nodes (dLNs), lungs and spleens in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mice. We also study the possible role of CCR4 and CCR6 abnormal expression on Tregs in RA patients and the underlying mechanisms. The numbers of Tregs and chemokine receptors expression profile on Tregs in PB from RA patients and healthy controls were investigated by flow cytometry (FACS) using three- or four-color intracellular staining. DBA/1 Foxp3(gfp) reporter mice were immunized with collagen II (CII) emulsified with CFA. At day 60 after CII immunization, mice were sacrificed and Foxp3 (GFP) expression in PB, dLNs, Lungs and spleens was examined by FACS. The numbers of Tregs in PB were significantly lower in RA patients than in healthy controls (1.21±0.43% vs 3.50±0.98%, P<0.05). The levels of chemokine receptor CCR4 or CCR6 expression on Tregs in PB were higher in active RA patients than in healthy controls (91.13±2.98% vs 79.45±4.72%, P<0.05; or 67.33±7.53% vs 42.73±5.60%, P<0.05). The levels of CCR4 or CCR6 expression on Tregs in active RA patients were positively correlated to DAS28 scores (r=0.42, P<0.03; or r=0.58, P<0.02). Similarly, the numbers of CCR6 expression on GFP(+) cells in the spleens, dLNs, lungs and blood of CIA were all increased than those of normal mice (P<0.01). Frequency of CCR4 expression on GFP(+) cells in dLNs of CIA was somehow higher but slightly lower in the spleens of CIA compared to normal mice without significant differences (P>0.05). Frequency of CCR5 expression on GFP(+) cells in the spleens and dLNs of CIA were both increased than those of normal mice, but there were no significant differences (P>0.05). CCR7 or CCR9 expression on Tregs from spleen and dLN of either normal or CIA mice was undetectable. Although the frequency of CD4(+)Foxp3(+)Tregs in peripheral blood was decreased in active rheumatoid arthritis patients, the levels of chemokine receptors such as CCR4 and CCR6 among the Tregs were increased, implicating that Tregs in active RA have obtained the ability migrating to inflammatory joints and may reflect the feedback regulation of the body to local inflammation. Furthermore, CCR4 and CCR6 expressed on Tregs may be related to the activity and severity of RA.
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- Ning Li
- Department of Rheumatology, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, 200120, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Yuyao People’s HospitalYuyao 315400, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Osteology, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, 200120, China
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- Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of The University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles 90033, CA, USA
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ningbo Women and Children’s HospitalNingbo 315012, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Osteology, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, 200120, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, 200120, China
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- Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of The University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles 90033, CA, USA
- Institute of Immunology, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, 200120, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, 200120, China
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Chen Z, Barbi J, Bu S, Yang HY, Li Z, Gao Y, Jinasena D, Fu J, Lin F, Chen C, Zhang J, Yu N, Li X, Shan Z, Nie J, Gao Z, Tian H, Li Y, Yao Z, Zheng Y, Park BV, Pan Z, Zhang J, Dang E, Li Z, Wang H, Luo W, Li L, Semenza GL, Zheng SG, Loser K, Tsun A, Greene MI, Pardoll DM, Pan F, Li B. The ubiquitin ligase Stub1 negatively modulates regulatory T cell suppressive activity by promoting degradation of the transcription factor Foxp3. Immunity 2013; 39:272-85. [PMID: 23973223 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2013.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Regulatory T (Treg) cells suppress inflammatory immune responses and autoimmunity caused by self-reactive T cells. The key Treg cell transcription factor Foxp3 is downregulated during inflammation to allow for the acquisition of effector T cell-like functions. Here, we demonstrate that stress signals elicited by proinflammatory cytokines and lipopolysaccharides lead to the degradation of Foxp3 through the action of the E3 ubiquitin ligase Stub1. Stub1 interacted with Foxp3 to promote its K48-linked polyubiquitination in an Hsp70-dependent manner. Knockdown of endogenous Stub1 or Hsp70 prevented Foxp3 degradation. Furthermore, the overexpression of Stub1 in Treg cells abrogated their ability to suppress inflammatory immune responses in vitro and in vivo and conferred a T-helper-1-cell-like phenotype. Our results demonstrate the critical role of the stress-activated Stub1-Hsp70 complex in promoting Treg cell inactivation, thus providing a potential therapeutic target for the intervention against autoimmune disease, infection, and cancer.
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- Zuojia Chen
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.,Affiliated Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201508, China
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.,Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Affiliated Anhui Provincial Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230001, China
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- Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Affiliated Anhui Provincial Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Autoimmunity Research Center, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, PA 19104, USA
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200025, China
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Villeret B, Brault L, Couturier-Maillard A, Robinet P, Vasseur V, Secher T, Dimier-Poisson I, Jacobs M, Zheng SG, Quesniaux VF, Ryffel B. Blockade of IL-1R signaling diminishes Paneth cell depletion and Toxoplasma gondii induced ileitis in mice. Am J Clin Exp Immunol 2013; 2:107-116. [PMID: 23885328 PMCID: PMC3714202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/23/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Interleukin 1 is a critical inflammatory mediator and involved in host defense to several pathogens. Oral T. gondii infection causes lethal ileitis in C57BL/6 (BL6) mice and serves to investigate the mechanisms of acute intestinal inflammation. Here we show that IL-1 is expressed upon oral T. gondii (76K strain) infection in the small intestine and mediates ileitis as IL-1R1 deficient mice have reduced neutrophil recruitment in the lamina propria, parasite invasion, inflammatory lesions and enhanced survival as compared to BL6 infected control mice. Protection in the absence of IL-1R1 signaling was associated with reduced IFN-γ expression and preserved Paneth cells, while these cells were eliminated in infected BL6 mice. Furthermore, blockade of IL-1 by IL-1β antibody attenuated inflammation in BL6 mice. In conclusion, IL-1 signaling contributes to the inflammatory response with increase IFN-γ expression and Paneth cell depletion upon oral T. gondii infection.
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- UMR 7355 Université-CNRS INEMOrléans, France
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California, United States of America
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- UMR 7355 Université-CNRS INEMOrléans, France
- IIDMM, University of Cape TownRSA
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Xu W, Lan Q, Chen M, Chen H, Zhu N, Zhou X, Wang J, Fan H, Yan CS, Kuang JL, Warburton D, Togbe D, Ryffel B, Zheng SG, Shi W. Adoptive transfer of induced-Treg cells effectively attenuates murine airway allergic inflammation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e40314. [PMID: 22792275 PMCID: PMC3392250 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Both nature and induced regulatory T (Treg) lymphocytes are potent regulators of autoimmune and allergic disorders. Defects in endogenous Treg cells have been reported in patients with allergic asthma, suggesting that disrupted Treg cell-mediated immunological regulation may play an important role in airway allergic inflammation. In order to determine whether adoptive transfer of induced Treg cells generated in vitro can be used as an effective therapeutic approach to suppress airway allergic inflammation, exogenously induced Treg cells were infused into ovalbumin-sensitized mice prior to or during intranasal ovalbumin challenge. The results showed that adoptive transfer of induced Treg cells prior to allergen challenge markedly reduced airway hyperresponsiveness, eosinophil recruitment, mucus hyper-production, airway remodeling, and IgE levels. This effect was associated with increase of Treg cells (CD4+FoxP3+) and decrease of dendritic cells in the draining lymph nodes, and with reduction of Th1, Th2, and Th17 cell response as compared to the controls. Moreover, adoptive transfer of induced Treg cells during allergen challenge also effectively attenuate airway inflammation and improve airway function, which are comparable to those by natural Treg cell infusion. Therefore, adoptive transfer of in vitro induced Treg cells may be a promising therapeutic approach to prevent and treat severe asthma.
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- Wei Xu
- Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Institute of Immunology, Shanghai East Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Institute of Immunology, Shanghai East Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Institute of Immunology, Shanghai East Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SG); (WS)
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- Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Xu B, Chen C, Chen H, Zheng SG, Bringas P, Xu M, Zhou X, Chen D, Umans L, Zwijsen A, Shi W. Smad1 and its target gene Wif1 coordinate BMP and Wnt signaling activities to regulate fetal lung development. Development 2011; 138:925-35. [PMID: 21270055 DOI: 10.1242/dev.062687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Bone morphogenetic protein 4 (Bmp4) is essential for lung development. To define the intracellular signaling mechanisms by which Bmp4 regulates lung development, BMP-specific Smad1 or Smad5 was selectively knocked out in fetal mouse lung epithelial cells. Abrogation of lung epithelial-specific Smad1, but not Smad5, resulted in retardation of lung branching morphogenesis and reduced sacculation, accompanied by altered distal lung epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation and, consequently, severe neonatal respiratory failure. By combining cDNA microarray with ChIP-chip analyses, Wnt inhibitory factor 1 (Wif1) was identified as a novel target gene of Smad1 in the developing mouse lung epithelial cells. Loss of Smad1 transcriptional activation of Wif1 was associated with reduced Wif1 expression and increased Wnt/β-catenin signaling activity in lung epithelia, resulting in specific fetal lung abnormalities. This suggests a novel regulatory loop of Bmp4-Smad1-Wif1-Wnt/β-catenin in coordinating BMP and Wnt pathways to control fetal lung development.
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- Bing Xu
- Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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Xue Y, Zhang J, Chen YM, Guan M, Zheng SG, Zou HJ. The HLA-DRB1 shared epitope is not associated with antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Scand J Rheumatol 2008; 37:183-7. [PMID: 18465452 DOI: 10.1080/03009740701874444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a destructive autoimmune polyarthritis that has been associated with a group of human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles that share a common amino-acid sequence at residues 70-74 called the shared epitope (SE). Recently, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibodies have also been reported to be associated with HLA-DR4 and have gained wide acceptance as early diagnostic markers for RA in Caucasian patients. The current study was performed to investigate whether the association between the SE (HLA-DRB1 0401/04/05/10) and anti-CCP antibodies is also present in Chinese Han patients with RA. METHODS One hundred and four RA patients and 122 healthy controls were recruited. HLA-DR4 was detected by the sequence-specific primer polymerase chain reaction (SSP-PCR) phototyping method. Anti-CCP antibodies and immunoglobulin M rheumatoid factor (IgM-RF) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and laser nephelometry, respectively. RESULTS Of the Chinese patients with RA, 76.5% exhibited anti-CCP antibodies compared with none of the controls (76.5% vs. 0%, p<0.001). The prevalence of the SE was significantly higher in patients with RA compared with controls [p = 0.010, odds ratio (OR) = 2.42, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.16-5.07]. Among the HLA-DR4 alleles, the presence of HLA-DRB1 0401 was significantly higher in RA patients than in controls (p = 0.0118, OR = 9.68, 95% CI = 1.13-448.8). In our study we found that the SE was not associated with production of anti-CCP antibodies (p = 0.2899, OR = 1.920, 95% CI = 0.52-8.89). CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of the SE is significantly lower in Chinese RA patients, as compared with previous reports of a study using a Caucasian cohort, indicating that distinct genetic risk factors might be associated with anti-CCP antibody production. These data emphasized the complexity of the genetic effects of the major histocompatibility complex on the RA phenotype.
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- Y Xue
- Institute of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Fudan University
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Zhao SS, Li XM, Li XP, Zhai ZM, Chen Z, Ma Y, Zhang H, Zheng SG. [Expression of CD4+ CD25+ CD127(low/-) T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2008; 88:453-456. [PMID: 18642784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To detect the new and old surface markers of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) in the CD4+ T cells of the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in order to reveal the role of Treg cells in the pathogenesis of SLE. METHODS Peripheral blood samples were collected from 29 newly diagnosed and treatment-naïve SLE patients, 3 males and 26 females, aged (34 +/- 13), and 24 sex and aged-matched healthy controls. Three-color flow cytometry was used to detect the CD4+CD25+ CD127(low/-) T cells, CD4+CD25high T cells, and CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ T cells. The serum anti-nuclear antibody (ANA), anti-ds-DNA antibody, anti-smooth muscle antibody, anti-nucleosome antibody, anti-C1q, C3, and C4 were detected. Blood and urine routine examinations were conducted. RESULTS The proportion of blood CD4+ CD25+CD127(low/-) T cells of the SLE patients was not significantly different from that of the controls (P > 0.05), however, the proportions of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ T cells and CD4+CD25high T cells of the SLE patients were 2.1 +/- 1.2 and 0.8 +/- 0.4 respectively, both significantly lower than those of the controls (4.0 +/- 1.4 and 1.8 +/- 0.8 respectively, both P <0.01). The ratios of the CD4+CD25+CD127(low/-) T cells, CD4+CD25high T cells, and CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ T cells to the CD4+CD25+ T cells of the SLE patients were 0.5 +/- 0.1, 0.1 +/- 0, and 0.3 +/- 0.1 respectively, all significantly lower than those of the controls (0.6 +/- 0.1, 0.2 +/- 0.1, and 0.5 +/- 0. respectively, all P <0.01). The level of CD4+CD25+CD127(low/-) T cell was positively correlated with the levels of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ T cells and CD4+CD25high T cell (both P < 0.01). The levels of these 3 kinds of cells and their ratios to CD4+CD25+ T cells had no correlation with age, sex, course, IgG, IgA, IgM, urine protein, TIPU, anti-dsDNA, anti-C1q, anti-nuclear body antibody (all P > 0.05), however, were significantly associated negatively with SLE disease activity index, P < 0.05). Only the CD4+CD25+CD127(low/-) T cells/ CD4+CD25+ T cells was negatively correlated with C4 (P <0.01). CONCLUSION The relative ratio of Treg cells to the activated CD4+ T cells may play an important role in the pathogenesis of SLE.
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- Shu-Shan Zhao
- Department of Rheumatology, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230001, China
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Tang FT, Qian ZY, Liu PQ, Zheng SG, He SY, Bao LP, Huang HQ. Crocetin improves endothelium-dependent relaxation of thoracic aorta in hypercholesterolemic rabbit by increasing eNOS activity. Biochem Pharmacol 2006; 72:558-65. [PMID: 16876766 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2006.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 04/16/2006] [Revised: 05/22/2006] [Accepted: 05/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Our previous studies have proven that crocetin (CCT), extracted from Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, possesses the anti-atherosclerotic effect. Because endothelial dysfunction strongly contributes to the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis, the present study aims to investigate whether CCT is capable of improving this dysfunction and to explore the possible mechanisms. Endothelial dysfunction was induced by in vivo feeding high cholesterol diet (HCD) to rabbit and by in vitro treating bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) with oxidized LDL (oxLDL). Endothelium-dependent relaxation (EDR) evoked by acetylcholine (Ach) and endothelium-independent relaxation (RIDR) mediated by sodium nitroprusside (SNP) of thoracic aorta isolated from rabbit were measured. The results indicated that the EDR in HCD alone treated rabbits was seriously impaired and the maximal relaxation induced by Ach (10(-5.5) M) was only 54% that in control rabbit fed with regular diet. Oral complementation with CCT (15, 30 mg/kg) dose-dependently improved this impairment and restored the maximal relaxation to 68% and 80% that in control group, respectively. However, the EIDR maintained comparable in all groups. Complementation with CCT (15, 30 mg/kg) simultaneously increased serum level of nitric oxide (NO), upregulated vessel activity and mRNA expression of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) as well as vessel cyclic GMP (cGMP) content compared with those in rabbit treated with HCD alone. Inducible NOS (iNOS) activity remained unchangeable in all groups. In BAECs, oxLDL treatment decreased NO production, downregulated both activity and mRNA expression of eNOS. While those decrease or downregulation were inhibited by co-treatment with CCT (0.1, 1, 10 microM) in a dose-dependent manner. These findings suggested that CCT significantly restored the EDR of thoracic aorta in hypercholesterolemic rabbit, which might be explained by its action to increase the vessel eNOS activity, leading to elevation of NO production.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta, Abdominal/drug effects
- Aorta, Abdominal/enzymology
- Aorta, Abdominal/physiology
- Aorta, Thoracic/drug effects
- Aorta, Thoracic/enzymology
- Aorta, Thoracic/physiology
- Base Sequence
- Carotenoids/pharmacology
- Cyclic GMP/metabolism
- DNA Primers
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/enzymology
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiology
- Hypercholesterolemia/enzymology
- Male
- Muscle Relaxation/drug effects
- Nitric Oxide/blood
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/genetics
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Rabbits
- Vitamin A/analogs & derivatives
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- F T Tang
- Department of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, PR China.
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Lin Y, Zheng SG, Lu XY, Que TZ, Luo JM, Xiao L. [Research on DNA typing in the forensic identification of formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissues]. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 1999; 15:82-3, 127. [PMID: 12536404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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Successful extraction of DNA from formalin-fixed Paraffin embedded tissues is important to DNA typing for forensic purpose. In the research, 26 samples were analyzed by method of PM and HLA-DQA1 loci typing. 24 of these samples were successful. It showed that this technique and method could be applied to individual identification and paternity test by use of these sorts of samples.
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- Y Lin
- Institute of Forensic Sciences, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai 200063, P. R. China
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Zhou ZY, Zheng SG. Piezo-electric lithotripter in the treatment of pediatric renal calculi. Chin Med J (Engl) 1991; 104:728-31. [PMID: 1935352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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EDAP LT-01 lithotripter was used to treat 23 stone events in 17 pediatric patients. The mean age of the patients at treatment was 7.2 years, the youngest being 18 months. The mean stone size was 1.22 cm. Thirty-six sessions of extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) treatment were necessary for the 23 stones. The focal point pressure power was 60-100% (540-900 Bar), the treating period 0.5-1 hour and the frequency 1.25-2.5 Hz. The patients were stone free in 2 months. IVU or ultrasonography showed that there was no renal dysfunction and retardation of renal growth after ESWL. Appropriate ESWL monotherapy in pediatric patients may produce results comparable to those in adults. Factors known to affect treatment results in adults also influence the results in children and should be considered in terms of the applicability of ESWL to any particular pediatric patient.
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- Z Y Zhou
- Department of Urology, Nanjing Gulou Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School
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Chen CZ, Zhou ZY, Zheng SG. [Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in renal hypertension: report of 6 cases]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1987; 25:280-2, 316. [PMID: 2960504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Sun ZY, Zhou ZY, Zheng SG. [Testicular torsion: report of 12 cases]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1987; 25:166-8, 190. [PMID: 3622142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Zhou ZY, Sun ZY, Zheng SG. [Partial nephrectomy without the compression of pedicle vessels]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1986; 24:171-2, 189. [PMID: 3757654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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