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Klepp TD, Heeren TC, Winter MR, Lloyd-Travaglini CA, Magane KM, Romero-Rodríguez E, Kim TW, Walley AY, Mason T, Saitz R. Cannabis use frequency and pain interference among people with HIV. AIDS Care 2023; 35:1235-1242. [PMID: 37201209 PMCID: PMC10332422 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2023.2208321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Cannabis is often used by people with HIV (PWH) for pain, yet study results are inconsistent regarding whether and how it affects pain. This study examines whether greater cannabis use frequency is associated with lower pain interference and whether cannabis use modifies the association of pain severity and pain interference among 134 PWH with substance dependence or a lifetime history of injection drug use. Multi-variable linear regression models examined the association between past 30-day cannabis use frequency and pain interference. Additional models evaluated whether cannabis use modified the association between pain severity and pain interference. Cannabis use frequency was not significantly associated with pain interference. However, in a model with interaction between cannabis use frequency and pain severity, greater cannabis use frequency attenuated the strength of the association between pain severity and pain interference (p = 0.049). The adjusted mean difference (AMD) in pain interference was +1.13, + 0.81, and +0.05 points for each 1-point increase in pain severity for those with no cannabis use, 15 days of use, and daily use, respectively. These findings suggest that attenuating the impact of pain severity on pain-related functional impairment is a potential mechanism for a beneficial role of cannabis for PWH.
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- T D Klepp
- Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biostatics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biostatics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
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- Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Grayken Center for Addiction, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Grayken Center for Addiction, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Grayken Center for Addiction, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Hyung J, Lee JY, Kim JE, Yoon S, Yoo C, Hong YS, Jeong JH, Kim TW, Jeon S, Jun HR, Jung CK, Jang JP, Kim J, Chun SM, Ahn JH. Safety and efficacy of trastuzumab biosimilar plus irinotecan or gemcitabine in patients with previously treated HER2 (ERBB2)-positive non-breast/non-gastric solid tumors: a phase II basket trial with circulating tumor DNA analysis. ESMO Open 2023; 8:101583. [PMID: 37327700 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.101583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) (ERBB2)-directed agents are standard treatments for patients with HER2-positive breast and gastric cancer. Herein, we report the results of an open-label, single-center, phase II basket trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of trastuzumab biosimilar (Samfenet®) plus treatment of physician's choice for patients with previously treated HER2-positive advanced solid tumors, along with biomarker analysis employing circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) sequencing. METHODS Patients with HER2-positive unresectable or metastatic non-breast, non-gastric solid tumors who failed at least one prior treatment were included in this study conducted at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. Patients received trastuzumab combined with irinotecan or gemcitabine at the treating physicians' discretion. The primary endpoint was the objective response rate as per RECIST version 1.1. Plasma samples were collected at baseline and at the time of disease progression for ctDNA analysis. RESULTS Twenty-three patients were screened from 31 December 2019 to 17 September 2021, and 20 were enrolled in this study. Their median age was 64 years (30-84 years), and 13 patients (65.0%) were male. The most common primary tumor was hepatobiliary cancer (seven patients, 35.0%), followed by colorectal cancer (six patients, 30.0%). Among 18 patients with an available response evaluation, the objective response rate was 11.1% (95% confidence interval 3.1% to 32.8%). ERBB2 amplification was detected from ctDNA analysis of baseline plasma samples in 85% of patients (n = 17), and the ERBB2 copy number from ctDNA analysis showed a significant correlation with the results from tissue sequencing. Among 16 patients with post-progression ctDNA analysis, 7 (43.8%) developed new alterations. None of the patients discontinued the study due to adverse events. CONCLUSIONS Trastuzumab plus irinotecan or gemcitabine was safe and feasible for patients with previously treated HER2-positive advanced solid tumors with modest efficacy outcomes, and ctDNA analysis was useful for detecting HER2 amplification.
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- J Hyung
- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul
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- Department of Medical Science, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul; Asan Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Asan Institute for Life Science, Asan Medical Center, Seoul
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul
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- Department of Medical Science, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul; Asan Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Asan Institute for Life Science, Asan Medical Center, Seoul
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- Department of Medical Science, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul; Asan Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Asan Institute for Life Science, Asan Medical Center, Seoul
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- Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Asan Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Asan Institute for Life Science, Asan Medical Center, Seoul; Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul.
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Im SA, Gennari A, Park YH, Kim JH, Jiang ZF, Gupta S, Fadjari TH, Tamura K, Mastura MY, Abesamis-Tiambeng MLT, Lim EH, Lin CH, Sookprasert A, Parinyanitikul N, Tseng LM, Lee SC, Caguioa P, Singh M, Naito Y, Hukom RA, Smruti BK, Wang SS, Kim SB, Lee KH, Ahn HK, Peters S, Kim TW, Yoshino T, Pentheroudakis G, Curigliano G, Harbeck N. Pan-Asian adapted ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis, staging and treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer. ESMO Open 2023; 8:101541. [PMID: 37178669 PMCID: PMC10186487 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.101541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The most recent version of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis, staging and treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) was published in 2021. A special, hybrid guidelines meeting was convened by ESMO and the Korean Society of Medical Oncology (KSMO) in collaboration with nine other Asian national oncology societies in May 2022 in order to adapt the ESMO 2021 guidelines to take into account the differences associated with the treatment of MBC in Asia. These guidelines represent the consensus opinions reached by a panel of Asian experts in the treatment of patients with MBC representing the oncological societies of China (CSCO), India (ISMPO), Indonesia (ISHMO), Japan (JSMO), Korea (KSMO), Malaysia (MOS), the Philippines (PSMO), Singapore (SSO), Taiwan (TOS) and Thailand (TSCO). The voting was based on the best available scientific evidence and was independent of drug access or practice restrictions in the different Asian countries. The latter were discussed when appropriate. The aim of these guidelines is to provide guidance for the harmonisation of the management of patients with MBC across the different regions of Asia, drawing from data provided by global and Asian trials whilst at the same time integrating the differences in genetics, demographics and scientific evidence, together with restricted access to certain therapeutic strategies.
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- S-A Im
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oncology, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Tata Memorial Centre and Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shimane University Hospital, Shimane, Japan
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- Cancer Centre, Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Section of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Santos Cancer Center, San Juan, The Philippines
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- Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Medical Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Cancer Center Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS), Singapore, Singapore
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- The Cancer Institute of St Luke's Medical Center, National Capital Region, The Philippines; The Cancer Institute of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital, National Capital Region, The Philippines
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Pantai Cancer Institute, Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Oncology, Pantai Cancer Institute, Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Dharmais Hospital (National Cancer Center), Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Medical Oncology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre and Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, India
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- Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Centre, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Oncology Department, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, IRCCS, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Haematology, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Breast Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Comprehensive Cancer Center Munich, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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Oh CR, Kim JE, Lee JS, Kim SY, Kim TW, Choi J, Kim J, Park IJ, Lim SB, Park JH, Kim JH, Choi MK, Cha Y, Baek JY, Beom SH, Hong YS. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy With Capecitabine With or Without Temozolomide in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Prospective, Randomised Phase II Study Stratified by O 6-Methylguanine DNA Methyltransferase Status: KCSG-CO17-02. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2023; 35:e143-e152. [PMID: 36376167 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2022.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
AIMS To evaluate the clinical efficacy of adding temozolomide (TMZ) to preoperative capecitabine (CAP)-based chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) and validate O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) methylation status as a predictive marker for TMZ combined regimens. MATERIALS AND METHODS LARC patients with clinical stage II (cT3-4N0) or III (cTanyN+) disease were enrolled. They were stratified into unmethylated MGMT (uMGMT) and methylated MGMT (mMGMT) groups by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction before randomisation and were then randomly assigned (1:1) to one of four treatment arms: uMGMT/CAP (arm A), uMGMT/TMZ + CAP (arm B), mMGMT/CAP (arm C) and mMGMT/TMZ + CAP (arm D). The primary end point was the pathological complete response (pCR) rate. RESULTS Between November 2017 and July 2020, 64 patients were randomised. Slow accrual caused early study termination. After excluding four ineligible patients, 60 were included in the full analysis set. The pCR rate was 15.0% (9/60), 0%, 14.3%, 18.8% and 26.7% for the entire cohort, arms A, B, C and D, respectively (P = 0.0498 between arms A and D). The pCR rate was 9.7% in the CAP group (arms A + C), 20.7% in the TMZ + CAP group (arms B + D), 6.9% in the uMGMT group (arms A + B) and 22.6% in the mMGMT group (arms C + D). Grade 1-2 nausea or vomiting was significantly more frequent in the TMZ + CAP treatment groups (arms B + D) than in the CAP treatment groups (arms A + C, P < 0.001) with no difference in grade 3 adverse events. There were no grade 4 or 5 adverse events. CONCLUSION The addition of TMZ to CAP-based chemoradiotherapy tended to improve pCR rates, particularly in those with mMGMT LARC. MGMT status may warrant further investigation as a predictive biomarker for chemotherapeutic agents and radiotherapy.
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- C R Oh
- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Clinical Research Center, Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Colorectal Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Colorectal Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Colorectal Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Yoshino T, Van Cutsem E, Li J, Shen L, Kim TW, Sriuranpong V, Xuereb L, Aubel P, Fougeray R, Cattan V, Amellal N, Ohtsu A, Mayer RJ. Effect of KRAS codon 12 or 13 mutations on survival with trifluridine/tipiracil in pretreated metastatic colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis. ESMO Open 2022; 7:100511. [PMID: 35688062 PMCID: PMC9271514 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Background KRAS gene mutations can predict prognosis and treatment response in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Methods We undertook a meta-analysis of three randomized, placebo-controlled trials (RECOURSE, TERRA and J003) to investigate the impact of KRAS mutations in codons 12 or 13 on overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival in patients receiving trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) for refractory mCRC. Results A total of 1375 patients were included, of whom 478 had a KRAS codon 12 mutation and 130 had a KRAS codon 13 mutation. In univariate analyses, the absence of a KRAS codon 12 mutation was found to significantly increase the OS benefit of FTD/TPI relative to placebo compared with the presence of the mutation {hazard ratio (HR), 0.62 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.53-0.72] versus 0.86 (0.70-1.05), respectively; interaction P = 0.0206}. Multivariate analyses showed that taking confounding factors into account reduced the difference in treatment effect between the presence and the absence of KRAS codon 12 mutations, confirming that treatment benefit was maintained in patients with [HR, 0.73 (95% CI: 0.59-0.89)] and without [HR, 0.63 (95% CI: 0.54-0.74)] codon 12 mutations (interaction P = 0.2939). KRAS mutations in codon 13 did not reduce the OS benefit of FTD/TPI relative to placebo, and, furthermore, KRAS mutations at either codon 12 or codon 13 did not affect the progression-free survival benefit. Conclusions Treatment with FTD/TPI produced a survival benefit, relative to placebo, regardless of KRAS codon 12 or 13 mutation status in patients with previously treated mCRC. KRAS mutations are associated with negative outcomes in patients with mCRC; codon 12 and 13 mutations are the most common. FTD/TPI was associated with longer median overall survival vs placebo both in patients with wild-type KRAS and mutant KRAS. FTD/TPI produced a survival benefit, relative to placebo, regardless of KRAS codon 12 or 13 mutation status in this patient group.
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- T Yoshino
- Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
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- Digestive Oncology, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- R&D Department, Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Suresnes, France
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- R&D Department, Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Suresnes, France
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- R&D Department, Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Suresnes, France
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- R&D Department, Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Suresnes, France
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- R&D Department, Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Suresnes, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
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Keam B, Machiels JP, Kim HR, Licitra L, Golusinski W, Gregoire V, Lee YG, Belka C, Guo Y, Rajappa SJ, Tahara M, Azrif M, Ang MK, Yang MH, Wang CH, Ng QS, Wan Zamaniah WI, Kiyota N, Babu S, Yang K, Curigliano G, Peters S, Kim TW, Yoshino T, Pentheroudakis G. Pan-Asian adaptation of the EHNS-ESMO-ESTRO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. ESMO Open 2021; 6:100309. [PMID: 34844180 PMCID: PMC8710460 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The most recent version of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oral cavity, larynx, oropharynx and hypopharynx was published in 2020. It was therefore decided by both the ESMO and the Korean Society of Medical Oncology (KSMO) to convene a special, virtual guidelines meeting in July 2021 to adapt the ESMO 2020 guidelines to consider the potential ethnic differences associated with the treatment of SCCs of the head and neck (SCCHN) in Asian patients. These guidelines represent the consensus opinions reached by experts in the treatment of patients with SCCHN (excluding nasopharyngeal carcinomas) representing the oncological societies of Korea (KSMO), China (CSCO), India (ISMPO), Japan (JSMO), Malaysia (MOS), Singapore (SSO) and Taiwan (TOS). The voting was based on scientific evidence and was independent of the current treatment practices and drug access restrictions in the different Asian countries. The latter was discussed when appropriate. This manuscript provides a series of expert recommendations (Clinical Practice Guidelines) which can be used to provide guidance to health care providers and clinicians for the optimisation of the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with SCC of the oral cavity, larynx, oropharynx and hypopharynx across Asia.
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- B Keam
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
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- Service d'Oncologie Médicale, Institut Roi Albert II, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Head and Neck Cancer Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori and University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, The Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, LMU Hospital, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Medical Oncology, Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan
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- Clinical Oncology, Prince Court Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Hemato-oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Clinical Oncology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Oncology/Hematology, Cancer Center, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center East, Chiba, Japan
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Yoshino T, Arnold D, Taniguchi H, Pentheroudakis G, Yamazaki K, Xu RH, Kim TW, Ismail F, Tan IB, Yeh KH, Grothey A, Zhang S, Ahn JB, Mastura MY, Chong D, Chen LT, Kopetz S, Eguchi-Nakajima T, Ebi H, Ohtsu A, Cervantes A, Muro K, Tabernero J, Minami H, Ciardiello F, Douillard JY. Pan-Asian adapted ESMO consensus guidelines for the management of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a JSMO-ESMO initiative endorsed by CSCO, KACO, MOS, SSO and TOS. Ann Oncol 2019; 29:44-70. [PMID: 29155929 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 364] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The most recent version of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) consensus guidelines for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) was published in 2016, identifying both a more strategic approach to the administration of the available systemic therapy choices, and a greater emphasis on the use of ablative techniques, including surgery. At the 2016 ESMO Asia Meeting, in December 2016, it was decided by both ESMO and the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology (JSMO) to convene a special guidelines meeting, endorsed by both ESMO and JSMO, immediately after the JSMO 2017 Annual Meeting. The aim was to adapt the ESMO consensus guidelines to take into account the ethnic differences relating to the toxicity as well as other aspects of certain systemic treatments in patients of Asian ethnicity. These guidelines represent the consensus opinions reached by experts in the treatment of patients with mCRC identified by the Presidents of the oncological societies of Japan (JSMO), China (Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology), Korea (Korean Association for Clinical Oncology), Malaysia (Malaysian Oncological Society), Singapore (Singapore Society of Oncology) and Taiwan (Taiwan Oncology Society). The voting was based on scientific evidence and was independent of both the current treatment practices and the drug availability and reimbursement situations in the individual participating Asian countries.
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- T Yoshino
- Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- CUF Hospitals Cancer Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, and Cancer Research Center, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, USA
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- Cancer Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Pantai Cancer Institute, Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, USA
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Medicine, St. Marianna University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
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- CIBERONC, Department of Medical Oncology, Institute of Health Research, INCLIVIA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Medical Oncology Department, Vall d' Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (V.H.I.O.), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Seconda Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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Yoshino T, Portnoy DC, Obermannová R, Bodoky G, Prausová J, Garcia-Carbonero R, Ciuleanu T, García-Alfonso P, Cohn AL, Van Cutsem E, Yamazaki K, Lonardi S, Muro K, Kim TW, Yamaguchi K, Grothey A, O'Connor J, Taieb J, Wijayawardana SR, Hozak RR, Nasroulah F, Tabernero J. Biomarker analysis beyond angiogenesis: RAS/RAF mutation status, tumour sidedness, and second-line ramucirumab efficacy in patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma from RAISE-a global phase III study. Ann Oncol 2019; 30:124-131. [PMID: 30339194 PMCID: PMC6336001 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background : Second-line treatment with ramucirumab+FOLFIRI improved overall survival (OS) versus placebo+FOLFIRI for patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma (CRC) [hazard ratio (HR)=0.84, 95% CI 0.73-0.98, P = 0.022]. Post hoc analyses of RAISE patient data examined the association of RAS/RAF mutation status and the anatomical location of the primary CRC tumour (left versus right) with efficacy parameters. Patients and methods Patient tumour tissue was classified as BRAF mutant, KRAS/NRAS (RAS) mutant, or RAS/BRAF wild-type. Left-CRC was defined as the splenic flexure, descending and sigmoid colon, and rectum; right-CRC included transverse, ascending colon, and cecum. Results RAS/RAF mutation status was available for 85% of patients (912/1072) and primary tumour location was known for 94.4% of patients (1012/1072). A favourable and comparable ramucirumab treatment effect was observed for patients with RAS mutations (OS HR = 0.86, 95% CI 0.71-1.04) and patients with RAS/BRAF wild-type tumours (OS HR = 0.86, 95% CI 0.64-1.14). Among the 41 patients with BRAF-mutated tumours, the ramucirumab benefit was more notable (OS HR = 0.54, 95% CI 0.25-1.13), although, as with the other genetic sub-group analyses, differences were not statistically significant. Progression-free survival (PFS) data followed the same trend. Treatment-by-mutation status interaction tests (OS P = 0.523, PFS P = 0.655) indicated that the ramucirumab benefit was not statistically different among the mutation sub-groups, although the small sample size of the BRAF group limited the analysis. Addition of ramucirumab to FOLFIRI improved left-CRC median OS by 2.5 month over placebo (HR = 0.81, 95% CI 0.68-0.97); median OS for ramucirumab-treated patients with right-CRC was 1.1 month over placebo (HR = 0.97, 95% CI 0.75-1.26). The treatment-by-sub-group interaction was not statistically significant for tumour sidedness (P = 0.276). Conclusions In the RAISE study, the addition of ramucirumab to FOLFIRI improved patient outcomes, regardless of RAS/RAF mutation status, and tumour sidedness. Ramucirumab treatment provided a numerically substantial benefit in BRAF-mutated tumours, although the P-values were not statistically significant. ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT01183780.
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- T Yoshino
- National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
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- St. Laszlo Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Fakultni Nemocnice v MOTOLE, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, IIS imas12, UCM, CNIO, CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain
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- Institutul Oncologic Ion Chiricuta and UMF Iuliu Hatieganu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, LLP, Denver, USA
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- Univ Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Istituto Oncologico Veneto-IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR, Tokyo, Japan
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- Instituto Alexander Fleming, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris Descartes University, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, USA
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBERONC, Barcelona, Spain
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Kim HJ, Kim EJ, Lee HJ, Min JY, Kim TW, Choi EC, Kim WS, Koo BN. Effect of goal-directed haemodynamic therapy in free flap reconstruction for head and neck cancer. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2018; 62:903-914. [PMID: 29574681 DOI: 10.1111/aas.13100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Revised: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND In free flap reconstruction for head and neck cancer, achieving a haemodynamic target using excessive fluid infusion is associated with decreased flap survival rates and extended hospital stays. We hypothesized that goal-directed haemodynamic therapy would improve flap survival rates and shorten hospitalization periods. METHODS Patients scheduled for free flap reconstruction were randomly assigned to a goal-directed haemodynamic therapy group (n = 31) or a conventional haemodynamic therapy control group (n = 31). The control group received extra bolus fluid and ephedrine or norepinephrine to maintain a mean arterial pressure ≥ 65 mmHg. The goal-directed haemodynamic therapy group received a colloid solution as the extra bolus fluid to maintain a stroke volume variation < 12%; dobutamine, ephedrine, or norepinephrine was administered to maintain a cardiac index ≥ 2.5 l/min/m2 and mean arterial pressure ≥ 65 mmHg. Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols were not used except for fluid therapy. An otolaryngologist blinded to group assignments assessed flap outcomes and classified them as 'survival,' 'at risk' or 'failure.' RESULTS The hospitalization period was not significantly different between the groups. The goal-directed haemodynamic therapy group had significantly shorter intensive care unit stays and a higher flap survival rate. The crystalloid volume was significantly lower in goal-directed haemodynamic therapy group. Reoperation rates, post-operative complications, and laboratory data including inflammatory markers were similar between the groups. CONCLUSION Compared to conventional haemodynamic therapy, goal-directed haemodynamic therapy does not reduce hospitalization periods; it may, however, reduce the length of intensive care unit stays and increase flap survival rates. Further studies including multi-centre trials with larger sample sizes are warranted.
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- H. J. Kim
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Anaesthesia and Pain Research Institute; Yonsei University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Anaesthesia and Pain Research Institute; Yonsei University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Anaesthesia and Pain Research Institute; Yonsei University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Anaesthesia and Pain Research Institute; Yonsei University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Anaesthesia and Pain Research Institute; Yonsei University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul Korea
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Anaesthesia and Pain Research Institute; Yonsei University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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Giorgi M, Łebkowska-Wieruszewska B, Lisowski A, Owen H, Poapolathep A, Kim TW, De Vito V. Pharmacokinetic profiles of the active metamizole metabolites after four different routes of administration in healthy dogs. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2018; 41:428-436. [DOI: 10.1111/jvp.12484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- M. Giorgi
- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Pisa; Pisa Italy
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- Department of Animal Hygiene and Environment; University of Life Sciences; Lublin Poland
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Queensland; Gatton Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Kasetsart University; Bangkok Thailand
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- College of Veterinary Medicine; Chungnam National University; Daejeon South Korea
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine; University of Sassari; Sassari Italy
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Lebkowska-Wieruszewska B, Kim TW, Chea B, Owen H, Poapolathep A, Giorgi M. Pharmacokinetic profiles of the two major active metabolites of metamizole (dipyrone) in cats following three different routes of administration. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2017; 41:334-339. [DOI: 10.1111/jvp.12471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- College of Veterinary Medicine; Chungnam National University; Daejeon South Korea
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Royal University of Agriculture; Phnom Penh Cambodia
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- Department of Veterinary Science; University of Queensland; Gatton, Brisbane QLD Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Kasetsart University; Bangkok Thailand
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Pisa; Pisa Italy
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De Vito V, Owen H, Marzoni M, Kim TW, Poapolathep A, Giorgi M. Pharmacokinetics of tapentadol in laying hens and its residues in eggs after multiple oral dose administration. Br Poult Sci 2017; 59:128-133. [PMID: 29115161 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2017.1401705] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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1. The aim of the study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PKs) of tapentadol (TAP), a novel opioid analgesic, in laying hens after intravenous (IV) and oral (PO) administration and to quantify the concentrations of TAP residues in eggs. 2. Twenty healthy laying hens were divided into three groups: A (n = 6), B (n = 6) and C (n = 8). The study was conducted in two phases. Groups A and B received TAP by IV and PO routes at the dose of 1 and 5 mg/kg, respectively. 3. No visible adverse effects were observed after administration of the drug. TAP plasma concentrations were detectable up to 4 h following administration. Following IV administration, TAP plasma concentrations were only higher than the minimal effective concentration (148 ng/ml) reported for humans for 1 h. After single PO administration, plasma concentrations of TAP would not conform to software algorithms and the PK parameters were not calculated. TAP concentration following multiple PO doses at 5 mg/kg for 5 d was found to be higher and more persistent (12 h vs. 7 h) in yolk compared with albumen. 4. This is the first PK study on the novel atypical opioid TAP in laying hens. Further studies are required to investigate the analgesic efficacy and actual effective plasma concentration of TAP in this species.
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- V De Vito
- a Department of Veterinary Sciences , University of Sassari , Sassari , Italy
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- b School of Veterinary Science , The University of Queensland , Gatton , Australia
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- c Department of Veterinary Sciences , University of Pisa , Pisa , Italy
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- d Colleage of Veterinary Medicine , Chungnam National University , Daejeon , South Korea
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- e Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , Kasetsart University , Bangkok , Thailand
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- c Department of Veterinary Sciences , University of Pisa , Pisa , Italy
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Le HT, Lee JW, Park SC, Jeong JW, Jung W, Lim CW, Kim KP, Kim TW. Triazolium cyclodextrin click cluster-resin conjugate: an enrichment material for phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-triphosphate. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:10459-10462. [PMID: 28890969 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc06151j] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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UltraLink was functionalized with a triazolium cyclodextrin click cluster (CCC) which provides a well-oriented, multivalent, positively charged binding site for PtdIns(3,4,5)P3. MALDI TOF MS and LC ESI MS/MS MRM analysis of spiked PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 in lipid extract suggest that triazolium CCC-UltraLink conjugate can be used as an enrichment material for PtdIns(3,4,5)P3.
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- H T Le
- Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Applied Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Applied Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Republic of Korea.
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- Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 02447, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Life Science and Nano-technology, Hannam University, Daejeon, 34430, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Applied Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Republic of Korea.
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- Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Republic of Korea.
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Lim SH, Lee JS, Kim YH, Kim TW, Kwon KM. Spontaneous recovery of non-operated traumatic brachial plexus injury. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2017; 44:443-449. [DOI: 10.1007/s00068-017-0810-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yu GE, Kwon S, Hwang JH, An SM, Park DH, Kang DG, Kim TW, Kim IS, Park HC, Ha J, Kim CW. Effects of cell death-inducing DFF45-like effector B on meat quality traits in Berkshire pigs. Genet Mol Res 2017; 16:gmr-16-02-gmr.16029408. [PMID: 28549200 DOI: 10.4238/gmr16029408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Cell death-inducing DFF45-like effector (CIDE) B is a member of the CIDE family of apoptosis-inducing factors. In the present study, we detected a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), c.414G>A, which corresponds to the synonymous SNP 414Arg, in CIDE-B in the Berkshire pigs. We also analyzed the relationships between the CIDE-B SNP and various meat quality traits. The SNP was significantly associated with post-mortem pH24h, water-holding capacity (WHC), fat content, protein content, drip loss, post-mortem temperature at 12 h (T12) and 24 h (T24) in a co-dominant model (P < 0.05). A significant association was detected between the SNP and post-mortem pH24h, fat content, protein content, drip loss, shear force, and T24 in gilts; and color parameter b*, WHC, and T24 in barrows (P < 0.05). The SNP was significantly correlated with the fat content, and CIDE-B mRNA expression was significantly upregulated during the early stage of adipogenesis, suggesting that CIDE-B may contribute towards initiation of adipogenesis (P < 0.05). Furthermore, CIDE-B mRNA was strongly expressed in the liver, kidney, large intestine, and small intestine, and weakly expressed in the stomach, lung, spleen, and white adipose tissue. These results indicate that the CIDE-B SNP is closely associated with meat quality traits and may be a useful DNA marker for improving pork quality.
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- G E Yu
- Swine Science and Technology Center, , , South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, , , South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, , , South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, , , South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, , , South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, , , South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, , , South Korea
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- Department of Animal Resources Technology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Gyeongnam, South Korea
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- Dasan Pig Breeding Co., Namwon-si, South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, , , South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, , , South Korea
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Kwon BI, Kim TW, Shin K, Kim YH, Yuk CM, Yuk JM, Shin DM, Jo EK, Lee CH, Lee SH. Enhanced Th2 cell differentiation and function in the absence of Nox2. Allergy 2017; 72:252-265. [PMID: 27253713 DOI: 10.1111/all.12944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), whom inherit abnormal function of NADPH oxidase 2 (Nox2), suffer from hyperinflammatory responses in lung as well as bacterial and fungal infection. There have been studies to reveal the function of Nox2 in hyperinflammatory diseases, especially in asthma, but the exact role of Nox2 in asthma is still unclear and controversial. Therefore, we attempted to clarify the exact role of Nox2 in asthma, using various experimental asthma models. METHODS Asthma phenotypes were analyzed in response to various allergen-induced experimental asthma using Nox2-deficient mice and recombinase gene-activating-1-deficient mice. To understand the underlying mechanisms of exaggerated Th2 effector functions, we investigated the degree of T-cell activation, levels of activation-induced cell death (AICD), and regulatory T (Treg)-cell differentiation in Nox2-deficient T cells. RESULTS Asthma phenotypes were increased through enhanced Th2 differentiation and function in Nox2-null mice regardless of dose and route of various allergens. Nox2-deficient T cells also showed hyperactivation, reduced AICD, and diminished Treg-cell differentiation through increased AKT phosphorylation (T308/S473) and enhanced mitochondrial ROS production. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that Nox2 deficiency results in exaggerated experimental asthma, which is caused by enhanced Th2 effector function in a T-cell-intrinsic manner.
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- B.-I. Kwon
- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering (GSMSE); Biomedical Research Center; KAIST Institute of the BioCentury; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Daejeon Korea
- K-herb Research Center; Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine; Daejeon Korea
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- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering (GSMSE); Biomedical Research Center; KAIST Institute of the BioCentury; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Daejeon Korea
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- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering (GSMSE); Biomedical Research Center; KAIST Institute of the BioCentury; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Daejeon Korea
- Department of Dermatology; School of Medicine; Pusan National University; Busan Korea
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- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering (GSMSE); Biomedical Research Center; KAIST Institute of the BioCentury; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Daejeon Korea
- Korean Medicine Convergence Research Division; Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine; Daejeon Korea
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- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering (GSMSE); Biomedical Research Center; KAIST Institute of the BioCentury; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Daejeon Korea
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- Department of Microbiology; Infection Signaling Network Research Center; Chungnam National University School of Medicine; Daejeon Korea
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- Department of Microbiology; Infection Signaling Network Research Center; Chungnam National University School of Medicine; Daejeon Korea
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- Department of Microbiology; Infection Signaling Network Research Center; Chungnam National University School of Medicine; Daejeon Korea
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- Animal Model Center; Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; Daejeon Korea
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- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering (GSMSE); Biomedical Research Center; KAIST Institute of the BioCentury; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Daejeon Korea
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Jo JL, Hwang JH, Kwon SG, Park DH, Kim TW, Kang DG, Yu GE, Kim IS, Ha JG, Kim CW. Association between a non-synonymous HSD17B4 single nucleotide polymorphism and meat-quality traits in Berkshire pigs. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr-15-gmr15048970. [PMID: 27819726 DOI: 10.4238/gmr15048970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are useful genetic markers that allow correlation of genetic sequences with phenotypic traits. It is shown here that HSD17B4, a bifunctional enzyme mediating dehydrogenation and anhydration during β-oxidation of long-chain fatty acids, contains a non-synonymous SNP (nsSNP) of chr2:128,825,976A>G, c.2137A>G, I690V, within the sterol carrier protein-2 domain of the HSD17B4 gene, by RNA-Seq of liver RNA. The HSD17B4 mRNA was highly expressed in the kidney and liver among various other tissues in four pig breeds, namely, Berkshire, Duroc, Landrace, and Yorkshire. The nsSNP was significantly associated with carcass weight, backfat thickness, and drip loss (P < 0.05). Furthermore, HSD17B4 may play a crucial role during the early stages of myogenesis when expression of its mRNA was significantly high. In conclusion, HSD17B4 may serve as a possible regulator of muscle development, and its identification should help to select for improved economic traits of Berkshire pigs such as carcass weight, backfat thickness, and drip loss.
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- J L Jo
- Swine Science and Technology Center, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology, Jinju, South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology, Jinju, South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology, Jinju, South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology, Jinju, South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology, Jinju, South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology, Jinju, South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology, Jinju, South Korea
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- Department of Animal Resource Technology, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology, Jinju, South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology, Jinju, South Korea
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- Swine Science and Technology Center, Gyeongnam National University of Science & Technology, Jinju, South Korea
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Obermannová R, Van Cutsem E, Yoshino T, Bodoky G, Prausová J, Garcia-Carbonero R, Ciuleanu T, Garcia Alfonso P, Portnoy D, Cohn A, Yamazaki K, Clingan P, Lonardi S, Kim TW, Yang L, Nasroulah F, Tabernero J. Subgroup analysis in RAISE: a randomized, double-blind phase III study of irinotecan, folinic acid, and 5-fluorouracil (FOLFIRI) plus ramucirumab or placebo in patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma progression. Ann Oncol 2016; 27:2082-2090. [PMID: 27573561 PMCID: PMC5091322 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The RAISE phase III clinical trial demonstrated that ramucirumab + FOLFIRI improved overall survival (OS) [hazard ratio (HR) = 0.844, P = 0.0219] and progression-free survival (PFS) (HR = 0.793, P < 0.0005) compared with placebo + FOLFIRI for second-line metastatic colorectal carcinoma (mCRC) patients previously treated with first-line bevacizumab, oxaliplatin, and a fluoropyrimidine. Since some patient or disease characteristics could be associated with differential efficacy or safety, prespecified subgroup analyses were undertaken. This report focuses on three of the most relevant ones: KRAS status (wild-type versus mutant), age (<65 versus ≥65 years), and time to progression (TTP) on first-line therapy (<6 versus ≥6 months). PATIENTS AND METHODS OS and PFS were evaluated by the Kaplan-Meier analysis, with HR determined by the Cox proportional hazards model. Treatment-by-subgroup interaction was tested to determine whether treatment effect was consistent between subgroup pairs. RESULTS Patients with both wild-type and mutant KRAS benefited from ramucirumab + FOLFIRI treatment over placebo + FOLFIRI (interaction P = 0.526); although numerically, wild-type KRAS patients benefited more (wild-type KRAS: median OS = 14.4 versus 11.9 months, HR = 0.82, P = 0.049; mutant KRAS: median OS = 12.7 versus 11.3 months, HR = 0.89, P = 0.263). Patients with both longer and shorter first-line TTP benefited from ramucirumab (interaction P = 0.9434), although TTP <6 months was associated with poorer OS (TTP ≥6 months: median OS = 14.3 versus 12.5 months, HR = 0.86, P = 0.061; TTP <6 months: median OS = 10.4 versus 8.0 months, HR = 0.86, P = 0.276). The subgroups of patients ≥65 versus <65 years also derived a similar ramucirumab survival benefit (interaction P = 0.9521) (≥65 years: median OS = 13.8 versus 11.7 months, HR = 0.85, P = 0.156; <65 years: median OS = 13.1 versus 11.9 months, HR = 0.86, P = 0.098). The safety profile of ramucirumab + FOLFIRI was similar across subgroups. CONCLUSIONS These analyses revealed similar efficacy and safety among patient subgroups with differing KRAS mutation status, longer or shorter first-line TTP, and age. Ramucirumab is a beneficial addition to second-line FOLFIRI treatment for a wide range of patients with mCRC. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01183780.
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- R Obermannová
- Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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- University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Oncology, St László Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Onocology Clinic, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Oncology, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Institutul Oncologic Ion Chiricuta and UMF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Oncology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maraňón, Madrid, Spain
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- The West Clinic-University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis
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- Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Denver, USA
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Shizouka Cancer Center, Shizouka, Japan
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- Southern Medical Day Care Centre, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Bridgewater, USA
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic
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- Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Kim JE, Shin JS, Moon JH, Hong SW, Jung DJ, Kim JH, Hwang IY, Shin YJ, Gong EY, Lee DH, Kim SM, Lee EY, Kim YS, Kim D, Hur D, Kim TW, Kim KP, Jin DH, Lee WJ. Foxp3 is a key downstream regulator of p53-mediated cellular senescence. Oncogene 2016; 36:219-230. [DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Revised: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Choi YH, Yoshimura Y, Kim KJ, Lee K, Kim TW, Ono T, You CY, Jung MH. Field-driven domain wall motion under a bias current in the creep and flow regimes in Pt/[CoSiB/Pt]N nanowires. Sci Rep 2016; 6:23933. [PMID: 27030379 PMCID: PMC4814914 DOI: 10.1038/srep23933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The dynamics of magnetic domain wall (DW) in perpendicular magnetic anisotropy Pt/[CoSiB/Pt]N nanowires was studied by measuring the DW velocity under a magnetic field (H) and an electric current (J) in two extreme regimes of DW creep and flow. Two important findings are addressed. One is that the field-driven DW velocity increases with increasing N in the flow regime, whereas the trend is inverted in the creep regime. The other is that the sign of spin current-induced effective field is gradually reversed with increasing N in both DW creep and flow regimes. To reveal the underlying mechanism of new findings, we performed further experiment and micromagnetic simulation, from which we found that the observed phenomena can be explained by the combined effect of the DW anisotropy, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, spin-Hall effect, and spin-transfer torques. Our results shed light on the mechanism of DW dynamics in novel amorphous PMA nanowires, so that this work may open a path to utilize the amorphous PMA in emerging DW-based spintronic devices.
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- Y H Choi
- Department of Physics, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742 Korea
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747 Korea
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742 Korea
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Jung HS, Ryu JT, Yoo KH, Kim TW. Reliability Degeneration Mechanisms of the 20-nm Flash Memories Due to the Word Line Stress. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2016; 16:1669-1671. [PMID: 27433643 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2016.11950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The electrical characteristics of NAND flash memories with a high-k dielectric layer were simulated by using a full three-dimensional technology computer-aided design simulator. The occurrence rate of the errors in the flash memories increases with increasing program/erase cycles. To verify the word line stress effect, electron density in the floating gate of target cell and non-target cell, the drain current in the channel of non-target cell and depletion region of the non-target cell were simulated as a function of program/erase cycle, for various floating gate thicknesses. The electron density in the floating gate became decreased with increasing program/erase cycles. The reliability degradation occured by the increased depletion region at the bottom of the polysilicon floating gate in the continued program/erase cycle situation due to the word line stress. The degradation mechanisms for the program characteristics of 20-nm NAND flash memories were clarified by examining electron density, darin current and depletion region.
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Kang CM, Lim SB, Hong SM, Yu CS, Hong YS, Kim TW, Park JH, Kim JH, Kim JC. Prevalence and clinical significance of cellular and acellular mucin in patients with locally advanced mucinous rectal cancer who underwent preoperative chemoradiotherapy followed by radical surgery. Colorectal Dis 2016; 18:O10-6. [PMID: 26530997 DOI: 10.1111/codi.13169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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AIM The frequent presence of acellular mucin in specimens showing pathological complete response to preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and the poor response to preoperative CRT in mucinous rectal cancer have been reported. However, the prevalence and prognostic significance of cellular and acellular mucin have not been evaluated in resected specimens from patients with mucinous rectal cancer who undergo preoperative CRT. METHOD We retrospectively evaluated the clinicopathological features and prognostic significance of mucin in resected specimens from 59 consecutive patients with mucinous rectal cancer who underwent long-course CRT followed by resection between January 2000 and December 2009. Patients were categorized according to the presence of mucin, as identified by pathological analysis. The clinicopathological findings and oncological results were compared. RESULTS Mucin was identified in 25 of 59 patients with mucinous rectal cancer (42.4%). Mucin was more frequent in men (hazard ratio = 23.94, 95% confidence interval = 1.875-305.504, P = 0.015) and in specimens showing a good tumour response grade (hazard ratio = 64.26, 95% confidence interval = 6.940-595.045, P < 0.001). With a median follow-up of 67.7 (range 8.6-133.2) months, the 5-year overall survival (60.7% without mucin vs 51.4% with mucin, P = 0.898) and disease-free survival (59.9% without mucin vs 56.9% with mucin, P = 0.813) did not differ between the groups. CONCLUSION The presence of mucin in rectal cancer with mucinous differentiation after preoperative CRT and resection is associated with male gender and a good tumour response grade, without significant impact on oncological outcome.
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- C M Kang
- Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oncology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oncology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Lim SH, Kim TW, Hong YS, Han SW, Lee KH, Kang HJ, Hwang IG, Lee JY, Kim HS, Kim ST, Lee J, Park JO, Park SH, Park YS, Lim HY, Jung SH, Kang WK. A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled multi-centre phase III trial of XELIRI/FOLFIRI plus simvastatin for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Br J Cancer 2015; 113:1421-6. [PMID: 26505681 PMCID: PMC4815882 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2015.371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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: 06/23/2015] [Revised: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background: The purpose of this randomised phase III trial was to evaluate whether the addition of simvastatin, a synthetic 3-hydroxy-3methyglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor, to XELIRI/FOLFIRI chemotherapy regimens confers a clinical benefit to patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer. Methods: We undertook a double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial of 269 patients previously treated for metastatic colorectal cancer and enrolled in 5 centres in South Korea. Patients were randomly assigned (1 : 1) to one of the following groups: FOLFIRI/XELIRI plus simvastatin (40 mg) or FOLFIRI/XELIRI plus placebo. The FOLFIRI regimen consisted of irinotecan at 180 mg m−2 as a 90-min infusion, leucovorin at 200 mg m−2 as a 2-h infusion, and a bolus injection of 5-FU 400 mg m−2 followed by a 46-h continuous infusion of 5-FU at 2400 mg m−2. The XELIRI regimen consisted of irinotecan at 250 mg m−2 as a 90-min infusion with capecitabine 1000 mg m−2 twice daily for 14 days. The primary end point was progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary end points included response rate, duration of response, overall survival (OS), time to progression, and toxicity. Results: Between April 2010 and July 2013, 269 patients were enrolled and assigned to treatment groups (134 simvastatin, 135 placebo). The median PFS was 5.9 months (95% CI, 4.5–7.3) in the XELIRI/FOLFIRI plus simvastatin group and 7.0 months (95% CI, 5.4–8.6) in the XELIRI/FOLFIRI plus placebo group (P=0.937). No significant difference was observed between the two groups with respect to OS (median, 15.9 months (simvastatin) vs 19.9 months (placebo), P=0.826). Grade ⩾3 nausea and anorexia were noted slightly more often in patients in the simvastatin arm compared with with the placebo arm (4.5% vs 0.7%, 3.0% vs 0%, respectively). Conclusions: The addition of 40 mg simvastatin to the XELIRI/FOLFIRI regimens did not improve PFS in patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer nor did it increase toxicity.
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- S H Lim
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Chungang University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Jeon YP, Choi YH, Kim TW. Efficiency Enhancement of Organic Light-Emitting Devices Fabricated Using a 1,4,5,8,9,11-Hexaazatriphenylene Hexacarbonitrile Silver Electrode. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2015; 15:7791-7794. [PMID: 26726414 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.11190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A 1,4,5,8,9,11-hexaazatriphenylene hexacarbonitrile (HAT-CN)/Ag/HAT-CN transparent electrode for organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) was investigated. The current density of OLEDs was enhanced with an increase in the Ag layer thickness of a HAT-CN/Ag/HAT-CN anode. While the luminance of the OLEDs with a HAT-CN/Ag/HAT-CN anode slightly decreased with increasing thickness of the upper HAT-CN layer, the current efficiency of the OLEDs with thicknesses for the Ag layer of 20 nm and for the upper HAT-CN layer of 100 nm was almost two times higher than that of OLEDs with an ITO anode. Electroluminescence spectra of the OLEDs with a HAT-CN/Ag/HAT-CN anode were shifted due to the micro-cavity effect in the stacked anode, which was confirmed by the transmittance spectra.
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Kim KH, Jeon YP, Choo DC, Kim TW. Luminance Mechanisms of White Organic Light-Emitting Devices Fabricated Utilizing a Charge Generation Layer with a Light-Emitting Function. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2015; 15:5220-5223. [PMID: 26373110 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.10367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The luminance mechanisms of the white organic light-emitting devices (WOLEDs) with a charge generation layer (CGL) consisting of a tungsten oxide layer and a 5,6,11,12-tetraphenyltetracene (rubrene) doped N,N',-bis-(1-naphthyl)-N,N'-diphenyl1-1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diamine (NPB) layer were investigated. Current densities and luminances of the WOLEDs increased with increasing a rubrene doping concentration because the formation of excitons in the rubrene-doped NPB layer increased due to the more exciton trapping in rubrene molecules and the delay of the electron injection due to the insertion of the litium qunolate layer. The yellow light emitted from the rubrene-doped NPB layer in the CGL combined with the blue light from the main emitting layer of the WOLEDs, resulting in the emission of the white light. The ratio between the yellow and the blue color peak intensities of the electroluminescence spectra for the WOLEDs was controlled by the rubrene doping concentration. The Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage coordinates of the fabricated WOLED were (0.31, 0.42) at 740.7 cd/m2, indicative of white emission color.
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Lee MC, Ha CW, Elmallah RK, Cherian JJ, Cho JJ, Kim TW, Bin SI, Mont MA. A placebo-controlled randomised trial to assess the effect of TGF-ß1-expressing chondrocytes in patients with arthritis of the knee. Bone Joint J 2015; 97-B:924-32. [DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.97b7.35852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The aim of this study was to assess the effect of injecting genetically engineered chondrocytes expressing transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) into the knees of patients with osteoarthritis. We assessed the resultant function, pain and quality of life. A total of 54 patients (20 men, 34 women) who had a mean age of 58 years (50 to 66) were blinded and randomised (1:1) to receive a single injection of the active treatment or a placebo. We assessed post-treatment function, pain severity, physical function, quality of life and the incidence of treatment-associated adverse events. Patients were followed at four, 12 and 24 weeks after injection. At final follow-up the treatment group had a significantly greater improvement in the mean International Knee Documentation Committee score than the placebo group (16 points; -18 to 49, vs 8 points; -4 to 37, respectively; p = 0.03). The treatment group also had a significantly improved mean visual analogue score at final follow-up (-25; -85 to 34, vs -11 points; -51 to 25, respectively; p = 0.032). Both cohorts showed an improvement in Western Ontario and McMaster Osteoarthritis Index and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Scores, but these differences were not statistically significant. One patient had an anaphylactic reaction to the preservation medium, but recovered within 24 hours. All other adverse events were localised and resolved without further action. This technique may result in improved clinical outcomes, with the aim of slowing the degenerative process, leading to improvements in pain and function. However, imaging and direct observational studies are needed to verify cartilage regeneration. Nevertheless, this study provided a sufficient basis to proceed to further clinical testing. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2015;97-B:924–32.
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- M C Lee
- Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul
National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Samsung
Medical Center, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
Research Center, Department of Health Sciences
and Technology, SAI HST, Sungkyunkwan University
School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
21215, USA
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- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
21215, USA
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- Kolon Life Science Inc., Seoul, Korea
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- Kolon Life Science Inc., Seoul, Korea
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- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
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Ahn YH, Hong SO, Kim JH, Noh KH, Song KH, Lee YH, Jeon JH, Kim DW, Seo JH, Kim TW. The siRNA cocktail targeting interleukin 10 receptor and transforming growth factor-β receptor on dendritic cells potentiates tumour antigen-specific CD8(+) T cell immunity. Clin Exp Immunol 2015; 181:164-78. [PMID: 25753156 DOI: 10.1111/cei.12620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are promising therapeutic agents in the field of cancer immunotherapy due to their intrinsic immune-priming capacity. The potency of DCs, however, is readily attenuated immediately after their administration in patients as tumours and various immune cells, including DCs, produce various immunosuppressive factors such as interleukin (IL)-10 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β that hamper the function of DCs. In this study, we used small interfering RNA (siRNA) to silence the expression of endogenous molecules in DCs, which can sense immunosuppressive factors. Among the siRNAs targeting various immunosuppressive molecules, we observed that DCs transfected with siRNA targeting IL-10 receptor alpha (siIL-10RA) initiated the strongest antigen-specific CD8(+) T cell immune responses. The potency of siIL-10RA was enhanced further by combining it with siRNA targeting TGF-β receptor (siTGF-βR), which was the next best option during the screening of this study, or the previously selected immunoadjuvant siRNA targeting phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) or Bcl-2-like protein 11 (BIM). In the midst of sorting out the siRNA cocktails, the cocktail of siIL-10RA and siTGF-βR generated the strongest antigen-specific CD8(+) T cell immunity. Concordantly, the knock-down of both IL-10RA and TGF-βR in DCs induced the strongest anti-tumour effects in the TC-1 P0 tumour model, a cervical cancer model expressing the human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 E7 antigen, and even in the immune-resistant TC-1 (P3) tumour model that secretes more IL-10 and TGF-β than the parental tumour cells (TC-1 P0). These results provide the groundwork for future clinical development of the siRNA cocktail-mediated strategy by co-targeting immunosuppressive molecules to enhance the potency of DC-based vaccines.
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- Y-H Ahn
- Division of Infection and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Infection and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Infection and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Infection and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Infection and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Infection and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Infection and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Kim TW, Della Rocca G, Di Salvo A, Ryschanova R, Sgorbini M, Giorgi M. Evaluation of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of cimicoxib in fasted and fed horses. N Z Vet J 2015; 63:92-7. [DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2014.950355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Jang JS, Lee KS, Lee EJ, Kwon MS, Kim TW. Enhancement of the Color Rendering Index of White Organic Light-Emitting Devices Based on a Blue and Red Emitting Layer with a Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ Green Phosphor Color-Conversion Layer. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2015; 15:562-565. [PMID: 26328402 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.8304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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White organic light-emitting devices (WOLEDs) were fabricated utilizing blue and red emitting organic light-emitting devices and a color conversion layer (CCL) made of yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG:Ce3+) phosphors embedded into polymethylmethacrylate. The good color balance for the color conversion of the WOLEDs was achieved utilizing 20-nm blue and 10-nm red OLEDs. The electroluminescence spectrum for the fabricated device showed a white color consisting of the blue color from the 4,4-bis(2,2-diphenylethen-1-yl)bipheny layer, the red color from the tris-(8-hydroxyquinolinato) aluminum: 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran layer, and the green color from the YAG:Ce3+ phosphor. The Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage coordinates of the WOLEDs slightly shifted from (0.25, 0.23) of the blue and red emission OLEDs without phosphors to (0.34, 0.35) of the OLEDs with green phosphors, indicative of the pure white color. WOLEDs with a CCL exhibited three wavelength white emissions with a color rendering index of 86.
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Lee SH, Lee JY, Jung CL, Bae IH, Suh KH, Ahn YG, Jin DH, Kim TW, Suh YA, Jang SJ. A novel antagonist to the inhibitors of apoptosis (IAPs) potentiates cell death in EGFR-overexpressing non-small-cell lung cancer cells. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1477. [PMID: 25321484 PMCID: PMC4649530 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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: 05/15/2014] [Revised: 09/06/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In the effort to develop an efficient chemotherapy drug for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), we analyzed the anti-tumorigenic effects of a novel small molecule targeting the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAPs), HM90822B, on NSCLC cells. HM90822B efficiently decreased IAP expression, especially that of XIAP and survivin, in several NSCLC cells. Interestingly, cells overexpressing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) due to the mutations were more sensitive to HM90822B, undergoing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis when treated. In xenograft experiments, inoculated EGFR-overexpressing NSCLC cells showed tumor regression when treated with the inhibitor, demonstrating the chemotherapeutic potential of this agent. Mechanistically, decreased levels of EGFR, Akt and phospho-MAPKs were observed in inhibitor-treated PC-9 cells on phosphorylation array and western blotting analysis, indicating that the reagent inhibited cell growth by preventing critical cell survival signaling pathways. In addition, gene-specific knockdown studies against XIAP and/or EGFR further uncovered the involvement of Akt and MAPK pathways in HM90822B-mediated downregulation of NSCLC cell growth. Together, these results support that HM90822B is a promising candidate to be developed as lung tumor chemotherapeutics by targeting oncogenic activities of IAP together with inhibiting cell survival signaling pathways.
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- Institute for Innovative Cancer Research, Asan Institute for Life Science, Seoul Asan Medical Center, The University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Innovative Cancer Research, Asan Institute for Life Science, Seoul Asan Medical Center, The University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Innovative Cancer Research, Asan Institute for Life Science, Seoul Asan Medical Center, The University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Hanmi Research Center, Hanmi Pharm. Co., Ltd., Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Hanmi Research Center, Hanmi Pharm. Co., Ltd., Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Hanmi Research Center, Hanmi Pharm. Co., Ltd., Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Innovative Cancer Research, Asan Institute for Life Science, Seoul Asan Medical Center, The University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- 1] Institute for Innovative Cancer Research, Asan Institute for Life Science, Seoul Asan Medical Center, The University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea [2] Department of Medicinal Oncology, Seoul Asan Medical Center, The University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Innovative Cancer Research, Asan Institute for Life Science, Seoul Asan Medical Center, The University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- 1] Institute for Innovative Cancer Research, Asan Institute for Life Science, Seoul Asan Medical Center, The University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea [2] Department of Pathology, Seoul Asan Medical Center, The University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Lee KS, Cho JT, Kim TW. Enhancement of the efficiency in p-i-n organic light-emitting devices containing organic p-type HAT-CN and n-type bis(ethylenedithio)- tetrathiafulvalene doped BPhen layers. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2014; 14:6301-6304. [PMID: 25936107 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2014.8305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The p-i-n organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) were fabricated by using a p-type 1,4,5,8,9,11-hexaazatriphenylene hexacarbonitrile (HAT-CN) layer and an n-type bis(ethylenedithio)-tetrathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF) doped 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BPhen) electron transport layer. The p-i-n OLEDs containing a p-type HAT-CN layer and BEDT-TTF-doped BPhen layer with a BEDT-TTF doping concentration of 1 wt.% demonstrated low operating voltage and the highest luminance efficiency. The enhancement of the luminance efficiency as well as a decrease in the operating voltage of the OLEDs was attributed to the improvement of the hole and electron injection due to the insertion of a HAT-CN layer and a BEDT-TTF-doped BPhen layer.
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Kim SY, Song JD, Han IK, Kim TW. Effects of growth and annealing temperatures on the structural and the optical properties of In0.6Al0.4As/Al0.4Ga0.6As quantum dots. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2014; 14:5881-5884. [PMID: 25936020 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2014.8322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In0.Al0.4As/Al0.4Ga0.6As quantum dots (QDs) were grown on GaAs (001) substrates by using molecular beam epitaxy utilizing a modified Stranski-Krastanow method. Atomic force microscopy images showed that the size of the In0.6Al0.4As QDs increased with increasing growth temperature. Photoluminescence spectra at 300 K showed that the exciton peaks corresponding to the interband transitions from the ground electronic subband to the ground heavy-hole subband (E1-HH1) of the In0.6Al0.4As/Al0.4Ga0.6As QDs shifted to large energy side with increasing growth temperature resulting from an increase in the height of the In0.6Al0.4As QDs. While the (E1-HH1) peak position of the PL spectra shifted toward larger energy side with increasing up to an annealing temperature of 700 °C, it shifted toward lower energy above 700 °C. The structural and the optical properties of In0.6Al0.4As/Al0.4Ga0.6As QDs were affected by the growth and annealing temperatures.
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Kim TW, Vercelli C, Briganti A, Re G, Giorgi M. The pharmacokinetics and in vitro/ex vivo cyclooxygenase selectivity of parecoxib and its active metabolite valdecoxib in cats. Vet J 2014; 202:37-42. [PMID: 25135338 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Revised: 07/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Parecoxib (PX) is an injectable prodrug of valdecoxib (VX, which is a selective cyclo-oxyganase-2 (COX-2)) inhibitor licensed for humans. The aim of the present study was to evaluate pharmacokinetics and in vitro/ex vivo cyclooxygenase selectivity of PX and VX in cats. In a whole blood in vitro study, PX did not affect either COX enzymes whereas VX revealed a COX-2 selective inhibitory effect in feline whole blood. The IC50 values of VX for COX-2 and COX-1 were 0.45 and 38.6 µM, respectively. Six male cats were treated with 2.5 mg/kg of PX by intramuscular injection. PX was rapidly converted to VX with a relatively short half-life of 0.4 h. VX achieved peak plasma concentration (2.79 ± 1.59 µg/mL) at 7 h following PX injection. The mean residence times for PX and VX were 0.43 ± 0.15 and 5.94 ± 0.88 h, respectively. In the ex vivo study, PX showed a COX-2 inhibition rate of about 70% in samples taken at 1, 2, 4 and 10 h after injection, with a significant difference compared to the control. In contrast, COX-1 was slightly inhibited, ranging from 0.7% to 9.7% of the control inhibition rate without any significant difference for 24 h after PX administration. The preliminary findings of the present research appear promising and encourage further studies to investigate whether PX can be successfully used in feline medicine.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Division of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Turin, Via L. da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Via Livornese (lato monte) 1, 56122 San Piero a Grado, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Division of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Turin, Via L. da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Via Livornese (lato monte) 1, 56122 San Piero a Grado, Pisa, Italy.
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An HJ, Choi EK, Kim JS, Hong SW, Moon JH, Shin JS, Ha SH, Kim KP, Hong YS, Lee JL, Choi EK, Lee JS, Jin DH, Kim TW. INCB018424 induces apoptotic cell death through the suppression of pJAK1 in human colon cancer cells. Neoplasma 2014; 61:56-62. [PMID: 24195509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Janus kinase (JAK) is one of the main upstream activators of signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) that are constitutively activated in various malignancies and are associated with cell growth, survival, and carcinogenesis. Here, we investigated the role of JAKs in colorectal cancer in order to develop effective therapeutic targets for INCB018424, which is the first JAK1/2 inhibitor to be approved by FDA. After examining the basal expression levels of phospho-JAK1 and phospho-JAK2, we measured the effects of INCB018424 on the phosphorylation of JAK1/2 using western blot analysis. Cell viability was determined using the trypan blue exclusion assay. The cell death mechanism was identified by the activation of caspase 3 using western blot and annexin V staining. The basal levels of phospho-JAK1 and phospho-JAK2 were cancer cell type dependent. Colorectal cancer cell lines that phosphorylate both JAK1 and JAK2 include DLD-1 and RKO. INCB018424 inactivates both JAK1 and JAK2 in DLD-1 cells but inactivates only JAK1 in RKO cells. Cell death was proportional to the inactivation of JAK1 but not JAK2. INCB018424 causes caspase-dependent cell death, which is prevented by treatment with z-VAD. The inhibition of JAK1 phosphorylation seemed sufficient to allow INCB018424-mediated apoptosis. JAK1 is a key molecule that is involved in colon cancer cell survival and the inhibition of JAK1 by INCB01424 results in caspase-dependent apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. The use of selective JAK1 inhibitors could be an attractive therapy against colorectal cancer, but further clinical investigations are needed to test this possibility.
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An HJ, Choi EK, Kim JS, Hong SW, Moon JH, Shin JS, Ha SH, Kim KP, Hong YS, Lee JL, Choi EK, Lee JS, Jin DH, Kim TW. INCB018424 induces apoptotic cell death through the suppression of pJAK1 in human colon cancer cells. Neoplasma 2014. [DOI: 10.4149/neo_2014_009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hong SW, Moon JH, Kim JS, Shin JS, Jung KA, Lee WK, Jeong SY, Hwang JJ, Lee SJ, Suh YA, Kim I, Nam KY, Han S, Kim JE, Kim KP, Hong YS, Lee JL, Lee WJ, Choi EK, Lee JS, Jin DH, Kim TW. p34 is a novel regulator of the oncogenic behavior of NEDD4-1 and PTEN. Cell Death Differ 2013; 21:146-60. [PMID: 24141722 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2013.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Revised: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PTEN is one of the most frequently mutated or deleted tumor suppressors in human cancers. NEDD4-1 was recently identified as the E3 ubiquitin ligase for PTEN; however, a number of important questions remain regarding the role of ubiquitination in regulating PTEN function and the mechanisms by which PTEN ubiquitination is regulated. In the present study, we demonstrated that p34, which was identified as a binding partner of NEDD4-1, controls PTEN ubiquitination by regulating NEDD4-1 protein stability. p34 interacts with the WW1 domain of NEDD4-1, an interaction that enhances NEDD4-1 stability. Expression of p34 promotes PTEN poly-ubiquitination, leading to PTEN protein degradation, whereas p34 knockdown results in PTEN mono-ubiquitination. Notably, an inverse correlation between PTEN and p34/NEDD4-1 levels was confirmed in tumor samples from colon cancer patients. Thus, p34 acts as a key regulator of the oncogenic behavior of NEDD4-1 and PTEN.
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- 1] Innovative Cancer Research, Asan Medical Center, Asan Institute for Life Science, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea [2] Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Park SS, Kim DH, Jeon YP, Kim TW. Enhancement of the stabilization in white organic light-emitting diodes utilizing a color conversion layer containing CdSe/ZnS quantum dots. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2013; 13:7194-7197. [PMID: 24245227 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2013.8162] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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White organic light emitting diodes (WOLEDs) were fabricated utilizing blue emitting organic light emitting diodes and color conversion layers containing CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs). The best color purity of the WOLEDs was achieved by using the red and green QDs ratio of 1:9.5. Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage coordinates of the WOLEDs slightly shifted from (0.35, 0.33) to (0.35, 0.32) with increasing applied voltage from 9 to 14 V, indicative of a deep stabilized white color. Color tunable mechanisms of WOLEDs with a color conversion layer containing CdSe/ZnS QDs are described on the basis of the experimental results.
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- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
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Jeong HS, Kim SH, Lee KS, Jeong JM, Yoo TW, Kwon MS, Yoo KH, Kim TW. Optical properties of white organic light-emitting devices fabricated utilizing a mixed CaAl12O19:Mn4+ and Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ color conversion layer. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2013; 13:4394-4397. [PMID: 23862509 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2013.7003] [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: 06/02/2023]
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White organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) were fabricated by combining a blue OLED with a color conversion layer made of mixed Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ green and Ca2AlO19:Mn4+ red phosphors. The X-ray diffraction patterns showed that Ce3+ ions in the Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ phosphors completely substituted for the Y3+ ions and the Mn4+ ions in the CaAl12O19:Mn4+ phosphors completely substituted for the Ca2+ ions. Electroluminescence spectra at 11 V for the OLEDs fabricated utilizing a color conversion layer showed that the Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage coordinates for the Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ and CaAl12O19:Mn4+ phosphors mixed at the ratio of 1:5 and 1:10 were (0.31, 0.34) and (0.32, 0.37), respectively, indicative of a good white color.
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- Department Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
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Kwon WJ, Kim SH, Lee KS, Choo DC, Kim SW, Kim SW, Yoo TW, Kwon MS, Yoo KH, Kim TW. Color stability of white organic light emitting devices with a color conversion layer utilizing CdSe/ZnS quantum dots and phosphors dispersed in polymethylmethacrylate. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2013; 13:4390-4393. [PMID: 23862508 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2013.7002] [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: 06/02/2023]
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White organic light-emitting devices (WOLEDs) were fabricated by combining a blue emitting organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) and a color conversion layer made of yttrium aluminum garnet phosphors and CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) embedded into polymethylmethacrylate. When the ratio of phosphors and QDs changed, a good color balance was achieved at a ratio of 1:5, and the maximum luminance of 18.21 cd/m2 was obtained. As the applied voltage varied from 12 to 16 V, Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage coordinates shifted only slightly from (0.32, 0.34) to (0.30, 0.33), indicating a good color stability.
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- Department of Information Display Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
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Kang YK, Chang HM, Yook JH, Ryu MH, Park I, Min YJ, Zang DY, Kim GY, Yang DH, Jang SJ, Park YS, Lee JL, Kim TW, Oh ST, Park BK, Jung HY, Kim BS. Adjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer: a randomised phase 3 trial of mitomycin-C plus either short-term doxifluridine or long-term doxifluridine plus cisplatin after curative D2 gastrectomy (AMC0201). Br J Cancer 2013; 108:1245-51. [PMID: 23449357 PMCID: PMC3619263 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This phase 3 study evaluated the efficacy of new adjuvant chemotherapy (MFP), which intensified the mitomycin-C (MMC) plus short-term doxifluridine (Mf) for gastric cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 855 patients (424 in Mf, 431 in MFP) with pathological stage II-IV (M0) gastric cancer after D2 gastrectomy were randomly assigned to receive either Mf (MMC 20 mg m(-2), followed by oral doxifluridine 460-600 mg m(-2) per day for 3 months) or MFP (MMC 20 mg m(-2), followed by oral doxifluridine 460-600 mg m(-2) per day for 12 months with 6 monthly infusions of 60 mg m(-2) of cisplatin) chemotherapy. RESULTS With a median follow-up of 6.6 years, there was no difference between the two groups in recurrence-free survival (RFS) (5-year RFS 61.1% in Mf and 57.9% in MFP; hazard ratio 1.10 (95% CI 0.89-1.35); P=0.39) and overall survival (OS) (5-year OS 66.5% in Mf and 65.0% in MFP; hazard ratio 1.11 (95% CI 0.89-1.39); P=0.33). CONCLUSION Intensification of Mf adjuvant chemotherapy by prolonging the duration of oral fluoropyrimidine and adding cisplatin was safe but not effective to improve the survivals in curatively resected gastric cancer patients.
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea.
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Jeon H, Lee SJ, Kim TW, Donatelli RE. Three-dimensional analysis of lip and perioral soft tissue changes after debonding of labial brackets. Orthod Craniofac Res 2013; 16:65-74. [PMID: 23323932 DOI: 10.1111/ocr.12006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the possible soft tissue changes after debonding of labial brackets using three-dimensional (3D) images acquired by a laser scanner. METHODS On the same day, 3D facial scans were taken immediately before debonding (T1) and immediately after debonding (T2) from 53 patients, and follow-up scans were taken 3 months after debonding (T3) from 31 patients. To compare the scans, superimpositions were performed and shell-to-shell deviations were used for quantitative analysis. RESULTS Shell-to-shell deviation map showing warm colors in lip and perioral tissue represented the retrusion of soft tissue after bracket removal. Soft tissue retrusion was significant for all landmarks immediately after debonding (T1-T2) and 3 months after debonding (T1-T3). Gender, bracket type, and the lip thickness variables did not show a clinically significant influence on the amount of soft tissue retrusion at the T1-T3 period. Lip corners and vermilion borders were significantly retruded at the T1-T3 period more than other perioral areas. A negative linear relationship was found in the amount of soft tissue retrusion immediately after debonding (T1-T2) and from debonding to 3 months after debonding (T2-T3). CONCLUSION Three-dimensional imaging showed significant changes in lip and perioral soft tissue after debonding of labial brackets. Clinically significant changes, approximately 2 mm of retrusion, occurred in the mouth corners bilaterally. Vermilion border landmarks also demonstrated significant changes in more than 1 mm. However, it was not possible to predict the soft tissue changes. A wide range of individual variability in the response to treatment and soft tissue adaptation was noted.
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- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry & Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Kim DH, You JH, Kim JH, Yoo KH, Kim TW. Electronic structures and carrier distributions of T-shaped AlxGa1-xAs/AlyGa1-yAs quantum wires fabricated by a cleaved-edge overgrowth method. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2012; 12:5687-5690. [PMID: 22966634 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6391] [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: 06/01/2023]
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The electronic structures and carrier distributions of T-shaped AlxGa1_xAs/AlyGa1-yAs quantum wire (QWR) consisting of crossed arm and stem wells were numerically calculated by using a finite-difference method (FDM). The electronic subband energies in the arm and the stem wells were numerically calculated by using the FDM taking into account two-band Hamiltonian systems considering with and without strain and nonparabolicity effects. The band deformation due to strain and the probabilistic electron confinement of T-shaped AlxGa1-xAs/AlyGa1-yAs QWRs were also calculated. The transition energy from the ground heavy-hole state (HH1) to the ground electron state (E1) was 1.584 eV when the strain was not considered and 1.585 eV when the strain effects were included. The excitonic peak energies corresponding to the interband transitions (E1-HH1) in the T-shaped QWRs determined from the photoluminescence spectra were compared favorably with those determined from the FDM calculations.
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- D H Kim
- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
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Lee PS, Han Q, Yang HY, Lee SH, Hwang YH, Han SH, Kim TW. Effect of thermal annealing on the efficiency of heterojunction photovoltaic cells fabricated using poly(3-hexylthiophene) and methanofullerene, [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2012; 12:5577-5581. [PMID: 22966613 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6247] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The effects of thermal annealing on the efficiency of heterojunction photovoltaic (PV) cells that were fabricated using poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and methanofullerene, [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) were investigated. The absorption spectra showed that the absorption intensity of the P3HT:PCBM layer that was annealed for 5 min had the highest value among the several samples with different annealing temperatures. The atomic force microscopy image showed that the P3HT:PCBM layer that was annealed for 5 min had the best surface morphology. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated that the P3HT:PCBM layer that was annealed at 140 degrees C for 10 min enhanced the PCBM aggregation on the surface Al layer that was covered by the P3HT:PCBM layer. The efficiencies of the PV cells that were annealed at 3, 5, and 10 min were approximately 2.7, 4.2, and 3.5%, respectively. Based on the experiment results, the variations in the efficiency of the PV cells due their thermal treatment were described.
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- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
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Jang SH, Ryu JT, You JH, Kim TW. Electrical properties of 10-nm-radius n-type gate all around twin Si nanowire field effect transistors. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2012; 12:5839-5842. [PMID: 22966666 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6392] [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: 06/01/2023]
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The electrical properties of 10-nm-radius n-type gate all around (GAA) twin Si nanowire field effect transistors (TSNWFETs) and field effect transistors (FETs) without nanowires were investigated to understand their device characteristics. The electrical characteristics of the GAA TSNWFETs and FETs with bulk boron concentrations of 1 x 10(18) and 1 x 10(16) cm(-3) were simulated by using three-dimensional technology computer-aided design simulation tools of sentaurus taking into account quantum effects. The simulation results showed that the on-current level of the TSNWFETs was larger than that of FETs, and the subthreshold swing and the drain induced barrier lowing of the TSNWFETs were smaller than those of FETs. The current density and conduction band edge profiles in the TSNWFETs clarified the dominant current paths. The simulation results showed that the on-current/off-current ratio increased with increasing bulk boron concentration, and the stand-by current level decreased.
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- S H Jang
- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-Dong, Seongdong-Gu, Seoul 133-791, Korea
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You JH, Kim DH, Lee DU, Yoo KH, Park CY, Park KW, Jang SJ, Lee YT, Kim TW. Effect of temperature on optical and electronic properties of InGaP/InGaAIP multiple quantum wells. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2012; 12:5843-5846. [PMID: 22966667 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6246] [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: 06/01/2023]
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The optical and electronic properties in an InGaP/InGaAIP multiple quantum well (MQW) grown by using molecular-beam epitaxy utilizing the digital alloy technique were investigated through temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) measurements and numerical calculations. The high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images showed that the sample clearly displayed the InGaP wells and the InGaAIP barriers and separate confinement heterostructure layers. The PL measurements at various temperatures were performed to investigate the interband transitions of the InGaP/InGaAIP MQW. The electronic subband energies and the wavefunctions in the InGaP/InGaAIP MQW at several temperatures were determined by using a finite element method employing the standard 8-band k x p Lagrangian. The numerical results for optical interband transition energies from the ground state electron subband to the ground state heavy-hole subband of the InGaP/InGaAIP MQW at various temperatures were in reasonable agreement with the excitonic transition energies observed in the PL measurements.
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- J H You
- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
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Kim SY, Song JD, Han IK, Kim TW. Effects of growth parameters on the structural and optical properties of InP/InGaP quantum structures for 808-nm-wavelength emissions. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2012; 12:5519-5522. [PMID: 22966602 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6325] [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: 06/01/2023]
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InP/InGaP quantum structures with 808-nm-wavelength emissions were grown on semi-insulating GaAs (100) substrates via migration-enhanced molecular beam epitaxy. The effects of the growth conditions on the structural and optical properties of the InP/InGaP quantum structures were investigated. The scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy images showed that the two-dimensional InP/InGaP quantum structures were transited to one-dimensional structures with an increasing repetition cycle. The photoluminescence spectra showed that the optical properties of the InP/InGaP quantum structures were significantly affected by various migration-enhanced epitaxy repetition numbers and growth temperatures. These results can help improve understanding of the effects of growth parameters on the structural and optical properties of InP/InGaP quantum structures for 808-nm-wavelength emissions.
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- S Y Kim
- Nano Photonics Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 136-791, Korea
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Jones C, Bennett K, Kim TW, Bulger TF, Pollock N. Preparation of Datex-Ohmeda Aestiva® and Aisys® anaesthetic machines for use in malignant hyperthermia susceptible patients. Anaesth Intensive Care 2012; 40:490-7. [DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1204000315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Preparation of anaesthesia machines for use by malignant hyperthermia susceptible patients requires purging the machines of halogenated anaesthetic agents. The endpoint of this process is to reach a gas concentration of 5 ppm or less, which has been arbitrarily chosen as the safe limit of exposure to avoid triggering a malignant hyperthermia event. We examined the washout characteristics of sevoflurane and desflurane from the Datex-Ohmeda Aestiva® Anaesthesia System and Aisys® Anaesthesia Carestation®anaesthetic machines. The machines were contaminated for two hours using either sevoflurane 2 vol% or desflurane 6 vol%. At the end of the priming period, the patient breathing circuit and reservoir bag, carbon dioxide absorbent, sampling line and test lung were replaced with uncontaminated components. During the test period, machines were purged using oxygen flows of 10 l/minute. The average time to reach 5 ppm with the Aestiva machines was 51 minutes with sevoflurane and 71 minutes with desflurane. The average time to reach 5 ppm for the Aisys machines was 55 minutes with sevoflurane and 69 minutes with desflurane. All configurations of machines and anaesthetic gases demonstrated a rebound effect in agent concentration above 5 ppm when the fresh gas flow was subsequently reduced from 10 to 2 l/minute. Aestiva and Aisys anaesthetic machines require a prolonged period to adequately purge them of halogenated volatile anaesthetic agent. The rebound effect poses a serious concern, suggesting that after the purging period, fresh gas flows of 10 l/minute should be maintained for the duration of anaesthesia care of the malignant hyperthermia susceptible patient.
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- Department of Anaesthesia, MidCentral District Health Board, Palmerston North Hospital, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Department of Anaesthesia, MidCentral District Health Board, Palmerston North Hospital, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Department of Anaesthesia, MidCentral District Health Board, Palmerston North Hospital, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Department of Anaesthesia, MidCentral District Health Board, Palmerston North Hospital, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Department of Anaesthesia, MidCentral District Health Board, Palmerston North Hospital, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Yoon DH, Ryu MH, Park YS, Lee HJ, Lee C, Ryoo BY, Lee JL, Chang HM, Kim TW, Kang YK. Phase II study of everolimus with biomarker exploration in patients with advanced gastric cancer refractory to chemotherapy including fluoropyrimidine and platinum. Br J Cancer 2012; 106:1039-44. [PMID: 22343617 PMCID: PMC3304416 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [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] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background: To evaluate the activity and safety of everolimus and identify potential biomarkers for efficacy of everolimus in patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC), who failed both fluoropyrimidine and platinum. Methods: Fifty-four patients received everolimus (10 mg day−1). The primary objective was to determine the 4-month progression-free survival (PFS) rate, assumed to be 30%. We additionally investigated the potential biomarkers for everolimus as an exploratory endpoint in those who underwent tumour biopsies. Results: Two patients (3.7%) achieved partial response and the disease control rate (DCR) was 38.9%. At a median follow-up duration of 8.7 months, the 4-month PFS rate was 18.4%, not fulfilling the primary hypothesis, with a median PFS of 1.7 months and a median overall survival of 8.3 months. The high expression of pS6Ser240/4 at baseline was significantly associated with higher DCR (P=0.043) and prolonged PFS (P=0.001). Grade 1/2 asthenia (96.3%) recorded as the leading toxicity and hyperglycaemia (20.4%) was the most common non-hematological grade 3/4 toxicity. Three patients experienced grade 3/4 pneumonitis. Notably, two experienced treatment-related deaths. Conclusion: Everolimus is active against a limited number of patients with AGC. pS6Ser240/4 may be a potential predictive biomarker for everolimus, which requires validation. Careful monitoring is necessary despite generally favourable toxicity profile.
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Jeong HS, Kim SH, Bang HS, Choo DC, Kim TW, Hwang DH, Kwon MS, Chu C. Effects of the mixing ratio of the CaAl12O19:mn and Zn2SiO4:mn color-conversion layer on the color tunable emissions of white organic light-emitting devices. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2012; 12:1654-1657. [PMID: 22630022 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.4588] [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: 06/01/2023]
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The optical properties of white organic light-emitting devices (WOLEDs) fabricated utilizing a CaAl12O19:Mn and Zn2SiO4:Mn phosphor layer were investigated. X-ray diffraction patterns for CaAl12O19:Mn and Zn2SiO4:Mn phosphors showed that Mn ions in the CaAl12O19:Mn phosphors were completely substituted into Ca ions and that Mn ions in the Zn2SiO4:Mn phosphors were completely substituted into Zn ions. Field emission scanning electron microscopy images showed that the size of the CaAl12O19:Mn phosphor was approximately between 0.1 and 3 microm, and that the size of the Zn2SiO4:Mn phosphor was smaller than 7 microm. The color coordinates of the electroluminescence spectra for WOLEDs with phosphor thicknesses of 0.25 and 0.35 mm shifted to the white emission side because the generated blue light from the blue OLEDs combined with the red and green lights was converted by the CaAl12O19:Mn and the Zn2SiO4:Mn phosphor down-conversion layers.
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- H S Jeong
- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
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