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Kong WG, Lin X, Zhu JH, Lin ZQ, Zhu SY, Zhang ZL, Lu WJ. [Progress in the application of alveolar organoids in common lung diseases]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2023; 46:829-834. [PMID: 37536996 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20230501-00207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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Organoids are tissue cultures formed by culturing cells in three-dimensional environments that simulate the physiological or pathological conditions of the human body. The cultivation of organoids is used to study the temporal and spatial transformation of cells during the development of tissues or organs, to investigate changes in cellular functions and inter-communications caused by various risk factors, and to discover potential therapeutic targets. This article provided an overview of the cultivation and identification methods of alveolar organoids, as well as the research progress in their application to common respiratory diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, viral pneumonia, and so on. The limitations and future applications of alveolar organoids are also analyzed and discussed.
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- W G Kong
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou 510182, China
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- Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou 510182, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou 510182, China
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- Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou 510182, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou 510182, China
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Shao DF, Jiang YY, Ding J, Zhang SH, Wang ZA, Xiao RC, Gurung G, Lu WJ, Sun YP, Tsymbal EY. Néel Spin Currents in Antiferromagnets. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:216702. [PMID: 37295086 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.216702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Ferromagnets are known to support spin-polarized currents that control various spin-dependent transport phenomena useful for spintronics. On the contrary, fully compensated antiferromagnets are expected to support only globally spin-neutral currents. Here, we demonstrate that these globally spin-neutral currents can represent the Néel spin currents, i.e., staggered spin currents flowing through different magnetic sublattices. The Néel spin currents emerge in antiferromagnets with strong intrasublattice coupling (hopping) and drive the spin-dependent transport phenomena such as tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) and spin-transfer torque (STT) in antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions (AFMTJs). Using RuO_{2} and Fe_{4}GeTe_{2} as representative antiferromagnets, we predict that the Néel spin currents with a strong staggered spin polarization produce a sizable fieldlike STT capable of the deterministic switching of the Néel vector in the associated AFMTJs. Our work uncovers the previously unexplored potential of fully compensated antiferromagnets and paves a new route to realize the efficient writing and reading of information for antiferromagnetic spintronics.
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- Ding-Fu Shao
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- College of Science, Henan University of Engineering, Zhengzhou 451191, People's Republic of China
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- College of Mathematics and Physics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Trinity College, University of Oxford, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BH, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy & Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0299, USA
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Han ZY, Shan YG, Lu WJ, Qin XF, Sun GJ, Wang X, Pan L, Zhang WC, Qiu CG. [Safety and efficacy of dual guiding catheter kissing technique in the treatment of stent partially dislodgement in coronary artery]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2022; 50:895-899. [PMID: 36096707 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20220510-00363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the safety and efficacy of dual guiding catheter kissing technique (DCK) in the treatment of stent partly dislodgement in coronary artery. Methods: The study retrospectively involved 6 hospitalized patients with coronary artery stent partly dislodgement during PCI at The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from February 2016 to June 2019, DCK was used in these patients. We observe the success rate of stent retrieval, success rate of PCI, incidence of complications and major adverse cardiovascular events in 1 year follow up. Results: 6 patients were involved, of which 3 are male, ages range 49 to 68 years old, 4 patients are diagnosed with unstable angina, the other two are stable angina. All the partially disloged stents in the 6 patients were successfully removed from coronary artery. Except for 1 patient who refused coronary artery stenting again, the other 5 patients were successfully implanted coronary artery stenting. No serious complications occurred, no patients died and no major adverse cardiovascular events happened during 1 year follow up. Conclusions: DCK is safe and effective to remove partially dislodged stent in coronary artery.
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- Z Y Han
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Li YW, Lu WJ, Zhou X, Zhang C, Li XY, Tang PF, Kong LY, Xu WJ. Diverse polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols with anti-neuroinflammatory activity from Hypericum beanii. Bioorg Chem 2022; 127:106005. [PMID: 35863133 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.106005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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A phytochemical investigation on the roots of Hypericum beanii resulted in the isolation of six new polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols (PPAPs), hyperberlones A-F, along with fourteen known analogues. The structural characterization of these compounds was carried out by analyzing the HRESIMS data, 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic data, electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations, and gauge-independent atomic orbital (GIAO) NMR calculations. Hyperberlone A (1) was a caged PPAP with a rare tricyclo[4.3.1.03,8]decane carbon skeleton. It was deduced to be biosynthetically generated from hyperbeanol C (8) through key Paternò-Büchi reaction, radical cascade cyclizations, and retro-aldol reaction. Compounds 4, 6, 7, 9, 14, and 16 exhibited significant nitric oxide (NO) production inhibitory effects in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced BV-2 microglial cells with IC50 values of 6.11-25.28 μM. Moreover, compound 4 significantly decreased the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in LPS-induced BV-2 microglia, as well as the phosphorylation of JNK.
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- Ya-Wei Li
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural product Research and Skate Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural product Research and Skate Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural product Research and Skate Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural product Research and Skate Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural product Research and Skate Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural product Research and Skate Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural product Research and Skate Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural product Research and Skate Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China.
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Gao FX, Lu WJ, Shi Y, Zhu HY, Wang YH, Tu HQ, Gao Y, Zhou L, Gui JF, Zhao Z. Transcriptome profiling revealed the growth superiority of hybrid pufferfish derived from Takifugu obscurus ♀ × Takifugu rubripes ♂. Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics 2021; 40:100912. [PMID: 34601229 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2021.100912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Hybridization is an efficient method to breed new strains of aquatic animals. In the present study, we produced a hybrid puffer by crossing female obscure puffer with male tiger puffer. The hybrid puffer could live in fresh water like obscure puffer and exhibited growth superiority. The averaged body weight of 4- and 6-month-old hybrid puffer were respectively 38.06% and 38.93% higher than that of obscure puffer. Then, we analyzed the underlying genetic basis for the growth advantage of hybrid puffer by comparative transcriptome analysis. A total number of 4264 and 1285 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were respectively identified from pituitary and liver transcriptome profiles between hybrid puffer and obscure puffer. Comprehensive analysis showed that the DEGs related with cell proliferation and differentiation, and protein synthesis and export, specifically showed higher expression levels in hybrid puffer, such as "ECM-receptor interaction", "focal adhesion", "protein export" and "protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum". While the DEGs involved in gametogenesis and carbohydrate and energy metabolism highly expressed in obscure puffer, such as "oxidative phosphorylation", "citrate cycle", "progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation" and "oocyte meiosis". Furthermore, a series of candidate genes related to the growth superiority of hybrid puffer were identified, such as fn1a, ptprc, plcg2, igf1, tgfβ1, bmp4, abl1, col1a2, col1a1a, and myl9a. These results will be beneficial to understand the molecular basis of growth superiority and helpful to the hybrid breeding of pufferfish.
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- Fan-Xiang Gao
- Department of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Department of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Jiangsu Zhongyang Group Company Limited, Haian 226600, China
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- Jiangsu Zhongyang Group Company Limited, Haian 226600, China
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- Jiangsu Zhongyang Group Company Limited, Haian 226600, China
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- Department of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Department of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Department of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
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Gao FX, Lu WJ, Shi Y, Zhou L, Gui JF, Zhao Z. Identification and functional characterization of three irf7 transcript variants in obscure puffer (Takifugu obscurus). Dev Comp Immunol 2021; 119:104019. [PMID: 33482241 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2021.104019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Interferon regulatory factor 7 (IRF7) is a key mediator in regulating the type Ι IFN response. Although irf7 has been identified in more than twenty fish species, alternative splicing has not been found in teleost irf7. Alternative splicing is an important mechanism expanding the transcriptomic and proteomic diversity, and has been found in several IRF family members. Here, three alternative splicing variants of irf7 were identified and characterized in obscure puffer. The first splicing transcript (Toirf7v1) was predicted to encode 428 amino acids with a DNA-binding domain (DBD), an interaction-associated domain (IAD) and a serine-rich domain (SRD). Toirf7v2 encoded 430 amino acids caused by the intron retention, and contained the whole conserved domains. Toirf7v3 encoded a truncated protein with 337 amino acids resulting from the alternative 5' splice-site selection, and lacked part of IAD domain and the entire SRD domain. Functional studies demonstrated that all of the three isoforms could activate the expression of type I IFN and IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). Nevertheless, the two variants (Toirf7v2 and Toirf7v3) exhibited much less ability to induce transcription of IFN and ISGs compared to the Toirf7v1. Our findings suggest that these splicing variants may have distinct roles in the regulation of immune response. These results will be beneficial to understand the functional characteristics of irf7 variants in fish.
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- Fan-Xiang Gao
- Department of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Department of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Department of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Department of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China.
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Zhang XJ, Zhou L, Lu WJ, Du WX, Mi XY, Li Z, Li XY, Wang ZW, Wang Y, Duan M, Gui JF. Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals an association of gibel carp fatty liver with ferroptosis pathway. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:328. [PMID: 33952209 PMCID: PMC8101161 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07621-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Fatty liver has become a main problem that causes huge economic losses in many aquaculture modes. It is a common physiological or pathological phenomenon in aquaculture, but the causes and occurring mechanism are remaining enigmatic. Methods Each three liver samples from the control group of allogynogenetic gibel carp with normal liver and the overfeeding group with fatty liver were collected randomly for the detailed comparison of histological structure, lipid accumulation, transcriptomic profile, latent pathway identification analysis (LPIA), marker gene expression, and hepatocyte mitochondria analyses. Results Compared to normal liver, larger hepatocytes and more lipid accumulation were observed in fatty liver. Transcriptomic analysis between fatty liver and normal liver showed a totally different transcriptional trajectory. GO terms and KEGG pathways analyses revealed several enriched pathways in fatty liver, such as lipid biosynthesis, degradation accumulation, peroxidation, or metabolism and redox balance activities. LPIA identified an activated ferroptosis pathway in the fatty liver. qPCR analysis confirmed that gpx4, a negative regulator of ferroptosis, was significantly downregulated while the other three positively regulated marker genes, such as acsl4, tfr1 and gcl, were upregulated in fatty liver. Moreover, the hepatocytes of fatty liver had more condensed mitochondria and some of their outer membranes were almost ruptured. Conclusions We reveal an association between ferroptosis and fish fatty liver for the first time, suggesting that ferroptosis might be activated in liver fatty. Therefore, the current study provides a clue for future studies on fish fatty liver problems. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-021-07621-2.
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- Xiao-Juan Zhang
- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.,State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. .,State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Lu WJ, Xu WJ, Zhang MH, Zhang YQ, Li YR, Zhang H, Luo J, Kong LY. Diverse Polycyclic Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinol Congeners with Anti-Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Activity from Hypericum forrestii. J Nat Prod 2021; 84:1135-1148. [PMID: 33788569 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The new polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols, hyperforcinols A-J (1-10), were isolated from the fruits of Hypericum forrestii, together with 30 biogenetic congeners of known structures. The structures of hyperforcinols A-J were determined by HRESIMS and 1D/2D NMR spectroscopic analysis, and their absolute configurations were determined by a combination of the electronic circular dichroism (ECD) exciton chirality method, ECD calculations, and X-ray diffraction analysis. A selection of 25 isolates, possessing seven types of carbon skeletons, were assessed for their in vitro effects against nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) using a free fatty acid-induced L02 cell model. Compounds 20 and 40 significantly decreased intracellular lipid accumulation. QRT-PCR analyses revealed that compounds 20 and 40 regulate the expression of lipid metabolism-related genes, including CD36, FASN, PPARα, and ACOX1.
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- Wei-Jia Lu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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Li QJ, Tang PF, Zhou X, Lu WJ, Xu WJ, Luo J, Kong LY. Elodeoidins A–H, acylphloroglucinol meroterpenoids possessing diverse rearranged skeletons from Hypericum elodeoides. Org Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qo01118e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Inspired by the biosynthetic fragment (9), the first example of rearranged dimethylated acylphloroglucinol and monoterpene adducts, elodeoidins A–H (1–8) representing four skeletons and two rearranged pathways were authenticated from H. elodeoides.
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- Qi-Ji Li
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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Li QJ, Tang PF, Zhou X, Lu WJ, Xu WJ, Luo J, Kong LY. Dimethylated acylphloroglucinol meroterpenoids with anti-oral-bacterial and anti-inflammatory activities from Hypericum elodeoides. Bioorg Chem 2020; 104:104275. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lu WJ, Zhou L, Gao FX, Zhou YL, Li Z, Zhang XJ, Wang Y, Gui JF. Dynamic and Differential Expression of Duplicated Cxcr4/Cxcl12 Genes Facilitates Antiviral Response in Hexaploid Gibel Carp. Front Immunol 2020; 11:2176. [PMID: 33013914 PMCID: PMC7516010 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.02176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Chemokine receptor cxcr4 and its ligand cxcl12 have evolved two paralogs in the teleost lineage. In this study, we have identified four duplicated cxcr4 and cxcl12 genes from hexaploid gibel carp, Carassius gibelio, respectively. Cgcxcr4bs and Cgcxcl12as were dynamically and differentially expressed in immune-related tissues, and significantly up-regulated in head kidney and spleen after crucian carp herpesvirus (CaHV) infection. Blocking Cxcr4/Cxcl12 axis by injecting AMD3100 brought more severe bleeding symptom and lower survival rate in CaHV-infected fish. AMD3100 treatment also suppressed the up-regulation of key antiviral genes in head kidney and spleen, and resulted in more acute replication of CaHV in vivo. Consistently, the similar suppression of up-regulated expression of key antiviral genes were also observed in CAB cells treated by AMD3100 after poly(I:C) stimulation. Finally, MAPK3 and JAK/STAT were identified as the possible pathways that CgCxcr4s and CgCxcl12s participate in to promote the antiviral response in vitro.
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- Wei-Jia Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Cao R, Yang F, Ma SC, Liu L, Zhao Y, Li Y, Wu DH, Wang T, Lu WJ, Cai WJ, Zhu HB, Guo XJ, Lu YW, Kuang JJ, Huan WJ, Tang WM, Huang K, Huang J, Yao J, Dong ZY. Development and interpretation of a pathomics-based model for the prediction of microsatellite instability in Colorectal Cancer. Am J Cancer Res 2020; 10:11080-11091. [PMID: 33042271 PMCID: PMC7532670 DOI: 10.7150/thno.49864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Microsatellite instability (MSI) has been approved as a pan-cancer biomarker for immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy. However, current MSI identification methods are not available for all patients. We proposed an ensemble multiple instance deep learning model to predict microsatellite status based on histopathology images, and interpreted the pathomics-based model with multi-omics correlation. Methods: Two cohorts of patients were collected, including 429 from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA-COAD) and 785 from an Asian colorectal cancer (CRC) cohort (Asian-CRC). We established the pathomics model, named Ensembled Patch Likelihood Aggregation (EPLA), based on two consecutive stages: patch-level prediction and WSI-level prediction. The initial model was developed and validated in TCGA-COAD, and then generalized in Asian-CRC through transfer learning. The pathological signatures extracted from the model were analyzed with genomic and transcriptomic profiles for model interpretation. Results: The EPLA model achieved an area-under-the-curve (AUC) of 0.8848 (95% CI: 0.8185-0.9512) in the TCGA-COAD test set and an AUC of 0.8504 (95% CI: 0.7591-0.9323) in the external validation set Asian-CRC after transfer learning. Notably, EPLA captured the relationship between pathological phenotype of poor differentiation and MSI (P < 0.001). Furthermore, the five pathological imaging signatures identified from the EPLA model were associated with mutation burden and DNA damage repair related genotype in the genomic profiles, and antitumor immunity activated pathway in the transcriptomic profiles. Conclusions: Our pathomics-based deep learning model can effectively predict MSI from histopathology images and is transferable to a new patient cohort. The interpretability of our model by association with pathological, genomic and transcriptomic phenotypes lays the foundation for prospective clinical trials of the application of this artificial intelligence (AI) platform in ICB therapy.
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Chen FC, Fei Y, Li SJ, Wang Q, Luo X, Yan J, Lu WJ, Tong P, Song WH, Zhu XB, Zhang L, Zhou HB, Zheng FW, Zhang P, Lichtenstein AL, Katsnelson MI, Yin Y, Hao N, Sun YP. Temperature-Induced Lifshitz Transition and Possible Excitonic Instability in ZrSiSe. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:236601. [PMID: 32603145 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.236601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The nodal-line semimetals have attracted immense interest due to the unique electronic structures such as the linear dispersion and the vanishing density of states as the Fermi energy approaching the nodes. Here, we report temperature-dependent transport and scanning tunneling microscopy (spectroscopy) [STM(S)] measurements on nodal-line semimetal ZrSiSe. Our experimental results and theoretical analyses consistently demonstrate that the temperature induces Lifshitz transitions at 80 and 106 K in ZrSiSe, which results in the transport anomalies at the same temperatures. More strikingly, we observe a V-shaped dip structure around Fermi energy from the STS spectrum at low temperature, which can be attributed to co-effect of the spin-orbit coupling and excitonic instability. Our observations indicate the correlation interaction may play an important role in ZrSiSe, which owns the quasi-two-dimensional electronic structures.
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- F C Chen
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- College of Mathematics and Physics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
- School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 9, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany
- Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics Department, Ural Federal University, Mira Street 19, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics Department, Ural Federal University, Mira Street 19, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heijendaalseweg 135, NL-6525AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Lu WJ, Li G, Gao L. Colonic perforation in a nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient treated with fluorouracil: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2020; 8:1693-1697. [PMID: 32420303 PMCID: PMC7211521 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i9.1693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a commonly encountered type of tumor. Fluorouracil (FU) is an effective treatment providing satisfactory oncologic outcomes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. We describe a unique case of colonic perforation in an NPC patient treated with FU. Thus far, only two cases of intestinal perforation associated with FU treatment have been reported. We hope that the analysis of the relationship between the adverse effects of FU and physiological factors will help to reduce the incidence of colonic perforation in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with FU.
CASE SUMMARY A 67-year-old female patient suffered from NPC stage pT3N2M0. She had a history of three surgical procedures: Partial enterectomy, partial sigmoidectomy, and sigmoidostomy. After the administration of 2.75 g FU, a bloody stool appeared and the patient developed abdominal pain. Subsequent examination indicated colitis and intestinal perforation.
CONCLUSION FU is a commonly used drug in NPC chemotherapy. The most common adverse effect of FU is gastrointestinal reaction, and the colonic perforation found here is thought to be caused by gastrointestinal mucosal injury consequential to the FU treatment. When selecting chemotherapy drugs, their side effects and the physical condition of patients should be considered, particularly in patients with a history of gastrointestinal surgery.
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- Wei-Jia Lu
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong Province, China
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Yan J, Luo X, Gao JJ, Lv HY, Xi CY, Sun Y, Lu WJ, Tong P, Sheng ZG, Zhu XB, Song WH, Sun YP. The giant planar Hall effect and anisotropic magnetoresistance in Dirac node arcs semimetal PtSn 4. J Phys Condens Matter 2020; 32:315702. [PMID: 32235052 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab851f] [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: 06/11/2023]
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Topological semimetals (TSMs) present intriguing quantum states and have attracted much attention in recent years because of exhibiting various anomalous magneto-transport phenomena. Theoretical prediction shows that some novel phenomena, such as negative magnetoresistance (MR) and the planar Hall effect (PHE), originate from the chiral anomaly in TSMs. In this work, high-field (33 T) Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) oscillations are obtained to reveal the topology of PtSn4. Giant PHE and anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) are observed in Dirac node arcs of semimetal PtSn4. First, a non-zero transverse voltage can be acquired while tilting the in-plane magnetic field. Moreover, the amplitude of PHE sharply increases at T * ∼ 50 K with decreasing temperature, which is suggested to be related to the Fermi surface reconstruction observed in PtSn4. Subsequently, the field-dependent amplitudes of the PHE show an abnormal behavior around 50 K, which is thought to stem from the complex correlation between the chiral charge and electric one in PtSn4 driving the system into different coupling states due to the complicated band structure. On the other hand, the relative AMR is negative and up to -98% at 8.5 T. Our work proves that the PHE measurements are a convincing transport fingerprint feature to confirm the chiral anomaly in TSMs.
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- J Yan
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People's Republic of China. University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China
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Lu WJ, Xu WJ, Zhang YQ, Li YR, Zhou X, Li QJ, Zhang H, Luo J, Kong LY. Hyperforones A–C, benzoyl-migrated [5.3.1]-type polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols from Hypericum forrestii. Org Chem Front 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qo00152j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Unprecedented benzoyl-migrated polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols with a unique C-1 H-substituted bicyclo[5.3.1]hendecane framework, hyperforones A–C (1–3), were isolated from Hypericum forrestii.
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- Wei-Jia Lu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
- People's Republic of China
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Xu WJ, Tang PF, Lu WJ, Zhang YQ, Wang XB, Zhang H, Luo J, Kong LY. Hyperberins A and B, Type B Polycyclic Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinols with Bicyclo[5.3.1]hendecane Core from Hypericum beanii. Org Lett 2019; 21:8558-8562. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Wen-Jun Xu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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Qiu J, Han ZY, Wang X, Lu WJ, Pan L, Sun GJ, Qin XF, Wang ZB, Liu GH, Wang XL, Qiu CG. [Outcomes of patients treated with drug-coated balloons for de novo large coronary vessels]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2019; 47:452-456. [PMID: 31262129 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3758.2019.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of drug-coated balloons (DCB) for de novo large coronary vessels. Methods: One hundred and two patients were retrospectively enrolled in this study, there were 104 lesions with the reference lumen diameter of target vessel more than 2.8 mm and patients were treated with DCB in de novo lesions during May 2015 and July 2017 in our center. Coronary artery angiography and quantitative coronary angiography were performed in 82 (80.4%) patients at follow up period ((8.1±1.7) months post procedure). The endpoints were late lumen loss (LLL) at follow up,and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) including cardiac death, myocardial infarction (MI), target lesion revascularization (TLR) and stent or target lesion thrombosis at 12 months post procedure. Results: Ninety-eight lesions were treated with DCB only, 6 (5.9%) bailout drug-eluting stent (DES) were used because of severe coronary dissection, 2 patients (2.0%) received revascularization driven by acute ischemic events during hospitalization. Cutting balloons and NSE balloons were used in 65.4% (68/104) and 26.0% (27/104) lesions. The lesion length was (12.57±3.58) mm and the DCB length was (19.87±4.55) mm. The late lumen loss was (0.01±0.52) mm during angiographic follow up. The TLR rate and overall MACE rate was 3.9% (4/102) and 3.9% (4/102) and there was no death,MI and target lesion thrombosis at 12 months follow up. Conclusion: DCB treatment for de novo large coronary vessels is effective and safe.
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- J Qiu
- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Zhou F, Li DF, Yuan L, Fu HY, Ma P, Zhang KD, Lu WJ. [A comparative study of two chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mouse models established by different methods]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2019; 42:367-371. [PMID: 31137113 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2019.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To compare chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mouse models established by two different methods-cigarette smoke (CS) exposure alone and CS exposure combined with airway instillation of bacterial LPS. Methods: Male C57 mice were randomly divided into control group(CTL group), CS exposure group (CS group) and intra-tracheal LPS instillation combined with CS exposure group (LPS+CS group) according to the random number table, with 8 rats in each group. After the models were established, we measured the lung function and collected the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) to detect the number of inflammatory cells and the expression of mucin and inflammatory mediators. HE and PAS staining were performed to observe the pathological changes in airway and lung tissue and to detect the goblet cells in airway, respectively. Results: Total lung capacity (TLC), functional residual capacity (FRC) and airway resistance (RI) of the CS and LPS+CS groups were higher than those of the CTL group, while the FEV(50)/FVC of these 2 groups was lower (P<0.05). Moreover, both RI and FEV(50)/FVC in the LPS+CS group were higher compared with the CS group (P<0.05). HE staining of lung tissue showed that the average alveolar intercept and thickness of small airway wall in the CS and LPS+CS groups were higher compared to the CTL group. In addition, the average alveolar intercept in the LPS+CS group was lower than that in the CS group [(47.86±2.82) μm and (61.94±7.68) μm respectively, P<0.05], but the area of bronchial inflammation of LPS+CS group was higher. The number of total white blood cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes, macrophages and the level of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in BALF of CS and LPS+CS groups were higher than those of CTL group (all P<0.05). Furthermore, the number of neutrophils and IL-6 level in BALF of LPS+CS group were higher in comparison with CS group, while the number of macrophages in BALF of LPS+CS group was lower (P<0.05). PAS staining of lung tissue indicated that the number of goblet cells in large airways of CS and LPS+CS groups increased more significantly compared to the CTL group, and the number of goblet cells in the LPS+CS group was higher than that in the CS group [(0.16±0.02) and (0.09±0.02) respectively, P<0.05]. The expression levels of Muc5ac and Muc5b in BALF of LPS+CS and CS groups were also higher than those of CTL group (P<0.05), and the level of Muc5ac in BALF of LPS+CS group was higher compared with CS group[(2.69±0.72) and (2.19±0.29) respectively, P<0.05]. Conclusions: Combined exposure of LPS and CS for establishing a COPD mouse model could better simulate the pathological characteristics of human COPD during the acute exacerbation period. The COPD mouse model established by CS exposure alone was able to better imitate the basic features of human COPD in the stable period. Researchers could choose a more appropriate modeling method according to different purposes.
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- F Zhou
- Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750001, China
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- Department of Respiration, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Lab of Respiratory Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510210, China
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- Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750001, China
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- Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750001, China
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- Ningxia Medical University, Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Lab of Respiratory Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510210, China
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Lu WJ, Gao FX, Wang Y, Zhang QY, Li Z, Zhang XJ, Zhou L, Gui JF. Differential expression of innate and adaptive immune genes in the survivors of three gibel carp gynogenetic clones after herpesvirus challenge. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:432. [PMID: 31138127 PMCID: PMC6540555 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5777-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Accompanied with rapid growth and high density aquaculture, gibel carp has been seriously threatened by Carassius auratus herpesvirus (CaHV) since 2012. In previous study, distinct CaHV resistances and immune responses were revealed in the diseased individuals of three gibel carp gynogenetic clones (A+, F and H). However, little is known about the gene expression changes in the survivors after CaHV challenge, particularly their differences of innate and adaptive immune system between susceptible clone and resistant clone. RESULTS We firstly confirmed the CaHV carrier state in the survivors of three gibel carp clones after CaHV challenge by evaluating the abundances of five CaHV genes. The assay of viral loads indicated the resistant clone H possessed not only stronger resistance but also higher tolerance to CaHV. Then, 2818, 4047 and 3323 differentially expressed unigenes (DEUs) were screened from the head-kidney transcriptome profiles of survivors compared with controls from clone A+, F and H. GO and KEGG analysis suggested that a persistent immune response might sustain in resistant clone H and F, while susceptible clone A+ had a long-term impact on the circulatory system which was consistent with the major symptoms of bleeding caused by CaHV. Among the top 30 enriched pathways of specifically up-regulated DEUs in respective clones, 26, 7 and 15 pathways in clone H, F and A+ were associated with infections, diseases, or immune-related pathways respectively. In addition, 20 pathways in clone F belonged to "metabolism" or "biogenesis", and 7 pathways involved in "circulatory system" were enriched in clone A+. Significantly, we revealed the differential expression changes of IFN system genes and immunoglobulin (Ig) genes among the survivors of three clones. Finally, myosins and Igs were identified as co-expression modules which were positively or negatively correlated to CaHV viral loads respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our results revealed the common and distinct gene expression changes in immune and circulatory system in the survivors of three gibel carp gynogenetic clones with different CaHV resistances. The current study represents a paradigm of differential innate and adaptive immune reactions in teleost, and will be beneficial to the disease-resistance breeding of gibel carp.
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- Wei-Jia Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072 Hubei China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072 Hubei China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Institute of Marine Biology, College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072 Hubei China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072 Hubei China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072 Hubei China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072 Hubei China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072 Hubei China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072 Hubei China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
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Li YR, Xu WJ, Wei SS, Lu WJ, Luo J, Kong LY. Hyperbeanols F-Q, diverse monoterpenoid polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols from the flowers of Hypericum beanii. Phytochemistry 2019; 159:56-64. [PMID: 30578929 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Hyperbeanols F-Q, which are twelve undescribed monoterpenoid polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols, and four known analogues were isolated from the dried flowers of Hypericum beanii. Their structures were elucidated by detailed HRESIMS and 1D and 2D NMR data analyses. The absolute configurations of hyperbeanols FH were established by the circular dichroism (CD) exciton chirality method. The plausible biosynthetic pathway speculation of hyperbeanols F-Q indicated that diverse reactions, including prenylation, 1,6-ene reaction, rearrangement, epoxidation and dehydration, contributed to their diverse skeletons. Hyperbeanols FI, O and hypercalin B exhibited moderate nitric oxide (NO) inhibitory activities in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages, with IC50 values in the range of 17.11-28.74 μM.
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- Yi-Ran Li
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, PR China.
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Wang X, Li AJ, Li WZ, Lu WJ, Cui WZ. [The effects of Xuebijing injection on apoptosis and expression of regulatory factors TNF-α、NF-κB and Caspase-3 expression in the lung tissues of acute paraquat-induced rats]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2018; 36:551-555. [PMID: 30248777 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2018.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the mechanism of Xuebijing injection in the treatment of acute paraquat poisoning by means of studying the expression of TNF-alpha, NF-kappa B, Caspase-3 and the changes of cell apoptosis rate detected by TUNEL in the lung tissue of acute paraquat-induced rats. Methods: On the base of random number table, 126 Wister rats weighing 220 g to 270 g were divided into 3 groups: (1) Control group: 42 rats, (2) Poisoned group: 42 rats, (3) Treatment group: 42 rats. On 1(st)、3(rd)、7(th)、14(th)、21(st)、28(th)、and 35(th) day, six rats from each group were anaesthetized by intraperitoneal injection of chloral hydrate. To cut the chest and take the lung tissue samples. The expression levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Nuclear Factor-kappa B and Caspase-3 protein in lung tissue were detected by immunohistochemical staining, as well as apoptotic cell rate was detected by TUNEL staining. Results: The expression levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Nuclear Factor-kappa B, Caspase-3 protein and TUNEL staining in the lung tissue of the poisoned group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05) . Compared with the poisoned group, the expression of TNF-alpha, NF-kappa B, Caspase-3 and TUNEL in treatment group decreased significantly (P<0.05) , but they were still higher than those of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant compared with the control group (P<0.05) . Conclusion: Apoptosis and TNF-alpha, NF-kappa B and Caspase-3 play an important role in lung injury of paraquat-induced rats. Xuebijing injection can inhibit the expression of TNF-alpha, NF-kappa B, Caspase-3 in lung tissue, reduce the apoptosis rate and alleviate the damage of lung tissue in paraquat-poisoning rats.
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- X Wang
- Department of Emergency, the Handan Central Hospital, Handan 056001, China
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Gao FX, Lu WJ, Wang Y, Zhang QY, Zhang YB, Mou CY, Li Z, Zhang XJ, Liu CW, Zhou L, Gui JF. Differential expression and functional diversification of diverse immunoglobulin domain-containing protein (DICP) family in three gynogenetic clones of gibel carp. Dev Comp Immunol 2018; 84:396-407. [PMID: 29555550 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2018.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Diverse immunoglobulin (Ig) domain-containing protein (DICP) family is a novel bony fish-specific multi-gene family encoding diversified immune receptors. However, their function and the implication of binding partners remain unknown. In this study, we first identified 28 DICPs from three gibel carp gynogenetic clones and revealed their high variability and clone-specific feature. After crucian carp herpesvirus (CaHV) infection, these DICPs were significantly upregulated in head kidney, kidney and spleen. The up-regulation folds in clone A+, F and H were related to the susceptibility to CaHV, progressively increasing from resistant clone to susceptible clone. Overexpression of gibel carp DICPs inhibited interferon (IFN) and viperin promoter-driven luciferase activity. The additions of E. coli extracts and lipid A significantly enhanced the inhibition effect. In addition, gibel carp DICPs can interact with SHP-1 and SHP-2. These findings suggest that gible carp DICPs, as inhibitory receptors, might specifically recognize lipid A, and then interact with SHP-1 and SHP-2 to inhibit the induction of IFN and ISGs.
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- Fan-Xiang Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Xiao RC, Cheung CH, Gong PL, Lu WJ, Si JG, Sun YP. Inversion symmetry breaking induced triply degenerate points in orderly arranged PtSeTe family materials. J Phys Condens Matter 2018; 30:245502. [PMID: 29726842 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aac298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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k paths exactly with [Formula: see text] symmetry allow to find triply degenerate points (TDPs) in band structures. The paths that host the type-II Dirac points in PtSe2 family materials also have the [Formula: see text] spatial symmetry. However, due to Kramers degeneracy (the systems have both inversion symmetry and time reversal symmetry), the crossing points in them are Dirac ones. In this work, based on symmetry analysis, first-principles calculations, and [Formula: see text] method, we predict that PtSe2 family materials should undergo topological transitions if the inversion symmetry is broken, i.e. the Dirac fermions in PtSe2 family materials split into TDPs in PtSeTe family materials (PtSSe, PtSeTe, and PdSeTe) with orderly arranged S/Se (Se/Te). It is different from the case in high-energy physics that breaking inversion symmetry I leads to the splitting of Dirac fermion into Weyl fermions. We also address a possible method to achieve the orderly arranged in PtSeTe family materials in experiments. Our study provides a real example that Dirac points transform into TDPs, and is helpful to investigate the topological transition between Dirac fermions and TDP fermions.
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- R C Xiao
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China. University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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Zheng QY, Kuang MD, Li Y, Wu XT, Huang JY, Zhang CT, Liu HW, Lu WJ, Wang J, Chen YQ. [Establishment and evaluation of a new method for determining hemodynamics of pulmonary hypertension rats]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2018; 41:485-490. [PMID: 29886624 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2018.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: By evaluating the hemodynamic parameters such as cardiac output (CO), right ventricular pressure (RVP), pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and total pulmonary resistance index (TPRI) in pulmonary hypertension rat model, we established a more comprehensive hemodynamic evaluation system, which objectively evaluated the severity of disease and exercise tolerance in rats with pulmonary hypertension. Methods: SD rats were randomly divided into a control group and a model group with 5 rats in each group. The model group was intraperitoneally injected with SU5416 (20 mg/kg) and placed in an oxygen chamber at a 10% oxygen concentration for 21 days and then placed in a normoxic environment for 14 days. After modeling, rats were anesthetized and mechanically ventilated. The operator cut the skin along the right paraxial line, detached and ligated the intercostal artery, and then cut off the 3 and 4 ribs, exposing the heart and freeing aortic root about 0.2 cm. The flowmeter probe was set in the dissected aortic segment, and real-time recording time, blood flow waveforms, cardiac output were calculated accordingly. Then the needle attached to the baroreceptor was inserted into the right ventricle and the system acquired the right ventricular time-pressure waveform. After the waveform stabilized for about 30 seconds, the end of the cannula was sent to the pulmonary artery trunk through the entrance of the pulmonary artery to record the time-pressure curve of the pulmonary artery. Results: RVSP, PASP, PADP and mPAP in the model group were significantly higher than those of the control group [ RVSP(23.4±5.4) mmHg, 1 mmHg=0.133 kPa vs (56.4±13.0) mmHg, PASP (22.8±4.4) mmHg vs (58.5±14.9) mmHg, PADP (9.7±1.9) mmHg vs (30.3±7.0) mmHg, mPAP (14.1±2.7) mmHg vs (41.9±8.0) mmHg, all P<0.05 ]. Compared with the control group, the cardiac index in the model group was significantly lower [ CI (0.54±0.08) ml·min(-1)·g(-1) vs (0.40±0.09) ml·min(-1)·g(-1,) P=0.02 ]. Furthermore, compared with the control group, pulmonary vascular resistance index was significantly increased in the model group[PVRI (0.27±0.03) mmHg·ml(-1)·min(-1)·kg(-1) vs (0.06±0.01) mmHg·ml(-1)·min(-1)·kg(-1,) P<0.05]. The pathological results also showed that the middle part of pulmonary arterioles in the model group had muscular hypertrophy and muscular pulmonary arterioles, and even plexiform lesions. Conclusion: In this study, we established a new method that simultaneously determined several hemodynamic parameters such as RVSP, PASP, PADP, CO, CI and PVRI, which provided a more comprehensive assessment of hemodynamic changes in pulmonary hypertension rat models.
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- Q Y Zheng
- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Ouyang HP, Chen YQ, Lu WJ. [The role of aquaporin in the development of pulmonary diseases]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2018; 41:63-65. [PMID: 29343021 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2018.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Wu XT, Kuang MD, Ouyang X, Li Y, Yuan MM, Lu WJ, Wang J, Chen YQ. [Method for recording tension changes of small pulmonary artery and vein using the isolated vessel tension measurement system]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2017; 40:931-935. [PMID: 29224304 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Objective: To establish a standardized method for isolated pulmonary artery and vein rings with different diameter, pressure and length, which could provide a more scientific method for in vitro study of pulmonary vessel diseases. Methods: Male SD rats were anesthetized, and the right ventricular systolic pressure were measured. Small pulmonary artery and vein rings with 200-400 μm in diameter and 2 mm in length were prepared by dissecting pulmonary arteries and veins. The pulmonary vessel rings were mounted in the organ bath by 2 stainless steel wires with diameter of 40 μm. Then the internal circumference of the vessel rings was increased gradually with 100 μm per step. At the same time the vascular tension was recorded by the Myograph System and Acknowledgement data acquisition system, and subsequently the passive length-tension exponential curve was made. The initial tension of the rings was set, equilibrated for another 30 min, and then stimulated with 60 mmol/L KCl 3 times, and the best contractile reactivity was achieved. The contractile reactivity of pulmonary artery rings and endothelial integrity were detected by exposure to 1 μmol/L phenylephrine(PE) and 10 μmol/L acetylcholine(Ach), while the contractile reactivity of pulmonary vein rings was detected by exposure to 1 μmol/L U46619 and 10 μmol/L papaverine. Results: The contraction and relaxation effects of the pulmonary artery rings reached 0.39 mg and 92% when they were stimulated by 1 μmol/L PE and 10 μmol/L Ach. The contraction and relaxation effects of pulmonary vein rings were up to 0.13 mg and 84% when they were exposed to 1 μmol/L U46619 and 10 μmol/L papaverine, respectively. Conclusion: Pulmonary artery and vein rings with appropriate basal tension and optimal vasodilator activity were prepared, and a standardized method of tension experiment for isolated pulmonary artery and vein rings established.
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- X T Wu
- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Yang C, Qu BY, Pan SS, Zhang L, Zhang RR, Tong P, Xiao RC, Lin JC, Guo XG, Zhang K, Tong HY, Lu WJ, Wu Y, Lin S, Song WH, Sun YP. Large Positive Thermal Expansion and Small Band Gap in Double-ReO 3-Type Compound NaSbF 6. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:4990-4995. [PMID: 28406625 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Double-ReO3-type structure compound NaSbF6 undergoes a low-temperature rhombohedral to high-temperature cubic phase between 303 and 323 K, as revealed by temperature-dependent X-ray diffractions. Although many double-ReO3-type fluorides exhibit either low thermal expansion or negative thermal expansion (NTE), NaSbF6 exhibits positive thermal expansion (PTE) with a large volumetric coefficient of thermal expansion, αv = 62 ppm/K, in its cubic phase. Raman spectroscopy reveals that the low-frequency transverse vibration of fluorine atoms is stiffened in NaSbF6, compared with the typical NTE compound CaZrF6 with the same structure. The related weak contraction associated with the polyhedral rocking would be overcome by the notable elongation of the Na-F bond length on heating, thus leading to the large volumetric PTE. Unlike ScF3 and CaZrF6 which are insulators with a wide band gap, a relative small band gap of 3.76 eV was observed in NaSbF6. The small band gap can be attributed to the hybridization between the Sb 5s and F 2p orbitals.
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- C Yang
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Amorphous Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology , Hefei 230009, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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Sun ZH, Wang Y, Lu WJ, Li Z, Liu XC, Li SS, Zhou L, Gui JF. Divergent Expression Patterns and Function Implications of Four nanos Genes in a Hermaphroditic Fish, Epinephelus coioides. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:E685. [PMID: 28333083 PMCID: PMC5412271 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18040685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 02/13/2017] [Revised: 03/12/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Multiple nanos genes have been characterized in several fishes, but the functional implications of their various expression patterns remain unclear. In this study, we identified and characterized four nanos genes from a hermaphroditic fish orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides. Ecnanos1a and Ecnanos1b show divergent expression patterns, and the dynamic expression change of Ecnanos1a in pituitaries during sex change is associated with testis differentiation and spermatogenesis. Ecnanos2 and Ecnanos3 might be germline stem cells (GSCs) and primordial germ cells (PGCs)-specific markers, respectively. Significantly, Ecnanos3 3'-untranslated region (UTR) is necessary for PGC specific expression, where a non-canonical "GCACGTTT" sequence is required for miR-430-mediated repression of Ecnanos3 RNA. Furthermore, grouper Dead end (Dnd) can relieve miR-430 repression in PGCs by associating with a 23 bp U-rich region (URR) in Ecnanos3 3'-UTR. The current study revealed the functional association of multiple nanos genes with PGC formation and germ cell development in orange-spotted grouper, and opened up new possibilities for developing biotechnologies through utilizing the associations between Ecnanos3 and PGCs or between Ecnanos2 and GSCs in the hermaphroditic fish.
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- Zhi-Hui Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, The Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, The Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
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Li MC, Chen YQ, Zhang CT, Jiang Q, Lu WJ, Wang J. [Primary culture and functional identification of distal pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells in mice]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2017; 40:81-85. [PMID: 28209036 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To establish a method of isolation and primary culture of mice distal pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) and identify the functional properties. Methods: PASMCs were harvested from the distal pulmonary artery (PA) tissue of mice by enzymatic digestion of collagenaseⅠand papain; and the growth characteristics were observed under inverted microscope and identified by Immunofluorescence technique. Effects on the intracellular calcium ion concentration of distal PASMCs were detected by Fura-2-AM fluorescent probe tracer under a fluorescence microscope in Krebs solution containing clopiazonic acid (CPA) and nifedipin (Nif). Results: PASMCs density reached approximately to 80% in a typical valley-peak-like shape after 6 days. Cell α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) immunofluorescence identified that 95% of the cultured cells were PASMCs. More than 95% PASMCs responded well to calcium-potassium Krebs solution (potassium ion concentration of 60 mmol/L) and showed a rapid increase in basal [Ca(2+) ](i) after 1 minute's perfusion (Δ[Ca(2+) ](i)>50), which demonstrated that the voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCC) of distal PASMCs were in good function; after the perfusion of calcium Krebs, calcium-free/calcium-Krebs containing CPA and Nif, distal PASMCs showed two typical peaks, indicated the full function of store-operated calcium channel (SOCC) in distal PASMCs. Conclusion: This experiment successfully established a stable and reliable mice distal PASMCs model and the study of pulmonary vascular diseases could benefit from its higher purity and better functional condition.
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- M C Li
- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Wu XT, Chen YQ, Lu WJ. [Role of pulmonary vein in pulmonary hypertension]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2017; 40:68-70. [PMID: 28100367 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Cao MN, Chen YQ, Jiang Q, Li MC, Lu WJ, Wang J. [Hypoxia induced the remodeling of pulmonary arterial smooth muscles and increased the pulmonary artery smooth muscle Krüppel-like zinc-finger transcription factor 5 expression]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2016; 39:791-795. [PMID: 27784498 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2016.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the effect of chronic hypoxia on pulmonary arterial remodeling and Krüppel-like zinc-finger transcription factor 5 (KLF5) protein expression in pulmonary artery smooth muscles in a hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension model. Methods: Totally 20 adult SD rats (200-250 g) were divided into a normoxia group and a chronic hypoxia group by the random number table. Rats in the chronic hypoxia group were put in an automatic hypoxia box for 21 days. After that, right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP), mean right ventricular pressure (mRVP) and RV/(LV+ S) were measured. Lung tissue sections were made. The lumen area, ratio of wall thickness to radius of pulmonary artery were gauged by using the Image Pro Plus software. Primary PASMCs were cultured in oxygen-deficient environment (4% O2)or normal oxygen environment (21% O2)for 60 hours respectively, and then total protein or RNA were extracted for Western blotting and Q-PCR analysis.KLF5 protein expression in rat pulmonary arterial smooth muscle and pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells was detected by Western blot. Results: Compared with the normoxia group(28.3±0.4), (11.3±1.0)mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), the RVSP and mRVP in the chronic hypoxia group [(43.9±1.3), (26.5±2.3)mmHg] were significantly increased(P<0.05). The Rv/(LV+ S)of the chronic hypoxia group was(0.48±0.03), markedly higher than that of the normoxia group(0.27±0.01, P<0.05). The luminal area/total area of artery in the chronic hypoxia group decreased to (46.1±6.6)% compared with that in the normoxia group [(68.73±3.06)%, P<0.05]. The wall thickness/arterial radius(WT%)of the chronic hypoxia group increased up to (5.64±0.32)% as compared with (3.7±0.4)% of the normoxia group (P<0.05). The level of KLF5 protein in pulmonary arterial smooth muscles of the chronic hypoxia group was (21.6±7.2) times that of the normoxia group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Hypoxia induced the increase of RVSP, mRVP, RV/(LV+ S), accompanied with pulmonary arterial remodeling. The underlying mechanism of the artery change may be related to up-regulated expression of KLF5.
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Dong BB, Chen YY, Hui HX, Lu WJ, Yang XQ, Liu YF. [Characterization of Cr Tolerance and Accumulation in Lolium perenne L. and Pharibitis purpurea(L.) Voigt]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2016; 37:4044-4053. [PMID: 29964442 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.2016.10.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Considering the serious pollution of heavy metal-chromium (Cr) in soil, there is an urgent need for effective selection of Cr-tolerant plant species. In order to gain fundamental insights into the tolerance and accumulation capabilities of Lolium perenne L. and Pharibitis purpurea(L.) Voigt under Cr stress, a pot experiment was conducted to investigate their growth, physiology and accumulation characteristics under Cr(Ⅲ) and Cr(Ⅵ) stress. The results showed the growth parameters could intuitively reflect the toxicity levels of Cr for plants. For instance, a low-level Cr(Ⅲ) (<250 mg·kg-1) in soil was good for plant growth as indicated by the significant elevation of plant height, root length and biomass in L. perenne (P<0.05). However, Cr(Ⅵ) at all concentrations (≥25 mg·kg-1) in the soil inhibited the growth of both plant species, and the root length was particularly sensitive to the toxicity of Cr. The physiological parameters of plant represented both the toxicity of Cr and the tolerance of plants under Cr stress. A decrease of root activity and an increase of malonaldehyde content were observed under Cr stress, which indicated the physiological metabolism of plants was disturbed. In the presence of both Cr species, the proline content increased, which served as an indicator for both high Cr toxicity and increase of osmotic balance in plants. A rise in SOD and POD activity reflected the defense ability of plants against oxidative stress caused by Cr. In addition, the Cr-accumulation related parameters were the major standards for tolerant species selection. The Cr(Ⅵ) accumulation capacities of both plant species were greater than their Cr(Ⅲ) accumulation capacities. The maximum accumulation amounts of L. perenne and P. purpurea reached 957.4 mg·kg-1 and 743.3 mg·kg-1 in roots and 394.7 mg·kg-1 and 340.4 mg·kg-1 in shoots, respectively. In comparison with P. purpurea, L. perenne displayed a stronger Cr accumulation capacity in roots with a maximum bioaccumulation factor of 15.55. However, the transport ability of P. purpurea was superior to L. perenne. All of the parameters demonstrated that both L. perenne and P. purpurea could be used as alternative plants for phytoremediation of Cr-contaminated soil.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Geological Engineering, Qingdao 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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Li XW, Lin YZ, Lin H, Huang JB, Tang XM, Long XM, Lu WJ, Wen ZK, Liang J, Li DY, Zhao XF. Histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate solution decreases mortality and morbidity in high-risk patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with complex congenital heart disease: an 11-year experience from a single institution. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 49:e5208. [PMID: 27191607 PMCID: PMC4869826 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20165208] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cardioplegic reperfusion during a long term ischemic period interrupts cardiac
surgery and also increases cellular edema due to repeated solution administration. We
reviewed the clinical experiences on myocardial protection of a single perfusion with
histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) for high-risk patients with severe pulmonary
arterial hypertension associated with complex congenital heart disease. This
retrospective study included 101 high-risk patients undergoing arterial switch
operation between March 2001 and July 2012. We divided the cohort into two groups:
HTK group, myocardial protection was carried out with one single perfusion with HTK
solution; and St group, myocardial protection with conventional St. Thomas'
crystalloid cardioplegic solution. The duration of cardiopulmonary bypass did not
differ between the two groups. The mortality, morbidity, ICU stay, post-operative
hospitalization time, and number of transfusions in HTK group were lower than those
in St group (P<0.05). Univariate and multivariate analysis showed that HTK is a
statistically significant independent predictor of decreased early mortality and
morbidity (P<0.05). In conclusion, HTK solution seems to be an effective and safe
alternative to St. Thomas' solution for cardioplegic reperfusion in high-risk
patients with complex congenital heart disease.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Ruikang Hospital, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Pediatric Center of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Ruikang Hospital, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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Lu J, Lu WJ, Wu YL. [The clinical characteristics and the diagnosis and treatment of tumors of duodenal papilla]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2016; 54:187-90. [PMID: 26932886 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5815.2016.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of duodenal papilla tumors. METHODS The clinical data of 76 patients diagnosed as tumor of duodenal papilla for endoscopic or surgical treatment, in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine since April 2004 to April 2015 were collected and analyzed retrospectively. There were 50 male and 26 female patients aging from 38 to 83 years with a median age of 62 years. All patients were diagnosed by ultrasound, CT or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. All the 76 patients accepted surgical treatment, among which 61 cases accepted pancreaticoduodenectomy, 6 cases accepted trans-duodenum papillae resection and reconstruction, 5 cases accepted endoscopic duodenal papilla tumor resection and 4 cases accepted palliative operations. Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze the survival rate. RESULTS Among the 76 cases of patients, the pathological diagnosis included 10 cases of benign tumors, 8 cases of precancerous lesions, 58 cases of malignant tumor. Death cases were not caused by postoperative complications. Coincidence rate of preoperative biopsy and postoperative pathological diagnosis was 77.6%. Postoperative follow-up was 2 to 120 months, the results showed that the 1, 3, 5 year survival rates were 73.2%, 51.8%, 32.1% for 53 patients with duodenal papillary carcinoma. CONCLUSIONS Duodenal papilla tumors had varied clinical manifestations, ultrasound, CT and endoscopic examination and ERCP can improve the diagnostic rate of duodenal papilla tumors. For benign tumors and early stage malignant tumors, local excision or endoscopic resection was safe and effective. For advanced malignancies, radical pancreaticoduodenectomy was essential.
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- Department of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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Pseudoperonospora cubensis is a species of water mould known for causing downy mildew on cucurbits. 454 GS FLX Titanium sequencing data was used to obtain its complete mitochondrial genome (38 553 bp). The mitogenome contains 60 genes, including two ribosomal RNA, 25 transfer RNA, 15 ribosomal proteins, five open reading frames (ORFs). The rps3 and rpl16 overlapped each other by 14 bp. The gene order and composition of P. cubensis was similar to that of most other oomycetes, and its GC content was 22.4%. It is the first report of the complete mitochondrial genome in the genus Pseudoperonospora. Phylogeny analysis indicates that P. cubensis has a close genetic relationship with genus Phytophthora.
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- Wei-Jia Lu
- a Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products Co., Ltd. , Chengguan District , Lanzhou , China
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- b Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou , Gansu , People's Republic of China , and
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- c Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , China
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Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis Bunge), a member of the Fabaceae, is an important ornamental plant native to China with reported desirable medicinal effects, including stimulating blood circulation, detumescence, and detoxification (1). In October 2011, wilt symptoms of gradual leaf yellowing, wilting, scorching (marginal browning), and twig dieback were observed on plants in Yangling, Shaanxi, China. The incidence of diseased plants was about 20% in two main areas (about 20 ha in Zijingshan Park in Zhengzhou, Henan Province; and about 3,000 ha in Taiping National Forest Park in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province). Wilted leaves of diseased plant senesced and died, but defoliation was not observed. Brown discoloration was observed in vascular tissues of petioles, twigs, and stems of diseased plants, sometimes in a ring pattern. The symptoms were often restricted to the lower part of the tree or a few branches. To identify the causal agent, six twigs (each approximately 50 mm in diameter and 10 cm long) sampled from an infected tree in Yangling were rinsed in running water, surface-sterilized with 75% ethanol for 2 min, rinsed in sterilized water three times, dried, cut into 1 cm long segments, and the segments put onto potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium. A fungal isolate was recovered from diseased vascular tissues of each sample when cultured on PDA in the dark at 25°C. After 5 days, colonies changed from white to black as a result of production of microsclerotia. Microscopic observation revealed that conidiophores were hyaline and verticillate, with three to four phialides at each node. Conidia were ellipsoidal, hyaline, single-celled, and 2.5 to 7.5 × 1.25 to 4.5 μm. On the basis of these morphological characteristics, the fungus was identified as Verticillium dahliae (3). To prove Koch's postulates, the roots of 10 healthy, 1-year-old C. chinensis plants were each irrigated in a greenhouse with 50 ml of a conidial suspension (1.0 × 107 spores/ml) of an isolate recovered from an infected plant (2); five control plants were inoculated similarly with sterilized water. Fifteen days after inoculation, the same wilt symptoms observed on the original plants had developed on 9 of the 10 inoculated plants, whereas the control plants remained healthy. The pathogen was recovered 15 days after inoculation by isolating from petiole and stem tissues of symptomatic plants, but was not isolated from the control plants. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) of the nuclear ribosomal DNA was PCR-amplified with primers ITS1 and ITS4 (4), and sequenced. BLAST analysis of the ITS sequence (GenBank Accession No. AB735536) showed 100% homology with that of an isolate of V. dahliae (FJ572050). To our knowledge, this is the first report of Verticillium wilt on C. chinensis in China. References: (1) Y. Li et al. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 47:1021, 2005. (2) H. A. Melouk and C. E. Horner. Phytopathology 65:767, 1975. (3) G. F. Pegg and B. L. Brady. Verticillium Wilts, CABI Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2002. (4) T. J. White et al. PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods and Applications. M. A. Innis et al., eds. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1990.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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Lu WJ, Huang YK, Li WF. First Report of Smut of Saccharum arundinaceum Caused by Sporisorium sorghi in Yunnan, China. Plant Dis 2013; 97:686. [PMID: 30722194 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-11-0927-pdn] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Saccharum arundinaceum (Retz.) is a wild species of S. officinarum with good resistance to pests, diseases, drought, cold, and infertile soils, and has favorable tillering potential (4). Hybridization of S. arundinaceum with sugarcane may enable favorable characteristics of S. arundinaceum to be exploited, broadening the genetic base of sugarcane breeding. In May 2009, symptoms of a disease were observed on plants of S. arundinaceum at the National Nursery of Sugarcane Germplasm Resources in Yunnan Province, China, on approximately 10% of 120 plants within three germplasm collections of S. arundinaceum. The initial symptom was dwarfing, resulting in the spike heading 1 to 2 months earlier than on healthy plants. As infection progressed, the spikelet of each diseased plant became full of the black, powdery mass of fungal spores enclosed in an off-white membrane. Finally, the entire spike became severely infected. A Sporisorium sp. was isolated from diseased spike tissues that were surface-sterilized with 70% alcohol, then with 0.1% mercury chloride, dipped in sterilized water three times for 3 min each time, dried on sterilized absorbent paper, and placed onto potato dextrose agar (PDA) at 27 ± 2°C in the dark. Nine fungal isolates were identified as Sporisorium sorghi Ehrenberg ex. Link based on sorus morphology as well as spore morphology and color (1). Sori were cylindrical or oval and 2.5 to 12.0 mm in diameter. Spores were spherical, light olive-brown or black, and 5.0 to 9.0 × 4.0 to 8.5 mm. Preliminary morphological identification of the fungus was confirmed by PCR assay using genomic DNA extracted from the mycelia of pure cultures of each of nine isolates, which generated a 750-bp amplified region of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA using ITS1/ITS4 universal primers (3). The ITS region was then sequenced (GenBank Accession No. JX183795), and displayed 98% similarity with the ITS sequence of an isolate of S. sorghi from Sorghum bicolor from each of France (AF038828.1) and Germany (AY740021.1). A pathogenicity test was completed with the S. arundinaceum isolate of S. sorghi by spraying 20 ml of a spore suspension (104 conidia/ml) onto each of 10 stems (2) of S. arundinaceum in a field in February 2010. The spore suspension was prepared from 30-day-old cultures growing on PDA. Stems were inoculated approximately 4 cm above the ground, where each stem was cut with sterilized shears. For the control treatment, each of 10 cut stems was inoculated with 20 ml of sterilized water. Three replications of 10 stems were used for each treatment. Approximately 3.5 months after inoculation, symptoms began to appear on 18 of the 30 stems (three replicates of 10 stems) inoculated with the S. sorghi spore suspension, when heading occurred on the stems. Five months later, each entire spike exhibited symptoms. No symptoms were observed on control spikes of stems inoculated with water. S. sorghi was reisolated onto PDA from the tissues of diseased spikes on inoculated stems, and the reisolates were identified by PCR assay using ITS1/ITS4 universal primers, as described above. S. sorghi was not isolated from the spike tissues of the control plants. To our knowledge, this is the first report of smut on S. arundinaceus caused by S. sorghi in Yunnan Province, China. References: (1) L. Guo. Flora Fungorum Sinicorum.12:51, 2000. (2) W. F. Li et al. Chinese Plant Prot. 34:127, 2008. (3) W. J. Lin et al. Chinese Agri. Sci. Bull. 23:293, 2007. (4) X. Lu et al. Southwest China J. Agric. Sci. 20:103, 2007.
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- W J Lu
- Sugarcane Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Kaiyuan, 661600, China, and Biotechnology and Genetic Germplasm Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Kunming, 650223, China
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- Sugarcane Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Kaiyuan, 661600, China
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- Sugarcane Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Kaiyuan, 661600, China
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Zhou JQ, Lu WJ, Yao ZR, Wei YQ, Shi YW. Optimization of hollow waveguides as absorption cells for spectroscopic gas sensing. Appl Spectrosc 2013; 67:301-306. [PMID: 23452494 DOI: 10.1366/11-06578] [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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Flexible and low-loss hollow waveguide has many advantages as an absorption cell for spectroscopic gas sensing. The characteristics of the sensing system are dependent on the parameters of the hollow waveguide cell. In this paper, a mathematical model was proposed to analyze the waveguide cell by considering waveguide loss, effective optical path length, and signal-to-noise ratio of the system. Simulation results show that the gas absorption intensity and system sensitivity are dependent not only on the waveguide length but also on the bore-diameter, signal-to-noise ratio, and the concentration of the target gases. The results provide optimizing methods for the sensing system and algorithms for error compensation. Preliminary experiments on concentration detection of methane gas were carried out and measured data showed good agreements with the simulation results.
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- Jia-Qi Zhou
- School of Information Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Xi SB, Lu WJ, Wu HY, Tong P, Sun YP. Surface spin-glass, large surface anisotropy, and depression of magnetocaloric effect in La(0.8)Ca(0.2)MnO(3) nanoparticles. J Appl Phys 2012; 112:123903. [PMID: 23319829 PMCID: PMC3537820 DOI: 10.1063/1.4768842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 11/07/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The surface magnetic behavior of La(0.8)Ca(0.2)MnO(3) nanoparticles was investigated. We observed irreversibility in high magnetic field. The surface spin-glass behavior as well as the high-field irreversibility is suppressed by increasing particle size while the freezing temperature T(F) does not change with particle size. The enhanced coercivity has been observed in the particles and we attributed it to the large surface anisotropy. We have disclosed a clear relationship between the particle size, the thickness of the shell, and the saturation magnetization of the particles. The large reduction of the saturation magnetization of the samples is found to be induced by the increase of nonmagnetic surface large since the thickness of the spin-disordered surface layer increases with a decrease in the particle size. Due to the reduction of the magnetization, the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) has been reduced by the decreased particle size since the nonmagnetic surface contributes little to the MCE. Based on the core-shell structure, large relative cooling powers RCP(s) of 180 J/kg and 471 J/kg were predicted for a field change of 2.0 T and 4.5 T, respectively, in the small particles with thin spin-glass layer.
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Ang R, Tanaka Y, Ieki E, Nakayama K, Sato T, Li LJ, Lu WJ, Sun YP, Takahashi T. Real-space coexistence of the melted Mott state and superconductivity in Fe-substituted 1T-TaS2. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:176403. [PMID: 23215208 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.176403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We have performed high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of layered chalcogenide 1T-Fe(x)Ta(1-x)S(2) which undergoes a superconducting transition in the nearly commensurate charge-density-wave phase (melted Mott phase). We found a single electron pocket at the Brillouin-zone center in the melted Mott phase, which is created by the backfolding of bands due to the superlattice potential of charge-density-wave. This electron pocket appears in the x region where the samples show superconductivity, and is destroyed by the Mott- and Anderson-gap opening. Present results suggest that the melted Mott state and the superconductivity coexist in real space, providing a new insight into the interplay between electron correlation, charge order, and superconductivity.
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- R Ang
- WPI Research Center, Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Luo X, Sun YP, Hu L, Wang BS, Lu WJ, Zhu XB, Yang ZR, Song WH. Observation of the large magnetocaloric effect in an orbital-spin-coupled system MnV(2)O(4). J Phys Condens Matter 2009; 21:436010. [PMID: 21832456 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/43/436010] [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: 05/31/2023]
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The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in an orbital-spin-coupled spinel vanadate MnV(2)O(4) is investigated by magnetization measurement. MnV(2)O(4) has ferrimagnetic ordering occurring at T(C) = 57 K. The maximum magnetic entropy change reaches 14.8 and 24.0 J kg(-1) K(-1) for field changes of 0-2 and 0-4 T, respectively. The maximum adiabatic temperature is about 2.9 K for a magnetic field change of 2 T. Except for the spin entropy change, the observed giant MCE is suggested to be related to the orbital entropy change due to the change of the orbital state of V(3+) induced by an applied magnetic field around T(C).
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- X Luo
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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Lu WJ, Chou IM, Burruss RC, Yang MZ. In situ study of mass transfer in aqueous solutions under high pressures via Raman spectroscopy: a new method for the determination of diffusion coefficients of methane in water near hydrate formation conditions. Appl Spectrosc 2006; 60:122-9. [PMID: 16542563 DOI: 10.1366/000370206776023278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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A new method was developed for in situ study of the diffusive transfer of methane in aqueous solution under high pressures near hydrate formation conditions within an optical capillary cell. Time-dependent Raman spectra of the solution at several different spots along the one-dimensional diffusion path were collected and thus the varying composition profile of the solution was monitored. Diffusion coefficients were estimated by the least squares method based on the variations in methane concentration data in space and time in the cell. The measured diffusion coefficients of methane in water at the liquid (L)-vapor (V) stable region and L-V metastable region are close to previously reported values determined at lower pressure and similar temperature. This in situ monitoring method was demonstrated to be suitable for the study of mass transfer in aqueous solution under high pressure and at various temperature conditions and will be applied to the study of nucleation and dissolution kinetics of methane hydrate in a hydrate-water system where the interaction of methane and water would be more complicated than that presented here for the L-V metastable condition.
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- W J Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
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Wang YJ, Lu WJ, Shi Q, Zhou CJ, Zhang Q, Zhou Q, Bian Q, Liu M, Liang ZR. Gene expression profile of degenerated cervical intervertebral disc tissues in rats. Chin J Traumatol 2004; 7:330-40. [PMID: 15566688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the gene expression profile of degenerated cervical intervertebral disc of Sprague Dawley rats on a large scale. METHODS Degenerated models of Sprague Dawley rats of 9 months old (degeneration group, n=9) and normal Sprague Dawley rats of 3 months old (control group, n=9) were prepared, respectively. mRNA was obtained from the cervical intervertebral disc of rats in both groups, respectively, and then labelled by Cy5 and Cy3 fluorescence respectively after reverse transcription to obtain intervertebral disc cDNA probes. cDNA probes were hybridized with BiostarR-40s gene expression profile chips and scanned by laser scanner. The results were treated with portrait analysis, standardization management, and ratio analysis with softwares. RESULTS Compared with the rats in the control group, 9.6% (381 pieces in total) gene expression changed obviously in the rats in the degeneration group, among which, the gene expression quantities of 171 pieces increased significantly (r=the ratio of the degeneration group to the control group>2.0), 52 pieces of which had certain function. While the gene expression quantities of 211 pieces decreased significantly (r<0.5), 41 pieces of which had certain function. CONCLUSIONS Gene chip technology can be used to analyze the gene expression profile of degenerated intervertebral disc of rats in parallel, in quantity and on a large scale, which helps to testify the representative genes and protein expression, and plays an important role in clarifying the pathogenesis of degenerated intervertebral disc.
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- Yong-Jun Wang
- Research Institute of Spine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
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Huang Q, Zhu YY, Chen HR, Wang YY, Liu YL, Lu WJ, Ruan XY. First Report of Pomegranate Wilt Caused by Ceratocystis fimbriata in Yunnan, China. Plant Dis 2003; 87:1150. [PMID: 30812842 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2003.87.9.1150b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Pomegranate (Punica granatum Linn.) is an important fruit crop in Yunnan Province, China. Recently, older pomegranate bushes in Mengzi County, Yunnan began dying. Initial symptoms were yellowing and wilting of leaves on one to several branches, followed by sudden death of the bush within 3 to 4 weeks. Roots of diseased bushes appeared brown to black, and irregularly shaped lesions were observed when the bark was removed. A species of Ceratocystis was consistently isolated from discolored roots, stem, and branch tissues from wilted bushes on potato dextrose agar (PDA) and was identified as Ceratocystis fimbriata Ellis & Halst, based on the morphology of perithecia, ascospores, conidia, and conidiophores. Perithecia were black with a globose base (130 to 300 μm) and a long neck (450 to 800 μm). Ascospores exuded from the apex of the perithecium neck in a long coil and were small, hyaline, and hat-shaped (3.8 to 5.0 μm long × 2.3 to 4.0 μm wide). Conidiophores were septate and hyaline to dark greenish brown. Hyaline conidia, 8 to 17 μm long × 6 to 15 μm wide, were usually produced in chains of 10 or more. Thick-walled endoconidia were globose to oval, olive brown, and 8 to 20 μm in diameter. Because of the increasing occurrence of the disease, surveys of the main pomegranate production areas in Mengzi County, including Xinan, Duofale, Caoba, Hongzhai, and Shilipu townships, were conducted from 10 to 20 August 2002. The disease was detected in 17 of 50 plantings surveyed. Disease was more severe in older plantings than in younger plantings. Disease incidence was 1% in 1- to 5-year-old bushes, 3.6% in 6- to 10-year-old bushes, and 6% in bushes more than 10 years old. Scolytid beetles were occasionally found on bushes, but we were unable to isolate the fungus from them as has been reported (1). Inoculations with an isolate of C. fimbrata were made by inserting mycelium with perithecia from 12-day-old cultures growing on PDA into root wounds made with a sterile scalpel on five pomegranate plants and then covering the wounds with Parafilm. Sterile medium was placed in an equal number of wounded bushes to serve as controls. Fourteen days later, symptoms began to appear in two bushes, and 5 days later, all bushes exhibited symptoms. No symptoms were observed on control bushes. The first visible symptom was a small area of blackened tissue near the point of inoculation. Lesions expanded slowly, but they expanded more rapidly upward than downward. The fungus was reisolated on PDA from roots of all artificially inoculated bushes. C. fimbriata has been previously reported as the cause of pomegranate wilt in India (2); however, to our knowledge, this is the first report of C. fimbriata on pomegranate in China. Because environmental conditions which favor the pathogen (temperatures ranging from 18 to 30°C and frequent rains) typically occur in many areas during late spring and summer, the disease has the potential to seriously impact pomegranate production in China. References: (1) Y. M. Somasekhara. Plant Dis. 83:400, 1999. (2) Y. M. Somasekhara, et al. Res. Crops 1(1):63, 2000.
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- College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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Li XL, Lu WJ, Yu NS. [Prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis with low molecular weight heparin following hip and knee surgery]. Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi 2001; 15:39-41. [PMID: 12563929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of low molecular weight heparin(LMWH) in prophylaxis of postoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) following hip and knee surgery. METHODS From April 1997 to October 1998, 46 patients undergoing hip and knee orthopedic procedures were randomized into 2 groups for studying. The following eligibility criteria were applied: age over 40 years old, no recently history of venous thromboembolism (over 3 months), normal result of preoperative hemostasis test and normal result of Doppler examination of the lower extremities. One group was control group and the other group received subcutaneously a low molecular weight heparin(Fraxiparine) with anti-factor X, activity of 41 IU/kg.day for three days, then 62 IU/kg.day from the 4th day to 10th day. All patients had venegraphy performed in the operated leg at 4 to 7 days after surgery. RESULTS eight patients(34.8%) developed DVT in the control group of 23 patients and 1 patient (4.3%) in the experimental group, also of 23 patients(P < 0.05). Two groups had no any bleeding complications. CONCLUSION The low molecular weight heparin is safe and effective in preventing postoperative deep vein thrombosis in patients following hip and knee surgery.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou Guangdong, P. R. China 510120
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Lu WJ, Yu NS, Lin ZX. [Prevention of postoperative deep venous thrombosis in lower limb after operation by intermittent pneumatic compression]. Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi 2000; 14:129-31. [PMID: 12080845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of intermittent pneumatic compression on prevention of deep venous thrombosis after operation of lower limbs. METHODS From Oct. 1997 to Aug. 1998, forty cases were received Doppler examination preoperatively, which showed no deep venous thrombosis in all the lower limbs of 40 cases. Among them, 24 cases were received total hip arthroplasties, 4 cases were received total knee arthroplasties and 12 cases were received dynamic hip screw. Postoperatively, every case were continuously received intermittent pneumatic compression for 14 to 21 days (2 hours, qid), and venography were performed on the operated lower limb on the 7th day after operation to check the presence of deep venous thrombosis. RESULTS Among the 40 cases, there were 4 cases of deep venous thrombosis without symptom of pulmonary embolism, the incidence rate was 10%. CONCLUSION Intermittent pneumatic compression can significantly reduce the incidence rate of deep venous thrombosis after the operation of the lower limbs.
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- W J Lu
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China 510120
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Wang XF, Chen JY, Lu WJ. [Studies on the chemical constituents of Knoxia valerianoides Thorel ex Pitard]. Yao Xue Xue Bao 1985; 20:615-8. [PMID: 3841704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Chang HC, Xie YK, Wen YY, Zhang SY, Qu JH, Lu WJ. Further investigation on the hypothesis of meridian-cortex-viscera interrelationship. Am J Chin Med 1983; 11:5-13. [PMID: 6660213 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x83000033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The hypothesis of Meridian-Cortex-Viscera Interrelationship maintains: 1. Meridian channel system is an independent system connected with the nerves to the cortex; 2. It acts through the nerves; 3. The nervous action is realized by humoral agents. This article gives preliminary-experimental supports for the above criteria.
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