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Guan WJ, Ding YX, Liu LJ, Li W, Jing LJ, Zhang X, Zhang LJ, Li H, Cheng SH, Liu SY. [Clinical analysis of 15 cases with myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated hypertrophic pachymeningitis]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2022; 61:565-569. [PMID: 35488609 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20210701-00455] [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: 06/14/2023]
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To study the clinical features of myeloperoxidase(MPO) antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP). Clinical data of 15 cases diagnosed with MPO-ANCA vasculitis complicated with HP were retrospectively analyzed. Nine cases were males and the other 6 were females, with an average age of (58±8) years. All cases presented with chronic headache. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan showed local or diffused thickening of cerebral and/or spinal dura matter while brain parenchyma were normal. Nine cases developed multiple cranial nerve paralysis, with trigeminal nerve and auditory nerve involved most commonly. The main clinical manifestations were facial pain, hearing loss and tinnitus. Two cases were complicated with hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis (HSP) and 4 cases were complicated with pulmonary diseases. Positive serum perinuclear pattern ANCA (pANCA) and MPO could be found in all cases, positive serum IgG4 was seen in two patients. erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR;25-116 mm/1h) and C-reactive protein (CRP;29.02-146.00 mg/L) were both elevated in 14 cases. Nine cases had elevated intracranial pressure[180-235 mmH2O (1 mmH2O=0.009 8 kPa)] and abnormal protein level (457.6-3710.0 mg/L) in cerebrospinal fluid. Six cases were treated with glucocorticoids (prednisone 20-60 mg/d) and 9 cased with glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants (methotrexate 15 mg/week or cyclophosphamide 100 mg/d po). All patients achieved remission. MPO-ANCA associated HP is a special type of central nervous system involvement in ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV). It rarely involves the lung or kidney. Steroids and immunosuppressive agents are effective. In HP with unknown underlying diseases, it is suggested to screen ANCA and IgG4 tests for AAV or IgG4-related disease.
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- W J Guan
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Zhang X, Zhao XM, Yang QH, Lian CF, Li W, Yang L, Lu JM, Guan WJ, Zhang LJ, Cheng SH, Li H, Liu SY. [Clinical characteristics of patients with antisynthetase syndrome and positive anti-Ro52 antibody]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2022; 61:200-204. [PMID: 35090256 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20210310-00202] [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: 06/14/2023]
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To analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) and positive anti-Ro52 antibody. The clinical data of 203 ASS patients admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from 2017 to 2020 were analyzed retrospectively. Demographics, clinical manifestations, laboratory results, treatment and outcome were collected including data of 18 patients with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD). In total, the majority were women (148,72.9%). The average onset age was (51.9±13.3) years. There were 163 (80.3%) patients with positive anti-Ro52 antibody. The positivity in women (77.3% vs. 55.0%, P=0.004) was higher, and the median time from disease onset to diagnosis [4.5 (2.0, 24.0) months vs. 2.0 (1.0, 12.0) months, P=0.024] was longer in patients with positive anti-Ro52 antibody than those negative. Compared with negative patients, patients with positive anti-Ro52 antibody had a higher incidence of interstitial lung disease (ILD) (96.9% vs. 65.0%, P<0.001), arthritis (33.7% vs. 17.5%, P=0.046), and arthralgia (39.3% vs. 20.0%, P=0.022). Higher rate of positve antinuclear antibody (ANA) (85.3% vs. 55.0%, P<0.001), lower rate of positive anti-Jo-1 antibody (32.5% vs. 50.0%, P=0.039), lower albumin level [(34.6±5.2) g/L vs. (37.3±4.7) g/L,P=0.004] and lower lymphocyte counts [(1.4±0.8) ×109/L vs. (1.8±0.8) ×109/L, P=0.014] were more common in patients with positive anti-Ro52 antibody. The presence of anti-Ro52 antibody is associated with a particular phenotype of ASS, leading to common ILD, involvement of joints, high ANA positivity, low albumin and low lymphocyte counts.
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- X Zhang
- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Qi YF, Huang JL, Chen JH, Huang CP, Li YH, Guan WJ. [ Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia complicated with rhabdomyolysis: a case report and literature review]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2021; 44:806-811. [PMID: 34496522 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20210228-00137] [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 analyze the clinical characteristics and the diagnosis and treatment of Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia complicated with rhabdomyolysis. Methods: We reported a case of Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia complicated with rhabdomyolysis. We did a literature review on the published reports between January 1978 and May 2020 by searching with the key words of "psittacosis" or "Chlamydia psittaci" and "rhabdomyolysis" in the PubMed database (time frame: January 1, 1967 to May 30, 2020). Results: Our patient was a 64-year-old male presenting with high-grade fever, fatigue, myalgia and dyspnea. A computed tomographic scan of the chest revealed bilateral pneumonia, which was further complicated with rhabdomyolysis during disease progression. This prompted the metagenomic next-generation sequencing, revealing the sequences of Chlamydia psittaci in both the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and blood. Of the 11 cases in the 3 literature reports that we retrieved, 5 had concomitant rhabdomyolysis (two of which did not have complete clinical information), and the other 6 cases had myositis complicated with an elevated level of creatine phosphokinase. This yielded 3 cases with complete clinical information for our analysis. We had further incorporated their information with the single case managed within our study site. Two were males and the other 2 were females. The patients were aged 66, 46, 44 and 64 years, respectively. All cases had fever and 3 had a contact history with live poultry. Two cases had myalgia and progressed rapidly into having respiratory failure, and the other 2 cases did not develop myalgia and improved significantly after a timely treatment. All 4 cases were cured and discharged after treatment with appropriate antibiotics. No adverse outcomes were observed. Conclusions: The prognosis of Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia complicated with rhabdomyolysis was poor in case of a delayed treatment. Early diagnosis would help reduce the mortality.
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- Y F Qi
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Central Hospital of Panyu District, Guangzhou 511400, China
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Central Hospital of Panyu District, Guangzhou 511400, China
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Central Hospital of Panyu District, Guangzhou 511400, China
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Central Hospital of Panyu District, Guangzhou 511400, China
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Central Hospital of Panyu District, Guangzhou 511400, China
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- Guanzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Gao YH, Guan WJ, Cheng LL, Zhang GJ, Chen RC. [Brief introduction of the key points of the British Thoracic Society guidelines on adult bronchiectasis 2018]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2019; 42:569-572. [PMID: 31378018 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2019.08.004] [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: 06/10/2023]
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Wang JJ, Zhang WX, Wang KF, Zhang S, Han X, Guan WJ, Ma YH. Isolation and biological characteristics of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells derived from chick embryo intestine. Br Poult Sci 2018; 59:521-530. [PMID: 29914266 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2018.1490495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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1. Over the past decade, rapid advancement in isolation methods for identifying markers of the once elusive intestinal stem cell (ISC) populations has laid the foundation for unravelling their complex interrelationships during homeostasis. Study on ISC in avian intestinal tissue might play a pivotal foundation for further studies on the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in gastrointestinal disease and cell-based therapy as well as intestinal tissue engineering. 2. The following experiment isolated a population of fibroblast-like, plastic adhering cells derived from chick embryo intestine, showing a strong self-renewing and proliferative ability, which was maintained in vitro up to passage 25. The findings included growth characteristics, detected expression of cell surface markers and characterised the capability of these cells to differentiate towards the osteogenic, adipogenic, and chondrogenic cell lineages. 3. RT-PCR analysis showed that these cells from chick embryos expressed mesenchymal stromal cell markers CD44, CD90 and VIMENTIN as well as ISC-specific genes LGR5, MI1, SMOC2, BMI1, and HOPX. Immunofluorescence and flow cytometry confirmed this biology characterisation further. 4. In conclusion, cells were isolated from the intestine of 18-day-old chicken embryos that exhibited the biological characteristics of mesenchymal stromal cells as well as markers of intestinal stem cells. Our findings may provide a novel insight for in vitro cell culture and characteristics of ISCs in avian species, which may also indicate a benefit for obtaining cell source for intestinal tissue engineering as well as cell-based investigation for gastrointestinal disease and treatment.
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- J J Wang
- a Institute of Animal Science , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing , China.,b Department of Kinesiology and Health , Harbin Sport University , Harbin , Heilongjiang , China
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- a Institute of Animal Science , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing , China
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- a Institute of Animal Science , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing , China
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- c Research Center for Sports Scientific Experiment , Harbin Sport University , Harbin , Heilongjiang , China
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- a Institute of Animal Science , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing , China
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- a Institute of Animal Science , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing , China
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- a Institute of Animal Science , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing , China
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Lv LX, Zhou ZX, Zhou Z, Zhang LJ, Yan R, Zhao Z, Yang LY, Bian XY, Jiang HY, Li YD, Sun YS, Xu QQ, Hu GL, Guan WJ, Li YQ. Hispidin induces autophagic and necrotic death in SGC-7901 gastric cancer cells through lysosomal membrane permeabilization by inhibiting tubulin polymerization. Oncotarget 2018; 8:26992-27006. [PMID: 28460485 PMCID: PMC5432313 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Hispidin and its derivatives are widely distributed in edible mushrooms. Hispidin is more cytotoxic to A549, SCL-1, Bel7402 and Capan-1 cancer cells than to MRC5 normal cells; by contrast, hispidin protects H9c2 cardiomyoblast cells from hydrogen peroxide-induced or doxorubicin-induced apoptosis. Consequently, further research on how hispidin affects normal and cancer cells may help treat cancer and reduce chemotherapy-induced side effects. This study showed that hispidin caused caspase-independent death in SGC-7901 cancer cells but not in GES-1 normal cells. Hispidin-induced increases in LC3-II occurred in SGC-7901 cells in a time independent manner. Cell death can be partially inhibited by treatment with ATG5 siRNA but not by autophagy or necroptosis inhibitors. Ultrastructural evidence indicated that hispidin-induced necrotic cell death involved autophagy. Hispidin-induced lysosomal membrane permeabilization (LMP) related to complex cell death occurred more drastically in SGC-7901 cells than in GES-1 cells. Ca2+ rather than cathepsins from LMP contributed more to cell death. Hispidin induced microtubule depolymerization, which can cause LMP, more drastically in SGC-7901 cells than in GES-1 cells. At 4.1 μM, hispidin promoted cell-free tubulin polymerization but at concentrations higher than 41 μM, hispidin inhibited polymerization. Hispidin did not bind to tubulin. Alterations in microtubule regulatory proteins, such as stathmin phosphorylation at Ser16, contributed to hispidin-induced SGC-7901 cell death. In conclusion, hispidin at concentrations higher than 41 μM may inhibit tubulin polymerization by modulating microtubule regulatory proteins, such as stathmin, causing LMP and complex SGC-7901 cell death. This mechanism suggests a promising novel treatment for human cancer.
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- Long-Xian Lv
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 310003 Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 310003 Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 310003 Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 310003 Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 310003 Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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Ji JF, Wang QP, Zhang Y, Wang ZY, Xie YQ, Guan WJ, Wu KM, Xu L, Chen W, Xue F, Jiang MJ, Wang TY, Zhong NS. [Lower airway abnormalities in patients with allergic rhinitis]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2017; 39:856-861. [PMID: 27852361 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2016.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the characteristics of lower airway abnormalities in allergic rhinitis(AR) patients without asthma. Methods: Between June 2008 and December 2012, 377 consecutive AR patients and 264 healthy subjects were recruited. All subjects underwent meticulous history taking, nasal examination, allergen skin prick test, blood routine test, serum total immunoglobin E assay, induced sputum cell count and differentials, measurement of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and bronchial challenge test. Results: The positive rates in AR patients was 12.2%(46/377) for bronchial provocation test, 49.2%(185/377) for FeNO, 39.0%(147/377) for sputum eosinophilia, 15.6%(40/377) for peripheral blood eosinophilia and 55.4%(209/377) for increased serum total IgE levels, which were consistently and statistically higher than those of healthy controls(P<0.01). The levels of FeNO [35.0 (21.8, 65.9)ppb], induced sputum eosinophil percentage [2.0 (0.0, 7.5)%], peripheral blood eosinophil percentage [2.9 (1.8, 4.5)%] and serum total IgE [178.4 (63.1, 384.0)kU/L] in AR patients were also higher(P<0.01). Compared with healthy controls, patients with AR demonstrated lower levels of FEV1/FVC%, MMEFpred%, MEF75 pred%, MEF25pred% (all P<0.05). Statistical analysis showed that FeNO, ratio of induced sputum eosinophil percentage and peripheral blood eosinophil percentage had significant correlations with each other(P<0.01), the r value being 0.247, 0.235, 0.355 respectively. Conclusion: AR without asthma is characterized by lower airway inflammation, small airway impairment and bronchial hyperreactivity, features similar to those of asthma.
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- J F Ji
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, PLA, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China
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Guan WJ, Yuan JJ, Gao YH, Li HM, Zhong NS, Chen RC. [Hemoptysis in adults with bronchiectasis: correlation with disease severity and exacerbation risk]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2017; 40:16-23. [PMID: 28100357 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.01.005] [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] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the association between hemoptysis and disease severity and risks of acute exacerbations in patients with bronchiectasis. Methods: Between September 2012 and January 2014, we recruited 148 patients (56 males, 92 females, mean age: 44.6 years) with clinically stable bronchiectasis, who were classified into hemoptysis group (36 males, 70 females, mean age: 45.6 years) and non-hemoptysis group (20 males, 22 females, mean age: 41.8 years). We inquired the past history, and evaluated chest imaging characteristics, lung function, cough sensitivity assessed using capsaicin cough challenge tests, and airway inflammation. We also performed a 1-year follow-up to evaluate whether patients with hemoptysis would have greater risk of having acute exacerbations. Results: In the hemoptysis group, median 24-hour sputum volume was 20.0 ml, median Bronchiectasis Severity Index (BSI) was 7.0, median bronchiectatic lobes was 4.0, median chest CT score was 7.0, the geometric mean for eliciting 5 coughs following capsaicin cough sensitivity (C5) was 77 μmol/L, 67 cases (63%) had cystic bronchiectasis and 52 cases (49%) had pulmonary cavity shown on chest CT, and 35 cases (33%) had Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization. In the non-hemoptysis group, median 24-hour sputum volume was 5.0 ml, median BSI was 4.0, median bronchiectatic lobes was 3.0, median chest CT score was 5.0, 15 cases (36%) had cystic bronchiectasis and 10 cases (24%) had pulmonary cavity, the geometric mean for C5 was 212 μmol/L, and 4 cases (10%) had Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization. All the above parameters differed significantly between the hemoptysis and the non-hemoptysis group (P<0.05). In the hemoptysis group, 29 patients with pulmonary cavity (27%) had reported the use of intravenous antibiotics, and 44 cases (42%) had at least one hospitalization within the previous 2 years. In the non-hemoptysis group, 8 cases (19.0%) had reported the use of intravenous antibiotics, and 8 cases (19.0%) reported hospitalization within 2 years. A prior history of hemoptysis was associated with a greater risk of experiencing bronchiectasis exacerbations during follow-up, after adjusting for age, sex, smoking status and BSI (62 cases in the hemoptysis group, 18 cases in the non-hemoptysis group, χ(2)=16.06, P=0.03). In a multivariate model, cystic bronchiectasis was the sole risk factor for hemoptysis; 67 cases which accounted for 63% of patients in the hemoptysis group and 15 cases which accounted for 36% of patients in the non-hemoptysis group, odds ratio: 2.84, 95% confidence interval: 1.00-8.14, P=0.05 . Conclusions: In this study, 72% of bronchiectasis patients had experienced hemoptysis, which was associated with the severity of bronchiectasis. Patients with a prior history of hemoptysis had a greater risk of acute exacerbations during follow-up than those without.
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- W J Guan
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Yuan JJ, Guan WJ, Li HM. [Effectiveness and safety assessment of inhaled antibiotics therapy in adults with bronchiectasis]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2017; 40:61-63. [PMID: 28100365 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.01.013] [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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Chen RC, Guan WJ, Zhong NS. [Bronchiectasis: more attention and research needed]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2017; 40:5-7. [PMID: 28100354 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.01.002] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Wang TJ, Shan YM, Li H, Dou WW, Jiang XH, Mao XM, Liu SP, Guan WJ, Li YQ. Multiple transporters are involved in natamycin efflux in Streptomyces chattanoogensis L10. Mol Microbiol 2017; 103:713-728. [PMID: 27874224 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Antibiotic-producing microorganisms have evolved several self-resistance mechanisms to prevent auto-toxicity. Overexpression of specific transporters to improve the efflux of toxic antibiotics has been found one of the most important and intrinsic resistance strategies used by many Streptomyces strains. In this work, two ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter-encoding genes located in the natamycin biosynthetic gene cluster, scnA and scnB, were identified as the primary exporter genes for natamycin efflux in Streptomyces chattanoogensis L10. Two other transporters located outside the cluster, a major facilitator superfamily transporter Mfs1 and an ABC transporter NepI/II were found to play a complementary role in natamycin efflux. ScnA/ScnB and Mfs1 also participate in exporting the immediate precursor of natamycin, 4,5-de-epoxynatamycin, which is more toxic to S. chattanoogensis L10 than natamycin. As the major complementary exporter for natamycin efflux, Mfs1 is up-regulated in response to intracellular accumulation of natamycin and 4,5-de-epoxynatamycin, suggesting a key role in the stress response for self-resistance. This article discusses a novel antibiotic-related efflux and response system in Streptomyces, as well as a self-resistance mechanism in antibiotic-producing strains.
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- Tan-Jun Wang
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Biochemistry and Metabolism Engineering, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Biochemistry and Metabolism Engineering, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Biochemistry and Metabolism Engineering, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Zhao YH, Kan JC, Wang YF, Guan WJ, Zhu ZQ. Endothelial progenitor cells derived from the peripheral blood of halfpipe- snowboarding athletes display specific functional properties. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr-15-04-gmr.15047026. [PMID: 28002580 DOI: 10.4238/gmr15047026] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In this study, we compared the functional properties of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) derived from halfpipe-snowboarding athletes who train under hyperoxic conditions with those derived from normal subjects who lived under normoxic conditions. Peripheral blood-derived EPCs were isolated from both halfpipe-snowboarding athletes and normal humans. Cellular growth dynamics, lipoprotein transport, and gene expression of cultured EPCs were compared between the two groups of cells. Results indicate that cytoactivity of EPCs from athletes was higher than that of EPCs from control subjects. This study suggests that function of EPCs from snowboarding athletes may be better than that of EPCs from normal humans, which demonstrates the benefits of training under hyperoxic conditions.
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- Y H Zhao
- Sport Science College, Harbin Institute of Physical Education, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Sport Science College, Harbin Institute of Physical Education, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Sport Science College, Harbin Institute of Physical Education, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haidian District, Beijing, China
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- Sport Science College, Harbin Institute of Physical Education, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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Zhao YH, Zhang ZB, Zhao CQ, Zhang Y, Wang YF, Guan WJ, Zhu ZQ. Construction of a full-length cDNA library and preliminary analysis of expressed sequence tags from lymphocytes of half-pipe snowboarding athletes. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:12921-30. [PMID: 26505445 DOI: 10.4238/2015.october.21.13] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The genes of top athletes are a valuable genetic resource for the human race, and could be exploited to identify novel genes related to sports ability, as well as other functions. We analyzed the expressed sequence tags from top half-pipe snowboarding athletes using the SMART complementary DNA (cDNA) library construction method to elucidate the characteristics of the athlete genome and the differential expression of the genes it contains. Overall, we established a full-length cDNA library from the lymphocytes of half-pipe snowboarding athletes and analyzed the inserted gene fragments. We also classified those genes according to molecular function, biological characteristics, cellular composition, protein types, and signal paths. A total of 201 functional genes were noted, which were distributed in 27 pathways. TXN, MDH1, ARL1, ARPC3, ACTG1, and other genes measured in sequence may be associated with physical ability. This suggests that the SMART cDNA library constructed from the genetic material from top athletes is an effective tool for preserving genetic sports resources and providing genetic markers of physical ability for athlete selection.
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- Y H Zhao
- Harbin Institute of Physical Education, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Harbin Institute of Physical Education, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Harbin Institute of Physical Education, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Harbin Institute of Physical Education, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Harbin Institute of Physical Education, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Animal Genetic Resources, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haidian District, Beijing, China
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- Harbin Institute of Physical Education, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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Gao YH, Wang KF, Zhang S, Fan YN, Guan WJ, Ma YH. Biological characterization of liver fatty acid binding gene from miniature pig liver cDNA library. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:9764-71. [PMID: 26345909 DOI: 10.4238/2015.august.19.9] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Liver fatty acid binding proteins (L-FABP) are a family of small, highly conserved, cytoplasmic proteins that bind to long-chain fatty acids and other hydrophobic ligands. In this study, a full-length enriched cDNA library was successfully constructed from Wuzhishan miniature pig, and then the L-FABP gene was cloned from this cDNA library and an expression vector (pEGFP-N3-L-FABP) was constructed in vitro. This vector was transfected into hepatocytes to test its function. The results of western blotting analysis demonstrated that the L-FABP gene from our full-length enriched cDNA library regulated downstream genes, including the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor family in hepatocytes. This study provides a theoretical basis and experimental evidence for the application of L-FABP for the treatment of liver injury.
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- Y H Gao
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brasil
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Hu PF, Guan WJ, Li XC, Zhang WX, Li CL, Ma YH. Study on characteristics of in vitro culture and intracellular transduction of exogenous proteins in fibroblast cell line of Liaoning cashmere goat. Mol Biol Rep 2012; 40:327-36. [PMID: 23065271 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-2064-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Establishment of fibroblast cell lines of endangered goat breeds and research on the gene or protein functions based on the cells made a significant contribution to the conservation and utilization of genetic resources. In this study, a fibroblast cell line of Liaoning cashmere goat, frozen in 174 cryovials with 5 × 10(6) cells each, was successfully established from 60 goats ear marginal tissues using explant culture and cryopreservation techniques. Biological analysis of in vitro cultured cell line showed that, the cells were morphologically consistent with fibroblasts; the average viability of the cells was 94.9 % before freezing and 90.1 % after thawing; the growth process of cells was consisted of a lag phase, a logarithmic phase and a plateau phase; cell population doubling time was 65.5 h; more than 90 % of cells were diploid prior to the 6th generation; Neither microbial contamination nor cross-contamination was detected. To determine cell permeability, intracellular path and stability of exogenous proteins during the transduction, a TAT protein transduction domain was fused to the C-terminus of enhanced green fluorescent protein, the established fibroblast cell line was treated with the purified exogenous proteins at various concentrations by adding them to the cell culture media for 1-24 h and assayed cell morphology and protein presence, it was found that the purified exogenous proteins readily entered cells at a concentration of 0.1 mg/ml within 1.5 h and some of them could translocate into nucleus, moreover, the exogenous proteins appeared to be stable inside cells for up to 24 h.
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- P F Hu
- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Zhong T, Han JL, Guo J, Zhao QJ, Fu BL, Pu YB, He XH, Jeon JT, Guan WJ, Ma YH. Tracing genetic differentiation of Chinese Mongolian sheep using microsatellites. Anim Genet 2011; 42:563-5. [PMID: 21906110 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02181.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The genetic consequences of population differentiation and isolation have been the subject of conservation biology. In this study, we analysed the genetic diversity and structure of Mongolian sheep in China. These animals belong to a traditional local breed with high production, extensive adaption, early maturity and roughage resistance. For this purpose, 26 microsatellites were genotyped for five Mongolian sheep populations. The Bayesian clustering indicated five clusters as the most probable genetic structure of the populations investigated. In addition, a clear genetic structure was revealed in three populations distributed at large geographical scales, while the other cluster encompassed UQ and HLBR sheep that displayed no clear differentiation, probably due to their close and small geographical distributions. Overall, our results are helpful in understanding the interplay of population dynamics in these close genetic lineages of Mongolian sheep.
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- T Zhong
- CAAS-ILRI Joint Laboratory on Livestock and Forage Genetic Resources, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Ling YH, Ma YH, Guan WJ, Cheng YJ, Wang YP, Han JL, Mang L, Zhao QJ, He XH, Pu YB, Fu BL. Evaluation of the genetic diversity and population structure of Chinese indigenous horse breeds using 27 microsatellite markers. Anim Genet 2011; 42:56-65. [PMID: 20477800 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02067.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We determined the genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships among 26 Chinese indigenous horse breeds and two introduced horse breeds by genotyping these animals for 27 microsatellite loci. The 26 Chinese horse breeds come from 12 different provinces. Two introduced horse breeds were the Mongolia B Horse from Mongolia and the Thoroughbred Horse from the UK. A total of 330 alleles were detected, and the expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.719 (Elenchuns) to 0.780 (Dali). The mean number of alleles among the horse breeds ranged from 6.74 (Hequ) to 8.81 (Debao). Although there were abundant genetic variations found, the genetic differentiation was low between the Chinese horses, which displayed only 2.4% of the total genetic variance among the different breeds. However, genetic differentiation (pairwise FST) among Chinese horses, although moderate, was still apparent and varied from 0.001 for the Guizou-Luoping pair to 0.064 for the Jingjiang-Elenchuns pair. The genetic differentiation patterns and genetic relationships among Chinese horse breeds were also consistent with their geographical distribution. The Thoroughbred and Mongolia B breeds could be discerned as two distinct breeds, but the Mongolia B horse in particular suffered genetic admixture with Chinese horses. The Chinese breeds could be divided into five major groups, i.e. the south or along the Yangtze river group (Bose, Debao, Wenshan, Lichuan, Jianchang, Guizhou, Luoping, Jinjiang and Dali), the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau group (Chaidamu, Hequ, Datong, Yushu, Tibet Grassland and Tibet Valley), the Northeast of China group (Elenchuns, Jilin and Heihe), the Northwest of China group (Kazakh, Yili and Yanqi) and the Inner Mongolia group (Mongolia A, Sanhe, Xinihe,Wuzhumuqin and Sengeng). This grouping pattern was further supported by principal component analysis and structure analysis.
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- Y H Ling
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Sun W, Chang H, Tsunoda K, Musa HH, Yang ZP, Ma YH, Guan WJ. The phylogeographic system survey of native sheep breeds in the eastern and southern Central Asia. J Anim Breed Genet 2011; 127:308-17. [PMID: 20646118 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2009.00843.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The genetic diversity and phylogenetic survey of native sheep breeds in the eastern and southern Central Asia were assessed in the present study. The clustering, principal components, structure and F statistics all demonstrate that the native sheep breeds in these regions be classified into two genetic groups: Mongolia-Tibetan sheep group and South-Southeast Asia sheep group. The Mongolia sheep group and the Tibetan sheep group had a certain degree of gene communication from the ancient times. In the present study we demonstrated that the Chinese native sheep populations belonged to Mongolia-Tibetan sheep group. However, the relationships among the sheep populations in Mongolia sheep group in China were not closely related to the geographical distance among sheep populations.
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- W Sun
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Di R, Vahidi SMF, Ma YH, He XH, Zhao QJ, Han JL, Guan WJ, Chu MX, Sun W, Pu YP. Microsatellite analysis revealed genetic diversity and population structure among Chinese cashmere goats. Anim Genet 2010; 42:428-31. [PMID: 20497158 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02072.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Most cashmere goats are found in northern China and Mongolia. They are regarded as precious resources for their production of high quality natural fibre for the textile industry. It was the first time that the genetic diversity and population structure of nine Chinese cashmere populations has been assessed using 14 ISAG/FAO microsatellite markers. In addition, two Iranian populations and one West African goat population were genotyped for comparison. Results indicated that the genetic diversity of Chinese cashmere goats was rich, but less than those of the Iranian goat populations. All pairwise F(ST) values between the Chinese cashmere goat populations reached a highly significant level (P < 0.001), suggesting that they should all be considered as separate breeds. Finally, clustering analysis divided Chinese cashmere goats into at least two clusters, with the Tibetan Hegu goats alone in one cluster. An extensive admixture was detected among the Chinese goat breeds (except the Hegu), which have important implications for breeding management.
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- R Di
- The Key Laboratory for Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture of China, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Guan WJ, Liu CQ, Li CY, Liu D, Zhang WX, Ma YH. Establishment and cryopreservation of a fibroblast cell line derived from Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris). Cryo Letters 2010; 31:130-138. [PMID: 20687455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The Bengal tiger ear marginal tissue fibroblasts cell line (BTF22), containing 157 tubes of frozen cells, was successfully established by using primary explants technique and cell cryoconservation technology. Biological analysis showed that the population doubling time (PDT) for revival cells was approximately 28 h. Measurement of LDH and MDH isoenzymes showed no cross-contamination among the cells. Karyotyping showed that the frequency of cells with chromosome number 2n = 38 was 90.6-92.2%. Tests for bacteria, fungi, viruses and mycoplasma were negative. Plasmids encoding the fluorescent proteins pEGFP-N3, pEGFP-C1, pECFP-N1, pECFP-mito, pDsRed1-N1, and pEYFP-N1 were transfected into cells to study exogenous gene expression in the cells. The plasmid transfection efficiency was between 4.4% and 31.9%. Every index of the BTF22 cell line meets all the standard quality controls of American type Culture Collection (ATCC). Not only has the germline of this important Bengal tiger species been preserved at the cell level, but also valuable material had been provided for genome, postgenome and somacloning research. Moreover, the establishment of this technical platform would provide both technical and theoretical support for storing the genetic resources of other animals and poultry at the cell level.
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- W J Guan
- Institute of Beijing Animal Science and Veterinary, CAAS, Beijing, 100094, China.
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Shan TL, Li K, Tang ZL, Yang SL, Ma YH, Guan WJ, Guo DZ. Full-length coding sequences, polymorphism and chromosomal localizations of the porcine EDG4 and EDG7 genes. Mol Biol Rep 2008; 36:751-6. [PMID: 18379896 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-008-9239-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2007] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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EDG4 and EDG7 are identified as cellular receptors for lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), belonging to the endothelial cell differentiation gene (EDG) family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) which play an important role in the function of LPA. In this study, we presented the complete coding sequences of porcine EDG4 and EDG7 genes. The nucleotide sequences and the predicted protein sequences share high sequence identity with other mammals. Spatial expression analysis by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) revealed that porcine EDG4 and EDG7 genes are mainly expressed in brain, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, large intestine, small intestine, but absent in muscle tissues. Radiation hybrid mapping data indicated that EDG4 and EDG7 map to q2.1 of pig chromosome 2 (SSC2) and q2.6-3.2 of pig chromosome6 (SSC6), respectively. A T/C single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the coding sequence of porcine EDG4 was identified. A PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method was employed to genotype this locus among Guizhou Miniature, Guangxi Miniature, Laiwu, Wuzhishan, Tongcheng, Landrace and Yorkshire pigs. The association analysis suggested that the EDG4 genotype was associated with carcass length (P < 0.05) and drip loss percentage (P < 0.05) in the experimental population consisting of Tongcheng, Landrace, Yorkshire and two crossbred porcine populations (Wang et al. Biochem Genet (1-2):51-62, 2007).
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- T L Shan
- Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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Kang Y, Wang Q, Liu YC, Wu T, Chen Q, Guan WJ. Dynamic Mechanism of Collagen-like Peptide Encapsulated into Carbon Nanotubes. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:4801-7. [DOI: 10.1021/jp711392g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yu Kang
- Department of Chemistry, and College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, and College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, and College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, and College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, and College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, and College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
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Shen XL, Dong HJ, Hou XP, Guan WJ, Li YQ. FtsY Affects Sporulation and Antibiotic Production by whiH in Streptomyces coelicolor. Curr Microbiol 2007; 56:61-5. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-007-9039-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2007] [Accepted: 08/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhang AL, Zhang TY, Luo JX, Chen SC, Guan WJ, Fu CY, Peng SQ, Li HL. Constitutive expression of human angiostatin in Pichia pastoris by high-density cell culture. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 34:117-22. [PMID: 16988811 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-006-0175-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2006] [Accepted: 08/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A high-density cell culture method to produce human angiostatin has been successfully established by constitutive expression of the protein in Pichia pastoris. The fermentation was carried out in a 20 l bioreactor with a 10 l working volume, using a high-density cell culture method by continuously feeding with 50% glycerol-0.8% PTM4 to the growing culture for 60 h at 30 degrees C. Dissolved oxygen level was maintained at 25-30% and pH was controlled at 5 by the addition of 7 M NH4OH. Angiostatin was constitutively expressed during the fermentation by linking its expression to the P. pastoris constitutive GAP promoter (pGAP). But after 36 h of fermentation, the peak biomass growth was 305 as measured by absorption of 600 nm, while the peak angiostatin expression was 176 mg/l. Similar to the product expressed from inducible system [24], angiostatin produced from constitutive system also inhibited the angiogenesis on the CAM and suppressed the growth of B16 melanoma in C57BL/6J mouse. The above results suggest that GAP promoter is more efficient than AOX1 promoter for the expression of angiostatin in P. pastoris by shake flask culture or high-density cell fermentation and is likely to be an alternative to AOX1 promoter in large-scale expression of angiostatin and other heterologous proteins.
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- A L Zhang
- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology/National Key Biotechnology Laboratory for Tropical Crops, CATAS, Haikou Hainan, 571101, China.
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Dong HJ, Tao SM, Li YQ, Chan SH, Shen XL, Wang CX, Guan WJ. Analysis of the GTPase activity and active sites of the NG domains of FtsY and Ffh from Streptomyces coelicolor. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2006; 38:467-76. [PMID: 16820862 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2006.00186.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Fifty-four homolog (Ffh) and FtsY are the central components of the signal recognition particle secretory pathway of bacteria. In this study, the core domain and active sites of FtsY and Ffh from Streptomyces coelicolor, which are responsible for guanosine triphosphate (GTP) hydrolysis, were identified using site-directed mutagenesis. Mutations were introduced to the conserved GXXGXGK loop of the putative GTP binding site. Mutation of the Lys residue to Gly in both FtsY and Ffh NG domains significantly decreased the GTPase activity and GTP binding affinity. Furthermore, a structural model of the ternary complex of FtsY/Ffh NG domains and the non-hydrolyzable GTP analog guanylyl 5'-(beta,gamma-methylenediphosphonate) also revealed that each Lys residue in GXXGXGK of FtsY and Ffh provides the predicted hydrogen bond required for GTP binding. However, in FtsY not in Ffh, mutation of the first Gly residue in the GXXGXGK loop disrupted the GTPase activity. In addition, protease-digesting test demonstrated that NG protein with the mutation of Lys residue was decomposed more easily. Western blot analysis suggested that in Streptomyces coelicolor, FtsY is present in the membrane fraction and Ffh in the cytosol fraction during the mid-log phase of growth. These results indicated that Lys residue in the putative GTP binding loop was the crucial residue for the GTPase activity of NG domain.
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- Hui-Jun Dong
- Institute of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Li YD, Li YQ, Chen JS, Dong HJ, Guan WJ, Zhou H. Whole genome analysis of non-optimal codon usage in secretory signal sequences of Streptomyces coelicolor. Biosystems 2006; 85:225-30. [PMID: 16644095 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2005] [Revised: 01/24/2006] [Accepted: 02/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Non-optimal (rare) codons have been suggested to reduce translation rate and facilitate secretion in Escherichia coli. In this study, the complete genome analysis of non-optimal codon usage in secretory signal sequences and non-secretory sequences of Streptomyces coelicolor was performed. The result showed that there was a higher proportion of non-optimal codons in secretory signal sequences than in non-secretory sequences. The increased tendency was more obvious when tested with the experimental data of secretory proteins from proteomics analysis. Some non-optimal codons for Arg (AGA, CGU and CGA), Ile (AUA) and Lys (AAA) were significantly over presented in the secretary signal sequences. It may reveal that a balanced non-optimal codon usage was necessary for protein secretion and expression in Streptomyces.
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- Yu-Dong Li
- Zhejiang University, College of Life, Hangzhou, PR China
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Zheng J, Dong HJ, Wang CX, Guan WJ, Li YQ. [Research progress of targeting and translocation of proteins mediated by signal recognition particle in prokaryote]. Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 2005; 45:974-7. [PMID: 16496716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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How proteins are targeted and translocated mediated by signal recognition particle (SRP) in eukaryotic cell is very clear and uniform. In contrast, SRP systems are different in various kinds of prokaryotic cells, So it is difficult to identify. Nowadays, the studies of prokaryotic SRP system focus on the structure and function of Ffh, FtsY, 4.5S RNA, and GTP as a regulating molecular. Here, a description was given on research progress of constitutes, structures and functions of bacterial SRP complex proteins. The research status of streptomyces SRP pathway was also reviewed, and this study in streptomyces will be helpful to explain the molecular mechanism of prokaryotic SRP system.
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- Jing Zheng
- College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Guan WJ, Li Y, Chen YQ, Zhang XB, Hu GQ. Glucose biosensor based on multi-wall carbon nanotubes and screen printed carbon electrodes. Biosens Bioelectron 2005; 21:508-12. [PMID: 16076441 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2004.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2004] [Revised: 09/01/2004] [Accepted: 10/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This paper describes a disposable electrochemical biosensor for glucose monitoring. The sensor was based on multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) immobilized with glucose oxidase and upon screen printed carbon electrode. The effect of MWCNTs on the response of amperometric glucose oxidase electrode for glucose was examined. Results obtained, of interest for basic and applied biochemistry, represent a first step in construction of a MWCNT-enzyme electrode biosensor with potentialities for a successful application in the biosensor area.
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- Wen-Jun Guan
- Zhejiang University, College of Life Sciences, Hangzhou 310027, PR China.
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Zhang AL, Luo JX, Zhang TY, Chen SC, Guan WJ. Constitutive expression of human angiostatin in Pichia pastoris using the GAP promoter. Yi Chuan Xue Bao 2004; 31:552-7. [PMID: 15490871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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The GAP gene promoter was amplified from P. pastoris GS115 and used to replace the AOX1 promoter (P(AOX1)) on pPIC9K resulting in plasmid pGAP9K. The recombinant expression vector pGAP9K-AS was constructed by inserting the angiostatin gene(AS) into pGAP9K. pGAP9K-AS was then transformed into P. pastoris GS115. The multi-copy integration transformant P. pastoris GS115 (pGAP9K-AS) was used to investigate the constitutive expression of angiostatin in P. pastoris. The expression of angiostatin reached its peak after 4 d of culture in P. pastoris GS115 (pGAP9K-AS) while the angiostatin expressed in P. pastoris GS115 (pPIC9K-AS) after 4 d of induction or 5 d of culture is only 70% of that expressed by P. pastoris GS115 (pGAP9K-AS). The AS expression in inducible system reached the peak after 6 d of induction but the expressed AS was only 86% of that from constitutive system. The results of anti-angiogenic and antitumor activity assay showed that AS expressed from both constitutive and inducible system inhibited the CAM angiogenesis and suppressed B16 melanoma in C57BL/6J mouse and that the tumor inhibition rates reached 90.63% and 90.54%, respectively. The above data indicates that the constitutive promoter P(GAP) can served as an effective alternative to the inductive promoter P(AOX1) to express AS and other proteins in P. pastoris.
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- Ai-Lian Zhang
- The Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biochemistry, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Guan WJ, Gong XG. [Development of the portable blood glucose meter]. Zhongguo Yi Liao Qi Xie Za Zhi 2000; 24:321-323. [PMID: 12583250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This article introduces the research work on blood glucose assay instrument. It uses the method that immobilizes enzyme on nylon66 film and detects resultant color by photo-electric sensor The detecting range is 0-30 mml/L and the detecting time is 50 s.
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- W J Guan
- Department of Biomedical, Zhejiang University
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