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Miao YF, Gao XN, Xu DN, Li MC, Gao ZS, Tang ZH, Mhlambi NH, Wang WJ, Fan WT, Shi XZ, Liu GL, Song SQ. Protective effect of the new prepared Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz polysaccharide on fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome in laying hens. Poult Sci 2021; 100:938-948. [PMID: 33518147 PMCID: PMC7858188 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.11.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Fatty liver hemorrhage syndrome (FLHS) is the most common noninfectious cause of death in backyard chickens worldwide, which can cause a sudden drop in egg production in the affected flocks and cause huge losses to the laying hens breeding industry. In this study, we prepared polysaccharide from Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz (PAMK) by one-step alcohol precipitation. The structural analysis found that PAMK with a molecular weight of 2.816 × 103 Da was composed of glucose and mannose, in a molar ratio of 0.582 to 0.418. Furthermore, we investigated the hepatoprotective effects of PAMK on high-energy and low-protein (HELP) diet-induced FLHS in laying hens. The results showed that the hens' livers of the HELP diet showed yellowish-brown, greasy, and soft, whereas the supplement of PAMK (200 mg/kg or 400 mg/kg) could alleviate such pathological changes. The liver index, the abdominal fat percentage, and liver injury induced by the HELP diet were reduced in PAMK (200 mg/kg or 400 mg/kg). Supplementing 200 mg/kg or 400 mg/kg PAMK showed improvements of the antioxidant capacity in laying hens. Furthermore, we found that the HELP diet increased the expression of hepatic lipogenesis genes and decreased the expression of fatty acid β-oxidation genes, which could be reversed by 200 mg/kg or 400 mg/kg PAMK supplementation. Nevertheless, there is no difference between the addition of 40 mg/kg PAMK and the HELP group. Collectively, these results showed that PAMK supplements could ameliorate HELP diet-induced liver injury through regulating activities of antioxidant enzymes and hepatic lipid metabolism. Therefore, PAMK could be a potential feedstuff additive to alleviate FLHS in laying hens.
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- Y F Miao
- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Waterfowl Healthy Breeding, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Wang PL, Liu YK, Zhao T, Shi XZ, Sun L. [Current social support and social adaptation of HIV/AIDS patients in Henan province]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2019; 40:800-804. [PMID: 31357802 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2019.07.013] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To understand the status quo of social support for and social adaptation of HIV/AIDS patients in Henan province, analyze the relationship between social support and social adaptation, and provide reference for improving the quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients. Methods: A multi-stage stratified random sampling method was adopted to select HIV/AIDS patients in high HIV prevalence areas (Shangcai, Shenqiu), middle epidemic areas (Queshan, Yongcheng), low prevalence areas (Jiyuan, Sanmenxia) in Henan province. A social support scale was used to investigate the three dimensions of objective support, subjective support and support utilization. A social adaptation scale was used to investigate the three dimensions of patient cognitive willingness, social interaction and role adaptation. Finally, the characteristics of the social support, social adaptation and their relationships were analyzed. Results: The overall score of 506 HIV/AIDS patients' social support was 36.30±9.34, the score of objective support was 7.48±3.01, the score of subjective support was 22.35±5.79, and the score of support utilization was 6.28±2.38, the overall score and the scores of three dimensions of social support of HIV/AIDS patients were lower than the national levels, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The overall score of patients' social adaptation was39.10±7.10, the score of cognitive willingness was 9.96±3.23, the score of social interaction was 18.57±3.25, and the score of role adaptation was 10.57±2.52. The average score of social adaptation of patients was less than 2/3 of the overall score, and the average cognitive willingness score was less than 1/2 of the overall score. The differences in social support score and social adaptation score among patients with different gender, age, marital status, occupation, transmission route, number of symptoms were statistically significant (P<0.05). For the HIV/AIDS patients, there was a correlation between the social support and the social adaptation (r=0.14, P<0.05). Conclusion: HIV/AIDS patients had a low level of social support and social adaptation, and social support might be a contributing factor to the social adaptation of HIV/AIDS patients.
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- P L Wang
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Xu LY, Wang MY, Shi XZ, Yu QB, Shi YJ, Xu SX, Sun WX. Effect of long-term organic fertilization on the soil pore characteristics of greenhouse vegetable fields converted from rice-wheat rotation fields. Sci Total Environ 2018; 631-632:1243-1250. [PMID: 29727949 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.070] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The shift from rice-wheat rotation (RWR) to greenhouse vegetable soils has been widely practiced in China. Several studies have discussed the changes in soil properties with land-use changes, but few studies have sought to address the differences in soil pore properties, especially for fields based on long-term organic fertilization under greenhouse vegetable system from RWR fields. This study uses the X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning and statistical analysis to compare the long-term effects of the conversion of organic greenhouse vegetable fields (over one year, nine years, and fourteen years) from RWR fields on the soil macropore structure as well as the influencing factors from samples obtained in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, using the surface soil layer and triplicate samples. The results demonstrated that the macropore structure became more complex and stable, with a higher connectivity, fractal dimension (FD) and a lower degree of anisotropy (DA), as the greenhouse vegetable planting time increased. The total topsoil macroporosity increased considerably, but the rate of increase gradually decelerated with time. The transmission pores (round pores ranging from 50 to 500μm) increased with time, but the biopores (>2000μm) clearly decreased after nine years of use as greenhouse vegetable fields. Soil organic matter (OM) has a significant relationship with the soil pore structure characteristics, especially for the transmission pores. In addition, organic fertilization on the topsoil had a short-term effect on the pores, but the effect stabilized and had a weak influence on the pores over longer periods. These results suggested that organic fertilization was conducive for controlling soil degradation regarding it physical quality for water and oxygen availability in the short term.
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- L Y Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Zhou JW, Yan YY, Zhang WY, Wang LS, Gao BZ, Shi XZ, Geng XD, Huang Y. Diagnosis with spiral CT imaging before gastric carcinoma surgery. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2018; 32:725-730. [PMID: 29921406] [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: 06/08/2023]
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This study was carried out to study multi-slice spiral CT imaging for patients with gastric carcinoma and explore the values of multi-slice spiral CT imaging in staging prior to gastric carcinoma (GC) surgery. Forty-eight patients with GC underwent multi-slice spiral CT, and the scanning results were compared with the pathological results. The similarity of the results was observed, and the accuracy was calculated. Of 48 patients, 8 did not undergo surgery because of metastasis. In the diagnosis of the remaining 40 patients, the sensitivity of multi-slice spiral CT in the diagnosis of staging of invasive depth of GC was 77.5%; κ = 0.642 in the analysis of consistency; there was no significant difference with the pathological results (p >0.05). The overall accuracy of diagnosis for stage N was 80%. The accuracy of multi-slice CT in detecting distant metastasis of GC was 87.5%. Multi-slice spiral CT can determine and evaluate various metastases of GC. The diagnostic results obtained using multi-slice spiral CT was probably consistent with the pathological results.
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- J W Zhou
- Department of Imaging, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Imaging, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Imaging, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Imaging, the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, China
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- School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Imaging, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Imaging, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Imaging, Shandong Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Chen Y, Liu ZH, Lin ZH, Shi XZ. Eyes in pituitary disorders. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2018; 32:97-99. [PMID: 29504371] [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: 06/08/2023]
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The eye is a vital sense organ related to vision, conveying the underlying physical and mental state of well-being of an individual. Eye signs are often associated with endocrinal disorders such as exophthalmos in thyro-toxicosis. However, a thorough eye evaluation may lead to the identification of the early features that help in the diagnosis of various endocrine disorders. This is of vital importance especially in the central nervous system lesions. This is observed more in cases of pituitary mass lesions, which often present with functional hormonal alterations rather than visual symptoms. The definitive therapy has to be provided before it reaches the late stage of the disease which might lead to permanent visual disabilities. Hence, ophthalmologists, endocrinologists, neuro-radiologists and neurosurgeons need to intervene with combined efforts. In this review, we highlight the eye signs in pituitary disorders, along with a brief description of uncommon ocular-pituitary syndromes.
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- Y Chen
- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin province, China
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Pokusaeva K, Johnson C, Luk B, Uribe G, Fu Y, Oezguen N, Matsunami RK, Lugo M, Major A, Mori‐Akiyama Y, Hollister EB, Dann SM, Shi XZ, Engler DA, Savidge T, Versalovic J. GABA-producing Bifidobacterium dentium modulates visceral sensitivity in the intestine. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2017; 29:e12904. [PMID: 27458085 PMCID: PMC5195897 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recurrent abdominal pain is a common and costly health-care problem attributed, in part, to visceral hypersensitivity. Increasing evidence suggests that gut bacteria contribute to abdominal pain perception by modulating the microbiome-gut-brain axis. However, specific microbial signals remain poorly defined. γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a principal inhibitory neurotransmitter and a key regulator of abdominal and central pain perception from peripheral afferent neurons. Although gut bacteria are reported to produce GABA, it is not known whether the microbial-derived neurotransmitter modulates abdominal pain. METHODS To investigate the potential analgesic effects of microbial GABA, we performed daily oral administration of a specific Bifidobacterium strain (B. dentiumATCC 27678) in a rat fecal retention model of visceral hypersensitivity, and subsequently evaluated pain responses. KEY RESULTS We demonstrate that commensal Bifidobacterium dentium produces GABA via enzymatic decarboxylation of glutamate by GadB. Daily oral administration of this specific Bifidobacterium (but not a gadB deficient) strain modulated sensory neuron activity in a rat fecal retention model of visceral hypersensitivity. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES The functional significance of microbial-derived GABA was demonstrated by gadB-dependent desensitization of colonic afferents in a murine model of visceral hypersensitivity. Visceral pain modulation represents another potential health benefit attributed to bifidobacteria and other GABA-producing species of the intestinal microbiome. Targeting GABAergic signals along this microbiome-gut-brain axis represents a new approach for the treatment of abdominal pain.
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- K. Pokusaeva
- Department of Pathology & ImmunologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA,Department of PathologyTexas Children's HospitalHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Pathology & ImmunologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA,Department of PathologyTexas Children's HospitalHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Pathology & ImmunologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA,Department of PathologyTexas Children's HospitalHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Pathology & ImmunologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA,Molecular Virology & MicrobiologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineUniversity of Texas Medical BranchGalvestonTXUSA
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- Department of Pathology & ImmunologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA,Department of PathologyTexas Children's HospitalHoustonTXUSA
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- Proteomics Programmatic Core LaboratoryHouston Methodist Hospital Research InstituteHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Pathology & ImmunologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of PathologyTexas Children's HospitalHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Pathology & ImmunologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA,Department of PathologyTexas Children's HospitalHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Pathology & ImmunologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA,Department of PathologyTexas Children's HospitalHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineUniversity of Texas Medical BranchGalvestonTXUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineUniversity of Texas Medical BranchGalvestonTXUSA
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- Proteomics Programmatic Core LaboratoryHouston Methodist Hospital Research InstituteHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Pathology & ImmunologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA,Department of PathologyTexas Children's HospitalHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Pathology & ImmunologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA,Department of PathologyTexas Children's HospitalHoustonTXUSA,Molecular Virology & MicrobiologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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Li WC, Ji SD, Tian CZ, Li ZK, Wang XC, Zhang HC, Sun YL, Shi XZ, Wang TX, Li JY. Analysis of specific sequences in mutant rice generated by introduction of exogenous corn DNA. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:18980-9. [PMID: 26782548 DOI: 10.4238/2015.december.29.5] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Rice variation induced by the introduction of exogenous DNA has become an important method of improving rice varieties and creating new germplasms. In this study, we transferred maize genomic DNA fragments to the receptor of Nipponbare rice using a modified "pollen-tube pathway" method. Material from mutant rice B1 and B2 were acquired and 14 specific bands were obtained from the material using amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. From the 14 specific sequences obtained, there were 3791 bp, including 144 base mutations with a base mutation rate of 3.80%. Specific bands resulted from base mutation of selective bases or restriction endonuclease recognition sequences, or insertion or deletion of DNA fragments. The frequency of single-base mutations was significantly higher than that of double-base mutations, three-sequential base mutations, and multiple-sequential base mutations. The site frequency of base substitution (87.04%) was significantly higher than that of base insertion (3.70%) or deletion (9.26%). In all cases of base substitution, the frequency of transition (76.47%) was significantly higher than transversion (23.53%). The above results indicate that transferring foreign-species DNA into rice cells can induce base mutations in the receptor, with base substitutions occurring at the highest frequency, and the dominant type of base substitutions being transition. Preliminary analysis reveals that the molecular mechanism of transferring exogenous DNA into rice causes mutations, which provides theoretical data on biological mutagenesis for further research.
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- W C Li
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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Yu HY, Li XY, Cai ZF, Li L, Shi XZ, Song HX, Liu XJ. Eosinophil cationic protein mRNA expression in children with bronchial asthma. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:14279-85. [PMID: 26600485 DOI: 10.4238/2015.november.13.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Studies have shown that eosinophils are closely related to pathogenesis of bronchial asthma. Eosinophils release eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), which plays an important role in infection and allergic reactions. Serum ECP mRNA expression in children with bronchial asthma has not been adequately investigated. We analyzed serum ECP mRNA expression in 63 children with bronchial asthma and 21 healthy children by using reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction to understand the role of ECP in children with bronchial asthma. The children with bronchial asthma were segregated into acute-phase and stable-phase groups, based on the severity of the illness. Serum ECP mRNA expression in children with bronchial asthma (0.375 ± 0.04) was significantly higher than that in healthy controls (0.20 ± 0.02; P < 0.05). Additionally, children in the acute-phase group showed higher ECP mRNA expression level (0.44 ± 0.06) than those in the stable-phase (0.31 ± 0.03) and healthy control groups (0.20 ± 0.02; P < 0.05), while the level in the stable-phase (0.31 ± 0.03) was markedly higher than that in the healthy control group (0.20 ± 0.02; P < 0.05). Detection of serum ECP mRNA expression level has possible applications in the diagnosis and treatment of children with bronchial asthma.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Qilu Children's Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Child Health Care, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The First People's Hospital of Jinan City, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, the First Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Liu MQ, Duan JP, Shi XZ, Lu JJ, Huang W. Thermo-stabilized, porous polyimide microspheres prepared from nanosized SiO2 templating via in situ polymerization. EXPRESS POLYM LETT 2015. [DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2015.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Shi XZ, Song SQ, Sun AL, Liu JH, Li DX, Chen J. Rapid analysis of pyrethroid insecticides in aquaculture seawater samples viamembrane-assisted solvent extraction coupled with gas chromatography-electron capture detection. Analyst 2012; 137:437-43. [DOI: 10.1039/c1an15782e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Yu DS, Shi XZ, Wang HJ, Sun WX, Chen JM, Liu QH, Zhao YC. Regional patterns of soil organic carbon stocks in China. J Environ Manage 2007; 85:680-9. [PMID: 17126986 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2005] [Revised: 09/08/2006] [Accepted: 09/19/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Soil organic carbon (SOC) is of great importance in the global carbon cycle. Distribution patterns of SOC in various regions of China constitute a nation-wide baseline for studies on soil carbon changes. This paper presents an integrated and multi-level study on SOC stock patterns of China, and presents baseline SOC stock estimates by great administrative regions, river watersheds, soil type regions and ecosystem. The assignment is done by means of a recently completed 1: 1,000,000 scale soil database of China, which is the most detailed and reliable one in China at the present time. SOC densities of 7292 soil profiles collected across China in the middle of the 1980s were calculated and then linked to corresponding polygons in a digital soil map, resulting in a SOC Density Map of China on a 1: 1,000,000 scale, and a 1 km x 1 km grid map. Corresponding maps of administrative regions, river watersheds, soil types (ST), and ecosystems in China were also prepared with an identical resolution and coordinate control points, allowing GIS analyses. Results show that soils in China cover an area of 9.281 x 10(6)km(2) in total, with a total SOC stock of 89.14 Pg (1 Pg=10(15)g) and a mean SOC density of 96.0 t C/ha. Confidence limits of the SOC stock and density in China are estimated as [89.23 Pg, 89.08 Pg] and [96.143 t C/ha, 95.981 t C/ha] at 95% probability, respectively. The largest total SOC stock (23.60 Pg) is found in South-west China while the highest mean SOC density (181.9 t C/ha) is found in north-east China. The total SOC stock and the mean SOC density in the Yangtze river watershed are 21.05 Pg and 120.0 t C/ha, respectively, while the corresponding figures in the Yellow river watershed are 8.46 Pg and 104.3 t C/ha, respectively. The highest total SOC stocks are found in Inceptisols (34.39 Pg) with SOC density of 102.8 t C/ha. The lowest and highest mean SOC densities are found on Entisols (28.1 t C/ha), and on Histosols (994.728.1 t C/ha), respectively. Finally, the total SOC stock in shrub and forest ecosystem classes are 25.55 and 21.50 Pg, respectively; the highest mean SOC density (209.9 t C/ha) was recorded in the wetland ecosystem class and the lowest (29.0 t C/ha) in the desert ecosystem class. Among five forest ecosystem types, Evergreen conifer forest stores the highest SOC stock (6.81 Pg), and Deciduous conifer forest shows the highest SOC density (225.9 t C/ha). Figures of SOC stocks stratified by Administrative regions, river watersheds, soil types and ecosystem types presented in the study may constitute national-wide baseline for studies of SOC stock changes in various regions in the future.
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- D S Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
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Sun HQ, Yuan DR, Wang XQ, Cheng XF, Gong CR, Zhou M, Xu HY, Wei XC, Luan CN, Pan DY, Li ZF, Shi XZ. A novel metal-organic coordination complex crystal: tri-allylthiourea zinc chloride (ATZC). Cryst Res Technol 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/crat.200410450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Shi XZ, Yu DS, Warner ED, Pan XZ, Petersen GW, Gong ZG, Weindorf DC. Soil Database of 1:1,000,000 Digital Soil Survey and Reference System of the Chinese Genetic Soil Classification System. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.2136/sh2004.4.0129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This study investigated whether inflammation modulates the mobilization of Ca(2+) in canine colonic circular muscle cells. The contractile response of single cells from the inflamed colon was significantly suppressed in response to ACh, KCl, and BAY K8644. Methoxyverapamil and reduction in extracellular Ca(2+) concentration dose-dependently blocked the response in both normal and inflamed cells. The increase in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration in response to ACh and KCl was significantly reduced in the inflamed cells. However, Ca(2+) efflux from the ryanodine- and inositol 1,4, 5-trisphosphate (IP(3))-sensitive stores, as well as the decrease of cell length in response to ryanodine and IP(3), were not affected. Heparin significantly blocked Ca(2+) efflux and contraction in response to ACh in both conditions. ACh-stimulated accumulation of IP(3) and the binding of [(3)H]ryanodine to its receptors were not altered by inflammation. Ruthenium red partially inhibited the response to ACh in normal and inflamed states. We conclude that the canine colonic circular muscle cells utilize Ca(2+) influx through L-type channels as well as Ca(2+) release from the ryanodine- and IP(3)-sensitive stores to contract. Inflammation impairs Ca(2+) influx through L-type channels, but it may not affect intracellular Ca(2+) release. The impairment of Ca(2+) influx may contribute to the suppression of circular muscle contractility in the inflamed state.
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MESH Headings
- 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester/pharmacology
- Acetylcholine/pharmacology
- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channel Agonists/pharmacology
- Calcium Radioisotopes
- Cell Membrane Permeability
- Cell Size/drug effects
- Colitis/metabolism
- Cytosol/metabolism
- Dogs
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/metabolism
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/pharmacology
- Kinetics
- Muscle Contraction/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth/metabolism
- Potassium Chloride/pharmacology
- Ryanodine/metabolism
- Ryanodine/pharmacology
- Tritium
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- X Z Shi
- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin and Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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The aim of this study was to identify the subtypes of muscarinic receptors that mediate in vivo and in vitro canine ileal longitudinal muscle contractions and whether their role is modulated by inflammation. Previous studies have reported that circular muscle contractions are suppressed in ileal inflammation induced by mucosal exposure to ethanol and acetic acid. We found that inflammation had no significant effect on in vivo and in vitro spontaneous or muscarinic receptor-mediated contractions of the longitudinal muscle. The longitudinal muscle contractions were mediated primarily by the M(3) receptor subtype. However, the IC(50) of the M(2) receptor antagonist methoctramine was only 10 times greater than that of the M(3) receptor antagonist 4-DAMP in the longitudinal muscle, whereas it was 224 times greater in the circular muscle. M(2) receptor-coupled decrease of intracellular cAMP occurred in the longitudinal but not in the circular muscle from the normal ileum. Inflammation did not alter this coupling in the longitudinal muscle but established it in the circular muscle. In conclusion, M(2) receptors may play a greater role in the mediation of longitudinal muscle contractions than circular muscle contractions. Inflammation does not alter the contractility or the relative role of muscarinic receptor subtypes in longitudinal muscle cells. However, it modulates the M(2) receptor coupling to adenylate cyclase in the circular muscle.
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- X Z Shi
- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53295, USA
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Corticospinal axon outgrowth in vivo and the ability to sprout or regenerate after injury decline with age. This developmental decline in growth potential has been correlated with an increase in inhibitory myelin-associated proteins in older spinal cord. However, previous results have shown that sprouting of corticospinal fibers after contralateral lesions begins to diminish prior to myelination, suggesting that a decrease in growth promoting and/or an increase in inhibitory molecules in spinal gray matter may also regulate corticospinal axon outgrowth. To address this possibility, we carried out in vitro experiments to measure neurite outgrowth from explants of 1-day-old hamster forelimb sensorimotor cortex that were plated onto membrane carpets or membrane stripe assays prepared from white or gray matter of 1-to 22-day-old cervical spinal cord. On uniform carpets and in the stripe assays cortical neurites grew robustly on young but not older membranes from both white and gray matter. Mixtures of membranes from 1- and 15-day spinal cord inhibited neurite outgrowth, suggesting that the presence of inhibitory molecules in the 15-day cord overwhelmed permissive or growth promoting molecules in membranes from 1-day cord. Video microscopic observations of growth cone behaviors on membrane stripe assays transferred to glass coverslips supported this view. Cortical growth cones repeatedly collapsed at borders between permissive substrates (laminin or young membrane stripes) and nonpermissive substrates (older membrane stripes). Growth cones either turned away from the older membranes or reduced their growth rates. These results suggest that molecules in both the gray and white matter of the developing spinal cord can inhibit cortical neurite outgrowth.
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- M Nagashima
- Department of Anatomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Spontaneous in vivo phasic contractions are suppressed during ileal inflammation. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that modulation of the contractile response to muscarinic receptor activation contributes to this inhibition. METHODS Muscarine, methacholine, and arecaidine propargyl ester were infused close-intra-arterially in the normal and inflamed ileum of conscious dogs. Concurrent studies were performed on in vitro muscle strips. RESULTS Prior close-intra-arterial infusions of tetrodotoxin or hexamethonium had no significant effect on the contractile response to any agonist, indicating that they acted primarily on smooth muscle muscarinic receptors. The contractile response to each agonist was suppressed significantly during inflammation. The median inhibitory dose of 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methyl-piperidine methiodide (4-DAMP) was 57-244-fold smaller than that of pirenzepine, methoctramine, and tropicamide to inhibit the contractile response to muscarine. Inflammation induced a significant leftward shift in the inhibitory dose-response curve to methoctramine but not to 4-DAMP, pirenzepine, or tropicamide. The data from in vitro muscle strips were similar to those in conscious dogs. CONCLUSIONS Inflammation suppresses the phasic contractile response to muscarinic receptor activation in circular smooth muscle cells. The spontaneous and muscarinic agonist-stimulated in vivo phasic contractions of ileal circular smooth muscle cells are mediated primarily by M3 receptors.
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- X Z Shi
- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, USA
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Shi XZ, Zhang JJ. [Erythromycin: a motilin receptor agonist]. Sheng Li Ke Xue Jin Zhan 1992; 23:365-7. [PMID: 1302371] [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: 12/26/2022]
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Shi XZ. [Histomorphological study of jejunal mucosa in 35 cases]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 1986; 15:223-4. [PMID: 2953465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Shi XZ. [A huge myelolipoma of adrenal gland--a case report]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 1983; 5:450-1. [PMID: 6676088] [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: 01/21/2023]
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