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Chen X, Liang L, Fu S, Bao X, Gu S, Jiao Y, Hu F, Rahman A, Li Q. Distribution characteristics of reactive silicon in six water bodies in the Yangtze River Basin in China. Environ Res 2024; 249:118424. [PMID: 38325775 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Terrestrial silicon (Si) from biogeochemically weathered rocks and soils into oceans must pass through several water bodies, resulting in some Si immobilized. Hence, the knowledge on Si distribution characteristics in different water bodies at a basin scale is helpful to understand Si immobilization. A total of 65 surface sediments and corresponding overlying water samples were sampled from six water bodies (Dianchi Lake, DL; Dadu River, DR; Tuojiang River, TR; Honghu Lake, HL; Donghu Lake, DhL; Taihu Lake, TL) in the Yangtze River Basin of China, total dissolved Si (TDSi) in overlying water and exchangeable Si (Ex-Si), active non-biogenic Si (NBSi), and total acid dissolved Si (TADSi) in sediments were analyzed. Water chemical parameters (pH, EC, and TDP) and sediment components (LOI, TN, TP, and TADFe) showed that the water environment characteristics of six water bodies differed. TDSi differed among regions and between lakes and rivers, significantly higher in water bodies in the upper reaches and rivers than the middle or lower reaches and lakes (p < 0.05), respectively. Ex-Si in sediments in the upper reaches was significantly higher than in the middle or lower reaches (p < 0.05), except for DhL, whose Ex-Si was the highest. Mean TADSi and active NBSi were significantly higher in lakes than rivers (p < 0.05). Oxidation of sediments significantly increased TDSi in overlying water and active NBSi in sediments (p < 0.01). Si forms in six water bodies significantly depended on components of the sediments (e.g. active Ca2+, Mg2+, Fe, and Al3+) and water chemical parameters (p < 0.05). Our results suggest that immobilization of Si in water bodies in the Yangtze River Basin depends on the types of water bodies and sediments, lakes and Fe-Al dominated sediments have a high potential to immobilize Si, but anthropogenic interference should not be ignored.
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- Xuemei Chen
- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; School of Environment Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; School of Environment Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; School of Environment Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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Bao X, Yu S, Lu W, Hao Z, Yi Z, Cheng S, Tang B, Zhang J, Tang C, Yi Y. Tunable High-Sensitivity Four-Frequency Refractive Index Sensor Based on Graphene Metamaterial. Sensors (Basel) 2024; 24:2658. [PMID: 38676275 PMCID: PMC11054719 DOI: 10.3390/s24082658] [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: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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As graphene-related technology advances, the benefits of graphene metamaterials become more apparent. In this study, a surface-isolated exciton-based absorber is built by running relevant simulations on graphene, which can achieve more than 98% perfect absorption at multiple frequencies in the MWIR (MediumWavelength Infra-Red (MWIR) band as compared to the typical absorber. The absorber consists of three layers: the bottom layer is gold, the middle layer is dielectric, and the top layer is patterned with graphene. Tunability was achieved by electrically altering graphene's Fermi energy, hence the position of the absorption peak. The influence of graphene's relaxation time on the sensor is discussed. Due to the symmetry of its structure, different angles of light source incidence have little effect on the absorption rate, leading to polarization insensitivity, especially for TE waves, and this absorber has polarization insensitivity at ultra-wide-angle degrees. The sensor is characterized by its tunability, polarisation insensitivity, and high sensitivity, with a sensitivity of up to 21.60 THz/refractive index unit (RIU). This paper demonstrates the feasibility of the multi-frequency sensor and provides a theoretical basis for the realization of the multi-frequency sensor. This makes it possible to apply it to high-sensitivity sensors.
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- Xu Bao
- Joint Laboratory for Extreme Conditions Matter Properties, Key Laboratory of Manufacturing Process Testing Technology of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China; (X.B.); (W.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (S.Y.); (Z.H.)
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- Joint Laboratory for Extreme Conditions Matter Properties, Key Laboratory of Manufacturing Process Testing Technology of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China; (X.B.); (W.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (S.Y.); (Z.H.)
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- Joint Laboratory for Extreme Conditions Matter Properties, Key Laboratory of Manufacturing Process Testing Technology of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China; (X.B.); (W.L.)
- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, China;
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, China;
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- School of Microelectronics and Control Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China;
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- Department of Physics, Jinzhong University, Jinzhong 030619, China;
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- College of Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China;
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- College of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
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Chen P, Liu X, Liu Y, Bao X, Wu Q. ARHGAP18 is Upregulated by Transcription Factor GATA1 Promotes the Proliferation and Invasion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2024; 196:679-689. [PMID: 37171759 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-023-04459-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Rho GTPase activating protein 18 (ARHGAP18), a member of the RhoGAP gene family that increases GTP hydrolysis and inhibits RhoGTPase, was recently discovered to play a role in the development of breast cancer. However, its exact biological role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. In our present study, we comprehensively assessed ARHGAP18 expression and its correlation with the prognostic value of cancer patients in databases. Cell proliferation and colony formation assays were employed to monitor cell growth. Luciferase reporter assay, Chromatin immunoprecipitation qPCR (ChIP-qPCR), immunofluorescence were performed for mechanism research. The expression of genes and proteins was detected by real-time PCR and western blotting. According to the findings of this research, ARHGAP18 protein levels are increased in HCC tissues compared to adjacent nontumor tissues, and ARHGAP18 overexpression is associated with poor survival. The results of a gain- and loss-of-function experiment with HCC cells in vitro demonstrated that ARHGAP18 stimulated cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. Mechanistically, we found that the transcription factor GATA binding protein 1 (GATA1) could bind to the ARHGAP18 promoter and facilitate ARHGAP18 expression. Further studies revealed that the effects of ARHGAP18 silencing on HCCLM3 and Bel-7402 cells were blocked by GATA1 overexpression. In conclusion, GATA1-mediated ARHGAP18 up-regulation plays an important role in HCC tumorigenesis and might be a potential therapeutic target for HCC.
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- Ping Chen
- Department of Hepatobiliary Cancer, Liver Cancer Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tiyuanbei, Huanhuxi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300060, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Cancer, Liver Cancer Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tiyuanbei, Huanhuxi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300060, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Cancer, Liver Cancer Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tiyuanbei, Huanhuxi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300060, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Cancer, Liver Cancer Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tiyuanbei, Huanhuxi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300060, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Cancer, Liver Cancer Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tiyuanbei, Huanhuxi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300060, People's Republic of China.
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Wang B, Zhang P, Guo X, Bao X, Tian J, Li G, Zhang J. Contribution of zeolite to nitrogen retention in chicken manure and straw compost: Reduction of NH 3 and N 2O emissions and increase of nitrate. Bioresour Technol 2024; 391:129981. [PMID: 37926358 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Co-composting of chicken manure, straw and zeolite was investigated in a water bath heating system to estimate the effect of zeolite on physicochemical properties and metabolic functions related to nitrogen conversion. The results indicated that NH3 catches by zeolite was concentrated in the early stage and zeolite with 10 % addition reduced 28 % NH3 and 55 % N2O emissions as compost ended. The nitrate content in 10 % zeolite group was 17 % higher than that in control group. There was no significant increase of NO2- in zeolite group. More NO2- formed NH3, rather than being converted to NOx through denitrification. The abundance of nitrification genes amoA and hao increased except nxrA in zeolite groups. Denitrification was the most obvious at 20 d and zeolite decreased the abundance of denitrification genes narG, nirK and nosZ at this time.
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- Bing Wang
- College of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China
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Jin G, Chang Y, Bao X. Generation of chimeric antigen receptor macrophages from human pluripotent stem cells to target glioblastoma. Immunooncol Technol 2023; 20:100409. [PMID: 38192614 PMCID: PMC10772262 DOI: 10.1016/j.iotech.2023.100409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive brain tumor giving a poor prognosis with the current treatment options. The advent of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy revolutionized the field of immunotherapy and has provided a new set of therapeutic options for refractory blood cancers. In an effort to apply this therapeutic approach to solid tumors, various immune cell types and CAR constructs are being studied. Notably, macrophages have recently emerged as potential candidates for targeting solid tumors, attributed to their inherent tumor-infiltrating capacity and abundant presence in the tumor microenvironment. Materials and methods In this study, we developed a chemically defined differentiation protocol to generate macrophages from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). A GBM-specific CAR was genetically incorporated into hPSCs to generate CAR hPSC-derived macrophages. Results The CAR hPSC-derived macrophages exhibited potent anticancer activity against GBM cells in vitro. Conclusion Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of generating functional CAR-macrophages from hPSCs for adoptive immunotherapy, thereby opening new avenues for the treatment of solid tumors, particularly GBM.
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- G. Jin
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette
- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, West Lafayette, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette
- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, West Lafayette, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette
- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, West Lafayette, USA
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Liu SY, Cao SL, Luo HY, Bao L, E J, Li B, Lan XM, Zhang GQ, Bao X, Zheng YL. TFP5, a Peptide Derived from Cdk5 Activator p35, Protects Pancreatic β Cells from Glucose Toxicity. Bull Exp Biol Med 2023; 176:19-25. [PMID: 38087140 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-023-05959-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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We studied the effect of TFP5 on MIN6 cells (cultured mouse islet β cells) treated with different concentrations of glucose (5 or 25 mM). The results were verified in C57BL/6J mice (control; n=12) and db/db mice with type 2 diabetes mellitus (n=12). To synthesize TFP5, peptide p5 (a derivative of p35 protein, activator of cyclin-dependent kinase 5, Cdk5) was conjugated with a FITC tag at the N-terminus and an 11-amino acid TAT protein transduction domain at the C-terminus. TFP5 was employed to inhibit Cdk5 activity and then to evaluate its efficiency in treating experimental type 2 diabetes mellitus. TFP5 effectively inhibited the pathological hyperactivity of Cdk5, enhanced insulin secretion, and protected pancreatic β cells from apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. In addition, TFP5 inhibited inflammation in pancreatic islets by reducing the expression of inflammatory cytokines TGF-β1, TNFα, and IL-1β. These novel data indicates that TFP5 is a promising candidate for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- S-Y Liu
- Department of Nephrology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- The Third Clinical Medical College of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- The Third Clinical Medical College of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- The Third Clinical Medical College of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- The Third Clinical Medical College of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- The Third Clinical Medical College of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
- The Third Clinical Medical College of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.
- The Third Clinical Medical College of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.
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Jabeen M, Ren Z, Ishaq M, Yuan S, Bao X, Shu C, Liu X, Liu X, Li L, He YS, Ma ZF, Liao XZ. Stable Operation Induced by Plastic Crystal Electrolyte Used in Ni-Rich NMC811 Cathodes for Li-Ion Batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023. [PMID: 37890042 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c10643] [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] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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The LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 (NMC811) cathode material has been of significant consideration owing to its high energy density for Li-ion batteries. However, the poor cycling stability in a carbonate electrolyte limits its further development. In this work, we report the excellent electrochemical performance of the NMC811 cathode using a rational electrolyte based on organic ionic plastic crystal N-ethyl-N-methyl pyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide C2mpyr[FSI], with the addition of (1:1 mol) LiFSI salt. This plastic crystal electrolyte (PC) is a thick viscous liquid with an ionic conductivity of 2.3 × 10-3 S cm-1 and a high Li+ transference number of 0.4 at ambient temperature. The NMC811@PC cathode delivers a discharge capacity of 188 mA h g-1 at a rate of 0.2 C with a capacity retention of 94.5% after 200 cycles, much higher than that of using a carbonate electrolyte (54.3%). Moreover, the NMC811@PC cathode also exhibits a superior high-rate capability with a discharge capacity of 111.0 mA h g-1 at the 10 C rate. The significantly improved cycle performance of the NMC811@PC cathode can be attributed to the high Li+ conductivity of the PC electrolyte, the stable Li+ conductive CEI film, and the maintaining of particle integrity during long-term cycling. The admirable electrochemical performance of the NMC811|C2mpyr[FSI]:[LiFSI] system exhibits a promising application of the plastic crystal electrolyte for high voltage layered oxide cathode materials in advanced lithium-ion batteries.
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- Maher Jabeen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- In-Situ Center for Physical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- In-Situ Center for Physical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Key Laboratory of Green and High-end Utilization of Salt Lake Resources (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Wang Z, Zhao Z, Li W, Bao X, Liu T, Yang X. A Nomogram for Predicting Progression-free Survival in Patients with Endometrial Cancer. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2023; 35:e516-e527. [PMID: 37230875 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2023.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 02/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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AIMS Endometrial cancer is one of the most widely known gynaecological malignancies that lacks a prognostic prediction model. This study aimed to develop a nomogram to predict progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with endometrial cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Information for endometrial cancer patients diagnosed and treated from 1 January 2005 to 30 June 2018 was collected. The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and multivariate Cox regression analysis were carried out to determine the independent risk factors and a nomogram was constructed by R based on analytical factors. Internal and external validation were then carried out to predict the probability of 3- and 5-year PFS. RESULTS In total, 1020 patients with endometrial cancer were included in the study and the relationship between 25 factors and prognosis was analysed. Postmenopause (hazard ratio = 2.476, 95% confidence interval 1.023-5.994), lymph node metastasis (hazard ratio = 6.242, 95% confidence interval 2.815-13.843), lymphovascular space invasion (hazard ratio = 4.263, 95% confidence interval 1.802-10.087), histological type (hazard ratio = 2.713, 95% confidence interval 1.374-5.356), histological differentiation (hazard ratio = 2.601, 95% confidence interval 1.141-5.927) and parametrial involvement (hazard ratio = 3.596, 95% confidence interval 1.622-7.973) were found to be independent prognostic risk factors; these factors were selected to establish a nomogram. The consistency index for 3-year PFS were 0.88 (95% confidence interval 0.81-0.95) in the training cohort and 0.93 (95% confidence interval 0.87-0.99) in the verification set. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve for the 3- and 5-year PFS predictions are 0.891 and 0.842 in the training set; the same conclusion also appeared in the verification set [0.835 (3-year), 0.803(5-year)]. CONCLUSIONS This study established a prognostic nomogram for endometrial cancer that provides a more individualised and accurate estimation of PFS for patients, which will help physicians make follow-up strategies and risk stratification.
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- Z Wang
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
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Zhang L, Zhang W, Bao X. Visible light fingerprint database recovery algorithm based on CP decomposition. Opt Express 2023; 31:22885-22902. [PMID: 37475388 DOI: 10.1364/oe.492628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Visible light communication(VLC) is a new method of indoor communication. It can provide an effective solution for indoor positioning. Fingerprint-based visible light positioning(VLP) has been widely studied for its feasibility and high accuracy. The acquisition of 'fingerprint database' is crucial for accurate VLP. However, sparse sensors such as photodiode(PD) can only be arranged because of the space-limited scenario and high costs. Correspondingly, it results in the loss of the fingerprint database. Therefore, it is indispensable to solve the problem of how to effectively and accurately recover the fingerprint database from measurements of sparsely arranged sensors. In this paper, we propose a spatio-temporal constraint tensor completion (SCTC) algorithm based on CANDECOMP/PARAFAC (CP) decomposition to recover the fingerprint database from measurements of sparsely arranged sensors. Specifically, we model the measurements from the spatial and temporal dimensions as a tensor, and formulate the optimization problem based on the low-rank feature of the tensor. To improve the recovery accuracy, spatial and temporal constraint matrices are introduced to effectively constrain the optimization direction when completing the tensor. Spatial constraint matrices are constructed by utilizing the mode-n expansion matrix of the tensor based on the undirected graph theory. Accordingly, the Toeplitz matrix is used as the temporal constraint matrix to excavate the temporal correlation of the tensor. Since the optimization problem is non-convex and difficult to solve, we introduce CP decomposition to decompose the tensor into several factor matrices. By solving the factor matrices, the original tensor is reconstructed. The performance of the proposed SCTC algorithm is confirmed via experimental measured data.
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Wang H, Chang J, Zhang W, Fang Y, Li S, Fan Y, Jiang S, Yao Y, Deng K, Lu L, Bao X, Feng F, Wang R, Feng M. Radiomics model and clinical scale for the preoperative diagnosis of silent corticotroph adenomas. J Endocrinol Invest 2023:10.1007/s40618-023-02042-2. [PMID: 37020103 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-023-02042-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Silent corticotroph adenomas (SCAs) are a subtype of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas that exhibit more aggressive behavior. However, rapid and accurate preoperative diagnostic methods are currently lacking. DESIGN The purpose of this study was to examine the differences between SCA and non-SCA features and to establish radiomics models and a clinical scale for rapid and accurate prediction. METHODS A total of 260 patients (72 SCAs vs. 188 NSCAs) with nonfunctioning adenomas from Peking Union Medical College Hospital were enrolled in the study as the internal dataset. Thirty-five patients (6 SCAs vs. 29 NSCAs) from Fuzhou General Hospital were enrolled as the external dataset. Radiomics models and an SCA scale to preoperatively diagnose SCAs were established based on MR images and clinical features. RESULTS There were more female patients (internal dataset: p < 0.001; external dataset: p = 0.028) and more multiple microcystic changes (internal dataset: p < 0.001; external dataset: p = 0.012) in the SCA group. MRI showed more invasiveness (higher Knosp grades, p ≤ 0.001). The radiomics model achieved AUCs of 0.931 and 0.937 in the internal and external datasets, respectively. The clinical scale achieved an AUC of 0.877 and a sensitivity of 0.952 in the internal dataset and an AUC of 0.899 and a sensitivity of 1.0 in the external dataset. CONCLUSIONS Based on clinical information and imaging characteristics, the constructed radiomics model achieved high preoperative diagnostic ability. The SCA scale achieved the purpose of rapidity and practicality while ensuring sensitivity, which is conducive to simplifying clinical work.
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- H Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Neurospine center, China International Neuroscience Institute, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
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Wang Z, Cui G, Zheng Q, Ren X, Yang Q, Yuan S, Bao X, Shu C, Zhang Y, Li L, He YS, Chen L, Ma ZF, Liao XZ. Ultrafast Charge-Discharge Capable and Long-Life Na 3.9 Mn 0.95 Zr 0.05 V(PO 4 ) 3 /C Cathode Material for Advanced Sodium-Ion Batteries. Small 2023; 19:e2206987. [PMID: 36725320 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206987] [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: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Na4 MnV(PO4 )3 /C (NMVP) has been considered an attractive cathode for sodium-ion batteries with higher working voltage and lower cost than Na3 V2 (PO4 )3 /C. However, the poor intrinsic electronic conductivity and Jahn-Teller distortion caused by Mn3+ inhibit its practical application. In this work, the remarkable effects of Zr-substitution on prompting electronic and Na-ion conductivity and also structural stabilization are reported. The optimized Na3.9 Mn0.95 Zr0.05 V(PO4 )3 /C sample shows ultrafast charge-discharge capability with discharge capacities of 108.8, 103.1, 99.1, and 88.0 mAh g-1 at 0.2, 1, 20, and 50 C, respectively, which is the best result for cation substituted NMVP samples reported so far. This sample also shows excellent cycling stability with a capacity retention of 81.2% at 1 C after 500 cycles. XRD analyses confirm the introduction of Zr into the lattice structure which expands the lattice volume and facilitates the Na+ diffusion. First-principle calculation indicates that Zr modification reduces the band gap energy and leads to increased electronic conductivity. In situ XRD analyses confirm the same structure evolution mechanism of the Zr-modified sample as pristine NMVP, however the strong ZrO bond obviously stabilizes the structure framework that ensures long-term cycling stability.
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- Zhuangzhou Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, in situ Center for Physical Sciences, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center and Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu PYLON BATTERY CO., LTD, Yangzhou, 211400, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, in situ Center for Physical Sciences, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center and Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, in situ Center for Physical Sciences, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Device Research Center and Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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Wang X, Lu C, Chen Y, Wang Q, Bao X, Zhang Z, Huang X. Resveratrol promotes bone mass in ovariectomized rats and the SIRT1 rs7896005 SNP is associated with bone mass in women during perimenopause and early postmenopause. Climacteric 2023; 26:25-33. [PMID: 35674253 DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2022.2073809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the effects of SIRT1 agonist resveratrol on bone mass in ovariectomized (OVX) rats and the SIRT1 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs7896005 on bone mass in women during menopause and early postmenopause. METHODS An animal experiment was conducted on rats that were sham-operated (SHAM), OVX or OVX and different administered doses of resveratrol. Serum markers and femur microstructure and staining were assessed. A cross-sectional study was conducted in women undergoing menopause. SIRT1 protein and SIRT1 SNP rs7896005 were evaluated. RESULTS OVX rats administered resveratrol, especially high doses, showed lower bone loss than OVX rats. Serum osteoprotegerin (OPG) and femur SIRT1, β-catenin and bone mineral density (BMD) were significantly increased, whereas receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) was significantly decreased. Serum SIRT1 levels were significantly lower in women with low bone mass (p < 0.01). Women with the CA genotype of rs7896005 had lower bone mass than those with the CC genotype. The A allele showed a significant negative effect on bone loss risk (odds ratio = 3.48; p = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS Resveratrol stimulated SIRT1 expression and Wnt/β-catenin signaling to promote bone mass in rat femurs. Among women in perimenopause and early postmenopause, SIRT1 protected bone mass, and the A allele of SIRT1 rs7896005 was a risk factor for reduced bone mass.
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- Department of Reproduction Center, Xuzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First People's Hospital of Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology Center, Hangzhou Women's Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Reproduction Center, Xuzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Xuzhou, China
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Lloyd S, Bao X. 547 CDK9 Kinase Activation in Association with AFF1-SEC Initiate Epidermal Progenitor differentiation. J Invest Dermatol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.09.563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lloyd S, Brady M, Rodriguez D, Leon D, McReynolds M, Kweon J, Neely A, Bao X. 460 Rapid activation of epidermal progenitor differentiation via CDK9 activity modulated by AFF1 and HEXIM1. J Invest Dermatol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.05.469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Droll S, Zhang B, Leon D, Bao X. 453 H2AZ1 and H2AZ2 regulate divergent programs in epidermal progenitor maintenance. J Invest Dermatol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.05.462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Li Q, Demir S, Bao X, Wagner A, Fan Y, Cairo S, Kappler R. Mebendazole inhibits growth of hepatoblastoma cells by cell cycle
arrest. KLINISCHE PADIATRIE 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1748714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Q Li
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. von Hauner Children’s
Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. von Hauner Children’s
Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School
of Medicine, Zhejiang University, People’s Republic of
China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. von Hauner Children’s
Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital,
LMU Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. von Hauner Children’s
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Wang YW, Dong HZ, Tan YX, Bao X, Su YM, Li X, Jiang F, Liang J, Huang ZC, Ren YL, Xu YL, Su Q. HIF-1α-regulated lncRNA-TUG1 promotes mitochondrial dysfunction and pyroptosis by directly binding to FUS in myocardial infarction. Cell Death Dis 2022; 8:178. [PMID: 35396503 PMCID: PMC8993815 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-022-00969-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Myocardial infarction (MI) is a fatal heart disease that affects millions of lives worldwide each year. This study investigated the roles of HIF-1α/lncRNA-TUG1 in mitochondrial dysfunction and pyroptosis in MI. CCK-8, DHE, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assays, and JC-1 staining were performed to measure proliferation, reactive oxygen species (ROS), LDH leakage, and mitochondrial damage in hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R)-treated cardiomyocytes. Enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) and flow cytometry were used to detect LDH, creatine kinase (CK), and its isoenzyme (CK-MB) levels and caspase-1 activity. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), luciferase assay, and RNA-immunoprecipitation (RIP) were used to assess the interaction between HIF-1α, TUG1, and FUS. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry were used to measure HIF-1α, TUG1 and pyroptosis-related molecules. Hematoxylin and eosin (HE), 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC), and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP risk end labelling (TUNEL) staining were employed to examine the morphology, infarction area, and myocardial injury in the MI mouse model. Mitochondrial dysfunction and pyroptosis were induced in H/R-treated cardiomyocytes, accompanied by an increase in the expression of HIF-α and TUG1. HIF-1α promoted TUG1 expression by directly binding to the TUG1 promoter. TUG1 silencing inhibited H/R-induced ROS production, mitochondrial injury and the expression of the pyroptosis-related proteins NLRP3, caspase-1 and GSDMD. Additionally, H/R elevated FUS levels in cardiomyocytes, which were directly inhibited by TUG1 silencing. Fused in sarcoma (FUS) overexpression reversed the effect of TUG1 silencing on mitochondrial damage and caspase-1 activation. However, the ROS inhibitor N-acetylcysteine (NAC) promoted the protective effect of TUG1 knockdown on H/R-induced cardiomyocyte damage. The in vivo MI model showed increased infarction, myocardial injury, ROS levels and pyroptosis, which were inhibited by TUG1 silencing. HIF-1α targeting upregulated TUG1 promotes mitochondrial damage and cardiomyocyte pyroptosis by combining with FUS, thereby promoting the occurrence of MI. HIF-1α/TUG1/FUS may serve as a potential treatment target for MI.
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- Yong-Wang Wang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, 300222, P. R. China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi, Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. R. China.
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Ding Y, Jiang J, Xu J, Chen Y, Zheng Y, Jiang W, Mao C, Jiang H, Bao X, Shen Y, Li X, Teng L, Xu N. Site-specific therapy in cancers of unknown primary site: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ESMO Open 2022; 7:100407. [PMID: 35248824 PMCID: PMC8897579 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) is a term applied to characterize pathologically confirmed metastatic cancer with unknown primary tumor origin. It remains uncertain whether patients with CUP benefit from site-specific therapy guided by molecular profiling. Patients and methods A systematic search in PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov, and of conference abstracts from January 1976 to January 2021 was performed to identify studies investigating the efficacy of site-specific therapy on patients with CUP. The quality of included studies was evaluated using the Cochrane risk of bias tool and Newcastle–Ottawa scale. Eligible studies were weighted and pooled for meta-analysis. Hazard ratios (HRs) for overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were assessed to compare the efficacy of site-specific therapy with empiric therapy in patients with CUP. In addition, subgroup analyses were conducted. Results Five studies comprising 1114 patients were identified, of which 454 patients received site-specific therapy, and 660 patients received empiric therapy. Our meta-analysis revealed that site-specific therapy was not significantly associated with improved PFS [HR 0.93, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.74-1.17, P = 0.534] and OS (HR 0.75, 95% CI 0.55-1.03, P = 0.069), compared with empiric therapy. However, during subgroup analysis significantly improved OS was associated with site-specific therapy in the high-accuracy predictive assay subgroup (HR 0.46, 95% CI 0.26-0.81, P = 0.008) compared with the low accuracy predictive assay subgroup (HR 0.93, 95% CI 0.75-1.15, P = 0.509). Furthermore, compared with patients with less responsive tumor types, more survival benefit from site-specific therapy was found in patients with more responsive tumors (HR 0.67, 95% CI 0.46-0.97, P = 0.037). Conclusions Our results suggest that site-specific therapy is not significantly associated with improved survival outcomes; however, it might benefit patients with CUP with responsive tumor types. Studies evaluating the role of site-specific therapy guided by molecular profiling in CUP provided contradictory results. Site-specific therapy is not significantly associated with improved survival outcomes in the overall CUP population. Molecularly defined site-specific therapy may improve OS only when high-accuracy assays assign CUP to responsive tumor types.
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- Y Ding
- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou; China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Centre of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou; China; Key Laboratory of Clinical In Vitro Diagnostic Techniques of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou; China; Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou; China
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- Department of Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Du JL, Bao X, Zhang WB, Zhang L, Guo YW, Zhou X, Zhang XL, Chai SS, Guo SB, Han XW, Long J. Electrochemical Kinetics of Layered Manganese Phosphate via Interfacial Polypyrrole Chemical Binding. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202101574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jia-Lin Du
- Chengdu University of Technology College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Chengdu University of Technology College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Chengdu University of Technology 1#, Dongsan Road, Erxiaoqiao, Chenghua District Chengdu CHINA
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- Chengdu University of Technology cmcce CHINA
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- Chengdu University of Technology Chengdu University of Technology CHINA
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- Chengdu University of Technology Chengdu University of Technology CHINA
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- Chengdu University of Technology Chengdu University of Technology CHINA
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- Chengdu University of Technology Chengdu University of Technology CHINA
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- Chengdu University of Technology Chengdu University of Technology CHINA
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- Chengdu University of Technology Chengdu University of Technology CHINA
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- Chengdu University of Technology Chengdu University of Technology CHINA
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Xia T, Yang Y, Li L, Tan Y, Chen Y, Wang S, Ye L, Bao X, Yang J. Pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of Trans-ferulic acid-4-β-glucoside in rats by UPLC-MS/MS. Biomed Chromatogr 2022; 36:e5327. [PMID: 34994004 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.5327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Trans-ferulic acid-4-β-glucoside (FAG) is a monomer extracted from Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, which is a potential candidate for the prevention and treatment of the cold injury. To determine the concentration FAG in rats, it is essential to develop an ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method. The chromatographic separation was achieved by ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column(2.1×50mm, 1.7μm). A Xevo triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometer was used to quantitative determination of FAG in the negative ion mode. The standard calibration curve was linear over the concentration range of 0.1-100 μg/mL and 0.0626-31.28 μg/g for rat plasma and liver tissue homogenates samples, separately. The inter-and intra-batch precision (RSD%) of the assay was ≤ 8.29% and accuracy (RE%) ranged from -7.41 to 10.99%. The matrix effect was between 92.99 and 102.39%. The oral absolute bioavailability of FAG was obtained as 1.80%. The results of tissue distribution suggested that FAG spread rarely in liver and brown adipose, which was not propitious to exert its ability to treat cold injury. In general, the above studies were significant to provide necessary information for further study.
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- Tongchao Xia
- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan University
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University
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Yan X, Liu CF, An XT, Ge XM, Zhang Q, Pang LH, Bao X, Fan CA. Copper-Catalyzed (4+1) Cascade Annulation of Terminal Alkynes with 2-(Tosylmethyl)anilines: Synthesis of 2,3-Disubstituted Indoles. Org Lett 2021; 23:8905-8909. [PMID: 34756037 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A novel strategy based on Cu-catalyzed (4+1) cascade annulation of terminal alkynes as one-carbon synthons with 2-(tosylmethyl)anilines has been developed for the expeditious synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted indoles, in which in situ generations of aza-o-quinone methides and alkynyl-copper(I) species are involved. This annulation provides an effective method for the assembly of synthetically and structurally interesting 2,3-disubstituted indoles.
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- Xu Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Li Q, Bao X, Chen P, Jiao Y, Gu S. Available acid consumption capacity of sediments in six water bodies in the Yangtze River Basin in China. Water Res 2021; 203:117565. [PMID: 34418643 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Acid-base reactivity is a fundamental property of sediments and is responsible for sediments' multiple roles in aquatic ecosystems. However, little information currently exists about the composition, magnitude, and change of the available acid consumption capacity (AACC) of sediments. To optimize reaction conditions, we developed operational procedures to determine AACC using base titration to recover surplus acid in suspensions. We characterized the sediment AACC of Dianchi Lake (DL), Daduhe River (DR), Tuojiang River (TR), Honghu Lake (HL), Wuhan Donghu Lake (DhL), and Taihu Lake (TL) in the Yangtze River Basin, China. The procedure demonstrated that reacting 40 mL 0.1 M HCl with fresh sediments equivalent to 1.0 g dry weight for 4 h and recovering surplus acid in the suspension by NaOH titration to an endpoint pH of 3.0 could determine sediment AACC. Sediment AACC in the Yangtze River Basin had high regional variability. The mean magnitude of AACC among sites was ranked DL > DR > DhL > TR > HL > TL, which is extremely similar to their geographical location from the upper to lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin. Qualitative results from acid titration curves showed that more components contributed to AACC in DL, DR, TR, and DhL sediments than to those in HL and TL sediments. The correlation between AACC and the total amount of multivalent cations released indicated that AACC depended significantly on labile acid-soluble minerals that contain multivalent cations (Fe3+, Fe2+, Ca2+, Al3+, Mg2+, and Mn2+) (p < 0.01). Based on the contribution percentages of multivalent cations to AACC, sediment AACC of six water bodies were divided into two types: Ca-Mg dominated (DL, DR, and TR) and Fe-Al dominated (HL, DhL, and TL). We suggest that sediment AACC complexing with pH can contribute to a better description of the acid-base characteristics of sediments.
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- Qingman Li
- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, China; College of Fisheries and Life Sciences, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, China.
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Bao X, Wang H, Song W, Chen Y, Luo Y. Meta-analysis on current status, efficacy, and safety of laparoscopic and robotic ventral mesh rectopexy for rectal prolapse treatment: can robotic surgery become the gold standard? Int J Colorectal Dis 2021; 36:1685-1694. [PMID: 33646353 DOI: 10.1007/s00384-021-03885-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Robotic-assisted surgery and robotic-assisted ventral mesh rectopexy are gaining attention in the treatment of rectal prolapse and increased positive findings are proposed. The objective of this meta-analysis was to investigate whether robotic-assisted ventral mesh rectopexy is comparable with the conventional laparoscopic approach surgery. METHODS Five major databases (PubMed, Sciencedirect, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library) were searched for eligible studies. Observational studies of the effect and safety of robotic-assisted and laparoscopic approaches on ventral mesh rectopexy were included. Odd ratios (OR) and weight mean difference (WMD) were used for dichotomous data and continuous data analysis. Clinical outcomes, functional outcomes, and cost-effectiveness data were extracted for meta-analysis. RESULTS Compared to the laparoscopic approach, a significant shorter length of hospital stay (LOS), lesser intraoperative blood loss, and lower post-operative complication rate of RVMR group were observed. However, operation time of RVMR was significant increased. The expense of RVMR was higher than LVMR; mean Wexner scores and fecal incontinence were lower in RVMR group while there were no statistical differences. CONCLUSION The result of the current analysis revealed that the robotic-assisted ventral mesh rectopexy is effective and feasible in the treatment of rectal prolapse. However, long-term follow-up and results are needed for the promotion of this approach. There is a long way for robotic-assisted surgery to become a gold standard in rectal surgery.
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- Xu Bao
- Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Extracorporeal Life Support for Critical Diseases, Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Tianjin Third Center Hospital, No.83, Jintang Road, Hedong District, Tianjin, 300170, China.
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- School of nursing, Tianjin Medical University, No.22, Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin, 300070, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Extracorporeal Life Support for Critical Diseases, Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Tianjin Third Center Hospital, No.83, Jintang Road, Hedong District, Tianjin, 300170, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Extracorporeal Life Support for Critical Diseases, Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Tianjin Third Center Hospital, No.83, Jintang Road, Hedong District, Tianjin, 300170, China
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- Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Tianjin Third Center Hospital, No.83, Jintang Road, Hedong District, Tianjin, 300170, China
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Zhao L, He L, Chen Y, Xia T, Li L, Wang S, Bao X, Yang J. Physicochemical Characterization and Biopharmaceutical Evaluation of ZWF: A Novel Anticancer Drug for the Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. AAPS PharmSciTech 2021; 22:207. [PMID: 34297234 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-021-02084-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The orally available novel small molecule drug ZWF is under preclinical development for an anticancer purpose. The present study aimed to assess the viability of developing ZWF as a form of oral formulation for clinical application based on the principles of biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics. The crucial physicochemical properties of ZWF were determined by in vitro assays. The in situ gastrointestinal absorption characteristics and in vivo pharmacokinetic behaviors of ZWF in rats were characterized. The solubility of ZWF showed a highly pH-dependent profile, decreasing from 25,392.89 to 20.48 μg/mL as the solution pH increased from 1.0 to 5.8. In PBS with a pH of 1.0 to 5.8, the LogP value of ZWF ranged from -2.35 to 2.20 and was gradually increased as the pH value increased. ZWF was partially absorbed in the stomach, and the favorable absorption sites were the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. Pharmacokinetic studies showed that the AUC(0-t) and Cmax values of ZWF after its oral administration as a suspension prepared with 0.5% CMC-Na were increased by 18.97% and 40% than that with normal saline, providing a model oral formulation of ZWF with ideal bioavailability and system exposure in rats. From the perspective of oral absorption, ZWF possessed appealing qualities as a drug candidate and could be prepared as an oral preparation for clinical application. The present study has established a fundamental foundation for the development and quality evaluation of the ZWF oral formulations.
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Cao YX, Silalai P, Liu CF, Yu KY, Bao X, Zhao XH, Saeeng R, Fan CA. Hypervalent-Iodine(III)-Mediated Tandem Oxidative Dearomatization/Aziridination of Phenolic Amines: Synthesis of Functionalized Unactivated Aziridines. Chemistry 2021; 27:8473-8478. [PMID: 33844345 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A new hypervalent-iodine(III)-mediated tandem reaction involving oxidative dearomatization and in situ aziridination of phenolic amines is described, providing a mild and effective method for the assembly of structurally interesting and synthetically useful aziridines. Importantly, the densely functionalized aziridines resulting from this unprecedented tandem reaction offer a platform for expeditious access to architecturally diverse aza-heterocycles through transformations initiated by selective ring-opening of aziridines.
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- Ye-Xing Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Applied OrganicChemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chonburi, 20131, Thailand
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied OrganicChemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied OrganicChemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied OrganicChemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied OrganicChemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chonburi, 20131, Thailand
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied OrganicChemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 222 Tianshui Nanlu, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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Chen X, Lloyd S, Bao X. 156 MYC-CPSF-HNRNPA3 cooperation promotes epidermal progenitor maintenance through modulating intronic transcription termination. J Invest Dermatol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.02.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The protozoan Entamoeba gingivalis colonizes the healthy oral mucosa with a prevalence of 15%. Colonization can be asymptomatic, and it is considered not pathogenic. However, it is able to invade lacerated oral mucosa, where it ingests fragments of live cells, suggesting pathogenous potential. Here, we characterized the transcriptomes of gingival cells after infection with E. gingivalis using RNA sequencing and observed pathogen interaction with the epithelial monolayer barrier by scanning electron microscopy. In epithelial and fibroblast cells, strongest differential expression showed gene set “chemokines and inflammatory molecules in myeloid cells” (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.9, effect size 5.15, adjusted P = 3.1 × 10−19) and “cell cycle and growth arrest” (AUC = 0.91, effect size = 4.56, adjusted P = 4.8 × 10−9), respectively. The most upregulated genes were TNF (fold change 430) and IL8 (fold change 359) in epithelial cells and ZN331 (fold change 18) in fibroblasts. We showed that E. gingivalis killed live epithelial cells by trogocytosis, demonstrating strong pathogenic potential.
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- X Bao
- Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Department of Periodontology, Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery, Berlin, Germany
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- Core Unit Bioinformatics, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Eye of Science, Nicole Ottawa & Oliver Meckes GbR, Reutlingen, Germany
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- Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Department of Periodontology, Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Department of Periodontology, Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery, Berlin, Germany
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Bao X, Wang S, Housden R, Hajnal J, Rhode K. A Constant-Force End-Effector With Online Force Adjustment for Robotic Ultrasonography. IEEE Robot Autom Lett 2021; 6:2547-2554. [PMID: 33748416 PMCID: PMC7968128 DOI: 10.1109/lra.2021.3061329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In this letter, we propose a novel constant-force end-effector (CFEE) to address current limitations in robotic ultrasonography. The CFEE uses a parallel, motor-spring-based solution to precisely generate constant operating forces over a wide range and enable the ultrasound (US) probe to adapt to the abdominal contours autonomously. A displacement measurement unit was developed to realize the acquisition of probe position and precise control of the operating force. Moreover, the operating force can be adjusted online to maintain safety and continuity of operation. Simulations and experiments were carried out to evaluate the performance. Results show that the proposed CFEE can provide constant forces of 4-12 N with displacements of 0-8 mm. The maximum relative error of force generation is 8.28%, and the accuracy and precision for displacement measurement are 0.29 mm and ±0.16 mm, respectively. Various operating forces can be adjusted online during the same operation. Ultrasound images acquired by the proposed CFEE are of equally good quality compared to a manual sonographer scan. The proposed CFEE would have potential further medical applications.
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- X Bao
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College LondonKing's Health Partners, St Thomas' HospitalSE1 7EHLondonU.K.,State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex SystemsInstitute of Automation, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
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- State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex SystemsInstitute of Automation, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College LondonKing's Health Partners, St Thomas' HospitalSE1 7EHLondonU.K
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College LondonKing's Health Partners, St Thomas' HospitalSE1 7EHLondonU.K
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College LondonKing's Health Partners, St Thomas' HospitalSE1 7EHLondonU.K
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Yan X, Liu L, Zhang Y, Song T, Liang Y, Liu Z, Bao X, Mao L, Qiu Y. Perioperative Enteral Nutrition Improves Postoperative Recovery for Patients with Primary Liver Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Nutr Cancer 2020; 73:1924-1932. [PMID: 32875913 DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2020.1814824] [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: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The role of perioperative protein-enriched enteral nutrition for patients with primary liver cancer is unclear. We investigated the efficacy of perioperative protein-enriched enteral nutrition for patients with primary liver cancer followed hepatectomy. METHODS Patients with primary liver cancer that underwent hepatectomy between January 2016 and 2018 were enrolled. Patients in the treatment group was given enteral nutrition (TP-MCT) in addition to the regular diet. The primary outcome measures were duration of hospital stay and length of postoperative hospital stay. Secondary outcome measures included time to first flatus and time to first defecation. RESULTS There was a significant reduction of time to first flatus and time to first defecation in the treatment group, when compared with the control group (time to first flatus: P = 0.001, time to first defecation: P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS It is found that addition of protein-enriched enteral nutrition (TP-MCT) improved postoperative recovery for patients with primary liver cancer following hepatectomy, with a significant reduction in time to first flatus and time to first defecation.
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- Xiaopeng Yan
- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Key Laboratory of Hepatosplenic Surgery, Ministry of Education, Harbin, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Key Laboratory of Hepatosplenic Surgery, Ministry of Education, Harbin, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Gu YQ, Xia Y, Zhang SM, Bao X, Wu HM, Bian SS, Huang LY, Meng G, Niu KJ. [Method of dietary nutritional status assessment and its application in cohort study of nutritional epidemiology]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2020; 41:1145-1150. [PMID: 32741185 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200110-00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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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Minimizing the burden on study subjects and assessing the general dietary nutritional status as accurately as possible are the basis of a nutritional epidemiological cohort study in the general population. While introducing the main dietary nutrition assessment methods, this paper manly describes the basic contents and principles for the development of food frequency questionnaire, and briefly illustrates the problems and solutions for the development of area specific food frequency questionnaires by taking the example of Tianjin Chronic Low-grade Systemic Inflammation and Health (TCLSIH) cohort study. Finally, discusses preliminarily the necessity and possibility of developing a national food frequency questionnaire.
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- Y Q Gu
- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, China; Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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Roth-Carter Q, Godsel L, Koetsier J, Broussard J, Burks H, Fitz G, Huffine A, Amagai S, Lloyd S, Kweon J, Tsoi L, Swindell W, Urciuoli G, Missero C, Bao X, Gudjonsson J, Green K. 225 Desmoglein 1 deficiency in knockout mice impairs epidermal barrier formation and results in a psoriasis-like gene signature in E18.5 embryos. J Invest Dermatol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.03.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Collineau L, Chapman B, Bao X, Sivapathasundaram B, Carson CA, Fazil A, Reid-Smith RJ, Smith BA. A farm-to-fork quantitative risk assessment model for Salmonella Heidelberg resistant to third-generation cephalosporins in broiler chickens in Canada. Int J Food Microbiol 2020; 330:108559. [PMID: 32599476 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Salmonella Heidelberg resistant to ceftiofur (a third-generation cephalosporin antimicrobial agent) in broiler chicken products pose a risk to public health in Canada. The objective of this study was to assess the extent of that risk and to evaluate the effect of intervention measures along the agri-food chain. A stochastic farm-to-fork quantitative microbial risk assessment model was developed following the Codex Alimentarius Guidelines for Risk Analysis of Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance. Different scenarios were analyzed to assess the individual relative effects of 18 possible interventions in comparison to a baseline scenario. The baseline scenario represented the first year of on-farm antimicrobial use surveillance in the Canadian broiler industry and the year before an industry-imposed ban on the preventive use of antimicrobials of very high importance to human health (2013), where 31.3% of broiler flocks consisted of birds to which ceftiofur was administered. The baseline scenario predicted an average probability of illness of 1.1 per 100,000 servings (SE: 0.064 per 100,000), corresponding to an average of 22,000 human infections (SE: 1900) with ceftiofur-resistant S. Heidelberg per year, which is likely an overestimation. This risk was reduced by 90% or 20% when two separate scenarios designed to capture the effect of withdrawing preventive ceftiofur use from poultry production were simulated using different approaches; data used for the former scenario were confounded by other potential concomitant control measures (e.g. Salmonella vaccination programme), so the true effect likely lies somewhere between the two estimates. A theoretical 'worst case' scenario where all flocks had birds exposed to ceftiofur increased the risk by 107%. A 50% reduction in the probability of human prior exposure to antimicrobials, which has a selective and competitive effect for Salmonella spp. following ingestion of contaminated products, reduced the risk by 65%. Other promising measures that could be considered for further risk management included improved cleaning and disinfection between broiler flocks on farm (risk reduction by 26%), exclusive use of air chilling (risk reduction by 34%), and the improvement of meat storage and preparation conditions, e.g., no temperature abuse at retail (risk reduction by 88%). These findings showed the importance of a structured approach to assessing and potentially implementing effective interventions to reduce the risk associated with ceftiofur-resistant S. Heidelberg at different steps along the agri-food chain. Major data gaps included information on concentrations of resistant bacteria, cross contamination at processing and how ceftiofur-resistant S. Heidelberg behave in comparison with susceptible ones, e.g., in terms of growth and survival ability, as well as pathogenicity and virulence.
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- Lucie Collineau
- Public Health Risk Sciences Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Public Health Risk Sciences Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada; Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Public Health Risk Sciences Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Public Health Risk Sciences Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Food-Borne Disease and Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Division, Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Public Health Risk Sciences Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; Food-Borne Disease and Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Division, Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Public Health Risk Sciences Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada.
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A metagenomics analysis showed a strongly increased frequency of the protozoan Entamoeba gingivalis in inflamed periodontal pockets, where it contributed the second-most abundant rRNA after human rRNA. This observation and the close biological relationship to Entamoeba histolytica, which causes inflammation and tissue destruction in the colon of predisposed individuals, raised our concern about its putative role in the pathogenesis of periodontitis. Histochemical staining of gingival epithelium inflamed from generalized severe chronic periodontitis visualized the presence of E. gingivalis in conjunction with abundant neutrophils. We showed that on disruption of the epithelial barrier, E. gingivalis invaded gingival tissue, where it moved and fed on host cells. We validated the frequency of E. gingivalis in 158 patients with periodontitis and healthy controls by polymerase chain reaction and microscopy. In the cases, we detected the parasite in 77% of inflamed periodontal sites and 22% of healthy sites; 15% of healthy oral cavities were colonized by E. gingivalis. In primary gingival epithelial cells, we demonstrated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction that infection with E. gingivalis but not with the oral bacterial pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis strongly upregulated the inflammatory cytokine IL8 (1,900 fold, P = 2 × 10–4) and the epithelial barrier gene MUC21 (8-fold, P = 7 × 10–4). In gingival fibroblasts, we showed upregulation of the collagenase MMP13 (11-fold, P = 3 × 10–4). Direct contact of E. gingivalis to gingival epithelial cells inhibited cell proliferation. We indicated the strong virulence potential of E. gingivalis and showed that the mechanisms of tissue invasion and destruction are similar to the colonic protozoan parasite E. histolytica. In conjunction with abundant colonization of inflamed periodontal sites and the known resistance of Entamoeba species to neutrophils, antimicrobial peptides, and various antibiotics, our results raise the awareness of this protozoan as a potential and, to date, underrated microbial driver of destructive forms of periodontitis.
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- X. Bao
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Dept. of Periodontology and Synoptic Dentistry, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Dept. of Periodontology and Synoptic Dentistry, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Dept. of Periodontology and Synoptic Dentistry, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Dept. of Periodontology and Synoptic Dentistry, Berlin, Germany
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Cao X, Gu Y, Fu J, Vu TQC, Zhang Q, Liu L, Meng G, Yao Z, Wu H, Bao X, Zhang S, Wang X, Sun S, Zhou M, Jia Q, Song K, Wu Y, Niu K. Excessive daytime sleepiness with snoring or witnessed apnea is associated with handgrip strength: a population-based study. QJM 2019; 112:847-853. [PMID: 31297519 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcz178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sarcopenia is emerging as an important public health problem, and evidences have determined that poor sleep is associated with muscle strength, but the potential effects of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), snoring and witnessed apnea on handgrip strength have not been evaluated. AIM We aimed to examine the association between EDS, snoring, witnessed apnea and muscle strength in an adult population. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS This cross-sectional study comprised 19 434 adults. Handgrip strength was measured using a handheld digital dynamometer. EDS was assessed by Epworth Sleepiness Scale, snoring and witnessed apnea during sleep were reported through simple yes/no questions. Analysis of covariance was carried out to determine the association between EDS with snoring or witnessed apnea and muscle strength. RESULTS The means (95% confidence interval) for average handgrip strength/body weight (kg/kg) across symptoms categories were 0.396 (0.333-0.472), 0.393 (0.330-0.467), 0.396 (0.333-0.471) and 0.386 (0.325-0.460) (P < 0.0001), respectively. Similar results were observed with maximal handgrip strength/body weight (kg/kg). CONCLUSIONS Self-reported EDS accompanied with snoring or apnea is associated with lowest handgrip strength, independently of confounding factors. Whether improvement of EDS, snoring and apnea, can ameliorate age-associated decline in muscle strength warrants further studies.
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- X Cao
- From the Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
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- From the Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
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- From the Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
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- From the Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Health Management Centre, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 154 Anshan Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Health Management Centre, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 154 Anshan Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300052, China
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- From the Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
- Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Health and Environmental Medicine, 1 Dali Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300050, China
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- From the Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
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- From the Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
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- From the Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
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- From the Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Health Management Centre, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 154 Anshan Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Health Management Centre, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 154 Anshan Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Health Management Centre, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 154 Anshan Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Health Management Centre, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 154 Anshan Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300052, China
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- From the Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
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- From the Nutritional Epidemiology Institute and School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
- Health Management Centre, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 154 Anshan Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300052, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environment, Nutrition and Public Health, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
- Center for International Collaborative Research on Environment, Nutrition and Public Health, 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300070, China
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Mehta S, Fiorelli R, Li J, Bao X, DeRogatis A, Pennington-Krygier C, Kim S, Sanai N. Phase 0 trial of ceritinib in brain metastases and recurrent glioblastoma. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz243.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sanai N, Tien AC, Li J, Bao X, DeRogatis A, Fujita Y, Pennington-Krygier C, Kim S, Mehta S. A phase 0/II clinical trial of a CDK4/6 inhibitor in aggressive meningioma patients. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz243.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Tien A, Li J, Bao X, DeRogatis A, Fujita Y, Pennington-Krygier C, Kim S, Mehta S, Sanai N. OS8.1 A phase 0/2 clinical trial of a CDK4/6 inhibitor in aggressive meningioma patients. Neuro Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noz126.051] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND
New approaches are urgently needed for aggressive meningiomas, which remain largely incurable. Forkhead Box M1 (FOXM1) has been identified as a master transcription factor in aggressive meningiomas and Cyclin D-dependent Kinases (CDK) are positive regulators of cell-cycle entry, promoting tumorigenesis through FOXM1 activation. We evaluated the tumor pharmacokinetics (PK), tumor pharmacodynamics (PD), and preliminary clinical response of ribociclib, a selective CDK4/6-inhibitor, in aggressive meningioma patients.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Eight aggressive WHO Grade II/III meningioma patients with intact RB expression were enrolled and administered oral ribociclib daily (900mg) for 5 days prior to tumor resection. Plasma, tumor, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected at 2, 8, or 24 h after the last dose. Total and unbound drug concentrations were determined using a validated LC-MS/MS method. PD effects, including RB and FoxM1 phosphorylation, were compared to matched archival tissue. Patients with PK and PD responses in tumor tissue, defined as unbound ribociclib concentration > 5-fold in vitro IC50 (0.04µM) and >20% decrease in pRB levels, respectively, were enrolled into an exploratory Phase 2 cohort.
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The median CSF concentration of ribociclib was 0.25 µM. In tumor tissue, the median unbound ribociclib concentration was 1.36 µM and the median unbound tumor-to-plasma ratio was 5.34. Suppression of G1-to-S phase was inferred in tumors with declining FoxM1 phosphorylation (50%), RB phosphorylation (38%), and cellular proliferation (75%). Four patients demonstrated concurrent PK and PD responses and were graduated to continuous ribociclib therapy. At one year, two of these patients (one Grade II and one Grade III) demonstrate partial responses per RANO criteria.
CONCLUSION
Ribociclib achieves pharmacologically-active concentrations in aggressive meningioma tissue. Target modulation was demonstrated by a decrease in FOXM1-mediated tumor proliferation. Further investigation of ribociclib as a therapeutic strategy for aggressive meningiomas is warranted.
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- A Tien
- Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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Fiorelli R, Li J, Bao X, DeRogatis A, Pennington-Krygier C, Kim S, Mehta S, Sanai N. OS4.2 Phase 0 trial of Ceritinib in brain metastasis and recurrent glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noz126.032] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND
Ceritinib is an orally bioavailable, small molecule inhibitor for ALK/IGFR1/FAK, which are highly expressed in glioblastoma and brain metastases. Preclinical and clinical data suggest that ceritinib has activity in central nervous system (CNS) malignancies, but to date there is no direct evidence in patients. This study assessed the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of ceritinib in recurrent glioblastoma and brain metastasis patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Three brain metastasis and seven glioblastoma patients with high expression of pSTAT5b/pFAK/pIGFR1 were enrolled and treated with oral ceritinib daily (750 mg) for 10 days prior to tumor resection. Plasma, tumor, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected at ~ 4 and 24 h following the last dose. Total and unbound drug concentrations were determined using LC-MS/MS. PD response was assessed by immunohistochemical analysis of pALK, pFAK, pIGFR1, and pIRS1 staining in treated tumor and matched archival tissues.
RESULTS
Ceritinib was highly bound to human plasma protein (median fraction unbound (Fu), 1.4%) and to brain tumor tissue (median Fu, 0.073% and 0.14% in enhancing and non-enhancing regions respectively). There was a large interindividual variability in drug CNS penetration, with the median unbound concentrations in enhancing, non-enhancing, and CSF of 0.040, 0.006, and 0.012 µM, respectively. The median unbound tumor-to-plasma ratio was 2.44 and 0.33 in enhancing and non-enhancing areas, respectively. In one patient with brain metastasis, drug binding to enhancing tumor was significantly lower (Fu, 1.62%), resulting in a higher unbound drug tumor concentration and CSF concentration as compared to those in glioblastoma patients. In all patients, no changes in PD markers were detected.
CONCLUSION
Ceritinib is highly bound to plasma proteins and tumor tissues. Unbound drug concentrations achieved in brain metastasis and glioblastoma are unlikely sufficient for target modulation.
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- R Fiorelli
- Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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Chen X, Lloyd S, Kweon J, Gamalong G, Bao X. 280 Transcription termination modulates human epidermal proliferation and differentiation. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.07.281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hou M, Bao X, Luo F, Chen X, Liu L, Wu M. HMGA2 Modulates the TGFβ/Smad, TGFβ/ERK and Notch Signaling Pathways in Human Lens Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. Curr Mol Med 2019; 18:71-82. [PMID: 29974827 DOI: 10.2174/1566524018666180705104844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Multiple signaling pathways coordinately promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in lens epithelial cells (LECs), where transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ)-mediated signaling plays a central role. But the mechanism of crosstalk among these pathways remains obscure. The objective of this study is to investigate the regulatory effect of the high mobility group protein A2 (HMGA2) on the signaling pathways in lens fibrosis. METHODS The human anterior capsulorhexis specimens were collected. The human SRA01/04 LEC line was cultured and treated with recombinant human TGFβ2 (5ng/ml). For inhibition of signaling pathways, a selective inhibitor SB431542, U0126 or DAPT was added to LECs respectively. The specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) were transfected to LECs for gene silence. The mRNAs expressions were measured by realtime PCR and the proteins expressions were determined by western blot and immunofluorescent staining. RESULTS HMGA2 and EMT markers α-smooth muscle actin (SMA), fibronectin (FN) and collagen type I (Col I) were overexpressed in human ASC specimens and TGFβ2 stimulated EMT in LECs. While blockage of EMT by a selective inhibitor of TGFβ/Smad, TGFβ/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) or Notch signaling pathway could significantly inhibited HMGA2 protein expression. And silence of HMGA2 by siRNA could significantly inhibit TGFβ2 induced expression of EMT markers including FN, Col I, collagen type IV (Col IV), key transcription factors Snail and Slug, and remarkably upregulate the epithelial markers E-cadherin and tight junction protein (ZO-1). In addition, silence of HMGA2 gene could abrogate TGFβ2 induced phosphorylation of Smad2, Smad3 as well as ERK1/2. Blockage of HMGA2 could also inhibit the upregulation of Jagged1, Notch2, and Notch3 induced by TGFβ2. CONCLUSION This study indicated that HMGA2 functions as a shared effector in TGFβ2- induced lens fibrosis, modulating the signaling network necessary for EMT in a positive feedback loop.
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.,Department of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology & Optometry Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Therapy of Retinal and Choroid Diseases, Beijing 100044, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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Bao X, Wang Q, Zhu J. Remote C(sp 3 )-H Arylation and Vinylation of N-Alkoxypyridinium Salts to δ-Aryl and δ-Vinyl Alcohols. Chemistry 2019; 25:11630-11634. [PMID: 31321814 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The reaction of readily available and bench-stable N-alkoxypyridinium salts with arylboronic and vinylboronic acids afforded δ-aryl and δ-vinyl alcohols, respectively, in the presence of fac-Ir(ppy)3 and Cu(OTf)2 dual catalysts. The reaction takes place through a domino process involving the reductive generation of alkoxyl radicals, 1,5-hydrogen atom transfer (1,5-HAT) and the copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of the resulting translocated carbon radicals with boronic acids. Complementary to the Minisci reaction, this method allows for the arylation of nucleophilic alkyl radicals with both electron-rich and electron-poor arenes under mild reaction conditions.
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- Xu Bao
- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Jong JAW, Bao X, Wang Q, Zhu J. Formal [4+1] Cycloaddition ofo‐Aminobenzyl Chlorides with Isocyanides: Synthesis of 2‐Amino‐3‐Substituted Indoles. Helv Chim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201900002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Jacobus A. W. Jong
- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural ProductsInstitute of Chemical Sciences and EngineeringEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneEPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPNBCH5304 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural ProductsInstitute of Chemical Sciences and EngineeringEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneEPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPNBCH5304 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural ProductsInstitute of Chemical Sciences and EngineeringEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneEPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPNBCH5304 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural ProductsInstitute of Chemical Sciences and EngineeringEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneEPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPNBCH5304 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Bao X, Wang Q, Zhu J. Copper-catalyzed remote C(sp 3)-H azidation and oxidative trifluoromethylation of benzohydrazides. Nat Commun 2019; 10:769. [PMID: 30770833 PMCID: PMC6377619 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08741-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The Hofmann-Löffler-Freytag (HLF) reaction is a prototypical example of radical-based remote functionalization of unactivated C(sp3)-H bond. While 1,5-hydrogen atom transfer (1,5-HAT) of the amidyl radical is thermodynamically favorable and is well-established, the method for the subsequent functionalization of the translocated carbon radical is still limited. We report herein two catalytic remote C(sp3)-H functionalization protocols. Cu(MeCN)4PF6-catalyzed reaction of 2-alkyl benzohydrazides 3 with TMSN3 in the presence of MeCO2OtBu affords the γ-azido amides 4, while CuCl-catalyzed reaction of 3 with Togni's reagent provides 2-(β-trifluoromethylvinyl)benzamides 5 via an oxidative δ-trifluoromethylation of the alkyl group. Mechanistic studies suggest that the γ-azidation of benzohydrazides 3 goes through 1,5-HAT followed by a Cu-mediated azido transfer cascade, while the oxidative δ-trifluoromethylation of 3 proceeds via, after 1,5-HAT process, a radical-polar crossover mechanism.
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- Xu Bao
- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH5304, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH5304, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH5304, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Bao X, Wang Q, Zhu J. Dual Photoredox/Copper Catalysis for the Remote C(sp3
)−H Functionalization of Alcohols and Alkyl Halides by N
-Alkoxypyridinium Salts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201813356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Xu Bao
- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015; Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015; Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015; Lausanne Switzerland
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Bao X, Wang Q, Zhu J. Dual Photoredox/Copper Catalysis for the Remote C(sp3
)−H Functionalization of Alcohols and Alkyl Halides by N
-Alkoxypyridinium Salts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:2139-2143. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201813356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Xu Bao
- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015; Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015; Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015; Lausanne Switzerland
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Bao X, Gu X, Zhang W. User-centric quality of experience optimized resource allocation algorithm in VLC network with multi-color LED. Opt Express 2018; 26:27826-27841. [PMID: 30469841 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.027826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Visible light communication (VLC) can provide indoor illumination while achieving high network throughput. In order to mitigate the performance degradation caused by inter-cell interference (ICI) and support multiple users, this paper utilizes the white LED synthesized by multi-color light sources as indoor illumination and signal transmissions. Compared with ordinary LEDs, multi-color LEDs not only has excellent color rendering index, but also realize multi-channel parallel transmission, which greatly improves the transmission speed of VLC. Meanwhile, we propose a user-centric (UC) quality of experience (QoE) optimization scheduling scheme for the VLC down-link system. In contrast to the traditional network-centric (NC) design, the UC scheme is based on the user-centric dynamic construction and adjustment of the network model. Furthermore, in order to further analyze the performances of the illuminations and signal transmissions of the VLC system with multi-color LED, we consider the system model under two scenarios of 3-color and 4-color synthetic white LEDs. For these two different LED composition and optimization problems, we design a new greedy algorithm to allocate optical bandwidth, and dynamically searched for the optimal access point user equipment (AP-UE) link based on optimization of the UEs' QoE values. In order to analyze the robustness of the algorithm, we further consider the influences of UEs on the transmission performance under different UEs' spatial distributions, e.g., uniform and Poisson distributions. The simulation results illustrate that the proposed scheme guarantees the UEs' QoE while offering illumination quality. Meanwhile, compared to ordinary LEDs and the traditional network-centric (NC) design, our proposed scheme can schedules more UEs.
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Trifluoromethylative difunctionalization and hydrofunctionalization of unactivated alkenes have been developed into powerful synthetic methodologies. On the other hand, methylative difunctionalization of olefins remains an unexplored research field. We report in this paper the Cu-catalyzed alkoxy methylation, azido methylation of alkenes using dicumyl peroxide (DCP), and di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP) as methyl sources. Using functionalized alkenes bearing a tethered nucleophile (alcohol, carboxylic acid, and sulfonamide), methylative cycloetherification, lactonization, and cycloamination processes are subsequently developed for the construction of important heterocycles such as 2,2-disubstituted tetrahydrofurans, tetrahydropyrans, γ-lactones, and pyrrolidines with concurrent generation of a quaternary carbon center. The results of control experiments suggest that the 1,2-alkoxy methylation of alkenes goes through a radical-cation crossover mechanism, whereas the 1,2-azido methylation proceeds via a radical addition and Cu-mediated azide transfer process. While the trifluoromethylative difunctionalization of unactivated alkenes has been largely explored, methylative difunctionalization remains underinvestigated. Here, the authors report copper-catalyzed alkoxy- and azido-methylation reactions of alkenes leading to important synthetic building blocks and valuable O- and N-heterocycles.
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- Xu Bao
- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH5304, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH5304, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH5304, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH5304, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH5304, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland.
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Bao X, Duan J, Yan Y, Ma X, Zhang Y, Wang H, Ni D, Wu S, Peng C, Fan Y, Gao Y, Li X, Chen J, Du Q, Zhang F, Zhang X. Upregulation of long noncoding RNA PVT1 predicts unfavorable prognosis in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Biomark 2018; 21:55-63. [PMID: 29081406 DOI: 10.3233/cbm-170251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of the most malignant genitourinary diseases worldwide. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of noncoding RNAs in the human genome that are involved in RCC initiation and progression. OBJECTIVE To investigate the expression of PVT1 in ccRCC and evaluate its correlation with clinicopathologic characteristics and patients' survival. METHODS Quantitative real-time PCR was performed to examine PVT1 expression in 129 ccRCC tissue samples and matched adjacent normal tissue samples. The relationship of PVT1 expression with clinicopathologic characteristics and clinical outcome was evaluated. RESULTS We identified the lncRNA PVT1, which was upregulated in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) tissues when compared with corresponding controls. Furthermore, PVT1 expression was positively associated with gender, tumor size, pT stage, TNM stage, and Fuhrman grade. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that patients with high PVT1 expression had shorter disease-free survival (DFS) and overall-survival (OS) than those with low PVT1 expression, and multivariate analysis identified PVT1 as an independent prognostic factor in ccRCC. CONCLUSIONS PVT1 may be an oncogene as well as may promote metastasis in ccRCC and could serve as a potential biomarker to predict the prognosis of ccRCC patients.
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- Xu Bao
- School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Urology, Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.,School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Urology, Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Urology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, PLA Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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Bao X, Liu H. Effect of intermittent hypoxia training for dizziness: A randomized controlled trial. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bao X, Shao Y, Liu H. The effect of intraarticular injection of botulinum toxin type A, triamcinolone or saline plus rehabilitation exercise shoulder pain on patients with post-stroke. Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2018.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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