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Wang W, Deng J, Yin C, Wang F, Zhang C, Yu C, Gong S, Zhan X, Chen S, Shen D. Study of association between corneal shape parameters and axial length elongation during orthokeratology using image-pro plus software. BMC Ophthalmol 2024; 24:163. [PMID: 38609888 PMCID: PMC11010382 DOI: 10.1186/s12886-024-03398-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim was to validate the correlation between corneal shape parameters and axial length growth (ALG) during orthokeratology using Image-Pro Plus (IPP) 6.0 software. METHODS This retrospective study used medical records of myopic children aged 8-13 years (n = 104) undergoing orthokeratology. Their corneal topography and axial length were measured at baseline and subsequent follow-ups after lens wear. Corneal shape parameters, including the treatment zone (TZ) area, TZ diameter, TZ fractal dimension, TZ radius ratio, eccentric distance, pupil area, and pupillary peripheral steepened zone(PSZ) area, were measured using IPP software. The impact of corneal shape parameters at 3 months post-orthokeratology visit on 1.5-year ALG was evaluated using multivariate linear regression analysis. RESULTS ALG exhibited significant associations with age, TZ area, TZ diameter, TZ fractal dimension, and eccentric distance on univariate linear regression analysis. Multivariate regression analysis identified age, TZ area, and eccentric distance as significantly correlated with ALG (all P < 0.01), with eccentric distance showing the strongest correlation (β = -0.370). The regressive equation was y = 1.870 - 0.235a + 0.276b - 0.370c, where y represents ALG, a represents age, b represents TZ area, and c represents eccentric distance; R2 = 0.27). No significant relationships were observed between the TZ radius ratio, pupillary PSZ area, and ALG. CONCLUSIONS IPP software proves effective in capturing precise corneal shape parameters after orthokeratology. Eccentric distance, rather than age or the TZ area, significantly influences ALG retardation.
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- Hangzhou Xihu Zhijiang Eye Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
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- Hangzhou Xihu Zhijiang Eye Hospital, Hangzhou, China
- School of Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Hangzhou Xihu Zhijiang Eye Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Hangzhou Xihu Zhijiang Eye Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Hangzhou Xihu Zhijiang Eye Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Hangzhou Xihu Zhijiang Eye Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Hangzhou Xihu Zhijiang Eye Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Hangzhou Xihu Zhijiang Eye Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Hangzhou Xihu Zhijiang Eye Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Hangzhou Xihu Zhijiang Eye Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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Zeng C, Xiao K, Shi Q, Zhan X, Li C. TMT-Based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis Reveals the Key Role of Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis in Intestine Regeneration of Apostichopus japonicus. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4250. [PMID: 38673840 PMCID: PMC11050598 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25084250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Sea cucumbers are widely known for their powerful regenerative abilities, which allow them to regenerate a complete digestive tract within a relatively short time following injury or autotomy. Recently, even though the histological changes and cellular events in the processes of intestinal regeneration have been extensively studied, the molecular machinery behind this faculty remains unclear. In this study, tandem mass tag (TMT)-based quantitation was utilized to investigate protein abundance changes during the process of intestine regeneration. Approximately 538, 445, 397, 1012, and 966 differential proteins (DEPs) were detected (p < 0.05) between the normal and 2, 7, 12, 20, and 28 dpe stages, respectively. These DEPs also mainly focus on pathways of cell proliferation and apoptosis, which were further validated by 5-Ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) or Tunel-based flow cytometry assay. These findings provide a reference for a comprehensive understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of various stages of intestinal regeneration and provide a foundation for subsequent research on changes in cell fate in echinoderms.
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- Chuili Zeng
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China; (C.Z.); (K.X.); (Q.S.); (X.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China; (C.Z.); (K.X.); (Q.S.); (X.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China; (C.Z.); (K.X.); (Q.S.); (X.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China; (C.Z.); (K.X.); (Q.S.); (X.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China; (C.Z.); (K.X.); (Q.S.); (X.Z.)
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China
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Li CJ, Xu H, Zhan X, Zhang ZH, Zhu MY, Zou W, Xiao M, Ni ZY, Zhu H. [Influence of Denitrification on Cyanobacterial Blooms Trends in Lake Taihu, China]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2023; 44:4977-4984. [PMID: 37699815 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.202210021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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Denitrification is a major process in aquatic ecosystems, and it competes with cyanobacterial growth for nitrogen. However, the effect of denitrification on cyanobacterial blooms under the background of climate change remains unclear. This study explored the interaction between lake denitrification and formation of cyanobacterial blooms, using the historical water quality monitoring data of North Lake Taihu over five years from 2017 to 2021 and via incubation experiments of cyanobacteria and sediment denitrification. The monitoring data showed that algal biomass (Chla as a proxy) primarily peaked during summer and autumn. The seasonal variations in total N concentration showed a completely opposite trend than that of algal biomass, which peaked in winter and spring. Nitrate was the major component of dissolved inorganic nitrogen, and the nitrate concentration was approximately zero in summer and autumn. The total phosphorus concentration varied in the same way as the Chla concentration. The experimental results showed that Cyanobacteria did not grow when the temperature was below 20℃. In comparison, denitrification showed a significant linear relationship with temperatures between 10-25℃ (R2=0.99) and reached the maximum value of (62.98±21.36) μmol·(kg·h)-1 in Lake Taihu at 25℃. Additionally, the nitrate concentration threshold at the maximum denitrification rate was 4 mg·L-1. Cyanobacteria assimilate nitrate for growth, thereby reducing the concentration of nitrate required for denitrification. This study indicated that the advance in lake temperature warming due to climate change may result in earlier growth of cyanobacteria, thereby leading to large amounts of N being assimilated by algae before denitrification, further affecting the dynamics of cyanobacterial blooms. The present results are scientifically important for explaining the mechanism of cyanobacterial bloom rebound in Lake Taihu under the background of recent climate changes.
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- Chang-Jie Li
- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lakes and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Wuxi River and Lake Management and Water Resources Management Center, Wuxi 214031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lakes and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lakes and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lakes and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Togami K, Zhan X, Ishizawa K, Miyakoshi K, Miyao A, Quan P, Chono S. Development of LOX-1 Antibody Modified Immuno-liposomes as Drug Carriers to Macrophages in Atherosclerotic Lesions. Pharmazie 2023; 78:113-116. [PMID: 37592420 DOI: 10.1691/ph.2023.3004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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We developed a drug delivery system for atherosclerotic lesions using immuno-liposomes. We focused on enhancing the delivery efficiency of the liposomes to macrophages in atherosclerotic lesions by antibody modification of lectinlike oxidized low-density lipoproteins (LDL) receptor 1 (LOX-1). The cellular accumulation of the liposomes in foam cells induced by oxidized LDL (oxLDL) in Raw264 mouse macrophages was evaluated. The cellular accumulation of LOX-1 antibody modified liposomes in oxLDL-induced foam cells and untreated Raw264 cells was significantly higher compared with that of unmodified liposomes. The liposomes were also administered intravenously to Apoeshl mice as an atherosclerosis model. Frozen sections were prepared from the mouse aortas and observed by confocal laser microscopy. The distribution of LOX-1 antibody modified liposomes in the atherosclerotic regions of Apoeshl mice was significantly greater compared with that of unmodified liposomes. The results suggest that LOX-1 antibody modified liposomes can target foam cells in atherosclerotic lesions, providing a potential route for delivering various drugs with pharmacological effects or detecting atherosclerotic foci for the diagnosis of atherosclerosis.
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- K Togami
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University of Science, 7-Jo 15-4-1 Maeda, Teine, Sapporo, Hokkaido 006-8585, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University of Science, 7-Jo 15-4-1 Maeda, Teine, Sapporo, Hokkaido 006-8585, Japan
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Zhan X, Chen C, Niu L, Du X, Lei Y, Dan R, Wang ZW, Liu P. Locomotion modulates olfactory learning through proprioception in C. elegans. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4534. [PMID: 37500635 PMCID: PMC10374624 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40286-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Locomotor activities can enhance learning, but the underlying circuit and synaptic mechanisms are largely unknown. Here we show that locomotion facilitates aversive olfactory learning in C. elegans by activating mechanoreceptors in motor neurons, and transmitting the proprioceptive information thus generated to locomotion interneurons through antidromic-rectifying gap junctions. The proprioceptive information serves to regulate experience-dependent activities and functional coupling of interneurons that process olfactory sensory information to produce the learning behavior. Genetic destruction of either the mechanoreceptors in motor neurons, the rectifying gap junctions between the motor neurons and locomotion interneurons, or specific inhibitory synapses among the interneurons impairs the aversive olfactory learning. We have thus uncovered an unexpected role of proprioception in a specific learning behavior as well as the circuit, synaptic, and gene bases for this function.
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- Xu Zhan
- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of China and Hubei Province for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430022, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Department of Orthopaedics, Hefeng Central Hospital, 445800, Enshi, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of China and Hubei Province for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of China and Hubei Province for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA.
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of China and Hubei Province for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Zheng WQ, Duan Y, Xiao B, Liang LL, Xia Y, Gong ZW, Sun Y, Zhang HW, Han LS, Wang RF, Yang Y, Zhan X, Yu YG, Gu XF, Qiu WJ. [Clinical and StAR genetic characteristics of 33 children with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2022; 60:1066-1071. [PMID: 36207855 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112140-20220322-00233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the clinical and genetic characteristics of 33 children with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (CLAH) caused by StAR gene defects. Methods: The clinical, biochemical, genetic, and follow-up (until December 2021) data of 33 children diagnosed with CLAH from 2006 to 2021 were retrospectively analyzed in Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Results: Of the 33 children with CLAH, 17 had a karyotype of 46, XX and 16 had a karyotype of 46, XY; 31 were female and 2 were male by social gender. Classic type and non-classic type were found in 30 and 3 children respectively. The age at diagnosis was 9.0 (3.0, 34.5) months. All the 30 cases with classic CLAH presented within the first year of life with skin hyperpigmentation (28 cases, 93%), vomiting and(or) diarrhea (19 cases, 63%), no increase in body weight (8 cases, 27%), elevated adrenocorticotropic hormone levels (21cases (70%)>275 pmol/L), decreased cortisol levels (47 (31,126) nmol/L), hyponatremia ((126±13) mmol/L), hyperkalemia ((5.7±1.1) mmol/L), and normal 17α-hydroxyprogesterone levels (30 cases, 100%). All these with classic CLAH exhibited female external genitalia. Three children with non-classic CLAH (including 2 cases of 46, XY and 1 case of 46, XX) also showed signs and symptoms of adrenal insufficiency, but 2 of them had an age of onset later than 1 year of age, including 1 case of 46, XY with male external genitalia and 1 case of 46, XX with female external genitalia. The other 46, XY patient with non-classic CLAH presented with adrenal insufficiency at 2 months of age, showing micropenis and hypospadias. In the 17 females with 46, XX, 4 older than 10 years of age showed spontaneous pubertal development. A total of 25 StAR gene pathogenic variants were identified in 33 patients, with p.Q258* (18/66, 27%), p.K236Tfs*47 (8/66, 12%) and p.Q77* (6/66, 9%) being the common variantion. Six novel variants were found, including c.358T>G, c.713_714del, c.125del, c.745-1G>A, c.179-2A>C, and exon 1 deletion. Conclusions: Patients with classic CLAH typically present with signs and symptoms of primary adrenal insufficiency in the early infancy period and female external genitalia. p.Q258*, p.K236Tfs*47 and p.Q77* are common variants in CLAH patients.
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- W Q Zheng
- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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Liu WP, Li P, Zhan X, Qu LH, Xiong T, Hou FX, Wang JK, Wei N, Liu FQ. Identification of molecular subtypes of coronary artery disease based on ferroptosis- and necroptosis-related genes. Front Genet 2022; 13:870222. [PMID: 36204316 PMCID: PMC9531137 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.870222] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Aim: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a heterogeneous disorder with high morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs, representing a major burden on public health. Here, we aimed to improve our understanding of the genetic drivers of ferroptosis and necroptosis and the clustering of gene expression in CAD in order to develop novel personalized therapies to slow disease progression.Methods: CAD datasets were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus. The identification of ferroptosis- and necroptosis-related differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and the consensus clustering method including the classification algorithm used km and distance used spearman were performed to differentiate individuals with CAD into two clusters (cluster A and cluster B) based expression matrix of DEGs. Next, we identified four subgroup-specific genes of significant difference between cluster A and B and again divided individuals with CAD into gene cluster A and gene cluster B with same methods. Additionally, we compared differences in clinical information between the subtypes separately. Finally, principal component analysis algorithms were constructed to calculate the cluster-specific gene score for each sample for quantification of the two clusters.Results: In total, 25 ferroptosis- and necroptosis-related DEGs were screened. The genes in cluster A were mostly related to the neutrophil pathway, whereas those in cluster B were mostly related to the B-cell receptor signaling pathway. Moreover, the subgroup-specific gene scores and CAD indices were higher in cluster A and gene cluster A than in cluster B and gene cluster B. We also identified and validated two genes showing upregulation between clusters A and B in a validation dataset.Conclusion: High expression of CBS and TLR4 was related to more severe disease in patients with CAD, whereas LONP1 and HSPB1 expression was associated with delayed CAD progression. The identification of genetic subgroups of patients with CAD may improve clinician knowledge of disease pathogenesis and facilitate the development of methods for disease diagnosis, classification, and prognosis.
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- Wen-Pan Liu
- Cardiovascular Department, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Kunming City and Ganmei Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Surgery, Nanzhao County People’s Hospital, Nanyang, Henan, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yan’an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yan’an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Cardiovascular Department, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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- Cardiovascular Department, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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- Cardiovascular Department, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
- *Correspondence: Na Wei, ; Fu-Qiang Liu,
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- Cardiovascular Department, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
- *Correspondence: Na Wei, ; Fu-Qiang Liu,
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Bu XX, Qiu WJ, Zhang HW, Gao XL, Zhan X, Chen T, Xu F, Liu YC, Gu XF, Han LS. [Disease spectrum analysis of children with inherited metabolic diseases detected by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of urinary organic acids]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2022; 60:522-526. [PMID: 35658356 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112140-20220117-00056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the spectrum of amino acid, organic acid, and fatty acid oxidative metabolic diseases in children diagnosed by detecting urinary organic acid levels using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Methods: From January 2005 to December 2021, clinical data of 2 461 children diagnosed with inherited metabolic diseases (IMD) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, in combination with tandem mass spectrometry and genetic testing in Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine were retrospectively analyzed. Results: Among 2 461 children, 1 446 were male and 1 051 were female. A total of 32 types of IMD were detected among 2 461 patients, which included 10 amino acid disorders in 662 cases (26.9%), 6 common diseases were hyperphenylalaninemia, citrin deficiency, ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency, maple syrup urine disease, alkaptonuria, and tyrosinemia-I, 17 types of organic acidemias in 1 683 cases (68.4%), 6 common diseases were methylmalonic acidemia, propionic acidemia, valeric acidemia-type Ⅰ, isovaleric acidemia, 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency and multiple carboxylase deficiency and 5 fatty acid β oxidative defects in 116 cases (4.7%), 2 common diseases were multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency and short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency). Conclusion: Among the diseases diagnosed by analyzing urinary organic acid profiling with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, the most common are organic acidemias, followed by amino acid disorders and fatty acid oxidation defects.
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- X X Bu
- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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Zhao F, Zhou Y, Xu H, Zhu G, Zhan X, Zou W, Zhu M, Kang L, Zhao X. Oxic urban rivers as a potential source of atmospheric methane. Environ Pollut 2022; 297:118769. [PMID: 34973384 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118769] [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: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Urban rivers play a vital role in global methane (CH4) emissions. Previous studies have mainly focused on CH4 concentrations in urban rivers with a large amount of organic sediment. However, to date, the CH4 concentration in gravel-bed urban rivers with very little organic sediment has not been well documented. Here, we collected water samples from an oxic urban river (Xin'an River, China; annual mean dissolved oxygen concentration was 9.91 ± 1.99 mg L-1) with a stony riverbed containing very little organic sediment. Dissolved CH4 concentrations were measured using a membrane inlet mass spectrometer to investigate whether such rivers potentially act as an important source of atmospheric CH4 and the corresponding potential drivers. The results showed that CH4 was supersaturated at all sampling sites in the five sampling months. The mean CH4 saturation ratio (ratio of river dissolved CH4 concentration to the corresponding CH4 concentration that is in equilibrium with the atmosphere) across all sampling sites in the five sampling months was 204 ± 257, suggesting that the Xin'an River had a large CH4 emission potential. The CH4 concentration was significantly higher in the downstream river than in the upstream river (p < 0.05), which suggested that human activities along the river greatly impacted the CH4 level. Statistical analyses and incubation experiments indicated that algae can produce CH4 under oxic conditions, which may contribute to the significantly higher CH4 concentration in August 2020 (p < 0.001) when a severe algal bloom occurred. Furthermore, other factors, such as heavy rainfall events, dissolved organic carbon concentration, and water temperature, may also be vital factors affecting CH4 concentration. Our study enhances the understanding of dissolved CH4 dynamics in oxic urban rivers with very little organic sediment and further proposes feasible measures to control the CH4 concentration in urban rivers.
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- Feng Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China; School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
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Xiong T, Han S, Pu L, Zhang TC, Zhan X, Fu T, Dai YH, Li YX. Bioinformatics and Machine Learning Methods to Identify FN1 as a Novel Biomarker of Aortic Valve Calcification. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:832591. [PMID: 35295271 PMCID: PMC8918776 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.832591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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AimThe purpose of this study was to identify potential diagnostic markers for aortic valve calcification (AVC) and to investigate the function of immune cell infiltration in this disease.MethodsThe AVC data sets were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus. The identification of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and the performance of functional correlation analysis were carried out using the R software. To explore hub genes related to AVC, a protein–protein interaction network was created. Diagnostic markers for AVC were then screened and verified using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator, logistic regression, support vector machine-recursive feature elimination algorithms, and hub genes. The infiltration of immune cells into AVC tissues was evaluated using CIBERSORT, and the correlation between diagnostic markers and infiltrating immune cells was analyzed. Finally, the Connectivity Map database was used to forecast the candidate small molecule drugs that might be used as prospective medications to treat AVC.ResultsA total of 337 DEGs were screened. The DEGs that were discovered were mostly related with atherosclerosis and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to the analyses. Gene sets involved in the chemokine signaling pathway and cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction were differently active in AVC compared with control. As the diagnostic marker for AVC, fibronectin 1 (FN1) (area the curve = 0.958) was discovered. Immune cell infiltration analysis revealed that the AVC process may be mediated by naïve B cells, memory B cells, plasma cells, activated natural killer cells, monocytes, and macrophages M0. Additionally, FN1 expression was associated with memory B cells, M0 macrophages, activated mast cells, resting mast cells, monocytes, and activated natural killer cells. AVC may be reversed with the use of yohimbic acid, the most promising small molecule discovered so far.ConclusionFN1 can be used as a diagnostic marker for AVC. It has been shown that immune cell infiltration is important in the onset and progression of AVC, which may benefit in the improvement of AVC diagnosis and treatment.
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- Tao Xiong
- Cardiovascular Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease of Yunnan Province, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease of Yunnan Province, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease of Yunnan Province, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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Zhao F, Zhan X, Xu H, Zhu G, Zou W, Zhu M, Kang L, Guo Y, Zhao X, Wang Z, Tang W. New insights into eutrophication management: Importance of temperature and water residence time. J Environ Sci (China) 2022; 111:229-239. [PMID: 34949352 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2021.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Eutrophication and harmful cyanobacterial blooms threaten water resources all over the world. There is a great controversy about controlling only phosphorus or controlling both nitrogen and phosphorus in the management of lake eutrophication. The primary argument against the dual nutrients control of eutrophication is that nitrogen fixation can compensate the nitrogen deficits. Thus, it is of great necessary to study the factors that can significantly affect the nitrogen fixation. Due to the difference of climate and human influence, the water quality of different lakes (such as water temperature, N:P ratio and water residence time) is also quite different. Numerous studies have reported that the low N:P ratio can intensify the nitrogen fixation capacities. However, the effects of temperature and water residence time on the nitrogen fixation remain unclear. Thus, 30 shallows freshwater lakes in the eastern plain of China were selected to measure dissolved N2 and Ar concentrations through N2: Ar method using a membrane inlet mass spectrometer to quantify the nitrogen fixation capacities and investigate whether the temperature and water residence time have a great impact on nitrogen fixation. The results have shown that the short lake water residence time can severely inhibit the nitrogen fixation capacities through inhibiting the growth of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, changing the N:P ratio and resuspending the solids from sediments. Similarly, lakes with low water temperature also have a low nitrogen fixation capacity, suggesting that controlling nitrogen in such lakes is feasible if the growth of cyanobacteria is limited by nitrogen.
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- Feng Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Yang SJ, Jiang LS, Hu Q, Xie C, Zhan X, Chen WX. [HBx promotes ubiquitination and degradation of ZO1 and increases the migration and invasion of liver cancer cells]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2021; 29:1164-1169. [PMID: 35045631 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20201217-00660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To study the effect of hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) expression level on migration and invasion of zonula occludens protein-1 (ZO-1) in HepG2 liver cancer cells. Methods: Liver cancer cells were transfected with HBV full gene plasmid (pcDNA3.1-HBV1. 1 or pcDNA3.1-HBV1.3), empty plasmid (pcDNA3.1) and HBV-encoded protein plasmids (pHBc, pHBs, pHBp and pHBx), respectively. Western blot and RT-PCR were used to detect ZO1 protein and mRNA levels. Immunoprecipitation was used to detect transfected pHBx. Western blot was used to detect ZO1 ubiquitination levels. Transwell chambers were used to assess cell migration and invasion. Cell proliferation and lactate dehydrogenase assay was used to detect siRNA transfecting targeting ZO1. Flow cytometry was used to detect cell apoptosis and cycle. The data was compared between two and multiple groups by using an independent sample t-test and one-way analysis of variance. Results: Compared with the empty plasmid, ZO1 protein level in HepG2 cells after transiently transfected with pHBV1.1 and pHBV1.3 was decreased by 42.99% ± 6.8% and 55.0% 5 ± 4.56%, respectively, and their mRNA levels did not change significantly. ZO1 protein level in Huh7 cells was decreased by 17.46% ± 4.94% and 47.53% ± 3.38%, respectively. ZO1 protein level after transfection with pHBx was decreased by 47.02% ± 3.4%, while the ZO1 protein level after transfection with pHBc, pHBs and pHBp did not change significantly. ZO1 mRNA level was unaffected with pHBx transfection. ZO1 ubiquitin level and cell migration and invasion ability in HepG2 cells was significantly increased with transfected pHBx. HepG2 cells proliferation, apoptosis and cycle after transfection with ZO1-targeted siRNA did not change significantly, but the migration and invasion ability were significantly increased. Conclusion: HBx can increase the migration and invasion of liver cancer cells by promoting the ubiquitination and degradation of ZO1 protein level.
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- S J Yang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medicine University, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medicine University, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medicine University, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medicine University, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medicine University, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medicine University, Chongqing 400010, China
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Ling SY, Yu Y, Qiu WJ, Ye J, Ji WJ, Zhan X, Gong ZW, Gu XF, Han LS. [Analysis of six children with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2021; 59:695-699. [PMID: 34333924 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112140-20210202-00094] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the clinical characteristics, genotypes and long-term outcomes of individuals with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria. Methods: The clinical features, biochemical data, genetic test results and treatment outcomes of six children with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria admitted to the Department of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Xinhua Hospital from February 2017 to February 2019 were retrospectively analyzed and the Gesell developmental diagnosis schedule was performed to evaluate the development of four patients. Results: Among 6 children with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria 2 were males and 4 were females.Four cases had 3-methylglutaconic aciduria type Ⅰ and 2 cases had 3-methylglutaconic aciduria with deafness,encephalopathy, and Leigh-like syndrome. Five of 6 patients were detected by newborn screening among whom 4 remained asymptomatic, and only one had a postmortem diagnosis. Among them, 4 patients remained asymptomatic, while two presented with clinical symptoms such as jaundice and dyspnea and the age of disease onset was 1 and 2 days respectively. The concentration of 3-methylglutaconic acid in urine of all affected individuals was between 22.38 and 77.09 mmol/molCr, which was above the normal value. Genetic tests were performed for all patients. Eleven variants were identified in 2 genes, of which 10 variants were novel and only c.442C>T p.(R148X) has been previously reported; Seven variants (c.656-2delA, EX5-EX6 Del, c.942+3A>G, c.373C>T p.(R125W), c.895-3C>G, c.667C>T p.(R223X) and c.894+5G>A) were in AUH gene. The others (c.548G>A p.(R138Q), c.442C>T p.(R148X), c.1339C>T p.(R447X) and c.973dupA p.(M325Nfs*5) were in SERAC1 gene. After being treated with leucine diet restriction and L-carnitine, 4 patients with AUH gene variation who were from asymptomatic phase developed normally, whereas those 2 patients with SERAC1 gene variation had a poor prognosis. During the follow-up, 2 patients exhibited varying degrees of psychomotor retardation, the rest had normal course of development. Conclusions: There are significant clinical heterogeneities among individuals with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria. The most common pathogenic variants are splicing variations, followed by nonsense, missense and frameshift mutations. Leucine-free diet and oral L-carnitine therapy are effective for some patients. Newborn screening is essential for early diagnosis and improvement of prognosis.
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- S Y Ling
- Department of Pecliatric Endocrinology and Genetics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pecliatric Endocrinology and Genetics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pecliatric Endocrinology and Genetics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pecliatric Endocrinology and Genetics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pecliatric Endocrinology and Genetics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pecliatric Endocrinology and Genetics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pecliatric Endocrinology and Genetics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pecliatric Endocrinology and Genetics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Pecliatric Endocrinology and Genetics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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Carboni MF, Florentino AP, Costa RB, Zhan X, Lens PNL. Enrichment of Autotrophic Denitrifiers From Anaerobic Sludge Using Sulfurous Electron Donors. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:678323. [PMID: 34163455 PMCID: PMC8215349 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.678323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This study compared the rates and microbial community development in batch bioassays on autotrophic denitrification using elemental sulfur (S0), pyrite (FeS2), thiosulfate (S2O3 2-), and sulfide (S2-) as electron donor. The performance of two inocula was compared: digested sludge (DS) from a wastewater treatment plant of a dairy industry and anaerobic granular sludge (GS) from a UASB reactor treating dairy wastewater. All electron donors supported the development of a microbial community with predominance of autotrophic denitrifiers during the enrichments, except for sulfide. For the first time, pyrite revealed to be a suitable substrate for the growth of autotrophic denitrifiers developing a microbial community with predominance of the genera Thiobacillus, Thioprofundum, and Ignavibacterium. Thiosulfate gave the highest denitrification rates removing 10.94 mM NO3 - day-1 and 8.98 mM NO3 - day-1 by DS and GS, respectively. This was 1.5 and 6 times faster than elemental sulfur and pyrite, respectively. Despite the highest denitrification rates observed in thiosulfate-fed enrichments, an evaluation of the most relevant parameters for a technological application revealed elemental sulfur as the best electron donor for autotrophic denitrification with a total cost of 0.38 € per m3 of wastewater treated.
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- M. F. Carboni
- Department of Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences and Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences and Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, São Paulo State University, Araraquara, Brazil
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- Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences and Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Li X, Chen C, Zhan X, Li B, Zhang Z, Li S, Xie Y, Song X, Shen Y, Liu J, Liu P, Liu GP, Yang X. R13 preserves motor performance in SOD1 G93A mice by improving mitochondrial function. Theranostics 2021; 11:7294-7307. [PMID: 34158851 PMCID: PMC8210609 DOI: 10.7150/thno.56070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by death of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. However, so far, there is no effective treatment for ALS. Methods: In this study, R13, a prodrug of 7,8-dihydroxyflavone, selectively activating tyrosine kinase receptor B (TrkB) signaling pathway, was administered prophylactically to 40-day old SOD1G93A mice for 90 days. The motor performance was investigated by rotarod test, climbing-pole test, grip strength test and hanging endurance test. Afterwards, the spinal cord and medulla oblongata of 130-day old mice were harvested, and the proteomics revealed the effect of R13 on mouse protein expression profile. Astrocytes and microglial proliferation were assessed by immunohistochemical analysis. The number of motor neurons in the spinal cord is determined by Nissl staining. The effect of R13 on gastrocnemius morphology was assessed by HE staining. The effect of R13 on the survival rate was accomplished with worms stably expressing G93A SOD1. Results: Behavioral tests showed that R13 significantly attenuated abnormal motor performance of SOD1G93A mice. R13 reduced the advance of spinal motor neuron pathology and gastrocnemius muscle atrophy. The proliferation of microglia and astrocytes was reduced by R13 treatment. Mitochondriomics analysis revealed that R13 modified the mitochondrial protein expression profiles in the medulla oblongata and spinal cord of SOD1G93A mice, particularly promoting the expression of proteins related to oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). Further study found that R13 activated AMPK/PGC-1α/Nrf1/Tfam, promoted mitochondrial biogenesis and ameliorated mitochondrial dysfunction. Lastly, R13 prolonged the survival rate of worms stably expressing G93A SOD1. Conclusions: These findings suggest oral R13 treatment slowed the advance of motor system disease in a reliable animal model of ALS, supporting that R13 might be useful for treating ALS.
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Xi Q, Chen X, Zhan X, Zhu J, Wu GF. [Effects of pressure steam sterilization times on the accuracy of the digital intraoral scanning data]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 56:474-478. [PMID: 33904283 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112144-20201207-00602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To provide a scientific basis for the standardized operation of clinical disinfection by comparing and analyzing the influence of disinfection times on the accuracy of digital intraoral scanning. Methods: The author prepared 10 brand-new intraoral scanning heads (Trios, 3Shape, Denmark), scan the same plaster standard dentition model after 1, 20, 40, and 60 times of pressure steam sterilization, and obtained the data of four groups of experimental groups A, B, C, D, and scan the model 5 times repeatedly after each disinfection cycle of each scanning head. A model scanner (D2000, 3Shape, Denmark) was used to scan the standard dentition model, and the scan results were used as the control group data. Vernier calipers and measurement software were used to measure the arch length (the distance between the mesial cheek tips of the first molars on both sides of the maxillary) and the front and back length (the distance from the tongue protrusion of the right incisor to the buccal tip of the first molar on the right of the upper jaw) of the plaster model and the data of the 4 experimental groups. The line distance results of the 4 groups of experimental groups were compared for statistical analysis, and the trueness and precision values of the 4 groups of experimental groups were compared for statistical analysis. Results: The length of the arch across the 4 experimental groups increased with the increase in the number of disinfection (P<0.05), and there were statistical differences compared with the measurement results of the plaster model (P<0.05); the differences in the length of the dental arch were not statistically significant (P>0.05). The treness of the 4 experimental groups is statistically significant (P<0.05), and the trueness was from high to low in order of group A [(114.85±3.75) μm], group B [(124.65±3.85) μm], group C [(131.45±3.04) μm] and group D [(144.64±3.34) μm]; the precision of the 4 experimental groups was not statistically significant (P>0.05). Conclusions: The number of times of pressure steam sterilization can affect the accuracy of the scanning results of the digital intraoral scanner, and with the increase of the number of sterilizations, the error of the scanning results also tends to increase. The number of sterilizations has no effect on the repeatability of the digital scanning results. The increase in the number of times of pressure steam sterilization affects the accross of the arch but has no effect on the length of the dental arch, and the range of change of the length of the arch is within the clinically acceptable range. After 60 times of pressure steam sterilization, the accuracy of digital scan data can still meet clinical needs.
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
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Zhao F, Xu H, Zhan X, Zhu GW, Guo YL, Kang LJ, Zhu MY. [Spatial Differences and Influencing Factors of Denitrification and ANAMMOX Rates in Spring and Summer in Lake Taihu]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2021; 42:2296-2302. [PMID: 33884799 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.202008303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Denitrification and ANAMMOX are the main nitrogen removal processes in lakes, which are of great significance for maintaining the nitrogen balance. Lake Taihu is a large, shallow lake. There are great spatial and temporal differences in the nutrient levels and algal blooms, which will affect the rates of denitrification and ANAMMOX. In order to understand the spatial and temporal variations in the denitrification and ANAMMOX rates and their influencing factors in Lake Taihu, undisturbed sediment cores were collected from Meiliang Bay, Gonghu Bay, Zhushan Bay, Dapukou Bay, Xukou Bay, and the center of Lake Taihu in the spring and summer of 2020. The results showed that the spatial distribution of the denitrification and ANAMMOX rates varied greatly in different areas of Lake Taihu in spring. The denitrification and ANAMMOX rates were (27.74±8.45)-(142.43±35.54) μmol·(m2·h)-1 and (2.35±1.06)-(17.95±8.66) μmol·(m2·h)-1, respectively. The contribution of ANAMMOX to nitrogen removal was relatively low, ranging from (7.82±1.71)% to (11.20±1.53)%. In summer, the denitrification and ANAMMOX rates were (165.68±62.14) μmol·(m2·h)-1 and (33.56±10.66) μmol·(m2·h)-1, respectively. The nitrogen removal rates were relatively low in other areas where the denitrification and ANAMMOX rates were (25.47±10.46)-(42.50±16.46) μmol·(m2·h)-1 and (2.65±0.94)-(5.95±2.65) μmol·(m2·h)-1, respectively. The contribution of ANAMMOX to nitrogen removal was (13.62±1.95)%-(7.24±1.78)%. The denitrification rate in summer was generally lower than that in spring, while the ANAMMOX rate did not decrease significantly compared with that in spring. The statistical analysis showed that the denitrification and ANAMMOX rates were significantly correlated with the substrate nitrogen concentration (P<0.01), which indicated that the nitrogen concentration was the main factor causing the difference in the nitrogen removal rates in different lake regions. In addition, there was a significant positive correlation between the contribution rate of ANAMMOX and the concentration of chlorophyll-a (P<0.05), thereby indicating that cyanobacteria blooms have a great influence on the change in the contribution of ANAMMOX to nitrogen removal.
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- Feng Zhao
- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography&Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography&Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography&Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography&Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography&Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Nolan Z, Banerjee K, Cong Z, Gettle S, Longenecker A, Zhan X, Imamura Y, Zaenglein A, Thiboutot D, Nelson A. 219 Isotretinoin disrupts skin microbiome composition and metabolic function after 20 weeks of therapy. J Invest Dermatol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.02.240] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Zhan X, Zhao A, Wu B, Yang Y, Wan L, Tan P, Huang J, Lu Y. A novel compound heterozygous mutation of MYSM1 gene in a patient with bone marrow failure syndrome 4. Br J Biomed Sci 2021; 78:239-243. [PMID: 33618624 DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2021.1894706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- X Zhan
- Department of Childhood Hematology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Childhood Hematology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Childhood Hematology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Childhood Hematology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Childhood Hematology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Childhood Hematology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Childhood Hematology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Childhood Hematology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Zeng Z, Tang L, Zhou Y, Wang B, Wang Q, Zou P, Zhan X, Fu L, Li W. Effect of pidotimod on growth performance, immune function,
intestinal epithelial barriers and microbiota of piglets. J Anim Feed Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.22358/jafs/134117/2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Guo YL, Xu H, Chen XQ, Zheng JZ, Zhan X, Zhu GW, Zhu MY. [Changes in Algal Particles and Their Water Quality Effects in the Outflow River of Taihu Lake]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2021; 42:242-250. [PMID: 33372476 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.202005241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Connected rivers are a common engineering method to ensure the ecological health of urban water. However, for the lakes with serious cyanobacteria blooms, the algal particles are carried by the outflow of the lake and will have a significant impact on water quality. The location at which the Liangxi river meets Meiliang Bay of Lake Taihu was selected to explore the influence of the eutrophic lake on the connected rivers, and high-frequency monitoring was conducted in summer for three consecutive years to analyze the changes in the flux of cyanobacterial bloom particles in rivers and their impact on river water quality. The results show that:① The improvement of the algal cyanobacteria bloom in Meiliang Bay and the operation of the pressure-controlled algae well at the entrance of the river significantly reduced the concentration of chlorophyll a and the flux of algae particles in the Liangxi River. The average value of the concentration of chlorophyll a and the flux of algae particles in the river in summer 2019 were 54.34 μg·L-1 and 84.7 t·d-1, respectively, and significantly lower than those of 2017; ② Water diversion had a significant effect on improving the water quality of the receiving water. Except for DTP, the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations of the remaining forms of the Liangxi River showed a downward trend from 2017 to 2019, indicating that the water quality of the Liangxi river improved after water transfer; ③ A large amount of cyanobacterial blooms entering the channel significantly increased the particulate nitrogen and phosphorus content of the water. From 2017 to 2019, the nitrogen and phosphorus in the Liangxi River were mainly PN and PP, accounting for 62.5% and 70.8% of TN and TP, respectively; ④ The water quality of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and other connected rivers has not been affected by the algal particles in Meiliang Bay. In August 2019, the chlorophyll a content in the canal water decreased by 65% compared with that of June, indicating that cyanobacterial bloom particles have not accumulated in the Grand Canal; ⑤ On the premise that the cyanobacteria bloom in the lake has not been effectively improved, the algae particles carried by the water diversion will have an impact on the water quality and landscape of the local reach connecting the river.
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- Yu-Long Guo
- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Wuxi Blue Algae Control Office, Wuxi 214000, China
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- Wuxi Branch of Jiangsu Bureau of Hydrology and Water Resources, Wuxi 214000, China
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- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Xiong T, Pu L, Ma YF, Zhu YL, Cui X, Li H, Zhan X, Li YX. Safety of Normothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A System Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:757551. [PMID: 34970516 PMCID: PMC8712704 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.757551] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Objectives: Hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (HCPB) has been used successfully in cardiac surgery for more than half a century, although adverse effects have been reported with its use. Many studies on temperature management during CPB published to date have shown that normothermic CPB (NCPB) provides more benefits to children undergoing cardiac surgery. The present meta-analysis investigated the effect of NCPB on clinical outcomes based on results of randomized controlled trials and observational studies on pediatric cardiac surgery. Methods: Databases such as PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Clinical Trials.gov were searched from inception to May 2021 to identify relevant studies published in English. Results: The present meta-analysis included 13 studies characterizing a total of 837 pediatric patients. The random effects model exhibited that the NCPB group had reduced revision for postoperative bleeding [odds ratio (OR): 0.11; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.01-0.89; I 2 = 0%, P = 0.04], serum lactate 2-4 h after CPB (mean difference: -0.60; 95% CI: -1.09 to -0.11; I 2 = 82%, P = 0.02), serum creatinemia 24 h after CPB (mean difference: -2.73; 95% CI: -5.06 to -0.39; I 2 = 83%, P = 0.02), serum creatinemia 48 h after CPB (mean difference: -2.08; 95% CI: -2.78 to -1.39; I 2 = 0%, P < 0.05), CPB time (mean difference: -19.10, 95% CI: -32.03 to -6.18; I 2 = 96%, P = 0.04), and major adverse events (OR: 0.37; 95% CI: 0.15-0.93; Z = 2.12, P = 0.03) after simple congenital surgery compared with the HCPB group. Conclusion: NCPB is as safe as HCPB in pediatric congenital heart surgery. Moreover, NCPB provides more advantages than HCPB in simple congenital heart surgery.
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- Tao Xiong
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kunming Yan'an Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kunming Yan'an Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.,Cardiovascular Surgery, Institution of Yunnan, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kunming Yan'an Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kunming Yan'an Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kunming Yan'an Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.,Cardiovascular Surgery, Institution of Yunnan, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kunming Yan'an Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.,Cardiovascular Surgery, Institution of Yunnan, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kunming Yan'an Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.,Cardiovascular Surgery, Institution of Yunnan, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kunming Yan'an Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.,Cardiovascular Surgery, Institution of Yunnan, Kunming, China
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Zhan X, Liu B, Tong ZH. [Postinflammatroy pulmonary fibrosis of COVID-19: the current status and perspective]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2020; 43:728-732. [PMID: 32894907 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20200317-00359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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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The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) has been well controlled in China. Most of the COVID-19 patients were having postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) on the follow-up CT scan when discharged, and complaining about exertional dyspnea of different levels, presenting with an UIP (usual interstitial pneumonia) pattern or NSIP (non-specific interstitial pneumonia) pattern on the CT scans. Will the PPF get improved or stay stable, or progress? Such questions could only be answered by follow-up and monitoring of the pulmonary function. At the same time, we should learn from the lessons on pulmonary function loss of the SARS patients and MERS patients, some of whom had persistent impaired lung function after discharge. Pirfenidone and Nintedanib had been approved for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF), showing effectiveness on non-IPF pulmonary fibrosis as well. However, there are no studies about the application on PPF resulting from viral pneumonia. Given the follow-up status of SARS patients and MERS patients, and the PPF of COVID-19 patients, we should be careful about the discharged patients with a close follow-up, and further studies on PPF of COVID-19 are needed.
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- X Zhan
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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Ji PF, Xu H, Zhan X, Zhu GW, Zou W, Zhu MY, Kang LJ. [Spatial-temporal Variations and Driving of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Ratios in Lakes in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2020; 41:4030-4041. [PMID: 33124283 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.202002017] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In spring and summer of 2018, 26 lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were studied to determine the temporal and spatial characteristics of nitrogen and phosphorus ratios (TN/TP) and their influencing factors. The differences in nitrogen and phosphorus ratios in different types of lakes (including water-psaaing lakes, deep reservoirs and eutrophic lakes) and in different seasons were analyzed in terms of the sources of the lakes, lake depth, suspended particulate matter concentrations, and phytoplankton levels. The average TN/TP was 21.52±14.28 in spring and 21.73±23.78 in summer. The TN/TP varied significantly in different types of lakes. The TN/TP ratios in water-passing lakes, deep reservoirs and eutrophic lakes were 20.41±9.25, 40.97±33.37, and 14.38±7.40 during spring, and were 22.62±6.48, 96.38±45.91, and 10.91±4.44 during summer, respectively. The TN/TP of the water-passing lakes and deep reservoirs increased significantly in summer, while that of the eutrophic lakes decreased significantly, which indicates that TN/TP changes and lake nutritional status are closely related. The source of nutrients in lakes and reservoirs affects the TN/TP. The TN/TP of lakes and reservoirs had a significant correlation with the lake depth in both spring and summer, indicating that lake depth is a key factor affecting the ratio of nitrogen and phosphorus. In addition, in eutrophic lakes with higher absolute nutrient concentrations, TN/TP has less effect on phytoplankton, while in deep-water lakes with lower absolute nutrient concentrations, TN/TP can determine the growth of phytoplankton limited by phosphorus. Therefore, the governance strategy of lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River should prioritize phosphorus control. Local digging, controlling non-point source pollution, sediment dredging, and changing fishery production methods can be applied to improve the ecological quality of the eutrophic lakes.
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- Peng-Fei Ji
- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.,Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Lou P, Ding T, Zhan X. Long Noncoding RNA HNF1A-AS1 Regulates Osteosarcoma Advancement Through Modulating the miR-32-5p/HMGB1 Axis. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2020; 36:371-381. [PMID: 32706998 DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2019.3486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background: Osteosarcoma (OS) is a primary malignant tumor in children and adolescents. Long noncoding RNA HNF1A antisense RNA 1 (HNF1A-AS1) is connected with OS development. However, there are few reports on the role and mechanism of HNF1A-AS1 in OS. Materials and Methods: Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was employed to assess the expression of HNF1A-AS1, miR-32-5p, and high-mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1). Western blot analysis was performed to detect the protein level of HMGB1. 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), colony formation, transwell, or flow cytometer assays were applied to determine the proliferation, migration, invasion, and apoptosis of OS cells. The interaction between HNF1A-AS1 and miR-32-5p or HMGB1 was predicted by the starBase database and confirmed by dual-luciferase reporter assay. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was employed to analyze levels of HMGB1 in the OS cell supernatant. Results: HNF1A-AS1 and HMGB1 were upregulated, while miR-32-5p was downregulated, in OS tissues and cells. Functionally, HNF1A-AS1 depletion induced apoptosis and impeded proliferation, migration, and invasion of OS cells. Interestingly, HNF1A-AS1 bound to miR-32-5p to regulate the expression of HMGB1. Furthermore, miR-32-5p knockdown overturned the effects of HNF1A-AS1 knockdown on apoptosis, proliferation, migration, and invasion of OS cells. In addition, the effects of HNF1A-AS1 silencing on the malignant behaviors of OS cells were reserved by HMGB1 overexpression. In addition, HNF1A-AS1 regulated the HMGB1 level in the OS cell supernatant through the miR-32-5p/HMGB1 axis. Conclusion: Downregulation of HNF1A-AS1 blocked OS progression through the miR-32-5p/HMGB1 axis, which provides a possible target and prognostic biomarker for treatment of OS.
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- Pan Lou
- Department of Spinal Surgery, Jingmen No. 1 People's Hospital, Jingmen, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Jingmen No. 2 People's Hospital, Jingmen, China
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- Department of Spinal Surgery, Jingmen No. 1 People's Hospital, Jingmen, China
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Chen J, Xu H, Zhan X, Xu D, Zhu GW, Zhu MY, Ji PF, Kang LJ. [Influence of Nutrient Pulse Input on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Concentrations and Algal Growth in the Sediment-Water System of Lake Taihu]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2020; 41:2671-2678. [PMID: 32608782 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.201911198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lake sediments not only act as a reservoir of nutrients, but are also a source of secondary pollution of nutrients for overlying water, which can buffer the variations in nutrients in overlying water and affect nutrient bioavailability and algal growth. In the current study, a simulation experiment was conducted using sediment cores collected in Meiliang Bay. Our aim was to elucidate the effect of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) pulse input on variations in the water nutrient level and algal growth. We also clarified the migration and redistribution process of N and P between the sediment overlying water and algae. The results showed that the concentration of N in overlying water of the treatment group (with sediment) was much lower than that in controls (no sediment) when N was input at a pulse rate of 0.30 mg·(L·d)-1. The loss rate of N in the overlying water of the treatment group ranged from 0.144 mg·(L·d)-1 to 0.156 mg·(L·d)-1 and that in the control ranged from 0.021 mg·(L·d)-1to 0.039 mg·(L·d)-1. On the contrary, the denitrification rate of overlying water in the treatment group ranged from 40.793 mg·(m2·d)-1 to 44.193 mg·(m2·d)-1, accounting to 48%-52% of the external N loading. In contrast, the denitrification rate of overlying water in controls was from 0.021 mg·(L·d)-1to 0.039 mg·(L·d)-1, only accounting for 7%-13% of the external N loading. These results indicated that the sediment-water interface is the main site of denitrification in shallow lakes and plays an essential role in reducing N pollution in lakes. With respect to the pulse input of P at a rate of 0.015 mg·(L·d)-1, the majority of P (about 52%-58%) was imported into the sediment at a rate from 2.210 mg·(m2·d)-1to 2.422 mg·(m2·d)-1, and only a small proportion, approximately 23%-26%, was utilized by algae. The remaining P existed in overlying water in a dissolved state. These results implied that the sediment can buffer the external P input as an obvious "sink" effect of nutrients. Our results also showed that the sediment acts as a "source" of P when no external P was added. The release rate of P from the sediment to overlying water was from 0.310 mg·(m2·d)-1 to 0.468 mg·(m2·d)-1. In situ high-resolution analysis of ZrO-Chelex DGT showed that the DGT-P concentration in the interstitial water was much higher than that in the overlying water, and the concentration of DGT-P was significantly correlated with the concentration of DGT-Fe in interstitial water. These results indicate that changes in the redox potential may cause considerable release of internal phosphorus. In summary, our study showed that internal P in sediments can be released into the overlying water and support the growth of algae when the external nutrients are controlled. As a result, a delayed response was observed in the nutrient concentration in overlying water to external P reduction. Therefore, the dual control of N and P may have a better practical application to mitigate cyanobacteria blooms in shallow lakes.
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- Jie Chen
- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.,Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.,Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Du B, Qiu HB, Zhan X, Wang YS, Kang HYJ, Li XY, Wang F, Sun B, Tong ZH. [Pharmacotherapeutics for the new coronavirus pneumonia]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2020; 43:173-176. [PMID: 32164081 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2020.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The new coronavirus pneumonia (NCP), also named as COVID-19 by WHO on Feb 11 2020, is now causing a severe public health emergency in China since. The number of diagnosed cases is more than 40,000 until the submission of this manuscript. Coronavirus has caused several epidemic situations world widely, but the present contagious disease caused by 2019 new coronavirus is unprecedentedly fulminating. The published cohorts of 2019 new coronavirus (n-Cov) are single-center studies, or retrospective studies. We here share the therapeutic experiences of NCP treatment with literature review. Combination of Ribavirin and interferon-α is recommended by the 5(th) edition National Health Commission's Regimen (Revised Edition) because of the effect on Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and the effectiveness of Lopinavir/Ritonavir and Remdisivir needs to be confirmed by randomized controlled trial (RCT), given the situation of no specific antivirus drug on NCP is unavailable. Systemic glucocorticosteroid is recommended as a short term use (1~2 mg·kg(-1)·d(-1), 3~5 d) by the 5(th) edition National Health Commission's Regimen (Revised Edition) yet RCTs are expected to confirm the effectiveness. Inappropriate application of antibiotics should be avoided, especially the combination of broad-spectrum antibiotics, for the NCP is not often complicated with bacterial infection.
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- B Du
- Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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Li K, Jiang L, Wang J, Xia L, Zhao R, Cai C, Wang P, Zhan X, Wang Y. Maternal dietary supplementation with different sources of selenium on antioxidant status and mortality of chicken embryo in a model of diquat-induced acute oxidative stress. Anim Feed Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2019.114369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Du B, Qiu HB, Zhan X, Wang YS, Kang HYJ, Li XY, Wang F, Sun B, Tong ZH. [Pharmacotherapeutics for the New Coronavirus Pneumonia]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2020; 43:E012. [PMID: 32057209 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2020.0012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The New Coronavirus Pneumonia (NCP, also named as COVID-19 by WHO on Feb 11 2020, is now causing a severe public health emergency in China since. The number of diagnosed cases is more than 40,000 until the submission of this manuscript. Coronavirus has caused several epidemic situations world widely, but the present contagious disease caused by 2019 new Coronavirus is unprecedentedly fulminating. The published cohorts of 2019 new Coronavirus (n-Cov) are single-center studies, or retrospective studies. We here share the therapeutic experiences of NCP treatment with literature review. Combination of Ribavirin and Interferon-α is recommended by the 5(th) edition National Health Commission's Regimen (Revised Edition) because of the effect on MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), and the effectiveness of Lopinavir/Ritonavir and Remdisivir needs to be confirmed by randomized controlled trial (RCT), given the situation of no specific antivirus drug on NCP is unavailable. Systemic glucocorticosteroid is recommended as a short term use (1~2 mg.kg(-1).d(-1), 3~5d ) by the 5(th) edition National Health Commission's Regimen (Revised Edition) yet RCTs are expected to confirm the effectiveness. Inappropriate application of antibiotics should be avoided, especially the combination of broad-spectrum antibiotics, for the NCP is not often complicated with bacterial infection.
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- Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
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Chen J, Zhu GW, Xu H, Zhan X, Zhu MY, Da WY, Huang YW. [Influence of Rainfall Intensity on the Nutrient Loading from an Inflowing River in the Plain River Network of the Taihu Catchment]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2019; 40:4924-4931. [PMID: 31854558 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.201905103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To reveal the law of external pollution in the plain river network of the Taihu catchment, we investigated nitrogen, phosphorus, and dissolved organic carbon daily, as well as automatic recording data for flow rate and rainfall in Dapu River from 1st March, 2017 to 28th February, 2018. Dapu River, a typical inflowing river of Lake Taihu, usually has a reciprocating flow. A reciprocating flow is a common condition in the plain river network located in the Yangtze Delta. The response flow rate in the river was relatively slow to different intensities of rainfall. Flow rate significantly increased only when the rainfall intensity reached heavy rain (>25 mm·d-1). The concentrations were statistically non-significant under different rainfall intensities, and the concentrations of total nitrogen averaged 3.00±0.58, 3.34±0.93, 3.55±1.05, and 3.37±1.14 mg·L-1 under heavy rain (>25 mm·d-1), medium rain (10 mm·d-1-25 mm·d-1), light rain (<10 mm·d-1), and no rain. The concentrations of total phosphorus averaged 0.228±0.068, 0.258±0.121, 0.219±0.083, and 0.225±0.121 mg·L-1, respectively. The concentration of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in the Dapu River changed little during the 3 typical rainfall processes, but the concentration of phosphorus increased significantly after heavy rain when the duration was 2 days. The concentration of total phosphorus and particulate phosphorus increased significantly after medium rain when the duration was 1 day. The concentration of phosphorus did not show an obvious change after light rain. The concentration of total nitrogen was the highest under light rain, and the concentration of total phosphorus was the highest under medium rain. The daily loadings of total nitrogen from the Dapu River to Lake Taihu were 7.64, 3.19, 3.21, and 2.62 t·d-1 under conditions of heavy rain, medium rain, light rain, and no rain, respectively. The daily loadings of total phosphorus were 0.59, 0.26, 0.22, and 0.20 t·d-1 under conditions of heavy rain, medium rain, light rain, and no rain, respectively. Although the daily loading of nutrients under heavy rain conditions was the highest, the contribution of annual nutrient loading was small during heavy rain days. The reason was that the percentage of heavy rain during the entire year was small. The total nitrogen loading in heavy rain days was 61.11 tons in the observatory year, which was only 5.6% of annual loading. The total phosphorus loading in heavy rain days was 4.72 tons, which was only 5.8% of the annual loading. These low percentages of nutrient loading under heavy rainfall are quite different from situations in mountain catchments. This research showed that the transport processes of nutrients in the plain river network was complicated and its influence on nutrient concentrations and loadings in connected rivers was slow and indirect. The amount of inflow water was an important source of external nutrient loading in the plain river network. These conclusions have reference value for estimating the external loading and deciding non-point control policy of lakes in plain river network of the Taihu catchment.
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- Jie Chen
- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.,School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Zhan X, Cao ZZ, Chen RR, Chen BB. [Giant teratoma of nasopharynx with cleft palate and lingual hamartoma in the newborn: a case report]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 54:695-697. [PMID: 31550764 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2019.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- X Zhan
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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Objective: To investigate the correlation between skip metastasis of neck lymph node and clinicopathological features in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Methods: Totally 272 papillary thyroid carcinoma patients with lateral lymph node metastases who received surgical procedure at Department of Thyroid Surgery, the First Hospital of the Jilin University from January 2014 to June 2016 were analyzed retrospectively. There were 105 male and 167 female patients, aging from 16 to 73 years with a mean age of (42±8) years. There were 29 patients (10.7%) with skip metastasis. And then the correlation between skip metastasis of neck lymph node and clinicopathological features was analyzed by χ(2) test and multivariate Logistic regression test. Results: The rate of skip metastasis in all patients was 10.7% (29/272). By summarizing the distribution of the lateral lymph nodes about the patients with skip metastasis, 16 cases metastasized in single level (55.2%), meanwhile 6 in two levels (20.7%) and 7 in three levels (24.1%). Strong correlation between age, tumor location and skip metastasis was found using χ(2) test (χ(2) values were 14.056 and 21.362 respectively, both P values were 0.000). Age (>45 years) (OR=4.318, 95% CI: 1.767 to 10.552, P=0.001), microcarcinoma (OR=2.623, 95% CI: 1.013 to 6.795, P=0.047)and the tumor located in the upper of the thyroid (OR=11.982, 95% CI: 2.533 to 56.173, P=0.002) were risk factors to the skip metastasis through multivariable Logistic regression analysis. Conclusions: Age >45 years old, microcarcinoma or tumor located in the upper part of the thyroid gland was more likely present with skip metastasis. Skip metastases are often involved in the lateral multi-level. Therefore, confronted patients with one of these risk factors, the occurrence of skip metastasis should be awared when the lateral lymph node was large abnormally. Accordingly, it may be appropriate to extend the indications of fine needle aspiration for lateral lymph node in order to prevent missed diagnosis.
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- Department of Thyroid Surgery, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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Liu ZY, Xu H, Zhan X, Zhu GW, Qin BQ, Zhang YL. [Influence of Cyanobacterial Blooms on Denitrification Rate in Shallow Lake Taihu, China]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2019; 40:1261-1269. [PMID: 31087973 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.201808056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Denitrification is the most important nitrogen removal process in lake waters, and is of great significance for mitigating nitrogen pollution and controlling eutrophication in lakes. The outbreak and decline of cyanobacterial blooms may promote denitrification directly in the water column by changing the nitrogen circulation pathway and microenvironment of the water body, and accelerate the removal of nitrogen. In order to verify this hypothesis, the cyanobacteria with different biomass and the NO3--N, PO43--P nutrient for 10 days were taken from Taihu Lake water to simulate the effects of cyanobacteria growth and degradation on denitrification. The dynamic changes of algal biomass and various forms of nitrogen concentration were simultaneously determined by 15N isotope addition culture combined with membrane inlet mass spectrometer (MIMS) for real-time quantitative determination of denitrification rate. The results showed that cyanobacteria absorbed nitrogen into particle nitrogen during the growth period. During the decay period, algae cells released a large amount of NH4+-N by degrading mineralization, which was then converted into NO3--N to provide a substrate for denitrification. That is the key to promoting denitrification in water; the denitrification rate (as N2) reaches (1614.52±301.57)μmol·(m2·h)-1, which is three times higher than the denitrification rate[ (534.45±242.18)μmol·(m2·h)-1]of the lowest concentration cyanobacterial group at the same time. At the end of the experiment, the highest rate of TN removal was highest in the group with the highest initial biomass of cyanobacteria (40.02%), which was 2.26 times of the TN removal rate (17.72%) in the control, indicating that cyanobacterial accumulation can significantly promote the intensity of denitrification and accelerate the removal of nitrogen in water. The rate of denitrification in the decline of cyanobacteria is significantly affected by the concentration of NH4+-N, indicating that the coupling of nitrification-denitrification of microorganisms attached to algae is the main route of nitrogen removal. The results study indicate that the cyanobacteria bloom rapidly during the growth period. Nitrogen is converted into particle nitrogen. The degradation of cyanobacteria is accelerated by coupled nitrification-denitrification, which may be one of the reasons for the decrease of nitrogen concentration in Taihu Lake.
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- College of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Taihu Lake Ecosystem Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Lakes and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- College of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Taihu Lake Ecosystem Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Lakes and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Lake Ecosystem Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Lakes and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Taihu Lake Ecosystem Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Lakes and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Zhan X, Li N. Identification research and application for protein phosphorylation modification sites in human ovarian carcinoma. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy285.196] [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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Zhan X, Li N. Meta-analysis of prognostic factors of completely resected pathologic N2 stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer including 11,384 patients. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy291.006] [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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Liu Y, Wang F, Chen X, Liang Y, Deng H, Liao H, Rao F, Wei W, Zhan X, Fang X, Nair S, Shehata M, Wang X, Xue Y, Wu S. P5374Fasciculoventricular connections responsible for inherited ventricular pre-excitation in patients with danon disease. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p5374] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China People's Republic of
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Cao ZZ, Zheng XX, Feng BH, Gao JJ, Huang SY, Zhan X, Li BL, Chen BB. [Analysis of the related factors of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and allergic rhinitis in children]. Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018; 32:250-255. [PMID: 29798499 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Objective:To investigate the association between symptom of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and allergic rhinitis (AR) in children with AR at different sexes and different ages. Method:A total of 439 AR children aged 6 to 12 years were enrolled in this study. Basic information (age, gender, medical history, family history and comorbidities) of children with AR was collected. Results of prick tests on children skin were recorded. (TNSS) and Chinese version of the SNAP-Ⅳ scale, children under the guidance of independent completion of children's quality of life of children with nasal conjunctivitis scale (PRQLQ). According to the results of SNAP-Ⅳ, children were divided into AR with ADHD group [attention deficit and hyperactivity symptom score (IHS) >1.25] and AR without ADHD group (IHS≤1.25). The differences between the two groups of children were analyzed using group t-test and χ² test, and the relationship between each parameter and IHS >1.25 was analyzed by binary logistic regression. Result:Using SPSS 22.0 software, among all the included AR children, IHS >1.25 children accounted for 26.4%, IHS >1.25 group AR symptom scores were significantly higher than HIS ≤1.25 groups. Univariate analysis showed that children with age, gender, duration of AR symptoms, skin index and PRQLQ subscales had a correlation with IHS >1.25. After controlling for age and gender, duration of AR symptoms and skin index correlated with IHS >1.25 The estimated OR values are 1.807 (95%CI: 1.350-2.419) and 1.912 (95%CI: 1.320-2.772), respectively. The estimated OR values of PRQLQ subscale and IHS >1.25 were 1.657 (nasal symptom score), 1.324 (eye symptom score), 2.48 (non-eye-nasal symptom score), 1.418 (Behavior problem score) and 2.045 (activity and sleep score). The correlation between IHS>1.25 and the skin index and PRQLQ subscales was mainly found in males with stratification of age and gender, and the association between duration of AR symptoms and HIS >1.25 was statistically significant among all groups reflected. Conclusion:The association between attention deficits and hyperactivity symptoms in AR children was correlated with the severity of AR symptoms, duration, and skin index, and this association was more pronounced in males. In children with AR and ADHD, early management of AR symptoms may improve their ADHD symptoms.
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- Z Z Cao
- Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
- The Second School of Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University
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- Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
- The Second School of Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University
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- Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
- The Second School of Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University
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- Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
- The Second School of Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University
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- Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
- The Second School of Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University
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- Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
- The Second School of Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University
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- Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
- The Second School of Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University
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- Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
- The Second School of Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University
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Dennehy C, Lawlor PG, McCabe MS, Cormican P, Sheahan J, Jiang Y, Zhan X, Gardiner GE. Anaerobic co-digestion of pig manure and food waste; effects on digestate biosafety, dewaterability, and microbial community dynamics. Waste Manag 2018; 71:532-541. [PMID: 29113838 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.10.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study assessed the effect of varying pig manure (PM)/food waste (FW) mixing ratio and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on methane yields, digestate dewaterability, enteric indicator bacteria and microbial communities during anaerobic co-digestion. Three 10 L digesters were operated at 39 °C, each with a PM/FW feedstock composition of 85%/15%, 63%/37% and 40%/60% (volatile solids basis). While the PM/FW ratio was different among reactors, the organic loading rate applied was equal, and increased stepwise with reducing HRT. The effects of three different HRTs were studied: 41, 29, and 21 days. Increasing the proportion of FW in the feedstock significantly increased methane yields, but had no significant effect on counts of enteric indicator bacteria in the digestate or specific resistance to filtration, suggesting that varying the PM/FW feedstock composition at the mixing ratios studied should not have major consequences for digestate disposal. Decreasing HRT significantly increased volumetric methane yields, increased digestate volatile solids concentrations and increased the proportion of particles >500 µm in the digestate, indicating that decreasing HRT to 21 days reduced methane conversion efficiency High throughput 16S rRNA sequencing data revealed that microbial communities were just slightly affected by changes in digester operating conditions. These results would provide information useful when optimizing the start-up and operation of biogas plants treating these substrates.
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- Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Teagasc Pig Development Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
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- Teagasc Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
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- Teagasc Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
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- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
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- Department of Science, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
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Defurne M, Jiménez-Argüello AM, Ahmed Z, Albataineh H, Allada K, Aniol KA, Bellini V, Benali M, Boeglin W, Bertin P, Brossard M, Camsonne A, Canan M, Chandavar S, Chen C, Chen JP, de Jager CW, de Leo R, Desnault C, Deur A, El Fassi L, Ent R, Flay D, Friend M, Fuchey E, Frullani S, Garibaldi F, Gaskell D, Giusa A, Glamazdin O, Golge S, Gomez J, Hansen O, Higinbotham D, Holmstrom T, Horn T, Huang J, Huang M, Hyde CE, Iqbal S, Itard F, Kang H, Kelleher A, Keppel C, Koirala S, Korover I, LeRose JJ, Lindgren R, Long E, Magne M, Mammei J, Margaziotis DJ, Markowitz P, Mazouz M, Meddi F, Meekins D, Michaels R, Mihovilovic M, Camacho CM, Nadel-Turonski P, Nuruzzaman N, Paremuzyan R, Puckett A, Punjabi V, Qiang Y, Rakhman A, Rashad MNH, Riordan S, Roche J, Russo G, Sabatié F, Saenboonruang K, Saha A, Sawatzky B, Selvy L, Shahinyan A, Sirca S, Solvignon P, Sperduto ML, Subedi R, Sulkosky V, Sutera C, Tobias WA, Urciuoli GM, Wang D, Wojtsekhowski B, Yao H, Ye Z, Zhan X, Zhang J, Zhao B, Zhao Z, Zheng X, Zhu P. A glimpse of gluons through deeply virtual compton scattering on the proton. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1408. [PMID: 29123117 PMCID: PMC5680334 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01819-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [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: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The internal structure of nucleons (protons and neutrons) remains one of the greatest outstanding problems in modern nuclear physics. By scattering high-energy electrons off a proton we are able to resolve its fundamental constituents and probe their momenta and positions. Here we investigate the dynamics of quarks and gluons inside nucleons using deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS)-a highly virtual photon scatters off the proton, which subsequently radiates a photon. DVCS interferes with the Bethe-Heitler (BH) process, where the photon is emitted by the electron rather than the proton. We report herein the full determination of the BH-DVCS interference by exploiting the distinct energy dependences of the DVCS and BH amplitudes. In the regime where the scattering is expected to occur off a single quark, measurements show an intriguing sensitivity to gluons, the carriers of the strong interaction.
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire CNRS-IN2P3, 15 rue Georges Clémenceau, 91406, Orsay, France
- Facultad de Física, Universidad de Valencia, Carrer del Dr. Moliner 50, 46100, Burjassot, Spain
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- Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave., Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
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- Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Engineering Complex, 700 University Blvd, Kingsville, TX, 78363, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- California State University, 5151 State University Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA
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- INFN/Sezione di Catania, Via S. Sofia, 62, 95125, Catania, Italy
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- Clermont université, université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, 4 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 63178, Aubire Cedex, France
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- Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
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- Clermont université, université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, 4 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 63178, Aubire Cedex, France
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Clermont université, université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, 4 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 63178, Aubire Cedex, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, 5115 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA, 23529, USA
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- Ohio University, 123 University Terrace, 1 Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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- Hampton University, 100 E Queen St, Hampton, VA, 23668, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Università di Bari, Piazza Umberto I, 1, 70121, Bari, Italy
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire CNRS-IN2P3, 15 rue Georges Clémenceau, 91406, Orsay, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 7 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Temple University, 1801 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
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- Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Clermont université, université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, 4 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 63178, Aubire Cedex, France
- University of Connecticut, 2390 Alumni Drive, Unit 3206, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA
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- INFN/Sezione Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Roma, Italy
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- INFN/Sezione Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Roma, Italy
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- INFN/Sezione di Catania, Via S. Sofia, 62, 95125, Catania, Italy
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- Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Akademichna St, 1, Kharkov, Kharkiv Oblast, 61000, Ukraine
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- North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC, 27707, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Longwood University, 201 High St, Farmville, VA, 23909, USA
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- The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20064, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Duke University, Physics Bldg., Science Dr., Campus Box 90305, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Clermont université, université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, 4 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 63178, Aubire Cedex, France
- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, 5115 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA, 23529, USA
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- California State University, 5151 State University Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA
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- Clermont université, université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, 4 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 63178, Aubire Cedex, France
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- Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seol, South Korea
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- College of William and Mary, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA, 23187, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, 5115 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA, 23529, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, 382 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Kent State University, 800 E Summit St, Kent, OH, 44240, USA
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- Clermont université, université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, 4 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 63178, Aubire Cedex, France
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- University of Massachusetts, 1126 Lederle Graduate Research Tower (LGRT), Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- California State University, 5151 State University Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA
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- Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
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- Faculté des Sciences de Monastir, Avenue de l'environnement, 5019, Monastir, Tunisia
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- INFN/Sezione Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Roma, Italy
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- University of Ljubljana, Kongresni trg 12, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire CNRS-IN2P3, 15 rue Georges Clémenceau, 91406, Orsay, France
- Clermont université, université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, 4 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 63178, Aubire Cedex, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, 100 E Queen St, Hampton, VA, 23668, USA
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire CNRS-IN2P3, 15 rue Georges Clémenceau, 91406, Orsay, France
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Norfolk State University, 700 Park Avenue, Norfolk, VA, 23504, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave., Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, 5115 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA, 23529, USA
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- Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Ohio University, 123 University Terrace, 1 Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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- INFN/Sezione di Catania, Via S. Sofia, 62, 95125, Catania, Italy
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- University of Virginia, 382 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
- Kasetsart University, 50 Thanon Ngam Wong Wan, Khwaeng Lat Yao, Khet Chatuchak, Krung Thep, Maha Nakhon, 10900, Thailand
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
- Temple University, 1801 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
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- Kent State University, 800 E Summit St, Kent, OH, 44240, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, 2. Alikhanian Br. Street, Yerevan, 0036, Armenia
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- University of Ljubljana, Kongresni trg 12, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
- University of New Hampshire, 105 Main St, Durham, NH, 03824, USA
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- INFN/Sezione di Catania, Via S. Sofia, 62, 95125, Catania, Italy
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- George Washington University, 2121 I St NW, Washington, DC, 20052, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- INFN/Sezione di Catania, Via S. Sofia, 62, 95125, Catania, Italy
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- University of Virginia, 382 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- INFN/Sezione di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- University of Virginia, 382 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- Temple University, 1801 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
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- University of Virginia, 382 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Ave, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23606, USA
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- College of William and Mary, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA, 23187, USA
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- University of Virginia, 382 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- University of Virginia, 382 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- University of Virginia, 382 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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Zhao S, Zhan X, Wang Y, Ye J, Han L, Qiu W, Gao X, Gu X, Zhang H. Large-scale study of clinical and biochemical characteristics of Chinese patients diagnosed with Krabbe disease. Clin Genet 2017; 93:248-254. [PMID: 28598007 DOI: 10.1111/cge.13071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 03/19/2017] [Revised: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Krabbe disease (KD) is a rare disease caused by the deficiency of β-galactocerebrosidase. This study investigated 22 unrelated Chinese patients, including their clinical presentations, plasma psychosine levels and β-galactocerebrosidase gene mutations. We found the late-onset form of KD present in 82% of the patients in our study, which was more prevalent than in patients from other populations. Plasma psychosine levels were elevated in KD, which were correlated with the severity of clinical presentations. Sanger sequencing identified 8 novel mutations, including 7 missense mutations, p.H253Y, p.S259L, p.P318L, p.F350V, p.T428A, p.L530P, p.G586D, and 1 splicing mutation, c.1251+1G>A. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification identified a novel exon 12 and 14 deletion, separately. Next generation sequencing, applied at the final step, revealed 2 missense mutant alleles missed using Sanger sequencing. The most common mutation in Chinese population is p.P154H, which accounts for 20.5% of alleles. Consistent with the higher prevalence of the late-onset form of KD, missense mutations predominated in our study, different with the common mutation types in Europe and Japan. This work was the first large-scale study of Chinese KD patients describing their clinical, biochemical and genetic characteristics, which furthered our understanding of this classical neurological lysosomal storage disease.
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- S Zhao
- Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetic, Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Tian R, Wang J, Yan H, Wu J, Xu Q, Zhan X, Gui Z, Ding M, He J. Differential expression of miR16 in glioblastoma and glioblastoma stem cells: their correlation with proliferation, differentiation, metastasis and prognosis. Oncogene 2017. [PMID: 28628119 PMCID: PMC5658672 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2017.182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The function of miR16 in multiforme glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and its stem cells (GSCs) remains elusive. To this end, we investigated the patterns of miR16 expression in these cells and their correlation with malignant behaviors and clinical outcomes. The levels of miR16 and its targeted genes in tumor tissue of GBM and GBM SGH44, U87, U251 cells as well as their stem cell counterparts were measured by qRT–PCR or western blot or immunohistochemistry. Luciferase reporter assay was used to confirm the binding of miR16 to 3′-UTR of its target genes. The effects of miR16 on malignant behaviors were investigated, including tumor cell viability, soft-agar colony formation, GSCs Matrigel colony forming and migration and invasion as well as nude mice xenograft model. Differentially expression patterns of miR16 in glioblastoma cells and GSCs cells were found in this study. Changes of miR16 targeted genes, Bcl2 (B cell lymphoma 2), CDK6 (Cyclin-dependent kinase 6), CCND1 (cyclin D1), CCNE1 (cyclin E1) and SOX5 were confirmed in glioblastoma cell lines and tissue specimens. In vitro and in vivo studies showed that tumor cell proliferation was inhibited by miR16 mimic, but enhanced by miR16 inhibitor. The expression level of miR16 positively correlates with GSCs differentiation, but negatively with the abilities of migration, motility, invasion and colony formation in glioblastoma cells. The inhibitory effects of miR16 on its target genes were also found in nude mice xenograft model. Our findings revealed that the miR16 functions as a tumor suppressor in GSCs and its association with prognosis in GBM.
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- R Tian
- Department of Pathology, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated to Anhui Medical University and Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pathology, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated to Anhui Medical University and Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pathology, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated to Anhui Medical University and Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pathology, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated to Anhui Medical University and Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pathology, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated to Anhui Medical University and Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pathology, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated to Anhui Medical University and Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pathology, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated to Anhui Medical University and Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pathology, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated to Anhui Medical University and Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pathology, Anhui Provincial Hospital affiliated to Anhui Medical University and Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, China
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Defurne M, Mazouz M, Ahmed Z, Albataineh H, Allada K, Aniol KA, Bellini V, Benali M, Boeglin W, Bertin P, Brossard M, Camsonne A, Canan M, Chandavar S, Chen C, Chen JP, de Jager CW, de Leo R, Desnault C, Deur A, El Fassi L, Ent R, Flay D, Friend M, Fuchey E, Frullani S, Garibaldi F, Gaskell D, Giusa A, Glamazdin O, Golge S, Gomez J, Hansen O, Higinbotham D, Holmstrom T, Horn T, Huang J, Huang M, Huber GM, Hyde CE, Iqbal S, Itard F, Kang H, Kang H, Kelleher A, Keppel C, Koirala S, Korover I, LeRose JJ, Lindgren R, Long E, Magne M, Mammei J, Margaziotis DJ, Markowitz P, Martí Jiménez-Argüello A, Meddi F, Meekins D, Michaels R, Mihovilovic M, Muangma N, Muñoz Camacho C, Nadel-Turonski P, Nuruzzaman N, Paremuzyan R, Puckett A, Punjabi V, Qiang Y, Rakhman A, Rashad MNH, Riordan S, Roche J, Russo G, Sabatié F, Saenboonruang K, Saha A, Sawatzky B, Selvy L, Shahinyan A, Sirca S, Solvignon P, Sperduto ML, Subedi R, Sulkosky V, Sutera C, Tobias WA, Urciuoli GM, Wang D, Wojtsekhowski B, Yao H, Ye Z, Zana L, Zhan X, Zhang J, Zhao B, Zhao Z, Zheng X, Zhu P. Rosenbluth Separation of the π^{0} Electroproduction Cross Section. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:262001. [PMID: 28059549 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.262001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
We present deeply virtual π^{0} electroproduction cross-section measurements at x_{B}=0.36 and three different Q^{2} values ranging from 1.5 to 2 GeV^{2}, obtained from Jefferson Lab Hall A experiment E07-007. The Rosenbluth technique is used to separate the longitudinal and transverse responses. Results demonstrate that the cross section is dominated by its transverse component and, thus, is far from the asymptotic limit predicted by perturbative quantum chromodynamics. Nonetheless, an indication of a nonzero longitudinal contribution is provided by the measured interference term σ_{LT}. Results are compared with several models based on the leading-twist approach of generalized parton distributions (GPDs). In particular, a fair agreement is obtained with models in which the scattering amplitude includes convolution terms of chiral-odd (transversity) GPDs of the nucleon with the twist-3 pion distribution amplitude. This experiment, together with previous extensive unseparated measurements, provides strong support to the exciting idea that transversity GPDs can be accessed via neutral pion electroproduction in the high-Q^{2} regime.
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- M Defurne
- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Faculté des sciences de Monastir, 5000 Tunisia
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas 78363, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- INFN/Sezione di Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire, FR-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire, FR-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire, FR-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Università di Bari, 70121 Bari, Italy
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay 91400, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire, FR-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- INFN/Sezione di Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov 61108, Ukraine
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- North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia 23909, USA
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- The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire, FR-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire, FR-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, South Korea
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- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, South Korea
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire, FR-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay 91400, France
- Facultad de Física, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia 46071, Spain
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- INFN/Sezione Sanità, 00161 Roma, Italy
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire, FR-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Institut de Physique Nucléaire CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay 91400, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay 91400, France
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- INFN/Sezione di Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
- Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan 375036, Armenia
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- University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- INFN/Sezione di Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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Mitchell C, Srinivasan S, Zhan X, Wu M, Reed S, Guthrie K, LaCroix A, Fiedler T, Munch M, Liu C, Hoffman N, Blair I, Newton K, Freeman E, Joffe H, Cohen L, Fredricks D. 1: Associations between serum estrogen, vaginal microbiota and vaginal glycogen in postmenopausal women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Wu M, Wang J, Tang W, Zhan X, Li Y, Peng Y, Huang X, Bai Y, Zhao J, Li A, Chen C, Chen Y, Peng H, Ren Y, Li G, Liu S, Wang J. FOXK1 interaction with FHL2 promotes proliferation, invasion and metastasis in colorectal cancer. Oncogenesis 2016; 5:e271. [PMID: 27892920 PMCID: PMC5141290 DOI: 10.1038/oncsis.2016.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Revised: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The transcriptional factor Forkhead box k1 (FOXK1) is a member of the FOX family. The abnormal expression of FOXK1 may have an important role in tumour development. Our previous studies showed that four-and-a-half LIM protein 2 (FHL2) is a critical inducer of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and invasion. However, the molecular mechanism by which FOXK1 synergizes with FHL2 tumour proliferation, EMT and metastasis is not well defined. We evaluated that messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein expression levels by quantitative RT–PCR, western blot, immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry (IHC) assays. The migration and invasive abilities of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells were evaluated using short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated inhibition in vitro and in vivo. We showed that FOXK1 expression was upregulated in CRC compared with matched normal tissues. FOXK1 physically interacts with FHL2 in CRC. Moreover, higher expression levels of the two proteins were significantly associated with differentiation, lymph node metastasis, AJCC stage and poorer prognosis. Furthermore, the overexpression of FOXK1 in CRC cells is associated with EMT, invasion and metastasis. However, the siRNA-mediated repression of FHL2 in FOXK1-overexpressing cells reversed EMT and both the proliferative and metastatic phenotypes in vitro and in vivo. These data identified that the co-expression of FOXK1 and FHL2 enhances cell proliferation and metastasis through the induction of EMT. Thus, FOXK1 and FHL2 may serve as putative targets in the combined therapy of CRC.
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- M Wu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatism, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Panduwawala CP, Zhan X, Dissanayaka WL, Samaranayake LP, Jin L, Zhang C. In vivo periodontal tissue regeneration by periodontal ligament stem cells and endothelial cells in three-dimensional cell sheet constructs. J Periodontal Res 2016; 52:408-418. [PMID: 27495271 DOI: 10.1111/jre.12405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Chronic periodontitis causes damage to tooth-supporting tissues, resulting in tooth loss in adults. Recently, cell-sheet-based approaches have been studied to overcome the limitations of conventional cytotherapeutic procedures for periodontal regeneration. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the regenerative potential of periodontal ligament stem cells (PDLSCs) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in three-dimensional (3D) cell sheet constructs for periodontal regeneration in vivo. MATERIAL AND METHODS PDLSCs, HUVECs or co-cultures of both cells were seeded onto temperature-responsive culture dishes, and intact cell sheets were fabricated. Cell sheets were wrapped around the prepared human roots in three different combinations and implanted subcutaneously into immunodeficient mice. RESULTS Histological evaluation revealed that after 2, 4 and 8 wk of implantation, periodontal ligament-like tissue arrangements were observed around the implanted roots in experimental groups compared with controls. Vascular lumens were also observed in periodontal compartments of HUVEC-containing groups. Periodontal ligament regeneration, cementogenesis and osteogenesis were evident in the experimental groups at both weeks 4 and 8, as shown by immunostaining for periostin and bone sialoprotein. Human cells in the transplanted cell sheets were stained by immunohistochemistry for the presence of human mitochondria. CONCLUSIONS The 3D cell sheet-based approach may be potentially beneficial and is thus encouraged for future regenerative periodontal therapy.
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- C P Panduwawala
- Comprehensive Dental Care (Endodontics), Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Periodontology, Fujian Medical University School of Stomatology, Fujian, China
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- Comprehensive Dental Care (Endodontics), Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Hong Kong, China
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- Oral Microbiomics and Infection, School of Dentistry, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- Periodontology and Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Comprehensive Dental Care (Endodontics), Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Hong Kong, China
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Zhan X, Lin N, Zhang HW, Gao XL, Qiu WJ, Han LS, Ye J, Gu XF. [Blood 7-ketocholesterol level, clinical features and gene mutation analysis of 18 children with Niemann-Pick disease type C]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2016; 54:419-23. [PMID: 27256227 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1310.2016.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate 7-ketocholesterol (7-KC) level in the blood, clinical features and gene mutation of Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC). METHOD Eighteen patients diagnosed as NPC in Shanghai Xinhua Hospital seen from February 2013 to October 2014 were enrolled in this study. They included 13 males and 5 females and aged from 5 months to 21 years. The plasma 7-KC concentrations, clinical features and gene mutations of NPC patients were reviewed retrospectively. RESULT Fourteen NPC patients had neurological symptoms with the age of neurological onset from 1 year to 16 years. In seven cases the disease was early-infantile subtype, in 1 late-infantile subtype, in five juvenile subtype and in one adult subtype. The 7-KC value in the plasma of NPC patients was higher than the normal range, (348.5±168.7) μg/L in the early-infantile subtype, 150.6 μg/L in the late-infantile subtype, (145.0±46.3) μg/L in the juvenile subtype, and 32.0 μg/L in the adult subtype, respectively, additionally, four NPC patients had no observable neuropsychiatric disability when confirmed to be NPC by genetic testing, with the plasma 7-KC value (345.6±134.2) μg/L; 16 of 18 patients had splenomegaly or hepatosplenomegaly. Among 18 patients, 34 different mutations in the NPC1 gene were identified including 27 reported mutations, 1 novel small deletion 3609_3610delAC, five novel exonic point mutations, c. 3683T>C(M1228T), c. 3679A>T(R1227W), c. 1070C>T(S357L), c. 1456A>C(N486H) and c. 1142G>A(W381X) and 1 novel intronic mutation c. 881+ 3A>G. CONCLUSION The 7-KC levels in the blood of patient was remarkably increased, and there was a tendency that 7-KC levels inversely correlated with the age of neurological onset. Most NPC patient had splenomegaly or hepatosplenomegaly. Among 18 patients, 34 different mutations in the NPC1 gene were identified including seven novel mutations, which enriched the gene mutation spectrum.
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- X Zhan
- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology /Genetics, Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai 200092, China
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Zhan T, Cao C, Li L, Gu N, Civin CI, Zhan X. MIM regulates the trafficking of bone marrow cells via modulating surface expression of CXCR4. Leukemia 2016; 30:1327-34. [PMID: 26965284 PMCID: PMC4889520 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2016.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Revised: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Missing in metastasis (MIM) is abundantly expressed in hematopoietic cells. Here we characterized the impact of MIM deficiency on murine bone marrow (BM) cells. Although MIM-/- cells proliferated similarly to wild type (WT), they exhibited stronger response to chemokine SDF-1, increase in surface expression of CXCR4, impaired CXCR4 internalization and constitutive activation of Rac, Cdc42 and p38. Transplantation of MIM-/- BM cells into lethally irradiated mice showed enhanced homing to BM, which was abolished when mice were pretreated with a p38 antagonist. Interestingly, MIM-/- BM cells, including hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), showed 2 to 5-fold increase in mobilization into the peripheral blood upon treatment with AMD3100. In vitro, MIM-/- leukocytes were susceptible to AMD3100 and maintained increased response to AMD3100 for mobilization even after transfer into wild type mice. MIM-/- mice had also a higher level of SDF-1 in the circulation. Our data highlighted an unprecedented role of MIM in the homoeostasis of BM cells, including HSPCs, through modulation of the CXCR4/SDF-1 axis and interactions of BM leukocytes with their microenvironments.
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- T Zhan
- Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,China Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- China Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Monteleone G, Di Sabatino A, Ardizzone S, Pallone F, Usiskin K, Zhan X, Rossiter G, Neurath MF. Impact of patient characteristics on the clinical efficacy of mongersen (GED-0301), an oral Smad7 antisense oligonucleotide, in active Crohn's disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2016; 43:717-24. [PMID: 26766141 PMCID: PMC4849204 DOI: 10.1111/apt.13526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Revised: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND In a phase 2 study, mongersen, an oral antisense oligonucleotide targeting Smad7, was effective in inducing clinical remission in approximately 60% of patients with active Crohn's disease (CD). AIM In a post hoc analysis to evaluate those patient disease characteristics that may have influenced the efficacy and safety of mongersen therapy. METHODS Patients with steroid-dependent/resistant, active CD were randomised to mongersen 10, 40 or 160 mg/day or placebo for 2 weeks; patients were followed for 10 weeks. Clinical remission [Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) score <150] and clinical response (CDAI score reduction ≥100 points) were assessed at weeks 2, 4 and 12 for these subgroups: disease duration <5/≥5 years, human serum C-reactive protein (hsCRP) <3/≥3 mg/L, and CDAI at baseline ≤260/>260. Additional patient baseline and disease characteristics were explored. RESULTS Clinical remission and response rates were significantly higher in patients receiving mongersen 40 and 160 mg/day but not 10 mg/day vs. placebo and independent of disease duration and hsCRP. Patients with baseline CDAI ≤260 had significantly higher remission rates with 40 and 160 mg/day. In patients with baseline CDAI >260, remission rates were statistically greater with 160 mg/day and numerically better with 40 mg/day vs. placebo. Adverse event rates were similar across treatment groups. Mongersen was safe and well tolerated. CONCLUSIONS Patients with higher CDAI scores achieved clinical remission most frequently with the highest mongersen dose. Disease duration and baseline human serum C-reactive protein did not appear to significantly impact efficacy of mongersen in this study (EudraCT Number: 2011-002640-27.).
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- G. Monteleone
- Department of Systems MedicineUniversity of Tor VergataRomeItaly
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- First Department of Internal MedicineSt. Matteo Hospital FoundationUniversity of PaviaPaviaItaly
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- Department of Surgery“L. Sacco” University HospitalMilanItaly
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- Department of Systems MedicineUniversity of Tor VergataRomeItaly
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- Celgene CorporationWarrenNJUSA
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- Department of MedicineUniversity of Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
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Wang Y, Wang H, Zhan X. Effects of different dl-selenomethionine and sodium selenite levels on growth performance, immune functions and serum thyroid hormones concentrations in broilers. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2015; 100:431-9. [PMID: 26608352 DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This trial was conducted in a 2 × 3 + 1 factorial arrangement based on a completely randomized design to evaluate the effects of different dl-selenomethionine (dl-Se-Met) and sodium selenite (SS) levels on growth performance, immune functions and serum thyroid hormones concentrations in broilers. A total of 840 Ross 308 broilers (7 days old) were allocated by body weight to seven treatments (three replicates of 40 birds each treatment) including (1) basal diet (containing 0.04 mg of selenium (Se)/kg; control) without supplementary Se; (2, 3 and 4) basal diet + 0.05, 0.15 or 0.25 mg/kg Se as SS; (5, 6 and 7) basal diet + 0.05, 0.15 or 0.25 mg/kg Se as dl-Se-Met. The experiment lasted 42 days. The results revealed that dietary Se supplementation improved (p < 0.05) average daily gain, feed efficiency, immune organ index, serum immunoglobulin A (IgA), immunoglobulin G (IgG), immunoglobulin M (IgM) and triiodothyronine (T3 ) concentrations and decreased (p < 0.01) thyroxine (T4 )/T3 ratio in serum compared with the control. Broilers receiving the dl-Se-Met-supplemented diets had higher (p < 0.05) feed efficiency, thymus index, the amounts of IgA, IgG, IgM and T3 as well as lower (p < 0.05) serum T4 concentrations and T4 /T3 ratio than those consuming the SS-supplemented diets. Serum IgA and IgM levels of broilers fed 0.15 mg Se/kg were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than those of broilers fed 0.05 or 0.25 mg Se/kg. In summary, we concluded that dl-Se-Met is more effective than SS in increasing immunity and promoting conversion of T4 to T3 , thus providing an effective way to improve the growth performance of broilers. Besides, based on a consideration of all experiment indices, 0.15 mg Se/kg was suggested to be the optimal level of Se supplementation under the conditions of this study.
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- Y Wang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhejiang A and F University, Linan, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhejiang A and F University, Linan, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhejiang A and F University, Linan, China.,Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Zhang YW, Long E, Mihovilovič M, Jin G, Allada K, Anderson B, Annand JRM, Averett T, Ayerbe-Gayoso C, Boeglin W, Bradshaw P, Camsonne A, Canan M, Cates GD, Chen C, Chen JP, Chudakov E, De Leo R, Deng X, Deur A, Dutta C, El Fassi L, Flay D, Frullani S, Garibaldi F, Gao H, Gilad S, Gilman R, Glamazdin O, Golge S, Gomez J, Hansen O, Higinbotham DW, Holmstrom T, Huang J, Ibrahim H, de Jager CW, Jensen E, Jiang X, St John J, Jones M, Kang H, Katich J, Khanal HP, King P, Korsch W, LeRose J, Lindgren R, Lu HJ, Luo W, Markowitz P, Meziane M, Michaels R, Moffit B, Monaghan P, Muangma N, Nanda S, Norum BE, Pan K, Parno D, Piasetzky E, Posik M, Punjabi V, Puckett AJR, Qian X, Qiang Y, Qiu X, Riordan S, Ron G, Saha A, Sawatzky B, Schiavilla R, Schoenrock B, Shabestari M, Shahinyan A, Širca S, Subedi R, Sulkosky V, Tobias WA, Tireman W, Urciuoli GM, Wang D, Wang K, Wang Y, Watson J, Wojtsekhowski B, Ye Z, Zhan X, Zhang Y, Zheng X, Zhao B, Zhu L. Measurement of the Target-Normal Single-Spin Asymmetry in Quasielastic Scattering from the Reaction (3)He(↑)(e,e'). Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:172502. [PMID: 26551107 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.172502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report the first measurement of the target single-spin asymmetry, A(y), in quasielastic scattering from the inclusive reaction (3)He(↑)(e,e') on a (3)He gas target polarized normal to the lepton scattering plane. Assuming time-reversal invariance, this asymmetry is strictly zero for one-photon exchange. A nonzero A(y) can arise from the interference between the one- and two-photon exchange processes which is sensitive to the details of the substructure of the nucleon. An experiment recently completed at Jefferson Lab yielded asymmetries with high statistical precision at Q(2)=0.13, 0.46, and 0.97 GeV(2). These measurements demonstrate, for the first time, that the (3)He asymmetry is clearly nonzero and negative at the 4σ-9σ level. Using measured proton-to-(3)He cross-section ratios and the effective polarization approximation, neutron asymmetries of -(1-3)% were obtained. The neutron asymmetry at high Q(2) is related to moments of the generalized parton distributions (GPDs). Our measured neutron asymmetry at Q(2)=0.97 GeV(2) agrees well with a prediction based on two-photon exchange using a GPD model and thus provides a new, independent constraint on these distributions.
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- Y-W Zhang
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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- Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33181, USA
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- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro, I-70121 Bari, Italy
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA
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- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, INFN/Sanita, 00161 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, INFN/Sanita, 00161 Roma, Italy
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- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov 61108, Ukraine
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia 23909, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Cairo University, Cairo, Giza 12613, Egypt
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia 23909, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33181, USA
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- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
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- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Huangshan University, Tunxi, Huangshan City, Anhui Province 245041, People's Republic of China
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- Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33181, USA
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- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23504, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, People's Republic of China
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
| | - G Ron
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
| | - A Saha
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
| | - B Sawatzky
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
| | - R Schiavilla
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
| | - B Schoenrock
- Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan 49855, USA
| | - M Shabestari
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
| | - A Shahinyan
- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan 375036, Armenia
| | - S Širca
- Jožef Stefan Institute, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - R Subedi
- George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA
| | - V Sulkosky
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - W A Tobias
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
| | - W Tireman
- Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan 49855, USA
| | - G M Urciuoli
- Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, INFN/Sanita, 00161 Roma, Italy
| | - D Wang
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
| | - K Wang
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
| | - Y Wang
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
| | - J Watson
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
| | - B Wojtsekhowski
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
| | - Z Ye
- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
| | - X Zhan
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Y Zhang
- Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, People's Republic of China
| | - X Zheng
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
| | - B Zhao
- The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - L Zhu
- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
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