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Bian L, Ge X, Feng S, Chen G, Li K, Wang X. Determination of chloropropanol esters and glycidyl esters in instant noodles based on solid-phase microextraction with chitosan-β-cyclodextrin coated fiber. Food Chem 2024; 442:138419. [PMID: 38237296 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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We developed a method for the determination of chloropropanol esters and glycidyl esters (GE) in instant noodles using solid-phase microextraction with chitosan-β-cyclodextrin (CS-β-CD) coated fiber coupled with gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The developed low-cost fiber coating can improve the sensitivity of the method. Immobilized enzymes can improve operational stability and reusability compared to free enzymes, thereby reducing costs. The adsorption isotherm was modeled using the Langmuir model, while the adsorption kinetics followed the pseudo second-order model. The limit of detection was 0.3 ng/L. The method exhibited satisfactory recoveries for the analytes, ranging from 80.2 % to 105.3 %, with relative standard deviations < 9.9 %. Furthermore, the results of the exposure assessment showed that chloropropanol esters do not pose unacceptable risks to different age groups. However, the margin of exposure for GE suggested a potential health risk for populations between the ages of 3 and 12 years old.
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- Linlin Bian
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Centre for Artificial Intelligence Driven Drug Discovery, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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You A, Gu J, Wang J, Li J, Zhang Y, Rao G, Ge X, Zhang K, Gao X, Wang D. Value of long non-coding RNA HAS2-AS1 as a diagnostic and prognostic marker of glioma. Neurologia 2024; 39:353-360. [PMID: 38616063 DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2021.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 04/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Glioma presents high incidence and poor prognosis, and therefore more effective treatments are needed. Studies have confirmed that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) basically regulate various human diseases including glioma. It has been theorized that HAS2-AS1 serves as an lncRNA to exert an oncogenic role in varying cancers. This study aimed to assess the value of lncRNA HAS2-AS1 as a diagnostic and prognostic marker for glioma. METHODS The miRNA expression data and clinical data of glioma were downloaded from the TCGA database for differential analysis and survival analysis. In addition, pathological specimens and specimens of adjacent normal tissue from 80 patients with glioma were used to observe the expression of HAS2-AS1. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the diagnostic ability and prognostic value of HAS2-AS1 in glioma. Meanwhile, a Kaplan-Meier survival curve was plotted to evaluate the survival of glioma patients with different HAS2-AS1 expression levels. RESULTS HAS2-AS1 was significantly upregulated in glioma tissues compared with normal tissue. The survival curves showed that overexpression of HAS2-AS1 was associated with poor overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Several clinicopathological factors of glioma patients, including tumor size and WHO grade, were significantly correlated with HAS2-AS1 expression in tissues. The ROC curve showed an area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.863, indicating that HAS2-AS1 had good diagnostic value. The ROC curve for the predicted OS showed an AUC of 0.906, while the ROC curve for predicted PFS showed an AUC of 0.88. Both suggested that overexpression of HAS2-AS1 was associated with poor prognosis. CONCLUSIONS Normal tissues could be clearly distinguished from glioma tissues based on HAS2-AS1 expression. Moreover, overexpression of HAS2-AS1 indicated poor prognosis in glioma patients. Therefore, HAS2-AS1 could be used as a diagnostic and prognostic marker for glioma.
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- A You
- The Fourth Department of Neurosurgery, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, 063000 Tangshan, China
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- The Fourth Department of Neurosurgery, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, 063000 Tangshan, China
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- The Fourth Department of Neurosurgery, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, 063000 Tangshan, China
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- The Fourth Department of Neurosurgery, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, 063000 Tangshan, China
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- The Fourth Department of Neurosurgery, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, 063000 Tangshan, China
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- The Fourth Department of Neurosurgery, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, 063000 Tangshan, China
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- The Fourth Department of Neurosurgery, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, 063000 Tangshan, China
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- The Fourth Department of Neurosurgery, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, 063000 Tangshan, China
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- Operating Theatre, Tangshan Central Hospital, 063000 Tangshan, China
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- The Fourth Department of Neurosurgery, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, 063000 Tangshan, China.
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Ge X, Feng S, Bian L, Wang M, Li K, Wang X. Determination of parabens in breast milk using stir bar sorptive extraction coupled with UHPLC-UV. Talanta 2024; 270:125609. [PMID: 38159355 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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We developed an analytical method based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with UV detection, using a stir bar coated with amino/hydroxyl bifunctional microporous organic network (B-MON), for the analysis of parabens in breast milk samples. B-MON demonstrated superior performance with maximal methylparaben adsorption of 112.15 mg/g. Kinetic fitting revealed that outer diffusion was the key limiting step, and the adsorption was chemisorption. The thermodynamic analysis demonstrated that increased methylparaben adsorption was found at higher temperatures in spontaneous processes. The developed approach showed excellent linearity (R2 ≥ 0.9964) and a low detection limit (0.01 μg/L). Recoveries ranged from 85.8 to 105.5 % and the relative standard deviation was lower than 9.2 %. Based on the daily exposure assessment, these pollutants do not pose unacceptable health hazards to babies. However, the high detection frequencies (41.9%-93.5 %) suggest that breast milk still should be monitored.
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- Xue Ge
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Beijing Sun-Novo Pharmaceutical Research Company Ltd, Beijing, 102200, China.
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- Centre for Artificial Intelligence Driven Drug Discovery, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao SAR, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
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Liu W, Zhou W, Zhang Y, Ge X, Qi W, Lin T, Cao Q, Cao L. Strictureplasty may lead to increased preference in the surgical management of Crohn's disease: a case-matched study. Tech Coloproctol 2024; 28:40. [PMID: 38507096 DOI: 10.1007/s10151-024-02915-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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BACKGROUND Resection and strictureplasty are the two surgical modalities used in the management of Crohn's disease (CD). The objective of this study was to compare morbidity and clinical recurrence between patients who underwent strictureplasty and patients who underwent resection. METHODS Patients with CD who underwent strictureplasty between January 2012 and December 2022 were enrolled. The patients were well matched with patients who underwent resection without strictureplasty. Patient- and disease-specific characteristics, postoperative morbidity, and clinical recurrence were also analyzed. RESULTS A total of 118 patients who underwent a total of 192 strictureplasties were well matched to 118 patients who underwent resection. The strictureplasty group exhibited significantly less blood loss (30 ml versus 50 ml, p < 0.001) and stoma creation (2.5% versus 16.9%, p < 0.001). No significant difference was found regarding postoperative complications or length of postoperative stay. At the end of the follow-up, the overall rate of clinical recurrence was 39.4%, and no difference was observed between the two groups. Postoperative prophylactic use of biologics (odds ratio = 0.2, p < 0.001) was the only protective factor against recurrence. CONCLUSION Strictureplasty does not increase the risk of complications or recurrence compared with resection. It represents a viable alternative to resection in selected patients, and as such, it should have a broader scope of indications and greater acceptance among surgeons.
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- W Liu
- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310016, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310016, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Medicine, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310016, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310016, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310016, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310016, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
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Ge X, Ma Y, Huang X, Gan T, Ma W, Liu G, Xiong Y, Li M, Wang X, Zhang J. Distinguishment between high-grade gliomas and solitary brain metastases in peritumoural oedema: quantitative analysis using synthetic MRI at 3 T. Clin Radiol 2024; 79:e361-e368. [PMID: 38103981 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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AIM To investigate the efficacy of synthetic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in distinguishing high-grade gliomas (HGGs) from solitary brain metastases (SBMs) in peritumoural oedema. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-five patients with HGGs and 25 patients with SBMs were recruited and scanned using synthetic MRI using a 3 T scanner. Two radiologists measured synthetic MRI-derived relaxation values independently (T1, T2, proton density [PD]) in the peritumoural oedema, which was used to generate quantitative metrics before (T1native, T2native, and PDnative) and after (T1post, T2post, and PDpost) contrast agent injection. Student's t-test or the Mann-Whitney U-test was performed to detect statistically significant differences in the aforementioned metrics in peritumoural oedema between HGGs and SBMs. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted to evaluate the efficacy of each metric in distinguishing the two groups, and the areas under the curves (AUCs) were compared pairwise by performing the Delong test. RESULTS The mean T1native, T2native, and T1post values in the peritumoural oedema of HGGs were significantly lower compared with SBMs (all p<0.05). The T1post value had a higher AUC (0.843) in differentiating HGGs and SBMs than all other individual metrics (all p<0.05). The combined T1native, T2native, and T1post model had the best distinguishing performance with an AUC, sensitivity, and specificity of 0.987, 94.3%, and 100%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Synthetic MRI may be a potential supplement to the preoperative diagnosis of HGGs and SBMs in clinical practice, as the synthetic MRI-derived tri-parametric model in the peritumoural oedema showed significantly improved diagnostic performance in distinguishing HGGs from SBMs.
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- X Ge
- Second Clinical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 70030, China; Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou 70030, China; Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou 730030, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou 70030, China; Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou 730030, China
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- Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750003, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou 70030, China; Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou 730030, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou 70030, China; Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou 730030, China
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- GE Healthcare, MR Research, Beijing 100004, China
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- GE Healthcare, MR Enhancement Application, Beijing 100004, China
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- Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750003, China.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou 70030, China; Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lanzhou 730030, China.
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Ge X, Zhang M, Yin F, Sun Q, Mo F, Huang X, Zheng Y, Wu G, Zhang Y, Shen Y. Supramolecular assembly-induced electrochemiluminescence enhancement of gold nanoclusters for hemoglobin detection. J Mater Chem B 2024; 12:1355-1360. [PMID: 38230749 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb02892e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) with excellent optical properties and biocompatibility have become one of the most promising electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emitters. However, the low efficiency and poor stability of Au NCs restrict their applications in ECL. Herein, by supramolecular assembly of L-arginine (Arg) and 4-hydroxy-2-mercapto-6-methylpyrimidine (MTU) on the surface of Au NCs, Arg/MTU-Au NCs with enhanced ECL efficiency and stability were prepared. Compared with the MTU-stabilized Au NCs (MTU-Au NCs), the ECL efficiency of Arg/MTU-Au NCs increased by 24.8 times. As a proof-of-concept, a sensitive biosensing platform was constructed for sensitive detection of hemoglobin (Hb) in urine using Arg/MTU-Au NCs as ECL emitters. The proposed ECL detection platform provides a feasible strategy for the detection of biomarkers in urine and has broad application prospects in disease screening and clinical marker detection.
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- Xue Ge
- Medical School, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Medical School, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- Medical School, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- Medical School, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- Medical School, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- Medical School, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Critical Care Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Medical School, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- Medical School, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
- Center of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Critical Care Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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Ge X, Yang ZH, Shen Y, Liu WX, Zhai XF, Ma WF, Wang ML, Zhang W, Wang XD. [Application of synthetic MRI in predicting isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 genotypes in gliomas]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 103:2619-2623. [PMID: 37650209 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20230130-00137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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This study analyzed the clinical and imaging data of 81 glioma patients who underwent brain synthetic MRI and diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) examination in the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University from August 2020 to September 2021 to explore the value of synthetic MRI relaxation quantitative value in predicting the genotype of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) in gliomas. There were 44 males and 37 females, those patients with an aged 50.0 (36.5, 59.0) years. The tumor pre-T1, pre-T2, pre-PD, post-T1 and ADC values were obtained by outlining the region of interest (ROI). Univariate analysis was used to compare the differences of parameter values between groups, and the receiver operating characteristic was used to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of each parameter value in predicting glioma IDH1 genotype. The results showed that the pre-T1 and pre-PD values [M (Q1, Q3)] of IDH1m glioma were lower than those of IDH1w glioma [1 462.75 (1 306.41, 1 567.75) ms vs 1 532.83 (1 434.67, 1 617.67) ms, 84.18 (82.28, 86.41) pu vs 85.85 (84.65, 86.90) pu] (all P<0.05). The post-T1 and ADC values of IDH1m glioma were higher than those of IDH1w glioma [1 054.50 (631.92, 1 262.63) ms vs 669.67 (535.17, 823.33) ms, 1.20 (0.86, 1.35) ×10-3 mm2/s vs 0.80 (0.76, 0.93) ×10-3 mm2/s] (all P<0.05). The AUC of the combined model (pre-T1+pre-PD+post-T1+ADC+Age) is 0.828 (95%CI:0.729-0.903). Synthetic MRI relaxation quantitative values are helpful to distinguish IDH1 genotypes in glioma. The diagnostic efficacy of the multi-parameter combined model based on pre-T1, pre-PD, post-T1, ADC, and age is better than that of the single parameter, and it can be used as an effective strategy to improve the differential diagnosis ability of gliomas molecular markers.
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- X Ge
- Clinical Medical College of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- Clinical Medical College of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Department of Pathology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Clinical Medical College of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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Yang Q, Jia W, Wang X, Cai Q, Ge X, Wang W, Han X. [Single-cell RNA sequencing deciphers transcriptional profiles of hepatocytes in mouse with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis]. Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2023; 35:236-243. [PMID: 37455093 DOI: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2022275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the cell composition and the transcriptional characteristics in microenvironments of hepatic tissues in mice at late stage of Echinococcus multilocularis infection at a single-cell level. METHODS Peri-lesion and paired distal hepatic specimens were collected from two BALB/c mice (6 to 8 weeks old) infected with E. multilocularis for single-cell RNA sequencing. The Seurat package in the R software was employed for quality control of data, multi-sample integration and correction of batch effects, and uniform manifold approximation and projection (UMAP) algorithm was used for cell clustering. Cell types were annotated using classical marker genes. Differentially expressed genes were screened in each cell type through differential gene expression analysis, and the biological roles of cells were predicted using Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analyses. RESULTS A total of 43 710 cells from peri-lesion and distal hepatic tissues of E. multilocularis-infected mice were analyzed, and were classified into 11 cell types, including neutrophils, T cells, macrophages, granulocyte-monocyte progenitor cells, B cells, plasma cells, basophils, hepatic stellate cells, endothelial cells, hepatocytes, and platelets. T cells were the largest population of immune cells in the microenvironment of hepatic tissues, including five CD4+ T cell subsets, two CD8+ T cell subsets and phosphoantigen-reactive γδT cells. The proportions of CD4+ helper T cells and cytotoxic CD4+ T cells decreased and the proportion of T helper 2 (Th2) cells increased in peri-lesion tissues relative to distal hepatic tissues. In addition, the differentially expressed genes in Th2 cells were associated with negative regulation of the immune system, and the highly expressed genes in cytotoxic CD4+ T cells correlated with activation of the immune system. CONCLUSIONS Single-cell RNA sequencing deciphers the cell composition and distribution in microenvironments of hepatic tissues from mice infected with E. multilocularis, and the increased proportion of Th2 cells in peri-lesion hepatic tissues may be associated with formation of immunosuppressive microenvironments.
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- Q Yang
- Medical School of Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai 810000, China
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- Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, China
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- Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining, Qinghai 810000, China
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- Qinghai Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, China
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- Wuxi Ninth Hospital, Jiangsu Province, China
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- National Health Commission Key Laboratory on Parasitic Disease Prevention and Control, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasites and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214064, China
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- Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining, Qinghai 810000, China
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Saddoughi S, Martinu T, Singer L, Ge X, Ghany R, Huszti E, Patriquin C, Barth D, McRae K, Keshavjee S, Cypel M, Aversa M. Impact of Intraoperative Therapeutic Plasma Exchange on Bleeding in Lung Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.419] [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: 04/05/2023] Open
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Chen M, Ning Z, Ge X, Yang E, Sun Q, Yin F, Zhang M, Zhang Y, Shen Y. Ligands engineering of gold nanoclusters with enhanced photoluminescence for deceptive information encryption and glutathione detection. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 219:114805. [PMID: 36279824 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) have appeared as an essential alternative to traditional quantum dots and fluorescent molecules for the development of intelligent stimuli-responsive photoluminescence (PL), but the low PL emission of Au NCs restricts their broad applications. Herein, we reported a simple yet effective strategy for preparing Au NCs with high PL by ligands engineering of 4-hydroxy-2-mercapto-6-methylpyrimidine (MTU) and L-Arginine (Arg). Owing to the rigidified shell and the ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) effects, it was found that the assembly of Arg ligand on MTU-protected Au NCs (Arg/MTU-Au NCs) led to a significantly enhanced PL in the alkaline solution up to 30 times. Moreover, utilizing the tunable LMCT, the Arg/MTU-Au NCs displayed rapid responses to multi-type ionic interaction in a reversible manner, such as H+/OH- and Cu2+/glutathione (GSH) pairs. Inspired by these intriguing ions-responsive LMCT and the associated switchable PL emission, the Arg/MTU-Au NCs were successfully used as excellent stimuli-responsive PL probes for intriguing deceptive information encryption and biosensing as well. This work would provide new insight into regulating the PL emission of Au NCs by ligands engineering and advance their potential applications in information encryption and bioassay.
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- Mengyuan Chen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China; Center of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China; Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Critical Care Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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O'Connor D, Mandino F, Shen X, Horien C, Ge X, Herman P, Hyder F, Crair M, Papademetris X, Lake E, Constable RT. Functional network properties derived from wide-field calcium imaging differ with wakefulness and across cell type. Neuroimage 2022; 264:119735. [PMID: 36347441 PMCID: PMC9808917 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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To improve 'bench-to-bedside' translation, it is integral that knowledge flows bidirectionally-from animal models to humans, and vice versa. This requires common analytical frameworks, as well as open software and data sharing practices. We share a new pipeline (and test dataset) for the preprocessing of wide-field optical fluorescence imaging data-an emerging mode applicable in animal models-as well as results from a functional connectivity and graph theory analysis inspired by recent work in the human neuroimaging field. The approach is demonstrated using a dataset comprised of two test-cases: (1) data from animals imaged during awake and anesthetized conditions with excitatory neurons labeled, and (2) data from awake animals with different genetically encoded fluorescent labels that target either excitatory neurons or inhibitory interneuron subtypes. Both seed-based connectivity and graph theory measures (global efficiency, transitivity, modularity, and characteristic path-length) are shown to be useful in quantifying differences between wakefulness states and cell populations. Wakefulness state and cell type show widespread effects on canonical network connectivity with variable frequency band dependence. Differences between excitatory neurons and inhibitory interneurons are observed, with somatostatin expressing inhibitory interneurons emerging as notably dissimilar from parvalbumin and vasoactive polypeptide expressing cells. In sum, we demonstrate that our pipeline can be used to examine brain state and cell-type differences in mesoscale imaging data, aiding translational neuroscience efforts. In line with open science practices, we freely release the pipeline and data to encourage other efforts in the community.
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- D O'Connor
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Sun H, Wang Q, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang W, Shen W, Zhao L, Ge X, Yang N, Tan B, Su X, Ma J, Wang F, Dong W, Zhang J, Sun D, Liu T, Zhang Q, Li B, Huang W. Treatment Strategies for Limited-Stage Primary Small Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Multicenter Retrospective Trial from China. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.1031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Yuan XJ, Zhang X, Li Q, Wang Z, Li C, Liu Y, Ge X, Zhao J. 402P Phase I study of selumetinib in Chinese pediatric and adult patients (pts) with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and inoperable plexiform neurofibromas (PN): Interim results. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.10.433] [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: 12/07/2022] Open
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Zhu H, Liu Q, Xu H, Mo M, Wang Z, Lu K, Zhou J, Chen J, Zheng X, Ye J, Ge X, Luo H, Song S, Chen Y, Zhao K. 132TiP Dose escalation of chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma based on positron emission tomography response: A phase III, open-label, randomized, controlled trial (ESO-Shanghai 12). Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.10.168] [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: 12/05/2022] Open
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Yang H, Gao J, Zhang Z, Xun T, Zhang H, Ge X. Test of a multi-gigawatt, 800 ns high power microwave driver based on Marx generator and metal-oxide varistors. Rev Sci Instrum 2022; 93:094707. [PMID: 36182502 DOI: 10.1063/5.0099744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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High power microwave (HPM) sources usually require a well-defined rectangular pulse waveform, which is especially true for the case of long pulse (>100 ns), stable, and high efficiency operation. Most long pulse HPM drivers are realized with pulse forming networks. This paper presents a long pulse driver composed of a conventional Marx generator and metal-oxide varistors (MOVs), utilizing the MOV's nonlinear V-I characteristic. This method is easy to implement, and it has an additional benefit that the voltage can be stabilized even if the load's impedance changes slightly. A low inductance zig-zag folding structure of the MOV is designed to decrease its size and self-inductance. An LC filter is used to reduce the energy loss in the MOV. In the experiment, a 400 kV, 800 ns long pulse is achieved at a foil-less electron diode, and longer than 300 ns HPM generation is obtained.
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- H Yang
- College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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- College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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- College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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- College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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- College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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- College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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Hong L, Wang X, Fang Z, Sun X, Ge X, Chen C, Feng H, Hu H. Clinical Efficacy of Venastent - A Novel Iliac Vein Stent for Non-Thrombotic Iliac Vein Lesions: A Multi-Centre Randomised Controlled Trial. J Vasc Surg 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.06.016] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Northrop-Albrecht E, Rich J, Cushman R, Yao R, Ge X, Perry G. RNA sequencing and iTRAQ proteomic data from an experiment examining the influence of conceptus presence and preovulatory estradiol on endometrial gene transcripts and proteins around maternal recognition of pregnancy in beef cattle. Data Brief 2022; 42:108056. [PMID: 35341030 PMCID: PMC8943407 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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RNA sequencing reads and isobaric tags for a relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ)-Based Proteomic Data were used to determine the impact of conceptus presence and preovulatory estradiol concentration on function of the d16 uterus in beef cattle. Conceptuses and endometrial biopsies were collected from the uterine horn ipsilateral to the corpus luteum. Total cellular RNA was extracted from endometrium for RNA sequencing across two lanes of a NovaSeq S2, 2 × 50-bp run. Two independent uterine luminal fluid pools (ULF) were made for each group: highE2/conceptus, highE2/noconceptus, lowE2/conceptus, and lowE2/noconceptus. Peptides were labeled with iTRAQ reagents and analyzed using 2-dimensional liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. Transcript abundances were determined using DESeq2 (FDR <0.05, FC>2). Scaffold Q+ was used to quantitate peptide and protein identifications in ULF. Datasets include uterine transcript and protein abundances among highE2/conceptus vs highE2/noconceptus and lowE2/conceptus vs lowE2/noconceptus groups. This information can be useful for further investigating the role of specific transcripts and proteins in the maintenance of early pregnancy in beef cattle. This dataset is related to the article ‘Influence of conceptus presence and preovulatory estradiol exposure on uterine gene transcripts and proteins around maternal recognition of pregnancy in beef cattle’ by E.J. Northrop-Albrecht, J.J.J. Rich, R.A. Cushman, R. Yao, X. Ge, G.A. Perry. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.
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A patient with a left eyelid mass for more than 1 year was admitted. One year ago, the patient underwent left sinus mass resection in another hospital, and the postoperative histopathology showed oncocytic carcinoma. Imaging examination in our hospital revealed lesions in the left eyelid and inner canthus, involving the canalis nasolacrimalis and orbit. The orbital mass was removed under general anesthesia. The histopathological diagnosis was oncocytic carcinoma.
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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You A, Gu J, Wang J, Li J, Zhang Y, Rao G, Ge X, Zhang K, Gao X, Wang D. Value of long non-coding RNA HAS2-AS1 as a diagnostic and prognostic marker of glioma. Neurologia 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2021.06.006] [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: 10/20/2022] Open
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Guo Y, Xue J, Peng W, Xue L, Ge X, Zhao W, Tang W, Nian W, Li Q, Zhang S, Sun J, Li M, Hausheer F, Hu C, Li J. 271P First-in-human, phase I dose escalation and expansion study of anti-HER2 ADC MRG002 in patients with HER2 positive solid tumors. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Ge X, Zhang Y, Huang F, Wu Y, Pang J, Li X, Fan F, Liu H, Li S. EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor Almonertinib induces apoptosis and autophagy mediated by reactive oxygen species in non-small cell lung cancer cells. Hum Exp Toxicol 2021; 40:S49-S62. [PMID: 34219533 DOI: 10.1177/09603271211030554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Almonertinib, a new third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is highly selective to EGFR T790M-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, there is no available information on the form and molecular mechanism of Almonertinib-induced death in NSCLC cells. Herein, CCK-8 and colony formation assays, flow cytometry, electron microscopy, and western blots assay showed that Almonertinib inhibited NSCLC cells growth and proliferation by inducing apoptosis and autophagy which can be inhibited by a broad spectrum of caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-fmk or autophagy inhibitor chloroquine. Importantly, Almonertinib-induced autophagy was cytoprotective in NSCLC cells, and the blockade of autophagy improved cell apoptosis. In addition, Almonertinib increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and clearance of ROS through pretreatment with N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) inhibited the decrease of cell viability, apoptosis and increase of LC3-II induced by Almonertinib. The results of Western blot showed that both EGFR activity and downstream signaling pathways were inhibited by Almonertinib. Taken together, these findings indicated that Almonertinib induced apoptosis and autophagy by promoting ROS production in NSCLC cells.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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Sha X, Ge X, Jin Y, Chen T, Ni X, Zheng W, Ji J, Gu Z. POS0788 CIRCULATING EXOSOMES PROMOTE LUPUS NEPHRITIS IN MRL-LPR MICE. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.3904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disease that characterized by the loss of self-tolerance and the production of autoantibodies (autoAbs) [1, 2]. Lupus nephritis (LN), the severe organ-threatening manifestations of SLE, could cause massive damage to patients[3, 4]. Currently, some exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) are considered as potential biomarkers in SLE. However, the role of exosomal miRNAs in Lupus Nephritis (LN) remains unclear.Objectives:The purpose of this study was to investigate molecular mechanism of plasma exosomal miRNAs in the development of Lupus Nephritis.Methods:Circulating exosomes were isolated from plasma of patients with LN, SLE without LN (NLN). Plasma exosomes were authenticated by Western Blot, Nanosight Tracking Analysis (NTA) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Fluorescence microscopy of co-cultured plasma exosomes and podocytes demonstrated that exosomes were uptaken into podocytes. Moreover, cell apoptosis and the inflammation factors was assessed using Western Blot. We analyzed the expression profiles of miRNAs in LN and NLN exosomes and the expression profiles of mRNAs of podocytes stimulated with LN and NLN exosomes with the help of next generation sequencing (NGS).Results:We demonstrate that exosomes derived from LN plasma could be taken by neighboring podocytes and promote the apoptosis of podocytes and the expression of inflammation factors. In addition, the sequencing found that miRNAs were differentially expressed in LN and NLN exosomes and mRNAs were differentially expressed in podocytes stimulated with LN and NLN exosomes.Conclusion:LN plasma exosomes have a potency to stimulate the apoptosis of podocytes and the expression of inflammation factors. Moreover, differentially expressed miRNAs in exosomes play a potential role in the development of LN.References:[1]T. Colasanti, A. Maselli, F. Conti, M. Sanchez, C. Alessandri, C. Barbati, D. Vacirca, A. Tinari, F. Chiarotti, A. Giovannetti, F. Franconi, G. Valesini, W. Malorni, M. Pierdominici, E. Ortona, Autoantibodies to estrogen receptor α interfere with T lymphocyte homeostasis and are associated with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus, Arthritis and rheumatism, 64 (2012) 778-787.[2]H.A. Al-Shobaili, A.A. Al Robaee, A.A. Alzolibani, Z. Rasheed, Antibodies against 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal modified epitopes recognized chromatin and its oxidized forms: role of chromatin, oxidized forms of chromatin and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal modified epitopes in the etiopathogenesis of SLE, Disease markers, 33 (2012) 19-34.[3]A. Kaul, C. Gordon, M.K. Crow, Z. Touma, M.B. Urowitz, R. van Vollenhoven, G. Ruiz-Irastorza, G. Hughes, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Nat Rev Dis Primers, 2 (2016) 16039.[4]M.G. Tektonidou, A. Dasgupta, M.M. Ward, Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease in Patients With Lupus Nephritis, 1971-2015: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis, Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), 68 (2016) 1432-1441.Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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Ge X, Jin Y, Mao Z, Guo Y, Gu Z. POS0401 THE APPLICATION OF MTX-LOADING DNA TETRAHEDRON IN TREATING COLLAGEN-INDUCED ARTHRITIS MICE VIA REGULATING MACROPHAGE. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.3690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease which mainly affect joints. [1]. Macrophages often infiltrate in the inflammatory joints. Activated macrophages release TNF-α, IL-1β to accelerate tissue damage, is one of the most important targets for RA intervention. The traditional drugs currently used commonly have some disadvantages cannot be bypassed[2], while DNA nanostructure is a new type of drugs have precise design, and likewise takes biological effect together[3]. We synthesized a DNA tetrahedron loaded with MTX and conjugated with HA which targeted to macrophage.Objectives:To verify whether MTX-loading DNA tetrahedron can regulate the apoptosis and polarization of macrophage and finally improve the condition of CIA model mice by while decrease the side effect of MTX.Methods:DNA TET was synthesized by mixing signal strand DNA in TM buffer and heated to 95 °C for 10 min, then cooling to 4 °C. Electrophoresis was applied to confirm the formation of TET. The absorbance of MTX solution was detected by microplate reader to analyze the loading efficiency of MTX into TET. Fluorescence microscope was used to observe the intake of TET into cells. CCK8 experiment was applied to measure the vitality of cells. Flow cytometry was used to detect the apoptosis and polarization. CIA model was established based on DBA/1 mice. Mice were randomly divided into five groups: normal group injected with NS; after established CIA model, CIA group injected with NS, MTX group injected with MTX solution, MTX-TET group injected with MTX-TET NP.Results:We synthesized DNA tetrahedron(A) and used 8% PAGE electrophoresis to confirmed the successfully synthesis(B). Then We found that when TET concentration fixed, the loading MTX concentration gradually increased and saturated at 190μM(C). While completely loading needed at least 4 hours(D). Fluorescence showed that single DNA strand cannot be taken by RAW, while TET can be easily taken by RAW(E). CCK8 showed that empty TET had no obvious effect on cells, while MTX and MTX-TET with equivalent concentration can obviously suppress the vitality(F). Similarly, the apoptosis trial showed that TET can slightly decrease the apoptosis of RAW, MTX and MTX-TET can significantly promote the apoptosis(G). Flow cytometry showed that the MTX-TET can decrease the expression of M1 marker CD80 (H).At last, we treat mice with NS, TET, MTX and MTX-TET once a week after CIA model established, and found that TET have no significantly effect on mice, while MTX and MTX-TET can alleviate the inflammation symptom of paws(I).Conclusion:Conclusions: We synthesized MTX-loading DNA tetrahedron conjugated with HA, and found that the MTX-TET NP have the excellent ability of promote RAW apoptosis and relieve proinflammatory M1 polarization. while also can alleviate the symptom of CIA mice.References:[1]Aletaha D, Smolen JS: Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Review. JAMA 2018, 320(13):1360-1372.[2]Smolen JS, Aletaha D, McInnes IB: Rheumatoid arthritis. Lancet 2016, 388(10055):2023-2038.[3]Hu Q, Li H, Wang L, Gu H, Fan C: DNA Nanotechnology-Enabled Drug Delivery Systems. Chem Rev 2019, 119(10):6459-6506.Figure 1.Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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Houtman M, Ge X, Mcgovern A, Klein K, Orozco G, Frank Bertoncelj M, Marks M, Distler O, Martin P, Eyre S, Ospelt C. OP0016 IDENTIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL VARIANTS IN THE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED JAZF1 LOCUS IN SYNOVIAL FIBROBLASTS. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.1400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Over the past decade, genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified the JAZF1 locus as a risk locus for several autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA)1. However, the exact causal variants in the JAZF1 locus and their underlying regulatory events contributing to RA are still not known. Here, we focus on the effect of these variants on gene expression in synovial fibroblasts (SF).Objectives:To characterize the functional consequences of RA-causal variants in the JAZF1 locus in SF.Methods:Genetic fine-mapping of RA loci was conducted by computing sets of credible variants driving GWAS signals. These credible variant sets were integrated with DNA architecture (ChIP-seq), 3D chromatin interactions (3C, HiC and capture HiC), DNA accessibility (ATAC-seq) and gene expression (RNA-seq and CAGE-seq) datasets to select putative RA-causal variants in SF. Selected variants in the JAZF1 locus were tested for regulatory function by luciferase reporter assays and electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) in the fibrosarcoma cell line HT1080. The JASPAR2020 database was used to identify putative transcription factors (TF) binding to the selected variants. The expression of HOTTIP was measured by quantitative PCR in hand SF (n=23). Genotyping was done by pyrosequencing.Results:Genetic fine mapping revealed 47 variants in the JAZF1 locus. Integration of these variants with the chromatin datasets prioritized rs2158624, rs57585717 and rs186735625 as the top candidates (posterior probability of causality >0.1) in the JAZF1 locus. We found that rs2158624 and rs186735625 are located in the vicinity of enhancer elements in SF as determined by ATAC-seq. In addition, the region of rs2158624 exhibited strong chromatin interactions with the genomic region of HOTTIP and HOXA13. Both these transcripts were previously shown to be specifically expressed in SF isolated from hands and feet2. Based on this, we selected rs2158624 as the most promising candidate in the JAZF1 locus. We found that the rs2158624-C allele (risk) is associated with lower expression of HOTTIP, but not HOXA13, in hand SF compared to the rs2158624-T allele (non-risk) (p=0.02). Luciferase assays in HT1080 cells demonstrated enhancer activity with both the rs2158624-C allele (p=0.006) and T allele (p=0.04), with no significant difference in enhancer activity between the rs2158624-C and T allele. EMSAs identified stronger specific binding of HT1080-cell nuclear extract for the rs2158624-T allele than for the C allele (risk). Based on the JASPAR2020 database, we identified NFAT5 as a potential TF that can bind to rs2158624 and may regulate the expression of HOTTIP.Conclusion:We were able to substantially narrow down the potential functional variants in the JAZF1 locus using our data integration approach and functional assays. We suggest that the risk allele of rs2158624 influences the binding of TFs controlling the expression of the long non-coding RNA HOTTIP in SF, which might confer specific risk to develop RA in hands.References:[1]Okada Y et al. Genetic of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery. Nature 2014;506:376.[2]Frank-Bertoncelj M et al. Epigenetically-driven anatomical diversity of synovial fibroblasts guides joint-specific fibroblast functions. Nat Commun 2017;8:14852.Disclosure of Interests:Miranda Houtman: None declared, Xiangyu Ge: None declared, Amanda McGovern: None declared, Kerstin Klein: None declared, Gisela Orozco: None declared, Mojca Frank Bertoncelj: None declared, Miriam Marks: None declared, Oliver Distler Speakers bureau: Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, iQone, Medscape, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer and Roche, Consultant of: Abbvie, Acceleron Pharma, Amgen, AnaMar, Arxx Therapeutics, Bayer, Baecon Discovery, Boehringer, CSL Behring, ChemomAb, Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Galapagos NV, GSK, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Horizon Pharmaceuticals, Inventiva, Italfarmaco, iQvia, Kymera, Lilly, Medac, Medscape, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, MSD, Pfizer, Roche, Roivant Sciences, Sanofi and UCB, Grant/research support from: Kymera Therapeutics and Mitsubishi Tanabe, Paul Martin: None declared, Stephen Eyre: None declared, Caroline Ospelt: None declared
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Ge X, Guo F, Fan J, Chen B, Yu L, Ren J, Li J, Lu C, Mo J, Li S, Yuan L, Hu H, Liu Y, Zhou X, Cui J, Zhu Z, Cao X. [ Chaihu Guizhi decoction produces antidepressant-like effects via sirt1-p53 signaling pathway]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2021; 41:399-405. [PMID: 33849831 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2021.03.12] [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: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the mechanism of the antidepressant-like effects of Chaihu Guizhi decoction (CGD). OBJECTIVE Chaihu Guizhi decoction at the daily dose of 17 g/kg and solvent vehicle were administered by gavage in 12 and 14 male C57BL/6J mice for 7 consecutive days, respectively. Forced swimming test (FST), elevated plus maze (EPM) test, open field test (OFT) and novelty-suppressed feeding test (NSF) were performed to assess the depression- and anxiety-like behaviors and motor ability of the mice. We further used chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) and social interaction test to evaluate the antidepressant-like effects of CGD in comparison with the solvent vehicle. Western blotting and RT-qPCR were performed to detect the expressions of sirt1, p53, acetylated p53, and the neuron plasticity-related genes including synapsin I (Syn1), Rab4B, SNAP25 and tubulin beta4b in the hippocampus of the mice. OBJECTIVE In FST, the immobility time of CGDtreated mice was decreased significantly (P < 0.05); no significant differences were found in the performances in EPM, NSF and OFT tests between the two groups. In social interaction test, the mouse models of CSDS treated with CGD showed significantly increased time in the interaction zone (P < 0.05). Compared with those in the vehicle group, the CGD-treated mouse models exhibited significantly increased protein level of SIRT1 and decreased p53 acetylation (P < 0.05) with up-regulated synapsin I mRNA expression in the hippocampus (P < 0.05); no significant difference were found in Rab (P=0.813), SNAP (P=0.820), or Tubb mRNA expressions (P=0.864) between the two groups. OBJECTIVE CGD produces antidepressant-like effects in mice possibly through the sirt1-p53 signaling pathway and synaptic plasticity.
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- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health of Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health of Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health of Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health of Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health of Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health of Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health of Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Wang A, Liu C, Ge X, Meng W, Pi Y, Liu C. Enhanced removal of Congo red dye from aqueous solution by surface modified activated carbon with bacteria. J Appl Microbiol 2021; 131:2270-2279. [PMID: 33825288 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS The adsorption behaviour and mechanisms of the surface modified activated carbon with bacteria was evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS 16S rRNA was employed to identify the hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. The bacteria was characterized by TEM and electron microscope. The surface modified activated carbon with bacteria was characterized by SEM. The adsorption behaviour was tested by static adsorption and dynamic adsorption. CONCLUSION The adsorption efficiency of the modified activated carbon was high when pH was weak acidic, and the adsorption capacity increased with the increase of temperature ranging from 20 to 35°C. The adsorption capacity peaked at 234·6 mg g-1 at 25°C, which was sixfold higher than that of activated carbon. The pseudo-first-order kinetic can more accurately assess Congo red adsorption on the two adsorbents. The adsorption of Congo red by bacteria surface modified activated carbon fitted well with the Langmuir's model. The adsorption process was endothermic, and the biological floccules were formed during the adsorption. The physical adsorption is the main driving force. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The results indicate that the bacteria surface-modified activated carbon can be used effectively as an adsorbent to eliminate Congo red from aqueous solutions.
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Ludong University, Yantai, Shandong, China
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Zhi X, Zhang Z, Li W, Yan X, Zhang F, Han X, Yuan F, Ma J, Wang L, Tao H, Li X, Zhang S, Ge X, Hu Y, Wang J. P75.18 Association of the LIPI With Survival and Response in Advanced NSCLC Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.1052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Zhang Z, Li X, Zhang S, Yuan F, Ma J, Wang L, Zhang F, Tao H, Zhi X, Ge X, Hu Y, Wang J. P75.17 Baseline D-Dimer Levels Predict Prognosis in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.1051] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Ge X, Zhang Z, Yan X, Zhang F, Yuan F, Han X, Huang Z, Ma J, Wang L, Tao H, Li X, Zhang S, Zhi X, Hu Y, Wang J. P78.09 Immunotherapy Beyond Progression for Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.1172] [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: 11/24/2022]
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Xia X, Liu Z, Cai B, Di X, Sun X, Ge X. A comparison between raltitrexed plus cisplatin and docetaxel plus cisplatin in concurrent chemoradiation for non-surgical esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Radiother 2021; 25:39-44. [PMID: 33419607 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2020.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is considered as a standard treatment for unresectable and inoperable esophageal cancer (EC) patients. However, no consensus has been reached regarding the optimal synchronous chemotherapy regimen and the best combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of raltitrexed plus cisplatin and docetaxel plus cisplatin to find a safe and effective concurrent chemotherapy schedule. PATIENTS AND METHODS Our retrospective study included 151 EC patients treated with raltitrexed and cisplatin (RP) (n=90) or docetaxel and cisplatin (DP) (n=61) from 2011 till 2018. Survival outcomes and treatment related toxicity were analyzed between the two groups. RESULTS PFS and OS were 18 and 34 months in the RP group, while 13 and 20 months in the DP group (P=0.118 and P=0.270). The 1-, 2-, 3-year survival rates of the RP group were 71.1, 55.4 and 46.4%. For the DP group, these were 63.9, 44.3 and 37.6%, respectively. Compared with DP group, RP group received a superior CR rate (68.9% versus 52.5%, P=0.041). There was a trend that the total number of toxic reactions in RP group was lower than that in DP group (P=0.058). CONCLUSIONS Even RP and DP groups have the similar survival outcomes and toxicity, raltitrexed/cisplatin get a higher complete response rate. Our study suggests that raltitrexed combined with cisplatin is a safe and effective concurrent chemotherapy regimen and it might be used as an alternative for cisplatin/5-FU and cisplatin/docetaxel in CCRT for EC patients.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Province Hospital and Nanjing Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, school of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital and Nanjing Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Medicine Research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Hospital of Skin Diseases and Institute of Dermatology, 12, Jiangwang Temple Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Province Hospital and Nanjing Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, school of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital and Nanjing Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Province Hospital and Nanjing Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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Wu Y, Wang T, Guo C, Zhang D, Ge X, Huang Z, Zhou X, Li Y, Peng Q, Li J. Plasminogen improves lung lesions and hypoxemia in patients with COVID-19. QJM 2020; 113:539-545. [PMID: 32275753 PMCID: PMC7184376 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Lungs from patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have shown typical signs of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), formation of hyaline membrane mainly composed of fibrin and 'ground-glass' opacity. Previously, we showed plasminogen itself is a key regulator in fibrin degradation, wound healing and infection. AIM We aimed to investigate whether plasminogen can improve lung lesions and hypoxemia of COVID-19. DESIGN Thirteen clinically moderate, severe or critical COVID-19 patients were treated with atomization inhalation of freeze-dried plasminogen. METHODS Levels of their lung lesions, oxygen saturation and heart rates were compared before and after treatment by computed tomography scanning images and patient monitor. RESULTS After plasminogen inhalation, conditions of lung lesions in five clinically moderate patients have quickly improved, shown as the decreased range and density of 'ground glass' opacity. Improvements of oxygen saturation were observed in six clinically severe patients. In the two patients with critical conditions, the oxygen levels have significantly increased from 79-82% to 91% just about 1 h after the first inhalation. In 8 of 13 patients, the heart rates had slowed down. For the five clinically moderate patients, the difference is even statistically significant. Furthermore, a general relief of chest tightness was observed. CONCLUSION Whereas it is reported that plasminogen is dramatically increased in adults with ARDS, this study suggests that additional plasminogen may be effective and efficient in treating lung lesions and hypoxemia during COVID-19 infections. Although further studies are needed, this study highlights a possible hope of efficiently combating this rapid epidemic emergency.
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- Department of Basic Research, Talengen Institute of Life Sciences, Shenzhen, P.R. China
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- Department of Basic Research, Talengen Institute of Life Sciences, Shenzhen, P.R. China
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- Department of Basic Research, Talengen Institute of Life Sciences, Shenzhen, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chang’an Chinese and Western Integrated Medicine Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Basic Research, Talengen Institute of Life Sciences, Shenzhen, P.R. China
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- Department of Basic Research, Talengen Institute of Life Sciences, Shenzhen, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Suixian Hongshan Hospital, Suizhou, Hubei Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiaogan Hospital, Affiliated to Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Xiaogan, Hubei Province, P.R. China
- Address correspondence to J. Li PhD, Department of Basic Research, Talengen Institute of Life Sciences, Room C602G, 289 Digital Peninsula, Shunfeng Industrial Park, No.2 Red Willow Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, P.R. China.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiaogan Hospital, Affiliated to Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Xiaogan, Hubei Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Basic Research, Talengen Institute of Life Sciences, Shenzhen, P.R. China
- Address correspondence to J. Li PhD, Department of Basic Research, Talengen Institute of Life Sciences, Room C602G, 289 Digital Peninsula, Shunfeng Industrial Park, No.2 Red Willow Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, P.R. China.
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- Xue Ge
- School of Transportation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
- School of Economics and Management, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, China
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- School of Transportation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Transportation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, China
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Wang Y, Ge X, Zhang W. Effect of reference region size on strain measurements using geometrical phase analysis. J Microsc 2020; 278:49-56. [PMID: 32118288 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12882] [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] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Geometrical phase analysis (GPA) is typically a powerful tool to investigate the deformation in high resolution transmission electron microscopy images and has been used in various fields. During GPA, strain components are calculated relative to an undistorted reference region. In the present work, the effect of reference region size on strain measurements has been investigated. Experimental measurements on a locally distorted gold nanoparticle exhibited that a small reference region below the GPA spatial resolution can introduce an inaccuracy in the measured displacement field, which appears as a significant increase in measured strains and severe fluctuation in phase images. The inaccuracy may be ascribed to an error of insufficient sampling. Our results suggest that a small reference region below the GPA spatial resolution should be avoided during GPA. This prerequisite should be paid more attention to during strain measurement on nanoparticles.
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- Key Laboratory of Mobile Materials MOE, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Electron Microscopy Center, and International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mobile Materials MOE, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Electron Microscopy Center, and International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mobile Materials MOE, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Electron Microscopy Center, and International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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Ge X, Henningfield JE, Siddhanti S, Jobes J, Lu L, Xie S, Ziola M, Kelsh D, Vince B, Di Fonzo CJ, Tagliaferri M, Zalevsky J, Doberstein SK, Hoch U, Eldon MA. Human Abuse Potential of Oral NKTR-181 in Recreational Opioid Users: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Study. Pain Med 2020; 21:e114-e126. [PMID: 31553457 DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnz232] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the human abuse potential, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and safety of oral NKTR-181 (oxycodegol), a novel full mu-opioid receptor agonist, relative to oral oxycodone. DESIGN This double-blind, randomized, single-dose, crossover human abuse potential study was conducted in healthy, adult, non-physically dependent recreational opioid users. SETTING Inpatient clinical research site. SUBJECTS Seventy-one subjects randomized (95.7% male, 65.2% African American, mean age = 31.7 years). METHODS The primary objective was to compare two therapeutic doses of NKTR-181 (400 and 600 mg) with 40 and 60 mg of oxycodone and a supratherapeutic dose (1200 mg) of NKTR-181 with 60 mg of oxycodone using visual analog scale (VAS) ratings for Drug Liking "at this moment" (Drug Liking). Secondary objectives included VAS ratings for other subjective measures, and central nervous system (CNS) mu-opioid effects were assessed using pupillometry. Each subject received single oral doses of five treatments and matching placebo. RESULTS Compared with 40 and 60 mg of oxycodone, the maximum mean Drug Liking score at 400 and 600 mg NKTR-181 was significantly lower, and the rate of onset and extent of Drug Liking for all NKTR-181 doses in the first two hours postdose were also significantly lower. Delayed attenuated Drug Liking and pupillary miosis response following administration of NKTR-181 vs oxycodone were consistent with slower NKTR-181 CNS entry kinetics and mu-opioid receptor binding. No adverse events were rated as severe, and somnolence and dizziness occurred more frequently when subjects received oxycodone. CONCLUSIONS NKTR-181 at oral doses of 400 and 600 mg showed significantly fewer and less severe subjective effects accepted as representative of opioid abuse potential, such as lower peak Drug Liking in recreational opioid users, than 40 and 60 mg of oxycodone.
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- Xue Ge
- Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California
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- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland.,Pinney Associates, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California
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- Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California
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- Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California
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- Altasciences Clinical Research, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
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- Altasciences Clinical Research, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
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- Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California
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Zhao W, Wang P, He W, Tao T, Li H, Li Y, Jiang W, Sun J, Ge X, Chen X, Zheng Y, Wei L, Chen C, Wang Y, Li C, Chen H, Yao B, Tang W, Zhu M. MYPT1 Down-regulation by Lipopolysaccharide-SIAH1/2 E3 Ligase-Ubiquitin-Proteasomal Degradation Contributes to Colonic Obstruction of Hirschsprung Disease. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019; 9:345-347.e6. [PMID: 31759145 PMCID: PMC6997446 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2019.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Key Words
- anova, analysis of variance
- cir, circular
- d, dilated
- haec, hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis
- hd, hirschsprung disease
- long, longitudinal
- lps, lipopolysaccharide
- n, narrow
- rlc, regulatory light chain
- snp, sodium nitroprusside
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- W Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; Reproductive Medical Center, Jinling Hospital Affiliated Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Cambridge-Suda (CAM-SU) Genomic Resource Center, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Affiliated Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, Jinling Hospital Affiliated Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study and the Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
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Verbiest GJ, Janssen H, Xu D, Ge X, Goldsche M, Sonntag J, Khodkov T, Banszerus L, von den Driesch N, Buca D, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Stampfer C. Integrated impedance bridge for absolute capacitance measurements at cryogenic temperatures and finite magnetic fields. Rev Sci Instrum 2019; 90:084706. [PMID: 31472650 DOI: 10.1063/1.5089207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We developed an impedance bridge that operates at cryogenic temperatures (down to 60 mK) and in perpendicular magnetic fields up to at least 12 T. This is achieved by mounting a GaAs HEMT amplifier perpendicular to a printed circuit board containing the device under test and thereby parallel to the magnetic field. The measured amplitude and phase of the output signal allows for the separation of the total impedance into an absolute capacitance and a resistance. Through a detailed noise characterization, we find that the best resolution is obtained when operating the HEMT amplifier at the highest gain. We obtained a resolution in the absolute capacitance of 6.4 aF/Hz at 77 K on a comb-drive actuator while maintaining a small excitation amplitude of 15 kBT/e. We show the magnetic field functionality of our impedance bridge by measuring the quantum Hall plateaus of a top-gated hBN/graphene/hBN heterostructure at 60 mK with a probe signal of 12.8 kBT/e.
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- G J Verbiest
- JARA-FIT and 2nd Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany, EU
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- JARA-FIT and 2nd Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany, EU
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- JARA-FIT and 2nd Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany, EU
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- JARA-FIT and 2nd Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany, EU
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- JARA-FIT and 2nd Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany, EU
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- JARA-FIT and 2nd Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany, EU
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- JARA-FIT and 2nd Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany, EU
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- JARA-FIT and 2nd Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany, EU
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- Peter Grünberg Institute (PGI-8/9), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany, EU
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- Peter Grünberg Institute (PGI-8/9), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany, EU
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- National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
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- JARA-FIT and 2nd Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany, EU
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Ge X, Zhao H, Zhou Z, Li X, Sun B, Wu H, Wan J, Xu J, Villablanca JP, Liu X. Association of Fractional Flow on 3D-TOF-MRA with Cerebral Perfusion in Patients with MCA Stenosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2019; 40:1124-1131. [PMID: 31196857 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Fractional flow measured on 3D-TOF-MRA was proposed to quantify cerebral hemodynamic changes in patients with artery stenosis. We investigated the association between fractional flow and cerebral perfusion changes in patients with symptomatic MCA stenosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective study was approved by the institutional review board, and all participants provided written informed consent. From June 2015 to May 2018, four hundred twenty-nine patients with symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis were consecutively recruited and underwent conventional brain MR imaging, 3D-TOF-MRA, and brain CTP. A total of 91 patients with unilateral M1 segment stenosis of the MCA and a stenosis degree of 50%∼99% were included in the analysis. Fractional flow was measured by comparing distal and proximal signal intensity changes across the stenosis on 3D-TOF-MRA. The cutoff value for fractional flow for discriminating between normal perfusion and hypoperfusion was obtained from the receiver operating characteristic curve. Associations between fractional flow and hypoperfusion were assessed using univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS The receiver operating characteristic curve showed a significant fractional flow threshold value at 0.90 (sensitivity, 70.1%; 95% CI, 55.9%-81.2%; specificity, 69.6%; 95% CI, 47.6%-84.1%). Participants with a fractional flow of ≤0.90 were independently associated with cerebral hypoperfusion downstream from the stenosis site (adjusted OR, 3.68; 95% CI, 1.63-11.62; P = .027). CONCLUSIONS Fractional flow measured on 3D-TOF-MRA may serve as a noninvasive and practical tool for determining the cerebral hypoperfusion in patents with symptomatic MCA stenosis.
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- X Ge
- From the Departments of Radiology (X.G., H.Z., Z.Z., X. Li, B.S., J.X., X. Liu)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (X.G., H.Z., Z.Z., X. Li, B.S., J.X., X. Liu)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (X.G., H.Z., Z.Z., X. Li, B.S., J.X., X. Liu)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (X.G., H.Z., Z.Z., X. Li, B.S., J.X., X. Liu)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (X.G., H.Z., Z.Z., X. Li, B.S., J.X., X. Liu)
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- Neurosurgery (J.W.), Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- From the Departments of Radiology (X.G., H.Z., Z.Z., X. Li, B.S., J.X., X. Liu)
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- Department of Radiological Sciences and Neurosurgery (J.P.V.), David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- From the Departments of Radiology (X.G., H.Z., Z.Z., X. Li, B.S., J.X., X. Liu)
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Liu W, Zhou W, Tang S, Ge X, Qi W. Proctectomy and ileal pouch anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis with diffuse enteritis after colectomy - a video vignette. Colorectal Dis 2018; 20:1156-1157. [PMID: 30199140 DOI: 10.1111/codi.14414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- W Liu
- Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.,Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.,Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.,Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.,Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.,Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Veiga S, Ge X, Mercer C, Hernández-Álvarez M, Thomas H, Hernandez-Losa J, Cajal S, Zorzano A, Thomas G, Kozma S. Phenformin-induced mitochondrial dysfunction sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma for dual inhibition of mTOR. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy151.323] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Potter C, Razafsky D, Wozniak D, Casey M, Penrose S, Ge X, Mahjoub MR, Hodzic D. The KASH-containing isoform of Nesprin1 giant associates with ciliary rootlets of ependymal cells. Neurobiol Dis 2018; 115:82-91. [PMID: 29630990 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 02/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Biallelic nonsense mutations of SYNE1 underlie a variable array of cerebellar and non-cerebellar pathologies of unknown molecular etiology. SYNE1 encodes multiple isoforms of Nesprin1 that associate with the nuclear envelope, with large cerebellar synapses and with ciliary rootlets of photoreceptors. Using two novel mouse models, we determined the expression pattern of Nesprin1 isoforms in the cerebellum whose integrity and functions are invariably affected by SYNE1 mutations. We further show that a giant isoform of Nesprin1 associates with the ciliary rootlets of ependymal cells that line brain ventricles and establish that this giant ciliary isoform of Nesprin1 harbors a KASH domain. Whereas cerebellar phenotypes are not recapitulated in Nes1gSTOP/STOP mice, these mice display a significant increase of ventricular volume. Together, these data fuel novel hypotheses about the molecular pathogenesis of SYNE1 mutations and support that KASH proteins may localize beyond the nuclear envelope in vivo.
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Zhu YD, Han Y, Huang K, Zhu BB, Yan SQ, Ge X, Zhou SS, Xu YY, Ren LI, Sheng J, Pan WJ, Hao JH, Zhu P, Tao FB. The impact of isolated maternal hypothyroxinaemia on the incidence of large-for-gestational-age infants: the Ma'anshan Birth Cohort study. BJOG 2018; 125:1118-1125. [PMID: 29266657 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.15107] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate whether isolated maternal hypothyroxinaemia (IMH) is associated with risks of small/large-for-gestational-age (SGA/LGA) infants. DESIGN Population-based prospective cohort study. SETTING Ma'anshan Maternal and Child Health (MCH) clinics, China. POPULATION Pregnant women with singleton births (n = 3178). METHODS Descriptive statistics were calculated for the demographic characteristics of the mothers and their newborns. Linear regression was applied to estimate the association between thyroid hormone levels and birthweight. Logistic regression was performed to calculate the association between IMH and SGA/LGA. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Outcomes included SGA/LGA. RESULTS The prevalence of IMH, defined as a free thyroxine value (FT4) lower than the 2.5th percentile with normal thyroid stimulating hormone, was 2.5% (78/3080) and 2.5% (74/2999) in the first and second trimesters, respectively. Additionally, 306 (9.6%) and 524 (16.5%) infants were defined as SGA and LGA, respectively. No evidence supported the notion that IMH is associated with an increased risk for SGA in either the first [odds ratio (OR): 1.762, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.759-4.089] or the second (OR: 0.763, 95% CI: 0.231-2.516) trimester. However, an increased risk of LGA was observed among IMH women in the second trimester (OR: 2.088, 95% CI: 1.193-3.654). Maternal TPO-Ab positivity in the second trimester increased the risk of SGA (OR: 2.094, 95% CI: 1.333-3.290). CONCLUSION This study provides evidence that IMH is associated with LGA. FUNDING This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81330068). TWEETABLE ABSTRACT Isolated maternal hypothyroxinaemia may increase the risk of large-for-gestational-age infants.
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, China
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- Ma'anshan Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Clinic, Ma'anshan, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, China
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- Ma'anshan Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Clinic, Ma'anshan, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, China
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Shi MY, Wang YF, Huang K, Yan SQ, Ge X, Chen ML, Hao JH, Tong SL, Tao FB. [The effect of pre-pregnancy weight and the increase of gestational weight on fetal growth restriction: a cohort study]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 51:1074-1078. [PMID: 29262487 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2017.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the effect of pre-pregnancy weight and the increase of gestational weight on fetal growth restriction. Methods: From May 2013 to September 2014, a total of 3 474 pregnant women who took their first antenatal care and willing to undergo their prenatal care and delivery in Ma 'anshan Maternity and Child Care Centers were recruited in the cohort study. Excluding subjects without weight data before delivery (n=54), pregnancy termination (n=162), twins live births (n=39), without fetal birth weight data (n=7), 3 212 maternal-singleton pairs were enrolled for the final data analysis. Demographic information of pregnant woman, pregnancy history, disease history, height and weight were collected. In the 24(th)-28(th), 32(nd)-36(th) gestational week and childbirth, three follow-up visits were undertaken to collect data of pregnancy weight, pregnancy vomiting, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, newborn gender and birth weight. χ(2) test was used to compare the detection rate of fetal growth restriction in different groups. Multivariate unconditional logistic regression model and spreadsheet were used to analyze the independent and interaction effect of pre-pregnancy weight and the increase of gestational weight on fetal growth restriction. Results: The incidence of fetal growth restriction was 9.7%(311/3 212). The incidence of fetal growth restriction in pre-pregnancy underweight group was 14.9% (90/603), higher than that in normal pre-pregnancy weight group (8.7% (194/2 226)) (χ(2)=24.37, P<0.001). The incidence of fetal growth restriction in inadequate increase of gestational weight group was 17.9% (50/279), higher than the appropriate increase of weight group (11.8% (110/932)) (χ(2)=36.89, P<0.001). Multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that compared with normal pre-pregnancy weight group, pre-pregnancy underweightwas a risk factor for fetal growth restriction, with RR (95%CI) at 1.76 (1.34-2.32); Compared with the appropriate increase of gestational weight group, inadequate weight increase during pregnancy was a risk factor for fetal growth restriction, with the RR (95%CI) at 1.70 (1.17-2.48). No additive model interaction [relative excess risk of interaction, attributable proportions of interaction, the synergy index and their 95%CI were 0.75 (-2.14-3.63), 0.21 (-0.43-0.86) and 1.43 (0.45-4.53), respectively] or multiplication model interaction (RR (95%CI): 1.00 (0.44-2.29)) existed between pre-pregnancy underweight and inadequate increase of gestational weight on fetal growth restriction. Conclusion: Pre-pregnancy underweight and inadequate increase of gestational weight would increase the risk of fetal growth restriction without interaction.
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- M Y Shi
- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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Shi ZM, Wang L, Shen H, Jiang CF, Ge X, Li DM, Wen YY, Sun HR, Pan MH, Li W, Shu YQ, Liu LZ, Peiper SC, He J, Jiang BH. Downregulation of miR-218 contributes to epithelial-mesenchymal transition and tumor metastasis in lung cancer by targeting Slug/ZEB2 signaling. Oncogene 2017; 36:2577-2588. [PMID: 28192397 PMCID: PMC5422710 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been recognized as a key element of cell migration and invasion in lung cancer; however, the underlying mechanisms are not fully elucidated. Recently, emerging evidence suggest that miRNAs have crucial roles in control of EMT and EMT-associated traits such as migration, invasion and chemoresistance. Here, we found that miR-218 expression levels were significantly downregulated in lung cancer tissues compared with adjacent non-cancerous tissues, and the levels of miR-218 were significantly associated with histological grades and lymph node metastasis. Overexpression of miR-218 inhibited cell migration and invasion as well as the EMT process. Of particular importance, miR-218 was involved in the metastatic process of lung cancer cells in vivo by suppressing local invasion and distant colonization. We identified Slug and ZEB2 as direct functional targets of miR-218. Inverse correlations were observed between miR-218 levels and Slug/ZEB2 levels in cancer tissue samples. In addition, overexpression of miR-218 in H1299 increased chemosensitivity of cells to cisplatin treatment through suppression of Slug and ZEB2. These findings highlight an important role of miR-218 in the regulation of EMT-related traits and metastasis of lung cancer in part by modulation of Slug/ZEB2 signaling, and provide a potential therapeutic strategy by targeting miR-218 in NSCLC.
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- Z-M Shi
- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention, and Treatment, Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention, and Treatment, Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention, and Treatment, Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention, and Treatment, Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention, and Treatment, Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention, and Treatment, Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention, and Treatment, Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention, and Treatment, Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Orthopaedic surgeons need information about the complications they are likely to encounter. The literature on complications is difficult to interpret owing to a lack of agreed definitions, problems with collecting accurate data and with data interpretation. We suggest a role for the Royal College of Surgeons and specialist societies in collecting and interpreting complications data.
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- Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust , UK
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- Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust , UK
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- Brighton and Sussex NHS Library and Knowledge Service , UK
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- People's Hospital of Rizhao , China
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Zhu H, Gu C, Ge X, Tu J. Targeted Growth of Pt on 2D Atomic Layers of Ni-Al Hydroxide: Assembly of the Pt/Exfoliated Ni-Al Hydroxide sheet/Graphene Composite as Electrocatalysts for Methanol Oxidation Reactions. Electrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.11.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 12/22/2022]
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Zhou SS, Ge X, Xu YQ, Huang SH, Yan SQ, Mao LJ, Huang K, Niu Y, Pan WJ, Tao FB. [Previous medical or surgical abortions and subsequent risk of preterm birth: a birth cohort study]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2016; 37:1536-1540. [PMID: 28057148 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2016.11.020] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To understand the association between medical abortion (MA) or surgical abortion (SA) and the risk of preterm birth (PTB) in subsequent pregnancy. Methods: The prospective cohort study was conducted in Ma'anshan, Anhui province. The information about demographic characteristics and previous MA or SA of 3 474 pregnant women were collected before 14 gestational weeks. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to compare the rates of preterm birth based on the history of previous MA or SA, and 3 256 live births were included in the analysis. Results: The PTB rate and spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) rate were 4.12% (n=134) and 2.49% (n=81) respectively. Previous MA was associated with an increased risk of total PTB (RR=2.00, 95%CI: 1.04-3.85 for one MA and RR=3.58, 95%CI: 1.04-12.30 for two or more MAs) and sPTB (RR=2.51, 95% CI: 1.23-5.15). The risk of PTB in women with one SA (RR=0.67, 95%CI: 0.42-1.01) or more SA (RR=0.97, 95%CI: 0.51-1.85) did not differ significantly compared with the women with no history of SA. Conclusion: This study suggests that medical abortion could increase the risk of PTB or sPTB.
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Maternal and Child Health Care Center of Ma'anshan, Ma'anshan 243000, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Maternal and Child Health Care Center of Ma'anshan, Ma'anshan 243000, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Maternal and Child Health Care Center of Ma'anshan, Ma'anshan 243000, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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Ge X, Chen H, Zhang K, Tang ZH. The analysis of blood pressure profiles and their severity in relation to diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in the Chinese population: preliminary analysis. J Endocrinol Invest 2016; 39:891-8. [PMID: 26940214 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-016-0444-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The study sought to investigate the associations of blood pressure profiles and its severity with diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (DCAN) in a Chinese population. METHODS We conducted a community-based, cross-sectional study for risk factor analysis of DCAN in 455 individuals recruited from a Chinese population. Blood pressure profile risk score (BPRS) was calculated for associations between severity of blood pressure profile and DCAN. Multivariable logistic regression (MLR) was carried out to analyze the associations of blood pressure profiles and its severity with DCAN. RESULTS In category variable models, participants with high SBP have significantly higher DCAN prevalence as compared to participants with low SBP (25.66 vs. 31.69 %, P = 0.011). MLR demonstrated that there was significant associations between SBP and DCAN controlling for potential confounding factors (P = 0.016). Moreover, MLR assessed significant associations of BPRS-0 or BPRS-2 with DCAN (P value = 0.014 for BPRS-0 and P value = 0.031 for BPRS-2). CONCLUSION Our findings indicated that SBP and severity of BP profiles were significantly and independently associated with DCAN, respectively. These suggested BP profile may influence the progression of DCAN and also provided insight into biological functions. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT02461472.
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- Department of Emergency, Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200065, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200065, China.
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Ge X, Xu YQ, Huang SH, Huang K, Mao LJ, Pan WJ, Hao JH, Niu Y, Yan SQ, Tao FB. [Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and fetal outcomes: a prospective birth cohort study]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2016; 37:187-91. [PMID: 26917512 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2016.02.007] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relations between the second and third trimesters intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) and the fetal outcomes, in order to provide medical advice for early detection and intervention on ICP. METHODS A prospective cohort study was conducted in Ma' anshan, Anhui, China (Ma'anshan Birth Cohort, MABC). Pregnant women within 14 weeks of gestation were consecutively recruited when standards were met. Anthropometrics were collected in early pregnancy. Maternal serum total bile acid level (TBA) was collected in the second and third trimesters, and women were viewed as cases if the results were accorded with clinical diagnosis. Logistic regressions were conducted to examine the associations of the second and third trimester ICP, and fetal outcomes. RESULTS A total of 2 978 pregnant women were included in this study. The rate of ICP was 6.5% (n=196), and the rates of the second and third trimesters were 1.4% (n=43) and 5.1% (n=153) respectively. After controlling for potential confounders, we found that ICP from both the second and third trimesters could increase the risks of preterm birth, low birth weight (LBW), fetal distress and meconium-stained amniotic fluid.OR values (95% CI) were 6.42 (2.59-15.93) and 3.73 (2.07-6.72) for preterm birth while 6.52 (2.19-19.45) and 4.90 (2.43-9.90) for LBW, 2.91 (1.27-6.67) and 1.88 (1.11-3.19) for fetal distress and 2.34 (1.19-4.61) and 1.66 (1.11-2.48) for meconium-stained amniotic fluids, respectively. The risk of adverse fetal outcomes caused by the second trimester ICP appeared significantly higher than the third trimester ICP. CONCLUSION ICP from the second and third trimesters significantly increased the risk of adverse fetal outcomes, suggesting that clinicians should put more attention to the second trimester ICP. Both early detection and intervention were of great importance in reducing the adverse fetal outcomes.
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- X Ge
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Administration, Maternal and Child Health Care Center of Ma'anshan, Ma'anshan 243000, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal and Child Health Care Center of Ma'anshan, Ma'anshan 243000, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Care Center of Ma'anshan, Ma'anshan 243000, China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health and Aristogenics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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Yoo TJ, Shea J, Ge X, Kwon SS, Yazawa Y, Sener O, Mora F, Mora R, Mora M, Barbieri M, Du X. Presence of Autoantibodies in the Sera of Meniere's Disease. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2016; 110:425-9. [PMID: 11372925 DOI: 10.1177/000348940111000506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We examined the sera of patients with Meniere's disease for the presence of antibodies against 8 inner ear antigens by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). One hundred eight patients with Meniere's disease and 28 control subjects were studied. The antibodies against chicken type II collagen, bovine type II collagen, the cyanogen bromide cleaved peptide 11 (CB11) of each, type IX and XI collagens, C-Raf, and tubulin were measured by ELISA. The sensitivity of each antigen was between 37% and 60% individually, and was 91% when all 8 inner ear antigens were combined. These results showed that 91% of Meniere's disease sera have antibody activities to 1 or more of these inner ear antigens. The results suggest that performing ELISA for these 8 inner ear antigens was useful as a diagnostic tool for Meniere's disease. Further study is required for elucidating the role of these antigens in the pathogenesis of Meniere's disease, which might eventually result in better therapy.
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- T J Yoo
- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA
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Ge X, Cao Z, Gu Y, Wang F, Li J, Han M, Xia W, Yu Z, Lyu P. PFKFB3 potentially contributes to paclitaxel resistance in breast cancer cells through TLR4 activation by stimulating lactate production. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2016; 62:119-125. [PMID: 27262815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Paclitaxel is a commonly used agent for breast cancer therapy, which comes across the obstacle "drug resistance", resulting in shortened overall survival of patients. Warburg effect has become one character of cancer cell and was reported to induce paclitaxel resistance, the mechanism of which is poorly understood. In this study, we sought to examine the role of 6-Phosphofructo-2-kinase (PFKFB3), a critical regulator of glycolysis, in paclitaxel resistance development. Two clones of paclitaxel resistant breast cancer cells, MCF-7RA and MCF-7RB, were established by a long term exposure of MCF-7 cells to paclitaxel. Consequently, PFKFB3 expression was found to be increased in MCF-7RA and MCF-7RB cells compared with MCF-7 cells. Silencing PFKFB3 expression markedly reduced the IC50 concentrations of MCF-7RA and MCF-7RB cells. Moreover, PFKFB3 modulated toll like receptor 4 (TLR4) and MyD88 expression as well as interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 release from breast cancer cells in response to paclitaxel exposure. In addition, PFKFB3 overexpression boosted up fructose-2,6-bisphosphate (F2,6BP) and lactate production. The enhanced lactate contributed to TLR4 signaling activation, IL-6 and IL-8 generation, and cell viability promotion in MCF-7 cells. In all, we characterized the novel role of PFKFB3 in induction of paclitaxel resistance by raising lactate production and activating TLR4 signaling.
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- X Ge
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Department of Breast Surgery Zhengzhou China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Department of Breast Surgery Zhengzhou China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Department of Breast Surgery Zhengzhou China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Department of Breast Surgery Zhengzhou China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Department of Breast Surgery Zhengzhou China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Department of Breast Surgery Zhengzhou China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Zhengzhou China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Department of Radiology Zhengzhou China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Department of Breast Surgery Zhengzhou China
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