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Zuo YX, Jia YP, Wu J, Wang JB, Lu AD, Dong LJ, Chang LJ, Zhang LP. [Chimeric antigen receptors T cells for treatment of 48 relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia children: long term follow-up outcomes]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2019; 40:270-275. [PMID: 31104436 PMCID: PMC7343018 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2019.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of chimeric antigen receptors T cells (CAR-T) in childhood acute B lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) to probe the prognosis-related factors. Methods: Forty-eight children, 29 boys and 19 girls, aged 3-17years old (median age was 8 years old) , with recurrent or refractory CD19 positive B-ALL, were treated by the CD19 specific CAR-T cells. A total of 48 cases received 61 infusions. Flow cytometry or real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction method were used to monitor micro residual disease (MRD) . The follow-up period was from 16 to 1 259 days with the median follow-up of 406 days. SPSS software was used to statistical analysis. Results: No adverse reaction was observed during 61 infusions. The most common adverse reaction after CAR-T cell infusions was cytokine-release syndrome (CRS) . Only 2 cases experienced level 3 CRS performance, including continuous high fever, convulsions, delirium, serous cavity effusion, and decreasing of blood pressure. Tocilizumab was given to release CRS performance. No treatment-related death occurred. Thirty-seven patients showed response during 7 to 28 days after infusions. The early response rate was 77.1%, with MRD before infusion less than 5% group higher than the MRD more than 5% group (87.1% vs 58.8%, χ2=4.968, P=0.036) . For the 37 patients who showed response to CAR-T cell infusions, univariate analysis identified that age, disease status at the time of treatment, MRD before infusion affected 2-year OS rate (P<0.05) . Multivariate prognostic analysis for EFS disclosed that the MRD before infusion more than 5% (RR=3.433, 95% CI 1.333-8.844, P=0.011) and not bridge to HSCT (RR=4.996, 95% CI 1.852-13.474, P=0.001) were the independent risk factors. Conclusion: The fourth generation CAR-T cells directed against CD19 could effectively and safely treat relapsed and refractory B-ALL, which implicated that CAR-T therapy as a novel therapeutic approach could be useful for patients with relapsed or refractory B-ALL who have failed all other treatment options. Reducing MRD as far as possible by effective pretreatment chemotherapy was in favor of increasing the response rate. Bridging HSCT after CAR-T cell treatment might be a better therapeutic strategy for the patient with refractory or molecular relapsed B-ALL.
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- Y X Zuo
- Pediatrics Department Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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- Pediatrics Department Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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- Pediatrics Department Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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- Hematological Department Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijng 100049, China
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- Pediatrics Department Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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- Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical Institute, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical Institute, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- Pediatrics Department Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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Xue YJ, Wu J, Zuo YX, Jia YP, Lu AD, Zhang LP. [Prognostic factors of pediatric patients with Ph-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2019; 39:219-224. [PMID: 29562467 PMCID: PMC7342985 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2018.03.009] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the clinical features and prognostic factors of Ph-positive and/or BCR-ABL positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) in children. Methods: The clinical data of 68 Ph+ ALL children who were treated at Peking University People's Hospital from December 2006 to December 2016 was retrospectively reviewed. Survival analysis were estimated by Kaplan-Meier method. Univariate analysis was estimated by Log-rank test and Chi-square, and multivariate analysis was estimated by Cox proportional hazards regression model. Results: In the 68 cases, the proportion of male to female was 2.1∶1, with a median age of 8 (1-16) years, and the median overall survival (OS) and disease free survival (DFS) were 16.8 months and 13.5 months, respectively. The early response rate to treatment was 43.9%, with myeloid-antigens-expression group lower than the non-expression group (29.6% vs 61.3%, χ2=5.814, P=0.020); The complete remission (CR) rate after one-course induction therapy was 86.2% (56/65), with good-response group higher than the poor-response group (100.0% vs 74.2%, χ2=6.680, P=0.003);The CR rate after induction in patients receiving imatinib plus chemotherapy was higher than the patients receiving chemotherapy only (94.9% vs 73.1%, χ2=5.185, P=0.024). The 2-and 5-year OS were (61.4±7.0)% and (50.8±8.1)%, respectively. The 2-and 5-year DFS were (54.6±6.8)% and (48.6±7.3)%, respectively. Univariate analysis showed that the initial WBC, LDH, spleen size, liver size, with-myeloid-antigens-expression, early response to treatment, MRD (BCR-ABL) after one-course induction, application of imatinib and different treatment options affected 2-year OS rate (all P<0.05). LDH, spleen size, liver size, with-myeloid-antigens-expression, early response to treatment, MRD (BCR-ABL) after one-course induction, application of imatinib and different treatment options affected 2-year DFS rate (all P<0.05). Multivariate prognostic analysis for OS (RR=45.7, 95% CI 1.4-1 528.2, P=0.033) and DFS (RR=52.3, 95% CI 1.6-1 725.9, P=0.026) showed that the spleen ≥ 3 cm was the independent risk factor. Conclusions: Pediatric Ph+ ALL is a special condition with unique clinical and biological features. The early response to treatment was poor in patients with myeloid-antigens-expression, which resulted in a low CR rate after one-course induction and the administration of imatinib can remarkably improve the CR rate. Initial spleen ≥ 3 cm is an independent prognostic factor. The efficacy of chemotherapy alone is poor, and imatinib combined with chemotherapy is applauded in the aim of improving outcomes.
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- Y J Xue
- Department of Paediatric, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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Liu F, Zhang J, Zhang HK, Zhao YQ, Liang P, Zuo YX. [Thoracic paravertebral block in the PACU for immediate postoperative pain relief after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 97:119-122. [PMID: 28088956 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.02.008] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the effectiveness and safety of the thoracic paravertebral block(TPVB) in the post postanesthesia care unit(PACU) for patients suffered moderate to severe pain after Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery(VATS). Methods: 78 atients who complained moderate to severe pain on arrival to PACU after VATS were randomly assigned into two groups: thoracic paravertebral block treatment group(P group) and sufentanil treatment group(S group). The VAS Pain score at rest and movement, heart rate, blood pressure, and pulse oximetry 1 hour after treatment and duration of patients staying in the PACU after treatment were recorded. VAS Pain score at rest and on coughing at 8, 24 and 48 hours after treatment were closely monitored. Sufentanil comsumption, patient satisfaction and related complications were also recorded. Results: A successful TPVB was achieved in all patients in P group without puncture related complications. The VAS pain scores at rest and on coughing 1 hour, 8 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours after treatment in P group were significantly lower than the patients in S group. Systolic blood pressure 1 hour after treatment in P group was also lower than the patients in S group(118mmHg±14mmHg vs 128 mmHg±14 mmHg, P=0.021). SPO2 1 hour after treatment in P group was much higher than the patients in S group(95%±3% vs 92%±4%, P=0.015). The duration of patients staying in the PACU after treatment in both groups were similar. Sufentanil comsumption, rate of vomiting and nausea was significantly less and satisfaction was better in P group than thoses in S group. Conclusion: In the postanesthesia care unit, TPVB could provide effective and safe analgesia therapy for patients suffered from moderate to severe pain after VATS.
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- F Liu
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Liu F, Zhang J, Zeng XQ, Zhao YQ, Zuo YX. [Application of general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia/analgesia in rehabilitation after gastric cancer resection]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 97:1089-1092. [PMID: 28395435 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.14.013] [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: 02/05/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the efficacy of general anesthesia with epidural anesthesia and postoperative epidural analgesia in terms of pain relief and post-operative functional recovery. Methods: Ninety-six patients were randomly assigned to general anesthesia and intravenous analgesia group (GI) or general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia and epidural analgesia group (GE). Demographic and operative data, postoperative VAS pain scores, gastrointestinal function, postoperative hospital stays, general complications were assessed prospectively. Results: (1) The postoperative VAS scores of patients in the group GE at 2, 24, 48, and 72 hours were significantly lower than those in the group GI. (2) Compared with the group GI, the patients in group GE had earlier postoperative flatus and a shorter postoperative hospital stay (8.4 ± 2.5 vs 10.0 ± 3.2, P=0.012 8). Conclusion: General anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia and postoperative epidural analgesia could provide better pain relief, enhance early rehabilitation and reduce the duration of hospital.
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- F Liu
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Yang-Xian Zuo
- Department of Biology, Yunnan University, Kunming Yunnan 650091, China;Department of Parasitology, Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan 650031, China
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- Department of Parasitology, Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan 650031, China.
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Yang Y, Zuo W, Hu J, Esch GW, Zuo Y. Hemophagocytic syndrome as uncommon presentation of disseminated toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent adult from Chinese Kunming. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013; 88:1209-11. [PMID: 23509123 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Hemophagocytic syndrome is a rare disease that is often fatal, despite treatment. An immunocompetent patient was presented with fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenias, hypertriglyceridemia, hypofibrinogenemia, and hyperferritinemia, which conformed to a hemophagocytic syndrome diagnosis. Despite broad antibiotic treatment, the patient's clinical condition rapidly deteriorated and he died within 8 days of admission. Blood cultures and a serology test were negative; however, based on morphological characteristics, tissue cysts Toxoplasma gondii were found in the bone marrow. Based on polymerase chain reaction analysis, identity of the parasite was confirmed. Although very rare, T. gondii-associated hemophagocytic syndrome should be suspected in the case of cytopenia or multiorgan failure symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the first fatal toxoplasmosis case reported from China.
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- YanFen Yang
- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Diversity and Evolution of High Education in Yunnan Province, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
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Hu JJ, Meng Y, Chen XW, Zuo YX, Wu P. [Research progress on human sarcocystosis]. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2010; 28:460-465. [PMID: 21500537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Human sarcocystosis (both the intestinal and muscular forms) may be emerging as a significant, foodborne zoonotic infection in southeast Asia and southwest of China. This review summarizes recent findings in classification of Sarcocystis spp, epidemiologic features, clinical symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention in human infections.
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- Jun-Jie Hu
- School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
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Hu JJ, Liao JY, Meng Y, Guo YM, Chen XW, Zuo YX. Identification of Sarcocystis cymruensis in wild Rattus flavipectus and Rattus norvegicus from Peoples Republic of China and its transmission to rats and cats. J Parasitol 2010; 97:421-4. [PMID: 21506864 DOI: 10.1645/ge-2633.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Sarcocystis cymruensis was initially identified in skeletal muscles of 22 (11.6%) of 189 wild rats (Rattus spp.) captured in 2008 in Anning and Kunming, Peoples Republic of China. Sarcocyst walls were thin (<1 µm) and smooth. Ultrastructurally, the parasitophorous vacuolar membrane had small, osmiophilic knob-like invaginations covered with numerous vesicle-like invaginations toward the interior of the cyst. Domestic cats (Felis catus) fed sarcocysts shed sporocysts measuring 10.3 (9.8-11.0) × 7.6 (7.2-9.5) µm with a prepatent period of 6 to 8 days. Sarcocysts were infective orally to Norway rats, and oocysts and sporocysts developed in the lamina propria of the small intestine of rats fed sarcocysts. Thus, rats were both intermediate and definitive hosts for S. cymruensis.
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- Jun-Jie Hu
- Biology Department, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
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Yang ZQ, Wei CG, Zen JS, Song JL, Zuo YX, He YS, Zhang HF, Attwood SW, Chen XW, Yang GC, Zhou X, Quan X, Li CY, Han D, Liu AW, Lin P. A taxonomic re-appraisal of Sarcocystis nesbitti (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae) from the monkey Macaca fascicularis in Yunnan, PR China. Parasitol Int 2005; 54:75-81. [PMID: 15710555 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2004.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 01/22/2004] [Accepted: 12/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The first detection of Sarcocystis nesbitti Mandour, 1969 in the Chinese mainland is reported and the morphology of the sarcocyst is described in detail. The parasite was detected in the monkey, Macaca fascicularis, maintained on a monkey farm in Yunnan Province; the infection may have occurred via faecal contamination from local rats, mice and/or birds. S. nesbitti was characterized as follows: a macroscopic sarcocyst, length of the cyst up to 2 mm; cyst wall smooth, thin and no perpendicular protrusion is seen under the light microscope; border of cyst wall wavy, primary cyst wall thin (38-65 nm) and invaginated; ground substance about 0.5-0.76 microm thick with electron-dense granules and concentric spherical bodies. The cyst wall is described as type 1 by electron microscopy. It is suspected that S. nesbitti may utilize Macaca mulatta, M. fascicularis, Cercocebus atys, and Papio papionis, as well as human as intermediate hosts. The taxonomy of S. nesbitti is re-appraised in the light of a consideration of possible experimental artefacts and examination of the past literature. Evidence is presented that S. nesbitti may be one of the species infecting humans in South Asia and that the monkey may be a potential reservoir host.
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- Zhao-Qing Yang
- Parasitology Department, Kunming Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan 650031, China
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A water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) was fed 5.0 x 10(5) Sarcocystis hominis sporocysts from a human volunteer who had ingested S. hominis cysts from naturally infected cattle. A necropsy was performed on the buffalo 119 days after inoculation, and a large number of microscopic sarcocysts (approximately 5,000/g) were found in skeletal muscles. Ultrastructurally, the sarcocyst wall from buffalo muscles has upright villar protrusions measuring about 5.6 x 0.8 microm with numerous microtubules that run from the base to the apex. Sarcocysts from this buffalo were infective to 2 human volunteers, confirming their identity as S. hominis. Therefore, we believe that buffaloes can act experimentally as the intermediate host for S. hominis.
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- X W Chen
- Department of Biology, Yunnan University, Kunming City 650091, People's Republic of China.
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Li QQ, Yang ZQ, Zuo YX, Attwood SW, Chen XW, Zhang YP. A PCR-based RFLP analysis of Sarcocystis cruzi (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae) in Yunnan Province, PR China, reveals the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) as a natural intermediate host. J Parasitol 2002; 88:1259-61. [PMID: 12537125 DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1259:apbrao]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) approach is used to examine Sarcocystis cruzi-like taxa from the atypical intermediate host, water buffalo, in Yunnan, People's Republic of China. The loci examined lie within the 18S rRNA gene. A total of 15 water buffalo isolates are compared with those of 10 S. cruzi from cattle. RFLP patterns for the S. cruzi isolates from cattle and the S. cruzi-like taxon from water buffalo are found to be identical with all the 12 restriction enzymes used. Interpopulation variation between samples from Kunming and Gengma (Yunnan) is found to be undetectable at these loci for both S. cruzi and the S. cruzi-like taxon. But RFLPs are found between the S. cruzi taxa and S. suihominis from pigs at the same study sites. These findings support the hypothesis that S. cruzi is able to use the water buffalo as an intermediate host and is not restricted to cattle as was previously supposed.
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- Qing-Qing Li
- Parasitology Department, Kunming Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China 650031
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Li QQ, Yang ZQ, Zuo YX, Attwood SW, Chen XW, Zhang YP. A PCR-Based RFLP Analysis of Sarcocystis cruzi (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae) in Yunnan Province, PR China, Reveals the Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) as a Natural Intermediate Host. J Parasitol 2002. [DOI: 10.2307/3285506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Yang ZQ, Li QQ, Zuo YX, Chen XW, Chen YJ, Nie L, Wei CG, Zen JS, Attwood SW, Zhang XZ, Zhang YP. Characterization of Sarcocystis species in domestic animals using a PCR-RFLP analysis of variation in the 18S rRNA gene: a cost-effective and simple technique for routine species identification. Exp Parasitol 2002; 102:212-7. [PMID: 12856319 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4894(03)00033-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Thirteen restriction endonucleases were used to investigate nuclotide sequence variation in the 18S rRNA DNA of 88 individuals from ten Sarcocystis taxa collected as cysts from their intermediate hosts, swine, cattle and water buffalo. A DNA sequence of approximately 900 bp was used. A total of 26 electromorphs were detected. The electromorphs were sorted into seven different haplotypes that coincided with the six named species and an unidentified species from cattle. These findings support those of our morphological examinations, which suggested that the taxa resembling Sarcocystis hirsuta, S. hominis, both found in water buffalo, and S. sinensis found in cattle, are not new species but are in fact S. hirsuta and S. hominis as found in cattle, and S. sinensis as found in water buffalo; this finding supports the idea that these species can utilize both cattle and water buffalo as intermediate hosts and are not restricted to one or the other host group as previously thought. PCR-RFLP resolved by agarose gel electrophoresis is shown to be an easy and rapid method of discriminating between these species.
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- Zhao-Qing Yang
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Parasitology Department, Kunming Medical College, Biology Department, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Yang ZQ, Zuo YX, Ding B, Chen XW, Luo J, Zhang YP. Identification of Sarcocystis hominis-like (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae) Cyst in Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Based on 18S rRNA Gene Sequences. J Parasitol 2001. [DOI: 10.2307/3285161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Yang ZQ, Zuo YX, Ding B, Chen XW, Luo J, Zhang YP. Identification of Sarcocystis hominis-like (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae) cyst in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) based on 18S rRNA gene sequences. J Parasitol 2001; 87:934-7. [PMID: 11534667 DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0934:ioshlp]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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DNA templates were extracted from isolates of Sarcocystis hominis-like cysts collected from cattle and water buffalo, as well as from Sarcocystis fusiformis cysts and Sarcocystis suihominis cysts. The 18S rRNA genes were amplified using DNA from a single cyst as the templates. Approximately 1,367-1,440 bp sequences were obtained. The sequence difference in isolates of Sarcocystis hominis-like cysts from water buffaloes, and isolates of S. hominis cysts from cattle were very low, only about 0.1%, much lower than the lowest value (1.7%) among different species. Combined with their morphological structure, these sequence data indicate that the 4 isolates from cattle and water buffalo might be the same species, i.e., S. hominis, suggesting that both cattle and water buffalo may serve as the intermediate hosts for this parasite. Apparently, this is the first report using a single cyst to do such work and is a useful way to distinguish the Sarcocystis cyst in an intermediate host that may be simultaneously infected by several different Sarcocystis species.
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- Z Q Yang
- Parasitology Department, Kunming Medical College, Yunnan, China
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Yang ZQ, Zuo YX, Yao YG, Chen XW, Yang GC, Zhang YP. Analysis of the 18S rRNA genes of Sarcocystis species suggests that the morphologically similar organisms from cattle and water buffalo should be considered the same species. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2001; 115:283-8. [PMID: 11420115 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(01)00283-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Z Q Yang
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
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Qu SY, Wu YJ, Wang YH, Zuo YX. [Metabolism and pharmacokinetics of daphnetin]. Yao Xue Xue Bao 1983; 18:496-500. [PMID: 6659951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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