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Huang CK, Lin YN, Huang WS, Senapati S, Chang HC, Sun YM, Huang LF. RNA-based detection of genetically modified plants via current-voltage characteristic measurement. J Biotechnol 2024; 383:27-38. [PMID: 38336281 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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The widespread adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops has escalated concerns about their safety and ethical implications, underscoring the need for efficient GM crop detection methods. Conventional detection methods, such as polymerase chain reaction, can be costly, lab-bound, and time-consuming. To overcome these challenges, we have developed RapiSense, a cost-effective, portable, and sensitive biosensor platform. This sensor generates a measurable voltage shift (0.1-1 V) in the system's current-voltage characteristics, triggered by an increase in membrane's negative charge upon hybridization of DNA/RNA targets with a specific DNA probe. Probes designed to identify the herbicide resistance gene hygromycin phosphotransferase show a detection range from ∼1 nM to ∼10 μM and can discriminate between complementary, non-specific, and mismatched nucleotide targets. The incorporation of a small membrane sensor to detect fragmented RNA samples substantially improve the platform's sensitivity. In this study, RapiSense has been effectively used to detect specific DNA and fragmented RNA in transgenic variants of Arabidopsis, sweet potato, and rice, showcasing its potential for rapid, on-site GM crop screening.
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- Chun-Kai Huang
- Graduate School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320315, Taiwan, Republic of China; Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320315, Taiwan, Republic of China; Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115201, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320315, Taiwan, Republic of China; Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320315, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320315, Taiwan, Republic of China; Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320315, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320315, Taiwan, Republic of China; R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Chung Yuan University, Taoyuan 320071, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320315, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Yuan JW, Zhang Y, Liu EB, Tian X, Chen XJ, Li HL, Sun LD, Li FL, Wang C, Zhang YQ, Lin YN, Ru K, Yang SB. [Philadelphia chromosome positive myelodysplastic neoplasms: report of a case]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2023; 52:754-756. [PMID: 37408416 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20221109-00938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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- J W Yuan
- Department of Hematology, Luohe Central Hospital, Luohe 462000, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300382, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300382, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300382, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300382, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300382, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300382, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300382, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300382, China
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- Department of Hematology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300382, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Jinan 250014, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300382, China
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Li YH, Huang XQ, Lin YN, Chen XJ, Chen L, Liu EB, Mi YC, Ru K. [Mutational features of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region gene in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2022; 51:1135-1140. [PMID: 36323543 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20220309-00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the mutational features of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IgHV) gene in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) using immunophenotypic and molecular genetic methods. Methods: The laboratory results of 266 CLL patients who underwent IgHV gene examination at Sino-US diagnostics laboratory from February 2020 to February 2021 were analyzed for the IgVH mutational status and presence of specific IgVH fragments. In addition, their immunophenotypic, molecular, chromosomal karyotypic, and FISH profiles were investigated and correlated with the IgVH mutational status. Results: Among 266 patients, 172 were male and 94 were female, with a media age of 67 years (20-82 years).There were more patients with mutated IgHV (m-IgHV) than unmutated IgHV (un-IgHV) (69.2%∶30.8%). There was association of VH family and the presence of gene fragments: the overall incidence of VH families including VH3 family (142/266, 53.4%), VH4 family (75/266, 28.2%), and VH1 family (34/266, 12.8%) was about 95%, among which the proportion of VH4-34 (26/266, 9.8%), VH3-23 (25/266, 9.4%), VH3-7 (24/266, 9.0%), and VH4-39 (16/266, 6.0%) was about 35%. VH3-20 and VH3-49 only occurred in un-IgHV (P<0.05). In addition, the expression rates of CD38 (26.3% vs. 3.0%), CD79b (71.1%∶45.5%) and 11q deletion (25.5%∶5.3%) were higher in un-IgHV, and single trisomy 12 (37.9%∶5.6%) were more commonly found in m-IgHV (P<0.05). MYD88 was one of the major mutation genes in m-IgHV, while ATM had the highest mutation rate in un-IgHV. Conclusion: CLL patients have differential expression in terms of IgHV gene mutations, correlating to their immunophenotype and genetics characteristics.
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- Y H Li
- Tianjin Sino-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- Tianjin Sino-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- Tianjin Sino-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- Tianjin Sino-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- Tianjin Sino-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- Tianjin Sino-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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Liu CY, Ram R, Kolaru RB, Jana AS, Sadhu AS, Chu CS, Lin YN, Pal BN, Chang SH, Biring S. Ingenious Fabrication of Ag-Filled Porous Anodic Alumina Films as Powerful SERS Substrates for Efficient Detection of Biological and Organic Molecules. Biosensors 2022; 12:bios12100807. [PMID: 36290944 PMCID: PMC9599633 DOI: 10.3390/bios12100807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has been widely used to effectively detect various biological and organic molecules. This detection method needs analytes adsorbed onto a specific metal nanostructure, e.g., Ag-nanoparticles. A substrate containing such a structure (called SERS substrate) is user-friendly for people implementing the adsorption and subsequent SERS detection. Here, we report on powerful SERS substrates based on efficient fabrication of Ag-filled anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) films. The films contain many nanopores with small as-grown inter-pore gap of 15 nm. The substrates are created by electrochemically depositing silver into nanopores without an additional pore widening process, which is usually needed for conventional two-step AAO fabrication. The created substrates contain well-separated Ag-nanoparticles with quite a small inter-particle gap and a high number density (2.5 × 1010 cm−2). We use one-step anodization together with omitting additional pore widening to improve the throughput of substrate fabrication. Such substrates provide a low concentration detection limit of 10−11 M and high SERS enhancement factor of 1 × 106 for rhodamine 6G (R6G). The effective detection of biological and organic molecules by the substrate is demonstrated with analytes of adenine, glucose, R6G, eosin Y, and methylene blue. These results allow us to take one step further toward the successful commercialization of AAO-based SERS substrates.
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- Chih-Yi Liu
- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- School of Material Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi 221005, India
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- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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Liu CY, Sadhu AS, Karmakar R, Chu CS, Lin YN, Chang SH, Dalapati GK, Biring S. Strongly Improving the Sensitivity of Phosphorescence-Based Optical Oxygen Sensors by Exploiting Nano-Porous Substrates. Biosensors (Basel) 2022; 12:bios12100774. [PMID: 36290912 PMCID: PMC9599114 DOI: 10.3390/bios12100774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 09/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Sensitivity is one of the crucial factors in determining the quality of a fluorescence/phosphorescence-based gas sensor, and is estimated from the measurement of responses (I0/I, where I0 and I refer to the measured optical intensity of a sensor in absence and presence of analyte molecules) at various concentrations of analytes. In this work, we demonstrate phosphorescence-based optical oxygen sensors fabricated on highly porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes showing dramatically high response. These sensors exploit the enormous surface area of the AAO to facilitate the effective interaction between the sensing molecules and the analytes. We spin-coat an AAO membrane (200 nm pore diameter) with a platinum-based oxygen sensing porphyrin dye, platinum(II) meso-tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) porphyrin (PtTFPP), to fabricate a sensor exhibiting I0/I ~400 at 100% oxygen atmosphere. To address the generality of the AAO membrane, we fabricate a separate sensor with another porphyrin dye, platinum octaethylporphyrin (PtOEP), which exhibits an even higher I0/I of ~500. Both of these sensors offer the highest responses as an optical oxygen sensor hitherto reported. SEM and EDS analysis are performed to realize the effect of the increased surface area of the AAO membrane on the enhanced sensitivity.
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- Chih-Yi Liu
- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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Liu EB, Sun LD, Zhang JF, Tian X, Chen XJ, Wang C, Yang SB, Chen L, Lin YN, Ru K. [Leukemic manifestation of high grade B cell lymphoma]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2022; 51:389-392. [PMID: 35359061 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20211112-00819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- E B Liu
- SINO-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Laboratory, Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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Huang XQ, Lin YN, Liu EB, Xing F, Wang Z, Chen XJ, Chen L, Ma JT, Mi YC, Ru K. [Characteristics of fusion gene expression in acute lymphoblastic leukemia]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2022; 51:307-313. [PMID: 35359041 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20211028-00781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the genetic landscape of 52 fusion genes in patients with de novo acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and to investigate the characteristics of other laboratory results. Methods: The fusion gene expression was retrospectively analyzed in the 1 994 patients with de novo ALL diagnosed from September 2016 to December 2020. In addition, their mutational, immunophenotypical and karyotypical profiles were investigated. Results: In the 1 994 patients with ALL, the median age was 12 years (from 15 days to 89 years). In the panel of targeted genes, 15 different types of fusion genes were detected in 884 patients (44.33%) and demonstrated a Power law distribution. The frequency of detectable fusion genes in B-cell ALL was significantly higher than that in T-cell ALL (48.48% vs 18.71%), and fusion genes were almost exclusively expressed in B-cell ALL or T-cell ALL. The number of fusion genes showed peaks at<1 year, 3-5 years and 35-44 years, respectively. More fusion genes were identified in children than in adults. MLL-FG was most frequently seen in infants and TEL-AML1 was most commonly seen in children, while BCR-ABL1 was dominant in adults. The majority of fusion gene mutations involved signaling pathway and the most frequent mutations were observed in NRAS and KRAS genes. The expression of early-stage B-cell antigens varied in B-cell ALL patients. The complex karyotypes were more common in BCR-ABL1 positive patients than others. Conclusion: The distribution of fusion genes in ALL patients differs by ages and cell lineages. It also corresponds to various gene mutations, immunophenotypes, and karyotypes.
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- X Q Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China SINO-US Diagnostics Lab Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI-aided Hematopathology Diagnosis, Tianjin 300385, China
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Liu CY, Deb M, Sadhu AS, Karmakar R, Huang PT, Lin YN, Chu CS, Pal BN, Chang SH, Biring S. Resolving Cross-Sensitivity Effect in Fluorescence Quenching for Simultaneously Sensing Oxygen and Ammonia Concentrations by an Optical Dual Gas Sensor. Sensors (Basel) 2021; 21:s21206940. [PMID: 34696153 PMCID: PMC8539023 DOI: 10.3390/s21206940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Simultaneous sensing of multiple gases by a single fluorescent-based gas sensor is of utmost importance for practical applications. Such sensing is strongly hindered by cross-sensitivity effects. In this study, we propose a novel analysis method to ameliorate such hindrance. The trial sensor used here was fabricated by coating platinum(II) meso-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin (PtTFPP) and eosin-Y dye molecules on both sides of a filter paper for sensing O2 and NH3 gases simultaneously. The fluorescent peak intensities of the dyes can be quenched by the analytes and this phenomenon is used to identify the gas concentrations. Ideally, each dye is only sensitive to one gas species. However, the fluorescent peak related to O2 sensing is also quenched by NH3 and vice versa. Such cross-sensitivity strongly hinders gas concentration detection. Therefore, we have studied this cross-sensitivity effect systematically and thus proposed a new analysis method for accurate estimation of gas concentration. Comparing with a traditional method (neglecting cross-sensitivity), this analysis improves O2-detection error from −11.4% ± 34.3% to 2.0% ± 10.2% in a mixed background of NH3 and N2.
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- Chih-Yi Liu
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan;
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan; (M.D.); (A.S.S.); (R.K.); (Y.-N.L.); (S.B.)
- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan; (M.D.); (A.S.S.); (R.K.); (Y.-N.L.); (S.B.)
- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan; (M.D.); (A.S.S.); (R.K.); (Y.-N.L.); (S.B.)
- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan;
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan; (M.D.); (A.S.S.); (R.K.); (Y.-N.L.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- School of Material Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India;
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan; (M.D.); (A.S.S.); (R.K.); (Y.-N.L.); (S.B.)
- Organic Electronics Research Center, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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Lin X, Chen H, Lin YN. The clinical efficacy and safety of atropine combined with omeprazole in the treatment of patients with acute gastritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Palliat Med 2021; 10:9535-9543. [PMID: 34628879 DOI: 10.21037/apm-21-1868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND To date, guidelines on the impact and value of atropine combined with omeprazole in the treatment of acute gastritis have not been well established or well defined. This study aimed to clarify the efficacy and safety of combined atropine and omeprazole therapy for the management of patients with acute gastritis. METHODS Through searching the electronic database, the related literature of the combination of atropine with omeprazole in the treatment of acute gastritis were reviewed. A meta-analysis was performed after literature selection according to inclusion criteria. The treatment efficiency and the incidence of adverse reactions were used as the main outcome indicators. The odds ratios (ORs), standardized mean differences (SMDs), and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the two treatment regimens were analyzed. RESULTS This study analyzed 11 articles from the literature with a total of 1,053 subjects. The combination of atropine and omeprazole significantly improved the clinical outcomes of patients with acute gastritis compared to patients treated with combined anisodamine and omeprazole (control group). The effective rate of combined atropine and omeprazole treatment was 1.21 times higher than that observed with the control group, and the incidence of adverse reactions was 0.41 times that of the control group. Atropine combined with omeprazole significantly alleviated the clinical symptoms of the patients. The total treatment time was shortened by 0.57 days, duration of abdominal pain was shortened by 2.82 days, duration of diarrhea was reduced by 1.99 days, and the duration of nausea and vomiting was shortened by 2.68 days compared to the control group. DISCUSSION The combination of atropine with omeprazole in the treatment of acute gastritis demonstrated a high effective rate with few adverse reactions than. It was effective at alleviating the clinical symptoms associated with acute gastritis. The results of this study provide support for the clinical implementation of combined atropine and omeprazole in the treatment of patients with acute gastritis.
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- Xian Lin
- Department of General Practice, Wenling First People's Hospital, Wenling, China
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- Department of General Practice, Wenling First People's Hospital, Wenling, China
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- Department of Urology, Wenling First People's Hospital, Wenling, China
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Yan Q, Lin YN, Huang XQ, Qian LZ, Ma JT, Zhang H, Chen L, Chen XJ, Mi YC, Ru K. [Analysis of fusion gene expression in acute myeloid leukemia]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2021; 42:480-486. [PMID: 34384154 PMCID: PMC8295623 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2021.06.007] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Objective: To analyze the genetic landscape of multiple fusion genes in patients with de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and investigate the characteristics of immunophenotypes and mutations. Methods: The results of multiple fusion genes from 4192 patients with de novo AML were retrospectively analyzed from 2016 to 2020. In addition, the immunophenotypical data and the mutational results from high-through put method were statistically investigated and correlated as well. Results: ①Among the 52 targets, 29 different types of fusion genes were detected in 1948 patients (46.47%) with AML, which demonstrated an "exponential distribution" . ② As the age increased, the number of patients with fusion gene increased first and then decreased gradually. The total incidence rate of fusion genes and MLL rearrangment in children were significantly higher than those in adults (69.18% vs 44.76%, 15.35% vs 8.36%) . ③The mutations involving FLT3 and RAS signaling pathway contributed most in patients with MLL rearrangment. ④No specific immunophenotypic characteristics were found in AML patients with MLL or NUP98 rearrangements. Conclusion: Nearly half of AML patients were accompanied by specific fusion gene expression, the proportions of different fusion genes in pediatric and adults patients were different by multiple PCR. The gene mutations and immunophenotype of these AML patients have certain rules.
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab, Tianjin 300385, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab, Tianjin 300385, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab, Tianjin 300385, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- SINO-US Diagnostics Lab, Tianjin 300385, China
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Chen ML, Lai CJ, Lin YN, Huang CM, Lin YH. Multifunctional nanoparticles for targeting the tumor microenvironment to improve synergistic drug combinations and cancer treatment effects. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:10416-10427. [PMID: 33112350 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb01733g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Docetaxel-based chemotherapy for prostate cancer is the clinical standard of care. However, nonspecific targeting, multiple drug resistance, and adverse side effects are common obstacles. Various natural compounds, including epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in combination with taxane, have the potential to be developed as anticancer therapeutics. Although synergistic hydrophobic-hydrophilic combination drugs have been used with some success, the main drawbacks of this approach are poor bioavailability, unfavorable pharmacokinetics, and low tissue distribution. To improve their synergistic effect and overcome limitations, we encapsulated EGCG and low-dose docetaxel within TPGS-conjugated hyaluronic acid and fucoidan-based nanoparticles. This approach might facilitate simultaneous target-specific markers at the edge and center of the tumor and then might increase intratumoral drug accumulation. Additionally, the successful release of bioactive combination drugs was regulated by the pH-sensitive nanoparticles and internalization into prostate cancer cells through CD44 and P-selectin ligand recognition, and the inhibition of cell growth via induced G2/M phase cell cycle arrest was observed in in vitro study. In in vivo studies, treatment with cancer-targeted combination drug-loaded nanoparticles significantly attenuated tumor growth and increased M30 protein expression without causing organ damage. Overall, the multifunctional nanoparticle system improved the drugs' synergistic effect, indicating great potential in its development as a prostate cancer treatment.
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- Mei-Lin Chen
- Department of Pharmacy, Chen Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chen Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. and Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Department and Institute of Pharmacology, Center for Advanced Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Research, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan and Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Lin YN, Wang SK, Yang CY, Shen VR, Juang TTY, Wei CS. Novel JavaScript malware detection based on fuzzy Petri nets. IFS 2020. [DOI: 10.3233/jifs-191038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Yi-Nan Lin
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University, Taiwan
- Department of Information Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University, Taiwan
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Lin YN, Lee YS, Li SK, Tang TK. Loss of CPAP in developing mouse brain and its functional implication for human primary microcephaly. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs243592. [PMID: 32501282 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.243592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Primary microcephaly (MCPH) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by small brain size with mental retardation. CPAP (also known as CENPJ), a known microcephaly-associated gene, plays a key role in centriole biogenesis. Here, we generated a previously unreported conditional knockout allele in the mouse Cpap gene. Our results showed that conditional Cpap deletion in the central nervous system preferentially induces formation of monopolar spindles in radial glia progenitors (RGPs) at around embryonic day 14.5 and causes robust apoptosis that severely disrupts embryonic brains. Interestingly, microcephalic brains with reduced apoptosis are detected in conditional Cpap gene-deleted mice that lose only one allele of p53 (also known as Trp53), while simultaneous removal of p53 and Cpap rescues RGP death. Furthermore, Cpap deletion leads to cilia loss, RGP mislocalization, junctional integrity disruption, massive heterotopia and severe cerebellar hypoplasia. Together, these findings indicate that complete CPAP loss leads to severe and complex phenotypes in developing mouse brain, and provide new insights into the causes of MCPH.
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- Yi-Nan Lin
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529 Taiwan
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Wang JY, Ma J, Lin YN, Wang J, Shen H, Gui FM, Han C, Li QH, Song Z, Wang XJ. [Mutational analysis of RNA splicing machinery genes SF3B1, U2AF1 and SRSF2 in 118 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and related diseases]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2018; 38:192-197. [PMID: 28395441 PMCID: PMC7348387 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2017.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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目的 探讨RNA剪接体复合物编码基因SF3B1、U2AF1和SRSF2突变在MDS及相关疾病中的突变率、突变特点及临床意义。 方法 以118例MDS及相关疾病患者为研究对象,采用PCR扩增产物直接测序法分别检测SF3B1(K700E)、U2AF1(S34、Q157P)和SRSF2(P95)突变情况。 结果 118例MDS患者中,男76例,女42例,中位年龄53.5(13~84)岁。对全部患者均进行SF3B1(K700E)基因突变分析,SF3B1(K700E)的突变率为19.49%(118例中23例)。在突变的22例MDS患者中,14例环形铁粒幼红细胞(RS)比例≥15%,其中难治性贫血伴环状铁粒幼红细胞(RARS)7例、难治性血细胞减少伴有多系发育异常(RCMD)6例、难治性贫血(RA)1例。与未突变组相比,突变组患者的年龄偏大[58(32~78)岁对51(13~84)岁,z=−1.981,P=0.048]、PLT偏高[121(22~888)×109/L对59(6~1 561)× 109/L,z=−3.305,P=0.001]、骨髓原始细胞比例偏低[0.007(0~0.122)对0.017(0~0.268),z=−2.885,P=0.004]、RS比例偏高[0(0~64%)对0(0~58%),z=−4.664,P<0.001],HGB偏低[63(40~95)g/L对77(34~144)g/L,z=−3.192,P=0.001]。对105例患者进行U2AF1(S34、Q157P)基因突变分析,突变率为21.90%(105例中23例)。突变组患者各临床特征与未突变组相比差异均无统计学意义。107例患者有SRSF2(P95)突变结果,8例突变,突变率为7.48%,突变组患者初诊时年龄偏高,中位年龄63(50~84)岁,其中难治性贫血伴有原始细胞增多-1(RAEB-1)4例,突变率为14.29%(28例中4例);MDS转化的急性髓系白血病3例。1例患者同时出现SF3B1(K700E)和SRSF2(P95H)突变,2例患者同时出现SF3B1(K700E)和U2AF1(S34Y)突变。 结论 SF3B1、U2AF1和SRSF2剪接体复合物蛋白编码基因中,仅SF3B1基因突变与环状铁粒幼红细胞增多性贫血密切相关,是该亚型的主要致病基因。
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- J Y Wang
- Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Tianjin 300020, China
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Lin YN, Chen YH, Chang KC. P3514Revisit stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation with end-stage renal disease: a retrospective population-based time-dependent cohort study. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p3514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Y N Lin
- China Medical University Hospital, Cardiovascular Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan ROC
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- China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan ROC
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- China Medical University Hospital, Cardiovascular Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan ROC
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Yan YR, Lin YN, Li QY. [Heterogeneity and individualized treatment of OSAHS: current status and prospects]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2018; 41:494-496. [PMID: 29886626 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2018.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Chen HY, Wu CT, Tang CJC, Lin YN, Wang WJ, Tang TK. Human microcephaly protein RTTN interacts with STIL and is required to build full-length centrioles. Nat Commun 2017; 8:247. [PMID: 28811500 PMCID: PMC5558016 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00305-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Mutations in many centriolar protein-encoding genes cause primary microcephaly. Using super-resolution and electron microscopy, we find that the human microcephaly protein, RTTN, is recruited to the proximal end of the procentriole at early S phase, and is located at the inner luminal walls of centrioles. Further studies demonstrate that RTTN directly interacts with STIL and acts downstream of STIL-mediated centriole assembly. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated RTTN gene knockout in p53-deficient cells induce amplification of primitive procentriole bodies that lack the distal-half centriolar proteins, POC5 and POC1B. Additional analyses show that RTTN serves as an upstream effector of CEP295, which mediates the loading of POC1B and POC5 to the distal-half centrioles. Interestingly, the naturally occurring microcephaly-associated mutant, RTTN (A578P), shows a low affinity for STIL binding and blocks centriole assembly. These findings reveal that RTTN contributes to building full-length centrioles and illuminate the molecular mechanism through which the RTTN (A578P) mutation causes primary microcephaly. Mutations in many centriolar protein-encoding genes cause primary microcephaly. Here the authors show that human microcephaly protein RTTN directly interacts with STIL and acts downstream of STIL-mediated centriole assembly, contributing to building full-length centrioles
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- Hsin-Yi Chen
- Graduate Institution of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.,Taiwan International Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institution of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. .,Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. .,Taiwan International Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Xie N, Chen DH, Lin YN, Wu SZ, Gu YY, Zeng QS, Zhai YY, Yang LY, Xu JX. [Pulmonary surfactant protein adenosine triphosphate-binding-cassette-A3 gene composite mutations in infant congenital interstitial lung disease: report of a case and review of literature]. Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi 2017; 54:761-766. [PMID: 27784479 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1310.2016.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To report a case of the pulmonary surfactant protein(SP) adenosine triphosphate-binding-cassette-A3 (ABCA3) gene mutations in infant congenital interstitial lung disease(ILD), and review the related literature, to investigate the relationships of ABCA3 gene mutation associated with ILD in infants. Method: A 6-months-old boy was hospitalized in the department of Pediatrics of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. The clinical, radiological, histological information from transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) and genetic testing in this case was analyzed; 12 reports retrieved on literature search at Pubmed, OVID databases from 2004 to 2015 by using the ABCA3 as keyword were reviewed and analyzed. Result: (1)The patient, a 6-months-old boy, had progressive tachypnea and dyspnea since 4 months old. Physical examination on admission revealed respiratory rate of 78 times/min , heart rate of 187 times/min, SpO2 0.93(mask oxygen-inspiration with 6 L/min), scattered fine moist crackles could be heard over the both lungs, clubbing fingers were found. High-resolution computed tomography(HRCT) revealed diffuse ground-glass opacity, interlobular and intralobular septal thickening. Lung biopsies showed evidences of the alveolar cavity atelectatic changes and interstitial fibrosis. SP-A and SP-B were negative in immunohistochemical stainting. SP-related gene sequence analysis found that there was compound heterozygous missense mutation of ABCA3 gene in c. 1942A>G, c.2701-33G>C and c. 991-105C>A. (2)The review of related literature found that totally 12 cases were reported. The main manifestations were progressive tachypnea and dyspnea, age of onset was between birth and 4 years of age. The imaging characteristics of chest HRCT revealed diffuse infiltration or diffuse ground-glass pattern in the lung. PROGNOSIS 6 cases died, and 6 cases survived, including 4 cases with pulmonary function disturbance to different degrees; 12 cases had ABCA3 gene mutations, 9 cases had composite ABCA3 gene mutations, in 11 cases the mutation occured in the exon of coding region, in 1 case in the intron, 9 cases had heterozygous mutations, 3 cases had homozygous mutations. Conclusion: The main phenotypes of ABCA3 mutation associated with ILD were full term neonatal respiratory distress syndrome or progressive tachypnea or dyspnea unexplained in infants. The chest HRCT showed two diffuse pulmonary interstitial changes. ABCA3 mutation mainly was multi-site composite mutations and heterozygous mutations in the exon of coding region.
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- N Xie
- *Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Peng L, Guo Y, Wang Y, Lin YN, Zhang CH, Wang HY, Yu RM, Sun XP. [Efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke with hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 97:193-197. [PMID: 28162169 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Objective: To observe the efficacy and safety of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rtPA) intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) in the treatment of acute cerebral infarction with hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign (HMCAS). Methods: Acute cerebral infarction patients with HMCAS from July 2010 to November 2015 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University were collected.These patients were divided into two groups depending on whether they received IVT or not.The Nation Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and modified Rankin Scale (mRS) were used to evaluate early and long-time therapeutic effects.Efficacy and safety were compared between the two groups. Results: A total of 93 patients were eligible for the analysis, with 45 cases in IVT group and 48 cases in non-IVT group.As time went by, NIHSS score in IVT group showed significant downward trend than the non-IVT group.The rate of patients with good outcome in IVT group was higher than that in non-IVT group (P<0.05). The rate of hemorrhage transformation (HT) in IVT group and non-IVT group was 35.6% (16/45) and 10.4% (11/48), respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). While no statistically significant difference was found about the rate of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) (8.9% vs 2.1%, P>0.05) and mortality (33.3% vs 27.1%, P>0.05) between these two groups.Logistic regression analysis identified relativity between IVT treatment and good outcome (P<0.05), hemorrhage transformation (P<0.05), rather than mortality (P>0.05). Conclusions: Intravenous thrombolysis with rt-PA is an effective and safe treatment for most acute ischemic stroke patients with HMCAS and can promote early neurologic improvement and significantly improve long-term functional prognosis.Although Ⅳ thrombolysis can increase the risk of overall HT, it does not add risk in sICH and mortality.
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, China
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Xing F, Lin YN, Sun Q, Qin L, Jia YJ, Zhang DL, Ru K. [Characterization of mutational pattern in patients with Ph negative myeloproliferative neoplasms]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2016; 45:626-30. [PMID: 27646892 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5807.2016.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize the molecular profile in patients with Ph negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) by exploring 49 gene mutations. METHODS Targeted gene sequencing were performed to analyze 49 MPN-associated genes in 51 patients with Ph negative MPN, of which CARL (exon 9), NPM1 (exon 12) and CEBPA (TAD, BZIP domains) were investigated by using Sanger sequencing simultaneously, while FLT3-ITD was assessed by PCR method. RESULTS Mutations were detected in 73.5% (36/49) of genes, and the mutational rates of JAK2-V617F, CALR (exon 9) and MPL were 60.8%(31/51), 7.8%(4/51) and 7.8%(4/51) respectively, whereas the mutational rates of ASXL1, SETBP1, and SF3B1 were around 10%. In addition, 96.1% (49/51) of patients harbored at least one mutation, and more than half of the patients (52.9%, 27/51) possessed 3 or 4 gene mutations. The amount of gene mutations was significantly higher in patients with JAK2-V617F mutation than those without JAK2-V617F or CALR (exon 9) mutation (P<0.05). The last finding was that there was no statistically significant difference in the amount of mutations among four MPN subtypes (PV, ET, PMF, and MPN-U). CONCLUSION Most patients with Ph negative MPN possesses three or more gene mutations, with various mutational profiles.
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- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC), Tianjin 300020, China
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Li QY, Lin YN. [Assessment of factors that influence CPAP adherence: a biopsychosocial perspective]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2016; 96:2369-2371. [PMID: 27545025 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2016.30.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Guo Y, Zhang CH, Wang HY, Lin YN, Wang Y, Sun XP. [Effect of intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in different time windows on acute cerebral infarction patients with atrial fibrillation]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2016; 96:2054-8. [PMID: 27468616 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2016.26.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To observe the intravenous thrombolysis effect of rt-PA in different time windows of acute cerebral infarction with atrial fibrillation(AF). METHODS Acute cerebral infarction patients who accepted the intravenous thrombolysis treatment with AF from January 2012 to December 2015 were included.According to the time from onset to intravenous thrombolysis, patients were divided into two groups: thrombolysis within 3 h and thrombolysis between 3-4.5 h. The Nation Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and modified Rankin Scale (mRS) were used to evaluate early and long-time therapeutic effects. The incidence of hemorrhagic infarction(HI), parenchymal hemorrhage(PH) and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage(sICH) after thrombolysis within 24 hours were observed in the two groups. RESULTS A total of 103 patients were included in the study, with 48 cases in thrombolysis within 3 h group and 55 cases in thrombolysis between 3-4.5 h group. After thrombolysis treatment, the 24-hour and 7-day NIHSS score of the two groups were significant lower than before treatment, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Compared between groups, 24-hour clinical efficacy of thrombolysis within 3 h group was better than that of thrombolysis between 3-4.5 h group, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). There were no statistically significant differences between these two groups about 7-day and 90-day prognosis(P<0.05). The rate of PH in thrombolysis within 3 h group and thrombolysis between 3-4.5 h group is 6.3%(3/48) and 21.8%(12/55) individually, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). While no statistically significant differences was found about the rate of HI(18.8% vs 32.7%, P>0.05) and sICH(8.3% vs 14.5%, P>0.05) between these two groups. CONCLUSIONS For patients of acute cerebral infarction with AF, intravenous thrombolytic therapy by rt-PA within 3 h may contribute to a greatly improvement in a short time. Thrombolysis between 3-4.5 h increase the incidence of PH, but do not increase the incidence of sICH. There are no statistically significant differences between these two groups about 90-day favorable prognosis, indicating that thrombolysis between 3-4.5 h is safe and effective for acute cerebral infarction patients with AF.
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, China
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Lin YN, Jia R, Liu YH, Gao Y, Wang LL, Kou JP, Yu BY. Ruscogenin suppresses mouse neutrophil activation: Involvement of protein kinase A pathway. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2015; 154:85-93. [PMID: 26134424 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 02/14/2015] [Revised: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ruscogenin, a natural steroidal sapogenin, presents in both food and medicinal plants. It has been found to exert significant anti-inflammatory activities. Considering that activation of neutrophil is a key feature of inflammatory diseases, this study was performed to investigate the inhibitory effect of ruscogenin and its underlying mechanisms responsible for neutrophil activation. Ruscogenin displayed potent antioxidative effects against Formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (FMLP)-induced extra- and intracellular superoxide generation in mouse bone marrow neutrophils, with IC50 values of 1.07±0.32 μM and 1.77±0.46 μM, respectively. Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-elicited extra- and intracellular superoxide generation were also suppressed by ruscogenin, with IC50 values of 1.56±0.46 μM and 1.29±0.49 μM, respectively. However, ruscogenin showed weak inhibition in NaF-induced response. Inhibition of superoxide generation was mediated neither by a superoxide-scavenging ability nor by a cytotoxic effect. Furthermore, ruscogenin inhibited the membrane translocation of p47phox and p67phox. It reduced FMLP-induced phosphorylation of cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) and p21-activated kinase (PAK). The cellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels and protein kinase A (PKA) expression were increased by ruscogenin. Moreover, ruscogenin inhibited phosphorylation of protein kinase B (Akt), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK), extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2), and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). In addition, the inhibitory effects of ruscogenin on superoxide production and the phosphorylation of Akt, p38MAPK, and ERK1/2 were reversed by PKA inhibitor (H89), suggesting a PKA-dependent mechanism. In summary, our data suggest that ruscogenin inhibits activation of neutrophil through cPLA2, PAK, Akt, MAPKs, cAMP, and PKA signaling pathways. Increased PKA activity is associated with suppression of the phosphorylation of Akt, p38MAPK, and ERK1/2 pathways.
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- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of TCM Evaluation and Translational Research, Department of Complex Prescription of TCM, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of TCM Evaluation and Translational Research, Department of Complex Prescription of TCM, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China.
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Chen J, Chee D, Wang Y, Lim GY, Chong SM, Lin YN, Huangfu T. Identification of a novel cyprinid herpesvirus 3 genotype detected in koi from the East Asian and South-East Asian Regions. J Fish Dis 2015; 38:915-923. [PMID: 25297376 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12305] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Revised: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) is a highly contagious virus that causes significant morbidity and mortality in common carp Cyprinus carpio L. and considered to be one of the most important pathogens of koi and common carp worldwide. Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 infected consignments imported from East Asian and South-East Asian regions were identified during quarantine period in Singapore, and virus from a 2005 consignment was successfully isolated in koi fin cells. A combination of sequence analyses and duplex PCR were used to characterize 15 CyHV-3 isolates detected in koi consignments between 2005 and 2011. Sequence analyses of the enlarged 9/5, SphI-5 and TK gene regions identified both the Asian 1 (n = 11) and European 4 (n = 4) genotypes. Duplex PCR analysis of two variable marker regions between ORF29 and ORF30 (marker I) as well as ORF133 and its upstream region (marker II) revealed viruses of genotypes J (I++ II+ ), U/I (I-- II- ), an intermediate genotype (I++ II- ) and a novel genotype, I++ II+Δ , which was identified in viruses from seven different consignments. This novel genotype has a 13-bp deletion in marker II, while maintaining the I++ allele of marker I. The I++ II+Δ genotype may have emerged from East Asian and South-East Asian regions in recent years.
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- Virology Section, Animal Health Laboratory Department, Laboratories Group, Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore
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- Aquatic Animal Health Section, Animal Health Laboratory Department, Laboratories Group, Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore
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- Virology Section, Animal Health Laboratory Department, Laboratories Group, Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore
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- Virology Section, Animal Health Laboratory Department, Laboratories Group, Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore
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- Aquatic Animal Health Section, Animal Health Laboratory Department, Laboratories Group, Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore
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- Virology Section, Animal Health Laboratory Department, Laboratories Group, Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore
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- Virology Section, Animal Health Laboratory Department, Laboratories Group, Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore, Singapore
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Hsiao P, Hsu WY, Liou TH, Lin YN, Lin Y, Chang KH. Association between body composition and median neuropathy in patients with physical disabilities. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2015; 51:5-13. [PMID: 25311882] [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] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with physical disabilities more often have median neuropathies of the wrist and more than 70% of wheelchair users are overweight or obese. AIM To explore the effects of body composition on the occurrence of distal median neuropathy and to search for the best probabilistic cutoff value of indicators to predict the likelihood of developing distal median neuropathy in patients with physical disabilities. DESIGN A prospective study. SETTING A 1-day annual physical checkup program for employees of a social welfare organization. POPULATION In total, 72 patients with a physical disability (mean age ± SD, 40.0 ± 8.8 years; 40 women). METHODS Using electrophysiologic testing to assess distal median nerve function and using a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry examination to assess body composition. The formula for leg exercise burden index (EBI) was: leg EBI = body fat mass of both legs/lean tissue mass of both legs. RESULTS The risk of developing a low median sensory nerve conduction velocity in the wrist-to-palm segment (< 43 m/s) was greater for patients with a higher leg EBI, yielding an adjusted odds ratio of 6.88 (P < 0.005). The body mass index (BMI) and being a wheelchair user were predictors of developing long median distal motor latency (> 4 ms). Using receiver operating characteristic analyses, we determined that patients with a physical disability were likely to develop distal median sensory neuropathy if they had a leg EBI of ≥ 0.943 and were likely to develop distal median motor neuropathy if they had a BMI of ≥ 24.5 kg/m2. CONCLUSION The leg EBI is a predictor of having distal median sensory neuropathy among patients with a physical disability. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT The value of the leg EBI can be useful information for identifying risk of distal median sensory neuropathy in patients with a physical disability.
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, (Hsiao, Hsu, YN Lin, Yu Lin, Chang), Taipei, Taiwan -
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Early in embryogenesis, cells that are destined to become germ cells take on a different destiny from other cells in the embryo. The germ cells are not programmed to perform "vital" functions but to perpetuate the species through the transfer of genetic materials to the next generation. To fulfill their destiny, male germ cells undergo meiosis and extensive morphogenesis that transforms the round-shaped cells into freely motile sperm propelled by a beating flagellum to seek out their missing half. Apparently, extra genes and additional regulatory mechanisms are required to achieve all these unique features, and an estimated 11 % of genes are involved in fertility in Drosophila (Hackstein et al., Trends Genet 16(12):565-572, 2000). If comparative numbers of male fertility genes are needed in mammals, extra risks of male fertility problems are associated with disruptive mutations in those genes. Among human male infertility cases, approximately 22 % were classified as "idiopathic," a term used to describe diseases of unknown causes, with idiopathic oligozoospermia being the most common semen abnormality (11.2 %) (Comhaire et al., Int J Androl (Suppl 7):1-53, 1987). "Idiopathic" is a widely used adjective that is used to reflect our lack of understanding of the genetics of male fertility. Fortunately, after more than two decades of phenotypic studies using knockout mice and identifying genes disrupted in spontaneous mutant mice, we have unveiled new and unexpected aspects of crucial gene functions for fertility. Other efforts to categorize genes involved in male fertility in mammals have suggested a total of 1,188 genes (Hermo et al., Microsc Res Tech 73(4):241-494, 2010). Although intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) can be used to bypass many fertilization obstacles to achieve fertilization with only a few extracted sperm, the widespread use of ICSI without proper knowledge for genetic testing and counseling could still potentially propagate pleiotropic gene mutations associated with male infertility and other genetic diseases (Alukal and Lamb, Urol Clin North Am 35(2):277-288, 2008). In this chapter, we give a brief account of major events during the development of male germ cells and focus on the functions of several crucial genes that have been studied in mutant mouse models and are potential causes of human male infertility.
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- Yi-Nan Lin
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Centriole duplication begins with the formation of a single procentriole next to a preexisting centriole. CPAP (centrosomal protein 4.1-associated protein) was previously reported to participate in centriole elongation. Here, we show that CEP120 is a cell cycle-regulated protein that directly interacts with CPAP and is required for centriole duplication. CEP120 levels increased gradually from early S to G2/M and decreased significantly after mitosis. Forced overexpression of either CEP120 or CPAP not only induced the assembly of overly long centrioles but also produced atypical supernumerary centrioles that grew from these long centrioles. Depletion of CEP120 inhibited CPAP-induced centriole elongation and vice versa, implying that these proteins work together to regulate centriole elongation. Furthermore, CEP120 was found to contain an N-terminal microtubule-binding domain, a C-terminal dimerization domain, and a centriolar localization domain. Overexpression of a microtubule binding-defective CEP120-K76A mutant significantly suppressed the formation of elongated centrioles. Together, our results indicate that CEP120 is a CPAP-interacting protein that positively regulates centriole elongation.
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- Yi-Nan Lin
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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We previously isolated Aurora-C (Aurkc/Aie1) in a screen for kinases expressed in mouse sperm and eggs. Aurora-C kinase was reported to be a chromosomal passenger protein that plays critical roles in chromosome alignment, segregation, kinetochore-microtubule attachment, and cytokinesis in female mouse meiosis. This chapter describes experimental approaches for examining the subcellular localization and function of Aurora-C kinase during female mouse meiosis, presenting detailed methods for introducing exogenous Aurora-C wild-type and kinase-dead mutant mRNAs into mouse oocytes by cytosolic microinjection, and preparing whole-mount meiotic oocytes and chromosome spreads for confocal immunofluorescence microscopy.
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- Kuo-Tai Yang
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tang CJC, Lin SY, Hsu WB, Lin YN, Wu CT, Lin YC, Chang CW, Wu KS, Tang TK. The human microcephaly protein STIL interacts with CPAP and is required for procentriole formation. EMBO J 2011; 30:4790-804. [PMID: 22020124 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Centriole duplication involves the growth of a procentriole next to the parental centriole. Mutations in STIL and CPAP/CENPJ cause primary microcephaly (MCPH). Here, we show that human STIL has an asymmetric localization to the daughter centriole and is required for procentriole formation. STIL levels oscillate during the cell cycle. Interestingly, STIL interacts directly with CPAP and forms a complex with hSAS6. A natural mutation of CPAP (E1235V) that causes MCPH in humans leads to significantly lower binding to STIL. Overexpression of STIL induced the formation of multiple procentrioles around the parental centriole. STIL depletion inhibited normal centriole duplication, Plk4-induced centriole amplification, and CPAP-induced centriole elongation, and resulted in a failure to localize hSAS6 and CPAP to the base of the nascent procentriole. Furthermore, hSAS6 depletion hindered STIL targeting to the procentriole, implying that STIL and hSAS6 are mutually dependent for their centriolar localization. Together, our results indicate that the two MCPH-associated proteins STIL and CPAP interact with each other and are required for procentriole formation, implying a central role of centriole biogenesis in MCPH.
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- Chieh-Ju C Tang
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Iwamori T, Lin YN, Ma L, Iwamori N, Matzuk MM. Identification and characterization of RBM44 as a novel intercellular bridge protein. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17066. [PMID: 21364893 PMCID: PMC3045441 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2010] [Accepted: 01/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Intercellular bridges are evolutionarily conserved structures that connect differentiating germ cells. We previously reported the identification of TEX14 as the first essential intercellular bridge protein, the demonstration that intercellular bridges are required for male fertility, and the finding that intercellular bridges utilize components of the cytokinesis machinery to form. Herein, we report the identification of RNA binding motif protein 44 (RBM44) as a novel germ cell intercellular bridge protein. RBM44 was identified by proteomic analysis after intercellular bridge enrichment using TEX14 as a marker protein. RBM44 is highly conserved between mouse and human and contains an RNA recognition motif of unknown function. RBM44 mRNA is enriched in testis, and immunofluorescence confirms that RBM44 is an intercellular bridge component. However, RBM44 only partially localizes to TEX14-positive intercellular bridges. RBM44 is expressed most highly in pachytene and secondary spermatocytes, but disappears abruptly in spermatids. We discovered that RBM44 interacts with itself and TEX14 using yeast two-hybrid, mammalian two-hybrid, and immunoprecipitation. To define the in vivo function of RBM44, we generated a targeted deletion of Rbm44 in mice. Rbm44 null male mice produce somewhat increased sperm, and show enhanced fertility of unknown etiology. Thus, although RBM44 localizes to intercellular bridges during meiosis, RBM44 is not required for fertility in contrast to TEX14.
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- Tokuko Iwamori
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Yang KT, Li SK, Chang CC, Tang CJC, Lin YN, Lee SC, Tang TK. Aurora-C kinase deficiency causes cytokinesis failure in meiosis I and production of large polyploid oocytes in mice. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 21:2371-83. [PMID: 20484572 PMCID: PMC2903667 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e10-02-0170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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We report for the first time the subcellular localization of endogenous Aurora-C and examine its roles during female mouse meiosis. The most dramatic effect observed in the oocyte injected with kinase-deficient Aurora-C mRNA is cytokinesis failure in meiosis I, resulting in production of large polyploid oocytes. We previously isolated Aurora-C/Aie1 in a screen for kinases expressed in mouse sperm and eggs. Here, we show the localization of endogenous Aurora-C and examine its roles during female mouse meiosis. Aurora-C was detected at the centromeres and along the chromosome arms in prometaphase I–metaphase I and was concentrated at centromeres at metaphase II, in which Aurora-C also was phosphorylated at Thr171. During the anaphase I–telophase I transition, Aurora-C was dephosphorylated and relocalized to the midzone and midbody. Microinjection of the kinase-deficient Aurora-C (AurC-KD) mRNA into mouse oocytes significantly inhibited Aurora-C activity and caused multiple defects, including chromosome misalignment, abnormal kinetochore–microtubule attachment, premature chromosome segregation, and cytokinesis failure in meiosis I. Furthermore, AurC-KD reduced Aurora-C and histone H3 phosphorylation and inhibited kinetochore localization of Bub1 and BubR1. Similar effects also were observed in the oocytes injected with INCNEP-delIN mRNAs, in which the Aurora-C binding motif was removed. The most dramatic effect observed in AurC-KD–injected oocytes is cytokinesis failure in meiosis I, resulting in producing large polyploid oocytes, a pattern similar to Aurora-C deficiency human spermatozoa. Surprisingly, we detected no Aurora-B protein in mouse oocytes. We propose that Aurora-C, but not Aurora-B, plays essential roles in female mouse meiosis.
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- Kuo-Tai Yang
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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Nalam RL, Lin YN, Matzuk MM. Testicular cell adhesion molecule 1 (TCAM1) is not essential for fertility. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2010; 315:246-53. [PMID: 19766163 PMCID: PMC2815265 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2009] [Revised: 09/07/2009] [Accepted: 09/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Testicular cell adhesion molecule 1 (Tcam1) is a testis-expressed gene that is evolutionarily conserved in most mammalian species. The putative location of TCAM1 on the cell surface makes it an attractive contraceptive target to study. We found that Tcam1 transcription is enriched in the adult testis, and in situ hybridization revealed that Tcam1 is expressed in pachytene to secondary spermatocytes. Immunofluorescence for TCAM1 protein showed strong expression along cell membranes of spermatocytes and weak localization to round spermatids. In light of this evidence, we hypothesized that TCAM1 interacts with an unknown receptor on the surface of Sertoli cells and that this interaction is important for germ cell-Sertoli cell interactions. However, Tcam1 knockout mice that we generated are fertile, and testis weights and sperm counts were not significantly altered. Therefore, we conclude that TCAM1 is not essential for male fertility or germ cell function in Mus musculus.
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- Roopa L. Nalam
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Corresponding Author: Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Room S217, Houston, TX 77030, Phone: +1(713)798-6451, Fax: +1(713)798-5838,
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Through in silico subtraction and microarray analysis, we identified mouse Gpr149, a novel, oocyte-enriched transcript that encodes a predicted orphan G-protein-coupled receptor (GPR). Phylogenetic analysis of GPR149 from fish to mammals suggests that it is widely conserved in vertebrates. By multitissue RT-PCR analysis, we found that Gpr149 is highly expressed in the ovary and also in the brain and the digestive tract at low levels. Gpr149 levels are low in newborn ovaries but increase throughout folliculogenesis. In the ovary, we found that granulosa cells did not express Gpr149, whereas germinal vesicle and meiosis II stage oocytes showed high levels of Gpr149 expression. After fertilization, Gpr149 expression declined, becoming undetectable by the two-cell stage. To study the function of GPR149 in oocyte growth and maturation, we generated Gpr149 null mice. Surprisingly, Gpr149 null mice are viable and have normal folliculogenesis, but demonstrate increased fertility, enhanced ovulation, increased oocyte Gdf9 mRNA levels, and increased levels of FSH receptor and cyclin D2 mRNA levels in granulosa cells. Thus, Gpr149 null mice are one of the few models with enhanced fertility, and GPR149 could be a target for small molecules to enhance fertility in the assisted reproductive technology clinic.
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- Mark A Edson
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Tektins are evolutionarily conserved flagellar (and ciliary) filamentous proteins present in the axoneme and peri-axonemal structures in diverse metazoan species. We have previously shown that tektin 3 (TEKT3) and tektin 4 (TEKT4) are male germ cell-enriched proteins, and that TEKT4 is essential for coordinated and progressive sperm motility in mice. Here we report that male mice null for TEKT3 produce sperm with reduced motility (47.2% motility) and forward progression, and increased flagellar structural bending defects. Male TEKT3-null mice however maintain normal fertility in two different genetic backgrounds tested, in contrast to TEKT4-null mice. Furthermore, male mice null for both TEKT3 and TEKT4 show subfertility on a mixed B6;129 genetic background, significantly different from either single knockouts, suggesting partial nonredundant roles for these two proteins in sperm physiology. Our results suggest that tektins are potential candidate genes for nonsyndromic asthenozoospermia in humans.
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- Angshumoy Roy
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Lin YN, Roy A, Yan W, Burns KH, Matzuk MM. Loss of zona pellucida binding proteins in the acrosomal matrix disrupts acrosome biogenesis and sperm morphogenesis. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:6794-805. [PMID: 17664285 PMCID: PMC2099232 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01029-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Zona pellucida binding protein 1 (ZPBP1), a spermatid and spermatozoon protein that localizes to the acrosome, was originally identified in pigs and named for its binding to the oocyte zona pellucida. In an in silico search for germ cell-specific genes, Zpbp1 and its novel paralog, Zpbp2, were discovered and confirmed to be expressed only in the testes in both mice and humans. To study the in vivo functions of both ZPBP proteins, we disrupted Zpbp1 and Zpbp2 in mice. Males lacking ZPBP1 were sterile, with abnormal round-headed sperm morphology and no forward sperm motility. Ultrastructural studies demonstrated that absence of ZPBP1 prevents proper acrosome compaction, resulting in acrosome fragmentation and disruption of the Sertoli-spermatid junctions. Males null for ZPBP2 were subfertile, demonstrated aberrant acrosomal membrane invaginations, and produced dysmorphic sperm with reduced ability to penetrate zona pellucida. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of ZPBPs from amphibians, birds, and mammals suggests that these paralogous genes coevolved to play cooperative roles during spermiogenesis. Whereas ZPBP1 was discovered for an in vitro role in sperm-egg interactions, we have shown that both ZPBP proteins play an earlier structural role during spermiogenesis.
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- Yi-Nan Lin
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Ma L, Roy A, Buchold G, Lin YN, Yan W, Matzuk MM. GASZ IS ESSENTIAL FOR MEIOTIC PROGRESSION DURING SPERMATOGENESIS. Biol Reprod 2007. [DOI: 10.1093/biolreprod/77.s1.166a] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Edson M, Lin YN, Matzuk M. FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF A NOVEL OOCYTE-SPECIFIC GENE, GPR149. Biol Reprod 2007. [DOI: 10.1093/biolreprod/77.s1.92a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nalam R, Lin YN, Matzuk M. TESTICULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1 (TCAM1): AN IMPORTANT MEDIATOR OF GERM CELL-SERTOLI CELL INTERACTIONS? Biol Reprod 2007. [DOI: 10.1093/biolreprod/77.s1.167c] [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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Luk JM, Lee NPY, Shum CK, Lam BY, Siu AFM, Che CM, Tam PC, Cheung ANY, Yang ZM, Lin YN, Matzuk MM, Lee KF, Yeung WSB. Acrosome-specific gene AEP1: identification, characterization and roles in spermatogenesis. J Cell Physiol 2007; 209:755-66. [PMID: 16924657 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 01/07/2023]
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Spermatogenesis is a tightly regulated process leading to the development of spermatozoa. To elucidate the molecular spermatogenic mechanisms, we identified an acrosome-specific gene AEP1 in spermatids, which is located in rat chromosome 17p14 with a transcript size of 3,091 bp encoding a signal peptide, zinc finger-like motif, coiled-coil region, several predicted glycosylation and phosphorylation sites. Northern blot and RT-PCR analyses revealed the restricted expression of AEP1 to the testis only. In postnatal rat testes, AEP1 mRNA became detectable from postnatal 25 dpp (round spermatids) and onwards. By using in situ hybridization (ISH) and flow cytometry-fluorescent ISH, only the haploid spermatids yielded the positive AEP1 signal. Immunohistochemistry showed that AEP1 was expressed in the acrosomal cap of late-staged germ cells in rat testis, and co-localized with the acrosomal marker, peanut agglutinin. The spatial expression of AEP1 immunoreactivity in testis was conserved among diverse mammalian species (rat, pig, monkey, human). To further study its roles in spermatogenesis, we showed AEP1 and beta-actin was associated together in complex by co-immunoprecipitation in adult germ cells and by immunofluorescence assay in isolated spermatozoon. In human testes diagnosed with hypospermatogenesis, lower expression of AEP1 was observed, whereas there was no detectable signal in undescended testes. In short, AEP1 is an evolutionary-conserved acrosome-specific gene and likely functions in acrosome-cap formation.
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- John M Luk
- Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Jockey Club Clinical Research Center, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
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Sperm flagellar motion is the outcome of a dynamic interplay between the axonemal cytoskeleton, the peri-axonemal accessory structures, and multiple regulatory networks that coordinate to produce flagellar beat and waveform. Tektins are conserved components of the flagellar proteome in evolutionarily diverse species and are believed to play essential roles in the mechanics of sperm motility. Using database mining, we identified multiple new paralogs of previously annotated tektins, including tektin 4 (TEKT4), which shares 77.1% identity with its nearest human homologue. Mouse Tekt4 is a germ cell-enriched gene, most abundantly expressed in haploid round spermatids in the testis, and the protein is localized to the sperm flagella. Male mice lacking TEKT4 on a 129S5/SvEvBrd inbred background are subfertile. Tekt4-null sperm exhibit drastically reduced forward progressive velocity and uncoordinated waveform propagation along the flagellum. In Tekt4-null sperm, flagellar ultrastructure is grossly unaltered as revealed by transmission electron microscopy. However, the ineffective flagellar strokes lead to approximately 10-fold higher consumption of intracellular ATP in Tekt4-null sperm as compared to wild-type, and null spermatozoa rapidly lose progressive motility when incubated for > or = 1.5 h. Our studies demonstrate that TEKT4 is necessary for the proper coordinated beating of the sperm flagellum and male reproductive physiology.
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- Angshumoy Roy
- Department of Pathology, One Baylor Plaza, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Lipid storage diseases are debilitating inherited metabolic disorders that stem from the absence of specific lysosomal enzymes that degrade selected lipids. Most characteristically, these disorders affect the nervous and the reticulo-endothelial systems, with massive organomegaly resulting from the presence of engorged, lipid-laden macrophages. In this issue of the JCI, Yildiz et al. describe the role of the ER-resident enzyme beta-glucosidase 2 (GBA2) in mice (see the related article beginning on page 2985). Surprisingly, GBA2 deficiency leaves bile acid and cholesterol metabolism intact, instead causing lipid accumulation in the ER of testicular Sertoli cells, round-headed sperm (globozoospermia), and impaired male fertility.
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- Angshumoy Roy
- Department of Pathology,
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pathology,
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pathology,
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Yan C, Elvin JA, Lin YN, Hadsell LA, Wang J, DeMayo FJ, Matzuk MM. Regulation of Growth Differentiation Factor 9 Expression in Oocytes In Vivo: A Key Role of the E-Box1. Biol Reprod 2006; 74:999-1006. [PMID: 16495478 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.050013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/01/2022] Open
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Growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) is preferentially expressed in oocytes and is essential for female fertility. To identify regulatory elements that confer high-level expression of GDF9 in the ovary but repression in other tissues, we generated transgenic mice in which regions of the Gdf9 locus were fused to reporter genes. Two transgenes (-10.7/+5.6mGdf9-GFP) and (-3.3/+5.6mGdf9-GFP) that contained sequences either 10.7 or 3.3 kb upstream and 5.6 kb downstream of the Gdf9 initiation codon demonstrated expression specifically in oocytes, thereby mimicking endogenous Gdf9 expression. In contrast, transgenes -10.7mGdf9-Luc and -3.3mGdf9-Luc, which lacked the downstream 5.6-kb region, demonstrated reporter expression not only in oocytes but also high expression in male germ cells. This suggests that the downstream 5.6-kb sequence contains a testis-specific repressor element and that 3.3 kb of 5'-flanking sequence contains all the cis-acting elements for directing high expression of Gdf9 to female (and male) germ cells. To define sequences responsible for oocyte expression of Gdf9, we analyzed sequences of Gdf9 genes from 16 mammalian species. The approximately 400 proximal base pairs upstream of these Gdf9 genes are highly conserved and contain a perfectly conserved E-box (CAGCTG) sequence. When this 400-bp region was placed upstream of a luciferase reporter (-0.4mGdf9-Luc), oocyte-specific expression was observed. However, a similar transgene construct (-0.4MUT-mGdf9-Luc) with a mutation in the E-box abolished oocyte expression. Likewise, the presence of an E-box mutation in a longer construct (-3.3MUT-mGdf9-Luc) abolished expression in the ovary but not in the testis. These observations indicate that the E-box is a key regulatory sequence for Gdf9 expression in the ovary.
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- Changning Yan
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Lai CJ, Yang CCH, Hsu YY, Lin YN, Kuo TBJ. Enhanced sympathetic outflow and decreased baroreflex sensitivity are associated with intermittent hypoxia-induced systemic hypertension in conscious rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 100:1974-82. [PMID: 16484362 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01051.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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Long-term exposure to intermittent hypoxia (IH), such as that occurring in association with sleep apnea, may result in systemic hypertension; however, the time course changes in arterial pressure, autonomic functions, and baroreflex sensitivity are still unclear. We investigated the changes in cardiovascular neural regulations during the development of chronic IH-induced hypertension in rats. Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to repetitive 1.25-min cycles (30 s of N2 + 45 s of 21% O2) of IH or room air (RA) for 6 h/day during light phase (10 AM-4 PM) for 30 days. Arterial pressure was measured daily using the telemetry system during RA breathing. The mean arterial pressure (MAP) and interpulse interval (PPI) signals were then used to assess the autonomic functions and spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity by auto- and cross-spectral analysis, respectively. Stable MAP, low-frequency power of MAP (BLF), and low-frequency power (LF)-to-high frequency power (HF) ratio of PPI (LF/HF) were significantly higher in IH-exposed rats, compared with those of RA-exposed rats. Elevation of the MAP, BLF, LF/HF, and minute ventilation started 5 days after IH exposure and lasted until the end of the 30-day observation period. Additionally, IH-exposed rats had significant lower slope of MAP-PPI linear regression (under a successively descending and ascending) and magnitude of MAP-PPI transfer function (at frequency ranges of 0.06–0.6 Hz or 0.6–2.4 Hz) after IH exposure for 17 days. However, RA-exposed rats did not exhibit these changes. The results of this study indicate that chronic IH-induced hypertension is associated with a facilitation of cardiovascular sympathetic outflow and inhibition of baroreflex sensitivity in conscious rats.
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- C J Lai
- Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Mammalian folliculogenesis and oocyte physiology are complex and not fully understood. However, major advances over the past 15 years in our ability to create and study in vivo models have improved our understanding of these essential physiological processes. More recently, the availability of vast arrays of DNA sequence information in the forms of "complete" genomes, expressed sequence tag libraries and microarray data from reproductive tissues have stimulated the discovery of new information through genome scanning, prediction programs and in silico screening techniques. These technological improvements will help to expand our understanding of folliculogenesis and oocyte physiology and improve human reproductive health.
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Greenbaum MP, Yan W, Wu MH, Lin YN, Agno JE, Sharma M, Braun RE, Rajkovic A, Matzuk MM. TEX14 is essential for intercellular bridges and fertility in male mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:4982-7. [PMID: 16549803 PMCID: PMC1458781 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0505123103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [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: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cytokinesis in somatic cells concludes with the formation of a midbody, which is abscised to form individual daughter cells. In contrast, germ cell cytokinesis results in a permanent intercellular bridge connecting the daughter cells through a large cytoplasmic channel. During spermatogenesis, proposed roles for the intercellular bridge include germ cell communication, synchronization, and chromosome dosage compensation in haploid cells. Although several essential components of the midbody have recently been identified, essential components of the vertebrate germ cell intercellular bridge have until now not been described. Herein, we show that testis-expressed gene 14 (TEX14) is a novel protein that localizes to germ cell intercellular bridges. In the absence of TEX14, intercellular bridges are not observed by using electron microscopy and other markers. Spermatogenesis in Tex14(-/-) mice progresses through the transit amplification of diploid spermatogonia and the expression of early meiotic markers but halts before the completion of the first meiotic division. Thus, TEX14 is required for intercellular bridges in vertebrate germ cells, and these studies provide evidence that the intercellular bridge is essential for spermatogenesis and fertility.
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- Departments of *Pathology
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557; and
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- Departments of *Pathology
- Molecular and Cellular Biology, and
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- **Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195
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- **Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030
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- Departments of *Pathology
- Molecular and Human Genetics
- Molecular and Cellular Biology, and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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As a specialized cell population that plays the unique role of transmitting genetic information to subsequent generations, germ cells have been intensively studied to unravel their unique physiology from the specification of primordial germ cells to the fateful reunion of gametes during fertilization. For their differential expression, germ-cell-specific genes are the keys to understanding these unique features. In the last decade, the emerging methodologies designed for large-scale and high-throughput analysis have created an ever-increasing amount of data. Among these methodologies, expressed sequence tag libraries, serial analysis of gene expression, and microarrays provide valuable expression data that can be further analyzed. Using the mouse as a model system, we describe a strategy starting from the quick identification of germ-cell-specific genes using public domain expression data to the functional characterization of the identified genes using targeted gene disruption. This strategy should accelerate the process to fill in the missing pieces of the germ cell physiology puzzle and the construction of genetic networks to help us to understand the etiology of infertility. Furthermore, these identified germ-cell-specific genes may lead to the development of new contraceptives targeted specifically to germ cells.
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- Yi-Nan Lin
- Departments of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Fertility disorders affect approximately 15% of individuals worldwide. With the imminent completion of the human and mouse genome sequence, it will be more feasible to identify the relevant genes underlying many fertility disorders. Already, the mouse has been utilized extensively as a genetic tool for the dissection of gene function, often providing significant insights into the relationship between gene and disease. In fact, there are over 200 mouse models that display reproductive defects. However, the available mouse mutant resources provide functional information for a mere 10% of the total number of genes in the mouse or human genomes at best. The improvement of available genome annotations together with more powerful techniques to manipulate the mouse genome provide substantial improvements in our ability to identify genes involved in reproduction, and in the future will likely benefit patients with fertility problems.
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- Carolina J Jorgez
- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Wu MH, Rajkovic A, Burns KH, Yan W, Lin YN, Matzuk MM. Sequence and expression of testis-expressed gene 14 (Tex14): a gene encoding a protein kinase preferentially expressed during spermatogenesis. Gene Expr Patterns 2003; 3:231-6. [PMID: 12711554 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-133x(03)00036-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 10/27/2022]
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To discover germ cell-specific genes, we used in silico subtraction and identified testis expressed gene 14 (Tex14). Mouse Tex14 contains an open reading frame encoding a 1450-amino-acid protein, which shares 64% amino acid identity with the predicted human TEX14 protein. The predicted TEX14 amino acid sequence consists of three ankyrin repeats, a protein kinase domain, and a leucine zipper dimerization motif. Northern blot analysis and in situ hybridization show that Tex14 mRNA is expressed specifically in the testis, with highest levels observed in pachytene, diplotene, and meiotically dividing spermatocytes. Two 5' splice variants of mouse Tex14 were discovered by sequencing 5'-RACE polymerase chain reaction products. TEX14 is predicted to be localized to the nucleus, suggesting that it may play a key role in regulating gene expression or modulating nuclear events during mammalian spermatogenesis.
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- Meng-Hsing Wu
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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STUDY DESIGN A retrospective, follow-up study. OBJECTIVES To differentiate the injury pattern and survival of people with cervical cord injuries with onset at different ages. SETTING Rehabilitation wards of a university hospital that is a tertiary referral center in Taipei, Taiwan. METHODS The records of acute and traumatic cervical cord injury patients hospitalized from 1989 to 1997 were reviewed. All subjects received comprehensive rehabilitation programs during hospitalization. Their survival status at the end of follow-up was studied. RESULTS Forty-seven of 109 (43.1%) people with cervical cord injuries were 50 years or older at onset. Older patients were more frequently injured by minor falls, resulting in more incomplete quadriplegia. They also showed fewer spinal fractures, and more demonstrated associated spondylosis and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Eleven (10.2%) subjects were deceased, found by a linkage to a death registration database at the end of follow-up. The significant predictor of survival status at follow-up was older age at injury using Cox proportional hazards model. CONCLUSION Spinal cord injured patients had different injury patterns, demanding different preventative strategies. Those injured at older ages were at higher risk of mortality according to our study. SPONSORSHIP This study was supported in part by grants from the National Taiwan University Hospital (89S2005), Taipei, Taiwan.
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- H W Liang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Municipal Women and Children General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ma YS, Zhao HR, Lin YN. [Studies permeation of puerarin and its phospholipid complex through mouse skin in vitro]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2000; 25:274-6. [PMID: 12512448] [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: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the skin permeation of puerarin and its phospholipid complex and compare the differences between their permeation rates and cumulative permeation amounts. METHOD Performing a test of permeation through the mouse skin in vitro in an improved Franz diffusion cell. RESULT The cumulative permeation amount of phospholipid complex was higher than that of puerarin in the first hour and then increased slowly, meanwhile the permeation rate of puerarin rose higher than that of the complex. CONCLUSION Phospholipid complex of puerarin can permeate through the mouse skin rapidly up to a certain amount in a short time, then begins to release drug slowly and lastingly.
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- Y S Ma
- Yunnan College of TCM, Kunming 650200, Yunnan, China
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