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Zhou FY, Zhang X, Cai LY, Chen MM, Tao ZY, Zhu XW, Gao WY. [Effect of accurately localized mini anterolateral thigh perforator flap in repairing medium-sized skin and soft tissue defects in fingers]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Yu Chuang Mian Xiu Fu Za Zhi 2024; 40:165-171. [PMID: 38418178 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20231030-00150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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Objective: To explore the effect of accurately localized mini anterolateral thigh perforator flap in repairing medium-sized skin and soft tissue defects in fingers. Methods: The study was a retrospective observational study. From December 2019 to September 2022, 15 patients with medium-sized skin and soft tissue defects who met the inclusion criteria in fingers were admitted to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, including 12 males and 3 females, aged 23 to 62 years. After debridement, the wounds were all accompanied by exposed tendons, bones, vessels and nerves, with an area from 4.0 cm×3.0 cm to 8.0 cm×3.5 cm. Computed tomography angiography and color Doppler ultrasonography examinations were performed on both lower limbs of the patient before surgery to accurately locate the anterolateral thigh perforators. When the flap with area from 6.0 cm×3.0 cm to 11.0 cm×4.0 cm was harvested, the flap was thinned. The artery and vein perforators of the flap were anastomosed respectively with the digital artery and dorsal metacarpal vein. If there was avulsion injury, infection, or burn in the recipient area, the main arterial and veinous vessels carried by the skin flap was anastomosed with the radial artery and accompanying vein. The lateral thigh cutaneous nerve carried by the flap was anastomosed with the stump of the digital nerve. The types of perforators of the lateral thigh artery were observed during operation and compared with the location of the vessels before operation. After operation, the survival and adverse complication of the flap were closely observed. During follow-up, the skin flap color, texture, and shape were observed; the wound healing in donor area was observed. At the last follow-up, the two-point discriminative distance of the affected finger pulp was measured, and the function of the affected finger was evaluated using the trial standard for the evaluation of functions of upper limbs of Hand Surgery Society of Chinese Medical Association, and the interphalangeal joint movement of the affected finger was observed; the patients' complaints about the adverse effects of flap resection on lower limbs were recorded. Results: During the operation, it was observed that the perforators of the flaps in 11 patients were the descending branch of the lateral circumflex thigh artery, in two patients, the perforators of skin flaps were the oblique branch of the lateral thigh artery, and the perforators in another two patients were the transverse branch of the lateral circumflex thigh artery, which were consistent with the preoperative vascular localization. After operation, all flaps survived without vascular crisis and infection. The patients were followed up for 6-12 months, the flaps had excellent color, texture, and appearance; only linear scars remained on the donor wound. At the last follow-up, the two-point discrimination distance in the finger pulp was 7-11 mm; the affected finger function was rated as excellent in 6 cases, good in 6 cases, and fair in 3 cases; the flexion and extension function of the finger was not affected; two patients complained of numbness in the lateral thigh after excision of the skin flap, and the other 13 patients had no complain of adverse complaints. Conclusions: The perforating branch in lateral thigh region can be accurately located by computed tomography angiography and color Doppler ultrasonography, accurate positioning of perforators before operation can reduce the damage to the donor area during the incision of the flap, the appearance and function of the affected finger can be restored to the maximum extent by thinning the transplanted flap and rebuilding the finger sensation. Therefore, it is an effective and reliable way to repair the medium-sized skin and soft tissue defects of fingers with the mini thigh anterolateral perforator flap.
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- F Y Zhou
- Department of Wound Repair, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Wound Repair, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Wound Repair, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Wound Repair, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Wound Repair, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Wound Repair, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Department of Wound Repair, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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Tao ZY, Liu WP, Dong J, Feng XX, Yao DW, Lv QL, Ibrahim U, Dong JJ, Culleton R, Gu W, Su PP, Tao L, Li JY, Fang Q, Xia H. Purification of Plasmodium and Babesia- infected erythrocytes using a non-woven fabric filter. Trop Biomed 2020; 37:911-918. [PMID: 33612745 DOI: 10.47665/tb.37.4.911] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The purification of parasite-infected erythrocytes from whole blood containing leucocytes is crucial for many downstream genetic and molecular assays in parasitology. Current methodologies to achieve this are often costly and time consuming. Here, we demonstrate the successful application of a cheap and simple Non-Woven Fabric (NWF) filter for the purification of parasitized red blood cells from whole blood. NWF filtration was applied to the malaria-parasitized blood of three strains of mice, and one strain of rat, and to Babesia gibsoni parasitized dog blood. Before and after filtration, the white blood cell (WBC) removal rates and red blood cell (RBC) recovery rates were measured. After NWF filter treatment of rodent malaria-infected blood, the WBC removal rates and RBC recovery rates were, for Kunming mice: 99.51%±0.30% and 86.12%±8.37%; for BALB/C mice: 99.61%±0.15% and 80.74%±7.11%; for C57 mice: 99.71%±0.12% and 84.87%±3.83%; for Sprague-Dawley rats: 99.93%±0.03% and 83.30%±2.96%. Microscopy showed WBCs were efficiently removed from infected dog blood samples, and there was no obvious morphological change of B. gibsoni parasites. NWF filters efficiently remove leukocytes from malaria parasite-infected mouse and rat blood, and are also suitable for filtration of B. gibsoni-infected dog blood.
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- Z Y Tao
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Bengbu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 700# Huayuan Road, Bengbu 233000, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Molecular Parasitology, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China.,Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunology, Bengbu Medical College, 2600# Donghai Avenue, Bengbu 233030, China
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Wang Y, Yao X, Tang MY, Liu L, Song SH, Tao ZY, Xia H, Chang XL, Fang Q. [Immune characteristics of Plasmodium reinfections in mice following chloroquine cure of primary Plasmodium infections]. Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2020; 32:569-576. [PMID: 33325190 DOI: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2020164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the disease progression and immunoprotective characteristics in mice re-infected with homogeneous/heterogeneous Plasmodium strains following cure of Plasmodium infections with chloroquine at the peak of parasitemia. METHODS C57BL/6 mice were infected with the non-lethal P. yoelii 17XNL strain, and half of mice were given treatment with chloroquine at the peak of parasitemia (9 days post-infection), while the other mice were self-cured naturally. Then, all cured mice were re-infected with the equivalent lethal P. yoelii 17XL or P. berghei ANKA strain 90 days following primary Plasmodium infections. The parasitemia levels during primary infections and reinfections were measured by microscopic examinations of Giemsa-stained thin blood films, and the levels of the IgG antibody in sera and the percentages of memory T cell subsets in spleen cells were detected in mice using ELISA and flow cytometry before and after parasite reinfections, respectively. RESULTS Following primary infections with the P. yoelii 17XNL strain, the serum IgG antibody levels were (5.047 ± 0.924) pg/mL in the selfcured mice and (4.429 ± 0.624) pg/mL in the chloroquine-treated mice, respectively (t = 0.437, P > 0.05), which were both significantly higher than that in the uninfected mice (1.624 pg/mL ± 0.280 pg/mL) (F = 22.522, P < 0.01). There was no significant difference in the serum IgG antibody level among self-cured and chloroquine-treated mice re-infected with the P. yoelii 17XL strain or the P. berghei ANKA strain (F = 0.542, P > 0.05); however, the serum IgG antibody levels were all significantly higher in selfcured and chloroquine-treated mice re-infected with the P. yoelii 17XLstrain[(15.487±1.173)pg/mLand(15.965±1.150)pg/mL] or the P. berghei ANKA strain [(14.644 ± 1.523) pg/mL and (15.185 ± 1.333) pg/mL] relative to primary infections (F = 67.383, P < 0.01). There was no significant difference in the proportion of CD4+ [(34.208 ± 2.106), (32.820 ± 1.930), (34.023 ± 2.289), (35.608 ± 1.779) pg/mL] or CD8+ T memory cells [(17.935 ± 2.092), (18.918 ± 2.823), (17.103 ± 1.627), (17.873 ± 1.425) pg/mL] in self-cured and chloroquine-treated mice with primary infections with the P. yoelii 17XNL strain followed by re-infections with the P. yoelii 17XL strain or the P. berghei ANKA strain (F = 0.944 and 0.390, both P > 0.05); however, the proportions of the CD4+ or CD8+ T memory cells were significantly greater in self-cured and chloroquine-treated mice with primary infections with the P. yoelii 17XNL strain followed by re-infections with the P. yoelii 17XL strain or the P. berghei ANKA strain than in mice with primary infections (F = 50.532 and 21.751, both P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS The cure of murine Plasmodium infections with chloroquine does not affect the production of effective immune protections in mice during parasite re-infections. Following a primary infection, mice show a protection against re-infections with either homogeneous or heterogeneous Plasmodium strains, and a higher-level resistance to re-infections with homogeneous parasite strains is found than with heterogeneous strains.
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu 233030, China
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- ▵Co-first author.,Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Grade 2016, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, Bengbu Medical College, China
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- Grade 2018, The Second School of Clinical Medical Sciences, Bengbu Medical College, China
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- Grade 2018, School of Psychiatry, Bengbu Medical College, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu 233030, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Bengbu Medical College, Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu 233030, China
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Pan ZX, Shan GL, Wang XJ, Pan L, Tao ZY, He HJ, Ma J, Ren XL, Zhao HJ, Zhong Y. [Prevalence and risk factors of pterygium in Han and Yugur populations in Gansu Province, China]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2020; 56:600-607. [PMID: 32847335 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112142-20200324-00224] [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: 06/11/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of pterygium in Han and Yugur populations aged 40-79 years in Gansu Province, China. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. A multistage cluster sampling method with urbanization level-based stratification was employed. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the risk factors of pterygium. Results: A total of 4 193 people (1 840 males, 2 353 females; 3 035 Hans, 1 158 Yugurs) aged over 40 in Gansu Province were included in the study. Among them, 391 patients (9.3%) were found to have pterygium. The prevalence of pterygium adjusted for age and sex was 9.3%. The prevalence rates of Han and Yugur participants were 8.8% (267 patients) and 10.7% (124 patients), respectively, and there was no significant difference between them (χ²=3.629, P=0.057). Multivariate regression analysis showed that the risk factors of pterygium included age (OR=3.66, 95%CI: 2.26-5.92), length of residence in the countryside (OR=2.18, 95%CI: 1.41-3.38), and education level (OR=0.49, 95%CI: 0.29-0.83). In the Han group, the risk factors of pterygium were age (OR=3.84, 95%CI: 2.18-6.78) and length of rural residence (OR=2.02, 95%CI: 1.23-3.33), and a higher level of education (OR=0.36, 95%CI: 0.20-0.66) was a protective factor. Older age (OR=3.11, 95%CI: 1.13-8.59) and rural residential length ratio (OR=3.28, 95%CI: 1.09-9.88) were risk factors for pterygium in Yugur population. Conclusions: The overall prevalence of pterygium in Han and Yugur populations aged over 40 in Gansu Province, China was 9.3%, with no significant difference between the two nationalities. Older age and rural residency increased the incidence of pterygium, and a higher education level was a protective factor for pterygium.(Chin J Ophthalmol, 2020, 56:600-607).
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Gansu Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Lanzhou 730020, China
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- Gansu Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Lanzhou 730020, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Wang YH, Ma J, Gan LY, Zhang X, Wang XQ, Chou YY, Wang XJ, Sun ZZ, Tao ZY, Zhong Y. [Optic nerve morphology and vessel density in eyes with different phases of non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2019; 55:677-686. [PMID: 31495153 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0412-4081.2019.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To compare the blood flow around the optic disc and related factors in patients with acute and chronic non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) and healthy volunteers with small disc cups under the same anatomical structure. Methods: This was a prospective case-control study. NAION patients with unilateral onset and healthy volunteers of the same phase were included in the study conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology of Peking Union Medical College Hospital between February 2017 and September 2018. Patients with a course of ≤ 3 months were categorized in the acute phase of NAION, and those with a course of >3 months were in the chronic phase of NAION. Healthy volunteers were in the control group. All subjects underwent the examination of best corrected visual acuity converted to logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (LogMAR), measurement of non-contact intraocular pressure, slit lamp examination, small pupil fundus examination, and axial measurement. Optical coherence tomography was used to measure the thickness of retinal nerve fiber layers (RNFL) and retinal ganglion cell complex (GCC). Optical coherence tomography angiography was used to measure the vessel density around the optic disc. NAION patients underwent the visual field examination. Analysis of variance, non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman coefficient was used for statistical analysis. Results: This study included 16 patients with acute phase of NAION, aged (57±9) years, 6 males and 10 females. There were 17 patients with chronic disease, aged (56±10) years, 7 males and 10 females. There were 15 healthy controls, aged (57±10) years old, 6 males and 9 females. There were no significant differences in age and gender between the groups (both P>0.05). The RNFL and the GCC in the NAION chronic phase group were significantly thinner than those in the acute phase group [(78±38) μm vs. (191±99) μm, (75±19) μm vs. (98±28) μm; t=4.389, 2.758; both P<0.05]. The cup/disc area ratio, cup/disc vertical diameter ratio and cup/disc horizontal diameter ratio in the chronic phase group were larger than those in the acute phase group [0.18 (0.11, 0.31) vs. 0.05 (0.01, 0.18), 0.45 (0.39, 0.56) vs. 0.22 (0.11, 0.41), 0.39 (0.28, 0.54) vs. 0.20 (0.07, 0.42)], and the difference was statistically significant (U=212.000, 208.000, 205.000; all P<0.05). Compared with the optic disc vessel density in the control group (53%±6%), there was a significant decrease in the acute phase group and the chronic phase group (45%±7%, 41%±8%; t=3.705, 4.940; both P<0.01). The blood vessel density in the nasal inferior of the chronic phase group was significantly lower than that in the acute phase group (36%±8% vs. 42%±7%, P=0.039), other sections didn't have significant difference (all P>0.05). There were tortuous capillaries in 8/16 of the acute phase cases, with a low blood flow density and visual field defect in relative positions. Correlation analysis showed that the whole density and peripapillary density in the NAION patients were negatively correlated with LogMAR, mean visual field defect, cup/disc area ratio, focal loss of volume of GCC and general loss of volume of GCC (r=-0.510, -0.733, -0.372, -0.532, -0.648; all P<0.01), but positively correlated with GCC and RNFL thickness (r=0.604, 0.508; both P<0.01). Conclusions: The optic disc vessel density in the acute phase and chronic phase of NAION is significantly reduced. The vessel density in the nasal area of the chronic phase is significantly reduced compared with the acute phase. The vessel density is correlated with visual acuity, visual field defect, disc indexes, thickness of RNFL and GCC. (Chin J Ophthalmol, 2019, 55: 677-686).
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- Y H Wang
- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Tao ZY, Chou YY, Ma J, Zhong Y. [Vessel density and structure in the macular region of non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy patients]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2019; 55:195-202. [PMID: 30841686 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0412-4081.2019.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the correlation between the vessel density and the structure and visual function in patients with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) in different stages. Methods: This case-control study included 25 NAION patients (28 eyes)of Peking Union Medical College Hospital from November 2017 to May 2018 and 25 healthy controls(HC) (25 eyes) of matched age and gender. General eye examination, visual field examination, and optical coherence tomography angiography were performed to obtain data of blood flow in the macular area and structure such as ganglion cell complex (GCC) and gross loss of volume (GLV), and focal loss of volume (FLV). All affected eyes were divided into the acute group (≤3 weeks), sub-acute group (4 to 12 weeks), and chronic group (>12 weeks) in line with the course of the disease. The group and regional analyses were made to carry out overall differences of blood flows and structures and the correlations with visual function. Results: There were 25 NAION patients with 28 eyes, 16 males and 9 females, aged (55±9) years. The acute group included 8 patients (8 eyes), and the sub-acute group included 10 patients (10 eyes), while the chronic group comprised 7 patients (10 eyes). The overall macular superficial vessel density of patients with NAION was significantly reduced compared with the HC(42.03%±5.70% vs.49.01%±3.34%, t=-5.546, P<0.01), but the deep vessel density was not significantly reduced (P>0.05). The superficial vessel density of the acute group, sub-acute group, and chronic group was significantly decreased(47.41%±3.51% vs. 41.68%±3.09% vs.38.06%±5.93%, all P<0.05). The GCC thickness in patients with NAION were significantly lower than the HC [(88.5±18.2) μm vs. (102.9±5.4)μm, P<0.05]. The GLV and FLV in patients with NAION were significantly higher than the HC (12.733%±11.216% vs. 0.941%±0.852%, 6.295%±4.291% vs. 0.596%±0.460%, both P<0.05). There was a correlation between the macular superficial vessel density and GCC thickness (r=0.606, P=0.001), FLV(r=-0.552, P=0.002), GLV (r=-0.685, P=0.000) and mean sensitivity (r=0.493, P=0.023). Conclusion: Compared with healthy controls, the macular superficial vessel density in NAION patients decreas along with the course of the disease, and its correlation with structural and visual function is revealed. (Chin J Ophthalmol, 2019, 55:195-202).
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Song C, Song WT, Shu JT, Tao ZY, Zhu WQ, Di C, Li HF. Tissue- and breed-specific expression of the chicken fat mass- and obesity-associated gene (FTO). Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:10500-6. [PMID: 26400281 DOI: 10.4238/2015.september.8.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The fat mass- and obesity-associated gene (FTO) is involved in energy metabolism, but little is known about the chicken FTO gene. The objective of the current study was to detect chicken FTO expression patterns in the hypothalamus, liver, and skeletal muscle during development, and analyze the effects of age and breed on FTO expression. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction results revealed that chicken FTO mRNA was expressed in all of the tissues tested. Chicken FTO exhibited tissue- and breed-specific patterns in the recessive White Plymouth Rock chicken and the Qingyuan partridge chicken. The highest FTO expression level was in the hypothalami of 1-week-old chicks. FTO mRNA was expressed more in the breast muscles and livers of recessive White Plymouth Rock chickens than those of Qingyuan partridge chickens at 1 and 8 weeks of age. These results indicate that FTO probably plays a significant role in energy metabolism at 1 week old, when chicks have undergone metabolic adaptations from yolk dependence to the utilization of exogenous feed.
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- Key Laboratory of Poultry, Heredity, and Breeding, Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Science, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Poultry, Heredity, and Breeding, Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Science, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Poultry, Heredity, and Breeding, Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Science, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Poultry, Heredity, and Breeding, Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Science, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Poultry, Heredity, and Breeding, Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Science, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Poultry, Heredity, and Breeding, Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Science, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Poultry, Heredity, and Breeding, Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Science, Yangzhou, China
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Tao ZY, Zhu CH, Shi ZH, Song C, Xu WJ, Song WT, Zou JM, Qin AJ. Molecular characterization, expression, and functional analysis of NOD1 in Qingyuan partridge chicken. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:2691-701. [PMID: 25867417 DOI: 10.4238/2015.march.30.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein-1 (NOD1) is a cytoplasmic pattern recognition receptor (PRR) and a key member of the NOD-like receptor (NLR) family. It has been reported that NLRs recognize a variety of microbial infections to induce the host innate immune response via modulation of NF-κB signaling. However, no reports on chicken NOD1 have been reported to date. In the current study, the full-length cDNA sequence of NOD1 was cloned. The complete open reading frame of NOD1 contains 2856 bp and encodes a 951 amino acid protein. Structurally, it is comprised of one caspase recruitment domain at the N-terminus, seven leucine-rich repeat regions at the C-terminus, and one NACHT domain between the N and C-termini. Phylogenetic analyses showed that chicken NOD1 clusters with duck and turkey. Furthermore, tissue-specific expression analyses of chicken NOD1 were performed using quantitative reverse transcription-PCR. NOD1 is widely distributed in various tissues, with the highest expression observed in testes. Finally, induced expression of chNOD1 and its associated adaptor molecule receptor-interacting protein 2, as well as the effector molecule NF-κB, was observed following S. enterica serovar Enteritidis infection. These findings highlight the important role of chicken NOD1 in response to pathogenic invasion. The present study is the first report of the cloning, expression, and functional analysis of chicken NOD1 and provides the foundation for future research on the structure and function of chicken NOD1.
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- Z Y Tao
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Sciences, Yangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Sciences, Yangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Sciences, Yangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Sciences, Yangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Sciences, Yangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Institute of Poultry Sciences, Yangzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Tao ZY, Li FC. Effects of dietary neutral detergent fibre on production performance, nutrient utilization, caecum fermentation and fibrolytic activity in 2- to 3-month-old New Zealand rabbits. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2006; 90:467-73. [PMID: 17083427 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2006.00628.x] [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: 11/28/2022]
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An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of different dietary neutral detergent fibre (NDF) levels on growth performance, nutrient utilization, caecum development, caecal fermentation, slaughter performance, immune organ and fibrolytic activity in 2- to 3-month-old New Zealand meat rabbits. Eighty 2-month-old rabbits were allocated in individual cages for five treatments in which they were fed each diet with NDF at 240, 270, 300, 330 and 360 g/kg respectively. The results are as follows: the average daily gain of 300 g/kg NDF group was the highest (30.09 g/day) and higher than that of 240 g/kg NDF group (p < 0.05). The feed/gain ratio of 300 g/kg NDF group was the lowest (4.27) and lower than those of 240 and 360 g/kg NDF groups (p < 0.05). The coefficient of total tract apparent digestibility (CTTAD) of energy, crude protein, crude fibre and ether extract decreased when dietary NDF increased (p < 0.05); CTTAD of NDF increased when dietary NDF increased (p < 0.01). Digestible nitrogen and retained nitrogen of 240, 270, 300 and 330 g/kg NDF groups were higher than that of 360 g/kg NDF group (p < 0.05). The caecum weight, the proportion of caecum weight to body weight and the acetic acid ratio of volatile fatty acid rose when dietary NDF concentration increased (p < 0.05). The NH(3)-N concentration of caecum dropped when dietary NDF increased (p < 0.05). The fibrolytic activity increased when the dietary NDF increased (p < 0.01).
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- Z Y Tao
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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The effects of pH, ionic strength and humic substances on the sorption and desorption of Co(II) on alumina and silica were, respectively investigated by using radiotracer 60Co. The distribution coefficients, the breakthrough curves and the displacement curves were experimentally determined in the batch and the column experiments. The pH and the humic substances influenced the sorption of Co(II) on alumina greatly as compared with the sorption of Co(II) on silica. It was found that the sorption characteristics of Co(II) onto alumina and silica are distinctly different, that the strong chemical bonds are formed between the bare alumina surface and Co(II) and between the coated alumina surface and Co(II), and that a transition from the adsorption to the surface-induced precipitation of Co(II) on the bare alumina surface takes place.
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- X K Wang
- Radiochemistry Laboratory, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, People's Republic of China
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Lu ZQ, Tan CH, Tao ZY, Xue Q. Acoustical diffraction tomography in a finite form and its computer simulations. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2001; 48:969-975. [PMID: 11477788 DOI: 10.1109/58.935713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Until now, all acoustical diffraction reconstruction algorithms are in infinite forms. All of these algorithms have disadvantages: severe limitations on scatterers or tedious calculations. In this paper, we present a new reconstruction algorithm in a finite form using the method of formal parameter, which is very simple. This new algorithm gives an exact reconstruction when the amplitude of the scattered wave is smaller than that of the incident wave everywhere. This assumption is much less restrictive than that for the first- and second-order Born approximations. Although this new algorithm is in a finite form, it is still an approximate one when the amplitude of the scattered wave is not smaller than that of the incident wave everywhere. However, it still gives a good reconstruction when the amplitude of the scattered wave is a little greater than that of the incident wave in some area. Some numerical examples have confirmed these conclusions.
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- Z Q Lu
- Department of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China.
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Tao ZY, Chen WS, Zheng SQ, Zhang WD, Qiao CZ. [Studies on the chemical constituents of Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum Hemsl. var spinifolium Rhed. et Wils]. Yao Xue Xue Bao 2001; 36:511-3. [PMID: 12585082] [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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AIM To study the chemical components from the dried roots of Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum Hemsl. var spinifolium Rhed. et Wils. METHODS Modern chromatography was used to isolate chemical components and the compounds isolated from Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum Hems1. var spinifolium Rhed. et Wils were identified by various spectral methods. RESULTS Five compounds were isolated and identified as 6-(2',3'-dihydroxy-3'-methybutyl)-7-acetoxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one (I), 6-(2',3'-dihydroxy-3'-methybutyl)-7-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)- 2H-1-benzopyran-2-one (II), hexacosanoci acid (III), aurepten (IV), 6-[6'-O-(-deoxy-alpha-L-mannopyranosyl)-beta-D-benzopyran-4-one (V). CONCLUSION All of the above compounds were isolated from the plant for the first time, among them, I is a new compound.
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- Z Y Tao
- College of Pharmacy, Second Military University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Tao ZY, Yi YH, Xu QZ. [Studies on the chemical constituents of Uncaria yunanensis Hsia. C.C]. Yao Xue Xue Bao 2001; 36:120-2. [PMID: 12579878] [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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AIM To research the chemical constituents from dried roots of Uncaria yunanensis Hsia. C. C. METHODS Modern chromatography was used to isolate chemical components. Their structure were identified by spectral analysis. RESULTS Seven compounds were isolated and identified as 3 beta, 6 beta, 19 alpha-trihydroxyurs-12-en-28 oic acid (I), 23-nor-24-esomethylene-3 beta, 6 beta-19 alpha-trihydroxyurs-12-en-28 oic acid (II), 3-oxo-6 beta, 19 alpha-dihydroxyurs-12-en-28 oic acid (III), oleanic acid (IV), 5,7,3',4'-tetrahydroxy-flavan-3-ol (V), beta-yohimbine (VI) and diangoutengjian I (VII). CONCLUSION All of the above compounds were isolated for the first time from the root of this plant. Among them, compound VII is a new one.
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- Z Y Tao
- College of Pharmacy Second Military University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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Du JZ, Li WJ, Zhang HQ, Wang XD, You ZJ, Zhou CY, Dong WM, Tao ZY. Use of the cation exchange equilibrium method for the determination of stability constants of Co(II) with soil humic and fulvic acids. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02347227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Dong WM, Li WJ, Zhang HQ, Wang XD, You ZJ, Zhou CY, Du JZ, Tao ZY. Effects of ionic strength and pH on the stability constants of the complex of Co(II) with soil fulvic acid. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02347474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Liu GY, Zhang GX, Nie SY, Luo HY, Tao ZY, Zhang LY, Chen SS, Jia PC, Liang ZC. [A case of HbG Chinese found in Henan]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1984; 6:48-50. [PMID: 6238696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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