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Wei Z, Lin JG, Xu F, Zhao YT. Deadly electrocardiogram pattern in Takotsubo syndrome: shark fin sign. QJM 2024; 117:290-291. [PMID: 38039356 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcad272] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Z Wei
- Department of Cardiology, Suzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital of Anhui Province), 299 Bianhe Road, Suzhou 234000, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, People's Hospital of Hailing Island Economic Development Pilot Zone, No. 5236 Yangzha Road, Arctic Village Committee, Zhapo Town, Hailing Island Experimental Zone, Yangjiang, Guangzhou 529500, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Suzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital of Anhui Province), 299 Bianhe Road, Suzhou 234000, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Aerospace Center Hospital, 15 Yuquan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100049, China
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Zhang SY, Wei Z, Zhang PQ, Zhao Q, Li M, Bai XH, Wu K, Nie YB, Ding YY, Wang JR, Zhang Y, Su XD, Yao ZE. Neutron-gamma discrimination with broaden the lower limit of energy threshold using BP neural network. Appl Radiat Isot 2024; 205:111179. [PMID: 38217939 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2024.111179] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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Neutron-gamma discrimination is a tough and significative in experimental neutrons measurements procedure, especially for low-energy neutrons signal discrimination. In this work, based on the Pulse Shape Discrimination (PSD) and Back-Propagation (BP) artificial neural networks, a neutron-gamma discrimination method is developed to broaden the lower limit of energy threshold with the hidden layer of 20 neurons. Compared with neutron-gamma discrimination method based on PSD only, the developed neutron-gamma discrimination method based on the PSD and BP-ANN can discriminate neutron and gamma-ray signals with low energy threshold, which can discriminate signals up to 99.93%. Moreover, this work can reduce the energy threshold from 350 keV to 70 keV, as well as the acquired data utilization increased from 60% to more than 99.9%, which overcome the hardware limitations and distinguish neutron and gamma-ray signals, effectively. The developed neutron-gamma discrimination method and the trained neural network can be directly used to other experimental neutrons measurements.
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- S Y Zhang
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Engineering Research Center for Neutron Application, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, 102413, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, 102413, China
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, 102413, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Engineering Research Center for Neutron Application, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Engineering Research Center for Neutron Application, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Engineering Research Center for Neutron Application, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Engineering Research Center for Neutron Application, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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Shao M, Luo S, Qian H, Li X, Wei Z, Hong M, Wang J, Li X, Meng J. The relationship between autistic traits and the stress of social isolation: Development of an explanatory model. Heliyon 2024; 10:e26082. [PMID: 38404812 PMCID: PMC10884416 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26082] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Background Social isolation can be particularly challenging for individuals with high autistic traits who struggle with social interactions. The COVID-19 pandemic led to increased isolation, exacerbating stress for those who may have difficulty in connecting with others. This study aimed to explore the relationship between autistic traits and stress associated with social isolation. Methods A sample of 1597 Chinese adults completed measures of autistic traits, the stress of social isolation, psychological inflexibility and core self-evaluation, during an epidemic prevention and control period of COVID-19 in Chongqing, China. Measures included the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, Coronavirus Stress Measure, Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, and Core Self-Evaluation Scale. Results Autistic traits were positively correlated with the stress of social isolation, which was mediated by the chain effect of core self-evaluation and psychological inflexibility. individuals with high autistic traits reported significantly higher stress than individuals with low autistic traits. Limitations This was a cross-sectional study, which limits causal inference. In addition, data were self-reported, which may cause methodological effects. Finally, this study was conducted during China's quarantine policy and external validation of the findings is required. Conclusions Autistic traits are positively associated with the stress of social isolation. Autistic traits affected core self-evaluation first, and psychological inflexibility subsequently, leading to the stress of social isolation. individuals with high autistic traits tended to experience higher levels of stress during pandemic quarantines. The findings provide useful evidence for developing interventions and implementing preventive measures to reduce stress in individuals with high autistic traits and autism spectrum disorder.
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- Min Shao
- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Student Mental Health Education and Consultation Center, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Basic Teaching Department, Shandong Water Conservancy Vocational College, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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Shao M, Li L, Li X, Wei Z, Wang J, Hong M, Liu X, Meng J. The effect of top-down attention on empathy fatigue. Cereb Cortex 2024; 34:bhad441. [PMID: 37991273 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 10/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023] Open
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Prolonged exposure to others' suffering can lead to empathy fatigue, especially when individuals struggle to effectively regulate their empathic capacity. Shifting active attention away from emotional components toward cognitive components of others' suffering is an effective strategy for mitigating empathy fatigue. This research investigated how top-down attentional manipulation modulates empathy fatigue in both auditory (Study 1) and visual (Study 2) modalities. Participants completed two tasks in both studies: (i) the attention to cognitive empathy task (A-C task) and (ii) the attention to emotional empathy task (A-E task). Each task included three blocks (Time Block 1, Time Block 2, and Time Block 3) designed to induce empathy fatigue. Study 1 revealed that the A-C task reduced empathy fatigue and N1 amplitudes than the A-E task in Time Block 3, indicating that attention to cognitive empathy might decrease auditory empathy fatigue. Study 2 indicates that the A-C task caused a longer N2 latency than the A-E task, signifying a decelerated emotional empathic response when attention was on cognitive empathy in the visual modality. Overall, prioritizing cognitive empathy seems to conserve mental resources and reduce empathy fatigue. This research documented the relationship between top-down attention and empathy fatigue and the possible neural mechanism.
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- Min Shao
- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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Xing J, Cai H, Lin Z, Zhao L, Xu H, Song Y, Wang Z, Liu C, Hu G, Zheng J, Ren L, Wei Z. Examining the function of macrophage oxidative stress response and immune system in glioblastoma multiforme through analysis of single-cell transcriptomics. Front Immunol 2024; 14:1288137. [PMID: 38274828 PMCID: PMC10808540 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1288137] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Background Glioblastoma (GBM), a prevalent malignant neoplasm within the neuro-oncological domain, has been a subject of considerable scrutiny. Macrophages, serving as the principal immunological constituents, profoundly infiltrate the microenvironment of GBM. However, investigations elucidating the intricate immunological mechanisms governing macrophage involvement in GBM at the single-cell level remain notably limited. Methods We conducted a comprehensive investigation employing single-cell analysis, aiming to redefine the intricate cellular landscape within both the core and peripheral regions of GBM tumors. Our analytical focus extended to the profound study of macrophages, elucidating their roles within the context of oxidative stress, intercellular information exchange, and cellular trajectories concerning GBM and its assorted subpopulations. We pursued the identification of GBM prognostic genes intricately associated with macrophages. Utilizing experimental research to investigate the relevance of MANBA in the context of GBM. Results Our investigations have illuminated the central role of macrophages in the intricate interplay among various subpopulations within the GBM microenvironment. Notably, we observed a pronounced intensity of oxidative stress responses within macrophages when compared to their GBM counterparts in other subpopulations. Moreover, macrophages orchestrated intricate cellular communication networks, facilitated by the SPP1-CD44 axis, both internally and with neighboring subpopulations. These findings collectively suggest the potential for macrophage polarization from an M1 to an M2 phenotype, contributing to immune suppression within the tumor microenvironment. Furthermore, our exploration unearthed GBM prognostic genes closely associated with macrophages, most notably MANBA and TCF12. Remarkably, MANBA appears to participate in the modulation of neuroimmune functionality by exerting inhibitory effects on M1-polarized macrophages, thereby fostering tumor progression. To bolster these assertions, experimental validations unequivocally affirmed the promotional impact of MANBA on GBM, elucidated through its capacity to curb cell proliferation, invasiveness, and metastatic potential. Conclusion These revelations represent a pivotal step towards unraveling the intricate immunological mechanisms governing the interactions between macrophages and diverse subpopulations within the GBM milieu. Furthermore, they lay the foundation for the development of an innovative GBM prognostic model, with MANBA at its epicenter, and underscore the potential for novel immunotherapeutic targets in the ongoing pursuit of enhanced treatment modalities for this formidable malignancy.
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- Jin Xing
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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Wei Z, Feng SQ, Yi XY, Luo Q, Du HJ, Mei GY, Liu R, Yao HL, Han J. [Effect of HCMV infection on immune reconstitution of CD8 +T cells in children with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 57:2095-2101. [PMID: 38186161 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20230314-00188] [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: 01/09/2024]
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Objective: To investigate the risk factors for human cytomegalovirus infection after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children and the impact of human cytomegalovirus infection on post-transplant immune reconstitution. Methods: A Retrospective Co-Hort study design was used to include 81 children treated with allo-HSCT from January 2020 to March 2022 at the Department of Hematology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China, and followed up for 1 year. Real-time quantitative PCR was used to detect positive detection of HCMV in children after allo-HSCT, multifactorial logistic regression modeling was used to analyze the risk factors leading to HCMV infection, and generalized estimating equation modeling was used to analyze the effect of HCMV infection on the T-cells of the children who received allo-HSCT. Results: The age M(Q1, Q3) of 81 children was 5.1 years (10 months, 13.8 years), and 50 (61.7%) were male. By the endpoint of follow-up, a total of 50 HCMV-positive cases were detected, with an HCMV detection rate of 61.7%; The results of multifactorial logistic regression modeling showed that children with grade 2-4 aGVHD had a higher risk of HCMV infection compared with grade 0-1 after transplantation [OR (95%CI) value: 2.735 (1.027-7.286)]. The results of generalized estimating equation modeling analysis showed that the number of CD3+T cells in HCMV-positive children after transplantation was higher than that in the HCMV-negative group [RR (95%CI) value: 1.34 (1.008-1.795)]; the ratio of CD4+T/CD8+T cells was smaller than that in the HCMV-negative group [RR (95%CI) value: 0.377 (0.202-0.704)]; the number of CD8+T cells was higher than that in the HCMV-negative group [RR (95%CI) value: 1.435 (1.025-2.061)]; the number of effector memory CD8+T cells was higher than that in the HCMV-negative group [RR (95%CI) value: 1.877 (1.089-3.236)]. Conclusion: Acute graft-versus-host disease may be a risk factor for HCMV infection in children after allo-HSCT; post-transplant HCMV infection promotes proliferation of memory CD8+T-cell populations and affects immune cell reconstitution.
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- Z Wei
- School of Public Health Baotou Medical College,Baotou 010404, China
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- Department of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Immunology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases National Institute of Viral Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 102206, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases National Institute of Viral Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 102206, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases National Institute of Viral Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 102206, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Immunology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- School of Public Health Baotou Medical College,Baotou 010404, China National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases National Institute of Viral Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 102206, China
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Wei Z, Huang Y, Li X, Shao M, Qian H, He B, Meng J. The influence of aggressive exercise on responses to self-perceived and others' pain. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:10802-10812. [PMID: 37715469 PMCID: PMC10629897 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023] Open
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Previous studies have reported relationships between exercise and pain. However, little is known about how aggressive exercise modulates individuals' responses to their own and others' pain. This present study addresses this question by conducting 2 studies employing event-related potential (ERP). Study 1 included 38 participants whose self-perceived pain was assessed after intervention with aggressive or nonaggressive exercises. Study 2 recruited 36 participants whose responses to others' pain were assessed after intervention with aggressive or nonaggressive exercise. Study 1's results showed that P2 amplitudes were smaller, reaction times were longer, and participants' judgments were less accurate in response to self-perceived pain stimuli, especially to high-pain stimuli, after intervention with aggressive exercise compared to nonaggressive exercise. Results of study 2 showed that both P3 and LPP amplitudes to others' pain were larger after intervention with aggressive exercise than with nonaggressive exercise. These results suggest that aggressive exercise decreases individuals' self-perceived pain and increases their empathic responses to others' pain.
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- Zilong Wei
- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, No. 37, Middle Road, University Town, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, No. 37, Middle Road, University Town, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Guizhou Light Industry Technical College, No. 3, Dongqing Road, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, No. 37, Middle Road, University Town, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, No. 37, Middle Road, University Town, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, No. 37, Middle Road, University Town, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, No. 37, Middle Road, University Town, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, No. 37, Middle Road, University Town, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, No. 37, Middle Road, University Town, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, No. 37, Middle Road, University Town, Chongqing 401331, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, No. 37, Middle Road, University Town, Chongqing 401331, China
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Jiang Y, Qian Y, Hong H, Gao X, Liu W, Jin Q, Chen M, Jin Z, Liu Q, Wei Z. Morin protects chicks with T-2 toxin poisoning by decreasing heterophil extracellular traps, oxidative stress and inflammatory response. Br Poult Sci 2023; 64:614-624. [PMID: 37334824 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2023.2226083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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1. Fusarium tritici widely exists in a variety of grain feeds. The T-2 toxin is the main hazardous component produced by Fusarium tritici, making a serious hazard to poultry industry. Morin, belonging to the flavonoid family, can be extracted from mulberry plants and possesses anticancer, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds, but whether morin protects chicks with T-2 toxin poisoning remains unclear. This experiment firstly established a chick model of T-2 toxin poisoning and then investigated the protective effects and mechanism of morin against T-2 toxin in chicks.2. The function of liver and kidney was measured by corresponding alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (Cre) and uric acid (UA) kits. Histopathological changes were observed by haematoxylin-eosin staining. The status of oxidative stress was measured by MDA, SOD, CAT, GSH and GSH-PX kits. The mRNA levels of TNF-α, COX-2, IL-1β, IL-6, caspase-1, caspase-3 and caspase-11 were measured by quantitative real-time PCR. Heterophil extracellular trap (HET) release was analysed by immunofluorescence and fluorescence microplate.3. The model with T-2 toxin poisoning in chicks was successfully established. Morin significantly decreased T-2 toxin-induced ALT, AST, ALP, BUN, Cre and UA, and improved T-2 toxin-induced liver cell rupture, liver cord disorder and kidney interstitial oedema. Oxidative stress analysis showed that morin ameliorated T-2 toxin-induced damage by reducing malondialdehyde (MDA), increasing superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione (GSH) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX). The qRT-PCR analysis showed that morin reduced T-2 toxin-induced mRNA expressions of TNF-α, COX-2, IL-1β, IL-6, caspase-1, caspase-3 and caspase-11. Moreover, morin significantly reduced the release of T-2 toxin-induced HET in vitro and in vivo.4. Morin can protect chicks from T-2 toxin poisoning by decreasing HETs, oxidative stress and inflammatory responses, which make it a useful compound against T-2 toxin poisoning in poultry feed.
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- Y Jiang
- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Lin L, Wei Z, Jia LC, Guo C, Zhou GQ, Yang YX, He SM, Zhang W, Sun Y. Automated Contouring of Cervical Lymph Nodes and Clinical Target Volumes for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Based on Deep Learning and Experience Constraints. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e598. [PMID: 37785805 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Application of artificial intelligence (AI) for automated contouring of tumor volumes and organs at risk (OARs) for radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) leads to improved contouring accuracy and efficiency. However, few studies have involved the automated contouring of gross tumor volume of cervical lymph nodes (GTVn) and clinical target volumes (CTVs). In this work, we proposed an AI automated contouring tool for GTVn and CTVs for radiotherapy of NPC on the plain scans of planning compute tomography (CT). MATERIALS/METHODS In this retrospective study, plain scan datasets of planning CT covering the nasopharynx and neck from 139 patients with NPC between March 2022 and December 2022 were collected and divided into training, validation, and testing cohorts of 95, 24, and 20 patients, respectively. Ground truth contours of primary gross tumor volume (GTVp), GTVn (divided into GTVn_L in left neck and GTVn_R in right neck), CTVs (including high risk CTV1 contains GTVp and low risk CTV2 contains GTVp and cervical nodal levels) and OARs were delineated and were defined by consensus of two experts. We first proposed a three-dimensional (3D) U-net using GTVp and OARs as experience constrains to guide the automated delineation of GTVn and CTVs. The average Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) and average surface distance (ASD) were used to quantify the performance of the AI tool. Next, five prospective patients were enrolled for clinical evaluation of our AI tool. DSC between automated contours and radiation oncologist-revised contours and time consuming of the revision were record. RESULTS Clinical characteristics of 139 retrospective and 5 prospective patients are list in Table 1. In the independent testing set of 20 patients, our AI tool showed high performance in GTVn and CTVs contouring when compared with the ground truth contours. The mean DSC were 0.73 ± 0.07, 0.74 ± 0.05, 0.93 ± 0.03, and 0.88 ± 0.03, and the mean ASD were 1.01 ± 0.43 mm, 1.14 ± 0.61 mm, 0.51 ± 0.13 mm, 1.17 ± 0.43 mm for GTVn_L, GTVn_R, CTV1 and CTV2, respectively. In the five prospective patients, mean DSC were 0.74 ± 0.07, 0.74 ± 0.10, 0.95 ± 0.01 and 0.89 ± 0.04, respectively. The median time consuming for GTVn and CTVs revision was 2minutes and 10 seconds (range, 1 minutes to 3 minutes). CONCLUSION The proposed AI tool integrating clinical experience as constrains showed high accuracy for contouring GTVn and CTVs of NPC. With the assistance of AI contours, contouring efficiency could be probably increased, which is promising in online adaptive radiotherapy of NPC.
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- L Lin
- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China, Guangzhou, China
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- Shenzhen United Imaging Research Institute of Innovative Medical Equipment, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen United Imaging Research Institute of Innovative Medical Equipment, Shenzhen, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China, Guangzhou, China
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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China, Guangzhou, China
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- United Imaging Research Institute of Intelligent Imaging, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Xin Y, Wei Z, Wang SS, Wu LL, Wang Y, Wang GY. [Preventive effect of atropine premedication on vagal reflex in patients undergoing suspension laryngoscopy during anesthesia induction]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 103:1892-1896. [PMID: 37402669 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20221124-02488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the preventive effect of atropine premedication during anesthesia induction on vagal reflex in patients undergoing suspension laryngoscopy. Methods: A total of 342 patients (202 males and 140 females) scheduled for suspension laryngoscopy under general anesthesia in Beijing Tongren Hospital from October 2021 to March 2022 were prospectively enrolled, with a mean age of (48.1±11.9) years. The patients were randomly divided into two groups using the random number table method: the treatment group (n=171) and the control group (n=171). Patients in the treatment group were administrated with 0.5 mg atropine intravenously guttae (ivgtt) while patients in the control group were given equivalent volume of normal saline. For all patients, if heart rate (HR)<50 beats/min happened during the insertion of the suspension laryngoscope, the operation should be stopped and the laryngoscope should be removed. Patients without HR recovery after the removal of the laryngoscope should be given 0.5 mg atropine, and the operation should be continued after the HR recovered. The primary outcome was the incidence of HR fluctuation over 20% (ΔHR>20%) before and immediately after suspension laryngoscope fixation, and the secondary outcomes included HR, mean arterial pressure (MAP) of the two groups recorded before and after anesthesia induction, before and immediately after suspension laryngoscope fixation, and the incidences of sinus bradycardia, laryngoscope removal and atropine treatment during operation. Results: The incidences of ΔHR>20% and bradycardia immediately after the suspension laryngoscope fixation were 14.6% (25/171) and 12.9% (22/171) in the treatment group, which were significantly lower than those in the control group [28.1% (48/171) and 29.8% (51/171)] (both P<0.05). The HR immediately after the suspension laryngoscope fixation in the treatment group [(66.4±13.5) beats/min] and in the control group [(60.8±15.7) beats/min] was significantly lower than those before the suspension laryngoscope fixation [(74.7±11.1) beats/min and (67.6±12.8) beats/min, respectively] (both P<0.05). There were no significant differences in MAP between the two groups at each time point (all P>0.05). The incidence of laryngoscope removal once plus 0.5 mg atropine administration, laryngoscope removal twice plus 0.5 mg atropine administration and laryngoscope removal twice plus 1.0 mg atropine administration was 9.9% (17/171), 1.8% (3/171) and 0 (0) in the treatment group, respectively, which was significantly lower than those in the control group [24.0% (41/171), 5.8% (10/171) and 2.3% (4/171), respectively] (all P<0.05). Conclusion: Atropine premedication during anesthesia induction can effectively reduce the occurrence of vagal reflex in patients undergoing suspension laryngoscopy.
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- Y Xin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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Zheng H, Wang Q, Fu T, Wei Z, Ye J, Huang B, Li C, Liu B, Zhang A, Li F, Gao F, Tong W. Robotic versus laparoscopic left colectomy with complete mesocolic excision for left-sided colon cancer: a multicentre study with propensity score matching analysis. Tech Coloproctol 2023:10.1007/s10151-023-02781-7. [PMID: 36964884 DOI: 10.1007/s10151-023-02781-7] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Robotic surgery for right-sided colon and rectal cancer has rapidly increased; however, there is limited evidence in the literature of advantages of robotic left colectomy (RLC) for left-sided colon cancer. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of RLC versus laparoscopic left colectomy (LLC) with complete mesocolic excision (CME) for left-sided colon cancer. METHODS Patients who had RLC or LLC with CME for left-sided colon cancer at 5 hospitals in China between January 2014 and April 2022 were included. A one-to-one propensity score matched analysis was performed to decrease confounding. The primary outcome was postoperative complications occurring within 30 days of surgery. Secondary outcomes were disease-free survival, overall survival and the number of harvested lymph nodes. RESULTS A total of 292 patients (187 males; median age 61.0 [20.0-85.0] years) were eligible for this study, and propensity score matching yielded 102 patients in each group. The clinical-pathological characteristics were well-matched between groups. The two groups did not differ in estimated blood loss, conversion to open rate, time to first flatus, reoperation rate, or postoperative length of hospital stay (p > 0.05). RLC was associated with a longer operation time (192.9 ± 53.2 vs. 168.9 ± 52.8 minutes, p=0.001). The incidence of postoperative complications did not differ between the RLC and LLC groups (18.6% vs. 17.6%, p = 0.856). The total number of lymph nodes harvested in the RLC group was higher than that in the LLC group (15.7 ± 8.3 vs. 12.1 ± 5.9, p< 0.001). There were no significant differences in 3-year and 5-year overall survival or 3-year and 5-year disease-free survival. CONCLUSIONS Compared to laparoscopic surgery, RLC with CME for left-sided colon cancer was found to be associated with higher numbers of lymph nodes harvested and similar postoperative complications and long-term survival outcomes.
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- H Zheng
- Gastric and Colorectal Surgery Division, Department of General Surgery, Army Medical Center (Daping Hospital), Army Medical University, No. 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gastrocolorectal Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery II, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The People's Hospital of Shapingba District, Chongqing, China
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- Gastric and Colorectal Surgery Division, Department of General Surgery, Army Medical Center (Daping Hospital), Army Medical University, No. 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Gastric and Colorectal Surgery Division, Department of General Surgery, Army Medical Center (Daping Hospital), Army Medical University, No. 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Gastric and Colorectal Surgery Division, Department of General Surgery, Army Medical Center (Daping Hospital), Army Medical University, No. 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Gastric and Colorectal Surgery Division, Department of General Surgery, Army Medical Center (Daping Hospital), Army Medical University, No. 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
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- Gastric and Colorectal Surgery Division, Department of General Surgery, Army Medical Center (Daping Hospital), Army Medical University, No. 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China.
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support force of PLA, Lanzhou, China.
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- Gastric and Colorectal Surgery Division, Department of General Surgery, Army Medical Center (Daping Hospital), Army Medical University, No. 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China.
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Wang Z, Ren L, Xu H, Wei Z, Zeng H. Wilforol A inhibits human glioma cell proliferation and deactivates the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. Acta Biochim Pol 2023; 70:123-129. [PMID: 36795994 DOI: 10.18388/abp.2020_6327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To study the anti-proliferation activity of wilforol A against glioma cells and its possible molecular mechanisms. METHODS Human glioma cell lines U118 MG and A172, human tracheal epithelial cells (TECs) and astrocytes (HAs) were exposed to various concentrations of wilforol A and evaluated for viability, apoptosis, and levels of proteins using WST-8 assay, flow cytometry and Western blot analysis, respectively. RESULTS Wilforol A inhibited the growth of U118 MG and A172 cells, but not TECs and HAs, in a concentration-dependent manner and the estimated IC50 were 6 to 11 μM after 4 h-exposure. Apoptosis was induced at an apoptotic rate of about 40% at 100 μM in U118 MG and A172 cells, but the rates were less than 3% in TECs and HAs. Co-exposure to caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-fmk significantly reduced wilforol A-induced apoptosis. Wilforol A treatment also reduced the colony formation ability of U118 MG cells and triggered a significant increase in ROS production. Elevated levels of pro-apoptotic proteins p53, Bax and cleaved caspase 3 and reduced level of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 were observed in glioma cells exposed to wilforol A. The expression of PI3K and p-Akt genes in the PI3K/AKT pathways were significantly downregulated in glioma cells treated with wilforol A. CONCLUSIONS Wilforol A inhibits the growth of glioma cells, reduces the levels of proteins in the P13K/Akt signal transduction pathways and increases the levels of pro-apoptotic proteins.
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- Zhihan Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Pudong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Pudong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Pudong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Pudong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Pudong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Xiong NN, Shen RY, Wang Y, Zhao M, Wei Z, Zhang WX, Chen YJ, Ma Y, Ji WJ, Liang AM. [Development of parenting behavior scale for caregivers of children aged 2 to 6 years and analysis for its reliability and validity]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 57:58-62. [PMID: 36655259 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20220208-00111] [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: 01/20/2023]
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To develop a caregiver parenting behavior scale for children aged 2 to 6 years, and to verify its reliability and validity. This study recruited 1 350 caregivers of children aged 2 to 6 years. The item discrimination analysis and exploratory factor analysis were used to analyze the structure, dimensions and items of the scale. Homogeneity reliability, split-half reliability and test-retest reliability were used to analyze the reliability of the scale. Content validity and construct validity were used to analyze the validity of the scale. The results showed that the final scale contained 7 dimensions and 45 items. Cronbach's α coefficient of the total scale was 0.945; the coefficient of split half was 0.899; the test-retest reliability analysis showed that the correlation coefficients between the two tests were 0.893 (total score), 0.854 (social), 0.832 (language), 0.871 (gross motor), 0.893 (fine motor), 0.862 (cognitive), 0.832 (self-care), and 0.872 (sensory). The content validity analysis was carried out by two rounds of expert argumentation using Delphi expert consultation method. The Kendall coefficient of the items score in two rounds of Delphi expert consultation was 0.813 (P<0.01). The structure validity analysis showed that there were significant correlations between each dimension and the total scale, also between each dimension of the scale, and the extracted average variance values of each dimension was greater than the correlation coefficients between this dimension and other dimensions. In conclusion, the reliability and validity of the scale are qualified. It can be used as a tool to evaluate and guide the parenting behavior of caregivers of children aged 2 to 6 years.
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- Children's Health Care Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Children's Health Care Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Children's Health Care Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Children's Health Care Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Children's Health Care Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Children's Health Care Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Children's Health Care Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Children's Health Care Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Children's Health Care Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Children's Health Care Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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Bao J, Guo Z, He J, Leng T, Wei Z, Wang C, Chen F. Semen parameters and sex hormones as affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection: A systematic review. Prog Urol 2022; 32:1431-1439. [PMID: 36153222 PMCID: PMC9468308 DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2022.09.004] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Background Impaired semen quality and reproductive hormone levels were observed in patients during and after recovery from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which raised concerns about negative effects on male fertility. Therefore, this study systematically reviews available data on semen parameters and sex hormones in patients with COVID-19. Methods Systematic search was performed on PubMed and Google Scholar until July 18th, 2022. We identified relevant articles that discussed the effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on male fertility. Results A total number of 1,684 articles were identified by using a suitable keyword search strategy. After screening, 26 articles were considered eligible for inclusion in this study. These articles included a total of 1,960 controls and 2,106 patients. When all studies were considered, the results showed that the semen parameters and sex hormone levels of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 exhibited some significant differences compared with controls. Fortunately, these differences gradually disappear as patients recover from COVID-19. Conclusion While present data show the negative effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on male fertility, this does not appear to be long-term. Semen quality and hormone levels will gradually increase to normal as patients recover.
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- J Bao
- Jining Medical University, 133, Hehua Road, 272067 Jining, China.
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- Jining Medical University, 133, Hehua Road, 272067 Jining, China.
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- Jining Medical University, 133, Hehua Road, 272067 Jining, China.
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- Jining Medical University, 133, Hehua Road, 272067 Jining, China.
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- Jining Medical University, 133, Hehua Road, 272067 Jining, China.
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- Jining Medical University, 133, Hehua Road, 272067 Jining, China.
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- Jining Medical University, 133, Hehua Road, 272067 Jining, China.
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Duma N, Acharya R, Wei Z, Seaborne L, Heisler C, Fidler M, Elkins I, Feldman J, Moore A, King J, Kushner D. MA14.04 Sexual Health Assessment in Women with Lung Cancer (SHAWL) Study. J Thorac Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.156] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Wei Z, Lei GY, Wu LL, Xi CH, Yin Y, Wang GY. [Effect of ultrasound-guided serratus plane block combined with pectoral nerve block I on postoperative analgesia after radical mastectomy]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:2278-2282. [PMID: 35927059 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20220513-01048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To study the effect of ultrasonic-guided serratus plane block combined with pectoral nerve block Ⅰ on postoperative analgesia after radical mastectomy. Methods: A total of 30 patients, all female, aged [M (Q1, Q3)] 53 (43, 62) years old, who underwent radical mastectomy in Beijing Tongren Hospital from May to August 2021 were selected. The patients were divided into two groups (n=15 in each group) using a random number table: general anesthesia alone+patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) group (control group) and serratus plane block combined with pectoral nerve block Ⅰ before general anesthesia+PCIA group (combined group). Numerical rating scale (NRS) at rest in both groups were detected in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) and 4, 8, 12, 24, 36 and 48 h after operation. The time of first pain, the time of first pressing of the automatic analgesic device after the operation, the dosage of remifentanil during operation, cumulative dosages of sufentanil at 24 h and 48 h postoperatively, and the incidence of adverse effects were all recorded. Results: The NRS scores in combined group in the PACU and 4, 8, 12 and 24 h after surgery were (2.1±1.7), (1.7±1.5), (1.5±1.4), (1.5±1.3) and (1.7±1.3), respectively, while the NRS scores in control group at each time points were (4.5±2.0), (3.2±1.4), (2.7±0.9), (2.8±0.9) and (2.4±0.8), respectively, and the NRS scores in combined group were significantly lower than those in control group (all P<0.05). The NRS scores in combined group at 36 and 48 h after surgery were (1.8±1.6) and (1.6±1.2), while the NRS scores in control group were (2.2±0.9) and (2.1±0.8), and the differences between the two groups were not statistically significant (both P>0.05). The time of first pain and the time of the first pressing of the automatic analgesic device in combined group were (573±174) min and (962±313) min, which were significantly longer than those of control group [(13±6) min and (135±41) min] (both P<0.05). The dosage of remifentanil during operation and cumulative dosage of sufentanil at 24 h postoperatively in combined group were (410±129) μg and (14±4) μg, which were lower than those in control group [(580±225) μg and (21±11) μg] (both P<0.05). Cumulative dosage of sufentanil at 48 h postoperatively in combined group was (29±11) μg, while in control group was (36±14) μg, and the difference between the two groups was not statistically significant (P=0.131). The incidence of postoperative dizziness in combined group was 6.7% (1/15), which was lower than that of control group [40.0% (6/15)] (P=0.031). The incidence of nausea and pruritus was 6.7% (1/15) and 0 in combined group, while 20.0% (3/15) and 6.7% (1/15) in control group, with no statistical significance (both P>0.05). Conclusion: Serratus plane block combined with pectoral nerve block Ⅰ can effectively relieve postoperative pain, decrease the need for opioids, and reduce the incidence of adverse effects.
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- Z Wei
- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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Yinghua L, Wen Z, Yu W, Xiaoping S, Xian D, Yangguang G, Wei Z, Lu H. 616 Ultraviolet A mediates the keratinocytes supranuclear melanin cap formation via opsin 3. J Invest Dermatol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.05.626] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Wu LL, Luo H, Lei GY, Lu JF, Chen YM, Hu CH, Chen HY, Wei Z, Xi CH, Wang GY. [Comparison of the anesthetic effects of mivacurium and cisatracurium besylate in laser laryngeal microsurgery]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:1574-1578. [PMID: 35644957 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20220204-00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To compare the anesthetic effects of mivacurium and cisatracurium besylate in laser laryngeal microsurgery, and to provide clinical evidence and reference for further optimization of muscle relaxation application. Methods: From October 2021 to January 2022, fifty-six patients of Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, scheduled for laser laryngeal microsurgery with general anesthesia, were enrolled. These patients, aged 18-65 years old, 25 males and 31 females, were divided into two groups (n=28) by random number table method. Cisatracurium besylate group (group C): cisatracurium besylate was injected at 0.1 mg/kg. Normal saline was continuously infused during operation. Mivacurium group (group M):Mivacurium was injected at 0.25 mg/kg and continuously infused at 0.3 mg·kg-1·h-1 during operation.The intubation time, the extubation time, recovery index, Cooper's score, Cormack-Lehane grade, surgical condition grade, postoperative residual neuromuscular block and allergic related adverse events were compared between the two groups. Results: The intubation time and the extubation time of group M were (3.7±1.1) and (16.2±5.0) min, which were statistically significant shorter than those of group C (4.9±0.7) and (26.4±8.6) min (all P<0.05). The recovery indexes of the patients in group M and group C were (4.5±3.4) and (6.2±5.0) min. The Cooper's scores of the two groups were both 9(9, 9). The Cormack-Lehane grades of the two groups were all grade Ⅰ. The number of cases with good/excellent surgical condition grades in group M and group C were 5/23 and 0/28. There were no significant differences in recovery index, Cooper's score, Cormack-Lehane grades and surgical condition grades between the two groups (all P>0.05). The TOF ratio of group M in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) was (95.7±2.6) %, which was significantly higher than (92.9±3.9) % of group C(P=0.015). There were no significant differences in MAP and HR between the two groups at different time points (all P>0.05). The incidence of skin flushing in group M and group C was 10.7% (3/28) and 0, and the difference was not statistically significant (P=0.074). There were no cases of severe hypotension, significantly elevated airway pressure or airway spasm in both groups. Conclusion: In laser laryngeal microsurgery, compared with cisatracurium besylate, mivacurium has shorter intubation time and extubation time, stable hemodynamics, no significant increase in allergic related adverse events. mivacurium is safe and effective.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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Wei Z, Xin Y, Wu LL, Xi CH, Wang GY. [Effects of topical anesthesia with 1% tetracaine on hemodynamic responses in microlaryngosurgery]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:1590-1595. [PMID: 35644960 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20220131-00227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To observe the effects of topical anesthesia with 1% tetracaine on hemodynamic responses in general anesthesia patients undergoing microlaryngosurgery. Methods: From October 2021 to December 2021, 92 patients (46 males and 46 females) in Beijing Tongren Hospital, with a median age [M (Q1, Q3)] of 51 (42, 57) years who scheduled for microlaryngosurgery under general anesthesia, were divided into two groups (n=46 in each group) using the random number table method. Group T received topical anesthesia with 1% tetracaine at the root of the tongue and epiglottis and glottis on the basis of general intravenous anesthesia induction, with 0.5 ml at each position, while the control group (group C) received equal volume of normal saline. Heart rate (HR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded at the time of patients entering the operating room (baseline), after induction, after intubation, immediately after suspending laryngoscopy, 1 min after suspending laryngoscopy, 3 min after suspending laryngoscopy, 5 min after suspending laryngoscopy and immediately after extubation. The recovery profiles, including time to recover breathing, time to open eyes, time to extubation and adverse reactions were evaluated during recovery period. Results: The MAP of patients in group T at baseline, after induction, after intubation, immediately after suspending laryngoscopy, 1 min after suspending laryngoscopy, 3 min after suspending laryngoscopy, 5 min after suspending laryngoscopy and immediately after extubation were (99.4±12.9), (78.5±8.8), (79.2±10.2), (100.6±17.0), (101.9±14.7), (100.8±13.9), (97.4±12.1), (107.3±16.8) mmHg (1 mmH=0.133 kPa), respectively, while in group C were (99.5±11.6), (80.9±12.8), (90.5±16.0), (109.5±20.4), (108.0±18.9), (103.7±15.5), (100.1±13.3), (114.2±17.3) mmHg, respectively. The two critical time points of MAP after intubation and immediately suspending laryngoscopy in group C were significantly higher than group T (P<0.05).The HR of patients in group T at baseline, after induction, after intubation, immediately after suspending laryngoscopy, 1 min after suspending laryngoscopy, 3 min after suspending laryngoscopy, 5 min after suspending laryngoscopy and immediately after extubation was (71.3±10.6), (66.0±10.1), (69.5±11.4), (61.3±14.2), (69.8±9.8), (71.0±10.6), (70.6±11.0), (78.8±11.6) bmp, respectively, while in group C were (73.1±10.9), (67.8±9.9), (79.5±12.9), (57.1±18.1), (69.2±12.8), (71.4±11.7), (70.7±11.5), (85.3±13.0) bmp, respectively. The two critical time points of HR after intubation and after extubation in group C were significantly higher than that of group T (P<0.05). The time to recover breathing in the two groups was (11.8±3.5) min and (11.3±4.6) min, respectively. The time to open eyes was (12.0±3.3) min and (11.5±5.0) min, respectively. The time to extubation was (13.2±3.7) min and (12.6±4.9) min, respectively. There were no statistically significant difference in time to recovery between the two groups (P>0.05). Likewise, there were no toxic reactions to local anesthetics, respiratory depression, hypoxemia, laryngospasm and cough occurred in either group. Conclusion: Topical anesthesia with 1% tetracaine can effectively reduce the hemodynamic changes without influencing patient's recovery, and does not increase the incidence of adverse reactions.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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Wang L, Song C, Wang Y, Hu L, Liu X, Zhang J, Ji X, Man S, Yang Y, Peng L, Wei Z, Huang F. AB0784 Symptoms compatible with Rome IV functional bowel disorder in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BackgroundClinical manifestations of gut problems except for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have not been well-established in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). One study investigated that 30% patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) had irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms meeting Rome III criteria.[1]ObjectivesTo determine the frequency of symptoms meeting Rome IV functional bowel disorder (FBD) in patients with AS, investigate factors associated with FBD symptoms, and assess whether having FBD symptoms might influence AS disease activity.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, we consecutively enrolled 153 AS patients without known colonic ulcer and 56 sex- and age-matched controls to evaluate FBD (or its subtypes) symptoms.[2] In AS group, logistic regression models were used to explore whether demographic data, disease activity, level of gut inflammation, drug use, and fibromyalgia [3] were associated with presence of gut symptoms. Finally, potential impacts of gut symptoms on AS disease status were assessed in linear regression models.ResultsSixty (39.2%) of 153 AS patients had FBD symptoms, which was more prevalent than controls (23.2%). Besides, symptoms compatible with IBS and chronic diarrhea were detected in 18 and 43 AS patients respectively. For AS group, multivariable logistic regression analyses showed that symptoms of FBD, IBS, and chronic diarrhea were negatively associated with using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), and positively associated with comorbid fibromyalgia, respectively. In exploration about effects of FBD (or its subtypes) symptoms on AS disease activity by multivariable linear regression analyses, FBD symptoms and chronic diarrhea had positive associations with assessments of AS respectively.ConclusionPatients with AS had frequent symptoms compatible with FBD, IBS, and chronic diarrhea, proportions of which were lower in those with NSAID-use. The improvement of FBD symptoms, especially chronic diarrhea, might be conducive to disease status of AS patients.References[1]Wallman JK, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020;79:159-61.[2]Mearin F, et al. Gastroenterology. 2016;18:S0016-5085(16)00222-5.[3]Wolfe F, et al. J Rheumatol. 2011;38:1113-22.Figure 1.Frequencies with symptoms meeting FBD criteriaTable 1.Univariable and multivariable associations between gut symptoms and assessments of ASGut symptomsUnivariableMultivariableβpβpASDAS-CRPaFBD symptoms0.2340.1120.294< 0.001IBS symptoms0.0390.863Chronic diarrhea0.2170.1720.3010.002BASDAIbFBD symptoms0.747< 0.0010.764< 0.001IBS symptoms0.2020.560Chronic diarrhea0.7610.0020.845< 0.001BAS-GcFBD symptoms0.936< 0.0010.979< 0.001IBS symptoms0.0590.889Chronic diarrhea0.9030.0030.9490.001ASAS HIdFBD symptoms1.941< 0.0011.6730.003IBS symptoms2.2630.0081.7690.046Chronic diarrhea1.5000.0151.3430.030BASFIeFBD symptoms0.4330.0490.4280.048IBS symptoms0.2960.376Chronic diarrhea0.4480.0600.4250.069BASMIfFBD symptoms-0.3730.190-0.4930.075IBS symptoms-0.4420.304Chronic diarrhea-0.1790.564 Besides gut symptoms, other clinical variables (Block-1) being chosen into hierarchical multivariable models were as follows: aHLA-B27, lnCRP, and lnESR; bHLA-B27 and lnESR; cHLA-B27 and lnCRP; dsex and TNFi; eHLA-B27, lnESR, and TNFi; fage and lnESR. Missing data ranging from 1-7%.Disclosure of InterestsNone declared
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Shan C, Wei Z, Zhang ZL. [A pedigree study of Loeys-Dietz syndrome type 4 with skeletal deformity related to a novel TGFβ2 mutation]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2022; 61:552-558. [PMID: 35488607 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20210908-00624] [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: Loeys-Dietz syndrome is a rare type of hereditary connective tissue disease. This study was aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics and gene mutations in a family of Loeys-Dietz syndrome with skeletal deformity. Methods: Clinical data of the proband and family members were collected and biochemical measurements and radiological examinations were conducted. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood of the family members. Whole-exome sequencing was performed to determine the mutation sites in the proband, and Sanger sequencing was applied to verify the candidate mutation in the other family members. Results: The proband is a 34-year-old man with deformities of lower extremities for more than 30 years. Physical examinations showed dolichostenomelia, pes planus, joint laxity and scoliosis. Echocardiography revealed the dilatation of aortic root at the level of the sinuses of Valsalva. A heterozygous missense mutation (c. 220A>C, p.Thr74Pro) in exon 1 of TGFβ2 gene was identified in the proband. The same mutation was detected in his sister and niece with similar clinical features such as deformities of lower extremities and pes planus. This novel mutation has not been reported in ExAC or 1000G and was predicted to be deleterious, supporting a diagnosis of Loeys-Dietz syndrome type 4. Conclusions: Loeys-Dietz syndrome type 4 is caused by TGFβ2 mutations. Skeletal deformity is one of the distinctive features. Genetic testing is helpful for the early diagnosis and differential diagnosis from other connective tissue diseases.
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- C Shan
- Shanghai Clinical Research Center of Bone Disease, Department of Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Research Center of Bone Disease, Department of Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Research Center of Bone Disease, Department of Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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Meng Z, Shuo G, Guohu D, Wei Z, Jingyi L, Yuanchao C, Zhaodong L, Changhong Y. Difference in the effect of orthokeratology on slowing teen myopia with different years of follow-up. J Fr Ophtalmol 2022; 45:718-727. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2022.02.003] [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] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wang J, Pang Q, Wei W, Cheng L, Huang F, Cao Y, Hu M, Yan S, He Y, Wei Z. Definition of large niche after Cesarean section based on prediction of postmenstrual spotting: Chinese cohort study in non-pregnant women. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2022; 59:450-456. [PMID: 34806258 DOI: 10.1002/uog.24817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Revised: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE A large niche after Cesarean section (CS) is associated with long-term complications, of which postmenstrual spotting is associated positively with the size of the niche. However, the diagnosis of a large niche in the literature is inconsistent and the definition is largely subjective. The aim of this study was to generate a definition for a large niche in non-pregnant women based on the presence of postmenstrual spotting. METHODS Women who had undergone CS in our hospital between January 2012 and June 2017 were selected randomly from our database, contacted by telephone and subsequently examined between January 2016 and June 2020. Eligible for inclusion were non-pregnant women who had their last CS more than 1 year earlier and agreed to undergo transvaginal sonography (TVS). All participants underwent examination of their CS scar by TVS (two-dimensional color Doppler) during the midfollicular phase. Niche depth, length, width, residual myometrial thickness (RMT), adjacent myometrial thickness (AMT) and ratio of niche depth/AMT were recorded. Women diagnosed with a niche, defined as an indentation at the site of the CS with a depth of at least 2 mm, were classified into two groups (symptomatic or asymptomatic) according to whether they experienced postmenstrual spotting. Logistic regression analysis was used to establish the best cut-off values for the niche parameters to predict postmenstrual spotting. A new definition was generated based on the niche parameters with the highest area under the receiver-operating-characteristics (ROC) curve (AUC) for the prediction of postmenstrual spotting. RESULTS A total of 727 women who had a CS > 1 year earlier underwent TVS examination, of whom 263 were diagnosed with a niche (prevalence of 36.2%). Of these, 160 women experienced postmenstrual spotting and 103 were asymptomatic. The three variables with the highest AUC for prediction of postmenstrual spotting were niche depth/AMT ratio (AUC, 0.798; 95% CI, 0.745-0.852), niche depth (AUC, 0.731; 95% CI, 0.668-0.795) and RMT (AUC, 0.683; 95% CI, 0.618-0.748). Based on the best cut-offs according to ROC-curve analysis, a large niche was defined as: niche depth ≥ 0.50 cm, RMT ≤ 0.21 cm or niche depth/AMT ratio ≥ 0.56. The prevalence of a large niche according to this definition was 22.4% (163/727). The new definition had a specificity of 61.17% (95% CI, 52.34-70.41%) and sensitivity of 76.87% (95% CI, 70.28-84.16%) for a large niche. CONCLUSION This study has provided a new definition for a large niche after CS. © 2021 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Genetics, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Genetics, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Genetics, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Genetics, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Genetics, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Genetics, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Mansfield AS, Wei Z, Mehra R, Shaw AT, Lieu CH, Forde PM, Drilon AE, Mitchell EP, Wright JJ, Takebe N, Sharon E, Hovelson D, Tomlins S, Zeng J, Poorman K, Malik N, Gray RJ, Li S, McShane LM, Rubinstein LV, Patton D, Williams PM, Hamilton SR, Conley BA, Arteaga CL, Harris LN, O’Dwyer PJ, Chen AP, Flaherty KT. Crizotinib in patients with tumors harboring ALK or ROS1 rearrangements in the NCI-MATCH trial. NPJ Precis Oncol 2022; 6:13. [PMID: 35233056 PMCID: PMC8888601 DOI: 10.1038/s41698-022-00256-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The NCI-MATCH was designed to characterize the efficacy of targeted therapies in histology-agnostic driver mutation-positive malignancies. Sub-protocols F and G were developed to evaluate the role of crizotinib in rare tumors that harbored either ALK or ROS1 rearrangements. Patients with malignancies that progressed following at least one prior systemic therapy were accrued to the NCI-MATCH for molecular profiling, and those with actionable ALK or ROS1 rearrangements were offered participation in sub-protocols F or G, respectively. There were five patients who enrolled on Arm F (ALK) and four patients on Arm G (ROS1). Few grade 3 or 4 toxicities were noted, including liver test abnormalities, and acute kidney injury. For sub-protocol F (ALK), the response rate was 50% (90% CI 9.8-90.2%) with one complete response among the 4 eligible patients. The median PFS was 3.8 months, and median OS was 4.3 months. For sub-protocol G (ROS1) the response rate was 25% (90% CI 1.3-75.1%). The median PFS was 4.3 months, and median OS 6.2 months. Data from 3 commercial vendors showed that the prevalence of ALK and ROS1 rearrangements in histologies other than non-small cell lung cancer and lymphoma was rare (0.1% and 0.4% respectively). We observed responses to crizotinib which met the primary endpoint for ALK fusions, albeit in a small number of patients. Despite the limited accrual, some of the patients with these oncogenic fusions can respond to crizotinib which may have a therapeutic role in this setting.
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- A. S. Mansfield
- grid.66875.3a0000 0004 0459 167XDivision of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- grid.65499.370000 0001 2106 9910ECOG-ACRIN Biostatistics Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.411024.20000 0001 2175 4264Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD USA
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- grid.32224.350000 0004 0386 9924Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.499234.10000 0004 0433 9255University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO USA
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- grid.280502.d0000 0000 8741 3625Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD USA
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- grid.51462.340000 0001 2171 9952Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY USA
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- grid.412726.40000 0004 0442 8581Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- grid.48336.3a0000 0004 1936 8075Investigational Drug Branch, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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- grid.48336.3a0000 0004 1936 8075Investigational Drug Branch, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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- grid.48336.3a0000 0004 1936 8075Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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- grid.492659.50000 0004 0492 4462Caris Life Sciences, Irving, TX USA
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- grid.492659.50000 0004 0492 4462Caris Life Sciences, Irving, TX USA
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- grid.511425.60000 0004 9346 3636Tempus, Chicago, IL USA
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- grid.65499.370000 0001 2106 9910ECOG-ACRIN Biostatistics Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.65499.370000 0001 2106 9910ECOG-ACRIN Biostatistics Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.48336.3a0000 0004 1936 8075Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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- grid.48336.3a0000 0004 1936 8075Biometric Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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- grid.48336.3a0000 0004 1936 8075Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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- grid.418021.e0000 0004 0535 8394Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD USA
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- grid.410425.60000 0004 0421 8357City of Hope, Duarte, CA USA
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- grid.48336.3a0000 0004 1936 8075Cancer Diagnosis Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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- grid.267313.20000 0000 9482 7121Simmons Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX USA
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- grid.48336.3a0000 0004 1936 8075Cancer Diagnosis Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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- grid.25879.310000 0004 1936 8972University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- grid.48336.3a0000 0004 1936 8075Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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- grid.32224.350000 0004 0386 9924Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA
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Liu H, Wei Z, Yang J, Wang Y, Hu J, Tang Y, Diao Y. Development of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of novel chicken orthoreovirus. Pol J Vet Sci 2022; 25:109-118. [PMID: 35575862 DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2022.140847] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A novel avian orthoreovirus (N-ARV) variant characterized with obvious arthritis and synovial inflammation, was isolated from Shandong, China in May 2016. It caused chicken poor growth and enormous economic losses to the poultry industry of China. However, there are few effective methods for detecting the antibody levels of N-ARV. In this study, a viral structural protein σC was expressed using the prokaryotic expression vector pET32a (+). The target protein was obtained by inducing for 6 hours at an IPTG concentration of 0.6mM. The optimal dilution of the coating antigen and serum antibody were determined to be 1000 fold and 10 fold respectively. A specificity test showed that there was no positive reactivity between N-ARV and other pathogens, and when the positive serum was diluted 100 times detection results were still checkable. The repeatability of this method was determined by the inter assay and intra assay tests with variability ranging from 4.85% to 7.93%. In conclusion, this indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) will be useful for large-scale serological surveys and monitoring antibody levels in N-ARV infection.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
- Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, No.61 Daizong Street, Tai'an 271018, China
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Zhang H, Tang J, Wei Z, Wang D, Wang R, Xiao L. Laparoscopic combined transperitoneal pelvic exenteration for vulvovaginal recurrence of rectal carcinoma following a Miles operation. Tech Coloproctol 2022; 26:495-496. [PMID: 34973070 PMCID: PMC9072443 DOI: 10.1007/s10151-021-02562-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- H Zhang
- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Urological Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
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Ou L, Luo J, Wei Z, Zheng A, Xu J, Shi B. Urachal tuberculosis with invasion of the bladder wall: A case report and literature review. Actas Urol Esp 2022; 46:1-3. [PMID: 34838494 DOI: 10.1016/j.acuroe.2020.12.007] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- L Ou
- Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital/the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital/the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital/the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital/the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
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Ou L, Luo J, Wei Z, Zheng A, Xu J, Shi B. Tuberculosis uracal con invasión de la pared vesical: informe de un caso y revisión de la literatura. Actas Urol Esp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2020.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Li Y, Wei Z, Shao M, Hong M, Yang D, Luo L, Meng J. Empathy for pain in individuals with autistic traits during observation of static and dynamic stimuli. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:1022087. [PMID: 36465286 PMCID: PMC9709309 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1022087] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Previous studies have reported that individuals with autistic traits, like those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), may have impaired empathic responses when observing static stimuli of others' pain. However, it remains unclear whether individuals with autistic traits exhibit impaired empathy for pain in response to dynamic stimuli. The present study addressed this question by recruiting 529 individuals whose autistic traits were assessed using the autism-spectrum quotient (AQ) questionnaire. Thirty participants who scored within the top 10% and bottom 10% on the AQ were selected into High-AQ and Low-AQ groups, respectively. This study employed painful whole-body action pictures and videos as static and dynamic stimuli. Both groups were instructed to judge whether the models in the stimuli were experiencing pain, and their reaction times, accuracy and event-related potential (ERP) data were recorded. Results showed that the P2 amplitudes were larger in the High-AQ group than in the Low-AQ group when viewing painful static stimuli, while no difference between the two groups was found when viewing painful dynamic stimuli. These results suggest that autistic traits influenced the emotional processing of others' pain in response to static stimuli.
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- Yanting Li
- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China.,Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China.,Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China.,Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China.,Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China.,Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China.,Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China.,Research Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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Fukumoto T, Hristova D, Hua X, Jimbo H, Takemori C, Nishigori C, Wei Z, Somasundaram R, Fukunaga-Kalabis M, Herlyn M. 295 The role of NUMB in melanoma. J Invest Dermatol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.08.301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Xu J, Cheng R, Ou L, Wei Z, Wang Y, Cui L, Shi B. Clinical characteristics, treatment strategies and oncologic outcomes of primary retroperitoneal tumours: a retrospective analysis in the Chinese population. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2021; 103:645-650. [PMID: 34435514 DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2021.0003] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Primary retroperitoneal tumours (PRTs) are rare soft tissue tumours originating from the retroperitoneum. Although there has been considerable progress recently in diagnosis and treatment, the overall survival rate has not improved qualitatively. This study aimed to explore the clinical features, therapeutic strategies and prognosis of PRTs. METHODS Retrospective analysis of clinical data for 121 PRT patients admitted to Peking University Shenzhen Hospital from April 2003 to February 2017. RESULTS A total of 113 patients underwent surgery and 8 chose nonsurgical palliative treatment. There were 53 males and 68 females (ratio, 1:1.3; average age, 40.75 years), and the average tumour diameter was 9.69(2-40)cm. A total of 104 patients (92.04%) underwent complete resection, 5 (4.42%) underwent palliative resection and 21 (18.58%) underwent combined visceral resection. The pathological diagnosis was benign in 88 cases (72.73%) and malignant in 33 cases (27.27%). A total of 101 patients (83.47%) were followed for an average of 5.82 years. At the end of follow up, the recurrence and survival rates were 2.63% and 93.42% for benign tumours, respectively, and 24.00% and 60.00% for malignant tumours (p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Imaging plays important roles in localising and characterising tumours, guiding treatment strategies. Complete tumour resection is key to reducing postoperative recurrence and improving survival. According to the postsurgical pathological results, combinations including radiotherapy, chemotherapy or targeted therapy are beneficial for improving prognosis.
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- J Xu
- Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, China
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- Beijing Children's Hospital, China
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- Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, China
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- Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, China
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- Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, China
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- Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, China
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- Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, China
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Wu LL, Xi CH, Yin Y, Lei GY, Wang Y, Du YJ, Wei Z, Hu CH, Wang GY. [Comparison of the post-operative analgesic effect of ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block combined with pectoral nerves block Ⅰ and thoracic paravertebral block in radical mastectomy]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:2147-2151. [PMID: 34275250 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20210314-00630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the serratus anterior plane block combined with pectoral nerves block I can produce a non-inferior analgesic effect compared with thoracic paravertebral block for radical mastectomy. Methods: From October 2020 to February 2021, Sixty-four patients of Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University scheduled for radical mastectomy with general anesthesia,were divided into two groups (n = 32 each) using a random number table method: thoracic paravertebral block group (TPVB group) and serratus anterior plane block combined with pectoral nerves block I group (S&P group). All patients received patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) postoperatively. The numerical rating scale (NRS) at post anesthesia care unit (PACU), 4, 8, 12, 24, 48 h after operation were compared between the two groups. Sufentanil cumulative dosage of PCIA in 24 h and 48 h, first press time after operation, total press times, the dosage of propofol, remifentanil and vasoactive drugs during operation, intraoperative blood pressure and heart rate, the operation time of block and adverse effects were all compared. Non-inferiority could be claimed if the difference of sufentanil cumulative dosage in 24 h between S&P group and TPVB group is higher than the negative value (-3.8) of the non-inferiority effect. Results: There was no significant difference in postoperative NRS at PACU, 4, 8, 12, 24, 48 h after operation, first press time after operation, total press times, propofol and remifentanil dosage, sufentanil cumulative dosage of PCIA in 24 h and 48 h, and adverse effects (all P>0.05). The sufentanil cumulative dosage of PCIA in 24 h of S&P group and of TPVB group were (15.8±4.7) μg and (15.2±3.2) μg. The 95% confidence interval (CI) of the difference between S&P group and of TPVB group was -1.478 to 2.694, and the lower limit was greater than non-inferiority margin -3.8. The mean arterial pressure of TPVB patients after induction and at the beginning of the operation were (63±7) mmHg and (70±7) mmHg, which were significantly lower than the (77±5) mmHg and (79±8) mmHg at the same time in the combination group (both P<0.05). The frequency of vasoactive drugs usage in TPVB group was 56.3%, which was statistically significant higher than the 18.8% in S&P group (P<0.01). Nerve block time in TPVB group was 10 (9, 11) min, which was significantly longer than 8 (6, 10) min in S&P group (P<0.01). Conclusion: The serratus anterior block combined with pectoral nerves block I can produce a non-inferior analgesic effect compared with thoracic paravertebral block for radical mastectomy, and the intraoperative hemodynamics is more stable and the block time is shorter than that of thoracic paravertebral block for radical mastectomy.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
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Hedberg YS, Wei Z, McCarrick S, Romanovski V, Theodore J, Westin EM, Wagner R, Persson KA, Karlsson HL, Odnevall Wallinder I. Welding fume nanoparticles from solid and flux-cored wires: Solubility, toxicity, and role of fluorides. J Hazard Mater 2021; 413:125273. [PMID: 33581669 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125273] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Welding fume particles are hazardous. Their toxicity likely depends on their composition and reactivity. This study aimed at exploring the role of sodium or other fluorides (NaF), which are intentionally added to flux-cored wire electrodes for stainless steel welding, on the solubility (in phosphate buffered saline) and toxicity of the generated welding fume particles. A multi-analytical particle characterization approach along with in-vitro cell assays was undertaken. The release of Cr(VI) and Mn from the particles was tested as a function of fluoride solution concentration. The welding fume particles containing NaF released significantly higher amounts of Cr(VI) compared with solid wire reference fumes, which was associated with increased cytotoxicity and genotoxicity in-vitro. No crystalline Na or potassium (K) containing chromates were observed. Cr(VI) was incorporated in an amorphous mixed oxide. Solution-added fluorides did not increase the solubility of Cr(VI), but contributed to a reduced Mn release from both solid and flux-cored wire fume particles and the reduction of Cr(VI) release from solid wire fume particles. Chemical speciation modeling suggested that metal fluoride complexes were not formed. The presence of NaF in the welding electrodes did not have any direct, but possibly an indirect, role in the Cr(VI) solubility of welding fumes.
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- Y S Hedberg
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada; Surface Science Western, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6G 0J3, Canada.
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden; Center of Functional Nano-Ceramics, National University of Science and Technology "MISIS", 119049 Moscow, Russia; Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220072 Minsk, Belarus
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- voestalpine Böhler Welding Group GmbH, Böhler-Welding-Str. 1, 8605 Kapfenberg, Austria
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- Linde GmbH/UniBw Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden; AIMES - Center for the Advancement of Integrated Medical and Engineering Sciences at Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Yang M, Wei Q, Shi L, Wei Z, Lv Z, Asim N, Zhang K, Ge B. Wuyiencin produced by Streptomyces albulus CK-15 displays biocontrol activities against cucumber powdery mildew. J Appl Microbiol 2021; 131:2957-2970. [PMID: 34060684 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS Wuyiencin is a nucleoside antibiotic produced by Streptomyces albulus CK-15. The aim of this study was to determine whether wuyiencin can be used, as a suitable alternative to chemical pesticides, to protect cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) from powdery mildew caused by Sphaerotheca fuliginea. Further, the mechanisms underlying the control of cucumber powdery mildew by S. albulus CK-15 were preliminarily elucidated. METHODS AND RESULTS Wuyiencin solutions of different concentrations were used to treat infected cucumber plants under greenhouse conditions. The results indicated that wuyiencin could significantly reduce powdery mildew disease incidence, with a maximum prevention efficacy of 94·38%. Further, scanning electron micrographs and enzyme assays showed that wuyiencin inhibited S. fuliginea spore growth and elicited the activity of plant systemic resistance-related enzymes. Additionally, real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR suggested that wuyiencin can activate a salicylic acid-dependent plant defence response. CONCLUSIONS Wuyiencin produced by S. albulus CK-15 possessed antifungal effects and was able to mitigate cucumber powdery mildew disease via antagonistic action. Wuyiencin also induced defence responses in the plants. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY These results reinforce the biotechnological potential of wuyiencin as both an antagonistic agent and an inducer of plant systemic resistance.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhu Z, Wei Z. CIP2A silencing alleviates doxorubicin resistance in MCF7/ADR cells through activating PP2A and autophagy. Clin Transl Oncol 2021; 23:1542-1548. [PMID: 33948919 PMCID: PMC8238779 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-021-02616-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Background Cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A (CIP2A) plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of various types of cancer. Here, we investigated whether manipulating CIP2A abundance could enhance the treatment effects of doxorubicin in MCF-7/ADR cells. Methods CIP2A silencing was achieved by specific siRNAs. Proliferation of breast cancer cell line MCF-7/ADR under effective doxorubicin concentrations after CIP2A silencing was examined by MTT assay. Wound healing assay was performed to quantify cell migration and caspase-3/-7 activities were measured for assessing the extent of apoptosis. Results First, our data confirmed that MCF-7/ADR cell proliferation was suppressed by doxorubicin in a dose-dependent manner. Additionally, knocking down of CIP2A could further decrease MCF-7 cell proliferation and migration, even in the presence of doxorubicin. Mechanistically, we have found that CIP2A silencing promoted cell apoptosis relative to doxorubicin alone or vehicle control groups. Lastly, phosphatase2A (PP2A) activity was potentiated and the autophagy markers, LC3B and Beclin1, were upregulated after knocking down CIP2A. Conclusion Our findings support the potential benefits of using CIP2A inhibitor as a therapeutic agent to treat doxorubicin-resistant breast cancer. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12094-021-02616-7.
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Cangzhou Central Hospital, No.16 Xinhua West Rd, Cangzhou city, Hebei Province, 061000, China.
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- Thyroid and Breast Department, Cangzhou Central Hospital, No.16 Xinhua West Rd, Cangzhou city, Hebei Province, 061000, China
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Luo X, Jiang Y, Chen F, Wei Z, Qiu Y, Xu H, Tian G, Gong W, Yuan Y, Feng H, Zhong L, Ji N, Xu X, Sun C, Li T, Li J, Feng X, Deng P, Zeng X, Zhou M, Zhou Y, Dan H, Jiang L, Chen Q. ORAOV1-B Promotes OSCC Metastasis via the NF-κB-TNFα Loop. J Dent Res 2021; 100:858-867. [PMID: 33655785 DOI: 10.1177/0022034521996339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Metastasis, a powerful prognostic indicator of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), is chiefly responsible for poor cancer outcomes. Despite an increasing number of studies examining the mechanisms underlying poor outcomes, the development of potent strategies is hindered by insufficient characterization of the crucial regulators. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have recently been gaining interest as significant modulators of OSCC metastasis; however, the detailed mechanisms underlying lncRNA-mediated OSCC metastasis remain relatively uncharacterized. Here, we identified a novel alternative splice variant of oral cancer overexpressed 1 (ORAOV1), named as ORAOV1-B, which was subsequently validated as an lncRNA and correlated with OSCC lymph node metastasis; significantly increased invasion and migration were observed in ORAOV1-B-overexpressing OSCC cells. RNA pulldown and mass spectrometry identified Hsp90 as a direct target of ORAOV1-B, and cDNA microarrays suggested TNFα as a potential downstream target of ORAOV1-B. ORAOV1-B was shown to directly bind to and stabilize Hsp90, which maintains the function of client proteins, receptor-interaction protein, and IκB kinase beta, thus activating the NF-κB pathway and inducing TNFα. Additionally, TNFα reciprocally enhanced p-NF-κB-p65 and the downstream epithelial-mesenchymal transition. ORAOV1-B effects were reversed by a TNFα inhibitor, demonstrating that TNFα is essential for ORAOV1-B-regulated metastatic ability. Consistent epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the ORAOV1-B group was demonstrated via an orthotopic model. In the metastatic model, ORAOV1-B significantly contributed to OSCC-related lung metastasis. In summary, the novel splice variant ORAOV1-B is an lncRNA, which significantly potentiates OSCC invasion and metastasis by binding to Hsp90 and activating the NF-κB-TNFα loop. These findings demonstrate the versatile role of ORAOV1 family members and the significance of genes located within 11q13 in promoting OSCC. ORAOV1-B might serve as an attractive OSCC metastasis intervention target.
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- X Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- The Stomatologic Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- XiangYa Stomatological Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Zhang K, Wei Z, Nie Y, Shen H, Wang X, Wang J, Chen K, Yang F. P42.05 Investigating the Accuracy of Clinical Mathematical Models for Estimating the Probability of Malignancy in Patients With Pulmonary Nodules. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Shestimerova TA, Golubev NA, Grigorieva AV, Bykov MA, Wei Z, Dikarev EV, Shevelkov AV. Supramolecular organization of the organic-inorganic hybrid [{p-(CH3)2NH—C6H4—NH3}2Cl][BiI6]: assembly of a three-dimensional structure via covalent and non-covalent interactions. Russ Chem Bull 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-021-3054-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Li Z, Jin H, Yun H, Wei Z, Zeng M. Tissue tracking MR to evaluate left ventricular global myocardial deformation in patients with cardiac amyloidosis of transmural late gadolinium enhancement. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Purpose
Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a major cause of mortality in patients with amyloidosis because it leads to heart failure and lethal arrhythmia. The present study was aimed to evaluate left ventricular (LV) global myocardial deformation in patients with CA of transmural late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) using tissue tracking MRI.
Materials and methods
Thirty-nine patients with CA, confirmed by cardiac MRI, and a biopsy of at least one involved organ were enrolled. According to LV ejection fraction (LVEF), they were divided into reduced LVEF (CArEF) and preserved EF (CApEF) groups. Thirty-nine normal controls were recruited (NC). Tissue tracking analysis was done based on cine MRI sequences. LV global longitudinal strain (GLS), global circumferential strain (GCS), and global radial strain (GRS) were computed.
Results
GLS [CArEF vs. CApEF vs. NC: (−5.82±2.42) % vs. (−8.44±4.15) % vs. (−14.74±2.93)%], GCS [CArEF vs. CApEF vs. NC: (−9.47±2.96) % vs. (−15.01±1.81) % vs. (−19.86±2.30) %], and GRS [CArEF vs. CApEF vs. NC: (11.37±4.68) % vs. (20.61±6.27) % vs. (39.02±8.98) %] were all reduced in the CArEF and CApEF groups compared with healthy control subjects (all P<0.01). GCS and GRS in the CArEF group were reduced compared with the CApEF group (P<0.01). GLS, GCS, and GRS were also strongly correlated with LVEF (r=−0.77, −0.88, and 0.83, respectively; P<0.01). Furthermore, the optimal cutoff values to predict LVEF reduction were −9.31% (sensitivity 88%, specificity 97%) for GLS, −14.13% (sensitivity 96%, specificity 97%) for GCS, and 20.11% (sensitivity 90%, specificity 97%) for GRS.
Conclusion
MRI-based LV global deformation parameters could be a useful method to assess LV myocardial systolic function and predict LVEF reduction in patients with CA of transmural enhancement on LGE. The differences of GCS and GRS between the CArEF and CApEF groups may also reflect preserved contractile function of the mid- or/and subepicardial myocardium.
Figure 1. LV deformation parameters
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Echocardiography, Shanghai, China
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- Zhongshan Hospital- Fudan University, Department of Radiology, Shanghai, China
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- Zhongshan Hospital- Fudan University, Department of Radiology, Shanghai, China
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- Zhongshan Hospital- Fudan University, Department of Hematology, Shanghai, China
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- Zhongshan Hospital- Fudan University, Department of Radiology, Shanghai, China
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Vogel A, Merle P, Verslype C, Finn R, Zhu A, Cheng AL, Chan S, Yau T, Ryoo BY, Wei Z, Malhotra U, Siegel A, Kudo M. 1003P Baseline (BL) liver function and outcomes in patients (pts) with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in KEYNOTE-240. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Fan X, Wang Q, Zhou M, Liu F, Shen H, Wei Z, Wang F, Tan C, Meng H. Humidity sensor based on a graphene oxide-coated few-mode fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Opt Express 2020; 28:24682-24692. [PMID: 32907003 DOI: 10.1364/oe.390207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A relative humidity sensor based on a graphene oxide-coated few-mode fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is proposed in this paper. The MZI was made by splicing a segment of the few-mode fiber (FMF) between two segments of a no-core fiber (NCF) and two segments of a single mode fiber (SMF) located outside the two NCFs. The core and cladding of the FMF acted as interferometric arms, while the NCFs acted as couplers for splitting and recombining light due to mismatch of mode field diameter. The cladding of the FMF was corroded with hydrofluoric acid, and a layer of graphene oxide (GO) film was coated on the corroded cladding of FMF via the natural deposition method. The refractive index of GO varied upon absorption the water molecules. As a result, the phase difference of the MZI varied and the wavelength of the resonant dip shifted with a change in the ambient relative humidity (RH). High humidity sensitivity of 0.191 and 0.061 nm/%RH in the RH range of 30-55% and 55-95%, respectively, were achieved experimentally. The high sensitivity, compact size, and simple manufacturing of the proposed sensor could offer attractive applications in fields of chemical sensors and biochemical detection.
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Zhang S, Liao K, Miao Z, Wang Q, Miao Y, Guo Z, Qiu Y, Chen B, Ren L, Wei Z, Lin Y, Lu X, Qiu Y. CircFOXO3 promotes glioblastoma progression by acting as a competing endogenous RNA for NFAT5. Neuro Oncol 2020; 21:1284-1296. [PMID: 31504797 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noz128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a newly discovered type of endogenous noncoding RNA, have been proposed to mediate the progression of diverse types of tumors. Systematic studies of circRNAs have just begun, and the physiological roles of circRNAs remain largely unknown. Here, we focused on elucidating the potential role and molecular mechanism of circular forkhead box O3 (circFOXO3) in glioblastoma (GBM) progression. METHODS First, we analyzed circFOXO3 alterations in GBM and noncancerous tissues through real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR). Next, we used loss- and gain-of-function approaches to evaluate the effect of circFOXO3 on GBM cell proliferation and invasion. Mechanistically, fluorescent in situ hybridization, RNA pull-down, dual luciferase reporter, and RNA immunoprecipitation assays were performed to confirm the interaction between circFOXO3 and miR-138-5p/miR-432-5p in GBM. An animal model was used to verify the in vitro experimental findings. RESULTS CircFOXO3 expression was significantly higher in GBM tissues than in noncancerous tissues. GBM cell proliferation and invasion were reduced by circFOXO3 knockdown and enhanced by circFOXO3 overexpression. Further biochemical analysis showed that circFOXO3 exerted its pro-tumorigenic activity by acting as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) to increase expression of nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 (NFAT5) via sponging both miR-138-5p and miR-432-5p. Notably, tumor inhibition by circFOXO3 downregulation could be reversed by miR-138-5p/miR-432-5p inhibitors in GBM cells. Moreover, GBM cells with lower circFOXO3 expression developed less aggressive tumors in vivo. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate that circFOXO3 can exert regulatory functions in GBM and that ceRNA-mediated microRNA sequestration might be a potential strategy for GBM therapy.
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- Shuai Zhang
- Department of Neurosurgery, the Affiliated Wuxi No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the Affiliated Wuxi No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the Affiliated Wuxi No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the Affiliated Wuxi No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the Affiliated Wuxi No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the Affiliated Wuxi No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Meng L, Wei Z, Jianye W, Yaoguang Z, Peng Z, Limin L, Jianwei L, Qing L, Zhongqing W, Tie Z, Zhihui X, Wen W, Jiayi L, Deyi L. Clinical outcomes of sacral neuromodulation in non-neurogenic, non-obstructive dysuria: A retrospective, multicentre study in China. EUR UROL SUPPL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)33572-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Xiang L, Qi F, Jiang L, Tan J, Deng C, Wei Z, Jin S, Huang G. CRISPR-dCas9-mediated knockdown of prtR, an essential gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Lett Appl Microbiol 2020; 71:386-393. [PMID: 32506497 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a widely distributed non-fermentative Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that is often responsible for nosocomial infections. Gene interference is a potentially valuable tool for investigating essential genes in P. aeruginosa. To establish a gene interference platform in P. aeruginosa, CRISPR system was used with an inactive Cas9 protein. The CRISPR-dCas9 system was cloned into pHERD20T, a shuttle vector with arabinose inducible promoter, and was further modified to target a regulatory gene prtR that is essential for the viability of P. aeruginosa. Cells expressing the prtR-targeting CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) showed growth defect in an arabinose dose-dependent manner. A high-throughput RNA sequencing analysis of bacterial cells with or without the CRISPRi-mediated prtR inhibition indicated that prtRis a global regulator affecting multiple biological processes. In conclusion, the CRISPR-dCas9-based gene knockdown system has been successfully implemented in P. aeruginosa and demonstrated to be an effective tool in the investigation of essential or difficult-to-inactivate genes in this species.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Plastic and Burn Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Plastic and Burn Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Plastic and Burn Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Plastic and Burn Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Plastic and Burn Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Plastic and Burn Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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Li W, Wei Z, Wang W, Frédéric S. 0714 Effect of One-Week Velopharyngeal-Task Training on Genioglossus Corticomotor Excitability and Sleep Apnea Severity. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction
The effectiveness of the contraction of the UA dilator muscles plays a crucial role in the maintenance of UA patency. This study aimed to assess the effects of one-week velopharyngeal-task training (VTT) on sleep apnea severity and its genioglossus (GG) corticomotor excitability.
Methods
Ten patients with sleep apnea underwent 1 h VTT on seven consecutive days. During the VTT protocol, subjects were asked to develop repetitive intra-oral positive pressure using cheek-bulging maneuvers while wearing a mouth piece to keep the jaw opened and maintaining an exclusive nasal breathing. They were encouraged to generate approximately 4% of Max pressure by maintaining the pressure inside the corresponding pre-set pressure target window for 2 sec every 10 sec. PSG recording and GG transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) response was obtained before and after the one-week VTT.
Results
One-week VTT was associated with a global AHI decrease by 33.8% (pre-VTT: 34.5±31.9 n/h; post-VTT: 25.5±26.7 n/h; p< 0.05) and progressed from moderate/severe to mild/moderate in 40% of patients. Although the bulging pressure remained unchanged (pre-VTT: 17.1±5.6 kPa, post-VTT: 19.4±5.4 kPa, p> 0.05), the amplitude of GG motor evoked potential in response to TMS significantly increased after the one-week VTT (pre-VTT: 639.4±380.9mV; post-VTT: 1128.5±623.9mV; p< 0.05).
Conclusion
One-week VTT is sufficient to confer clinical benefits on patients with sleep apnea. VTT protocol is not oriented toward strength gain, but rather toward an enhancement in the upper airway muscle cortical excitability and improvement in the coordination of their contraction. The authors consider these results to be potentially clinically relevant and worthy of further investigation in a large randomized trial.
Support
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: 81670085.
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- China medical university, Shenyang, Liaoning, CHINA
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- China medical university, Shenyang, Liaoning, CHINA
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- China medical university, Shenyang, Liaoning, CHINA
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- Professeur titulaire département de Médecine Université Laval Pneumologue Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec, QC, CANADA
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Xing J, Wang Z, Xu H, Liu C, Wei Z, Zhao L, Ren L. Pak2 inhibition promotes resveratrol-mediated glioblastoma A172 cell apoptosis via modulating the AMPK-YAP signaling pathway. J Cell Physiol 2020; 235:6563-6573. [PMID: 32017068 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.29515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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As a polyphenolic compound, resveratrol (Res) is widely present in a variety of plants. Previous studies have shown that Res can inhibit various tumors. However, its role in c remains largely unexplored. In the present study, we first demonstrated that Res inhibited cell viability and induced apoptosis of glioblastoma A172 cell. Further experiments showed that Res induced mitochondrial dysfunction and activated the activity of caspase-9. Functional studies have found that Res treatment is associated with an increase in the expression of Pak2. Interestingly, inhibition of Pak2 could further augment the proapoptotic effect of Res. Mechanistically, Pak2 inhibition induced reactive oxygen species overproduction, mitochondria-JNK pathway activation, and AMPK-YAP axis suppression. However, overexpression of YAP could abolish the anticancer effects of Res and Pak2 inhibition, suggesting a necessary role played by the AMPK-YAP pathway in regulating cancer-suppressive actions of Res and Pak2 inhibition. Altogether, our results indicated that Res in combination with Pak2 inhibition could further enhance the anticancer property of Res and this effect is mediated via the AMPK-YAP pathway.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Peng Z, Gou N, Wei Z, Zhao J, Wang F, Yang J, Li Y, Lan H. Fabrication of a Large-Area, Fused Polymer Micromold Based on Electric-Field-Driven (EFD) μ-3D Printing. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:polym11111902. [PMID: 31752165 PMCID: PMC6918298 DOI: 10.3390/polym11111902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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An electric-field-driven (EFD), μ-3D printed, fused polymer technique has been developed for the fabrication of large-area microscale prototype molds using typical polymer materials, including microcrystalline wax (MC-wax), polycaprolactone (PCL), and polymathic methacrylate (PMMA). This work proposes an alternative for large area microscale modes and overcomes the limitation of high cost in the traditional mold manufacturing industry. The EFD principle enables printing of fused polymers materials more than one order of magnitude lower than the nozzle diameter, contributing to the necking effect of the Taylor cone jet, which is the key factor to achieve the microscale manufacturing. Numerical simulation of electric field distribution between the meniscus and substrate was carried out to elucidate the dependence of electric field distribution on the meniscus condition of three types of polymers under printable voltage, and the electrical field parameters for the EFD μ-3D printing were determined. A number of experiments were printed successfully using a large range of viscosity materials, ranging from tens of mPa·s to hundreds of thousands of mPa·s of PCL and PMMA. The differences in parameters of different materials, such as viscosity, tensile properties, and surface energy, were studied to assess their use in different fields. Using proper process parameters and a nozzle with an inner diameter of 200 μm, three different application cases were completed, including a Wax microarray and microchannel with a minimum dot diameter of 20 μm, a PCL mesh structure with a minimum line width of 5 μm, and a PMMA large-area mold with a maximum aspect ratio of 0.8. Results show that the EFD μ-3D printing has the outstanding advantages of high printing resolution and polymer material universality.
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Xu Y, Tian W, Wei Z, Li Y, Gao X, Li W, Dong B. Microcatheter shaping using three-dimensional printed models for intracranial aneurysm coiling. J Neurointerv Surg 2019; 12:308-310. [DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2019-015346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background and purposeMicrocatheterization is an important, but also difficult, technique used for the embolization of intracranial aneurysms. The purpose of this study was to investigate the application of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology in microcatheter shaping.MethodsNine cases of internal carotid artery posterior communicating artery aneurysm diagnosed by CT angiography were selected, and 3D printing technology was used to build a 3D model including the aneurysm and the parent artery. The hollow and translucent model had certain flexibility; it was immersed in water and the microcatheter was introduced into the water to the target position in the aneurysm, followed by heating the water temperature to 50°C. After soaking for 5 min, the microcatheter was taken out and the shaping was completed. After sterilization, the shaped microcatheter was used for arterial aneurysm embolization and evaluation was conducted.ResultsNine cases of microcatheter shaping were satisfactory and shaping the needle was not necessary; no rebound was observed. The microcatheter was placed in an ideal position, and the stent-assisted method was used in three cases of wide-neck aneurysm. There were no complications related to surgery.ConclusionA new microcatheter shaping method using 3D printing technology makes intracranial artery aneurysm embolization more stable and efficient.
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Dong Z, Fang Y, Pan T, Liu H, Wei Z, Gu S, Liu P, Guo D, Xu X, Chen B, Fu W. Autotransplantation of purified CD34+cells for critical limb ischemia caused by buerger disease. Cytotherapy 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2019.03.424] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Xing J, Xu H, Liu C, Wei Z, Wang Z, Zhao L, Ren L. Melatonin ameliorates endoplasmic reticulum stress in N2a neuroblastoma cell hypoxia-reoxygenation injury by activating the AMPK-Pak2 pathway. Cell Stress Chaperones 2019; 24:621-633. [PMID: 30976981 PMCID: PMC6527732 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-019-00994-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been identified as a primary factor involved in brain ischemia-reperfusion injury progression. p21-activated kinase 2 (Pak2) is a novel ER function regulator. The aim of our study is to explore the influence of Pak2 on ER stress and determine whether melatonin attenuates ER stress-mediated cell death by modulating Pak2 expression in vitro using N2a cells. The results of our study demonstrated that hypoxia-reoxygenation (HR) injury repressed the levels of Pak2, an effect that was accompanied by activation of ER stress. In addition, decreased Pak2 was associated with oxidative stress, calcium overload, and caspase-12-mediated apoptosis activation in HR-treated N2a cells. Interestingly, melatonin treatment reversed the decreased Pak2 expression under HR stress. Knockdown of Pak2 abolished the protective effects of melatonin on ER stress, oxidative stress, and caspase-12-related N2a cells death. Additionally, we found that Pak2 was regulated by melatonin via the AMPK pathway; inhibition of AMPK prevented melatonin-mediated Pak2 upregulation, a result that was accompanied by an increase in N2a cell death. Altogether, these results identify the AMPK-Pak2 axis as a new signaling pathway responsible for ER stress and N2a cell viability under HR injury. Modulation of the AMPK-Pak2 cascade via supplementation of melatonin might be considered an effective approach to attenuate reperfusion-mediated N2a cell damage via repression of ER stress.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jin Xing
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201399, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201399, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201399, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201399, China
| | - Zhihan Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201399, China
| | - Liang Zhao
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201399, China
| | - Li Ren
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Shanghai Fu Dan University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201399, China.
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