1
|
Chang WH, Chen MH, Liu JF, Chung WL, Chiu LL, Huang YF. Surface Electromyography for Evaluating the Effect of Aging on the Coordination of Swallowing Muscles. Dysphagia 2023; 38:1430-1439. [PMID: 37106228 PMCID: PMC10471631 DOI: 10.1007/s00455-023-10572-3] [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: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
Abstract
Swallowing function can deteriorate with age, leading to a risk of dysphagia. Swallowing evaluation by surface electromyography (sEMG) can be easily and extensively applied for an elderly population. This study evaluated the temporal events observed by sEMG to clarify how aging affects the coordination among the masticatory and suprahyoid muscles. We recruited elderly individuals (over 65 years old) who denied dysphagia. The sEMG activities of anterior temporalis, masseter, and suprahyoid muscles were recorded during 3, 15, and 30 ml water swallowing tests (WST). We calculated the time interval between anterior temporalis and suprahyoid peak activity (T-SH interval) and masseter and suprahyoid peak activity (M-SH interval) and analyzed their correlation with age. The subjects who could and could not swallow 30 ml of water in one gulp were further assigned into the one-gulp and piecemeal groups, respectively, for subgroup analysis. We recruited 101 subjects, among whom 75 (26 males and 49 females) were analyzed after excluding those with suspected dysphagia or low-quality sEMG recordings. Age was significantly correlated with the bilateral T-SH (left: r = 0.249, p = 0.031; right: r = 0.412, p < 0.01) and right M-SH (r = 0.242, p = 0.037) intervals in the 30 ml WST. The correlation between intervals and age were observed in both subgroups. sEMG can be used to investigate the effect of aging on the temporal coordination between masticatory and suprahyoid contraction. Further studies are needed to verify the validity of screening subclinical dysphagia in the elderly.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wei-Han Chang
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, 333323, Taiwan
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, 204201, Taiwan
- Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City, 333324, Taiwan
| | - Mei-Hui Chen
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, 333423, Taiwan
| | - Jen-Fang Liu
- Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences and Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City, 333324, Taiwan
| | - Wei Li Chung
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, 333423, Taiwan
| | - Li-Ling Chiu
- Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences and Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City, 333324, Taiwan.
- Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences and Geriatric and Long-Term Care Research Center, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, No. 261, Wenhua 1st Rd, Guishan Dist, Taoyuan City, 333324, Taiwan.
| | - Yi-Fang Huang
- Department of General Dentistry, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 5, Fuxing Street, Gueishan Dist, Taoyuan City, 333423, Taiwan.
- School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 110301, Taiwan.
- Graduate Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, 333323, Taiwan.
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Guo Ie H, Tang CH, Sheu ML, Liu HY, Lu N, Tsai TY, Chen BL, Huang KC. Evaluation of risk adjustment performance of diagnosis-based and medication-based comorbidity indices in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0270468. [PMID: 35802678 PMCID: PMC9269939 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270468] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Objectives
This study assessed risk adjustment performance of six comorbidity indices in two categories of comorbidity measures: diagnosis-based comorbidity indices and medication-based ones in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Methods
This was a population–based retrospective cohort study. Data used in this study were sourced from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. The study population comprised all patients who were hospitalized due to COPD for the first time in the target year of 2012. Each qualified patient was individually followed for one year starting from the index date to assess two outcomes of interest, medical expenditures within one year after discharge and in-hospital mortality of patients. To assess how well the added comorbidity measures would improve the fitted model, we calculated the log-likelihood ratio statistic G2. Subsequently, we compared risk adjustment performance of the comorbidity indices by using the Harrell c-statistic measure derived from multiple logistic regression models.
Results
Analytical results demonstrated that that comorbidity measures were significant predictors of medical expenditures and mortality of COPD patients. Specifically, in the category of diagnosis-based comorbidity indices the Elixhauser index was superior to other indices, while the RxRisk-V index was a stronger predictor in the framework of medication-based codes, for gauging both medical expenditures and in-hospital mortality by utilizing information from the index hospitalization only as well as the index and prior hospitalizations.
Conclusions
In conclusion, this work has ascertained that comorbidity indices are significant predictors of medical expenditures and mortality of COPD patients. Based on the study findings, we propose that when designing the payment schemes for patients with chronic diseases, the health authority should make adjustments in accordance with the burden of health care caused by comorbid conditions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Huei Guo Ie
- Teaching Resource Center, Office of Academic Affairs, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Chao-Hsiun Tang
- School of Health Care Administration, College of Management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Mei-Ling Sheu
- School of Health Care Administration, College of Management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Hung-Yi Liu
- Health and Clinical Research Data Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Ning Lu
- Department of Health Administration, College of Health and Human Services, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois, United States of America
| | - Tuan-Ya Tsai
- Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Bi-Li Chen
- Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Kuo-Cherh Huang
- School of Health Care Administration, College of Management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Gong CSA, Su CHS, Chao KW, Chao YC, Su CK, Chiu WH. Exploiting deep neural network and long short-term memory method-ologies in bioacoustic classification of LPC-based features. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0259140. [PMID: 34941869 PMCID: PMC8700054 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The research describes the recognition and classification of the acoustic characteristics of amphibians using deep learning of deep neural network (DNN) and long short-term memory (LSTM) for biological applications. First, original data is collected from 32 species of frogs and 3 species of toads commonly found in Taiwan. Secondly, two digital filtering algorithms, linear predictive coding (LPC) and Mel-frequency cepstral coefficient (MFCC), are respectively used to collect amphibian bioacoustic features and construct the datasets. In addition, principal component analysis (PCA) algorithm is applied to achieve dimensional reduction of the training model datasets. Next, the classification of amphibian bioacoustic features is accomplished through the use of DNN and LSTM. The Pytorch platform with a GPU processor (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti) realizes the calculation and recognition of the acoustic feature classification results. Based on above-mentioned two algorithms, the sound feature datasets are classified and effectively summarized in several classification result tables and graphs for presentation. The results of the classification experiment of the different features of bioacoustics are verified and discussed in detail. This research seeks to extract the optimal combination of the best recognition and classification algorithms in all experimental processes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Cihun-Siyong Alex Gong
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| | - Chih-Hui Simon Su
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Kuo-Wei Chao
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Chu Chao
- Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | | | | |
Collapse
|
4
|
de Palmas S, Soto D, Ho MJ, Denis V, Chen CA. Strong horizontal and vertical connectivity in the coral Pocillopora verrucosa from Ludao, Taiwan, a small oceanic island. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0258181. [PMID: 34634065 PMCID: PMC8504772 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258181] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
Mesophotic habitats could be sheltered from natural and anthropogenic disturbances and act as reproductive refuges, providing propagules to replenish shallower populations. Molecular markers can be used as proxies evaluating the connectivity and inferring population structure and larval dispersal. This study characterizes population structure as well as horizontal and vertical genetic connectivity of the broadcasting coral Pocillopora verrucosa from Ludao, a small oceanic island off the eastern coast of Taiwan. We genotyped 75 P. verrucosa specimens from three sites (Gongguan, Dabaisha, and Guiwan) at three depth ranges (Shallow: 7-15 m, Mid-depth: 23-30 m, and Deep: 38-45 m), spanning shallow to upper mesophotic coral reefs, with eight microsatellite markers. F-statistics showed a moderate differentiation (FST = 0.106, p<0.05) between two adjacent locations (Dabaisha 23-30 and Dabaisha 38-45 m), but no differentiation elsewhere, suggesting high levels of connectivity among sites and depths. STRUCTURE analysis showed no genetic clustering among sites or depths, indicating that all Pocillopora individuals could be drawn from a single panmictic population. Simulations of recent migration assigned 30 individuals (40%) to a different location from where they were collected. Among them, 1/3 were assigned to deeper locations, 1/3 to shallower populations and 1/3 were assigned to the right depth but a different site. These results suggest high levels of vertical and horizontal connectivity, which could enhance the recovery of P. verrucosa following disturbances around Ludao, a feature that agrees with demographic studies portraying this species as an opportunistic scleractinian.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Stéphane de Palmas
- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Biodiversity Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Derek Soto
- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Biodiversity Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Ming-Jay Ho
- Green Island Marine Research Station, Marine Science Thematic Centre, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Green Island, Taitung, Taiwan
| | - Vianney Denis
- Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chaolun Allen Chen
- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Biodiversity Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Life Sciences, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Lin MH, Lin SC, Lee YH, Wang PY, Wu HY, Hsu HC. The effectiveness of simulation education program on shared decision-making attitudes among nurses in Taiwan. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257902. [PMID: 34582501 PMCID: PMC8478250 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Shared decision-making (SDM) is significantly associated with promoting the quality of end-of-life (EOL). The attitude of nurses toward the end of life can affect EOL care, but there are few SDM-related clinical learning programs focused on EOL. In this study, therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness of an EOL-simulation education program on attitudes toward SDM among nurses, using an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). Methods We used a quasi-experimental study design to evaluate nurses working at a medical center in Taiwan. We recruited 100 nurses and assigned them to an experimental group (n = 50) and a control group (n = 50). The experimental group received the SDM attitude (SDMA) cultivation program, and the control group did not. After the intervention, all participants were examined in an OSCE to assess the efficacy of their learning. A p value of.05 was considered statistically significant. Results The average score of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group in the dimensions “empathic communication” and “mastery learning”, but these differences were not significant. SDMA score is significantly and positively correlated with SDMA global score, standardized patient survey (SPS) score, and SPS global score (r = .92, .56, and .50, respectively; p < .01). Conclusions Simulations concerning EOL care that incorporate SDM components would be effective for training clinical nurses. This study can serve as a reference for nursing-administration managers who may consider designing SDM-related education programs to improve the quality of clinical nursing care.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Mei-Hsiang Lin
- School of Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
| | | | - Yu-Hsia Lee
- MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
| | - Pao-Yu Wang
- Department of Nursing, MacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C
| | - Hon-Yen Wu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming ChiaoTung University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
| | - Hsiu-Chin Hsu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate Institute of Gerontology and Health Care Management, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyan, Taiwan, R.O.C
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Shen PC, Chang PC, Hsieh JL. Snail regulation in fibroblast-like synoviocytes by a histone deacetylase or glycogen synthase kinase inhibitor affects cell proliferation and gene expression. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257839. [PMID: 34582486 PMCID: PMC8478242 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257839] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Snail has been linked to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We plan to investigate the regulation of Snail in response to TNF-α, histone acetylation, and glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK)-3 inhibition in fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs). METHODS FLSs from rats with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) were collected and treated with TNF-α alone or a combination with trichostatin A (TSA), a pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor and lithium chloride (LiCl), a glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK)-3 inhibitor. RESULTS We demonstrated for the first time that nuclear expression of Snail in FLSs from rats with CIA was correlated with the levels of extracellular TNF-α and acetylation status. Cell proliferation and viability of CIA FLSs were reduced in response to TSA treatment and short-hairpin RNA specific to Snail. LiCl treatment increased Snail and cadherin-11 (Cad-11) expression in CIA FLSs. CONCLUSION We suggested from this study that targeting TNF-α-histone deacetylase-Snail signaling axis or the Wnt signaling pathway in FLSs might provide therapeutic interventions for the treatment of RA in the future.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Po-Chuan Shen
- Department of Orthopedics, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Po-Chun Chang
- Department of Orthopedics, An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Jeng-Long Hsieh
- Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
7
|
Kao CC, Wu MS, Chuang MT, Lin YC, Huang CY, Chang WC, Chen CW, Chang TH. Investigation of dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary stenting in patients with chronic kidney disease. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0255645. [PMID: 34347826 PMCID: PMC8336855 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255645] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is currently the standard treatment for the prevention of ischemic events after stent implantation. However, the optimal DAPT duration remains elusive for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Therefore, we aimed to compare the effectiveness and safety between long-term and short-term DAPT after coronary stenting in patients with CKD. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyze data from the Taipei Medical University (TMU) Institutional and Clinical Database, which include anonymized electronic health data of 3 million patients that visited TMU Hospital, Wan Fang Hospital, and Shuang Ho Hospital. We enrolled patients with CKD after coronary stenting between 2008 and 2019. The patients were divided into the long-term (>6 months) and short-term DAPT group (≤ 6 months). The primary end point was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) from 6 months after the index date. The secondary outcomes were all-cause mortality and Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) bleeding. Results A total of 1899 patients were enrolled; of them, 1112 and 787 were assigned to the long-term and short-term DAPT groups, respectively. Long-term DAPT was associated with similar risk of MACE (HR: 1.05, 95% CI: 0.65–1.70, P = 0.83) compare with short-term DAPT. Different CKD risk did not modify the risk of MACE. There was also no significant difference in all-cause mortality (HR: 1.10, 95% CI: 0.75–1.61, P = 0.63) and TIMI bleeding (HR 1.19, 95% CI: 0.86–1.63, P = 0.30) between groups. Conclusions Among patients with CKD and coronary stenting, we found that long-term and short-term DAPT tied on the risk of MACE, all-cause mortality and TIMI bleeding.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chih-Chin Kao
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- TMU Research Center of Urology and Kidney (TMU-RCUK), Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Mai-Szu Wu
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- TMU Research Center of Urology and Kidney (TMU-RCUK), Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang-Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Ming-Tsang Chuang
- Clinical Data Center, Office of Data Science, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Cheng Lin
- Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chun-Yao Huang
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Taipei Heart institute, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Wei-Chiao Chang
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang-Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Master Program for Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chih-Wei Chen
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Taipei Heart institute, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| | - Tzu-Hao Chang
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Clinical Big Data Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
8
|
Tang WC, Lin MP, You J, Wu JYW, Chen KC. Prevalence and psychosocial risk factors of nonsuicidal self-injury among adolescents during the COVID-19 outbreak. Curr Psychol 2021; 42:1-10. [PMID: 34092987 PMCID: PMC8167308 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-01931-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The research investigated the prevalence of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) during the COVID-19 outbreak and identified the psychosocial risk factors among junior high school students in Taiwan. Cross-sectional design was applied and 1,060 participants (Mage = 14.66, SD = 0.86 years) were recruited into the study. The prevalence of NSSI was found to be 40.9% (95% confidence interval, 37.9%-43.9%) during the COVID-19 outbreak. The results suggested that the self-injurers group were mostly female, and scored significantly higher in neuroticism, depression, impulsivity, alexithymia, virtual social support, dissatisfaction with academic performance, and lower in subjective wellbeing, self-esteem, actual social support, and family function than the non-injurers group. In addition, high neuroticism, low self-esteem, high virtual social support, high impulsivity, and high alexithymia were independently predictive in the logistic regression analysis. The principal results of this study suggested that NSSI was extremely prevalent among adolescents during the COVID-19 outbreak, and in particularly, personality and virtual environment risk factors and enhancing self-esteem should be the focus of NSSI preventive strategies when targeting this age population. Our results provide a reference towards designing NSSI prevention programs geared toward the high school population during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wen-Ching Tang
- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, No.162, Sec. 1, Heping E. Rd., Da-an District, Taipei City, 106 Taiwan
| | - Min-Pei Lin
- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, No.162, Sec. 1, Heping E. Rd., Da-an District, Taipei City, 106 Taiwan
| | - Jianing You
- Center for Studies of Psychological Application & School of Psychology, South China Normal University, No. 155 Zhongshan W. Rd, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China
| | - Jo Yung-Wei Wu
- Good-Day Psychology Clinic, 5F., No. 167, Xialin Rd., South District, Tainan City, 702 Taiwan
| | - Kuan-Chu Chen
- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, No.162, Sec. 1, Heping E. Rd., Da-an District, Taipei City, 106 Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Hsu CN, Chang CH, Poopradubsil T, Lo A, William KA, Lin KW, Bandrowski A, Ozyurt IB, Grethe JS, Martone ME. Antibody Watch: Text mining antibody specificity from the literature. PLoS Comput Biol 2021; 17:e1008967. [PMID: 34043624 PMCID: PMC8189493 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008967] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Antibodies are widely used reagents to test for expression of proteins and other antigens. However, they might not always reliably produce results when they do not specifically bind to the target proteins that their providers designed them for, leading to unreliable research results. While many proposals have been developed to deal with the problem of antibody specificity, it is still challenging to cover the millions of antibodies that are available to researchers. In this study, we investigate the feasibility of automatically generating alerts to users of problematic antibodies by extracting statements about antibody specificity reported in the literature. The extracted alerts can be used to construct an “Antibody Watch” knowledge base containing supporting statements of problematic antibodies. We developed a deep neural network system and tested its performance with a corpus of more than two thousand articles that reported uses of antibodies. We divided the problem into two tasks. Given an input article, the first task is to identify snippets about antibody specificity and classify if the snippets report that any antibody exhibits non-specificity, and thus is problematic. The second task is to link each of these snippets to one or more antibodies mentioned in the snippet. The experimental evaluation shows that our system can accurately perform the classification task with 0.925 weighted F1-score, linking with 0.962 accuracy, and 0.914 weighted F1 when combined to complete the joint task. We leveraged Research Resource Identifiers (RRID) to precisely identify antibodies linked to the extracted specificity snippets. The result shows that it is feasible to construct a reliable knowledge base about problematic antibodies by text mining. Antibodies are widely used reagents to test for the expression of proteins. However, antibodies are also a known source of reproducibility problems in biomedicine, as specificity and other issues can complicate their use. Information about how antibodies perform for specific applications are scattered across the biomedical literature and multiple websites. To alert scientists with reported antibody issues, we develop text mining algorithms that can identify specificity issues reported in the literature. We developed a deep neural network algorithm and performed a feasibility study on 2,223 papers. We leveraged Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs), unique identifiers for antibodies and other biomedical resources, to match extracted specificity issues with particular antibodies. The results show that our system, called “Antibody Watch,” can accurately perform specificity issue identification and RRID association with a weighted F-score over 0.914. From our test corpus, we identified 37 antibodies with 68 nonspecific issue statements. With Antibody Watch, for example, if one were looking for an antibody targeting beta-Amyloid 1–16, from 74 antibodies at dkNET Resource Reports (on 10/2/20), one would be alerted that “some non-specific bands were detected at 55 kDa in both WT and APP/PS1 mice with the 6E10 antibody…”
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chun-Nan Hsu
- Department of Neurosciences and Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
| | - Chia-Hui Chang
- Department of Neurosciences and Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan
| | - Thamolwan Poopradubsil
- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan
| | - Amanda Lo
- Department of Neurosciences and Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
| | - Karen A. William
- Department of Neurosciences and Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
| | - Ko-Wei Lin
- Department of Neurosciences and Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
| | - Anita Bandrowski
- Department of Neurosciences and Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- SciCrunch, Inc. San Diego, California, United States of America
| | - Ibrahim Burak Ozyurt
- Department of Neurosciences and Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
| | - Jeffrey S. Grethe
- Department of Neurosciences and Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
| | - Maryann E. Martone
- Department of Neurosciences and Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- SciCrunch, Inc. San Diego, California, United States of America
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
10
|
Lin CH, Yu SH, Chen CY, Huang FW, Chen WK, Shih HM. Early blood pH as an independent predictor of neurological outcome in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective observational study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e25724. [PMID: 33907164 PMCID: PMC8084093 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000025724] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
ABSTRACT Metabolic acidosis is observed in 98% of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The longer the no-flow or low-flow duration, the more severe is the acidosis in these patients. This study explored whether blood pH in early stages of advanced life support (ALS) was an independent predictor of neurological prognosis in patients with OHCA.We retrospectively enrolled patients with OHCA from January 2012 to June 2018 in a single-medical tertiary hospital in Taiwan. Patients with OHCA whose blood gas analyses within 5 minutes after receiving ALS at the emergency department (ED) were enrolled. Patients younger than 20 years old, with cardiac arrest resulting from traumatic or circumstantial causes, with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) before ED arrival, lacking record of initial blood gas analysis, and with do-not-resuscitate orders were excluded. The primary outcome of this study was neurological status at hospital discharge.In total, 2034 patients with OHCA were enrolled. The majority were male (61.89%), and the average age was 67.8 ± 17.0 years. Witnessed OHCA was noted in 571 cases, cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed before paramedic arrival in 512 (25.2%) cases, and a shockable rhythm was observed in 269 (13.2%). Blood pH from initial blood gas analysis remained an independent predictor of neurological outcome after multivariate regression.Blood pH at early stages of ALS was an independent prognostic factor of post-OHCA neurological outcome. Blood gas analysis on arrival at the ED may provide additional information about the prognosis of patients with OHCA.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chin-Han Lin
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University
- Department of Emergency Medicine, China Medical University Hospital
| | - Shao-Hua Yu
- Department of Emergency Medicine, China Medical University Hospital
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences
| | - Chih-Yu Chen
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University
| | - Fen-Wei Huang
- Department of Emergency Medicine, China Medical University Hospital
| | - Wei-Kung Chen
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University
- Department of Emergency Medicine, China Medical University Hospital
| | - Hong-Mo Shih
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University
- Department of Emergency Medicine, China Medical University Hospital
- Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Wu WY, Chou PL, Yang JC, Chien CT. Silicon-containing water intake confers antioxidant effect, gastrointestinal protection, and gut microbiota modulation in the rodents. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0248508. [PMID: 33788857 PMCID: PMC8011764 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248508] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
We explored the effects of silicon-containing water (BT) intake on gastrointestinal function and gut microbiota. BT was obtained by pressuring tap water through silicon minerals (mullite, Al6Si2O13) column. BT decreased H2O2 chemiluminescence counts, indicating its antioxidant activity. Four weeks of BT drinking increased H2O2 scavenging activity and glutathione peroxidase activity of plasma. BT drinking did not affect the body weight but significantly reduced the weight of feces and gastrointestinal motility. BT drinking significantly suppressed pylorus ligation enhanced gastric juice secretion, gastric reactive oxygen species amount, erythrocyte extravasation, IL-1β production by infiltrating leukocyte, and lipid peroxidation within gastric mucosa. Data from 16S rRNA sequencing revealed BT drinking significantly increased beneficial flora including Ruminococcaceae UCG-005, Prevotellaceae NK3B31, Weissella paramesenteroides, Lactobacillus reuteri, and Lactobacillus murinus and decreased harmful flora including Mucispirillum, Rodentibacter, and Staphylococcus aureus. This study pioneerly provided scientific evidences for the potential effects of water-soluble forms of silicon intake on antioxidant activity, gastrointestinal function, and gut microbiota modulation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wei-Yi Wu
- Department of Life Science, School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Pei-Li Chou
- Department of Life Science, School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Jyh-Chin Yang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (CTC); (JCY)
| | - Chiang-Ting Chien
- Department of Life Science, School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (CTC); (JCY)
| |
Collapse
|
12
|
Yang LJ, Hsu SM, Wu PH, Lin MY, Huang TH, Lin YT, Kuo HT, Chiu YW, Hwang SJ, Tsai JC, Chen HC. Association of digoxin with mortality in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: A population-based cohort study. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0245620. [PMID: 33449946 PMCID: PMC7810292 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245620] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Digoxin is commonly prescribed for heart failure and atrial fibrillation, but there is limited data on its safety in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We conducted a population-based cohort study using the pre-end stage renal disease (ESRD) care program registry and the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. Of advanced CKD patient cohort (N = 31,933), we identified the digoxin user group (N = 400) matched with age and sex non-user group (N = 2,220). Multivariable Cox proportional hazards and sub-distribution hazards models were used to evaluate the association between digoxin use and the risk of death, cardiovascular events (acute coronary syndrome, ischemic stroke, or hemorrhagic stroke) and renal outcomes (ESRD, rapid decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate-eGFR, or acute kidney injury). Results showed that all-cause mortality was higher in the digoxin user group than in the non-user group, after adjusting for covariates (adjusted hazard ratio, aHR 1.63; 95% CI 1.23-2.17). The risk for acute coronary syndrome (sub-distribution hazard ratio, sHR 1.18; 95% CI 0.75-1.86), ischemic stroke (sHR 1.42; 95% CI 0.85-2.37), and rapid eGFR decline (sHR 1.00 95% CI 0.78-1.27) was not significantly different between two groups. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that digoxin use was associated with increased mortality, but not cardiovascular events or renal function decline in advanced CKD patients. This finding warns the safety of prescribing digoxin in this population. Future prospective studies are needed to overcome the limitations of cohort study design.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Lii-Jia Yang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal CiJin Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Shan-Min Hsu
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Ping-Hsun Wu
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Ming-Yen Lin
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Master of Public Health Degree Program, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Teng-Hui Huang
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Ting Lin
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao–Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Hung-Tien Kuo
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Wen Chiu
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Shang-Jyh Hwang
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Jer-Chia Tsai
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| | - Hung-Chun Chen
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
13
|
Yang CW, Chen FY, Chang FP, Ho Y, Wu BS, Yang AH, Tarng DC, Yang CY. IgM mesangial deposition as a risk factor for relapses of adult-onset minimal change disease. BMC Nephrol 2021; 22:25. [PMID: 33435901 PMCID: PMC7802152 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-021-02234-z] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Immunoglobulin M (IgM) mesangial deposition in pediatric minimal change disease (MCD) has been reported to be associated with steroid dependence and poor renal outcomes. However, the evidence linking the impacts of IgM mesangial deposition to the treatment prognosis in adult-onset MCD is still elusive. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, 37 adult patients with MCD received kidney biopsies from January 2010 to May 2020. Immunofluorescence microscopy was performed and the patients dichotomized according to IgM mesangial deposition (12 patients with positive IgM deposition; 25 patients with negative IgM deposition). We analyzed the clinical features, the dosage of immunosuppressive agents, and the response to treatment for 2 years between the two groups. RESULTS Analysis of the clinical symptoms, the dosage of immunosuppressive treatment, and the time to remission revealed no statistical difference between the groups. However, compared to the negative IgM group, the frequency of relapses was significantly higher in the positive IgM group during the two-year follow-up period (the negative IgM group 0.25 episodes/year; the positive IgM group 0.75 episodes/year, p = 0.029). Furthermore, multivariate linear regression revealed that the positivity of IgM mesangial deposition is independently associated with the frequency of relapses (regression coefficient B 0.450, 95% CI 0.116-0.784, p = 0.010). CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicated that adult-onset MCD patients with IgM mesangial deposition have a high risk of relapses. Therefore, intensive monitoring of disease activity should be considered in MCD adults with IgM mesangial deposition.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Cheng-Wen Yang
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Beitou District, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
| | - Fan-Yu Chen
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Beitou District, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Fu-Pang Chang
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yang Ho
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Beitou District, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Bo-Sheng Wu
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - An-Hang Yang
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Der-Cherng Tarng
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Beitou District, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department and Institute of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Center for Intelligent Drug Systems and Smart Bio-devices (IDS2B), Hsinchu, Taiwan
| | - Chih-Yu Yang
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Beitou District, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan.
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Center for Intelligent Drug Systems and Smart Bio-devices (IDS2B), Hsinchu, Taiwan.
- Stem Cell Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
| |
Collapse
|
14
|
Chang TC, Chen YC, Huang YC, Lin WC, Lu CH. Systemic oxidative stress and cognitive function in Parkinson's disease with different PWMH or DWMH lesions. BMC Neurol 2021; 21:16. [PMID: 33430806 PMCID: PMC7798238 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-020-02037-z] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Parkinson's disease (PD), frequently accompanied by cognitive impairments, is associated with systemic oxidative stress and abnormal structural changes on brain images. We aimed to identify the correlation between systemic oxidative stress and cognitive function in PD patients with different periventricular white matter hyperintensities (PWMH) and deep white matter hyperintensities (DWMH). METHODS A total of 146 participants with idiopathic PD underwent brain MRI, which revealed PWMH and DWMH. The number of lesions were evaluated using the Fazekas criteria. Systemic oxidative stress was determined as early or late phase changes in leukocyte apoptosis and its subsets by flow cytometry. Cognitive functions, including attention, executive function, memory, language, and visual space, were assessed. RESULTS For different DWMH, the leukocyte apoptosis and its subsets were significantly different.. However, there were no significant differences in oxidative stress biomarkers in PD patients with different PWMH. Attention and memory were significantly decreased in patients with more advanced DWMH injuries. Attention, memory, and language were significantly impaired in patients with worse PWMH lesions. CONCLUSION Significant oxidative stress biomarker alternations in PD patients with DWMH, but not PWMH, might be associated with white matter injury. Systemic inflammatory responses may contribute to deep white matter damage in PD. Further, more cognitive deficits were seen in PD patients with worse deep white matter lesions, especially in moderate to severe periventricular white matter injury. TRIAL REGISTRATION Retrospective study.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ta-Chih Chang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Cun Chen
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Yu-Chi Huang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
| | - Wei-Che Lin
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
| | - Cheng-Hsien Lu
- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
15
|
Wu WK, Panyod S, Liu PY, Chen CC, Kao HL, Chuang HL, Chen YH, Zou HB, Kuo HC, Kuo CH, Liao BY, Chiu THT, Chung CH, Lin AYC, Lee YC, Tang SL, Wang JT, Wu YW, Hsu CC, Sheen LY, Orekhov AN, Wu MS. Characterization of TMAO productivity from carnitine challenge facilitates personalized nutrition and microbiome signatures discovery. Microbiome 2020; 8:162. [PMID: 33213511 PMCID: PMC7676756 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-020-00912-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
The capability of gut microbiota in degrading foods and drugs administered orally can result in diversified efficacies and toxicity interpersonally and cause significant impact on human health. Production of atherogenic trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) from carnitine is a gut microbiota-directed pathway and varies widely among individuals. Here, we demonstrated a personalized TMAO formation and carnitine bioavailability from carnitine supplements by differentiating individual TMAO productivities with a recently developed oral carnitine challenge test (OCCT). By exploring gut microbiome in subjects characterized by TMAO producer phenotypes, we identified 39 operational taxonomy units that were highly correlated to TMAO productivity, including Emergencia timonensis, which has been recently discovered to convert γ-butyrobetaine to TMA in vitro. A microbiome-based random forest classifier was therefore constructed to predict the TMAO producer phenotype (AUROC = 0.81) which was then validated with an external cohort (AUROC = 0.80). A novel bacterium called Ihubacter massiliensis was also discovered to be a key microbe for TMA/TMAO production by using an OCCT-based humanized gnotobiotic mice model. Simply combining the presence of E. timonensis and I. massiliensis could account for 43% of high TMAO producers with 97% specificity. Collectively, this human gut microbiota phenotype-directed approach offers potential for developing precision medicine and provides insights into translational research. Video Abstract.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wei-Kai Wu
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Bei-Hu Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Suraphan Panyod
- Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Po-Yu Liu
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
| | - Chieh-Chang Chen
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Hsien-Li Kao
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Hsiao-Li Chuang
- National Laboratory Animal Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Ying-Hsien Chen
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Hsin-Bai Zou
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Han-Chun Kuo
- The Metabolomics Core Laboratory, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Ching-Hua Kuo
- The Metabolomics Core Laboratory, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Ben-Yang Liao
- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
| | - Tina H T Chiu
- Department of Nutritional Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Ching-Hu Chung
- Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Angela Yu-Chen Lin
- Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Chia Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Sen-Lin Tang
- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Jin-Town Wang
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yu-Wei Wu
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 110, Taiwan
| | - Cheng-Chih Hsu
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Lee-Yan Sheen
- Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Alexander N Orekhov
- Institute for Atherosclerosis Research, Skolkovo Innovative Center, Moscow, 121609, Russia
- Laboratory of Angiopathology, Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow, 125315, Russia
| | - Ming-Shiang Wu
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
| |
Collapse
|
16
|
Yang CY, Yang SM, Chen YY, Lu KC. Fabrication and Physical Properties of Single-Crystalline Βeta-FeSi 2 Nanowires. Nanoscale Res Lett 2020; 15:197. [PMID: 33052458 PMCID: PMC7560652 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-020-03425-7] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
In this study, self-catalyzed β-FeSi2 nanowires, having been wanted but seldom achieved in a furnace, were synthesized via chemical vapor deposition method where the fabrication of β-FeSi2 nanowires occurred on Si (100) substrates through the decomposition of the single-source precursor of anhydrous FeCl3 powders at 750-950 °C. We carefully varied temperatures, duration time, and the flow rates of carrier gases to control and investigate the growth of the nanowires. The morphology of the β-FeSi2 nanowires was observed with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), while the structure of them was analyzed with X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The growth mechanism has been proposed and the physical properties of the iron disilicide nanowires were measured as well. In terms of the magnetization of β-FeSi2, nanowires were found to be different from bulk and thin film; additionally, longer β-FeSi2 nanowires possessed better magnetic properties, showing the room-temperature ferromagnetic behavior. Field emission measurements demonstrate that β-FeSi2 nanowires can be applied in field emitters.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chih-Yung Yang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
| | - Shu-Meng Yang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
| | - Yu-Yang Chen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
| | - Kuo-Chang Lu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan.
- Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan.
| |
Collapse
|
17
|
Abstract
BACKGROUND Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the most prevalent cause of renal disease in type 2 diabetic patients and is usually diagnosed clinically. A kidney biopsy is considered when non-diabetic renal disease (NDRD) is suspected, such as rapid progression in renal function impairment and severe proteinuria. Still, there is yet no consensus on the timing of kidney biopsy in type 2 diabetic patients. This study aims to identify markers that can help differentiate between DN and NDRD and guide the decision of kidney biopsy. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed patients with type 2 diabetes who received kidney biopsy from 2008 to 2017 at Taipei Veterans General Hospital. Ophthalmologist consultation and outpatient records, diagnosis of kidney biopsy, laboratory data, and clinical characteristics were collected. RESULTS This study enrolled 160 type 2 diabetic patients, among which 120 (75%) had isolated DN and 40 (25%) had NDRD ± DN (26 had isolated NDRD, and 14 had NDRD superimposed on DN). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, DM duration (odds ratio [OR]: 0.907; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.842-0.977; P = 0.01), diabetic retinopathy (OR: 0.196; 95% CI: 0.061-0.627; P = 0.006), and urinary RBC (OR: 1.068; 95% CI: 1.024-1.115; P = 0.002) were independent predictors of NDRD. In patients with diabetic retinopathy (n = 112, 70%), the presence of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, pan-retinal photocoagulation, and hematuria were factors predicting NDRD; and in patients without diabetic retinopathy (n = 48, 30%), short DM duration and hematuria were factors predicting NDRD. CONCLUSIONS Using diabetic retinopathy, DM duration, and hematuria, we developed a 3-step approach to stratify patients into three categories with the different likelihoods of having NDRD. Then different strategies could be taken accordingly. Our stepwise approach is easy to follow and may serve as an appropriate and useful tool to help clinicians in making decisions of kidney biopsy in type 2 DM patients presenting with kidney diseases.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jyh-Tong Hsieh
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Chiayi Branch, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
| | - Fu-Pang Chang
- Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - An-Hang Yang
- Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Der-Cherng Tarng
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Center for Intelligent Drug Systems and Smart Bio-devices (IDS2B), Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Department and Institute of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chih-Yu Yang
- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Center for Intelligent Drug Systems and Smart Bio-devices (IDS2B), Hsinchu, Taiwan.
- Stem Cell Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
| |
Collapse
|
18
|
Su SY, Lu IH, Cheng WC, Chung WC, Chen PY, Ho JM, Chen SH, Lin CY. EpiMOLAS: an intuitive web-based framework for genome-wide DNA methylation analysis. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:163. [PMID: 32241255 PMCID: PMC7114791 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6404-8] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND DNA methylation is a crucial epigenomic mechanism in various biological processes. Using whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) technology, methylated cytosine sites can be revealed at the single nucleotide level. However, the WGBS data analysis process is usually complicated and challenging. RESULTS To alleviate the associated difficulties, we integrated the WGBS data processing steps and downstream analysis into a two-phase approach. First, we set up the required tools in Galaxy and developed workflows to calculate the methylation level from raw WGBS data and generate a methylation status summary, the mtable. This computation environment is wrapped into the Docker container image DocMethyl, which allows users to rapidly deploy an executable environment without tedious software installation and library dependency problems. Next, the mtable files were uploaded to the web server EpiMOLAS_web to link with the gene annotation databases that enable rapid data retrieval and analyses. CONCLUSION To our knowledge, the EpiMOLAS framework, consisting of DocMethyl and EpiMOLAS_web, is the first approach to include containerization technology and a web-based system for WGBS data analysis from raw data processing to downstream analysis. EpiMOLAS will help users cope with their WGBS data and also conduct reproducible analyses of publicly available data, thereby gaining insights into the mechanisms underlying complex biological phenomenon. The Galaxy Docker image DocMethyl is available at https://hub.docker.com/r/lsbnb/docmethyl/. EpiMOLAS_web is publicly accessible at http://symbiosis.iis.sinica.edu.tw/epimolas/.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sheng-Yao Su
- Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) on Bioinformatics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - I-Hsuan Lu
- Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Wen-Chih Cheng
- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Miaoli, Taiwan
| | - Wei-Chun Chung
- Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Pao-Yang Chen
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Jan-Ming Ho
- Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Shu-Hwa Chen
- TMU Research Center of Cancer Translational Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chung-Yen Lin
- Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan Miaoli, Taiwan
- Institute of Fisheries Science, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
19
|
Cheng PJ, Zheng QY, Hsu CY, Li H, Hong KB, Zhu Y, Cui Q, Xu C, Lu TC, Lin TR. Full-Spectrum Analysis of Perovskite-Based Surface Plasmon Nanolasers. Nanoscale Res Lett 2020; 15:66. [PMID: 32227260 PMCID: PMC7103583 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-020-3290-6] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
We systematically studied the characteristics of hybrid perovskite-based surface plasmon nanolasers. If one changes the anion composition of perovskites, the emission wavelength can be easily tuned. We conducted in full-spectrum modeling that featured hybrid perovskite nanowires placed on different SiO2-coated metallic (Au, Ag, and Al) plates. The proposed nanocavities that supported plasmonic gap modes exhibited distinguished properties of nanolasers, such as low-transparency threshold-gain and low lasing threshold. The corresponding experimental results for the MAPbBr3 nanolaser on Ag revealed the low-threshold operation. These superior features were attributed to enhanced light-matter interaction with strong coupling. Therefore, the proposed scheme, integrated with hybrid perovskite as gain material, provides an excellent platform for nanoscale plasmon lasing in the visible to near-infrared spectra.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Pi-Ju Cheng
- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
| | - Qi-Yan Zheng
- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan
| | - Chu-Yuan Hsu
- Department of Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
| | - Heng Li
- Department of Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
| | - Kuo-Bin Hong
- Department of Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
| | - Yizhi Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
| | - Qiannan Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
| | - Chunxiang Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
| | - Tien-Chang Lu
- Department of Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan.
| | - Tzy-Rong Lin
- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
- Institute of Optoelectronic Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
- Center of Excellence for Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
| |
Collapse
|
20
|
Ferrandiz-Mont D, Chiao C. Is left-behind status related to differences in sexual health of Armenian mothers? Evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey in 2010 and 2015. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0228344. [PMID: 32012185 PMCID: PMC6996842 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228344] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Migration caused by poverty is a growing public health issue around the world. Migrants are at heightened risk of HIV/STIs and yet the vulnerability to poor sexual health of their left-behind partners, in relation to their household wealth, remain understudied. This investigation examines differences in sexual health from 2010 to 2015 among Armenian mothers, with a specific focus on their left-behind migration status and household wealth. Methods and findings Using the population-based Demographic and Health Surveys from Armenia, multilevel logistic models were used to examine the various relationships between sexual health, left-behind status, and household wealth. The multivariate analysis results showed that self-reported sexually transmitted infection (STI) symptoms (AOR = 1.45; p<0.01) and intimate partner violence (IPV) (AOR = 1.45; p<0.01) increased from 2010 to 2015; furthermore, negotiation power over sex (AOR = 0.77; p<0.01) declined among Armenian mothers. Left-behind mothers (LBMs) were more likely to report STI symptoms than their non-LBM counterparts (AOR = 1.61; p<0.01). In addition, significant differences in sexual health between LBMs and non-LBMs with different levels of household wealth were observed. The poorest wealth quintiles were associated with a higher likelihood of self-reported STI symptoms (AOR = 1.74; p<0.05) and IPV (AOR = 1.78; p<0.01), as well as a lower likelihood of utilizing HIV testing (AOR = 0.48; p<0.01) and negotiating power over sex (AOR = 0.47; p<0.01). Conclusions This study strives to fill gaps in the literature related to the relationship between left-behind status, household wealth, and sexual health among Armenian mothers in a context of economic expansion. Among these mothers, poor sexual health outcomes increased from 2010 to 2015. Both low household wealth and a left-behind status were associated with adverse sexual health outcomes. These findings suggest future campaigns aimed at improving the sexual health of Armenian mothers need to be migration-status appropriate and socioeconomic-sensitive.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- David Ferrandiz-Mont
- Institute of Public Health, International Health Program, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chi Chiao
- Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
21
|
Liu TY, Kuo PH, Lu ML, Huang MC, Chen CH, Wu TH, Wang S, Mao WC, Chen HC. Quantifying the level of difficulty to treat major depressive disorder with antidepressants: Treatment Resistance to Antidepressants Evaluation Scale. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0227614. [PMID: 31935237 PMCID: PMC6959551 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The present study aimed to develop a new scale to evaluate the level of difficulty in treating major depressive disorder with antidepressants based on the lifetime treatment profile. METHODS In addition to evaluating the difficulty of treatment with antidepressants (A subscale), the Treatment Resistance to Antidepressants Evaluation Scale (TRADES) is comprised of a subscale to account for the attributes that compromise the efficacy of treatment (B subscale). One hundred and six participants aged 18 to 65 years with remitted major depressive disorder were enrolled. Eligible cases were those with at least 2 years from disease onset until the scoring date of the TRADES (the index date), with a complete treatment record. Various psychosocial and clinical features, such as neuroticism, harm avoidance, and utilization of psychiatric services, were used to validate the TRADES. RESULTS The mean duration of the course before and after the index date were 5.5 ± 3.5 and 3.1 ± 1.7 years, respectively. In a multiple regression analysis, the final total scores of the TRADES independently correlated with higher levels of neuroticism and harm avoidance. Total scores were also associated with a higher utilization of psychiatric outpatient and admission services before the index date. Furthermore, it is thought that total scores could predict a higher number of visits to psychiatric outpatient, emergency, and admission services following the index date. CONCLUSIONS The TRADES has acceptable validity and could help to quantify the level of treatment difficulty with antidepressants in major depressive disorder.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Tzu-Yu Liu
- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Po-Hsiu Kuo
- Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Mong-Liang Lu
- Department of Psychiatry, Wan-Fang Hospital; Taipei & School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Ming-Chyi Huang
- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Hospital, Songde Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chun-Hsin Chen
- Department of Psychiatry, Wan-Fang Hospital; Taipei & School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Tzu-Hua Wu
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Sabrina Wang
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Wei-Chung Mao
- Department of Psychiatry, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Hsi-Chung Chen
- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
22
|
Abstract
Current patterns of biological distribution result from the deep past. Of particular interest, some closely related species appear at high latitudes of both hemispheres, but not in between, a pattern known as antitropical distribution. However, the timing, pathway, and drivers of antitropical distributions remain mostly unknown. Here we describe a new fossil, a left tympanic bulla (part of the ear bones), from the Middle/Late Pleistocene (0.78-0.01 mya, but not excluding the possibility of Holocene in age, as the specimen was dredged from the sea bottom and the geological horizon remains uncertain) of Taiwan. The tympanic bulla is diagnostic in baleen whales, and this specimen shows morphological features that are identical to extant Eubalaena, including: relatively large size (the anteroposterior length is 117 mm); rectangular outline in medial view; short anterior lobe, judging from the remaining of the lateral furrow; squared anterior margin; prominent transverse crease on the involucrum; transversely compressed in anterior view; well-developed and rounded outer lip; and parallel involucral and main ridges. Although incomplete, the morphological characters and overall similarity to extant Eubalaena allow a reliable taxonomic assignment to Eubalaena sp. The occurrence of a Pleistocene Eubalaena on the southern margin of the western North Pacific is the first balaenid fossil evidence indicative of the biotic interchange between two hemispheres leading to the origin of antitropical distribution in the Pleistocene; alternatively, this specimen might merely represent an extra-limital record of the North Pacific Eubalaena. Furthermore, this find suggests that the Eubalaena interchange, being one of the largest species displaying antitropical distribution pairs in the history of life, likely took place along the western Pacific. Notably, this does not preclude the Eubalaena interchange from other routes, such as the eastern Pacific or the Atlantic Ocean, and future finds should test the scenario for the biotic interchange between Northern and Southern Hemispheres of Eubalaena.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Cheng-Hsiu Tsai
- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
- Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
| | - Chun-Hsiang Chang
- Department of Geology, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, 40453 Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
23
|
Su SY, Lee WC. Age-period-cohort analysis with a constant-relative-variation constraint for an apportionment of period and cohort slopes. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226678. [PMID: 31856261 PMCID: PMC6922428 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Age-period-cohort analysis of incidence and/or mortality data has received much attention in the literature. To circumvent the non-identifiability problem inherent in the age-period-cohort model, additional constraints are necessary on the parameters estimates. We propose setting the constraint to reflect the different nature of the three temporal variables: age, period, and birth cohort. There are two assumptions in our method. Recognizing age effects to be deterministic (first assumption), we do not explicitly incorporate the age parameters into constraint. For the stochastic period and cohort effects, we set a constant-relative-variation constraint on their trends (second assumption). The constant-relative-variation constraint dictates that between two stochastic effects, one with a larger curvature gets a larger (absolute) slope, and one with zero curvature gets no slope. We conducted Monte-Carlo simulations to examine the statistical properties of the proposed method and analyzed the data of prostate cancer incidence for whites from 1973-2012 to illustrate the methodology. A driver for the period and/or cohort effect may be lacking in some populations. In that case, the CRV method automatically produces an unbiased age effect and no period and/or cohort effect, thereby addressing the situation properly. However, the method proposed in this paper is not a general purpose model and will produce biased results in many other real-life data scenarios. It is only useful in situations when the age effects are deterministic and dominant, and the period and cohort effects are stochastic and minor.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Shih-Yung Su
- Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Innovation and Policy Center for Population Health and Sustainable Environment, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Wen-Chung Lee
- Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Innovation and Policy Center for Population Health and Sustainable Environment, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Taiwan Cancer Registry, Taipei, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
24
|
Abstract
Happiness, or Subjective Well-Being (SWB), is generally considered as a peaceful and satisfied state accompanied by consistent and optimistic mood. Due to its subjective and elusive nature, however, wellbeing has only been scarcely investigated in the neuroimaging literature. In this study, we investigated its neural substrates by characterizing two different perspectives: self- or other-concerned wellbeing. In the present study, 22 participants evaluated the subjective happiness (with button presses 1 to 4) to 3 categories (intra- and inter-personal and neutral) of pre-rated pictures in a slow event-related fMRI. Because wellbeing is constantly featured by pleasure feelings after self-inspection, we predict that happier conditions, featured by “intra-personal vs. neutral” and “inter-personal vs. neutral” conditions, should yield higher BOLD activities in overlapping reward- and self-related regions. Indeed, medial prefrontal (mPFC), pregenual ACC (pACC), precuneus and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) were revealed both by General Linear Model (GLM) (categorical contrasts) and parametric modulations (correlations with rating 1-4s), specifically, more connectivity between nucleus accumbens (NAcc) and mPFC, via additional psychophysiological interaction, or PPI, analyses. More interestingly, GLM and multivariate searchlight analyses jointly reveal the subdivision of mPFC and the PCC/precuneus, with anterior mPFC and dorsal PCC/precuneus more for interpersonal, posterior mPFC and ventral PCC/precuneus more for intrapersonal, SWB, respectively. Taken together, these results are not only consistent with the “cortical midline hypothesis of the self”, but also extending the “spatial gradients of self-to-other-concerned processing” from mPFC to including both mPFC and PCC/precuneus, making them two “hubs” of self-to-other-concerned wellbeing network.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- HanShin Jo
- Dept. of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan
- Inst. Of Medical Informatics, NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Yang-Yen Ou
- Dept. of Electrical Engineering, NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Chun-Chia Kung
- Dept. of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan
- Mind Research and Imaging (MRI) Center, Tainan, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
25
|
Tsai CE, Yeh SM, Chen CH, Lin HN. Flexible Photocatalytic Paper with Cu 2O and Ag Nanoparticle-Decorated ZnO Nanorods for Visible Light Photodegradation of Organic Dye. Nanoscale Res Lett 2019; 14:204. [PMID: 31201574 PMCID: PMC6570720 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-019-3034-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Abstract
We report on the fabrication of flexible photocatalytic paper comprised of Cu2O and Ag nanoparticle (NP)-decorated ZnO nanorods (NRs) and its application in visible light photodegradation of organic dye. ZnO NRs are first grown on a kraft paper substrate using a hydrothermal method. The NRs are subsequently decorated with Cu2O, Ag, or both NPs formed by photoreduction processes. Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis confirm the crystallinity of ZnO NRs. Transmission electron microscopy analysis confirms the compositions of the two types of NPs. Four different types of photocatalytic papers with a size of 10 × 10 cm2 are prepared and used to degrade a 10-μM and 100-mL rhodamine B solution. The paper with Cu2O and Ag NP-co-decorated ZnO NRs has the best efficiency with first-order kinetic constants of 0.017 and 0.041 min-1 under the illumination of a halogen lamp and direct sunlight, respectively. The performance of the photocatalytic paper compares well with other substrate-supported ZnO nanocomposite photocatalysts. With the advantages of flexibility, light weight, nontoxicity, low cost, and ease of fabrication, the photocatalytic paper has good potential for visible light photocatalysis.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Cheng-En Tsai
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - Shang-Ming Yeh
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - Chien-Hua Chen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - Heh-Nan Lin
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
26
|
Chiang SR, Lin CY, Chen DY, Tsai HF, Lin XC, Hsu TC, Tzang BS. The effects of human parvovirus VP1 unique region in a mouse model of allergic asthma. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0216799. [PMID: 31086415 PMCID: PMC6516678 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Evidence has indicated that viral infection increases the risk of developing asthma. Although the association of human parvovirus B19 (B19V) or human bocavirus (HBoV) with respiratory diseases has been reported, little is known about the influence of the B19V-VP1u and HBoV-VP1u proteins on the symptoms of asthma. Herein, we investigated the systemic influence of subcutaneously injected B19V-VP1u and HBoV-VP1u recombinant proteins in an OVA-sensitized asthmatic mouse model. A significantly higher Penh ratio and IgE level were detected in the serum, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and the supernatant of a lymphocyte culture from mice treated with HBoV-VP1u or B19V-VP1u than in a lymphocyte culture from OVA-sensitized mice. Significantly higher levels of serum and BALF IgE, total IgG, IgG1, OVA-specific IgE and OVA-specific IgG1 were detected in mice treated with HBoV-VP1u or B19V-VP1u than in OVA-sensitized mice. Conversely, a significantly lower IgG2a level was detected in mice from the HBoV-VP1u or B19V-VP1u groups than in mice from the OVA group. The mice treated with HBoV-VP1u or B19V-VP1u exhibited more significant lung inflammatory indices, including elevated serum and BALF IL-4, IL-5, IL-10 and IL-13 levels; BALF lymphocyte, neutrophil and eosinophil counts, MMP-9 and MMP-2 activity; and the amount of lymphocyte infiltration, relative to those in the control mice or in those sensitized with OVA. These findings demonstrate that the subcutaneous injection of HBoV-VP1u or B19V-VP1u proteins in OVA-sensitized mice result in elevated asthmatic indices and suggest that human parvoviruses may increase the risk of developing airway inflammation in a mouse model of asthma.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Shyh-Ren Chiang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Department of General Science, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
| | - Chia-Yun Lin
- Institute of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
| | - Der-Yuan Chen
- Rheumatology and Immunology Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Rheumatic Diseases Research Center, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
| | - Hui-Fang Tsai
- Department of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan, R.O.C
| | - Xin-Ci Lin
- Institute of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
| | - Tsai-Ching Hsu
- Institute of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Immunology Research Center, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- * E-mail: (BST); (TCH)
| | - Bor-Show Tzang
- Institute of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Immunology Research Center, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- * E-mail: (BST); (TCH)
| |
Collapse
|
27
|
Chen SW, Lu YA, Lee CC, Chou AH, Wu VCC, Chang SW, Fan PC, Tian YC, Tsai FC, Chang CH. Long-term outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury: A cohort study. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0212352. [PMID: 30865662 PMCID: PMC6415889 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment. The aim of this study was to elucidate the long-term outcomes of adult patients with AKI who receive ECMO. Materials and methods The study analyzed encrypted datasets from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database. The data of 3251 patients who received first-time ECMO treatment between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2013, were analyzed. Characteristics and outcomes were compared between patients who required dialysis for AKI (D-AKI) and those who did not in order to evaluate the impact of D-AKI on long-term mortality and major adverse kidney events. Results Of the 3251 patients, 54.1% had D-AKI. Compared with the patients without D-AKI, those with D-AKI had higher rates of all-cause mortality (52.3% vs. 33.3%; adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.82, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.53–2.17), chronic kidney disease (13.7% vs. 8.1%; adjusted subdistribution HR [aSHR] 1.66, 95% CI 1.16–2.38), and end-stage renal disease (5.2% vs. 0.5%; aSHR 14.28, 95% CI 4.67–43.62). The long-term mortality of patients who survived more than 90 days after discharge was 22.0% (153/695), 32.3% (91/282), and 50.0% (10/20) in the patients without D-AKI, with recovery D-AKI, and with nonrecovery D-AKI who required long-term dialysis, respectively, demonstrating a significant trend (Pfor trend <0.001). Conclusion AKI is associated with an increased risk of long-term mortality and major adverse kidney events in adult patients who receive ECMO.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Shao-Wei Chen
- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Yueh-An Lu
- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Change Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Cheng-Chia Lee
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Change Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - An-Hsun Chou
- Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
| | - Victor Chien-Chia Wu
- Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Branch and Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
| | - Su-Wei Chang
- Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Pei-Chun Fan
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Change Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Ya-Chung Tian
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Change Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Feng-Chun Tsai
- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Chih-Hsiang Chang
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Change Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- * E-mail: ,
| |
Collapse
|
28
|
Abstract
The lifetime prevalence of shoulder pain is nearly 70% and is mostly attributable to subacromial disorders. A rotator cuff tear is the most severe form of subacromial disorders, and most occur in the supraspinatus. For clinical examination, shoulder ultrasound is recommended to detect supraspinatus tears. In this study, a computer-aided tear classification (CTC) system was developed to identify supraspinatus tears in ultrasound examinations and reduce inter-operator variability. The observed cases included 89 ultrasound images of supraspinatus tendinopathy and 102 of supraspinatus tear from 136 patients. For each case, intensity and texture features were extracted from the entire lesion and combined in a binary logistic regression classifier for lesion classification. The proposed CTC system achieved an accuracy rate of 92% (176/191) and an area under receiver operating characteristic curve (Az) of 0.9694. Based on its diagnostic performance, the CTC system has promise for clinical use.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ruey-Feng Chang
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chung-Chien Lee
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: ;
| | - Chung-Ming Lo
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Library, Information and Archival Studies, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: ;
| |
Collapse
|
29
|
Abstract
No studies have investigated the association between living arrangements and disability-free life expectancy in the United States, nor worldwide. This study aims to examine the differences in total and disability-free life expectancy among older Americans according to living arrangements. Data from the Health and Retirement Study (1998 to 2014) for non-Hispanic whites aged 50 and over (N = 21,612). Disability-free life expectancy by gender, living arrangement, and education are obtained from incidence-based multistate life tables. Overall, those who live only with their spouses/partners live 1-19 years longer with 3-25 more years without disability and 1-7 fewer years with disability than do those with other living arrangements. Among those with the same living arrangement, the higher educated live up to 6 years longer with up to 8 more years in a disability-free state and up to 2 fewer years in a disabled state. The study shows strong association between living arrangement and disability-free life expectancy by gender and education. Long-term care policy should take into account the length of life with/without disability by living arrangements and socioeconomic status and make use of the potential family resources.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chi-Tsun Chiu
- Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei City, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
30
|
Hsu CC, Lai PH, Chen TC, Tsai WC, Hsu JL, Hsiao YY, Wu WL, Tsai CH, Chen WH, Chen HH. PePIF1, a P-lineage of PIF-like transposable element identified in protocorm-like bodies of Phalaenopsis orchids. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:25. [PMID: 30626325 PMCID: PMC6327408 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-5420-4] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Orchids produce a colorless protocorm by symbiosis with fungi upon seed germination. For mass production of orchids, the prevailing approaches are both generation of protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) from callus and multiplication of adventitious buds on inflorescence. However, somaclonal variations occur during micropropagation. RESULTS We isolated the two most expressed transposable elements belonging to P Instability Factor (PIF)-like transposons. Among them, a potential autonomous element was identified by similarity analysis against the whole-genome sequence of Phalaenopsis equestris and named PePIF1. It contains a 19-bp terminal inverted repeat flanked by a 3-bp target site duplication and two coding regions encoding ORF1- and transposase-like proteins. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that PePIF1 belongs to a new P-lineage of PIF. Furthermore, two distinct families, PePIF1a and PePIF1b, with 29 and 37 putative autonomous elements, respectively, were isolated, along with more than 3000 non-autonomous and miniature inverted-repeat transposable element (MITE)-like elements. Among them, 828 PePIF1-related elements were inserted in 771 predicted genes. Intriguingly, PePIF1 was transposed in the somaclonal variants of Phalaenopsis cultivars, as revealed by transposon display, and the newly inserted genes were identified and sequenced. CONCLUSION A PIF-like element, PePIF1, was identified in the Phalaenopsis genome and actively transposed during micropropagation. With the identification of PePIF1, we have more understanding of the Phalaenopsis genome structure and somaclonal variations during micropropagation for use in orchid breeding and production.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chia-Chi Hsu
- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Pei-Han Lai
- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Tien-Chih Chen
- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Wen-Chieh Tsai
- Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Jui-Lin Hsu
- Orchid Research and Development Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Yu-Yun Hsiao
- Orchid Research and Development Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Wen-Luan Wu
- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Ching-Hsiu Tsai
- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
| | - Wen-Huei Chen
- Orchid Research and Development Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Hong-Hwa Chen
- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Orchid Research and Development Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
31
|
Tai AS, Peng CH, Peng SC, Hsieh WP. Decomposing the subclonal structure of tumors with two-way mixture models on copy number aberrations. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0206579. [PMID: 30540749 PMCID: PMC6291075 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Multistage tumorigenesis is a dynamic process characterized by the accumulation of mutations. Thus, a tumor mass is composed of genetically divergent cell subclones. With the advancement of next-generation sequencing (NGS), mathematical models have been recently developed to decompose tumor subclonal architecture from a collective genome sequencing data. Most of the methods focused on single-nucleotide variants (SNVs). However, somatic copy number aberrations (CNAs) also play critical roles in carcinogenesis. Therefore, further modeling subclonal CNAs composition would hold the promise to improve the analysis of tumor heterogeneity and cancer evolution. To address this issue, we developed a two-way mixture Poisson model, named CloneDeMix for the deconvolution of read-depth information. It can infer the subclonal copy number, mutational cellular prevalence (MCP), subclone composition, and the order in which mutations occurred in the evolutionary hierarchy. The performance of CloneDeMix was systematically assessed in simulations. As a result, the accuracy of CNA inference was nearly 93% and the MCP was also accurately restored. Furthermore, we also demonstrated its applicability using head and neck cancer samples from TCGA. Our results inform about the extent of subclonal CNA diversity, and a group of candidate genes that probably initiate lymph node metastasis during tumor evolution was also discovered. Most importantly, these driver genes are located at 11q13.3 which is highly susceptible to copy number change in head and neck cancer genomes. This study successfully estimates subclonal CNAs and exhibit the evolutionary relationships of mutation events. By doing so, we can track tumor heterogeneity and identify crucial mutations during evolution process. Hence, it facilitates not only understanding the cancer development but finding potential therapeutic targets. Briefly, this framework has implications for improved modeling of tumor evolution and the importance of inclusion of subclonal CNAs.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- An-Shun Tai
- Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C
| | - Chien-Hua Peng
- Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C
- * E-mail: (WPH); (CHP)
| | - Shih-Chi Peng
- Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C
| | - Wen-Ping Hsieh
- Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C
- * E-mail: (WPH); (CHP)
| |
Collapse
|
32
|
Su KY, Tseng JS, Liao KM, Yang TY, Chen KC, Hsu KH, Yang PC, Yu SL, Chang GC. Mutational monitoring of EGFR T790M in cfDNA for clinical outcome prediction in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0207001. [PMID: 30444875 PMCID: PMC6239293 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Several ultra-sensitive methods for T790M in plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) have been developed for lung cancer. The correlation between mutation-allele frequency (MAF) cut-off, drug responsiveness, and outcome prediction is an unmet needs and not fully addressed. An innovative combination of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was used to proof of concept for monitoring cfDNA T790M in EGFR-mutant patients. Mutant enrichment by PNA was optimized and the detection limit was evaluated through serial dilutions. The cut-off value was identified by receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) curve analysis utilizing serial sampled plasmas of patients from EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) pretreatment to progressive-disease (PD). Results, comparisons, and objective response rate (ORR) were analyzed in 103 patients’ tumor and cfDNA T790M, with 20 of them receiving an additional COBAS test. The detection limit was 0.1% MAF. The cut-off for PD and imminent PD was 15% and 5% with an ROC area under the curve (AUC) of 0.96 and 0.82 in 2 ml plasma. Detection sensitivity of cfDNA T790M was 67.4% and overall concordance was 78.6%. ORR was similar in T790M-positive cfDNA (69.6%) and tumor samples (70.6%) treated with osimertinib. Among 65 T790M-positive tumors, 15 were negative in cfDNA (23.1%). Seven of 38 T790M-positive cfDNA samples were negative in the tumors (18.4%). PNA-MALDI-TOF MS had a higher detection rate than COBAS. In conclusion, identification of T790M cut-off value in cfDNA improves cancer managements. We provide a strategy for optimizing testing utility, flexibility, quality, and cost in the clinical practice.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Kang-Yi Su
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Genome and systems Biology Degree Program, National Taiwan University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Jeng-Sen Tseng
- Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Keng-Mao Liao
- Genome and systems Biology Degree Program, National Taiwan University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Tsung-Ying Yang
- Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Kun-Chieh Chen
- Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
| | - Kuo-Hsuan Hsu
- Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
| | - Pan-Chyr Yang
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Sung-Liang Yu
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology and Graduate Institute of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Center for Optoelectronic Biomedicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Gee-Chen Chang
- Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
33
|
Dai HJ, Jonnagaddala J. Assessing the severity of positive valence symptoms in initial psychiatric evaluation records: Should we use convolutional neural networks? PLoS One 2018; 13:e0204493. [PMID: 30325934 PMCID: PMC6191093 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Efficiently capturing the severity of positive valence symptoms could aid in risk stratification for adverse outcomes among patients with psychiatric disorders and identify optimal treatment strategies for patient subgroups. Motivated by the success of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in classification tasks, we studied the application of various CNN architectures and their performance in predicting the severity of positive valence symptoms in patients with psychiatric disorders based on initial psychiatric evaluation records. METHODS Psychiatric evaluation records contain unstructured text and semi-structured data such as question-answer pairs. For a given record, we tokenise and normalise the semi-structured content. Pre-processed tokenised words are represented as one-hot encoded word vectors. We then apply different configurations of convolutional and max pooling layers to automatically learn important features from various word representations. We conducted a series of experiments to explore the effect of different CNN architectures on the classification of psychiatric records. RESULTS Our best CNN model achieved a mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.539 and a normalized MAE of 0.785 on the test dataset, which is comparable to the other well-known text classification algorithms studied in this work. Our results also suggest that the normalisation step has a great impact on the performance of the developed models. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate that normalisation of the semi-structured contents can improve the MAE among all CNN configurations. Without advanced feature engineering, CNN-based approaches can provide a comparable solution for classifying positive valence symptom severity in initial psychiatric evaluation records. Although word embedding is well known for its ability to capture relatively low-dimensional similarity between words, our experimental results show that pre-trained embeddings do not improve the classification performance. This phenomenon may be due to the inability of word embeddings to capture problem specific contextual semantic information implying the quality of the employing embedding is critical for obtaining an accurate CNN model.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Hong-Jie Dai
- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taitung University, Taitung, Taiwan
- Interdisciplinary Program of Green and Information Technology, National Taitung University, Taitung, Taiwan
| | | |
Collapse
|
34
|
Lin PY, Chang YJ, Chen YC, Lin CH, Erkekoglu P, Chao MW, Tseng CY. Anti-cancer effects of 3,5-dimethylaminophenol in A549 lung cancer cells. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0205249. [PMID: 30307971 PMCID: PMC6181324 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Exposure to 3,5-dimethylaminophenol (3,5-DMAP), the metabolite of the 3-5-dimethylaniline, was shown to cause high levels of oxidative stress in different cells. The aim of the present work was to observe whether this metabolite can lead to cytotoxicity, oxidative stress, DNA damage and cell cycle changes in non-small cell lung cancer A549 cells. 3,5-DMAP caused a dose-dependent increase in cytotoxicity, generation of superoxide (O2-.), inductions in the enzyme activities orchestrating cellular antioxidant balance, increases in lipid peroxidation as well as DNA damage. However, 3,5-DMAP showed significantly lower cytotoxicity towards human lung fibroblast (HLF) cells. 3,5-DMAP also led to molecular events, like inducing apoptotic markers (ie. p53, Bad, Bax and cytochrome c); decreasing anti-apoptotic proteins (Bcl-2) and alterations in cell cycle. Our findings indicate that the cytotoxicity caused by this particular alkylaniline metabolite led to initiation of caspase 3-mediated apoptosis. Furthermore, 3,5-DMAP attenuated carcinogenic properties like migration capacity of A549 cells and eventually inhibited growth of A549 cells in an in vivo mouse model. Tumor sections showed that 3,5-DMAP down-regulated c-Myc expression but up-regulated p53 and cytochrome c, all of which might result in tumor growth arrest. Co-treatment with N-acetylcysteine provided reductions in cytotoxicity and positively modulated genetic events induced by 3,5-DMAP in A549 cells. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate 3,5-DMAP may be a potential anti-cancer drug in cancer, due to its self redox cycling properties.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Pei-Ying Lin
- Department of Bioscience Technology, College of Science, Chung Yuan Christian University, Zhongli district, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Yu-Jung Chang
- Department of Bioscience Technology, College of Science, Chung Yuan Christian University, Zhongli district, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Yu-Chen Chen
- Department of Radiology, Taoyuan General Hospital, Taoyuan district, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Chin-Hung Lin
- Department of Bioscience Technology, College of Science, Chung Yuan Christian University, Zhongli district, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Pinar Erkekoglu
- Hacettepe University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology,Ankara, Turkey
| | - Ming-Wei Chao
- Department of Bioscience Technology, College of Science, Chung Yuan Christian University, Zhongli district, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Center of Nanotechnology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Zhongli district, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Chia-Yi Tseng
- Center of Nanotechnology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Zhongli district, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Zhongli district, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
35
|
Chen CH, Lin YH, Chen CH, Wang YH, Yeh ML, Cheng TL, Wang CZ. Transforming growth factor beta 1 mediates the low-frequency vertical vibration enhanced production of tenomodulin and type I collagen in rat Achilles tendon. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0205258. [PMID: 30307981 PMCID: PMC6181323 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Vertical vibration (VV) is a whole-body vibration with mechanical loading that commonly used in rehabilitation and sports training to increase athlete muscle strength. Our previous study showed that low-magnitude, low-frequency VV at 8 Hz and 10 Hz increased myoblast myogenesis. Herein, we investigated whether a VV frequency at low-frequency 5-10 Hz has anabolic effects on tenocytes and improves tendon stiffness. In primary tenocytes, 10 Hz VV treatment increased the tenogenic marker gene expression of tenomodulin and extracellular matrix type I collagen but decreased decorin expression. qPCR and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) results showed that TGF-β1 expression was increased in tenocytes after 3 days of 10 Hz VV treatment in vitro and in Achilles tendons after 3 weeks in vivo. Tenomodulin expression and Achilles tendon stiffness were significantly increased in Achilles tendons after 3 weeks in vivo. We also showed that the TGF-β1 receptor inhibitor SB431542 (10 μM) decreased the expression of tenomodulin and type I collagen but increased the decorin expression in tenocytes. These results indicated that the 10 Hz VV stimulated anabolic effects in tenocytes by increasing TGF-β1 expression that subsequently increases the expression of tenomodulin and type I collagen, and increased the Achilles tendon stiffness. This study provides insight into the low-frequency 10 Hz VV treatment improves tendon properties and can minimizes the risk of ligament/tendon reinjure during rehabilitation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chia-Hsin Chen
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Hsiung Lin
- Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Chung-Hwan Chen
- Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Orthopaedics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Orthopedics, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Division of Adult Reconstruction Surgery, Department of Orthopedics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Yan-Hsiung Wang
- Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Ming-Long Yeh
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No.1 University Road, Tainan City, Taiwan
| | - Tsung-Lin Cheng
- Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Chau-Zen Wang
- Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
36
|
Tang SC, Yang KC, Chen CH, Yang SY, Chiu MJ, Wu CC, Jeng JS. Plasma β-Amyloids and Tau Proteins in Patients with Vascular Cognitive Impairment. Neuromolecular Med 2018; 20:498-503. [PMID: 30242618 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-018-8513-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Increases in plasma of β-amyloids (Aβ) and tau proteins have been noted in patients with Alzheimer's dementia (AD). Our study investigated the associations of plasma Aβ and tau proteins with dementia in stroke patients. This cross-sectional study recruited 24 controls (mean age: 67.4 ± 7.5 years, 33.3% male), 27 stroke patients without dementia (mean age: 70.7 ± 6.9 years, 60.7% male), 34 stroke patients with dementia (mean age: 78.3 ± 5.3 years, 45.5% male, Clinical Dementia Ranking (CDR): 1.46 ± 0.63), and 21 AD patients (mean age: 77.1 ± 9.1 years, 42.9% male, CDR: 1.43 ± 0.60) from a medical center. Dementia was defined as a CDR scale score of ≥ 1. The plasma levels of Aβ-40, Aβ-42, and tau were analyzed using immunomagnetic reduction. One-way analysis of variance was used to compare the differences in measured protein levels between the groups. The results indicated that plasma levels of tau and Aβ-42, but not Aβ-40, in stroke patients were significantly higher than in the controls. After adjustment for age, sex, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, only plasma level of Aβ-42 remained significantly higher in stroke patients with dementia than in those without dementia (OR 1.85, 1.25-2.75, p = 0.002). In summary, our results suggest that plasma Aβ-42 is a potential biomarker for dementia in stroke patients.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sung-Chun Tang
- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
| | - Kai-Chien Yang
- Division of Cardiology, Departments of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
- Department and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chih-Hao Chen
- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
| | | | - Ming-Jang Chiu
- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
| | - Chau-Chung Wu
- Division of Cardiology, Departments of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.
- Department & Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Bioethics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
| | - Jiann-Shing Jeng
- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.
| |
Collapse
|
37
|
Wu TH, Chang CT, Wang CC, Parwaiz S, Lai CC, Chen YZ, Lu SY, Chueh YL. Few-Layer Graphene Sheet-Passivated Porous Silicon Toward Excellent Electrochemical Double-Layer Supercapacitor Electrode. Nanoscale Res Lett 2018; 13:242. [PMID: 30120632 PMCID: PMC6097977 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-018-2646-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Few-layer graphene sheet-passivated porous silicon (PSi) as an outstanding electrochemical double-layer supercapacitor electrode was demonstrated. The PSi matrix was formed by electrochemical etching of a doped silicon wafer and was further surface-passivated with few-layer graphene sheets by a Ni-assisted chemical vapor deposition process where a wide range of porous PSi structures, including mesoporous, macroporous, and hybrid porous structures were created during the graphene growth as temperature increases. The microstructural and graphene-passivation effects on the capacitive performance of the PSi were investigated in detail. The hybrid porous PSi electrode, optimized in terms of capacitive performances, achieves a high areal capacitance of 6.21 mF/cm2 at an ultra-high scan rate of 1000 mV/s and an unusual progressing cyclic stability of 131% at 10,000 cycles. Besides mesopores and macropores, micropores were introduced onto the surfaces of the passivating few-layer graphene sheets with a KOH activation process to further increase the functioning surface area of the hierarchical porous PSi electrode, leading to a boost in the areal capacitance by 31.4% up to 8.16 mF/cm2. The present designed hierarchical porous PSi-based supercapacitor proves to be a robust energy storage device for microelectronic applications that require stable high rate capability.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Te-Hui Wu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
- Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - Chih-Tse Chang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
- Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - Chun-Chieh Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - Shaikh Parwaiz
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
- Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - Chih-Chung Lai
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
- Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - Yu-Ze Chen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
- Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - Shih-Yuan Lu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| | - Yu-Lun Chueh
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
- Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
- Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
38
|
Chen YH, Shyu YT, Lin SS. Characterization of candidate genes involved in halotolerance using high-throughput omics in the halotolerant bacterium Virgibacillus chiguensis. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0201346. [PMID: 30091990 PMCID: PMC6084883 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
We previously used whole-genome sequencing and Tn5 transposon mutagenesis to identify 16 critical genes involved in the halotolerance of Halomonas beimenensis, a species in the phylum Proteobacteria. In this present study, we sought to determine if orthologous genes in another phylum are also critical for halotolerance. Virgibacillus spp. are halotolerant species that can survive in high-saline environments. Some Virgibacillus species are used in different aspects of food processing, compatible solute synthesis, proteinase production, and wastewater treatment. However, genomic information on Virgibacillus chiguensis is incomplete. We assembled a draft V. chiguensis strain NTU-102 genome based on high-throughput next-generation sequencing (NGS) and used transcriptomic profiling to examine the high-saline response in V. chiguensis. The V. chiguensis draft genome is approximately 4.09 Mbp long and contains 4,166 genes. The expression profiles of bacteria grown in 5% and 20% NaCl conditions and the corresponding Gene Ontology (GO) and clusters of orthologous groups (COG) categories were also analyzed in this study. We compared the expression levels of these 16 orthologs of halotolerance-related genes in V. chiguensis and H. beimenensis. Interestingly, the expression of 7 of the 16 genes, including trkA2, smpB, nadA, mtnN2, rfbP, lon, and atpC, was consistent with that in H. beimenensis, suggesting that these genes have conserved functions in different phyla. The omics data were helpful in exploring the mechanism of saline adaptation in V. chiguensis, and our results indicate that these 7 orthologs may serve as biomarkers for future screening of halotolerant species in the future.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yan-Huey Chen
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yuan-Tay Shyu
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (SSL); (YTS)
| | - Shih-Shun Lin
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Center of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- National Center for High-Performance Computing, National Applied Research Laboratories, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (SSL); (YTS)
| |
Collapse
|
39
|
Chang CC, Chen TL, Lin CS, Chung CL, Yeh CC, Hu CJ, Lane HL, Liao CC, Shih CC. Decreased risk of pneumonia in stroke patients receiving acupuncture: A nationwide matched-pair retrospective cohort study. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0196094. [PMID: 29782526 PMCID: PMC5962082 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Acupuncture treatment is common among stroke patients, but there is limited information available on whether acupuncture effectively prevents post-stroke pneumonia. The aim of this study was to analyze the differential risk of pneumonia after stroke between patients who did and did not receive acupuncture after discharge. Methods We used the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database to conduct a retrospective cohort study using propensity score matched-pairs of new stroke patients in 2000–2004 who did and did not receive acupuncture post-stroke. Both cohorts were followed up until the end of 2009 for new-onset pneumonia. After correcting for immortal time bias, the incidence and adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of pneumonia associated with acupuncture use were calculated using multivariate Cox proportional hazard models. Results Overall, 12557 stroke patients with 12557 paired controls were included in the analysis; pneumonia was diagnosed in 6796 (27.1%). Stroke patients receiving acupuncture had a lower incidence of pneumonia than those without acupuncture (53.4 vs. 58.9 per 1000 person-years), with an adjusted HR of 0.86 (95% CI 0.82–0.90). The association between pneumonia risk and acupuncture use was significant in men (HR 0.92, 95% CI 0.86–0.98) and women (HR 0.79, 95% 0.70–0.82) and was also observed in every age group from 20–79 years. Conclusion Stroke patients receiving acupuncture had a lower risk of pneumonia than those who did not. Further randomized control studies are needed to validate the protective effect of acupuncture on the risk of pneumonia among stroke patients.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chuen-Chau Chang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Ta-Liang Chen
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chao-Shun Lin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chi-Li Chung
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chun-Chieh Yeh
- Department of Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, United States of America
| | - Chaur-Jong Hu
- Department of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Hsin-Long Lane
- School of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Chien-Chang Liao
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Shuan Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chun-Chuan Shih
- School of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Ph.D. Program for Clinical Drug Discovery from Botanical Herbs, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: ,
| |
Collapse
|
40
|
Ko CY, Lin CH, Chuang JY, Chang WC, Hsu TI. MDM2 Degrades Deacetylated Nucleolin Through Ubiquitination to Promote Glioma Stem-Like Cell Enrichment for Chemotherapeutic Resistance. Mol Neurobiol 2018; 55:3211-3223. [PMID: 28478507 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0569-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most fatal of all brain cancers, and the standard care protocol for GBM patients is surgical tumor resection followed by radiotherapy and temozolomide (TMZ)-mediated chemotherapy. However, tumor recurrence frequently occurs, and recurrent GBM exhibits more malignancy and less sensitivity in response to chemotherapy. The malignancy and drug resistance primarily reflect the small population of glioma stem-like cells (GSC). Therefore, understanding the mechanism that controls GSC enrichment is important to benefit the prognosis of GBM patients. Nucleolin (NCL), which is responsible for ribosome biogenesis and RNA maturation, is overexpressed in gliomas. However, the role of NCL in GSC development and drug resistance is still unclear. In this study, we demonstrate that NCL attenuated GSC enrichment to enhance the sensitivity of GBM cells in response to TMZ. In GSC enrichment, NCL was significantly reduced at the protein level as a result of decreased protein stability. In particular, the inhibition of HDAC activity by suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid rescued NCL acetylation accompanied by the loss of mouse double minute 2 homolog (MDM2)-mediated ubiquitination. In addition, we found that NCL ubiquitination resulted from the activation of STAT3- and JNK-mediated signaling in GSC. Moreover, NCL inhibited the formation of stem-like spheres by attenuating the expression of Sox2, Oct4, and Bmi1. Furthermore, NCL sensitized the response of GBM cells to TMZ. Based on these findings, NCL expression is a potential indicator to predict chemotherapeutic efficiency in GBM patients.
Collapse
MESH Headings
- Acetylation
- Brain Neoplasms/metabolism
- Brain Neoplasms/pathology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Glioma/genetics
- Glioma/metabolism
- Glioma/pathology
- Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Humans
- JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Models, Biological
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/genetics
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathology
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Proteolysis/drug effects
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- STAT3 Transcription Factor/metabolism
- Spheroids, Cellular/metabolism
- Spheroids, Cellular/pathology
- Temozolomide/pharmacology
- Ubiquitination
- Vorinostat/pharmacology
- Nucleolin
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chiung-Yuan Ko
- The Ph.D. Program for Neural Regenerative Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University and National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chao-Han Lin
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Jian-Ying Chuang
- The Ph.D. Program for Neural Regenerative Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University and National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Wen-Chang Chang
- The Ph.D. Program for Neural Regenerative Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University and National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Tsung-I Hsu
- The Ph.D. Program for Neural Regenerative Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University and National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Center for Neurotrauma and Neuroregeneration, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
| |
Collapse
|
41
|
Lee CY, Lin HJ, Viswanath KK, Lin CP, Chang BCH, Chiu PH, Chiu CT, Wang RH, Chin SW, Chen FC. The development of functional mapping by three sex-related loci on the third whorl of different sex types of Carica papaya L. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0194605. [PMID: 29566053 PMCID: PMC5864051 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Carica papaya L. is an important economic crop worldwide and is used as a model plant for sex-determination research. To study the different flower sex types, we screened sex-related genes using alternative splicing sequences (AS-seqs) from a transcriptome database of the three flower sex types, i.e., males, females, and hermaphrodites, established at 28 days before flowering using 15 bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) of C. papaya L. After screening, the cDNA regions of the three sex-related loci, including short vegetative phase-like (CpSVPL), the chromatin assembly factor 1 subunit A-like (CpCAF1AL), and the somatic embryogenesis receptor kinase (CpSERK), which contained eight sex-related single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from the different sex types of C. papaya L., were genotyped using high-resolution melting (HRM). The three loci were examined regarding the profiles of the third whorl, as described below. CpSVPL, which had one SNP associated with the three sex genotypes, was highly expressed in the male and female sterile flowers (abnormal hermaphrodite flowers) that lacked the fourth whorl structure. CpCAF1AL, which had three SNPs associated with the male genotype, was highly expressed in male and normal hermaphrodite flowers, and had no AS-seqs, whereas it exhibited low expression and an AS-seqs in intron 11 in abnormal hermaphrodite flowers. Conversely, carpellate flowers (abnormal hermaphrodite flowers) showed low expression of CpSVPL and AS-seqs in introns 5, 6, and 7 of CpSERK, which contained four SNPs associated with the female genotype. Specifically, the CpSERK and CpCAF1AL loci exhibited no AS-seq expression in the third whorl of the male and normal hermaphrodite flowers, respectively, and variance in the AS-seq expression of all other types of flowers. Functional mapping of the third whorl of normal hermaphrodites indicated no AS-seq expression in CpSERK, low CpSVPL expression, and, for CpCAF1AL, high expression and no AS-seq expression on XYh-type chromosomes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chen-Yu Lee
- Department of Plant Industry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (CYL); (FCC)
| | - Hui-Jun Lin
- Department of Plant Industry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
| | - Kotapati Kasi Viswanath
- Department of Plant Industry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
| | - Chih-Peng Lin
- Yourgene Bioscience, Shu-Lin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| | | | - Pei-Hsun Chiu
- Yourgene Bioscience, Shu-Lin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| | - Chan-Tai Chiu
- Pingtung Seed & Seedling Research Center, Taiwan Seed Improvement and Propagation Station, Pingtung, Taiwan
| | - Ren-Huang Wang
- Kaohsiung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, Council of Agriculture, Pingtung, Taiwan
| | - Shih-Wen Chin
- Department of Plant Industry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
| | - Fure-Chyi Chen
- Department of Plant Industry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (CYL); (FCC)
| |
Collapse
|
42
|
Wang HY, Lee TY, Tseng YJ, Liu TP, Huang KY, Chang YT, Chen CH, Lu JJ. A new scheme for strain typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on the basis of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry by using machine learning approach. PLoS One 2018. [PMID: 29534106 PMCID: PMC5849341 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the most important clinical pathogens, conducts an increasing number of morbidity and mortality in the world. Rapid and accurate strain typing of bacteria would facilitate epidemiological investigation and infection control in near real time. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry is a rapid and cost-effective tool for presumptive strain typing. To develop robust method for strain typing based on MALDI-TOF spectrum, machine learning (ML) is a promising algorithm for the construction of predictive model. In this study, a strategy of building templates of specific types was used to facilitate generating predictive models of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain typing through various ML methods. The strain types of the isolates were determined through multilocus sequence typing (MLST). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and the predictive accuracy of the models were compared. ST5, ST59, and ST239 were the major MLST types, and ST45 was the minor type. For binary classification, the AUC values of various ML methods ranged from 0.76 to 0.99 for ST5, ST59, and ST239 types. In multiclass classification, the predictive accuracy of all generated models was more than 0.83. This study has demonstrated that ML methods can serve as a cost-effective and promising tool that provides preliminary strain typing information about major MRSA lineages on the basis of MALDI-TOF spectra.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Hsin-Yao Wang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
| | - Tzong-Yi Lee
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
| | - Yi-Ju Tseng
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
| | - Tsui-Ping Liu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
| | - Kai-Yao Huang
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
| | - Yung-Ta Chang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
| | - Chun-Hsien Chen
- Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (CHC); (JJL)
| | - Jang-Jih Lu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (CHC); (JJL)
| |
Collapse
|
43
|
Lu RB, Chang YH, Wang TY, Lee SY, Chen PS, Yang YK. The aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 polymorphisms on neuropsychological performance in bipolar II disorder with or without comorbid anxiety disorder. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0192229. [PMID: 29425204 PMCID: PMC5806854 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Anxiety disorders (ADs), the most common comorbid illnesses with bipolar disorder (BP) has been reported to associate with dopamine system. Dopamine, metabolized to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) by aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), and the distribution of the ALDH2*1/*1, and ALDH2*1/*2+ALDH*2/*2 alleles in the Han Chinese general population is relatively equal. The association between dopamine metabolic enzymes and cognitive performance in patients with bipolar II disorder (BP-II) comorbid with AD is unclear. This study proposed to explore the role of ALDH2 polymorphisms on neuropsychological performance between BP-II comorbid with or without AD. One hundred ninety-seven BP-II patients with and without a comorbid AD were recruited and compared with 130 healthy controls (HCs). A polymerase chain reaction and a restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis were used to determine genotypes for ALDH2, and study participants underwent neuropsychological tests. An interaction between AD comorbidity and the ALDH2 polymorphisms was found in different domain of cognitive dysfunction in the BP-II patients. The ALDH2 polymorphisms might have different effects on the neuropsychological performance of BP-II patients with and without comorbid AD.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ru-Band Lu
- Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Yun-Hsuan Chang
- Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Psychology, College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- * E-mail: ,
| | - Tzu-Yun Wang
- Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Dou-Liou Branch, Yunlin, Taiwan
| | - Sheng-Yu Lee
- Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veteran’s General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Po See Chen
- Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Dou-Liou Branch, Yunlin, Taiwan
- Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| | - Yen Kuang Yang
- Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Dou-Liou Branch, Yunlin, Taiwan
- Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
44
|
Lin YT, Wadekar PV, Kao HS, Zheng YJ, Chen QYS, Huang HC, Cheng CM, Ho NJ, Tu LW. Enhanced Ferromagnetic Interaction in Modulation-Doped GaMnN Nanorods. Nanoscale Res Lett 2017; 12:287. [PMID: 28431463 PMCID: PMC5398967 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-017-2061-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
In this report, ferromagnetic interactions in modulation-doped GaMnN nanorods grown on Si (111) substrate by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy are investigated with the prospect of achieving a room temperature ferromagnetic semiconductor. Our results indicate the thickness of GaN layer in each GaN/MnN pair, as well as Mn-doping levels, are essential for suppressing secondary phases as well as enhancing the magnetic moment. For these optimized samples, structural analysis by high-resolution X-ray diffractometry and Raman spectroscopy verifies single-crystalline modulation-doped GaMnN nanorods with Ga sites substituted by Mn atoms. Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry shows that the average Mn concentration can be raised from 0.4 to 1.8% by increasing Mn fluxes without formation of secondary phases resulted in a notable enhancement of the saturation magnetization as well as coercive force in these nanorods.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yuan-Ting Lin
- Department of Physics and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - Paritosh Vilas Wadekar
- Department of Physics and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - Hsiang-Shun Kao
- Department of Physics and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - Yu-Jung Zheng
- Department of Physics and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - Quark Yung-Sung Chen
- Department of Physics and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - Hui-Chun Huang
- Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - Cheng-Maw Cheng
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - New-Jin Ho
- Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan, Republic of China
| | - Li-Wei Tu
- Department of Physics and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan, Republic of China
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708 Taiwan, Republic of China
| |
Collapse
|
45
|
Lee IC, Chau GY, Yeh YC, Chao Y, Huo TI, Su CW, Lin HC, Hou MC, Huang YH. Risk of recurrence in chronic hepatitis B patients developing hepatocellular carcinoma with antiviral secondary prevention failure. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188552. [PMID: 29176777 PMCID: PMC5703552 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Nucleos(t)ide analogues (NUCs) treatment can reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development and recurrence in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients. However, the risk of recurrence in CHB patients who develop HCC despite NUC treatment remains unclear. Methods 167 consecutive CHB patients receiving curative resection for HCC with NUC therapy after surgery were retrospectively enrolled. Thirty-eight patients who developed HCC despite NUC therapy for more than 1 year were defined as secondary prevention failure. The other 129 patients started NUC therapy after surgery. Factors associated with recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) were evaluated. Results The 5-year RFS and OS rates were 44.7% and 77.3%, respectively. Sex, BMI, BCLC stage, AFP levels and cirrhosis status were the independent predictors of RFS, while microvascular invasion was the independent predictor of OS. The RFS was comparable between patients with and without NUC secondary prevention. In the subgroup analysis, the RFS was significantly worse in cirrhotic patients with secondary prevention failure (hazard ratio = 2.373, p = 0.009). Secondary prevention failure did not have adverse impact on OS. Among 84 patients with recurrence, 58.3% of the cases remained in BCLC stage A, and 53.6% received a second curative treatment. Long-term NUC therapy may lead to a decline of non-invasive indices of hepatic fibrosis in HCC patients. Conclusions In general, the risk of recurrence and survival are comparable between patients with and without secondary prevention failure. However, a higher risk of recurrence was observed in cirrhotic patients with secondary prevention failure.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- I-Cheng Lee
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Gar-Yang Chau
- Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Chen Yeh
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yee Chao
- Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Teh-Ia Huo
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chien-Wei Su
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Han-Chieh Lin
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Ming-Chih Hou
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Hsiang Huang
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
46
|
Sung PL, Wen KC, Chen YJ, Chao TC, Tsai YF, Tseng LM, Qiu JTT, Chao KC, Wu HH, Chuang CM, Wang PH, Huang CYF. The frequency of cancer predisposition gene mutations in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer patients in Taiwan: From BRCA1/2 to multi-gene panels. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185615. [PMID: 28961279 PMCID: PMC5621677 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
An important role of genetic factors in the development of breast cancer (BC) or ovarian cancer (OC) in Taiwanese (ethnic Chinese) patients has been suggested. However, other than germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, which are related to hereditary breast-ovarian cancer (HBOC), cancer-predisposition genes have not been well studied in this population. The aim of the present study was to more accurately summarize the prevalence of genetic mutations in HBOC patients using various gene panels ranging in size from BRCA1/2 alone to multi-gene panels. Among 272 HBOC patients analyzed, the prevalence of BRCA1, BRCA2 and non-BRCA1/2 pathogenic mutations was 7.7% (21/272), 6.8% (16/236) and 8.2% (13/159), respectively. The total mutation rate was 18.4% (50/272). Although no founder mutations were identified in this study, two recurrent mutations, BRCA1 (c.3607C>T) and BRCA2 (c.5164_5165 delAG), were found. The main pathogenic/likely pathogenic mutations in non-BRCA1/2 genes included ATM, BRIP1, FANCI, MSH2, MUYTH, RAD50, RAD51C and TP53. The prevalence rate of gene mutations in HBOC patients did not differ with respect to whether BC or OC was the first diagnosis or they presented a family history of the disease or their age at diagnosis. HBOC patients with both BC and OC exhibited a higher prevalence rate of mutations (50.0%) than patients with OC (25.0%) or BC (8.6%) alone. In conclusion, evaluation of hereditary cancer risk in Taiwan HBOC patients, particularly individuals with double cancer, is strongly encouraged. Panel testing can yield additional genomic information, and widespread and well-designed panel testing will help in assessing more accurate mutational prevalence of risk genes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Pi-Lin Sung
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Kuo-Chang Wen
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Jen Chen
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Ta-Chung Chao
- Department of Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Fang Tsai
- Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Ling-Ming Tseng
- Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Jian-Tai Timothy Qiu
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| | - Kuan-Chong Chao
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Hua-Hsi Wu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chi-Mu Chuang
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Peng-Hui Wang
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (P-H.W); (C-Y.H)
| | - Chi-Ying F. Huang
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (P-H.W); (C-Y.H)
| |
Collapse
|
47
|
Abstract
Hydrothermal vent organisms are adapted to their extreme and patchily distributed habitats. They are expected to have evolved mechanisms that keep them in their specific habitation. Since little is known about the recruitment or habitat selection of HV organisms such as brachyurans, we examined the properties of several hydrothermal vent-associated cues on the behavior of the hydrothermal vent (HV) crab Xenograpsus testudinatus in the laboratory that were contrasted by the offering of non-vent cues. This crab species is endemic and dominates the vent fauna of Turtle Island off the NE coast of Taiwan. HV crabs were separately and in combination offered the following vent-specific cues: (1) sulfuric sediment, (3) air-bubbling, (4) elevated temperature, (5) dead settled zooplankton, (7) other crabs, and (8) shade. The non-vent-specific cues were: (2) quarz sediment, (6) dead fish, (8) light. These cues were provided on either side of a two-choice chamber. The movement of individual crabs was monitored: as initial and final choices, and as the proportion of time the crabs spent in each compartment (resident time). Cues were offered alone and no such cue as a control in the same set-up. Sulfuric sediments and dead fish were significantly more attractive to females, and other crabs irrespective of gender were significantly more attractive to males. When compared to expected distributions, crabs, irrespective of gender, significantly avoided light and tended to select other crabs, air-bubbling, sulfuric sediment, elevated temperature, dead fish, dead zooplankton, and quarz sediments in the order of decreasing importance. Data do not support the hypothesis that dead settled zooplankton was particularly attractive nor that the other gender was selected. A combination of several vent-associated cues (sulfuric sediment, elevated temperature, air-bubbling) facilitated the strongest attraction to the crabs as reflected by all response variables. The 'first choice' responses were always consistent with the side of the choice compartment in which they spent the longest amount of time (resident time), but not with the 'final choice' of crabs, suggesting that the 'resident time' in addition to their 'first choice' is more reliable than just the 'final choice'. The present results provide the first indication that several vent-associated habitat cues function as attractors for HV crabs. Habitat choice is also reflected by crab larval distribution in the field which tend to stay near the bottom not to be carried away from their specific habitat.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Hans-Uwe Dahms
- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Li-Chun Tseng
- Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
| | - Jiang-Shiou Hwang
- Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
48
|
Liu YD, Li Q, Zhou Z, Yeah YW, Chang CC, Lee CY, Tsui PH. Adaptive ultrasound temperature imaging for monitoring radiofrequency ablation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182457. [PMID: 28837584 PMCID: PMC5570358 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been widely used as an alternative treatment modality for liver tumors. Monitoring the temperature distribution in the tissue during RFA is required to assess the thermal dosage. Ultrasound temperature imaging based on the detection of echo time shifts has received the most attention in the past decade. The coefficient k, connecting the temperature change and the echo time shift, is a medium-dependent parameter used to describe the confounding effects of changes in the speed of sound and thermal expansion as temperature increases. The current algorithm of temperature estimate based on echo time shift detection typically uses a constant k, resulting in estimation errors when ablation temperatures are higher than 50°C. This study proposes an adaptive-k algorithm that enables the automatic adjustment of the coefficient k during ultrasound temperature monitoring of RFA. To verify the proposed algorithm, RFA experiments on in vitro porcine liver samples (total n = 15) were performed using ablation powers of 10, 15, and 20 W. During RFA, a clinical ultrasound system equipped with a 7.5-MHz linear transducer was used to collect backscattered signals for ultrasound temperature imaging using the constant- and adaptive-k algorithms. Concurrently, an infrared imaging system and thermocouples were used to measure surface temperature distribution of the sample and internal ablation temperatures for comparisons with ultrasound estimates. Experimental results demonstrated that the proposed adaptive-k method improved the performance in visualizing the temperature distribution. In particular, the estimation errors were also reduced even when the temperature of the tissue is higher than 50°C. The proposed adaptive-k ultrasound temperature imaging strategy has potential to serve as a thermal dosage evaluation tool for monitoring high-temperature RFA.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yi-Da Liu
- School of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
| | - Qiang Li
- School of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
| | - Zhuhuang Zhou
- College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
- Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
| | - Yao-Wen Yeah
- Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chien-Cheng Chang
- Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (PHT); (CCC)
| | - Chia-Yen Lee
- Department of Electrical Engineering, National United University, Miao-Li, Taiwan
| | - Po-Hsiang Tsui
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Medical Imaging Research Center, Institute for Radiological Research, Chang Gung University and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (PHT); (CCC)
| |
Collapse
|
49
|
Lin CS, Liu CC, Yeh CC, Chang YC, Chung CL, Lane HL, Shih CC, Chen TL, Liao CC. Diabetes risks and outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: Two nationwide population-based retrospective cohort studies. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181815. [PMID: 28813433 PMCID: PMC5558949 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and diabetes remains incompletely understood. This study evaluated diabetes risk and post-diabetes outcomes in COPD patients with and without exacerbations. METHODS We identified 4671 adults newly diagnosed with COPD exacerbations and 9342 adults newly diagnosed with COPD without exacerbations during 2000-2008 using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. A comparison cohort of 18684 adults without COPD, matched by age and sex, was randomly selected from the same dataset for the control group. Diabetes events during 2000-2013 were ascertained from medical claims during the follow-up period. Adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of diabetes associated with COPD with or without exacerbations were calculated. We conducted another nested cohort study of 395516 patients with diabetes hospitalization during 2002-2013 and calculated adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs of histories of COPD and COPD exacerbations associated with adverse events after diabetes admission. RESULTS During the follow-up period, the incidences of diabetes for patients without COPD and for patients with COPD without or with exacerbations were 3.4, 4.1 and 7.4 per 1000 person-years, respectively (P < 0.0001). Increased risk of diabetes for patients with COPD without exacerbations (HR 1.09, 95% CI 1.02-1.17) and COPD with exacerbations (HR 2.18, 95% CI 1.88-2.52) was noted. Post-diabetes pneumonia (OR 3.28, 95% CI 3.13-3.43), intensive care admission (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.26-1.39) and mortality (OR 2.06, 95% CI 1.88-2.25) were associated with COPD exacerbations. CONCLUSION Prevention and intervention strategies for diabetes and post-diabetes outcomes are needed for this susceptible population.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chao-Shun Lin
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Anesthesiology and Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chih-Chung Liu
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Anesthesiology and Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chun-Chieh Yeh
- Department of Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States of America
| | - Yi-Cheng Chang
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chi-Li Chung
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Hsin-Long Lane
- School of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Chun-Chuan Shih
- School of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
| | - Ta-Liang Chen
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Anesthesiology and Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chien-Chang Liao
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Anesthesiology and Health Policy Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Shuan Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
50
|
Hsieh WH, Lin CY, Te ALD, Lo MT, Wu CI, Chung FP, Chang YC, Chang SL, Lin C, Lo LW, Hu YF, Liao JN, Chen YY, Jhuo SJ, Raharjo SB, Lin YJ, Chen SA. A novel noninvasive surface ECG analysis using interlead QRS dispersion in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182364. [PMID: 28771538 PMCID: PMC5542590 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Background This study investigated the feasibility of using the precordial surface ECG lead interlead QRS dispersion (IQRSD) in the identification of abnormal ventricular substrate in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Methods Seventy-one consecutive patients were enrolled and reclassified into 4 groups: definite ARVC with epicardial ablation (Group 1), ARVC with ventricular tachycardia (VT, Group 2), idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract VT without ARVC (Group 3), and controls without VT (Group 4). IQRSD was quantified by the angular difference between the reconstruction vectors obtained from the QRS-loop decomposition, based on a principal component analysis (PCA). Electroanatomic mapping and simulated ECGs were used to investigate the relationship between QRS dispersion and abnormal substrate. Results The percentage of the QRS loop area in the Group 1–2 was smaller than the controls (P = 0.01). The IQRSD between V1-V2 could differentiate all VTs from control (P<0.01). Group 1–2 had a greater IQRSD than the Group 3–4 (V4-V5,P = 0.001), and Group 1 had a greater IQRSD than Group 3–4 (V6-Lead I, P<0.001). Both real and simulated data had a positive correlation between the maximal IQRSD (γ = 0.62) and the extent of corresponding abnormal substrate (γ = 0.71, both P<0.001). Conclusions The IQRSD of the surface ECG precordial leads successfully differentiated ARVC from controls, and could be used as a noninvasive marker to identify the abnormal substrate and the status of ARVC patients who can benefit from epicardial ablation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wan-Hsin Hsieh
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Translational and Interdisciplinary Medicine and Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
| | - Chin-Yu Lin
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Yuan-Shan Branch, I-Lan, Taiwan
| | - Abigail Louise D. Te
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- HB Calleja Heart and Vascular Institute, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines
| | - Men-Tzung Lo
- Institute of Translational and Interdisciplinary Medicine and Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
| | - Cheng-I Wu
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Fa-Po Chung
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yi-Chung Chang
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Shih-Lin Chang
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Chen Lin
- Institute of Translational and Interdisciplinary Medicine and Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
| | - Li-Wei Lo
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yu-Feng Hu
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Jo-Nan Liao
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yun-Yu Chen
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Shih-Jie Jhuo
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Sunu Budhi Raharjo
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yenn-Jiang Lin
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (YJL); (SAC)
| | - Shih-Ann Chen
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (YJL); (SAC)
| |
Collapse
|