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Ye XZ, Huang SS, Liu J, Lu B, Shao JQ. [High serum cholesterol: a novel risk factor for thyroid associated ophthalmopathy?]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2019; 58:823-825. [PMID: 31665858 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2019.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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This study was aimed to investigate the association between dyslipidemia and thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). We evaluated the relationship between dyslipidemia and TAO in 218 patients with Graves' disease (GD) and found that the serum total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in the GD subjects with TAO (n=110) were significantly increased [(5.32±1.39) mmol/L vs. (3.18±2.12) mmol/L, (2.98±0.75) mmol/L vs. (1.25±0.98) mmol/L] than those in the GD subjects without TAO (n=108). TC and LDL-C were positively correlated with the Clinical disease activity score (CAS) [TC (r=0.7, P=0.03),LDL-C (r=0.82, P=0.03)], and the levels of TC (OR=2.56, P=0.02) and LDL-C(OR=2.01, P=0.015) were positively associated with TAO. These suggested that high serum cholesterol level is a novel risk factor for TAO, and management of blood lipids should be included in the treatment of TAO.
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- X Z Ye
- Department of Endocrinology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing 210002, China
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Guo QY, Song WJ, Xu SY, Zang P, Lu B, Gu P, Shao JQ. [Correlation between serum bilirubin and cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 99:3132-3138. [PMID: 31694103 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2019.40.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the correlation between serum bilirubin and cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Methods: A total of 369 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were hospitalized at the Department of Endocrinology, Nanjing Jinling Hospital from April 2017 to October 2018 were enrolled, including 226 males and 143 females, with an average age of (54.6±12.1) years. According to cardiovascular reflex tests (CARTs), all the patients were divided into Non CAN group(149 patients without CAN) and CAN group (220 patients complicated with CAN). The difference of serum bilirubin levels between the two groups was compared. The differences of CARTs and the incidence of CAN were compared by tertiles of serum bilirubin levels. The binary logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors for diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy. Results: The serum total bilirubin [(9.28±2.74) μmol/L vs (11.08±2.98) μmol/L, P<0.001], direct bilirubin [(3.17±1.20) μmol/L vs (3.71±1.24) μmol/L, P<0.001] and indirect bilirubin levels [(6.11±1.89) μmol/L vs (7.37±2.10) μmol/L, P<0.001] in CAN group were significantly lower than that in Non CAN group. With the increase of serum bilirubin, the incidence of CAN decreased (P<0.01). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that serum total bilirubin (OR=0.819, 95%CI: 0.744-0.901, P<0.001), direct bilirubin (OR=0.739, 95%CI: 0.601-0.908, P=0.004) and indirect bilirubin (OR=0.749, 95%CI: 0.653-0.860, P<0.001) were inversely correlated with the incidence of CAN. Conclusions: Within the physiological range, lower level of serum bilirubin is inversely correlated with the incidence of CAN. It is noteworthy to screen diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who had a lower serum bilirubin level.
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- Q Y Guo
- Department of Endocrinology, Jinling Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing 210002, China
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Ciarcia CA, Couchell GP, Egan JJ, Kegel GHR, Li SQ, Mittler A, Pullen DJ, Schier WA, Shao JQ. Neutron Inelastic Scattering Cross Sections for States Above 700 keV in232Th. NUCL SCI ENG 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/nse85-a18359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- C. A. Ciarcia
- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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Shao JQ, Couchell GP, Egan JJ, Kegel GHR, Li SQ, Mittler A, Pullen DJ, Schier WA, Arthur ED. Fast Neutron Inelastic Scattering Cross Sections of238U for States between 680 and 1530 keV. NUCL SCI ENG 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/nse86-a17525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- J. Q. Shao
- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- University of Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
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Shao JQ, Iwashita N, Du H, Wang YT, Wang YY, Zhao M, Wang J, Watada H, Kawamori R. Retraction. Angiotensin II receptor blocker provides pancreatic beta-cell protection independent of blood pressure lowering in diabetic db/db mice. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2007; 28:1705. [PMID: 17974074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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- a University of Lowell , Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- a University of Lowell , Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- a University of Lowell , Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- a University of Lowell , Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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Edwards JL, Shao JQ, Ault KA, Apicella MA. Neisseria gonorrhoeae elicits membrane ruffling and cytoskeletal rearrangements upon infection of primary human endocervical and ectocervical cells. Infect Immun 2000; 68:5354-63. [PMID: 10948165 PMCID: PMC101799 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.9.5354-5363.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a strict human pathogen that is, primarily, transmitted by close sexual contact with an infected individual. Gonococcal infection of the male urogenital tract has been well studied in experimental human models and in urethral cell culture systems. Recent studies, using tissue culture cell systems, have suggested a role for the cervical epithelium in gonococcal infection of females; however, the nature of gonococcal infection of the normal uterine cervix remains controversial. To address this enigma, we have developed two primary human cervical epithelial cell systems from surgical biopsies. Gonococcal infection studies and electron microscopy show that N. gonorrhoeae is capable of infecting and invading both the endo- and the ectocervix. Invasion was found to occur primarily in an actin-dependent manner, but it does not appear to require de novo protein synthesis by either the bacterium or the host cervical cell. Membrane ruffles appear to be induced in response to gonococci. Consistent with membrane ruffling, gonococci were found residing within macropinosomes, and a concentrated accumulation of actin-associated proteins was observed to occur in response to gonococcal infection. Electron microscopy of clinically derived cervical biopsies show that lamellipodia formation and cytoskeletal changes, suggestive of membrane ruffles, also occur in the cervical epithelium of women with naturally acquired gonococcal cervicitis. These studies demonstrate the ability of N. gonorrhoeae to infect and invade both the endo- and the ectocervix of the normal uterine cervix. Gonococcal induced ruffling is a novel finding and may be unique to the cervical epithelium.
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- J L Edwards
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Ketterer MR, Shao JQ, Hornick DB, Buscher B, Bandi VK, Apicella MA. Infection of primary human bronchial epithelial cells by Haemophilus influenzae: macropinocytosis as a mechanism of airway epithelial cell entry. Infect Immun 1999; 67:4161-70. [PMID: 10417188 PMCID: PMC96721 DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.8.4161-4170.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae is an exclusive human pathogen which infects the respiratory epithelium. We have initiated studies to explore the interaction of the nontypeable H. influenzae strain 2019 with primary human airway epithelial cells by electron and confocal microscopy. Primary human airway cell cultures were established as monolayers on glass collagen-coated coverslips or on semipermeable membranes at an air-fluid interface. Scanning electron microscopy indicated that bacteria adhered to nonciliated cells in the population. The surface of infected cells showed evidence of cytoskeletal rearrangements manifested by microvilli and lamellipodia extending toward and engaging bacteria. Confocal microscopic analysis demonstrated that infection induced actin polymerization with an increase in cortical actin as well as evidence of actin strands around the bacteria. Transmission electron microscopic analysis showed lamellipodia and microvilli surrounding organisms, as well as organisms adherent to the cell surface. These studies also demonstrated the presence of bacteria within vacuoles inside of airway cells. Confocal microscopic studies with Texas red-labeled dextran (molecular weight, 70,000) indicated that H. influenzae cells were entering cells by the process of macropinocytosis. These studies indicate that nontypeable H. influenzae can initiate cytoskeletal rearrangement within human airway epithelium, resulting in internalization of the bacteria within nonciliated human airway epithelial cells by the process of macropinocytosis.
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- M R Ketterer
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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