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Aalbers J, Akerib DS, Akerlof CW, Al Musalhi AK, Alder F, Alqahtani A, Alsum SK, Amarasinghe CS, Ames A, Anderson TJ, Angelides N, Araújo HM, Armstrong JE, Arthurs M, Azadi S, Bailey AJ, Baker A, Balajthy J, Balashov S, Bang J, Bargemann JW, Barry MJ, Barthel J, Bauer D, Baxter A, Beattie K, Belle J, Beltrame P, Bensinger J, Benson T, Bernard EP, Bhatti A, Biekert A, Biesiadzinski TP, Birch HJ, Birrittella B, Blockinger GM, Boast KE, Boxer B, Bramante R, Brew CAJ, Brás P, Buckley JH, Bugaev VV, Burdin S, Busenitz JK, Buuck M, Cabrita R, Carels C, Carlsmith DL, Carlson B, Carmona-Benitez MC, Cascella M, Chan C, Chawla A, Chen H, Cherwinka JJ, Chott NI, Cole A, Coleman J, Converse MV, Cottle A, Cox G, Craddock WW, Creaner O, Curran D, Currie A, Cutter JE, Dahl CE, David A, Davis J, Davison TJR, Delgaudio J, Dey S, de Viveiros L, Dobi A, Dobson JEY, Druszkiewicz E, Dushkin A, Edberg TK, Edwards WR, Elnimr MM, Emmet WT, Eriksen SR, Faham CH, Fan A, Fayer S, Fearon NM, Fiorucci S, Flaecher H, Ford P, Francis VB, Fraser ED, Fruth T, Gaitskell RJ, Gantos NJ, Garcia D, Geffre A, Gehman VM, Genovesi J, Ghag C, Gibbons R, Gibson E, Gilchriese MGD, Gokhale S, Gomber B, Green J, Greenall A, Greenwood S, van der Grinten MGD, Gwilliam CB, Hall CR, Hans S, Hanzel K, Harrison A, Hartigan-O'Connor E, Haselschwardt SJ, Hernandez MA, Hertel SA, Heuermann G, Hjemfelt C, Hoff MD, Holtom E, Hor JYK, Horn M, Huang DQ, Hunt D, Ignarra CM, Jacobsen RG, Jahangir O, James RS, Jeffery SN, Ji W, Johnson J, Kaboth AC, Kamaha AC, Kamdin K, Kasey V, Kazkaz K, Keefner J, Khaitan D, Khaleeq M, Khazov A, Khurana I, Kim YD, Kocher CD, Kodroff D, Korley L, Korolkova EV, Kras J, Kraus H, Kravitz S, Krebs HJ, Kreczko L, Krikler B, Kudryavtsev VA, Kyre S, Landerud B, Leason EA, Lee C, Lee J, Leonard DS, Leonard R, Lesko KT, Levy C, Li J, Liao FT, Liao J, Lin J, Lindote A, Linehan R, Lippincott WH, Liu R, Liu X, Liu Y, Loniewski C, Lopes MI, Lopez Asamar E, López Paredes B, Lorenzon W, Lucero D, Luitz S, Lyle JM, Majewski PA, Makkinje J, Malling DC, Manalaysay A, Manenti L, Mannino RL, Marangou N, Marzioni MF, Maupin C, McCarthy ME, McConnell CT, McKinsey DN, McLaughlin J, Meng Y, Migneault J, Miller EH, Mizrachi E, Mock JA, Monte A, Monzani ME, Morad JA, Morales Mendoza JD, Morrison E, Mount BJ, Murdy M, Murphy ASJ, Naim D, Naylor A, Nedlik C, Nehrkorn C, Neves F, Nguyen A, Nikoleyczik JA, Nilima A, O'Dell J, O'Neill FG, O'Sullivan K, Olcina I, Olevitch MA, Oliver-Mallory KC, Orpwood J, Pagenkopf D, Pal S, Palladino KJ, Palmer J, Pangilinan M, Parveen N, Patton SJ, Pease EK, Penning B, Pereira C, Pereira G, Perry E, Pershing T, Peterson IB, Piepke A, Podczerwinski J, Porzio D, Powell S, Preece RM, Pushkin K, Qie Y, Ratcliff BN, Reichenbacher J, Reichhart L, Rhyne CA, Richards A, Riffard Q, Rischbieter GRC, Rodrigues JP, Rodriguez A, Rose HJ, Rosero R, Rossiter P, Rushton T, Rutherford G, Rynders D, Saba JS, Santone D, Sazzad ABMR, Schnee RW, Scovell PR, Seymour D, Shaw S, Shutt T, Silk JJ, Silva C, Sinev G, Skarpaas K, Skulski W, Smith R, Solmaz M, Solovov VN, Sorensen P, Soria J, Stancu I, Stark MR, Stevens A, Stiegler TM, Stifter K, Studley R, Suerfu B, Sumner TJ, Sutcliffe P, Swanson N, Szydagis M, Tan M, Taylor DJ, Taylor R, Taylor WC, Temples DJ, Tennyson BP, Terman PA, Thomas KJ, Tiedt DR, Timalsina M, To WH, Tomás A, Tong Z, Tovey DR, Tranter J, Trask M, Tripathi M, Tronstad DR, Tull CE, Turner W, Tvrznikova L, Utku U, Va'vra J, Vacheret A, Vaitkus AC, Verbus JR, Voirin E, Waldron WL, Wang A, Wang B, Wang JJ, Wang W, Wang Y, Watson JR, Webb RC, White A, White DT, White JT, White RG, Whitis TJ, Williams M, Wisniewski WJ, Witherell MS, Wolfs FLH, Wolfs JD, Woodford S, Woodward D, Worm SD, Wright CJ, Xia Q, Xiang X, Xiao Q, Xu J, Yeh M, Yin J, Young I, Zarzhitsky P, Zuckerman A, Zweig EA. First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:041002. [PMID: 37566836 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.041002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
Abstract
The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. This Letter reports results from LUX-ZEPLIN's first search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with an exposure of 60 live days using a fiducial mass of 5.5 t. A profile-likelihood ratio analysis shows the data to be consistent with a background-only hypothesis, setting new limits on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon, spin-dependent WIMP-neutron, and spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross sections for WIMP masses above 9 GeV/c^{2}. The most stringent limit is set for spin-independent scattering at 36 GeV/c^{2}, rejecting cross sections above 9.2×10^{-48} cm at the 90% confidence level.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Aalbers
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - C W Akerlof
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - A K Al Musalhi
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - F Alder
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - A Alqahtani
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - S K Alsum
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - C S Amarasinghe
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - A Ames
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - T J Anderson
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - N Angelides
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - H M Araújo
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - J E Armstrong
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
| | - M Arthurs
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - S Azadi
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
| | - A J Bailey
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - A Baker
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - J Balajthy
- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
| | - S Balashov
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - J Bang
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - J W Bargemann
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
| | - M J Barry
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J Barthel
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - D Bauer
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - A Baxter
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - K Beattie
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J Belle
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
| | - T Benson
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - E P Bernard
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
| | - A Bhatti
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
| | - T P Biesiadzinski
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - H J Birch
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - R Bramante
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - C A J Brew
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - P Brás
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - J H Buckley
- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Physics, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4862, USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Physics, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4862, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - J K Busenitz
- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
| | - M Buuck
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - R Cabrita
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - C Carels
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - D L Carlsmith
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - B Carlson
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - M C Carmona-Benitez
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
| | - M Cascella
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - C Chan
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - A Chawla
- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
| | - H Chen
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J J Cherwinka
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - N I Chott
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
| | - A Cole
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J Coleman
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - M V Converse
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
| | - A Cottle
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
| | - G Cox
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
| | - W W Craddock
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
| | - O Creaner
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - D Curran
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - A Currie
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - J E Cutter
- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
| | - C E Dahl
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
- Northwestern University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3112, USA
| | - A David
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - J Davis
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - T J R Davison
- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - J Delgaudio
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - S Dey
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - L de Viveiros
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
| | - A Dobi
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J E Y Dobson
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
| | - T K Edberg
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
| | - W R Edwards
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
| | - W T Emmet
- Yale University, Department of Physics, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8499, USA
| | - S R Eriksen
- University of Bristol, H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
| | - C H Faham
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - A Fan
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - S Fayer
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - N M Fearon
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - S Fiorucci
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - H Flaecher
- University of Bristol, H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
| | - P Ford
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - V B Francis
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E D Fraser
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - T Fruth
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - R J Gaitskell
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - N J Gantos
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - D Garcia
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - A Geffre
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - V M Gehman
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J Genovesi
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
| | - C Ghag
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - R Gibbons
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
| | - E Gibson
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - M G D Gilchriese
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - S Gokhale
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - B Gomber
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - J Green
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - A Greenall
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - S Greenwood
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - C R Hall
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
| | - S Hans
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - K Hanzel
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - A Harrison
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
| | - E Hartigan-O'Connor
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - S J Haselschwardt
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - M A Hernandez
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - S A Hertel
- University of Massachusetts, Department of Physics, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
| | - G Heuermann
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - C Hjemfelt
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
| | - M D Hoff
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
| | - M Horn
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - D Q Huang
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - C M Ignarra
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - J Johnson
- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
- University of Califonia, Los Angeles, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, California 94550-9698, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - D Khaitan
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
| | - M Khaleeq
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
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- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - S Kravitz
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
| | - B Landerud
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - E A Leason
- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - C Lee
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - J Lee
- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
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- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- Northwestern University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3112, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8499, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8499, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, California 94550-9698, USA
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
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- University of Califonia, Los Angeles, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547
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Hu Z, Jiang D, Zhao X, Yang J, Liang D, Wang H, Zhao C, Liao J. Predicting Drug Treatment Outcomes in Childrens with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex-Related Epilepsy: A Clinical Radiomics Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2023:ajnr.A7911. [PMID: 37348968 PMCID: PMC10337615 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a7911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Highly predictive markers of drug treatment outcomes of tuberous sclerosis complex-related epilepsy are a key unmet clinical need. The objective of this study was to identify meaningful clinical and radiomic predictors of outcomes of epilepsy drug treatment in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 105 children with tuberous sclerosis complex-related epilepsy were enrolled in this retrospective study. The pretreatment baseline predictors that were used to predict drug treatment outcomes included patient demographic and clinical information, gene data, electroencephalogram data, and radiomic features that were extracted from pretreatment MR imaging scans. The Spearman correlation coefficient and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator were calculated to select the most relevant features for the drug treatment outcome to build a comprehensive model with radiomic and clinical features for clinical application. RESULTS Four MR imaging-based radiomic features and 5 key clinical features were selected to predict the drug treatment outcome. Good discriminative performances were achieved in testing cohorts (area under the curve = 0.85, accuracy = 80.0%, sensitivity = 0.75, and specificity = 0.83) for the epilepsy drug treatment outcome. The model of radiomic and clinical features resulted in favorable calibration curves in all cohorts. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggested that the radiomic and clinical features model may predict the epilepsy drug treatment outcome. Age of onset, infantile spasms, antiseizure medication numbers, epileptiform discharge in left parieto-occipital area of electroencephalography, and gene mutation type are the key clinical factors to predict the epilepsy drug treatment outcome. The texture and first-order statistic features are the most valuable radiomic features for predicting drug treatment outcomes.
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- Z Hu
- From the Departments of Neurology (Z.H., X.Z., J.L.)
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- Research Centre for Medical AI (D.J., J.Y., D.L.)
- Shenzhen College of Advanced Technology (D.J., J.Y., D.L.), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- From the Departments of Neurology (Z.H., X.Z., J.L.)
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- Research Centre for Medical AI (D.J., J.Y., D.L.)
- Shenzhen College of Advanced Technology (D.J., J.Y., D.L.), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Research Centre for Medical AI (D.J., J.Y., D.L.)
- Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging (D.L., H.W.), Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Shenzhen College of Advanced Technology (D.J., J.Y., D.L.), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging (D.L., H.W.), Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Radiology (C.Z.), Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- From the Departments of Neurology (Z.H., X.Z., J.L.)
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Xu Y, Liao J, Zhang L, Sun Z, Ge C. Dual sulfur defect engineering of Z-scheme heterojunction on Ag-CdS 1-x@ZnIn 2S 4-x hollow core-shell for ultra-efficient selective photocatalytic H 2O 2 production. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 647:446-455. [PMID: 37271089 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) using sunlight as an energy source, water and molecular oxygen as feedstock is considered as a green and sustainable promising strategy to solve the energy and environmental crisis. Despite significant improvements in photocatalyst design tuning, however, the relatively low photocatalytic H2O2 productivity is still far from satisfactory. Herein, we developed a multi-metal composite sulfide (Ag-CdS1-x@ZnIn2S4-x) with double S vacancies and hollow core-shell Z-type heterojunction structure for H2O2 generation by a simple hydrothermal method. The unique hollow structure improves the utilization of light source. The existence of Z-type heterojunction promotes the spatial separation of carriers, and the core-shell structure increases the interface area and active sites. Under visible light irradiation, Ag-CdS1-x@ZnIn2S4-x had a high hydrogen peroxide yield of 1183.7 μmol h-1 g-1, which was 6 times that of CdS. The electron transfer number (n = 1.53) obtained from the Koutecky-Levuch plot and DFT calculation confirm that the presence of dual disulfide vacancies provides good selectivity of 2e- O2 reduction to H2O2. This work provides new insights into the regulation of highly selective two-electron photocatalytic H2O2 production, and also provides new ideas for the design and development of highly active energy conversion photocatalysts.
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- Yandong Xu
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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Zhang Y, Liao J, Li Z, Hu M, Bian C, Lin S. All fabric and flexible wearable sensors for simultaneous sweat metabolite detection and high-efficiency collection. Talanta 2023; 260:124610. [PMID: 37146456 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Wearable sweat electrochemical sensors have attracted wide attention due to their advantages of non-invasive, portable, real-time monitoring, etc. However, existing sensors still have some problems with efficient sweat collection. Microfluidic channel technology and electrospinning technology are commonly used to collect sweat efficiently, but there are some limitations such as complex channel design and multiple spinning parameters. Besides, existing sensors are mostly based on flexible polymers, such as, PET, PDMS, PI and PI, which have limited wearability and permeability. Based on the above, all fabric and dual-function flexible wearable sweat electrochemical sensor is proposed in this paper. This sensor uses fabric as the raw material to implement the directional transport of sweat and the multi-component integrated detection dual functions. Meanwhile, the high-efficiency collection of sweat is obtained by a Janus fabric, wherein one side of the selected silk is superhydrophobic graft treated and the other side is hydrophilic plasma treated. Therefore, the resulting Janus fabric can effectively transfer sweat from the skin side to the electrode, and the minimum sweat droplet can reach 0.2 μL to achieve micro-volume collection. Besides, the patterned sensor, made of silk-based carbon cloth, is fabricated using a simple laser engraving, which could detect Na+, pH, and glucose instantaneously. As a result, these proposed sensors can achieve good sensing performance and high-efficiency sweat collection dual functionality; moreover, it has good flexibility and comfortable wearability.
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- Yingwen Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.
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Si H, Huang G, Liao J, Fisher AC, Lin S. Light-Activated Interface Charge-Alternating Interaction on an Extended Gate Photoelectrode: A New Sensing Strategy for EGFET-Based Photoelectrochemical Sensors. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:11866-11874. [PMID: 36826809 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c22970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Integration of extended gate field-effect transistors (EGFET) and photoelectrochemical (PEC) measurement to construct highly sensitive sensors is an innovative research field that was proven feasible by our previous work. However, it remains a challenge on how to adjust the interaction between the extended gate and the analyte and study its influence on EGFET-based PEC sensors. Herein, a new sensing strategy was proposed by a mutual electrostatic interaction. Three-dimensional TiO2 and g-C3N4 core-shell heterojunction on flexible carbon cloth (TCN) was designed as the extended sensing gate. Tetracycline (TC) was also used as a model analyte, and it contains electron-donating groups (-NH2 and -OH) with negative charge. The designed TCN-extended sensing gate was negatively charged in the dark by introducing carbon vacancies with oxygen doping in the g-C3N4 shell, while it was positively charged under illustration due to the aggregation of photogenerated holes on the surface. Therefore, a light-activated PEC sensing platform for the sensitive and selective determination of tetracycline (TC) was demonstrated. Such a PEC sensor exhibited wide linear ranges within 100 pM to 1 μM and 1-100 μM with a low detection limit of 0.42 pM. Furthermore, the sensing platform possessed excellent selectivity, good reproducibility, and stability. The proposed sensing strategy in this work can expand the paradigm for developing a light-regulated FET-based PEC sensor by mutual electrostatic interaction, and we believe that this work will offer a new perspective for the design of interface interaction in PEC devices.
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- Hewei Si
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570228, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570228, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570228, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, West Cambridge Site, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570228, China
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Yu S, Wang G, Liao J, Shen X, Chen J. Integrated analysis of long non-coding RNAs and mRNA expression profiles identified potential interactions regulating melanogenesis in chicken skin. Br Poult Sci 2023; 64:19-25. [PMID: 35979716 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2022.2113506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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1. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in various physiological functions. However, the mechanisms underlying the regulation of lncRNAs in melanogenesis remain unclear. To determine the molecular mechanisms involved in skin melanogenesis, the present study depicted the expression profiles of lncRNAs and messenger RNAs (mRNAs) in black- (B group) and white- (W group) skinned chickens using RNA sequencing.2. In total, 373 differentially expressed lncRNAs (DELs; 203 up-regulated and 170 down-regulated) and 253 differentially expressed genes (DEGs; 152 up-regulated and 101 down-regulated) were identified between the B and W groups. A total of eight known melanogenesis-related genes were identified (KIT, TYRP1, DCT (TYRP2), SLC45A2, OCA2, EDNRB2, TRPM1 and RAB38).3. Functional annotation of the co-expressed DEGs and DELs was performed using Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses. The co-expressed DEGs were mainly involved in melanogenesis and the co-expressed genes of 117 and 108 DELs were significantly enriched in the melanogenesis and tyrosine metabolism pathways, respectively.4. The DEL-DEG interaction network revealed that three lncRNAs (XR_003072387.1, XR_003075112.1, and XR_003077033.1) and DCT genes may have key roles in regulating melanogenesis in chicken skin. This data provides the groundwork for studying the lncRNA regulatory mechanisms of skin melanogenesis and suggested a new perspective on the modulation of melanogenesis in chicken skin based on a lncRNA-mRNA causal regulatory network.
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- S Yu
- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Shizhong, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Shizhong, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Shizhong, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Shizhong, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Shizhong, China
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Si H, Zou L, Huang G, Liao J, Lin S. An effective strategy for promoting charge separation by integrating heterojunctions and multiple homojunctions in TiO2 nanorods to enhance photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 630:888-900. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Calhoun S, Gao Z, Vachhani B, Brandt K, Shah K, Liao J, He F, Vgontzas A, Liao D, Bixler E, Fernandez-Mendoza J. Sleep disordered breathing since childhood associated with atherosclerosis in adulthood. Sleep Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.05.550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Chen YR, Wang XW, Liao J, Yi YX, Zhang W. [Application of robot-assisted laparoscopic sentinel lymph node tracing in treating endometrial carcinoma]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2022; 57:830-835. [PMID: 36456479 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112141-20221009-00621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the value of robot-assisted laparoscopic indocyanine green sentinel lymph node (SLN) tracing in treating endometrial carcinoma. Methods: Thirty-two patients with early-staging endometrial carcinoma were operated with laparoscopic comprehensive staging laparotomy from January 2019 to December 2021. At the same time, the SLN detection was performed by near-infrared fluorescence imaging tracer technology, in which the tracer was indocyanine green. Sixteen cases were injected with indocyanine green before laparoscopic surgery, and 16 cases were injected with indocyanine green before robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. The operation index, postoperative complications, prognosis, and lymph node dissection were compared between the two groups. Results: (1) The mean age of patients in the robot group was (54.7±8.1) years old, and was (54.9±8.8) years old in the laparoscopic group. There were no significant difference between the two groups (t=0.06, P=0.951). (2) Intraoperative blood loss [(131±40) vs (169±57) ml], hemoglobin difference before and after surgery [(11.2±5.4) vs (15.5±5.7) g/L], the length of stay after operation [(6.2±1.3) vs (8.6±1.4) days] between the robot group and the laparoscopic group were compared, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). (3) SLNs were detected in all 16 patients in the robotic group, and a total of 41 SLNs were detected. SLNs were detected in 15 of the 16 patients in the laparoscopy group, and a total of 40 SLNs were detected. Compared with the laparoscopic group (15/16), the total detection rate of SLN in the robotic group (16/16), there were no statistical significance (χ2=1.03, P=0.310). Compared with the laparoscopic group (7/15), the SLN bilateral detection rate in the robotic group (10/16), there were also no significant difference (χ2=0.78, P=0.376). The number of lymph nodes detected in surgery group (16.6±4.1) were lower than those in the laparoscopy surgery group (21.0±7.1), while there were no statistically difference between the two groups (χ2=2.01, P=0.054). There was no tumor metastasis in the resected lymph nodes and SLN between the two groups. The false negative rate of SLN in diagnosing endometrial cancer postoperative lymph node metastasis was 0, and the negative predictive value was 100%. (4) The pelvic and retroperitoneal lymph nodes were divided into five regions, which were the left pelvis, the right pelvis, the presacral region, the deep inguinal region, and the abdominal aorta. The numbers of SLN of unilateral detection and bilateral pelvic detection between two groups showed no significant differences (all P>0.05). The left pelvis had the most SLN imaging in both groups, followed by the right pelvis, para-aortic, and deep groin. (5) There was one patient in both robotic group and laparoscopic group with postoperative complications, which were urinary retention and pelvic lymph node cyst respectively. There were no significant differences in the incidence of complications between the two groups (χ2=0.97, P=1.000). The median follow-up time after operation was 14 months (range 6-24 months). During the follow-up period, no local recurrence or distant metastasis was found between the two groups of endometrial cancer patients. Conclusions: Compared with the laparoscopic group, the robot group has less intraoperative blood loss and shorter postoperative hospital stay. The bilateral detection rate of SLN in the group was better than that of laparoscopy.
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- Y R Chen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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Lian Y, Wang A, Peng S, Jia J, Zong L, Yang X, Li J, Zheng R, Yang S, Liao J, Zhou S. Optimization of Sensors Data Transmission Paths for Pest Monitoring Based on Intelligent Algorithms. Biosensors (Basel) 2022; 12:bios12110948. [PMID: 36354457 PMCID: PMC9687968 DOI: 10.3390/bios12110948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 10/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The harm of agricultural pests presents a remarkable effect on the quality and safety of edible farm products and the monitoring and identification of agricultural pests based on the Internet of Things (IoT) produce a large amount of data to be transmitted. To achieve efficient and real-time transmission of the sensors' data for pest monitoring, this paper selects 235 geographic coordinates of agricultural pest monitoring points and uses genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and simulated annealing (SA) to optimize the data transmission paths of sensors. The three intelligent algorithms are simulated by MATLAB software. The results show that the optimized path based on PSO can make the shortest time used for transmitting data, and its corresponding minimum time is 4.868012 s. This study can provide a reference for improving the transmission efficiency of agricultural pest monitoring data, provide a guarantee for developing real-time and effective pest control strategies, and further reduce the threat of pest damage to the safety of farm products.
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- Yuyang Lian
- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Control of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Haikou 571199, China
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- College of Information Engineering, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
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Liao J, Mehta M, Hsu F. LIMITED CUTANEOUS SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS MIMICKING HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA WITH NORMAL C1 INHIBITOR. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.08.830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Caplette JN, Gfeller L, Lei D, Liao J, Xia J, Zhang H, Feng X, Mestrot A. Antimony release and volatilization from rice paddy soils: Field and microcosm study. Sci Total Environ 2022; 842:156631. [PMID: 35691353 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The fate of antimony (Sb) in submerged soils and the impact of common agricultural practices (e.g., manuring) on Sb release and volatilization is understudied. We investigated porewater Sb release and volatilization in the field and laboratory for three rice paddy soils. In the field study, the porewater Sb concentration (up to 107.1 μg L-1) was associated with iron (Fe) at two sites, and with pH, Fe, manganese (Mn), and sulfate (SO42-) at one site. The surface water Sb concentrations (up to 495.3 ± 113.7 μg L-1) were up to 99 times higher than the regulatory values indicating a potential risk to aquaculture and rice agriculture. For the first time, volatile Sb was detected in rice paddy fields using a validated quantitative method (18.1 ± 5.2 to 217.9 ± 160.7 mg ha-1 y-1). We also investigated the influence of two common rice agriculture practices (flooding and manuring) on Sb release and volatilization in a 56-day microcosm experiment using the same soils from the field campaign. Flooding induced an immediate, but temporary, Sb release into the porewater that declined with SO42-, indicating that SO42- reduction may reduce porewater Sb concentrations. A secondary Sb release, corresponding to Fe reduction in the porewater, was observed in some of the microcosms. Our results suggest flooding-induced Sb release into rice paddy porewaters is temporary but relevant. Manuring the soils did not impact the porewater Sb concentration but did enhance Sb volatilization. Volatile Sb (159.6 ± 108.4 to 2237.5 ± 679.7 ng kg-1 y-1) was detected in most of the treatments and was correlated with the surface water Sb concentration. Our study indicates that Sb volatilization could be occurring at the soil-water interface or directly in the surface water and highlights that future works should investigate this potentially relevant mechanism.
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- Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China.
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- Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Huang G, Liao J, Wang M, Huang Y, Tang M, Hao Y. USP9X Increased Tumor Angiogenesis in Mantle Cell Lymphoma by Upregulation of CCND1-Mediated SOX11. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis 2022; 14:e2022048. [PMID: 35865393 PMCID: PMC9266782 DOI: 10.4084/mjhid.2022.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an aggressive lymphoid malignancy with a poor prognosis. Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 9, X-linked (USP9X), has been associated with multiple physiological pathways and regulates various cellular activities. In this study, we explored the role of USP9X in MCL in vitro and in vivo. USP9X was verified to be increased in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of MCL patients and MCL cells. Moreover, CCND1 and SOX11 were also upregulated in PBMCs of MCL patients. The positive correlation between USP9X and CCND1, USP9X and SOX11, and CCND1 and SOX11 were identified. Further, USP9X overexpression and knockdown were performed in MCL cells. We proved that USP9X overexpression promoted proliferation and cell cycle and suppressed cell apoptosis in MCL cells. Upregulation of angiogenesis and cell migration were induced by USP9X overexpression in MCL cells. However, the USP9X knockdown showed opposite effects. In addition, USP9X was discovered to decrease Cyclin D1 (CCND1)-mediated SOX11 expression in MCL cells. We demonstrated that SOX11 overexpression reversed USP9X knockdown-mediated angiogenesis in MCL cells. Besides, tumor formation was inhibited by USP9X knockdown in mice in vivo. In conclusion, these results revealed that USP9X promoted tumor angiogenesis in MCL via increasing CCND1-mediated SOX11.
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- Gang Huang
- Department of Hematology, Yuebei People’s Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, Guangdong, 512000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Yuebei People’s Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, Guangdong, 512000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Yuebei People’s Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, Guangdong, 512000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Yuebei People’s Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, Guangdong, 512000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Yuebei People’s Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, Guangdong, 512000, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wenzhou Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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Peng S, Wang A, Lian Y, Jia J, Ji X, Yang H, Li J, Yang S, Liao J, Zhou S. Technology for Rapid Detection of Cyromazine Residues in Fruits and Vegetables: Molecularly Imprinted Electrochemical Sensors. Biosensors 2022; 12:bios12060414. [PMID: 35735561 PMCID: PMC9221054 DOI: 10.3390/bios12060414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cyromazine is an insect growth regulator insecticide with high selectivity and is widely used in the production and cultivation of fruits and vegetables. In recent years, incidents of excessive cyromazine residues in food have occurred frequently, and it is urgent to establish an accurate, fast, and convenient method for the detection of cyromazine residues to ensure the safety of edible agricultural products. To achieve rapid detection of cyromazine residues, we prepared a molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor for the detection of cyromazine residues in agricultural products. Samples of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Miller), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), and water were tested for the recovery rate of cyromazine. The results showed that the concentration of cyromazine showed a good linear relationship with the peak response current of the sensor developed in this study. The lower limit of detection for cyromazine was 0.5 µmol/L, and the sensor also had good reproducibility and interference resistance. This paper can be used as a basis for the study of methods for the detection of cyromazine residues in edible agricultural products.
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- Sihua Peng
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (S.P.); (A.W.); (Y.L.); (H.Y.); (J.L.); (S.Y.)
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (S.P.); (A.W.); (Y.L.); (H.Y.); (J.L.); (S.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (S.P.); (A.W.); (Y.L.); (H.Y.); (J.L.); (S.Y.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Research Center of Quality Safety and Standards for Agricultural Products of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences), Haikou 571199, China; (J.J.); (X.J.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Research Center of Quality Safety and Standards for Agricultural Products of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences), Haikou 571199, China; (J.J.); (X.J.)
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (S.P.); (A.W.); (Y.L.); (H.Y.); (J.L.); (S.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (S.P.); (A.W.); (Y.L.); (H.Y.); (J.L.); (S.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (S.P.); (A.W.); (Y.L.); (H.Y.); (J.L.); (S.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (S.P.); (A.W.); (Y.L.); (H.Y.); (J.L.); (S.Y.)
- Correspondence: (J.L.); (S.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (S.P.); (A.W.); (Y.L.); (H.Y.); (J.L.); (S.Y.)
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Liao J, Zhang X, Sun Z, Chen H, Fu J, Si H, Ge C, Lin S. Laser-Induced Graphene-Based Wearable Epidermal Ion-Selective Sensors for Noninvasive Multiplexed Sweat Analysis. Biosensors (Basel) 2022; 12:bios12060397. [PMID: 35735545 PMCID: PMC9221044 DOI: 10.3390/bios12060397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Wearable sweat sensors are a rapidly rising research area owing to their convenience for personal healthcare and disease diagnosis in a real-time and noninvasive manner. However, the fast and scalable fabrication of flexible electrodes remains a major challenge. Here, we develop a wearable epidermal sensor for multiplexed sweat analysis based on the laser-induced graphene (LIG) technique. This simple and mask-free technique allows the direct manufacturing of graphene electrode patterns on commercial polyimide foils. The resulting LIG devices can simultaneously monitor the pH, Na+, and K+ levels in sweat with the sensitivities of 51.5 mV/decade (pH), 45.4 mV/decade (Na+), and 43.3 mV/decade (K+), respectively. Good reproducibility, stability, and selectivity are also observed. On-body testing of the LIG-based sensor integrated with a flexible printed circuit board during stationary cycling demonstrates its capability for real-time sweat analysis. The concentrations of ions can be remotely and wirelessly transmitted to a custom-developed smartphone application during the period in which the sensor user performs physical activities. Owing to the unique advantages of LIG technique, including facile fabrication, mass production, and versatile, more physiological signals (glucose, uric acid, tyrosine, etc.) could be easily expanded into the LIG-based wearable sensors to reflect the health status or clinical needs of individuals.
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- Jianjun Liao
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (J.L.); (X.Z.); (Z.S.); (C.G.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (J.L.); (X.Z.); (Z.S.); (C.G.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (J.L.); (X.Z.); (Z.S.); (C.G.)
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- Hainan Unican Science and Technology Innovation Institute, Haikou 571152, China; (H.C.); (J.F.)
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- Hainan Unican Science and Technology Innovation Institute, Haikou 571152, China; (H.C.); (J.F.)
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; (J.L.); (X.Z.); (Z.S.); (C.G.)
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China;
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Cui GZ, Zhou QS, Cheng QQ, Rao FQ, Cheng YM, Tian Y, Zhang T, Chen ZH, Liao J, Guan ZZ, Qi XL, Wu Q, Hong W. [Transcriptomic analysis of the ΔPaLoc mutant of Clostridioides difficile and verification of its toxicity]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 56:601-608. [PMID: 35644974 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20220222-00166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: Comparative analyses of wild-type Clostridioides difficile 630 (Cd630) strain and pathogenicity locus (PaLoc) knockout mutant (ΔPaLoc) by using RNA-seq technology. Analysis of differential expression of Cd630 wild-type strain and ΔPaLoc mutant strain and measurement of its cellular virulence changes. Lay the foundation for the construction of an toxin-attenuated vaccine strain against Clostridioides difficile. Methods: Analysis of Cd630 and ΔPaLoc mutant strains using high-throughput sequencing (RNA-seq). Clustering differentially expressed genes and screening differentially expressed genes by DESeq software. Further analysis of differential genes using Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment. Finally, cytotoxicity assays of ΔPaLoc and Cd630 strains were performed in the African monkey kidney epithelial cell (Vero) and the human colonic cell (Caco-2) lines. Results: The transcriptome data showed that the ΔPaLoc mutant toxin genes tcdA and tcdB were not transcribed. Compared to the wild-type strain, CD630_36010, CD630_020910,CD630_02080 and cel genes upregulated 17.92,11.40,8.93 and 7.55 fold, respectively. Whereas the hom2 (high serine dehydrogenase), the CD630_15810 (spore-forming protein), CD630_23230 (zinc-binding dehydrogenase) and CD630_23240 (galactitol 1-phosphate 5-dehydrogenase) genes were down-regulated by 0.06, 0.075, 0.133 and 0.183 fold, respectively. The GO and KEGG enrichment analyses showed that the differentially transcribed genes in ΔPaLoc were enriched in the density-sensing system, ABC transport system, two-component system, phosphotransferase (PTS) system, and sugar metabolism pathway, as well as vancomycin resistance-related pathways. Cytotoxicity assays showed that the ΔPaLoc mutant strain lost its virulence to Vero and Caco-2 cells compared to the wild-type Cd630 strain. Conclusion: Transcriptional sequencing analysis of the Cd630 and ΔPaLoc mutant strains showed that the toxin genes were not transcribed. Those other differential genes could provide a reference for further studies on the physiological and biochemical properties of the ΔPaLoc mutant strain. Cytotoxicity assays confirmed that the ΔPaLoc mutant lost virulence to Vero and Caco-2 cells, thus laying the foundation for constructing an toxin-attenuated vaccine strain against C. difficile.
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- G Z Cui
- Key Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology of Education Department of Guizhou, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai 10th People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- General ICU of the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- Guizhou Polytechnic of Construction, Qingzhen 551400, China
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- Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology of Education Department of Guizhou, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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- Stomatological Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550001, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai 10th People's Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology of Education Department of Guizhou, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550001, China
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Peng W, Liao J, Chen L, Wu X, Zhang X, Sun W, Ge C. Constructing a 3D interconnected "trap-zap" β-CDPs/Fe-g-C 3N 4 catalyst for efficient sulfamethoxazole degradation via peroxymonosulfate activation: Performance, mechanism, intermediates and toxicity. Chemosphere 2022; 294:133780. [PMID: 35104553 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A novel and high-efficiency catalyst Fe doped g-C3N4 (Fe-g-C3N4) composited with β-cyclodextrin polymers (β-CDPs) was synthesized for activating peroxymonosulfate (PMS). The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results showed that the catalyst was 3D interconnected porous structure. The degradation rate constant of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) in β-CDPs/Fe-g-C3N4+PMS system was estimated to be 0.132 min-1, which was 14.7 times and 2.2 times that of g-C3N4+PMS and Fe-g-C3N4+PMS system, respectively. In addition, the β-CDPs/Fe-g-C3N4 exhibited superior degradation performance in a wide pH range (3.0-9.0) and good selectivity in the presence of other inorganic anions and natural organics. Radical scavenging, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and electrochemical measurements indicated that 1O2 and Fe(V)O were the main active species for SMX degradation in β-CDPs/Fe-g-C3N4+PMS system. Moreover, β-CDPs accelerated electron transfer between catalyst and PMS and promoted the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during PMS activation. The loading of β-CDPs increased the yields of Fe(V)O and 1O2 in the system and limited the leaching of Fe3+. In addition, the possible degradation pathways of SMX were described based on the intermediates detected by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), and the toxicity of the intermediates was also evaluated. This work investigate the role of β-CDPs in PMS activation for the first time and develop a promising material with potential for water treatment.
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- Wenxing Peng
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Hainan Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Haikou, 571126, China
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- School of Applied Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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Gao H, Sun W, Tian X, Liao J, Ma C, Hu Y, Du G, Yang J, Ge C. Amorphous-Amorphous Coupling Enhancing the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity and Stability of the NiFe-Based Catalyst. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:15205-15213. [PMID: 35343674 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c25115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Efficient and stable electrocatalytic water splitting plays a critical role in energy storage and conversion but is strongly restricted by the low activity and stability of catalysts associated with the complicated oxygen evolution reaction (OER). This work provides a strategy to fabricate an advanced NiFe-based catalyst to steadily speed up the OER based on a strong amorphous-amorphous coupling effect generated through amorphous CuS that induces the formation of amorphous NiFe layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets (A-NiFe NS/CuS). The presence of the strong coupling effect not only modifies the electronic structure of catalytic sites to accelerate the reaction kinetics but also enhances the binding between the catalyst and substrate to strengthen the durability. In comparison to well-grown core-shell crystalline NiFe LDH on CuO, the as-synthesized amorphous A-NiFe NS/CuS gives a low overpotential of 240 mV to achieve 100 mA cm-2 and shows robust stability under 100 h of operation at the same current density. Therefore, amorphous-amorphous coupling between catalyst-substrate by elaborate and rational engineering yields an opportunity to design efficient and robust NiFe-based OER catalysts.
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- Hanqing Gao
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, People's Republic of China
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Geng X, Yang Z, Liao J, Mirkheshti N, Mehra R, Cullen K, Dan H. Targeting PI3Kα/δ and the ErbB Family of Protein-Tyrosine Kinases in Cisplatin-Resistant Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.12.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Du G, Sun W, Hu Y, Liao J, Tian X, Gao H, Ge C. IrO x Nanoclusters Modified by BaCO 3 Enable ″Two Birds with One Stone″ in Solar-Driven Direct Unbuffered Seawater Electrolysis. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:61088-61097. [PMID: 34911293 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c17587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Direct seawater electrolysis (DSE) coupled with renewable energy can maximize the sustainability of hydrogen energy acquisition by effectively alleviating the dependence on pure water resources. In a practical sense, the parallel chlorine evolution reaction (CER) of DSE opens up an opportunity to hit ″two birds with one stone″ by the dual values of anode and cathode. However, the biggest challenge is how to control the selectivity of CER to balance its values and drawbacks. Here, we use the different nucleation rates of iridium and barium ions in a weak basic solution and subsequent acid etching to devise an IrOx nanocluster (IrOx-Cs) supported BaCO3. The catalyst-support interaction between IrOx-Cs and BaCO3 enables repelling the Cl- near the electrode interface layer to achieve a controlled CER selectivity. Additionally, the mass activity of the prepared IrOx-Cs@BaCO3 is as high as 1402 A g-1Ir, which is 7.12 times higher than that of IrO2 oxides in unbuffered seawater. The photovoltaic-electrolysis device paired by IrOx-Cs@BaCO3 with controlled CER activity and Pt demonstrated that valuable active chlorine and H2 can be simultaneously obtained, with the flexibility to bind to different ion exchange membranes.
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- Gan Du
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, P.R. China
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Peng S, Wang A, Lian Y, Zhang X, Zeng B, Chen Q, Yang H, Li J, Li L, Dan J, Liao J, Zhou S. Smartphone-based molecularly imprinted sensors for rapid detection of thiamethoxam residues and applications. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0258508. [PMID: 34748559 PMCID: PMC8575258 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In order to achieve rapid detection of thiamethoxam residues in mango, cowpea and water, this study modified the screen printed carbon electrode (SPCE) to make a specific molecular imprinting sensor (Thiamethoxam-MIP/Au/rGO/SPCE) for thiamethoxam. An integrated smartphone platform was also built for thiamethoxam residue analysis. The performance of the complete system was analyzed by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The system was then applied for the rapid determination of thiamethoxam residues in water, mango and cowpea samples. The results showed that the molecular sensor showed good linearity in the range 0.5–3.0 μmol/L of thiamethoxam. The detection limit of thiamethoxam was 0.5 μmol/L. Moreover, the sensor had good reproducibility and anti-interference performance. The average recovery rates of the pesticide residues in water, mango and cowpea samples were in the range of 90–110% with relative standard deviations < 5%. The rapid detection system for thiamethoxam residue constructed in this study was simple, reliable, reproducible and had strong anti-interference. It has broad application prospects in the field detection of thiamethoxam residue, and serves as a valuable reference for the further development of rapid detection technology of pesticide residues in the field of environment and food safety.
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- Sihua Peng
- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Hainan, China
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Hainan, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Hainan, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Hainan, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Hainan, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Hainan, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Hainan, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Hainan, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Hainan, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Hainan, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Hainan, China
- * E-mail: (JD); (JL); (SZ)
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- College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Hainan, China
- * E-mail: (JD); (JL); (SZ)
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Hainan, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Hainan, China
- * E-mail: (JD); (JL); (SZ)
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Liao J, Kwah J, Shafi S. M041 DRUG REACTION WITH EOSINOPHILIA AND SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS SYNDROME CAUSED BY INTERMITTENT USE OF BUPROPION. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2021.08.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Centorame A, Ondra M, Dumut D, Shah J, Liao J, Hanrahan J, Sanctis JD, Hajduch M, Radzioch D. 627: Investigation of pharmacological correction of F508del-CFTR protein during chronic infections. J Cyst Fibros 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(21)02050-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ondra M, Centorame A, Dumut D, Liao J, Hanrahan J, De Sanctis J, Hajduch M, Radzioch D. 678: Design and validation of luminescent HTS tool for discovery and optimization of novel combination of CFTR correctors and modifiers. J Cyst Fibros 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(21)02101-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Yue Y, Chen H, Wang L, Du XB, Gao XF, Liao J, Zhou R, Chen ZH, Chen YZ, Huang WW, Huang XF, Hu M, Zhao CL, Du CH, Deng LL, Liang X, Liu Z. [Analysis on the imported Coronavirus Disease 2019 related cluster epidemic in rural areas of Chengdu]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 55:1240-1244. [PMID: 34706511 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20210421-00396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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An epidemiological investigation was carried out on a local cluster of outbreak caused by imported cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in rural areas of Chengdu in December 2020, to find out the source of infection and the chain of transmission. According to Prevention and Control Protocol for COVID-19 (Version 7), field epidemiological investigation was adopted, combined with big data technology, video image investigation, gene sequencing and other methods to carry out investigation into COVID-19 cases and infections source tracing, analyze the epidemiological association, and map the chain of transmission. From December 7 to 17, 2020, 13 local COVID-19 confirmed cases and 1 asymptomatic case were diagnosed in Chengdu, of which 12 cases (85.71%) had a history of residence and activity in the village courtyard of Taiping (TP), Pidu (P) District, Chengdu. From November 8, 2020 to November 28, 2020, a group of inbound people form Nepal were transferred to the designated entry personnel quarantine hotel of P District which was adjacent to the TP village. During quarantine, there were 5 cases who tested positive for COVID-19. Through gene sequencing alignment, genes of local cases and Nepalese imported cases from the same period are homologous, all belong to the lineage of L2.2.3 (B.1.36 according to Pangolin lineage typing method). According to the results of field epidemiological investigation and gene sequencing analysis, the index case was most likely infected by contact with household waste of quarantine site. Under the situation of normalization prevention and control of COVID-19, sentinel monitoring of fever clinics in primary medical institutions is the key to early detection of the epidemic. The multi-department joint epidemiological investigation and the application of gene technology are the core links of the investigation and traceability of modern infectious diseases. The allocation of public health resources in rural areas needs to be strengthened. We need to improve the capacity for early surveillance and early warning of the epidemic in rural areas.
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- Y Yue
- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Pidu District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 611730, China Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China Chengdu Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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Peng S, Yang S, Zhang X, Jia J, Chen Q, Lian Y, Wang A, Zeng B, Yang H, Li J, Dan J, Liao J, Zhou S. Analysis of imidacloprid residues in mango, cowpea and water samples based on portable molecular imprinting sensors. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257042. [PMID: 34473806 PMCID: PMC8412333 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Imidacloprid is a neonicotinoid insecticide widely used in the production and cultivation of crops. In recent years, the extensive use of imidacloprid in agricultural production has resulted in large amounts of pesticide residues in agricultural products and the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a rapid, accurate, sensitive and convenient method for detecting imidacloprid pesticide residues to ensure the safety of agricultural products and the environment. To clarify how to use the molecular imprinting method for the electrochemical rapid residue detection of imidacloprid. This paper selected reduced graphene oxide and gold nanoparticles as modifiers modified on screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCE) chitosan as a functional monomer, and imidacloprid as template molecule to prepare molecularly imprinted polymer, and applied this sensor to the residue detection of imidacloprid. The results showed that the concentration of imidacloprid showed a good linear relationship with the peak response current, and the detection limit of imidacloprid was 0.5 μM, while the sensor had good repeatability and interference resistance. The recoveries of imidacloprid spiked on three samples, mango, cowpea and water, were in the range of 90-110% (relative standard deviation, RSD<5%), which proved the practicality and feasibility of the assay established in this paper. The results of this paper can be used as a basis for the research on the detection of imidacloprid pesticide residues in food or environment.
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- Sihua Peng
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Hainan, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hainan, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Hainan, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Hainan, Haikou, China
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- College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Hainan, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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Bierma M, Goff P, Hippe D, Lachance K, Schaub S, Tseng Y, Apisarnthanarax S, Liao J, Parvathaneni U, Nghiem P. LB759 Post-operative radiation therapy to prevent local recurrence of low-risk Merkel cell carcinomas of the head and neck versus other sites. J Invest Dermatol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.07.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Sun W, Wang Z, Tian X, Deng H, Liao J, Ma C, Yang J, Gong X, Huang W, Ge C. In situ formation of grain boundaries on a supported hybrid to boost water oxidation activity of iridium oxide. Nanoscale 2021; 13:13845-13857. [PMID: 34477659 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr01795k] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Coupling electrochemical water splitting with renewable energy sources shows great potential to produce hydrogen fuel. The sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) resulting from the complicated reaction mechanism and the requirement of the noble metal iridium as the anode catalyst are the two key challenges in implementing proton exchange membrane electrolysis. These challenges may be overcome by the nanoscale design and assembly of novel hybrid materials. Grain boundaries (GBs) are a common crystallographic feature that increase in variability and attractiveness as the particle size decreases. However, the effects of GBs on OER activity in supported hybrid IrO2 catalysts remain unclear. In this study, supported hybrid IrO2 catalysts containing ultrafine nanoparticles were prepared via the self-assembly of iridium precursors on the β-MnO2 surface. The GBs induced intriguing features such as abundant coordination-unsaturated iridium sites and surface hydroxylation, resulting in enhanced OER activity. The formation of GBs was strongly dependent on the nature of the support. In addition to the morphology, the crystal structure of the substrate may play an important role in inducing dense nanoparticle growth. The established relationship between GB formation and OER activity provides an opportunity to design more stable and effective IrO2-based hybrid materials for the OER.
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- Wei Sun
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, P.R. China.
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Lee WT, Ng KW, Liao J, Luk ACS, Suen HC, Chan THT, Cheung MY, Chu D, Zhao M, Chan YL, Li TC, Lee TL. P–547 Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies molecular regulations associated with poor maturation performance on rescue in vitro matured oocytes. Hum Reprod 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab130.546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Study question
What is the transcriptome signature associated with rescuein vitro matured (rIVM) oocytes?
Summary answer
GATA–1/CREB1/WNT signaling axis was repressed in rIVM oocytes of poor quality.
What is known already
rIVM aims to produce mature oocytes (MII) for in vitro fertilization (IVF) through IVM of immature oocytes collected from stimulated ovaries. It is less popular due to limited success rate in infertility treatment. Genetic aberrations, cellular stress, and the absence of cumulus cell support in oocytes could account for the failure of rIVM.
Study design, size, duration
We applied single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to capture the transcriptomes of human in vivo (IVO) oocytes (n = 10) from 7 donors and rIVM oocytes (n = 10) from 10 donors, followed by studying the maternal age effect and ovarian responses on rIVM oocyte transcriptomes.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
Human oocytes were collected from donors aged 28–41 years with a body mass index of < 30. RNA extraction, cDNA generation, library construction and sequencing were performed in one preparation. scRNA-seq data were then processed and analyzed. Selected genes in therIVM vs. IVO comparison were validated by quantitative real-time PCR.
Main results and the role of chance
The transcriptome profiles of rIVM/IVO showed distinctive differences. A total of 1559 differentially expressed genes (DEGs, genes with at least two-fold change and adjusted p < 0.05) were found to be enriched in metabolic processes, biosynthesis, and oxidative phosphorylation. Among these DEGs, we identified a repression of WNT/β-catenin signaling in rIVM when compared with IVO oocytes. We found that estradiol level exhibited a significant age-independent correlation with the IVO mature oocyte ratio (MII ratio). rIVM oocytes with higher MII ratio showed over-represented cellular processes such as anti-apoptosis. To further identify targets that contribute to the poor outcomes of rIVM, we compared oocytes collected from young donors with high MII ratio versus donors of advanced maternal age and revealed CREB1was an important regulator in rIVM. Our study identified GATA–1/CREB1/WNT signaling was repressed in both rIVM condition and rIVM oocytes of low-quality.
Limitations, reasons for caution
In the rIVM oocytes of high- and low-quality comparison, the number of samples was limited after data filtering with stringent selection criteria. For the oocyte stage identification, we were unable to predict the presence of oocyte spindle so polar body extrusion was the only indicator.
Wider implications of the findings: This study showed that GATA–1/CREB1/WNT signaling and antioxidant actions were repressed in rIVM condition and was further downregulated in rIVM oocytes of low-quality, providing us the foundation of subsequent follow-up research on human subjects.
Trial registration number
Not applicable
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- W T Lee
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Biomedical Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Biomedical Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Biomedical Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Biomedical Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Biomedical Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Biomedical Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Biomedical Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Biomedical Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Biomedical Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Lee AWT, Ng JKW, Liao J, Luk AC, Suen AHC, Chan TTH, Cheung MY, Chu HT, Tang NLS, Zhao MP, Lian Q, Chan WY, Chan DYL, Leung TY, Chow KL, Wang W, Wang LH, Chen NCH, Yang WJ, Huang JY, Li TC, Lee TL. Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies molecular targets associated with poor in vitro maturation performance of oocytes collected from ovarian stimulation. Hum Reprod 2021; 36:1907-1921. [PMID: 34052851 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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STUDY QUESTION What is the transcriptome signature associated with poor performance of rescue IVM (rIVM) oocytes and how can we rejuvenate them? SUMMARY ANSWER The GATA-1/CREB1/WNT signalling axis was repressed in rIVM oocytes, particularly those of poor quality; restoration of this axis may produce more usable rIVM oocytes. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY rIVM aims to produce mature oocytes (MII) for IVF through IVM of immature oocytes collected from stimulated ovaries. It is not popular due to limited success rate in infertility treatment. Genetic aberrations, cellular stress and the absence of cumulus cell support in oocytes could account for the failure of rIVM. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION We applied single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to capture the transcriptomes of human in vivo oocytes (IVO) (n = 10) from 7 donors and rIVM oocytes (n = 10) from 10 donors. The effects of maternal age and ovarian responses on rIVM oocyte transcriptomes were also studied. In parallel, we studied the effect of gallic acid on the maturation rate of mouse oocytes cultured in IVM medium with (n = 84) and without (n = 85) gallic acid. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS Human oocytes were collected from donors aged 28-41 years with a body mass index of <30. RNA extraction, cDNA generation, library construction and sequencing were performed in one preparation. scRNA-seq data were then processed and analysed. Selected genes in the rIVM versus IVO comparison were validated by quantitative real-time PCR. For the gallic acid study, we collected immature oocytes from 5-month-old mice and studied the effect of 10-μM gallic acid on their maturation rate. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE The transcriptome profiles of rIVM/IVO oocytes showed distinctive differences. A total of 1559 differentially expressed genes (DEGs, genes with at least 2-fold change and adjusted P < 0.05) were found to be enriched in metabolic processes, biosynthesis and oxidative phosphorylation. Among these DEGs, we identified a repression of WNT/β-catenin signalling in rIVM when compared with IVO oocytes. We found that oestradiol levels exhibited a significant age-independent correlation with the IVO mature oocyte ratio (MII ratio) for each donor. rIVM oocytes from women with a high MII ratio were found to have over-represented cellular processes such as anti-apoptosis. To further identify targets that contribute to the poor clinical outcomes of rIVM, we compared oocytes collected from young donors with a high MII ratio with oocytes from donors of advanced maternal age and lower MII ratio, and revealed that CREB1 is an important regulator. Thus, our study identified that GATA-1/CREB1/WNT signalling was repressed in both rIVM oocytes versus IVO oocytes and in rIVM oocytes of lower versus higher quality. Consequently we investigated gallic acid, as a potential antioxidant substrate in human rIVM medium, and found that it increased the mouse oocyte maturation rate by 31.1%. LARGE SCALE DATA Raw data from this study can be accessed through GSE158539. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION In the rIVM oocytes of the high- and low-quality comparison, the number of samples was limited after data filtering with stringent selection criteria. For the oocyte stage identification, we were unable to predict the presence of oocyte spindle, so polar body extrusion was the only indicator. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS This study showed that GATA-1/CREB1/WNT signalling was repressed in rIVM oocytes compared with IVO oocytes and was further downregulated in low-quality rIVM oocytes, providing us the foundation of subsequent follow-up research on human oocytes and raising safety concerns about the clinical use of rescued oocytes. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) This work was supported by the Collaborative Research Fund, Research Grants Council, C4054-16G, and Research Committee Funding (Research Sustainability of Major RGC Funding Schemes), The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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- A W T Lee
- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China.,Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVF Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology & Department of Medical Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Taiwan IVF Group Center, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
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- Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Taiwan IVF Group Center, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
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- Department of Infertility and Reproductive Medicine, Taiwan IVF Group Center, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
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- Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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Tian X, Li X, Yu Q, Zhao H, Liao J. Asymmetric expression patterns of B- and C-class MADS-box genes correspond to the asymmetrically specified androecial identities of Canna indica. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2021; 23:540-545. [PMID: 33342001 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Canna indica is a common ornamental plant with asymmetric flowers having colourful petaloid staminodes. The only fertile stamen comprises a one-theca anther and a petaloid appendage and represents the lowest stamen number in the order Zingiberales. The molecular mechanism for the asymmetric androecial petaloidy remains poorly understood. Here, we studied the identity specification in Canna stamen. We observed four types of abnormal flower in terms of androecium identity transformation and analysed the corresponding floral symmetry changes. We further tested the expression patterns of B- and C-class MADS-box genes using in situ hybridization in normal Canna stamen. Homeotic conversions in the androecium were accompanied by floral symmetry changes, and the asymmetric stamen is key in contributing to the floral asymmetry. Both B- and C-class genes exhibited higher expression levels in the anther primordium than in other androecial parts. This asymmetric expression pattern precisely corresponded to the asymmetric identities of the Canna androecium. We identified C. indica as a model species for studying androecial organ identity and floral symmetry synthetically in Zingiberales. We hypothesized that homeotic genes specify floral organ identity in a putative dose-dependent manner. The results add to the current understanding of organ identity-related floral symmetry.
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Xinxing Vocational School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xinxing, Guangdong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Zhang T, Li W, Qiu X, Liu B, Li G, Feng C, Liao J, Lin K. [CRISPR/Cas9-mediated TEAD1 knockout induces phenotypic modulation of corpus cavernosum smooth muscle cells in diabetic rats with erectile dysfunction]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2021; 41:567-573. [PMID: 33963717 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2021.04.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To construct a corpus cavemosum smooth muscle cell (CCSMCs) line with TEAD1 knockout from diabetic rats with erectile dysfunction (ED) using CRISPR/Cas9 technology and explore the role of TEAD1 in phenotypic modulation of CCSMCs in diabetic rats with ED. OBJECTIVE Models of diabetic ED were established in male Sprague-Dawley rats by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin. CCSMCs from the rat models were primarily cultured and identified with immunofluorescence assay. Three sgRNAs (sgRNA-1, sgRNA-2 and sgRNA-3) were transfected via lentiviral vectors into 293T cells to prepare the sgRNA-Cas9 lentivirus. CCSMCs from diabetic rats with ED were infected by the lentivirus, and the cellular expression of TEAD1 protein was detected using Western blotting. In CCSMCs infected with the sgRNA-Cas9 lentivirus (CCSMCs-sgRNA-2), or the empty lentiviral vector (CCSMCs-sgRNA-NC) and the blank control cells (CCSMCs-CK), the expressions of cellular phenotypic markers SMMHC, calponin and PCNA at the mRNA and protein levels were detected using real-time fluorescence quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) and Western blotting, respectively. OBJECTIVE The primarily cultured CCSMCs from diabetic rats with ED showed a high α-SMA-positive rate of over 95%. The recombinant lentivirus of TEAD1-sgRNA was successfully packaged, and stable TEAD1-deficient CCSMC lines derived from diabetic rat with ED were obtained. Western blotting confirmed that the protein expression of TEAD1 in TEAD1-sgRNA-2 group was the lowest (P < 0.05), and this cell line was used in subsequent experiment. The results of qRT-PCR and Western blotting showed significantly up-regulated expressions of SMMHC and calponin (all P < 0.05) and down-regulated expression of PCNA (all P < 0.05) at both the mRNA and protein levels in TEAD1-deficient CCSMCs from diabetic rats with ED. OBJECTIVE We successfully constructed a stable CCSMCs line with CRISPR/Cas9-mediated TEAD1 knockout from diabetic rats with ED. TEAD1 gene knockout can induce phenotype transformation of the CCSMCs from diabetic rats with ED from the synthetic to the contractile type.
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- Department of Urology, Second Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Urology, Second Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, China
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- Department of Urology, Second Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, China
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- Department of Urology, Second Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, China
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- Department of Urology, Second Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, China
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- Department of Urology, Second Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, China
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- Department of Urology, Second Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, China
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Liao J, Li Y, Deng J, Li H, Wang W, Zhang D, Wang J, Zhang L, Xie M. Response to: Rationale of bedside ultrasound-guided inferior vena cava filter implantation in COVID-19 patients with deep venous thrombosis. QJM 2021; 114:148-149. [PMID: 33515258 PMCID: PMC7928591 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- J Liao
- From the Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- From the Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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- From the Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- Department of vascular surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- From the Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- From the Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- From the Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
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- From the Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China
- Address correspondence to M. Xie, Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
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Liu X, Wang Y, Qin Q, Zhang L, Liao J, Li Q, Jiang B. P32.02 Cohort Study of Rehabilitation Quality in Patients With U-VATS and M-VATS Lobectomy. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wang K, Xing Z, Du M, Zhang S, Li Z, Yang S, Pan K, Liao J, Zhou W. Zinc sulfide quantum dots/zinc oxide nanospheres/bismuth-enriched bismuth oxyiodides as Z-scheme/type-II tandem heterojunctions for an efficient charge separation and boost solar-driven photocatalytic performance. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 592:259-270. [PMID: 33662830 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.02.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A novel zinc sulfide quantum dot (ZnS QD)/zinc oxide (ZnO) nanosphere/bismuth-enriched bismuth oxyiodide (Bi4O5I2) tandem heterojunction photocatalyst is fabricated through two-step solvothermal, calcination and one-step hydrothermal strategies. The successfully constructed core-shell nanostructure can increase the interface area and the active sites of the composite photocatalysts. The formation of a Z-scheme/Type-II tandem heterojunction favors the transfer and spatial separation of charge carriers, in which Bi4O5I2 plays a bridging role to connect ZnO and ZnS. Simultaneously, the participation of Bi4O5I2 significantly shortens the band gap of the composite photocatalyst. This dual functional ZnO@Bi4O5I2/ZnS composite photocatalyst has a high photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of 578.4 µmol g-1h-1 and an excellent photocatalytic degradation efficiency for bisphenol A (BPA) and 2,4,5-trichlorophenol (TCP). In addition, cycling tests show that ZnO@Bi4O5I2/ZnS has a high stability, which is favorable for practical applications. This novel ZnO@Bi4O5I2/ZnS Z-scheme/Type-II tandem heterojunction photocatalyst will provide new ideas for the multichannel charge transfer of other highly efficient heterojunction photocatalysts.
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- Ke Wang
- Department of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China
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- College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, People's Republic of China.
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Wu FF, Chen XX, Wei GF, Lin SR, Liao J, Lin WN. [One case of removal of complex esophageal foreign body guided by ultrasound gastroscope]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2021; 56:79-80. [PMID: 33472307 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115330-20200520-00426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Department of Gastroscopy, First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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Akerib D, Alsum S, Araújo H, Bai X, Balajthy J, Baxter A, Bernard E, Bernstein A, Biesiadzinski T, Boulton E, Boxer B, Brás P, Burdin S, Byram D, Carmona-Benitez M, Chan C, Cutter J, de Viveiros L, Druszkiewicz E, Fan A, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell R, Ghag C, Gilchriese M, Gwilliam C, Hall C, Haselschwardt S, Hertel S, Hogan D, Horn M, Huang D, Ignarra C, Jacobsen R, Jahangir O, Ji W, Kamdin K, Kazkaz K, Khaitan D, Korolkova E, Kravitz S, Kudryavtsev V, Leason E, Lenardo B, Lesko K, Liao J, Lin J, Lindote A, Lopes M, Manalaysay A, Mannino R, Marangou N, McKinsey D, Mei DM, Moongweluwan M, Morad J, Murphy A, Naylor A, Nehrkorn C, Nelson H, Neves F, Nilima A, Oliver-Mallory K, Palladino K, Pease E, Riffard Q, Rischbieter G, Rhyne C, Rossiter P, Shaw S, Shutt T, Silva C, Solmaz M, Solovov V, Sorensen P, Sumner T, Szydagis M, Taylor D, Taylor R, Taylor W, Tennyson B, Terman P, Tiedt D, To W, Tvrznikova L, Utku U, Uvarov S, Vacheret A, Velan V, Webb R, White J, Whitis T, Witherell M, Wolfs F, Woodward D, Xu J, Zhang C. Discrimination of electronic recoils from nuclear recoils in two-phase xenon time projection chambers. Int J Clin Exp Med 2020. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.102.112002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Yu S, Wang G, Liao J, Chen X. A functional mutation in the AMPD1 promoter region affects promoter activity and breast meat freshness in chicken. Anim Genet 2020; 52:121-125. [PMID: 33226134 DOI: 10.1111/age.13025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Freshness is an important index to determine the quality deterioration (protein degradation and changes in appearance) of chilled chicken meat and is a primary consideration of consumers. Adenosine monophosphate deaminase 1 (AMPD1) catalyzes the deamination of adenosine monophosphate to inosine monophosphate in skeletal muscle and is the rate-limiting step in the purine nucleotide cycle. Inosine monophosphate is regarded as an important indicator of meat freshness in chicken. This study investigated the association of polymorphisms in the chicken AMPD1 promoter region with meat freshness during freezing storage. An SNP (c. -905G>A) was found to be associated with the freshness (K-value) of chicken breast meat. Chickens with the AA genotype had significantly lower K-values than those with GG and AG genotypes (P < 0.01). Individuals with the AA genotype also had higher breast meat AMPD1 mRNA levels than did those with the GG and AG genotypes (P < 0.01, P < 0.05). A luciferase assay revealed that genotype AA had greater transcriptional activity than genotype GG. Transcription factor binding site analysis identified distinct putative transcription factor binding sites in the two alleles of mutation site c. -905. In summary, we identified an SNP (c. -905G>A) in the promoter region of the AMPD1 gene that may modulate the binding affinity of different transcription factors to control AMPD1 expression and affect the freshness K-value of chicken meat.
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, 614000, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, 614000, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, 614000, China
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- Leshan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Leshan, 614000, China
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Joshi M, Zakharia Y, Kaag M, Kilari D, Holder S, Emamekhoo H, Sankin A, Liao J, Merrill S, DeGraff D, Zheng H, Warrick J, Hauke R, Gartrell B, Stein M, Drabick J, Tuanquin L. Concurrent Durvalumab And Radiation Therapy (DUART) followed by Adjuvant Durvalumab in Patients with Localized Urothelial Cancer of Bladder: BTCRC-GU15-023. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.2124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zhang L, Liao J, Chen Q, Chen M, Kuang Y, Chen L, He W. Characterization of the gut microbiota in frail elderly patients. Aging Clin Exp Res 2020; 32:2001-2011. [PMID: 31656031 DOI: 10.1007/s40520-019-01385-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The change in the composition of gut microbiota has been reported in the elderly and in the frail individuals; however, studies on gut microbiota in frail elderly are limited. AIMS This study aimed to investigate the gut microbiota of the frail elderly. METHODS From September 2017 to February 2018, 27 elderly patients hospitalized in the Department of Geriatrics of our hospital were enrolled and divided into the frailty group (n = 15) and the control group (n = 12) based on the cutoff of 0.25 for the frailty index. The fecal samples were collected for 16S rRNA-amplicon sequencing to analyze the composition and richness of gut microbiota. Operational taxonomic unit (OTU) clustering was performed using Usearch software. Intra-sample diversity (alpha-diversity) analysis and inter-sample diversity (beta-diversity) analyses were performed. The community richness was compared between the two groups at family and genus levels. RESULTS There were 1903 and 1880 OTUs identified in the control and frailty groups, respectively, with 1282 OTUs overlap between the two groups. The alpha diversity of microbiota community was similar between the two groups, whereas the frailty group had larger beta diversity than the control group. The top-10 taxonomy categories and abundances of gut microbiota between the two groups were similar. As for the gut microbiota composition, 4 families and 17 genera were significantly different between the two groups (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION These results suggested that frailty can affect gut microbiota diversity and compositions in late elderly hospitalized patients.
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- Ling Zhang
- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China.
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Liao J, Dong LP. Linc00261 suppresses growth and metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer via repressing epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2020; 23:3829-3837. [PMID: 31115010 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201905_17810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified to participate in the development and progression of various types of cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the expression and function of linc00261 in NSCLC has not been studied yet. We aim to explore the role and potential of linc00261 in NSCLC tumorigenesis. PATIENTS AND METHODS The expression level of linc00261 in 71 paired of NSCLC tissues and matched normal tissues, was detected using quantitative Real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Linc00261 expression in NSCLC cells was also measured. NSCLC cells were transfected with pcDNA3.1 or siRNA linc00261 to upregulate or downregulate linc00261 expression, respectively. MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assay and colony formation assay were utilized for examining the proliferative ability of NSCLC cells. Wound-healing and transwell assays were performed for detecting the metastatic ability of NSCLC cells. Protein levels of epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers were detected by Western blot. Furthermore, in vivo function of linc00261 was evaluated using the nude mice. RESULTS Linc00261 expressed significantly lower in NSCLC tissues and cell lines than that in the adjacent normal tissues or control cell line. Over-expression of linc00261 significantly inhibited proliferation, invasion and migration of NSCLC cells. On the contrast, knockdown of linc00261 promoted cell growth and metastasis of NSCLC cells. Furthermore, linc00261 inhibited the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of NSCLC via downregulating Snail. Linc00261 could slow down the growth of xenograft of NSCLC in vivo. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that linc00261 was lowly expressed in NSCLC tissues and cells. It inhibited cell proliferation and metastasis by downregulating Snail expression via EMT. This might provide a novel sight for the biological treatment for NSCLC.
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- J Liao
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, China.
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Hu L, Ye H, Liao J. LncRNA TUG1 reverses LPS-induced cell apoptosis and inflammation of macrophage via targeting MiR-221-3p/SPRED2 axis. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2020; 84:2458-2465. [PMID: 32841583 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2020.1806704] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This study aimed to identify the role of lncRNA TUG1 with miR-221-3p on mice with lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Animal model was established, and lung tissue histopathologic status and permeability were detected by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) or Evans blue dye assay respectively. Levels of inflammation cytokines, lncRNA TUG1, miR-221-3p, sprouty related EVH1 domain-containing 2 (SPRED2), and phosphorylated (p)-ERK1/2 were determined by ELISA, qRT-PCR or Western blot. Pulmonary impairment and apoptosis were examined by flow cytometry. We observed that LPS up-regulated levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), Interleukin-1β (1L-1β), and ERK1/2 phosphorylation, and reduced SPRED2 levels, which were rescued by overexpressed lncRNA TUG1. StarBase and dual-luciferase reporter assay verified that miR-221-3p was targeted by lncRNA TUG1. MiR-221-3p could reverse the effect of lncRNA TUG1 on cell apoptosis, levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, SPRED2, and p-ERK1/2. Therefore, overexpressed lncRNA TUG1 attenuated LPS-induced pulmonary impairment in ARDS mice via regulating miR-221-3p/SPRED2 axis.
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- Lili Hu
- Department of ICU, Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University , Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Changshu Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University , Suzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital , Xi'an, China
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1. Muchuan black-bone chicken is well known in China for its meat quality and medicinal properties; however, its egg-laying performance is not ideal. To better understand the molecular mechanisms of black-boned chicken egg-laying, high-throughput RNA sequencing was performed to compare differences in the pituitary transcriptome between three high-rate (group H) and three low-rate (group L) egg production chickens. 2. In total, 171 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between the two groups, of which 113 were upregulated and 58 were downregulated in group L. Some of these genes are known to be related to hormone secretion or the regulation of reproductive processes; these include prolactin-releasing hormone (PRLH), distal-less homeobox 6 (DLX6), interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4), and cilia and flagella associated protein 69 (CFAP69). Notably, expression pattern analysis indicated that both PRLH and DLX6 may influence egg-laying performance. 3. The dataset provided a foundation for discovering important genes and pathways involved in the chicken egg-laying process, and may help to improve understanding of the molecular mechanisms of chicken reproduction.
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University , Leshan, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University , Leshan, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University , Leshan, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University , Leshan, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University , Leshan, China
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Liao J, Wang R, Mishra A, Emanuel E, Zhu J, Cousins D, Navathe A. Spillover Effects of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Program Among Non‐Medicare Patients. Health Serv Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- J. Liao
- Department of Medicine University of Washington Seattle WA United States
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA United States
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- University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA United States
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- Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA United States
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- Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA United States
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- University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA United States
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- Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA United States
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- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA United States
- University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA United States
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Yu S, Wang G, Liao J, Tang M, Chen J. Identification of key microRNAs affecting melanogenesis of breast muscle in Muchuan black-boned chickens by RNA sequencing. Br Poult Sci 2020; 61:225-231. [PMID: 31918572 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2019.1709619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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1. Melanin content is considered an important indicator of meat quality in black-boned chickens, which have a high market value. To understand the complex physiological processes underlying muscle melanogenesis in this chicken, differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) were detected between black muscle (BM) and white muscle (WM) of chickens using high-throughput sequencing technology. Six small RNA libraries were constructed, and more than 16.75 million clean reads were obtained for each library. 2. A total of 582 known miRNAs and 65 novel miRNAs were identified from the six chicken sequence libraries. A total of 19 DEMs were identified between the two groups, of which nine were upregulated and 10 were downregulated. Furthermore, the DEMs were predicted to target 572 genes. 3. Certain DEMs (such as miR-204, miR-133b, and miR-12 229-3p) and their target genes may play an important role in muscle melanogenesis of chickens. These findings provide a foundation for clarifying the miRNA regulatory mechanisms involved in muscle pigmentation in avian species.
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University , Leshan, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University , Leshan, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University , Leshan, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University , Leshan, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sichuan Province Higher School of Local Chicken Breeds Industrialization in Southern Sichuan, College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University , Leshan, China
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Liao J, Xie N. Long noncoding RNA DSCAM-AS1 functions as an oncogene in non-small cell lung cancer by targeting BCL11A. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2020; 23:1087-1092. [PMID: 30779076 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201902_16998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have attracted more attention for their role in tumor progression recently. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of DSCAM-AS1 in the progression of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and to elucidate its possible underlying mechanism. PATIENTS AND METHODS DSCAM-AS1 expression in both NSCLC cells and tissue samples was detected by Real Time quantitative-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR). Moreover, the association between the DSCAM-AS1 expression level and patients' overall survival rate was explored. Furthermore, wound healing assay and transwell assay were conducted. In addition, RT-qPCR and Western blot assay were used to elucidate the underlying mechanism. RESULTS DSCAM-AS1 expression level in NSCLC samples was significantly higher than that of the corresponding normal tissues. The expression level of DSCAM-AS1 was associated with an overall survival time of NSCLC patients. Besides, the migration and invasion abilities of NSCLC cells were remarkably promoted after DSCAM-AS1 overexpression in vitro. Moreover, the mRNA and protein expression of BCL11A was significantly upregulated after the overexpression of DSCAM-AS1. Furthermore, the expression of BCL11A was positively correlated with DSCAM-AS1 expression in NSCLC tissues. CONCLUSIONS We observed that DSCAM-AS1 could enhance NSCLC cell migration and invasion via upregulating BCL11A. Furthermore, DSCAM-AS1 might be a potential therapeutic target for NSCLC.
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- J Liao
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, China.
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Sun W, Tian X, Liao J, Deng H, Ma C, Ge C, Yang J, Huang W. Assembly of a Highly Active Iridium-Based Oxide Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalyst by Using Metal-Organic Framework Self-Dissolution. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:29414-29423. [PMID: 32496754 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c08358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer for hydrogen production has multiple advantages but is greatly restricted by expensive iridium and sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics. The most promising way to reduce the precious metal loading is to design and develop highly active Ir-based catalysts. In this study, a versatile approach is reported to prepare a hybrid in the form of a catalyst-support structure (Fe-IrOx@α-Fe2O3, abbreviated Ir@Fe-MF) by utilizing the self-dissolving properties of Fe-MIL-101 under aqueous conditions. The formation of this hybrid is mainly due to the Ir4+ and released Fe3+ ions coprecipitated to assemble into Fe-IrOx nanoparticles, and the Fe3+ released from the inward collapse of the metal-organic framework (MOF) spontaneously forms α-Fe2O3. The prepared Ir@Fe-MF-2 hybrid exhibits enhanced catalytic activity toward OER with a lower onset potential and Tafel slop, and only 260 mV overpotential is required to drive the current density to reach 10 mA cm-2. The performed characterizations clearly indicate that the IrO6 coordination structure is changed significantly by Fe incorporated into the IrO2 lattice. The performed X-ray adsorption spectra (XAS) provides evidence that Ir 5d orbital degeneracy is eliminated because of multiple orbitals being semi-occupied in the presence of Fe, which is mainly responsible for the enhancement of OER activity. These findings open an opportunity for the design and preparation of more efficient OER catalysts of transition metal oxides by utilization of the MOF materials. It should be highlighted that a long-term stability of this catalyst run at a high current density in acidic conditions still faces great challenges.
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- Wei Sun
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, P.R. China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, P.R. China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou, Hainan 570228, P.R. China
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Cheuk W, Liao J, Chan JKC. "Baby Spleen Sleeping in a Cradle": An Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen. Int J Surg Pathol 2020; 29:516-517. [PMID: 32552218 DOI: 10.1177/1066896920935586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- W Cheuk
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR China
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- Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR China
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- Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR China
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Fernandez-Mendoza J, Puzino K, Calhoun SL, Qureshi M, He F, Liao J, Vgontzas AN, Liao D, Bixler EO. 0936 Cardiometabolic Disorders are Independently Associated with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Young Adults. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Introduction
Cardiometabolic risk factors (CMR), including obesity, hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolemia, have been associated with sleep apnea and insufficient sleep, both of which can lead to excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). We hypothesized that CMR are associated with EDS in young adults independent of sleep apnea, sleep duration and mental health disorders (MHD).
Methods
The Penn State Child Cohort is a population-based longitudinal sample of 700 children (8.7±1.7y), of whom 421 were followed-up 8.3 years later during adolescence (17.0±2.3y) and 425 another 7.0 years later during young adulthood (24.4±2.6y). Subjects underwent a 9-h in-lab polysomnography in childhood and adolescence and parent- or self-reported standardized surveys at all time points. Self-reports in young adulthood and in-lab measurements in childhood were used to ascertain CMR and sleep apnea. Parent-reports in childhood and self-reports in young adulthood were used to ascertain the presence of MHD and EDS. Logistic regression models adjusted for age, race, sex, snoring/observed apneas, insomnia symptoms, and sleep duration in young adulthood as well as mean arterial blood pressure, body mass index percentile and apnea/hypopnea index in childhood.
Results
CMR (OR=2.71, 95%CI=1.69-4.36) and MHD (OR=4.61, 95%CI=2.79-7.62) were associated with EDS in univariate models. After adjusting for covariates in childhood and young adulthood, CMR and MHD remained independently associated with EDS (OR=2.32, 95%CI=1.29-4.16 and OR=2.78, 95%CI=1.59-4.87, respectively).
Conclusion
EDS in young adults with CMR or MHD does not solely arise from sleep apnea, insufficient sleep or other sleep disturbances. EDS may be the result of central pathophysiologic mechanisms or the functional impairment associated with cardiovascular, metabolic and mental health disorders. These data further support that youth with these disorders should be screened for EDS and appropriately managed.
Support
National Institutes of Health (R01HL136587, R01HL97165, R01HL63772, UL1TR000127)
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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Fernandez-Mendoza J, Gao Z, Brandt K, Houser L, Calhoun SL, He F, Liao J, Vgontzas AN, Liao D, Bixler EO. 0890 Sleep Disordered Breathing is Associated With Endothelial Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis in Young Adults: Preliminary Longitudinal Findings in the Penn State Child Cohort. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction
Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in middle-age is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, population-based studies supporting its cardiovascular contribution at earlier stages of development are lacking, particularly with long-term follow-ups.
Methods
The Penn State Child Cohort is a population-based longitudinal sample of 700 children (8.7±1.7y), of whom 421 were followed-up 8.3 years later during adolescence (17.0±2.3y) with in-lab polysomnography (PSG). To date, 425 have been followed-up another 7.4 years later during young adulthood (24.4±2.6y) via a standardized survey and 136 of them (55.1% female, 21.3% racial/ethnic minority) have undergone a repeat of their PSG to ascertain apnea/hypopnea index. Subjects (n=121) also underwent Doppler ultrasounds to assess flow-mediated dilation (FMD) and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT). Linear regression models stratified by body mass index in young adulthood.
Results
SDB was cross-sectionally associated with lower FMD (β=-0.239, p=0.008) and greater CIMT (β=0.330, p<0.001) in young adulthood. Longitudinally, childhood (n=121) and adolescence (n=90) SDB were significantly associated with CIMT (β=0.327, p<0.001 and β=0.286, p=0.006, respectively), but not with FMD (β=-0.158, p=0.08 and β=-0.101, p=0.35, respectively). These associations, particularly longitudinal ones between childhood and adolescence SDB with CIMT in young adulthood, were stronger in overweight than normal weight subjects (e.g., β=0.310, p=0.030 and β =0.089, p=0.582, respectively).
Conclusion
SDB and obesity appear to be synergistically associated with endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis in young adults from the general population. These data suggest that a childhood exposure to chronic SDB is associated with long-term atherosclerosis, while endothelial dysfunction may be a short-term outcome. This ongoing 16-year longitudinal study will test whether the natural history of SDB from childhood through adolescence into young adulthood shows differential trajectories for cardiovascular morbidity.
Support
National Institutes of Health (R01HL136587, R01HL97165, R01HL63772, UL1TR000127)
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
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