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Yu KY, Sun Q, Zhang JG, Bian CM, Si C. [Preliminary results of biportal endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion, decompression and pedicle screw insertion assisted with endoscopic technique for lumbar spinal stenosis combined with spondylolisthesis or instability]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:3288-3294. [PMID: 36319181 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20220709-01521] [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: 06/16/2023]
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Objectives: To evaluate the preliminary clinical outcomes of biportal endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (BE-LIF), decompression and pedicle screw insertion assisted with endoscopic technique for lumbar spinal stenosis combined with spondylolisthesis or instability. Methods: The data of 9 patients with single-level lumbar spinal stenosis who underwent BE-LIF, decompression and pedicle screw insertion assisted with biportal endoscopy in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Hospital from March 1st 2022 to April 30th 2022 were analyzed retrospectively. The visual analogue scales (VAS) for pain in back and legs, and the Oswestry disability index (ODI) of all the patients were collected before operation, on the third day after operation and at the last follow-up. Moreover, the operation time, intra-operation blood loss, radiation shots for pedicle screw insertion, post-operation drainage and ambulation time were recorded. The screw position was checked with CT after the operation. Results: All the patients were female with a mean age of (70.3±8.4) years (ranged 56-84 years); the patients were followed-up for 12-16 weeks. All 9 patients had good clinical results. The VAS scores for back pain on the third day after operation and at the last follow-up were both significantly lower than that preoperatively[(2.9±0.6), (1.8±0.4) vs (6.4±1.1) points, both P<0.05]. The VAS scores for leg pain on the third day after operation and at the last follow-up were both significantly lower than that preoperatively[(1.9±0.3), (1.4±0.5) vs (7.3±1.6) points, P<0.05]. The ODI scores at last follow-up was significantly lower than that before the operation ((24.0%±6.5% vs 55.7%±12.8%, P<0.05). The intra-operative blood loss was (177±103) ml, the drainage amounts post-operation was (122±56) ml, the operation time was (207.8±32.7)min, the ambulation time was (2.3±0.5) days. The total radiation shots for pedicle screw insertion were 20-42 times, the average radiation shots per screw was (6.9±1.5) times. No severe complications or adverse events occurred. No nerve root injury or dural tear occurred in the operation, and no revision surgery needed. Conclusions: The pedicle screw insertion assisted with biportal endoscopic technique can decrease the radiation exposure with good feasibility and safety during the BE-LIF. The BE-LIF combined with the pedicle screw insertion assisted with biportal endoscopy is an effective and safe surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis with good early results.
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- K Y Yu
- Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Hospital, Urumqi 830092, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Hospital, Urumqi 830092, China
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- K Y Wong
- Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong
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Wang MC, Yu KY, Zhang JG, Wang YP. [Progression and clinical application in unilateral biportal endoscopic]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2020; 58:892-896. [PMID: 33120454 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20200318-00233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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With the advantages of less operative injury and quicker postoperative recovery time, percutaneous endoscopic spine surgery system is currently one of the most widely used minimal invasive spine surgery techniques in China. However, this technique usually requires surgeon to operate in a single cannula, which brings much inconvenience such as limited vision, small range of motion and low efficiency. Meanwhile, the increasingly popular technique of unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) surgery possesses the advantages of better operation visual field, more flexible in operation, shorter learning curve period, handier surgical instruments for spine surgeon, and minimize radiation dosage caused by intraoperative fluoroscopy when comparing with single cannula endoscopic technique, since UBE requires an additional portal for surgical instruments while the anther portal is placed for arthroscope and pressure pump irrigation system. This technique has been applied to the treatment of degenerative diseases of cervical and lumbar spine, facet cyst, spinal epidural lipomatosis and abscess, and has achieved satisfactory clinical results.
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- M C Wang
- Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Yu KY, Shi HP. [Explanation of expert recommendations on medical nutrition for patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 100:724-728. [PMID: 32192285 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20200205-00196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- K Y Yu
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University/Chinese Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Beijing 100038, China
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Yu KY, Chen Y, Li J, Liu Y, Wang H, Kirk MA, Li M, Zhang X. Measurement of Heavy Ion Irradiation Induced In-Plane Strain in Patterned Face-Centered-Cubic Metal Films: An in Situ Study. Nano Lett 2016; 16:7481-7489. [PMID: 27960484 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Nanocrystalline Ag, Cu, and Ni thin films and their coarse grained counterparts are patterned using focused ion beam and then irradiated by Kr ions within an electron microscope at room temperature. Irradiation induced in-plane strain of the films is measured by tracking the location of nanosized holes. The magnitude of the strain in all specimens is linearly dose-dependent and the strain rates of nanocrystalline metals are significantly greater as compared to that of the coarse grained metals. Real-time microscopic observation suggests that substantial grain boundary migration and grain rotation are responsible for the significant in-plane strain.
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- K Y Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum-Beijing , Beijing 102249, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-3123, United States
- MPA-CINT, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-3123, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-3123, United States
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- School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 United States
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 United States
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- Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 United States
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Du JL, Fang Y, Fu EG, Ding X, Yu KY, Wang YG, Wang YQ, Baldwin JK, Wang PP, Bai Q. What determines the interfacial configuration of Nb/Al 2O 3 and Nb/MgO interface. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33931. [PMID: 27698458 PMCID: PMC5048433 DOI: 10.1038/srep33931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Nb films are deposited on single crystal Al2O3 (110) and MgO(111) substrates by e-beam evaporation technique. Structure of Nb films and orientation relationships (ORs) of Nb/Al2O3 and Nb/MgO interface are studied and compared by the combination of experiments and simulations. The experiments show that the Nb films obtain strong (110) texture, and the Nb film on Al2O3(110) substrate shows a higher crystalline quality than that on MgO(111) substrate. First principle calculations show that both the lattice mismatch and the strength of interface bonding play major roles in determining the crystalline perfection of Nb films and ORs between Nb films and single crystal ceramic substrates. The fundamental mechanisms for forming the interfacial configuration in terms of the lattice mismatch and the strength of interface bonding are discussed.
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- J L Du
- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Experimental Physical Sciences Directorate, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
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- Experimental Physical Sciences Directorate, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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Cheng YH, Chen CH, Yu KY, Hsueh WJ. Extraordinary light absorptance in graphene superlattices. Opt Express 2015; 23:28755-28760. [PMID: 26561144 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.028755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Extraordinary absorption decrease in graphene superlattices in the visible range is presented. Due to competition between loss and resonant reflection at resonance, the absorption displays non-monotonic behavior. As the period number increases above a certain critical value, absorption decreases with the increase in the period number. This is in contrast to ordinary absorption for a non-resonant condition, which monotonically increases with the period number. Moreover, this extraordinary property can also be controlled by applying a gate voltage to graphene sheets. The results provide not only a new understanding of graphene physics but also an application in nanophotonics and optoelectronics.
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Li J, Yu KY, Chen Y, Song M, Wang H, Kirk MA, Li M, Zhang X. In situ study of defect migration kinetics and self-healing of twin boundaries in heavy ion irradiated nanotwinned metals. Nano Lett 2015; 15:2922-2927. [PMID: 25768722 DOI: 10.1021/nl504677z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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High energy particles introduce severe radiation damage in metallic materials, such as Ag. Here we report on the study on twin boundary (TB) affected zone in irradiated nanotwinned Ag wherein time accumulative defect density and defect diffusivity are substantially different from those in twin interior. In situ studies also reveal surprising resilience and self-healing of TBs in response to radiation. This study provides further support for the design of radiation-tolerant nanotwinned metallic materials.
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- ‡Department of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China
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- ⊥Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- ⊥Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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Youn BS, Kim YJ, Mantel C, Yu KY, Broxmeyer HE. Blocking of c-FLIP(L)--independent cycloheximide-induced apoptosis or Fas-mediated apoptosis by the CC chemokine receptor 9/TECK interaction. Blood 2001; 98:925-33. [PMID: 11493434 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v98.4.925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chemokines play a pivotal role in regulating leukocyte migration as well as other biological functions. CC chemokine receptor 9 (CCR9) is a specific receptor for thymus-expressed CC chemokine (TECK). It is shown here that engagement of CCR9 with TECK leads to phosphorylation of Akt (protein kinase B), mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), glycogen synthase kinase--3 beta (GSK-3 beta), and a forkhead transcription factor, FKHR, in a human T-cell line, MOLT4, that naturally expresses CCR9. By means of chemical inhibitors, it is shown that phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI-3 kinase), but not MAPK, is required for CCR9-mediated chemotaxis. Akt, GSK-3 beta, FKHR, and MAPK have been previously implicated in cell survival signals in response to an array of death stimuli. When MOLT4 cells, which expressed Fas as well as CXCR4, were stimulated with cycloheximide (CHX), an agonistic anti-Fas antibody, or a combination of these, the cells rapidly underwent apoptosis. However, costimulation of MOLT4 cells with TECK or stromal derived factor--1 significantly blocked CHX-mediated apoptosis, whereas stimulation only with TECK partially blocked Fas-mediated apoptosis. Concomitant with this blocking, cleavage of poly (adenosine 5'-diphosphate--ribose) polymerase and activation of caspase 3 were significantly attenuated, but the expression level of FLICE inhibitory protein c-FLIP(L), which had been shown to be regulated by CHX, was unchanged. This demonstrates that activation of CCR9 leads to phosphorylation of GSK-3 beta and FKHR and provides a cell survival signal to the receptor expressing cells against CHX. It also suggests the existence of a novel pathway leading to CHX-induced apoptosis independently of c-FLIP(L). (Blood. 2001;98:925-933)
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- B S Youn
- Department of Microbiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Vig E, Green M, Liu Y, Yu KY, Kwon HJ, Tian J, Goebl MG, Harrington MA. SIMPL is a tumor necrosis factor-specific regulator of nuclear factor-kappaB activity. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:7859-66. [PMID: 11096118 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010399200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The IL-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK/mPLK) is linked to the regulation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB)-dependent gene expression. Here we describe a novel binding partner of IRAK/mPLK that we term SIMPL (signaling molecule that associates with the mouse pelle-like kinase). Overexpression of SIMPL leads to the activation of NF-kappaB-dependent promoters, and inactivation of SIMPL inhibits IRAK/mPLK as well as tumor necrosis factor receptor type I-induced NF-kappaB activity. Dominant inhibitory alleles of IkappaB kinase (IKKalpha or IKKbeta) block the activation of NF-kappaB by IRAK/mPLK and SIMPL. Furthermore, SIMPL binds IRAK/mPLK and the IKKs in vitro and in vivo. In the presence of antisense mRNA to SIMPL, the physical association between IRAK/mPLK and IKKbeta but not IRAK/mPLK and IKKalpha is greatly diminished. Moreover, dominant-negative SIMPL blocks IKKalpha- or IKKbeta-induced NF-kappaB activity. These results lead us to propose a model in which SIMPL functions to regulate NF-kappaB activity by linking IRAK/mPLK to IKKbeta/alpha-containing complexes.
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- E Vig
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine and the Walther Cancer Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5121, USA
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Youn BS, Yu KY, Alkhatib G, Kwon BS. The seventh transmembrane domain of cc chemokine receptor 5 is critical for MIP-1beta binding and receptor activation: role of MET 287. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 281:627-33. [PMID: 11237703 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) is a high-affinity receptor for macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1beta and functions as the major coreceptor for entry of macrophage-tropic (M-tropic) human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). To evaluate the role of transmembrane domains (TM) in the receptor function of CCR5, the seventh transmembrane domain (TM7) was examined in a series of chimeric receptor constructs including CCR5TM (CCR5 backbone/CCR5 TM7 replaced with CCR1 TM7) and mutants of CCR5TM. The CCR5TM chimera exhibited a dramatic reduction in receptor activation, as well as little or no MIP-1beta binding. Further mutational analysis revealed that Met 287 in TM7 of CCR5 is a critical molecular determinant for both MIP-1beta binding and receptor activation. Interestingly, all of the chimeric/mutated receptors were biologically active in an HIV-1 coreceptor fusion assay, demonstrating that chemokine binding is independent of HIV-1 coreceptor activity.
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- B S Youn
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202
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A retrospective study was conducted to assess radiographically the thymus size in well and sick neonates and to search for a possible relationship to perinatal events. Thymus size was expressed as cardiothymic:thoracic ratio (CT/T) by measuring the width of the cardiothymic shadow at the level of carina and dividing it by the width of the thorax at the costophrenic angles. The CT/T was measured on chest radiographs obtained on day 1 in well term neonates consecutively born in our nursery and sick neonates with meconium staining of the amniotic fluid, meconium aspiration syndrome or respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Neonates with congenital anomalies, congenital heart disease or intrauterine growth retardation were excluded. There were no significant relationships between CT/T and sex, birth route, birthweight or gestational age in well and sick term neonates. The CT/T were comparable among well and sick term neonates and were significantly greater in the preterm neonates with RDS than in the preterm neonates without RDS. The CT/T was correlated to the birth route only in the preterm neonates. We conclude that thymus involution in the perinatal period is a complex process and the response is different between term and preterm neonates.
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- C M Chen
- Department of Paediatrics, Taipei Medical College Hospital,Taiwan.
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Yu KY, Kwon B, Ni J, Zhai Y, Ebner R, Kwon BS. A newly identified member of tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily (TR6) suppresses LIGHT-mediated apoptosis. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:13733-6. [PMID: 10318773 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.20.13733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 303] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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TR6 (decoy receptor 3 (DcR3)) is a new member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) family. TR6 mRNA is expressed in lung tissues and colon adenocarcinoma, SW480. In addition, the expression of TR6 mRNA was shown in the endothelial cell line and induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate/ionomycin in Jurkat T leukemia cells. The open reading frame of TR6 encodes 300 amino acids with a 29-residue signal sequence but no transmembrane region. Using histidine-tagged recombinant TR6, we screened soluble forms of TNF-ligand proteins with immunoprecipitation. Here, we demonstrate that TR6 specifically binds two cellular ligands, LIGHT (herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM)-L) and Fas ligand (FasL/CD95L). These bindings were confirmed with HEK 293 EBNA cells transfected with LIGHT cDNA by flow cytometry. TR6 inhibited LIGHT-induced cytotoxicity in HT29 cells. It has been shown that LIGHT triggers apoptosis of various tumor cells including HT29 cells that express both lymphotoxin beta receptor (LTbetaR) and HVEM/TR2 receptors. Our data suggest that TR6 inhibits the interactions of LIGHT with HVEM/TR2 and LTbetaR, thereby suppressing LIGHT- mediated HT29 cell death. Thus, TR6 may play a regulatory role for suppressing in FasL- and LIGHT-mediated cell death.
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- K Y Yu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Walther Oncology Center, Indiana University School of Medicine and the Walther Cancer Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Kwon B, Yu KY, Ni J, Yu GL, Jang IK, Kim YJ, Xing L, Liu D, Wang SX, Kwon BS. Identification of a novel activation-inducible protein of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily and its ligand. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:6056-61. [PMID: 10037686 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.10.6056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Among members of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily, 4-1BB, CD27, and glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor family-related gene (GITR) share a striking homology in the cytoplasmic domain. Here we report the identification of a new member, activation-inducible TNFR family member (AITR), which belongs to this subfamily, and its ligand. The receptor is expressed in lymph node and peripheral blood leukocytes, and its expression is up-regulated in human peripheral mononuclear cells mainly after stimulation with anti-CD3/CD28 monoclonal antibodies or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate/ionomycin. AITR associates with TRAF1 (TNF receptor-associated factor 1), TRAF2, and TRAF3, and induces nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB activation via TRAF2. The ligand for AITR (AITRL) was found to be an undescribed member of the TNF family, which is expressed in endothelial cells. Thus, AITR and AITRL seem to be important for interactions between activated T lymphocytes and endothelial cells.
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- B Kwon
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Walther Oncology Center, Indiana University School of Medicine and the Walther Cancer Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Lin JW, Yu KY, Chen HY, Weng SF. Regulatory region with putA gene of proline dehydrogenase that links to the lum and the lux operons in Photobacterium leiognathi. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1996; 219:868-75. [PMID: 8645272 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.0338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Nucleotide sequence of regulatory region (R & R) with putA gene (EMBL Accession No. U39227) from Photobacterium leiognathi PL741 has been determined, and the putA gene encoded amino acid sequence of proline dehydrogenase is deduced. Alignment and comparison of proline dehydrogenase of P. leiognathi with the proline dehydrogenase domain in the PutA protein of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium show that they are homologous. Nucleotide sequence reveals that regulatory region with the putA gene is linked to the lum and lux operons in genome; the gene order is <--putA--R & R(I)<--ter-lumQ-lumP-R & R-luxC-luxD-luxA-luxB-luxE--> (R & R: regulatory region; ter:transcriptional terminator), whereas the R & R is the regulatory region for the lum and the lux operons, ter is the transcriptional terminator for the lum operon, and R & R(I) apparently is the regulatory region for the putA and related genes. Nucleotide sequence analysis illustrates the specific inverted repeat (SIR), cAMP-CRP consensus sequence, canonical -10/-35 promoter, putative operator and Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence on the regulatory region R & R(I) for the putA and related genes; it suggests that the putA and related genes are simply linked to the lum and the lux operons in genome, the regulatory region R & R(I) is independent for the putA and related genes.
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- J W Lin
- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing Univeristy, Taiwan, ROC
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The nucleotide sequence of the designated lumQ gene (EMBL accession No. U35231) from Photobacterium leiognathi PL741 has been determined, and the encoded amino acid sequence is deduced. The LumQ protein has a calculated M(r) of 28,416 and comprises 248 amino acid residues. The lumQ gene is identified as the envY-like gene by significant similarity of the encoded protein with the EnvY and AdiY proteins of E. coli; there the envY gene encodes the porin thermoregulatory protein EnvY, and the adiY gene encodes the putative transcriptional regulator protein AdiY. It suggests that the lumQ gene of P. leiognathi is orthologous to the envY and adiY genes of E. coli. The function of the protein encoded by the lumQ gene from P. leiognathi is not really defined yet, it is likely to be the DNA-binding protein related to the araC and xylS family of transcriptional regulators. The lumQ and lumP genes form the lum operon which linked to the lux operon, but run in the opposite direction. The gene order of the lum and the lux operon is < -ter-lumQ-lumP-R&R-luxC-luxD-luxA-luxB- luxN-luxE- > (R&R: regulatory region; ter: transcriptional terminator); whereas the regulatory region (R&R) includes two promoter systems, PR-promoter for the lux operon and PL-promoter for the lum operon; ter is the transcriptional terminator of the lum operon.
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- J W Lin
- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
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Yang Y, Yu KY, Zeng XC. [Clinical study on treatment of peptic ulcer with bushen kangkui decoction]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 1995; 15:583-5. [PMID: 8704420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
The clinical controlled study of Bushen Kangkui Decoction (BSKKD) on 150 peptic ulcer patients showed that it had a similar effect to injectio cimetidine, and had a lower rate of relapse. And the long-term therapeutic effect was better than that of injectio cimetidine. Simultaneous RIA showed that PGE2 of most treated patients was below normal level before the treatment, but it has increased in various degree after the treatment. The patients under the treatment of BSKKD had significant difference in PGE2 level (P < 0.05), while those treated with injectio cimetidine didn't have (P > 0.05). So the BSKKD has an effect on the increase of PGE2 level of the peptic ulcer patients.
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- Y Yang
- Yichun People's Hospital, Jiangxi
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