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Lin MW, Chen LW, Yang SM, Hsieh MS, Ou DX, Lee YH, Chen JS, Chang YC, Chen CM. CT-Based Deep-Learning Model for Spread-Through-Air-Spaces Prediction in Ground Glass-Predominant Lung Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2024; 31:1536-1545. [PMID: 37957504 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-14565-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sublobar resection is strongly associated with poor prognosis in early-stage lung adenocarcinoma, with the presence of tumor spread through air spaces (STAS). Thus, preoperative prediction of STAS is important for surgical planning. This study aimed to develop a STAS deep-learning (STAS-DL) prediction model in lung adenocarcinoma with tumor smaller than 3 cm and a consolidation-to-tumor (C/T) ratio less than 0.5. METHODS The study retrospectively enrolled of 581 patients from two institutions between 2015 and 2019. The STAS-DL model was developed to extract the feature of solid components through solid components gated (SCG) for predicting STAS. The STAS-DL model was assessed with external validation in the testing sets and compared with the deep-learning model without SCG (STAS-DLwoSCG), the radiomics-based model, the C/T ratio, and five thoracic surgeons. The performance of the models was evaluated using area under the curve (AUC), accuracy and standardized net benefit of the decision curve analysis. RESULTS The study evaluated 458 patients (institute 1) in the training set and 123 patients (institute 2) in the testing set. The proposed STAS-DL yielded the best performance compared with the other methods in the testing set, with an AUC of 0.82 and an accuracy of 74%, outperformed the STAS-DLwoSCG with an accuracy of 70%, and was superior to the physicians with an AUC of 0.68. Moreover, STAS-DL achieved the highest standardized net benefit compared with the other methods. CONCLUSION The proposed STAS-DL model has great potential for the preoperative prediction of STAS and may support decision-making for surgical planning in early-stage, ground glass-predominant lung adenocarcinoma.
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- Mong-Wei Lin
- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Biomedical Park Hospital, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Biomedical Park Hospital, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Surgical Oncology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Lin MW, Chen LW, Yang SM, Hsieh MS, Ou DX, Lee YH, Chen JS, Chang YC, Chen CM. ASO Visual Abstract: CT-Based Deep Learning Model for Spread Through Air Spaces Prediction in Ground-Glass Predominant Lung Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2024; 31:1597-1598. [PMID: 38097879 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-14670-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Mong-Wei Lin
- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Biomedical Park Hospital, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Biomedical Park Hospital, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Surgical Oncology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Ng KH, Lin YY, Chen LW. Stably suspended SiO 2-supported CdS photocatalyst for a promising organic pollutant degradation in the absence of mechanical stirring. Chemosphere 2024; 350:141084. [PMID: 38160950 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.141084] [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: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 12/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Even with solar-activatable photocatalyst, incommensurable energy input for stirring is still required to overcome the transport limitations in powder-photocatalysis. To counter this, a novel concept of auto-suspending photocatalyst based on SiO2/CdS was proposed to enable promising photo-activity even under stirring-free condition. Functionally-speaking, CdS would act as photoreaction-driver while SiO2 endows sufficient buoyance for suspension-stabilization during stirring-free photocatalysis. In photoreactions degrading methylene blue for theoretical demonstration, SiO2/CdS_0.3 promises only 4.57% activity reduction in non-stirred photoreaction, enabling 15.26% of methylene blue decolorization comparing to 15.99% of stirred-photoreaction under visible light irradiation. This could be ascribed to the slow settling tendency of SiO2/CdS_0.3, evading severe light-shielding under stacked condition. Also, its rightly-exposed SiO2 surface permits 'adsorb-and-degrade' mechanism, thereby overcoming the sluggish surface transport across thick boundary layer. Contrarily, photocatalyst with quintuple CdS content (SiO2/CdS_1.5) exhibits largest activity reduction (31.47%), reasoned by its quick-settling tendency. Overall, current study provides new perspectives to photocatalysis-community. The success elimination of mechanical stirring from photocatalysis promises significant energy-saving (19.1-136 kW/m3), thus consenting better practicality for solar energy-harvesting and environmental protection.
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- Kim Hoong Ng
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, 24301, Taiwan; R&D Center of Biochemical Engineering Technology, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, Taiwan; Battery Research Center of Green Energy, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, 24301, Taiwan; Center for Environmental Sustainability and Human Health, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City, 24301, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, 24301, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, 24301, Taiwan
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Chen LW, Li JY, Fan L. [Progress in treatment of primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2024; 45:98-102. [PMID: 38527847 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn121090-20230731-00041] [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: 03/27/2024]
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Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) is an aggressive B-cell lymphoma originating from the thymus, which has different clinical and biological characteristics from diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, NOS. PMBCL tends to occur in young women, usually presenting as a large anterior mediastinal mass. Most patients are in stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ at the time of presentation. There is no standard prognostic scoring system for PMBCL. Immunochemotherapy is commonly used in the treatment of PMBCL, but the optimal first-line treatment has not been determined, and the status of radiotherapy is controversial. The value of PET-CT guided therapy needs to be further verified. Relapsed/refractory PMBCL has a poor prognosis, while novel therapies such as PD-1 inhibitors, brentuximab vedotin, and CAR-T can help improve survival in these patients.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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Lin PS, Liu WL, Chen CD, Wen TH, Chen CH, Chen LW, Kung YH. Micro-scale urbanization-based risk factors for dengue epidemics. Int J Biometeorol 2024; 68:133-141. [PMID: 37950095 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-023-02577-2] [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: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Dengue is one of the world's most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral diseases. As it is found mostly in urban and semi-urban areas, urbanization and associated human activities that affect the environment and larval habitats could become risk factors (e.g., lane width, conditions of street ditches) for the spread of dengue. However, there are currently no systematic studies of micro-scale urbanization-based risk factors for the spread of dengue epidemics. We describe the study area, two micro-scale environmental risk factors associated with urbanization, and meteorological data. Since the observations involve spatial and temporal correlations, we also use some statistical methods for the analysis of spatial and spatial-temporal data for the relationship between urbanization and dengue. In this study, we analyzed data from Kaohsiung, a densely populated city in southern Taiwan, and found a positive correlation between environmental risk factors associated with urbanization (ditches positive for mosquito larvae and closely packed streets termed "dengue lanes") and clustering effects in dengue cases. The statistical analysis also revealed that the occurrence of positive ditches was significantly associated with that of dengue lanes in the study area. The relationship between climate variables and positive ditches was also analyzed in this paper, indicating a relationship between dengue and both rainfall and temperature, with temperature having a greater effect. Overall, this work is immediately relevant and applicable for policymakers in government, who will need to reduce these favorable habitats for vector-born disease spreaders and implement regulations for new urban constructions to thus reduce dengue spread in future outbreaks.
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- Pei-Sheng Lin
- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road Zhunan, Miaoli County, 350, Taiwan.
- National Mosquito-Borne Diseases Control Research Center, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
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- National Mosquito-Borne Diseases Control Research Center, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan
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- Department of Health, Kaohsiung City Government, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Geograph, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Mosquito-Borne Diseases Control Research Center, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
- Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road Zhunan, Miaoli County, 350, Taiwan
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- Department of Statistics and Information Science, Fu-Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wei Y, Wang J, Han D, Huang TX, Bai L, Chen LW, Xu Y, Zhou XM. [Protective effect and mechanism of Maiwei Yangfei Decoction on pulmonary fibrosis mice based on Nrf2 regulation of oxidative stress]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2023; 48:6682-6692. [PMID: 38212028 DOI: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20230905.401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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This study explored the effect and mechanism of Maiwei Yangfei Decoction(MWYF) on pulmonary fibrosis(PF) mice. MWYF was prepared, and its main components were detected by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry(UPLC-MS/MS). Male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into a control group, a model group, a pirfenidone(PFD) group, and low-, medium-, and high-dose MWYF groups, with 10 mice in each group. The PF model was induced in mice except for those in the control group by intratracheal instillation of bleomycin(BLM), and model mice were treated with saline or MWYF or PFD by gavage the next day. The water consumption, food intake, hair, and activity of mice were observed daily. The pathological changes in lung tissues were observed by hematoxylin-eosin(HE) staining, Masson staining, and CT scanning. The level of hydroxyproline(HYP) in lung tissues was detected by alkaline hydrolysis. Immunohistochemistry was used to observe the expression of collagen type Ⅲ(COL3) and fibronectin. The mRNA expression levels of α-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA), type Ⅰ collagen α1(COL1α1), COL3, and vimentin were detected by reverse transcription real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(RT-qPCR). Superoxide dismutase(SOD) and malondialdehyde(MDA) kits were used to detect oxidative stress indicators in lung tissues and serum. The nuclear translocation of nuclear factor E2-related factor 2(Nrf2) protein was detected by immunofluorescence. The protein and mRNA expression levels of Nrf2, catalase(CAT), and heme oxygenase 1(HO-1) in lung tissues were detected by Western blot and RT-qPCR. Twelve chemical components were detected by UPLC-MS/MS. Animal experiments showed that MWYF could improve alveolar inflammation, collagen deposition, and fibrosis in PF mice, increase body weight of mice, and down-regulate the expression of fibrosis indexes such as HYP, α-SMA, COL1α1, COL3, fibronectin, and vimentin in lung tissues. In addition, MWYF could potentiate the activity of SOD in lung tissues and serum of PF mice, up-regulate the expression level of Nrf2, and promote its transfer to the nucleus, up-regulate the levels of downstream antioxidant target genes CAT and HO-1, and then reduce the accumulation of lipid metabolite MDA. In summary, MWYF can significantly improve the pathological damage and fibrosis of lung tissues in PF mice, and its mechanism may be related to the activation of the Nrf2 pathway to regulate oxidative stress.
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- Yun Wei
- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210029, China the First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210023, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210029, China the First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210023, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210029, China the First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210023, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210029, China the First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210023, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210029, China the First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210023, China
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- the First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210023, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210029, China
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Gu H, Li J, Niu X, Lin J, Chen LW, Zhang Z, Shi Z, Sun Z, Liu Q, Zhang P, Yan W, Wang Y, Zhang L, Li P, Li X, Wang D, Yin P, Chen W. Symmetry-Breaking p-Block Antimony Single Atoms Trigger N-Bridged Titanium Sites for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction with High Efficiency. ACS Nano 2023; 17:21838-21849. [PMID: 37909679 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c07857] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR) under mild conditions emerges as a promising approach to produce ammonia (NH3) compared to the typical Haber-Bosch process. Herein, we design an asymmetrically coordinated p-block antimony single-atom catalyst immobilized on nitrogen-doped Ti3C2Tx (Sb SA/N-Ti3C2Tx) for eNRR, which exhibits ultrahigh NH3 yield (108.3 μg h-1 mgcat-1) and excellent Faradaic efficiency (41.2%) at -0.3 V vs RHE. Complementary in situ spectroscopies with theoretical calculations reveal that the nitrogen-bridged two titanium atoms triggered by an adjacent asymmetrical Sb-N1C2 moiety act as the active sites for facilitating the protonation of the rate-determining step from *N2 to *N2H and the kinetic conversion of key intermediates during eNRR. Moreover, the introduction of Sb-N1C2 promotes the formation of oxygen vacancies to expose more titanium sites. This work presents a strategy for single-atom-decorated ultrathin two-dimensional materials with the aim of simultaneously enhancing NH3 yield and Faradaic efficiency for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction.
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- Hongfei Gu
- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Vehicle and Mobility, Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Ningbo 315201, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facilities, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201204, China
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- School of Vehicle and Mobility, Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, School of chemistry and chemical engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Ben M, Glinsky JV, Chu J, Spooren AI, Roberts S, Chen LW, Denis S, Lorusso M, Jorgensen V, Gollan EJ, Agostinello J, Van Laake-Geelen CCM, Lincoln C, Stolwijk JM, Bell C, Paddison S, Rainey D, Tranter K, Ilha J, Oostra K, Sherrington C, Harvey LA. Early and intensive Motor Training for people with spinal cord injuries (the SCI-MT Trial): description of the intervention. Spinal Cord 2023; 61:600-607. [PMID: 37468607 PMCID: PMC10645584 DOI: 10.1038/s41393-023-00911-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Descriptive. OBJECTIVES The primary objective is to describe the intervention that will be provided in a large multi-centre randomised controlled trial titled: Early and Intensive Motor Training for people with Spinal Cord Injuries (the SCI-MT Trial). The secondary objective is to describe the strategies that will be used to operationalise and standardise the Motor Training provided to participants while keeping the intervention person-centred. METHODS The paper focuses on the rationale and principles of Motor Training for people with spinal cord injuries (SCI). The description of the intervention is based on the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist. Specifically, it addresses the following 6 criteria of the TIDieR checklist: why the effectiveness of Motor Training is being examined; what, how, where and when the Motor Training will be administered; and how much Motor Training will be provided. RESULTS A detailed intervention manual has been developed to help standardise the delivery of the intervention. CONCLUSIONS This paper describes the details of a complex intervention administered as part of a large randomised controlled trial. It will facilitate the subsequent interpretation of the trial results and enable the intervention to be reproduced in clinical practice and future trials.
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- M Ben
- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
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- The Prince of Wales Hospital, Wales, NSW, Australia
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- I.R.C.C.S. Foundation Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Nesodden, Norway
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- The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, QLD, Australia
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- The Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre, Kew Vic, VIC, Australia
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- Adelante Centre of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology, Hoensbroek, The Netherlands
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Research School CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injures Unit, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Repat Health Precinct, Daw Park, SA, Australia
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- London Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Middlesex, UK
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- Royal Rehab, Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - UDESC, College of Health and Sport Science, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
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- Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Chen LW, Hao YC, Li J, Hu L, Zuo X, Dai C, Yu ZL, Huang HZ, Tian W, Liu D, Chang X, Li P, Shao R, Wang B, Yin AX. Controllable Crystallization of Two-Dimensional Bi Nanocrystals with Morphology-Boosted CO 2 Electroreduction in Wide pH Environments. Small 2023; 19:e2301639. [PMID: 37093197 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Two-dimensional low-melting-point (LMP) metal nanocrystals are attracting increasing attention with broad and irreplaceable applications due to their unique surface and topological structures. However, the chemical synthesis, especially the fine control over the nucleation (reduction) and growth (crystallization), of such LMP metal nanocrystals remains elusive as limited by the challenges of low standard redox potential, low melting point, poor crystalline symmetry, etc. Here, a controllable reduction-melting-crystallization (RMC) protocol to synthesize free-standing and surfactant-free bismuth nanocrystals with tunable dimensions, morphologies, and surface structures is presented. Especially, ultrathin bismuth nanosheets with flat or jagged surfaces/edges can be prepared with high selectivity. The jagged bismuth nanosheets, with abundant surface steps and defects, exhibit boosted electrocatalytic CO2 reduction performances in acidic, neutral, and alkaline aqueous solutions, achieving the maximum selectivity of near unity at the current density of 210 mA cm-2 for formate evolution under ambient conditions. This work creates the RMC pathway for the synthesis of free-standing two-dimensional LMP metal nanomaterials and may find broader applicability in more interdisciplinary applications.
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- Li-Wei Chen
- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Department Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems, School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Analysis and Testing Center, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Department Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems, School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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Huang WC, Chen YY, Yang SY, Lai CF, Lai TS, Chen HY, Chen L, Wang YJ, Cheng YL, Lang CL, Chen CF, Chang HF, Peng JK, Lin LY, Cheng HM, Hwu CM, Lu TM, Chueh JS, Lin YH, Wu VC. Fat mass as an important predictor of persistent hypertension in patients with primary aldosteronism after adrenalectomy. Hypertens Res 2023; 46:1375-1384. [PMID: 36759661 DOI: 10.1038/s41440-023-01203-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Aldosterone excess is present in obesity and is associated with involvement in the pathogenesis of obesity. We evaluate the impact of body obesity as measured by body composition monitor (BCM) on clinical outcomes in patients with unilateral primary aldosteronism (uPA) after adrenalectomy. The BCM device was used to assess body composition before and after adrenalectomy. We used fat mass (FM) and body mass index (BMI) to classify obesity and divided obesity into three groups: clinical overweight (BMI (kg/m2) ≥25); normal weight obesity (NWO, FM (%) ≥ 35 for women, >25 for men & BMI < 25); and no obesity (FM < 35 for women, <25 for men & BMI < 25). A total of 130 unilateral PA (uPA) patients received adrenalectomy, and 27 EH patients were identified; uPA patients with hypertension remission were found to have lower FM (p = 0.046), BMI (p < 0.001), and lower prevalence of overweight (p = 0.001). In the logistic regression model, patients with clinical overweight (OR = 2.9, p = 0.007), NWO (OR = 3.04, p = 0.041) and longer HTN duration (years, OR = 1.065, p = 0.013) were at the risk of persistent hypertension after adrenalectomy. Obesity status was strongly associated with persistent hypertension in uPA patients after adrenalectomy. However, patients in the NWO group also carried higher risk of persistent hypertension. Therefore, assessment of pre-obesity and overweight in uPA patients are extremely important, especially in those who have normal BMI.
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- Wei-Chieh Huang
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonghe Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Center for Evidence-based Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Ph.D. Program of Interdisciplinary Medicine (PIM), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Primary Aldosteronism Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, (NTUH-PAC), Taipei, Taiwan
- TAIPAI, Taiwan Primary Aldosteronism Investigation (TAIPAI) Study Group, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Primary Aldosteronism Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, (NTUH-PAC), Taipei, Taiwan
- TAIPAI, Taiwan Primary Aldosteronism Investigation (TAIPAI) Study Group, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Primary Aldosteronism Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, (NTUH-PAC), Taipei, Taiwan.
- TAIPAI, Taiwan Primary Aldosteronism Investigation (TAIPAI) Study Group, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Hsu SY, Chen LW, Huang RW, Tsai TY, Hung SY, Cheong DCF, Lu JCY, Chang TNJ, Huang JJ, Tsao CK, Lin CH, Chuang DCC, Wei FC, Kao HK. Quantization of extraoral free flap monitoring for venous congestion with deep learning integrated iOS applications on smartphones: a diagnostic study. Int J Surg 2023; 109:1584-1593. [PMID: 37055021 PMCID: PMC10389505 DOI: 10.1097/js9.0000000000000391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Free flap monitoring is essential for postmicrosurgical management and outcomes but traditionally relies on human observers; the process is subjective and qualitative and imposes a heavy burden on staffing. To scientifically monitor and quantify the condition of free flaps in a clinical scenario, we developed and validated a successful clinical transitional deep learning (DL) model integrated application. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients from a single microsurgical intensive care unit between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022, were retrospectively analyzed for DL model development, validation, clinical transition, and quantification of free flap monitoring. An iOS application that predicted the probability of flap congestion based on computer vision was developed. The application calculated probability distribution that indicates the flap congestion risks. Accuracy, discrimination, and calibration tests were assessed for model performance evaluations. RESULTS From a total of 1761 photographs of 642 patients, 122 patients were included during the clinical application period. Development (photographs =328), external validation (photographs =512), and clinical application (photographs =921) cohorts were assigned to corresponding time periods. The performance measurements of the DL model indicate a 92.2% training and a 92.3% validation accuracy. The discrimination (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve) was 0.99 (95% CI: 0.98-1.0) during internal validation and 0.98 (95% CI: 0.97-0.99) under external validation. Among clinical application periods, the application demonstrates 95.3% accuracy, 95.2% sensitivity, and 95.3% specificity. The probabilities of flap congestion were significantly higher in the congested group than in the normal group (78.3 (17.1)% versus 13.2 (18.1)%; 0.8%; 95% CI, P <0.001). CONCLUSION The DL integrated smartphone application can accurately reflect and quantify flap condition; it is a convenient, accurate, and economical device that can improve patient safety and management and assist in monitoring flap physiology.
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- Shao-Yun Hsu
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
- Division of Traumatic Plastic Surgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
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- Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
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- Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
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- Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
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- Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
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- Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
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- Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
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- Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
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- Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
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- Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
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Liu XH, Cao ZJ, Chen LW, Zhang DL, Qu XX, Li YH, Tang YP, Bao YR, Ying H. The association between serum folate and gestational diabetes mellitus: a large retrospective cohort study in Chinese population. Public Health Nutr 2023; 26:1014-1021. [PMID: 36093642 PMCID: PMC10346082 DOI: 10.1017/s136898002200194x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between folate levels and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) risk during the whole pregnancy. DESIGN In this retrospective cohort study of pregnant women, serum folate levels were measured before 24 gestational weeks (GW). GDM was diagnosed between 24th and 28th GW based on the criteria of the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups. General linear models were performed to examine the association of serum folate with plasma glucose (i.e. linear regressions) and risk of GDM (i.e. log-binomial regressions) after controlling for confounders. Restricted cubic spline regression was conducted to test the dosage-response relationship between serum folate and the risk of GDM. SETTING A sigle, urban hospital in Shanghai, China. PARTICIPANTS A total of 42 478 women who received antenatal care from April 2013 to March 2017 were included. RESULTS Consistent positive associations were observed between serum folate and plasma glucose levels (fasting, 1-h, 2-h). The adjusted relative risks (RR) and 95 % CI of GDM across serum folate quartiles were 1·00 (reference), 1·15 (95 % CI (1·04, 1·26)), 1·40 (95 % CI (1·27, 1·54)) and 1·54 (95 % CI (1·40, 1·69)), respectively (P-for-trend < 0·001). The positive association between serum folate and GDM remained when stratified by vitamin B12 (adequate v. deficient groups) and the GW of serum folate measurement (≤13 GW v. >13 GWs). CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study may provide important evidence for the public health and clinical guidelines of pregnancy folate supplementation in terms of GDM prevention.
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- Xiao-Hui Liu
- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 550 Hunan RD, Shanghai201204, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Research Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Health Services Research, Department of Foundations of Medicine, New York University, Long Island, School of Medicine, Mineola, NY, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 550 Hunan RD, Shanghai201204, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 550 Hunan RD, Shanghai201204, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 550 Hunan RD, Shanghai201204, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 550 Hunan RD, Shanghai201204, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 550 Hunan RD, Shanghai201204, People’s Republic of China
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Chien TH, Lin CL, Chen LW, Chien CH, Hu CC. Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Alcohol Dehydrogenase 1B/Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Mutant Gene Have Higher Values of Serum Alanine Transaminase. J Pers Med 2023; 13:jpm13050758. [PMID: 37240928 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13050758] [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: 04/02/2023] [Revised: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) share similar pathophysiologies to those of patients with alcohol liver disease. Alcoholic metabolic enzyme-related genes (alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (ADH1B) and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2)) may be associated with pathophysiology in NAFLD patients. In this study, the association between ADH1B/ALDH2 gene polymorphism and serum metabolic factors, body statures, and hepatic steatosis/fibrosis status was evaluated in patients with NAFLD. Using biochemistry data, abdominal ultrasonography, fibrosis evaluation (Kpa), and steatosis evaluation (CAP), ADH1B gene SNP rs1229984 and ALDH2 gene SNP rs671 polymorphism were analyzed in sixty-six patients from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. The percentage of the mutant type (GA + AA) was 87.9% (58/66) in the ADH1B allele and 45.5% (30/66) in the ALDH2 allele. Patients with the mutant-type ADH1B/ALDH2 allele had higher values of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) than the wild type (β = 0.273, p = 0.04). No association was observed between body mass index, serum metabolic factors (sugar and lipid profile), CAP, kPa, and ADH1B/ALDH2. A high proportion of the mutant-type ADH1B allele (87.9%) and ALDH2 allele (45.5%) was observed in patients with NAFLD. No association was observed between ADH1B/ALDH2 allele, BMI, and hepatic steatosis/fibrosis. Patients with the mutant-type ADH1B/ALDH2 allele had higher values of ALT than those with the wild type.
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- Tsuo-Hsuan Chien
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung Branch, Keelung 204, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung Branch, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung Branch, Keelung 204, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung Branch, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung Branch, Keelung 204, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung Branch, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung Branch, Keelung 204, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung Branch, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung Branch, Keelung 204, Taiwan
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Jing XT, Zhu Z, Chen LW, Liu D, Huang HZ, Tian WJ, Yin AX. Boosting CO 2 Electroreduction on Bismuth Nanoplates with a Three-Dimensional Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Aerogel Matrix. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:20317-20324. [PMID: 37057844 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c02578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), which uses renewable electricity to produce high-value-added chemicals, offers an alternative clean path to the carbon cycle. However, bismuth-based catalysts show great potential for the conversion of CO2 and water to formate, but their overall efficiency is still hampered by the weak CO2 adsorption, low electrical conductivity, and slow mass transfer of CO2 molecules. Herein, we report that a rationally modulated nitrogen-doped graphene aerogel matrix (NGA) can significantly enhance the CO2RR performance of bismuth nanoplates (BiNPs) by both modulating the electronic structure of bismuth and regulating the interface for chemical reaction and mass transfer environments. In particular, the NGA prepared by reducing graphene oxide (GO) with hydrazine hydrate (denoted as NGAhdrz) exhibits significantly enhanced strong metal-support interaction (SMSI), increased specific surface area, strengthened CO2 adsorption, and modulated wettability. As a result, the Bi/NGAhdrz exhibits significantly boosted CO2RR properties, with a Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 96.4% at a current density of 51.4 mA cm-2 for formate evolution at a potential of -1.0 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (vs RHE) in aqueous solution under ambient conditions.
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- Xiao-Ting Jing
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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Chen LW, Wu QS, Dai XF, Dong Y, Li QZ, Fang GH, Zhang GC. [Early results of left ventricular assist device implantation for the treatment of heart failure]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 103:920-923. [PMID: 36973220 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20221121-02443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Twenty-four male patients who underwent left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation due to advanced heart failure in Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University from June 2019 to June 2022 were retrospectively included. The age of patients was 32-61 (48.4±8.4) years. Everheat-Ⅰ, HeartCon and Corheart 6 left ventricular assist systems were used in 10, 6 and 8 cases, respectively. All patients were discharged successfully without mechanical failure, thrombosis or secondary thoracotomy for hemostasis. Early postoperative hemodynamics were significantly improved, left ventricular systolic diameter was reduced, left ventricular ejection fraction was gradually improved, and no hemolysis occurred. The patients were followed up for 3 to 39 (17.9±8.6) months, the cardiac function was restored to grade Ⅰ to Ⅱ, and the 6-minute walking test distance increased significantly. Therefore, satisfactory early results can be achieved with left ventricular assist device implantation for the treatment of heart failure.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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Huang HZ, Liu D, Chen LW, Zhu Z, Li J, Yu ZL, Su X, Jing X, Wu SQ, Tian W, Yin A. Ultrathin Dendritic Pd-Ag Nanoplates for Efficient and Durable Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Formate. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202300110. [PMID: 36935350 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300110] [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: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RR) powered by renewable electricity can directly convert CO2 to hydrocarbons and fix the sustainable but intermittent energy (e.g., sunlight, wind, etc.) in stable and portable chemical fuels. Advanced catalysts boosting CO2RR with high activity, selectivity, and durability at low overpotentials are of great importance but still elusive. Here, we report that the ultrathin Pd-Ag dendritic nanoplates (PdAg DNPs) exhibited boosted activity, selectivity, and stability for producing formate from CO2 at a very low overpotential in aqueous solutions under ambient conditions. As a result, the PdAg DNPs exhibited a Faradaic efficiency (FE) for formate of 91% and a cathodic energy efficiency (EE) of ~90% at the potential of -0.2 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (vs. RHE), showing significantly enhanced durability as compared with pure Pd catalysts. Our strategy represents a rational catalyst design by engineering the surface geometrical and electronic structures of metal nanocrystals and may find more applicability in future electrocatalysis.
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- Hui-Zi Huang
- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 5 Zhongguancunnan Street, Haidian District, 100081, China, 100081, Beijing, CHINA
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Lin CL, Chien RN, Chen LW, Chu YD, Yeh CT. Rs9679162 genotype predicts prognosis of real-world advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated by sorafenib. Cancer Biomark 2023; 36:251-266. [PMID: 36938726 DOI: 10.3233/cbm-220042] [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: 03/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sorafenib and lenvatinib are tyrosine kinase inhibitors widely used in the targeted therapy to treat advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (aHCC). The GALNT14-rs9679162 genotype is a predictor of therapeutic outcome in multiple gastrointestinal cancers. OBJECTIVE To investigate the predictive role of the GALNT14-rs9679162 genotype in aHCC treated with sorafenib or lenvatinib. METHODS Totally 350 real-world patients with aHCC received sorafenib or lenvatinib were enrolled for GALNT14-rs9679162 genotyping and outcome analysis. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analysis were conducted to evaluate therapeutic outcomes. Cell-based assays were performed to determine the underlying mechanism. RESULTS Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analysis showed that the "GG" genotype was not associated with overall survival (OS) when all patients were included. However, it was associated with shorter OS in specific clinical subgroups, including anti-hepatitis C virus antibody-positive (n= 108; P= 0.005) and hepatitis B surface antigen-negative (n= 117; P= 0.002) patients. Intriguingly, hepatitis B virus X protein trans-suppressed the GALNT14 promoter, thereby reducing the elevated expression of GALN14 in hepatoma cells, which partially contributed to the inability of the GALNT14-rs9679162 genotypes to predict the outcome of hepatitis B-related HCC. Finally, by analyzing the outcomes of 52 patients with aHCC treated with lenvatinib, patients with the "GG" genotype were associated with a favorable/shorter time-to-response (P= 0.013). CONCLUSIONS The GALNT14-rs9679162 "GG" genotype predicted shorter OS in patients with HBsAg-negative aHCC treated with sorafenib, but predicted a favorable response in all patients with aHCC treated with lenvatinib.
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- Chih-Lang Lin
- Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.,Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Community Medicine Research Center, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.,Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Community Medicine Research Center, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.,Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Community Medicine Research Center, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Sun Y, Luo Y, Sun L, Wang XR, Chen LW, Zhang N, Wang Y, Dong LY, Guo H, Wang XH. Improving performance of cell imprinted PDMS by integrating boronate affinity and local post-imprinting modification for selective capture of circulating tumor cells from cancer patients. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 223:115023. [PMID: 36542938 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.115023] [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: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Efficient capture of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from cancer patients is an important technique that may promote early diagnosis and prognosis monitoring of cancer. However, the existing systems have certain disadvantages, such as poor selectivity, low capture efficiency, consumption of antibodies, and difficulty in release of CTCs for downstream analysis. Herein, we fabricated an innovative PEGylated boronate affinity cell imprinted polydimethylsiloxane (PBACIP) for highly efficient capture of CTCs from cancer patients. The antibody-free PBACIP possessed hierarchical structure of imprinted cavities, which were inlaid with boronic acid modified SiO2 nanoparticles (SiO2@BA), so it could specifically capture target CTCs from biological samples due to the synergistic effect of boronate affinity and cell imprinting. Furthermore, PEGylation was accurately completed in the non-imprinted region by the template cells occupying the imprinted cavity, which not only retained the microstructure of original imprinted cavities, but also endowed PBACIP with hydrophilicity. The artificial PBACIP could efficiently capture human breast-cancer cells from biological sample. When 5 to 500 SKBR3 cells were spiked in 1 mL mice lysed blood, the capture efficiency reached 86.7 ± 11.5% to 96.2 ± 2.3%. Most importantly, the PBACIP was successfully used to capture CTCs from blood of breast cancer patients, and the captured CTCs were released for subsequent gene mutation analysis. The PBACIP can efficiently capture and release CTCs for downstream analysis, which provides a universal strategy toward individualized anti-tumor comprehensive treatments and has great potential in the future cell-based clinical applications.
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- Yi Sun
- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China
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- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, 300060, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China
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- Department of Breast Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, 300060, China
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- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, 300060, China
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- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, 300060, China
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- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, 300060, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.
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- Department of Tumor Cell Biology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, 300060, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.
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Lin CL, Liang KH, Hu CC, Chien CH, Chen LW, Chien RN, Lin YH, Yeh CT. A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs1010816 Predicts Sorafenib Therapeutic Outcomes in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24021681. [PMID: 36675198 PMCID: PMC9862766 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Sorafenib is currently a targeted agent widely used in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (aHCC). However, to date there is still a lack of a reliable marker capable of predicting sorafenib therapeutic responses. Here, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify candidate single-nucleotide polymorphism outcome predictors in aHCC patients. A total of 74 real-world sorafenib-treated aHCC patients were enrolled for GWAS and outcome analysis. GWAS showed that rs1010816 (p = 2.2 × 10-7) was associated with sorafenib therapeutic response in aHCC patients. Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated that the "TT" genotype was significantly associated with a favorable therapeutic response but not significantly associated with overall survival (OS). Univariate followed by multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis showed that ascites, main portal vein thrombosis, lower platelet count, lower total sorafenib doses, higher PALBI score in model A and higher ALBI grade in model B were significantly associated with a shorter OS. Subgroup analysis showed that only in alcoholic aHCC patients treated by sorafenib, rs1010816 "TT" genotype was significantly associated with longer OS (p = 0.021). Sorafenib had a favorable therapeutic outcome in alcoholic aHCC patients carrying rs1010816 "TT" genotype.
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- Chih-Lang Lin
- Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan
- Institute of Food Safety and Health Risk Assessment, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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- Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (Y.-H.L.); (C.-T.Y.); Tel.: +886-3-3281200 (ext. 7785) (Y.-H.L.); +886-3-3281200 (ext. 7799) (C.-T.Y.)
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- Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (Y.-H.L.); (C.-T.Y.); Tel.: +886-3-3281200 (ext. 7785) (Y.-H.L.); +886-3-3281200 (ext. 7799) (C.-T.Y.)
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Xie CH, Chen LW, Lin CL, Hu CC, Chien CH. Serum Uric Acid but Not Ferritin Level Is Associated with Hepatic Fibrosis in Lean Subjects with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease: A Community-Based Study. J Pers Med 2022; 12:jpm12122009. [PMID: 36556230 PMCID: PMC9782820 DOI: 10.3390/jpm12122009] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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Elevated serum ferritin and uric acid levels are common in patients with fatty liver disease. This study assessed the association between serum ferritin and uric acid levels and liver fibrosis in subjects with lean metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). This cross-sectional study used data from a community screening examination for metabolic syndrome from December 2018 to September 2019 at Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Subjects with lean MAFLD were defined as those with a body mass index (BMI) < 23 kg/m2 and hepatic steatosis according to the MAFLD criteria. A total of 182 lean subjects were included and were divided into lean MAFLD and lean healthy groups. Serum ferritin and uric acid concentrations were positively correlated with liver fibrosis, regardless of whether FIB-4, APRI, or NFS were used as references. Univariate logistic regression analysis showed that age and uric acid were associated with advanced liver fibrosis. After adjusting for potential confounders, only uric acid level was statistically significant in predicting the advanced liver fibrosis (OR = 6.907 (1.111−42.94), p = 0.038) in the lean MAFLD group. We found that an elevated serum uric acid level is an independent factor associated with advanced liver fibrosis in lean MAFLD subjects by noninvasive fibrosis scores.
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- Cheng-Han Xie
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung 204, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-2-24313131 (ext. 6203); Fax: +886-2-24335342
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung 204, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung 204, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung 204, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Keelung 204, Taiwan
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Chen LW, Yang SM, Chuang CC, Wang HJ, Chen YC, Lin MW, Hsieh MS, Antonoff MB, Chang YC, Wu CC, Pan T, Chen CM. ASO Visual Abstract: Solid Attenuation Components Attention Deep Learning Model to Predict Micropapillary and Solid Patterns in Lung Adenocarcinomas on Computed Tomography. Ann Surg Oncol 2022; 29:7483-7484. [PMID: 35963903 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-022-12273-x] [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: 11/18/2022]
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- Li-Wei Chen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Biomedical Park Hospital, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Lee HY, Chung YJ, Wang HJ, Chiang XH, Chen LW, Lin YT, Lee YC, Hsu HH, Chang YC, Chen CM, Lin MW, Chen JS. Automated 3D segmentation of the aorta and pulmonary artery for predicting outcomes after thoracoscopic lobectomy in lung cancer patients. Front Oncol 2022; 12:1027036. [DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1027036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BackgroundPreoperative two-dimensional manual measurement of pulmonary artery diameter in a single-cut axial view computed tomography (CT) image is a commonly used non-invasive prediction method for pulmonary hypertension. However, the accuracy may be unreliable. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the correlation of short-term surgical outcomes and pulmonary artery/aorta (PA/Ao) diameter ratio measured by automated three-dimensional (3D) segmentation in lung cancer patients who underwent thoracoscopic lobectomy.Materials and methodsWe included 383 consecutive lung cancer patients with thin-slice CT images who underwent lobectomy at a single institute between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2019. Automated 3D segmentation models were used for 3D vascular reconstruction and measurement of the average diameters of Ao and PA. Propensity-score matching incorporating age, Charlson comorbidity index, and lobectomy performed by uniportal VATS was used to compare clinical outcomes in patients with PA/Ao ratio ≥1 and those <1.ResultsOur segmentation method measured 29 (7.57%) patients with a PA/Ao ratio ≥1. After propensity-score matching, a higher overall postoperative complication classified by the Clavien–Dindo classification (p = 0.016) were noted in patients with 3D PA/Ao diameter ratio ≥1 than those of <1. By multivariate logistic regression, patients with a 3D PA/Ao ratio ≥ 1 (p = 0.013) and tumor diameter > 3 cm (p = 0.002) both significantly predict the incidence of postoperative complications.ConclusionsPulmonary artery/aorta diameter ratio ≥ 1 measured by automated 3D segmentation may predict postoperative complications in lung cancer patients who underwent lobectomy.
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Lall SA, Chen LW, Mason DP. Digital platforms and entrepreneurial support: a field experiment in online mentoring. Small Bus Econ (Dordr) 2022; 61:1-24. [PMID: 38625233 PMCID: PMC9595085 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-022-00704-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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The benefits of entrepreneurial mentorship are well documented, but there is limited research on how entrepreneurs connect with mentors, especially in digital settings. We partnered with an online platform that connects entrepreneurs to potential mentors to conduct a field experiment in online mentoring. Drawing on literature on entrepreneurial mentorship and Social Cognitive Theory, we compared the effects of three interventions on the likelihood of reaching out and making a connection with a mentor in a digital setting. We find that showing entrepreneurs a video of a successful mentor-mentee relationship increases the chances that they will reach out to a potential mentor but does not improve their chances of making a connection. These findings are more pronounced for female entrepreneurs. While not all entrepreneurs adopt the offered interventions, those that make the effort to learn to navigate the online platform and craft a suitable introductory message are successful in establishing a mentoring connection. We discuss these implications for both theory and practice.
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- Saurabh A. Lall
- Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA
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- School of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
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Chen LW, Hao YC, Li J, Hu L, Guo Y, Li S, Liu D, Zhu Z, Wu SQ, Huang HZ, Yin AX, Wang B, Zhang YW. Multi-twinned gold nanoparticles with tensile surface steps for efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Sci China Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-022-1315-x] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Chou T, Yen CL, Chen LW, Chien CH. One-Step Method in Creation of Artificial Ascites. J Med Ultrasound 2022; 30:287-290. [PMID: 36844768 PMCID: PMC9944813 DOI: 10.4103/jmu.jmu_17_22] [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: 02/13/2022] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background The study aims to improve the success rate and the rapidity in creating artificial ascites before starting the treatment for subcapsular hepatocellular carcinomas. Methods Two hundred and forty-six consecutive hepatocellular carcinoma patients who required the instillation of artificial ascites for better visualization or prevention from organ injury were recruited between November 2011 and September 2017. Initially, 95 patients were using the Seldinger technique, while the remaining 151 patients were using the one-step method. The proportions of patients who had undergone surgery, transarterial chemoembolization, or radiofrequency ablation therapy before performing artificial ascites infusion were 11.6% (11/95), 3% (3/95), and 37% (35/95) in the Seldinger group, and 15.9% (24/151), 15.2% (23/151), and 52.3% (79/151), respectively, in the one-step group. Results The complete success rate, partial success rate, and failure rate in creating artificial ascites using the Seldinger technique and the one-step method were 76.8% (73/95), 11.6% (11/95), 11.6% (11/95) and 88.1% (133/151), 7.9% (12/151), 4% (6/151), respectively. The complete success rate was significantly higher in the one-step method group (P < 0.05) than that of the Seldinger group. The mean time required from starting the procedure to successful intraperitoneal instillation of glucose water was 145.79 ± 133.37 s in the one-step method, which was statistically shorter than that of 238.68 ± 95.58 s in the Seldinger group (P < 0.05). Conclusion The one-step method has a higher success rate than the Seldinger method in creating artificial ascites and is faster, especially in treatment-experienced patients.
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- Tienshin Chou
- Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan,Address for correspondence: Dr. Cho-Li Yen, Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Keelung Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 222, Mai-Chin Road, Keelung 204, Taiwan. E-mail: a29157@ yahoo.com.tw,
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- Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Liver Research Unit, Keelung Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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Wang HJ, Chen LW, Lee HY, Chung YJ, Lin YT, Lee YC, Chen YC, Chen CM, Lin MW. Correction: Wang et al. Automated 3D Segmentation of the Aorta and Pulmonary Artery on Non-Contrast-Enhanced Chest Computed Tomography Images in Lung Cancer Patients. Diagnostics 2022, 12, 967. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12081867. [PMID: 36010381 PMCID: PMC9406790 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12081867] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Hao-Jen Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
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- Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan; (H.-Y.L.); (Y.-C.L.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
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- Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan; (H.-Y.L.); (Y.-C.L.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
- Correspondence: (C.-M.C.); (M.-W.L.)
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei 100, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (C.-M.C.); (M.-W.L.)
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Chen LW, Yang SM, Chuang CC, Wang HJ, Chen YC, Lin MW, Hsieh MS, Antonoff MB, Chang YC, Wu CC, Pan T, Chen CM. Solid Attenuation Components Attention Deep Learning Model to Predict Micropapillary and Solid Patterns in Lung Adenocarcinomas on Computed Tomography. Ann Surg Oncol 2022; 29:7473-7482. [PMID: 35789301 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-022-12055-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND High-grade adenocarcinoma subtypes (micropapillary and solid) treated with sublobar resection have an unfavorable prognosis compared with those treated with lobectomy. We investigated the potential of incorporating solid attenuation component masks with deep learning in the prediction of high-grade components to optimize surgical strategy preoperatively. METHODS A total of 502 patients with pathologically confirmed high-grade adenocarcinomas were retrospectively enrolled between 2016 and 2020. The SACs attention DL model was developed to apply solid-attenuation-component-like subregion masks (tumor area ≥ - 190 HU) to guide the DL model for predicting high-grade subtypes. The SACA-DL was assessed using 5-fold cross-validation and external validation in the training and testing sets, respectively. The performance, which was evaluated using the area under the curve (AUC), was compared between SACA-DL and the DL model without SACs attention (DLwoSACs), the prior radiomics model, or the model based on the consolidation/tumor (C/T) diameter ratio. RESULTS We classified 313 and 189 patients into training and testing cohorts, respectively. The SACA-DL achieved an AUC of 0.91 for the cross-validation, which was significantly superior to those of the DLwoSACs (AUC = 0.88; P = 0.02), prior radiomics model (AUC = 0.85; P = 0.004), and C/T ratio (AUC = 0.84; P = 0.002). An AUC of 0.93 was achieved for external validation in the SACA-DL and was significantly better than those of the DLwoSACs (AUC = 0.89; P = 0.04), prior radiomics model (AUC = 0.85; P < 0.001), and C/T ratio (AUC = 0.85; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The combination of solid-attenuation-component-like subregion masks with the DL model is a promising approach for the preoperative prediction of high-grade adenocarcinoma subtypes.
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- Li-Wei Chen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Biomedical Park Hospital, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Ya-Hui Lien B, Hsu YC, Chen YH, Chen LW. The Formation of Positive Group Affective Tone: A Narrative Practice. Small Group Research 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/10464964221093076] [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: 11/17/2022]
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This study uses a social construction perspective to examine how group affective tone develops. Longitudinal data were collected over 18 weeks from the weekly diaries of four teams with 24 university students. Narrative analysis revealed experiences of collectively shared patterns of affective states and the interaction contexts (i.e., affective events) that influenced group affective tone convergence. Emergent themes included topic selection, social support, and how effective team norms help members share positive emotions and moods. Social learning, positive emotional sharing, affective events, and behavioral regularities drive the narratives, leading to the emergence of a positive team affective tone.
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Zhu Z, Yu ZL, Gao WY, Su X, Chen LW, Hao YC, Wu SQ, Liu D, Jing XT, Huang HZ, Yin AX. Controlled Synthesis of Intermetallic Au 2 Bi Nanocrystals and Au 2 Bi/Bi Hetero-Nanocrystals with Promoted Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Properties. ChemSusChem 2022; 15:e202200211. [PMID: 35266642 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The electrocatalytic properties of metal nanoparticles (NPs) strongly depend on their compositions and structures. Rational design of alloys and/or heterostructures provides additional approaches to modifying their surface geometric and electronic structures for optimized electrocatalytic performance. Here, a solution synthesis of freestanding intermetallic Au2 Bi NPs, the heterostructures of Au2 Bi/Bi hetero-NPs, and their promoted electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) performances were reported. It was revealed that the formation and in-situ conversion of heterogeneous seeds (e. g., Au) were of vital importance for the formation of intermetallic Au2 Bi and Au2 Bi/Bi hetero-NPs. It was also found that the Au components would act as the structure promoter moderating the binding strength for key intermediates on Bi surfaces. The alloying of Bi with Au and the formation of heterogeneous Au2 Bi/Bi interfaces would create more surface active sites with modulated electronic structures and stronger adsorption strengths for key intermediates, promoting the CO2 -to-HCOOH conversion with high activity and selectivity. This work presents a novel route for preparing intermetallic nanomaterials with modulated surface geometric/electric structures and promoting their electrocatalytic activities with alloying effects and interfacial effects. Such strategy may find wide application in catalyst design and synthesis for more electrocatalytic reactions.
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- Zhejiaji Zhu
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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Wang HJ, Chen LW, Lee HY, Chung YJ, Lin YT, Lee YC, Chen YC, Chen CM, Lin MW. Automated 3D Segmentation of the Aorta and Pulmonary Artery on Non-Contrast-Enhanced Chest Computed Tomography Images in Lung Cancer Patients. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12040967. [PMID: 35454015 PMCID: PMC9032785 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12040967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Pulmonary hypertension should be preoperatively evaluated for optimal surgical planning to reduce surgical risk in lung cancer patients. Preoperative measurement of vascular diameter in computed tomography (CT) images is a noninvasive prediction method for pulmonary hypertension. However, the current estimation method, 2D manual arterial diameter measurement, may yield inaccurate results owing to low tissue contrast in non-contrast-enhanced CT (NECT). Furthermore, it provides an incomplete evaluation by measuring only the diameter of the arteries rather than the volume. To provide a more complete and accurate estimation, this study proposed a novel two-stage deep learning (DL) model for 3D aortic and pulmonary artery segmentation in NECT. In the first stage, a DL model was constructed to enhance the contrast of NECT; in the second stage, two DL models then applied the enhanced images for aorta and pulmonary artery segmentation. Overall, 179 patients were divided into contrast enhancement model (n = 59), segmentation model (n = 120), and testing (n = 20) groups. The performance of the proposed model was evaluated using Dice similarity coefficient (DSC). The proposed model could achieve 0.97 ± 0.007 and 0.93 ± 0.002 DSC for aortic and pulmonary artery segmentation, respectively. The proposed model may provide 3D diameter information of the arteries before surgery, facilitating the estimation of pulmonary hypertension and supporting preoperative surgical method selection based on the predicted surgical risks.
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- Hao-Jen Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
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- Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan; (H.-Y.L.); (Y.-C.L.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
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- Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan; (H.-Y.L.); (Y.-C.L.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (H.-J.W.); (L.-W.C.); (Y.-J.C.); (Y.-T.L.); (Y.-C.C.)
- Correspondence: (C.-M.C.); (M.-W.L.)
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei 100, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (C.-M.C.); (M.-W.L.)
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Yu ZL, Wu SQ, Chen LW, Hao YC, Su X, Zhu Z, Gao WY, Wang B, Yin AX. Promoting the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO 2 on Ultrathin Porous Bismuth Nanosheets with Tunable Surface-Active Sites and Local pH Environments. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:10648-10655. [PMID: 35167272 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c16689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) yielding value-added chemicals provides a sustainable approach for renewable energy storage and conversion. Bismuth-based catalysts prove to be promising candidates for converting CO2 and water into formate but still suffer from poor selectivity and activity and/or sluggish kinetics. Here, we report that ultrathin porous Bi nanosheets (Bi-PNS) can be prepared through a controlled solvothermal protocol. Compared with smooth Bi nanoparticles (Bi-NPs), the ultrathin, rough, and porous Bi-PNS provide more active sites with higher intrinsic reactivities for CO2RR. Moreover, such high activity further increases the local pH in the vicinity of the catalyst surfaces during electrolysis and thus suppresses the competing hydrogen evolution reaction. As a result, the Bi-PNS exhibit significantly boosted CO2RR properties, showing a Faradaic efficiency of 95% with an effective current density of 45 mA cm-2 for formate evolution at the potential of -1.0 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode.
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- Zi-Long Yu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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Su X, Chen LW, Zhu Z, Li J, Zhang N, Bu TA, Hao YC, Gao WY, Liu D, Wu SQ, Yu ZL, Huang HZ, Yin AX. A quantitative single-nanowire study on the plasmonic enhancement for the upconversion photoluminescence of rare-earth-doped nanoparticles. Inorg Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qi00084a] [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: 11/21/2022]
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The enhancement effects of the upconversion photoluminescence of rare-earth-doped nanoparticles by the localized surface plasmon resonance of a single Ag nanowire are quantified on a single-nanowire scale assisted by selective etching treatment.
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- Xin Su
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Wu SQ, Hao YC, Chen LW, Li J, Yu ZL, Zhu Z, Liu D, Su X, Hu L, Huang HZ, Yin AX. Modulating the electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction performances of bismuth nanoparticles with carbon substrates with controlled degrees of oxidation. Nanoscale 2021; 13:20091-20097. [PMID: 34846444 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05793f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The catalytic performances of metal nanoparticles can be widely tuned and promoted by the metal-support interactions. Here, we report that the morphologies and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) properties of bismuth nanoparticles (BiNPs) can be rationally modulated by their interactions with carbon black (CB) supports by controlling the degree of surface oxidation. Appropriately oxidized CB supports can provide sufficient oxygen-containing groups for anchoring BiNPs with tunable sizes and surface areas, desirable key intermediate adsorption abilities, appropriate surface wettability, and adequate electron transfer abilities. As a result, the optimized Bi/CB catalysts exhibited a promoted CO2RR performance with a Faradaic efficiency of 94% and a current density of 16.7 mA cm-2 for HCOO- at -0.9 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode. Our results demonstrate the significance of regulating the interactions between supports and metal nanoparticles for both synthesis of the catalyst and electrolysis applications, which may find broader applicability in more electrocatalyst designs.
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- Si-Qian Wu
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.
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Chen LW, Chang LC, Hua CC, Cheng TC, Lee CC. Comparing the Expressions of Vitamin D Receptor, Cell Proliferation, and Apoptosis in Gastric Mucosa With Gastritis, Intestinal Metaplasia, or Adenocarcinoma Change. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:766061. [PMID: 34881266 PMCID: PMC8645899 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.766061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background: This study aimed to compare the expression of vitamin D receptor (VDR), cell proliferation, and apoptosis in the gastric mucosa of patients with gastritis, intestinal metaplasia (IM), and adenocarcinoma using artificial intelligence. Material and Methods: This study retrospectively enrolled patients at the Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from November of 2016 to June, 2017, who were diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma. The inclusion criteria were patients' pathologic reports that revealed all compartments of Helicobacter pylori infection, gastritis, IM, and adenocarcinoma simultaneously in the same gastric sample. Tissue slides after immunohistochemical (IHC) staining were transformed into digital images using a scanner and counted using computer software (QuPath and ImageJ). IHC staining included PA1-711 antibody for VDR, Ki67 antigen for proliferation, and M30 antibody CK18 for apoptosis. Results: Twenty-nine patients were included in the IHC staining quantitative analysis. The mean age was 69.1 ± 11.3 y/o. Most (25/29, 86.2%) patients had poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. The mean expression of Ki67 and CK18 increased progressively from gastritis and IM to adenocarcinoma, with statistical significance (P < 0.05). VDR expression did not correlate with Ki67 or CK18 expression. Survival time was only correlated with tumor stage (correlation coefficient = −0.423, P value < 0.05), but was not correlated with the expression of VDR, Ki67, and CK18. Conclusion: Ki67 expression and CK18 expression progressively increased in the areas of gastritis, IM, and adenocarcinoma. No correlation between VDR expression and Ki67 or CK18 expression was found in this study.
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- Li-Wei Chen
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.,Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Pathology Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Pathology Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.,Department of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
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Wang HJ, Lin MW, Chen YC, Chen LW, Hsieh MS, Yang SM, Chen HF, Wang CW, Chen JS, Chang YC, Chen CM. A radiomics model can distinguish solitary pulmonary capillary haemangioma from lung adenocarcinoma. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2021; 34:369-377. [PMID: 34648631 PMCID: PMC8860424 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivab271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Solitary pulmonary capillary haemangioma (SPCH) is a benign lung tumour that presents as ground-glass nodules on computed tomography (CT) images and mimics lepidic-predominant adenocarcinoma. This study aimed to establish a discriminant model using a radiomic feature analysis to distinguish SPCH from lepidic-predominant adenocarcinoma. METHODS In the adenocarcinoma group, all tumours were of the lepidic-predominant subtype with high purity (>70%). A classification model was proposed based on a two-level decision tree and 26 radiomic features extracted from each segmented lesion. For comparison, a baseline model was built with the same 26 features using a support vector machine as the classifier. Both models were assessed by the leave-one-out cross-validation method. RESULTS This study included 13 and 49 patients who underwent complete resection for SPCH and adenocarcinoma, respectively. Two sets of features were identified for discrimination between the 2 different histology types. The first set included 2 principal components corresponding to the 2 largest eigenvalues for the root node of the two-level decision tree. The second set comprised 4 selected radiomic features. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, accuracy, sensitivity, specificity were 0.954, 91.9%, 92.3% and 91.8% in the proposed classification model, and were 0.805, 85.5%, 61.5% and 91.8% in the baseline model, respectively. The proposed classification model significantly outperformed the baseline model (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The proposed model could differentiate the 2 different histology types on CT images, and this may help surgeons to preoperatively discriminate SPCH from adenocarcinoma.
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- Hao-Jen Wang
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Surgical Oncology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Li J, Lv J, Hao YC, Chen LW, Zuo Y, Liu Y, Li S, Zhang F, Deng F, Yin AX, Zhou J, Li P, Wang B. Nanoporous Graphene via a Pressing Organization Calcination Strategy for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Generation. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:47478-47487. [PMID: 34601863 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c11673] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Nanoporous graphenes (NPGs) have recently attracted huge attention owing to their designable structures and diverse properties. Many important properties of NPGs are determined by their structural regularity and homogeneity. The mass production of NPGs with periodic well-defined pore structures under a solvent-free green synthesis poses a great challenge and is largely unexplored. A facile synthetic strategy of NPGs via pressing organization calcination (POC) of readily available halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is developed. The gram-scale synthesized NPGs have ordered structures and possess well-defined nanopores, which can be easily exfoliated to few layers and oxidized in controllable approaches. After being decorated with oxygen species, the oxidized NPGs with tunable catalytic centers exhibit high activity, selectivity, and stability toward electrochemical hydrogen peroxide generation.
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- Jiani Li
- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Analysis and Testing Center Department, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic, Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
- Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Beijing Institute of Technology, Jinan 250300, China
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Chen LW, Lin MW, Hsieh MS, Yang SM, Wang HJ, Chen YC, Chen HY, Hu YH, Lee CE, Chen JS, Chang YC, Chen CM. Radiomic values from high-grade subtypes to predict spread through air spaces in lung adenocarcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg 2021; 114:999-1006. [PMID: 34454902 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.075] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND We aimed to establish a radiomic prediction model for tumor spread through air spaces (STAS) in lung adenocarcinoma using radiomic values from high-grade subtypes (solid and micropapillary). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 327 patients with lung adenocarcinoma from two institutes (Cohort 1: 227 patients; Cohort 2: 100 patients) between March 2017 and March 2019. STAS was identified in 113 (34.6%) patients. A high-grade likelihood prediction model was constructed based on a historical cohort of 82 patients with "near-pure" pathological subtype. The STAS prediction model based on the patch-wise mechanism identified the high-grade likelihood area for each voxel within the internal border of the tumor. STAS presence was indirectly predicted by a volume percentage threshold of the high-grade likelihood area. Performance was evaluated by receiver operating curve analysis with 10-repetition, 3-fold cross-validation in Cohort 1, and was individually tested in Cohort 2. RESULTS Overall, 227 patients (STAS-positive: 77 [33.9%]) were enrolled for cross-validation (Cohort 1) while 100 (STAS-positive: 36 [36.0%]) underwent individual testing (Cohort 2). The gray level co-occurrence matrix (variance) and histogram (75th percentile) features were selected to construct the high-grade likelihood prediction model, which was used as the STAS prediction model. The proposed model achieved good performance in Cohort 1 with an area under the curve, sensitivity, and specificity, of 81.44%, 86.75%, and 62.60%, respectively, and correspondingly, in Cohort 2, they were 83.16%, 83.33%, and 63.90%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The proposed computed tomography-based radiomic prediction model could help guide preoperative prediction of STAS in early-stage lung adenocarcinoma and relevant surgeries.
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- Li-Wei Chen
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen - Ai Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen - Ai Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan; Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Biomedical Park Hospital, No. 2, Sec. 1, Shengyi Rd., Zhubei City, Hsinchu 302 Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan; Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen - Ai Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen - Ai Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan; Department of Surgical Oncology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen - Ai Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen - Ai Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Hsu CK, Lai TS, Chen YT, Tseng YJ, Lee CC, Chen CY, Hsu HJ, Pan HC, Chen LW, Chien CH, Lin CL, Chien RN, Wu IW. Renal function trajectories in hepatitis C infection: differences between renal healthy and chronic kidney disease individuals. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17197. [PMID: 34433887 PMCID: PMC8387367 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96782-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Associations between hepatitis C virus (HCV) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been reported; however, differences of renal progression between general and CKD population remain to be elucidated in prospective studies. A total of 1179 participants, who have tested for anti-HCV antibody, were enrolled and prospectively followed for 3 years. The risks associated with HCV infection, in terms of incidence of CKD, annual estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) changes and 50% decline of eGFR at 3-year from baseline, were compared between normal renal function subjects and CKD patients. Overall, 111 of 233 (47.6%) CKD patients and 167 of 946 (17.7%) non-CKD subjects had HCV infection. The crude incidence rates of CKD were 226.9 per 1000 person-years and 14.8 per 1000 person-years in in HCV and non-HCV infected patients, respectively. The adjusted hazard ratio of HCV infection for incident CKD was 7.9 (95% CI 5-12.7). The HCV-infected normal renal function subjects were independently associated with increased risks of eGFR decline in the 1-year, 2-year and 3-year, respectively. The risk associations remained significant in 50% decline of eGFR at 3 years models and in different subgroup analyses. The increases of risks of eGFR decline were also notorious among overall HCV-infected CKD patients. However, the risk associations were less prominent in subgroup analyses (elderly, women and diabetic patients). The findings highlighted the importance of viral diagnosis with not only prognostic but also public health implications for preserving kidney function.
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- Cheng-Kai Hsu
- Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 222, Mai-Chin Road, Keelung, 20401, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 222, Mai-Chin Road, Keelung, 20401, Taiwan
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- Department of Information Management, National Central University, Taoyüan, Taiwan
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- Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 222, Mai-Chin Road, Keelung, 20401, Taiwan
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- Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 222, Mai-Chin Road, Keelung, 20401, Taiwan
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- Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 222, Mai-Chin Road, Keelung, 20401, Taiwan
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- Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 222, Mai-Chin Road, Keelung, 20401, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 222, Mai-Chin Road, Keelung, 20401, Taiwan.
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyüan, Taiwan.
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Chen LW, Huang MS, Shyu YC, Chien RN. Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase elevation is associated with metabolic syndrome, hepatic steatosis, and fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A community-based cross-sectional study. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2021; 37:819-827. [PMID: 34002481 DOI: 10.1002/kjm2.12395] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Revised: 03/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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This study aimed to analyze the association between elevated gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) and metabolic syndrome (MetS), hepatic steatosis, and fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). From August 2013 to August 2018, a community-based study was conducted in the northeastern part of Taiwan. Patients who underwent abdominal ultrasonography (US) and had no history of alcoholic liver disease were included. According to a US examination showing fatty liver degree, 1566 patients with NAFLD were divided into four groups: normal GGT, isolated GGT elevation, isolated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) elevation, and both GGT and ALT elevation groups. Further 1147 participants with normal serum ALT, GGT, and the abdominal US were included as the control group. GGT levels were associated with high sensitivity C-reactive protein, lower adiponectin, diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease. A stepwise increase in odds ratio (OR) for MetS was found in the normal GGT group (OR = 1.71), isolated GGT elevation group (OR = 3.06), isolated ALT elevation (OR = 4.00), and both GGT + ALT elevation group (OR = 4.17) than the control group. Linear regression analysis revealed a positive association between GGT/ALT value and hepatic steatosis degree, GGT value, and degree of hepatic fibrosis. Hence, GGT elevation is associated with MetS, hepatic steatosis, and fibrosis in patients with NAFLD.
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- Li-Wei Chen
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.,Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.,Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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Hao YC, Chen LW, Li J, Guo Y, Su X, Shu M, Zhang Q, Gao WY, Li S, Yu ZL, Gu L, Feng X, Yin AX, Si R, Zhang YW, Wang B, Yan CH. Metal-organic framework membranes with single-atomic centers for photocatalytic CO 2 and O 2 reduction. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2682. [PMID: 33976220 PMCID: PMC8113524 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22991-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [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: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The demand for sustainable energy has motivated the development of artificial photosynthesis. Yet the catalyst and reaction interface designs for directly fixing permanent gases (e.g. CO2, O2, N2) into liquid fuels are still challenged by slow mass transfer and sluggish catalytic kinetics at the gas-liquid-solid boundary. Here, we report that gas-permeable metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes can modify the electronic structures and catalytic properties of metal single-atoms (SAs) to promote the diffusion, activation, and reduction of gas molecules (e.g. CO2, O2) and produce liquid fuels under visible light and mild conditions. With Ir SAs as active centers, the defect-engineered MOF (e.g. activated NH2-UiO-66) particles can reduce CO2 to HCOOH with an apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) of 2.51% at 420 nm on the gas-liquid-solid reaction interface. With promoted gas diffusion at the porous gas-solid interfaces, the gas-permeable SA/MOF membranes can directly convert humid CO2 gas into HCOOH with a near-unity selectivity and a significantly increased AQE of 15.76% at 420 nm. A similar strategy can be applied to the photocatalytic O2-to-H2O2 conversions, suggesting the wide applicability of our catalyst and reaction interface designs. Photoreduction of permanent gas faces challenges in reactant diffusion and activation at the three-phase interface. Here the authors showed porous metal-organic framework membranes decorated by metal single atoms can boost the photoreduction of CO2 and O2 at the high-throughput gas-solid interface.
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- Yu-Chen Hao
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China.
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China. .,Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Beijing Institute of Technology, Jinan, P. R. China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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Chen YC, Tu YH, Chen LW, Lai YH, Tsai MF, Lin YX, Lai HC, Chiang CY, Liu HJ, Pan HC, Yang TY, Zhang D, Seidel J, Wu JM, Chueh YL, Chang WH, Ku CS, Chen SH, Chang L, Chu YH. Fabrication of Large-Scale High-Mobility Flexible Transparent Zinc Oxide Single Crystal Wafers. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:18991-18998. [PMID: 33851818 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c01782] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Single crystal wafers, such as silicon, are the fundamental carriers of advanced electronic devices. However, these wafers exhibit rigidity without mechanical flexibility, limiting their applications in flexible electronics. Here, we propose a new approach to fabricate 1.5 in. flexible functional zinc oxide (ZnO) single crystal wafers with high electron mobility (>100 cm2 V-1 s-1) and optical transparency (>80%) by a combination of thin-film deposition, a chemical solution method, and surficial treatment. The uniformity of the flexible single crystal wafers is examined by an advanced scanning X-ray diffraction technique and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The transport properties of ZnO flexible single crystal wafers retain their pristine states under various bending conditions, including cyclability and endurability. This approach demonstrates a breakthrough in the fabrication of the flexible single crystal wafers for future flexible optoelectronic applications.
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- Yi-Cheng Chen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
- Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET), UNSW Sydney, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
- Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
- Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
- Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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Chen LW, Hao YC, Guo Y, Zhang Q, Li J, Gao WY, Ren L, Su X, Hu L, Zhang N, Li S, Feng X, Gu L, Zhang YW, Yin AX, Wang B. Metal-Organic Framework Membranes Encapsulating Gold Nanoparticles for Direct Plasmonic Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5727-5736. [PMID: 33847495 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Photocatalytic nitrogen fixation reaction can harvest the solar energy to convert the abundant but inert N2 into NH3. Here, utilizing metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes as the ideal assembly of nanoreactors to disperse and confine gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), we realize the direct plasmonic photocatalytic nitrogen fixation under ambient conditions. Upon visible irradiation, the hot electrons generated on the AuNPs can be directly injected into the N2 molecules adsorbed on Au surfaces. Such N2 molecules can be additionally activated by the strong but evanescently localized surface plasmon resonance field, resulting in a supralinear intensity dependence of the ammonia evolution rate with much higher apparent quantum efficiency and lower apparent activation energy under stronger irradiation. Moreover, the gas-permeable Au@MOF membranes, consisting of numerous interconnected nanoreactors, can ensure the dispersity and stability of AuNPs, further facilitate the mass transfer of N2 molecules and (hydrated) protons, and boost the plasmonic photocatalytic reactions at the designed gas-membrane-solution interface. As a result, an ammonia evolution rate of 18.9 mmol gAu-1 h-1 was achieved under visible light (>400 nm, 100 mW cm-2) with an apparent quantum efficiency of 1.54% at 520 nm.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,Advanced Technology Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, Jinan 250300, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.,Advanced Technology Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, Jinan 250300, China
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Lian J, Chen CS, Fang JJ, Chen LW, Cai WC, Zhao GJ, Hong GL, Lu ZQ. [Role of Orai 1-mediated store-operated calcium entry in the immune function of CD4 + T cells in septic mice]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:504-510. [PMID: 33631896 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20200616-01863] [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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Objective: To investigate the role of Orai1-mediated store-operated calcium entry in the immune damage of CD4+ T cells in septic mice. Methods: Sepsis mouse model was established by cecal ligation and puncture(CLP). Balb/c mice of clean grade were sacrificed 1, 3, and 5 days after operation. Spleen samples were harvested at given intervals. Splenic CD4+ T cells were selected by immunomagnetic beads and the expression of Orai1 protein was detected by western blotting, the storage operated calcium entry (SOCE) was detected by flow cytometry, the apoptosis of CD4+ T cells was detected by flow cytometry, the proliferation of CD4+ T cells was detected by CCK-8, and the IFN-γ and IL-4 were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Then the expression of Orai1 protein was regulated to further detect the SOCE and immune function of splenic CD4+ T cells in mice. The experiment was divided into 4 groups, sham group, CLP3 group, Orai1 down group (Orai1-down group) and Orai1 up regulation group (Orai1-up group). Results: The relative expression of Orai1 protein in splenic CD4+ T cells in sham group was 1.03±0.16. Compared with sham group, Orai1 protein levels in CLP Group were all significantly lower (F=19.64, P=0.000 5). The increased value of splenic CD4+ T cells fluorescence intensity in sham group was 494±41. Compared with sham group, the levels of SOCE in CLP Group were all lower (F=30.01, P=0.001). The ratio of early and late apoptosis of CD4+ T cells in sham group was 8.7%±1.5%. Compared with sham group, the early and late apoptosis rates of CLP Group were significantly higher (F=32.29, P=0.000 1). The OD of sham group was 0.81±0.10 at 450 nm. Compared with sham group, the proliferation ability of splenic CD4+ T cells in CLP Group were significantly decreased (F=7.26, P=0.001 8). Compared with sham group, the secretion of IFN-γ and IL-4 by CD4+ T cells and the ratio of IFN-γ/IL-4 in CLP Group were all significantly decreased (F=19.690, 6.183, 11.230, all P<0.05). Compared with CLP3 group, the increased value of fluorescence intensity of CD4+ T cells was significantly decreased, the early and late apoptosis ratio of CD4+ T cells was significantly increased, the OD450 nm value of CD4+ T cells was decreased, the multiplication capacity of splenic CD4+ T cells were decreased, the level of IFN-γ and IL-4 secreted by T cells were decreased, and the value of IFN-γ/IL-4 in orai1-down group was decreased (t=4.819, 7.952, 2.988, 28.760, 3.140, 7.670, all P<0.05). However, Orail-up group showed the opposite trend. Conclusion: Orai1-mediated store-operated calcium entry can alleviate the immune dysfunction of CD4+ T cells in septic mice.
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- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Xiangshan Hospital Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Ningbo 315700, China
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- Xiangshan Hospital Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Ningbo 315700, China
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- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Emergency Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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Huang QR, Endo T, Mishra S, Zhang B, Chen LW, Fujii A, Jiang L, Patwari GN, Matsuda Y, Kuo JL. Understanding Fermi resonances in the complex vibrational spectra of the methyl groups in methylamines. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:3739-3747. [PMID: 33533768 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05745b] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Vibrational spectra of the methyl groups in mono-methylamine (MMA), dimethylamine (DMA), and trimethylamine (TMA) monomers and their clusters were measured in three experimental set-ups to capture their complex spectral features as a result of bend/umbrella-stretch Fermi resonance (FR). Multiple bands were observed between 2800 and 3000 cm-1 corresponding to the methyl groups for MMA and DMA. On the other hand, the corresponding spectrum of TMA is relatively simple, exhibiting only four prominent bands in the same frequency window, even though TMA has a larger number of methyl groups. The discrete variable representation (DVR) based ab initio anharmonic algorithm with potential energy surface (PES) at CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ quality is able to capture all the experimentally observed spectral features across all three amines, and the constructed vibrational Hamiltonian was used to analyze the couplings that give rise to the observed FR patterns. It was observed that the vibrational coupling among CH stretch modes on different methyl groups is weak (less than 2 cm-1) and stronger vibrational coupling is found to localize within a methyl group. In MMA and DMA, the complex feature between 2850 and 2950 cm-1 is a consequence of closely packed overtone states that gain intensities by mixing with the stretching modes. The simplification of the spectral pattern of TMA can be understood by the red-shift of the symmetric CH3 stretching modes by about 80 cm-1 relative to MMA, which causes the symmetric CH3 stretch to shift outside the FR window.
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- Qian-Rui Huang
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-3, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy and Materials (iChEM), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-3, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy and Materials (iChEM), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-3, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Chen LW, Yang SM, Wang HJ, Chen YC, Lin MW, Hsieh MS, Song HL, Ko HJ, Chen CM, Chang YC. Prediction of micropapillary and solid pattern in lung adenocarcinoma using radiomic values extracted from near-pure histopathological subtypes. Eur Radiol 2021; 31:5127-5138. [PMID: 33389033 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-07570-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Near-pure lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) subtypes demonstrate strong stratification of radiomic values, providing basic information for pathological subtyping. We sought to predict the presence of high-grade (micropapillary and solid) components in lung ADCs using quantitative image analysis with near-pure radiomic values. METHODS Overall, 103 patients with lung ADCs of various histological subtypes were enrolled for 10-repetition, 3-fold cross-validation (cohort 1); 55 were enrolled for testing (cohort 2). Histogram and textural features on computed tomography (CT) images were assessed based on the "near-pure" pathological subtype data. Patch-wise high-grade likelihood prediction was performed for each voxel within the tumour region. The presence of high-grade components was then determined based on a volume percentage threshold of the high-grade likelihood area. To compare with quantitative approaches, consolidation/tumour (C/T) ratio was evaluated on CT images; we applied radiological invasiveness (C/T ratio > 0.5) for the prediction. RESULTS In cohort 1, patch-wise prediction, combined model (C/T ratio and patch-wise prediction), whole-lesion-based prediction (using only the "near-pure"-based prediction model), and radiological invasiveness achieved a sensitivity and specificity of 88.00 ± 2.33% and 75.75 ± 2.82%, 90.00 ± 0.00%, and 77.12 ± 2.67%, 66.67% and 90.41%, and 90.00% and 45.21%, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity, respectively, for cohort 2 were 100.0% and 95.35% using patch-wise prediction, 100.0% and 95.35% using combined model, 75.00% and 95.35% using whole-lesion-based prediction, and 100.0% and 69.77% using radiological invasiveness. CONCLUSION Using near-pure radiomic features and patch-wise image analysis demonstrated high levels of sensitivity and moderate levels of specificity for high-grade ADC subtype-detecting. KEY POINTS • The radiomic values extracted from lung adenocarcinoma with "near-pure" histological subtypes provide useful information for high-grade (micropapillary and solid) components detection. • Using near-pure radiomic features and patch-wise image analysis, high-grade components of lung adenocarcinoma can be predicted with high sensitivity and moderate specificity. • Using near-pure radiomic features and patch-wise image analysis has potential role in facilitating the prediction of the presence of high-grade components in lung adenocarcinoma prior to surgical resection.
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- Li-Wei Chen
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Biomedical Park Hospital, No. 2, Sec.1, Shengyi Rd., Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, 302, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.,Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen - Ai Rd., Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen - Ai Rd., Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen - Ai Rd., Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch, No. 25, Lane 442, Sec.1, Jingguo Rd., Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch, No. 25, Lane 442, Sec.1, Jingguo Rd., Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.
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- Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Chang JJ, Chien CH, Chen SW, Chen LW, Liu CJ, Yen CL. Long term outcomes of colon polyps with high grade dysplasia following endoscopic resection. BMC Gastroenterol 2020; 20:376. [PMID: 33172387 PMCID: PMC7656717 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-020-01499-2] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The risk of recurrent colonic adenoma associated with high-grade dysplasia (HGD) colon polyps at baseline colonoscopy remains unclear. We conducted a clinical cohort study with patients who underwent polypectomy during screen colonoscopy to assess recurrent colonic adenoma risk factors. METHODS 11,565 patients at our facility underwent screen colonoscopy between September 1998 and August 2007. Data from patients with HGD colon polyps who had undergone follow-up colonoscopy were included for analysis. RESULTS Data from 211 patients was included. Rates of metachronous adenoma and advanced adenoma at follow-up were 58% and 20%, respectively. Mean follow-up period was 5.5 ± 1.8 (3-12) years. Univariate logistic regression analysis revealed that an adenoma count of ≥ 3 at baseline colonoscopy was strongly associated with overall recurrence, multiple recurrence, advanced recurrence, proximal recurrence, and distal adenoma recurrence with odds ratios of 4.32 (2.06-9.04 95% CI), 3.47 (1.67-7.22 95% CI), 2.55 (1.11-5.89 95% CI), 2.46 (1.16-5.22 95% CI), 2.89 (1.44-5.78 95% CI), respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed gender (male) [P = 0.010; OR 3.09(1.32-7.25 95% CI)] and adenoma count ≥ 3 [P = 0.002; OR 3.08(1.52-6.24 95% CI)] at index colonoscopy to be significantly associated with recurrence of advanced adenoma. CONCLUSION Recurrence of colonic adenoma at time of follow-up colonoscopy is common in patients who undergo polypectomy for HGD colon adenomas during baseline colonoscopy. Risk of further developing advanced adenomas is associated with gender and the number of colon adenomas present.
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- Jia-Jang Chang
- Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 222, Mai Chin Road, Keelung, 204, Taiwan.,Keelung Division, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 222, Mai Chin Road, Keelung, 204, Taiwan.,Keelung Division, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 222, Mai Chin Road, Keelung, 204, Taiwan.,Keelung Division, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 222, Mai Chin Road, Keelung, 204, Taiwan.,Keelung Division, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 222, Mai Chin Road, Keelung, 204, Taiwan.,Keelung Division, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 222, Mai Chin Road, Keelung, 204, Taiwan. .,Keelung Division, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
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Chen LW, Chung HL, Wang CC, Su JH, Chen YJ, Lee CJ. Anti-Acne Effects of Cembrene Diterpenoids from the Cultured Soft Coral Sinularia flexibilis. Mar Drugs 2020; 18:md18100487. [PMID: 32992719 PMCID: PMC7601839 DOI: 10.3390/md18100487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Acne is a skin disease common in adolescents and increasingly common in the adult population. The major pathologic events of acne vulgaris include increased sebum production, retention hyperkeratosis, carrying commensal skin microbiota, and inflammation. In recent years, more than 10,000 compounds have been isolated and identified from marine organisms. The aim of this study was to discover the potential anti-acne activity of fraction 9 + 10 (SF-E) of Sinularia flexibilis extract and six cembrene diterpenoids. We found that the SF-E significantly reduced Cutibacterium acnes-induced edema in Wistar rat ears. The cembrene diterpenoids including 11-dehydrosinulariolide (SC-2), 3,4:8,11-bisepoxy-7-acetoxycembra-15(17)-en-1,12-olide (SC-7), and sinularin (SC-9) reduced nitric oxide (NO) production with 50% inhibitory concentration of 5.66 ± 0.19, 15.25 ± 0.25, and 3.85 ± 0.25 μM, respectively, and inducible NO synthase expression in RAW 264.7 cells. Moreover, treatment with SC-2, SC-7, and SC-9 significantly suppressed lipopolysaccharide- and heat-killed C. acnes-induced expression of proteins involved in mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in both RAW 264.7 and HaCaT cells. After treatment with SC-2, SC-7, and SC-9, over-proliferation of HaCaT cells was significantly terminated. In summary, SC-2, SC-7, and SC-9 showed anti-inflammatory effects in RAW 264.7 cells, suggesting that these cembrene diterpenoids obtained from S. flexibilis are natural marine products with potential anti-acne activities.
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- Li-Wei Chen
- Program in Clinical Drug Development of Herbal Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan; (L.-W.C.); (C.-C.W.); (Y.-J.C.)
- Department of Chinese Herbal Pharmacy, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 33378, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Pharmacognosy Science, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11042, Taiwan;
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- Program in Clinical Drug Development of Herbal Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan; (L.-W.C.); (C.-C.W.); (Y.-J.C.)
- Graduate Institute of Pharmacognosy Science, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11042, Taiwan;
- School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
- Traditional Herbal Medicine Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 11042, Taiwan
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- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung 94450, Taiwan;
- Graduate Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung 94450, Taiwan
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- Program in Clinical Drug Development of Herbal Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan; (L.-W.C.); (C.-C.W.); (Y.-J.C.)
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- Program in Clinical Drug Development of Herbal Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan; (L.-W.C.); (C.-C.W.); (Y.-J.C.)
- Graduate Institute of Pharmacognosy Science, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11042, Taiwan;
- School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
- Traditional Herbal Medicine Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 11042, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-2-27361661 (ext. 6185)
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Chen LW, Chuang WY, Hsieh YC, Lin HH, Lin WC, Lin LJ, Chang SC, Lee TT. Effects of dietary supplementation with Taiwanese tea byproducts and probiotics on growth performance, lipid metabolism, and the immune response in red feather native chickens. Anim Biosci 2020; 34:393-404. [PMID: 32882776 PMCID: PMC7961192 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.20.0223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Objective This study compared the catechin composition of different tea byproducts and investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with green tea byproducts on the accumulation of abdominal fat, the modulation of lipid metabolism, and the inflammatory response in red feather native chickens. Methods Bioactive compounds were detected, and in vitro anti-obesity capacity analyzed via 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. In animal experiments, 320 one-day-old red feather native chickens were divided into 4 treatment groups: control, basal diet supplemented with 0.5% Jinxuan byproduct (JBP), basal diet supplemented with 1% JBP, or basal diet supplemented with 5×106 colony-forming unit (CFU)/kg Bacillus amyloliquefaciens+5×106 CFU/kg Saccharomyces cerevisiae (BA+SC). Growth performance, serum characteristics, carcass characteristics, and the mRNA expression of selected genes were measured. Results This study compared several cultivars of tea, but Jinxuan showed the highest levels of the anti-obesity compound epigallocatechin gallate. 3T3-L1 preadipocytes treated with Jinxuan extract significantly reduced lipid accumulation. There were no significant differences in growth performance, serum characteristics, or carcass characteristics among the groups. However, in the 0.5% JBP group, mRNA expression of fatty acid synthase (FAS) and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) were significantly decreased. In the 1% JBP group, FAS, ACC and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ levels were significantly decreased. Moreover, inflammation-related mRNA expression levels were decreased by the addition of JBP. Conclusion JBP contained abundant catechins and related bioactive compounds, which reduced lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, however there was no significant reduction in abdominal fat. This may be due to a lack of active anti-obesity compounds or because the major changes in fat metabolism were not in the abdomen. Nonetheless, lipogenesis-related and inflammation-related mRNA expression were reduced in the 1% JBP group. In addition, dietary supplementation with tea byproducts could reduce the massive amount of byproducts created during tea production and modulate lipid metabolism and the inflammatory response in chickens.
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 404, Taiwan
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- Kaohsiung Animal Propagation Station, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, 912, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan.,The iEGG and Animal Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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Guo XY, Yang X, Gu XR, Zhuo SJ, Chen LW, Da LJ, Ma D. Formation and Development of Environmental Forensics System in China. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 36:437-444. [PMID: 33047522 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
With the growing attention on ecological environment problems and gradual realization of ecological environment value, environmental damage has jumped from administrative penalty to a new stage, judicial penalty, and environmental damage appraisal has provided a legal weapon to safeguard ecological security. As a new forensic category of China with high comprehensiveness and technical difficulty, environmental damage appraisal involves diversified and complex subjects, fields and appraisal objects, and is still in an early stage in terms of theory and practice. This study aims to provide an important reference for the improvement of the Chinese environmental damage appraisal system of environmental damage by summarizing advanced international experience in areas such as laws and regulations, working mechanism and technical system, and putting forward targeted countermeasures and suggestions based on the problems existing in the development and practice of environmental damage appraisal in China.
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Affiliation(s)
- X Y Guo
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, Shanghai 200241, China
- Institute of Eco-Chongming, Shanghai 202162, China
| | - D Ma
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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