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Yu JS, Hao J, Huang H, Zhao J, Prayson R, Bao S. Sema3C Signaling is an Alternative Activator of the Canonical WNT Pathway in Glioblastoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:S138. [PMID: 37784353 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.545] [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: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Wnt signaling maintains normal and cancer stem cells. The Wnt pathway is frequently dysregulated in many cancers, underscoring it as a therapeutic target. Although Wnt inhibitors appear promising in many preclinical studies, they have failed uniformly in clinical trials. Molecular mechanisms of resistance are poorly defined. Further dissection of the precise mechanisms of Wnt pathway activation in specific tumor types is needed to develop new Wnt pathway inhibitors with less toxicity. Here, we identify an alternative activator of the Wnt pathway that may mediate resistance to upstream Wnt inhibition in glioblastoma. MATERIALS/METHODS Glioma stem-like cells (GSCs) were enriched in defined media. GSCs were transduced with lentiviruses to knockdown or overexpress Sema3C or Wnt pathway components. Cell viability, proliferation, apoptosis, and self-renewal were assessed. Expression of Sema3C and Wnt pathway components were assessed in GSCs, mouse models of GBM, and human glioblastoma by qPCR, Western blot, and/or immunostaining. Beta-catenin subcellular localization was assessed by cell fractionation and immunofluorescence. GSC-derived orthotopic models of GBM were used to assess the impact of genetic or pharmacologic inhibition of Sema3C or Wnt pathway components alone or in combination on tumor growth and animal survival. RESULTS The axonal guidance protein Sema3C promotes the tumorigenicity of GSCs through binding its NRP/PlxnD1 receptor complex leading to Rac1 activation. Sema3C signaling directs beta-catenin nuclear accumulation in a Rac1-dependent process, leading to transactivation of Wnt target genes. Sema3C-driven Wnt signaling occurred despite suppression of Wnt ligand secretion, suggesting that Sema3C may drive canonical Wnt signaling independent of Wnt ligand binding. In human glioblastoma, Sema3C expression and Wnt pathway activation were highly concordant. In a mouse model of glioblastoma, combined depletion of Sema3C and beta-catenin partner TCF1 extended animal survival more than single target inhibition alone. CONCLUSION Sema3C signaling may represent an alternative mechanism of WNT pathway activation even when WNT ligand-receptor interaction is inhibited. Since Sema3C is overexpressed in >85% glioblastoma and is used to maintain GSCs but not normal neural progenitor cells, this pathway may represent a major mechanism of Wnt pathway activation and resistance to upstream Wnt pathway inhibitors in GSCs. Our data provide a therapeutic strategy to achieve clinically significant Wnt pathway inhibition in GSCs potentially without the toxicity of currently available WNT inhibitors.
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- J S Yu
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Masri S, Deng D, Wang W, Luo H, Zhang J, Bao S. Contributions of Hearing Loss and Traumatic Brain Injury to Blast-Induced Cortical Parvalbumin Neuron Loss and Auditory Processing Deficits. J Neurotrauma 2023; 40:395-407. [PMID: 36205587 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2022.0179] [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: 02/04/2023] Open
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Auditory processing disorder is the most common problem affecting veterans after blast exposure, but the distinct impacts of blast-related traumatic brain injury and blast-related hearing loss are unknown. Independently, both hearing loss and blast exposure affect the entire auditory processing pathway at the molecular and physiological levels. Here, we identified distinct changes to the primary auditory cortex (AI) and temporal processing in mice following blast exposure both with and without protected hearing. Our results show that blast-exposure alone activated microglia in AI, but hearing loss was required for reductions in the density of parvalbumin-expressing interneurons. Although blast exposure impaired the temporal following response, these impairments were more severe with concurrent unilateral hearing loss, further resulting in impairments in behavioral gap detection. Taken together, these results indicate that protecting hearing during blast exposure can prevent most impairments to auditory processing but does not fully protect temporal processing.
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- Samer Masri
- Neuroscience Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,School of Pharmaceutical Science, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.,Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Liefaard M, Bhaskaran R, Bijl Y, Israeli D, Jong-Raadsen S, van Montfort E, Bao S, Mee S, Cavness T, Gallagher A, Falk J, Piel T, Witteveen A, van der Voort A, Vonk S, Lips E, Sonke G, Kleijn M, Glas A, Mittempergher L. 161P MammaPrint and BluePrint diagnostic tests can be robustly assessed on Whole-Transcriptome NGS platform. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.196] [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: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pak S, Choi G, Roy J, Poon CH, Lee J, Cho D, Lee M, Lim LW, Bao S, Yang S, Yang S. Altered synaptic plasticity of the longitudinal dentate gyrus network in noise-induced anxiety. iScience 2022; 25:104364. [PMID: 35620435 PMCID: PMC9127171 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Anxiety is characteristic comorbidity of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), which causes physiological changes within the dentate gyrus (DG), a subfield of the hippocampus that modulates anxiety. However, which DG circuit underlies hearing loss-induced anxiety remains unknown. We utilize an NIHL mouse model to investigate short- and long-term synaptic plasticity in DG networks. The recently discovered longitudinal DG-DG network is a collateral of DG neurons synaptically connected with neighboring DG neurons and displays robust synaptic efficacy and plasticity. Furthermore, animals with NIHL demonstrate increased anxiety-like behaviors similar to a response to chronic restraint stress. These behaviors are concurrent with enhanced synaptic responsiveness and suppressed short- and long-term synaptic plasticity in the longitudinal DG-DG network but not in the transverse DG-CA3 connection. These findings suggest that DG-related anxiety is typified by synaptic alteration in the longitudinal DG-DG network. Traumatic noise-induced hearing loss enhances anxiety-like behaviors The longitudinal DG-DG network displays robust synaptic efficacy and plasticity Abnormal anxiety is associated with synaptic alterations of the DG-DG network DG-related brain disorders might stem from dysfunctional DG-DG networks
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- Ke Liu
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Ke Liu
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- Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Center for Hearing and Deafness, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, United States
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Schuler E, Uygun S, Mittempergher L, Pronin D, Mee S, Bao S, Cavness T, Witteveen A, Glas A. 234P Equivalence of NGS-based MammaPrint 70-gene signature risk of recurrence and BluePrint 80-gene signature of molecular subtyping tests to the centralized microarray tests. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.03.256] [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: 11/01/2022] Open
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Xia D, Zhang X, Deng D, Ma X, Masri S, Wang J, Bao S, Hu S, Zhou Q. Long-Term Enhancement of NMDA Receptor Function in Inhibitory Neurons Preferentially Modulates Potassium Channels and Cell Adhesion Molecules. Front Pharmacol 2022; 12:796179. [PMID: 35058780 PMCID: PMC8764260 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.796179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Effectively enhancing the activity of inhibitory neurons has great therapeutic potentials since their reduced function/activity has significant contributions to pathology in various brain diseases. We showed previously that NMDAR positive allosteric modulator GNE-8324 and M-8324 selectively increase NMDAR activity on the inhibitory neurons and elevates their activity in vitro and in vivo. Here we examined the impact of long-term administering M-8324 on the functions and transcriptional profiling of parvalbumin-containing neurons in two representative brain regions, primary auditory cortex (Au1) and prelimbic prefrontal cortex (PrL-PFC). We found small changes in key electrophysiological parameters and RNA levels of neurotransmitter receptors, Na+ and Ca2+ channels. In contrast, large differences in cell adhesion molecules and K+ channels were found between Au1 and PrL-PFC in drug-naïve mice, and differences in cell adhesion molecules became much smaller after M-8324 treatment. There was also minor impact of M-8324 on cell cycle and apoptosis, suggesting a fine safety profile.
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- Dan Xia
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.,International Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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Zhi F, Wang YY, Ma YP, Zhang W, Song LJ, Chen JM, Wei YP, Li R, Tian J, Bao S. [Systemic light chain amyloidosis with the manifestation of recurrent spontaneous liver rupture: a case report]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2021; 42:963. [PMID: 35045662 PMCID: PMC8763595 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2021.10.015-1] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- F Zhi
- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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Zhang W, Jiang LJ, Ma YP, Bao S, Chen JM, Li R, Ye XP, Wei YP, Zhi F, Tian J, Li YQ, Song LJ. [Systemic light chain amyloidosis with amyloid myopathy as the main manifestation: a case report]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2021; 42:768. [PMID: 34753233 PMCID: PMC8607040 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2021.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- W Zhang
- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Ningxia Geriatric Center, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuang 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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Hua Y, Sun C, Jiang M, Yang F, Wang X, Bao S, Wu X, Huang X, Li W, Yin Y. 290P Treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) based therapy in trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) resistant HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer: A real-world study. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Zhang W, Bao S, Jiang LJ, Ma YP. [A case of familial erythrocytosis type 2 caused by VHL gene mutation]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2021; 41:1047-1049. [PMID: 33445856 PMCID: PMC7840559 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2020.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- W Zhang
- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Ningxia Geriatric Center, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750021, China
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Abstract
Neuroinflammation is the central nervous system's response to: injury, infection, and abnormal neural activity. Inflammatory processes are known to mediate many diseases, and recently evidence indicates that neuroinflammation underlies hearing disorders such as presbyacusis, middle-ear disease, ototoxicity, noise-induced hearing loss, and tinnitus. This chapter provides a review of the role of neuroinflammation in the etiology and treatment of tinnitus. Specifically, our research team has demonstrated that both tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and calpain signaling pathways are involved in noise-induced tinnitus and that blocking them yielded therapeutic effects on tinnitus. Other efforts such as controlling acute inflammatory response via specialized pro-resolving mediators may help provide insight into preventing and treating tinnitus-related inflammatory processes.
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- Abraham Shulman
- Department of Otolaryngology, State University New York-Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Section of Audiology, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.,Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Detroit, MI, USA
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Tian L, Zhang D, Bao S, Nie P, Hao D, Liu Y, Zhang J, Wang H. Radiomics-based machine-learning method for prediction of distant metastasis from soft-tissue sarcomas. Clin Radiol 2020; 76:158.e19-158.e25. [PMID: 33293024 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2020.08.038] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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AIM To construct and validate a radiomics-based machine-learning method for preoperative prediction of distant metastasis (DM) from soft-tissue sarcoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy-seven soft-tissue sarcomas were divided into a training set (n=54) and a validation set (n=23). The performance of three feature selection methods (ReliefF, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator [LASSO], and regularised discriminative feature selection for unsupervised learning [UDFS]) and four classifiers, random forest (RF), logistic regression (LOG), K nearest neighbour (KNN), and support vector machines (SVMs), were compared for predicting the likelihood of DM. To counter the imbalance in the frequencies of DM, each machine-learning method was trained first without subsampling, then with the synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE). The performance of the radiomics model was assessed using area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC) and accuracy (ACC) values. RESULTS The performance of the LASSO and SVM algorithm combination used with SMOTE was superior to that of the algorithm combination alone. The combination of SMOTE with feature screening by LASSO and SVM classifiers had an AUC of 0.9020 and ACC of 91.30% in the validation dataset. CONCLUSION A machine-learning model based on radiomics was favourable for predicting the likelihood of DM from soft-tissue sarcoma. This will help decide treatment strategies.
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- L Tian
- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary & Retroperitoneal Tumour Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- School of Mechanical, Electrical & Information Engineering, Shandong University Weihai, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China; Qingdao Malvern College, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
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Zinsmaier AK, Wang W, Zhang L, Hossainy NN, Bao S. Resistance to noise-induced gap detection impairment in FVB mice is correlated with reduced neuroinflammatory response and parvalbumin-positive neuron loss. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20445. [PMID: 33235216 PMCID: PMC7686384 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75714-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Exposure to loud noises results in neuroinflammatory responses in the central auditory pathway. Noise-induced neuroinflammation is implicated in auditory processing deficits such as impairment in gap detection. In this study, we examined whether strain differences between the FVB and C57BL/6 mice in noise-induced impairment in gap detection are correlated with strain differences in neuroinflammatory responses. We found that noise induced more robust TNF-α expression in C57BL/6 than in FVB mice. Noise-induced microglial deramification was observed in C57BL/6 mice, but not in FVB mice. Furthermore, noise exposure resulted in a reduction in parvalbumin-positive (PV+) neuron density in the C57BL/6 mice, but not in FVB mice. These results suggest that neuroinflammatory responses and loss of PV+ neurons may contribute to strain differences in noise-induced impairment in gap detection.
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- Alexander K Zinsmaier
- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
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Hua Y, Yang F, Yang Y, Bao S, Sun C, Yan X, Zeng T, Jiang M, Huang X, Wu H, Li J, Li W, Yin Y. 50P Efficacy and safety analysis of pyrotinib in lapatinib resistant HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer: A retrospective study. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.10.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Deng D, Wang W, Bao S. Diffusible Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha (TNF-α) Promotes Noise-Induced Parvalbumin-Positive (PV+) Neuron Loss and Auditory Processing Impairments. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:573047. [PMID: 33154715 PMCID: PMC7590827 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.573047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Neuroinflammation has been implicated in noise-induced auditory processing disorder and tinnitus. Certain non-auditory neurological disorders can also increase the levels of proinflammatory cytokines in the brain. To investigate the impact of increased brain proinflammatory cytokine levels on the central auditory pathway, we infused recombinant TNF-α into the right lateral cerebral ventricle, and examined auditory processing and cytoarchitecture of the auditory cortex. Microglial deramification was observed in the auditory cortex of mice that had received both TNF-α infusion and exposure to an 86-dB noise, but not in mice that had received either TNF-α infusion or noise exposure alone. In addition, we observed reduced cortical PV+ neuron density and impaired performances in gap detection and prepulse inhibition (PPI) only in mice that received both TNF-α infusion and the noise exposure. These results suggest that disease-related increase in brain proinflammatory cytokine release could be a risk factor for noise-induced auditory processing disorder and tinnitus.
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- Di Deng
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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Wang X, Qian T, Bao S, Zhao H, Xing Z, Gao H, Li Y, Wang J, Zhang M, X. Meng, Wang C, Liu J, Zhou M, Wang X. 147P Exosomes microRNA sequencing identifies miR-363-5p as non-invasive biomarker of axillary lymph node metastasis and prognosis in breast cancer. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Schwartz BA, Wang W, Bao S. Pharmacological DNA Demethylation Weakens Inhibitory Synapses in the Auditory Cortex and Re-opens the Critical Period for Frequency Map Plasticity. Neuroscience 2020; 440:239-248. [PMID: 32512139 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.05.056] [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: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The critical period is a time of maximal plasticity within the cortex. The progression of the critical period is marked by experience-dependent transcriptional alterations in cortical neurons, which in turn shifts the excitatory-inhibitory balance in the brain, and accordingly reduces plasticity. Epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, control the transcriptional state of neurons, and have been shown to be dynamically regulated during the critical period. Here we show that adult animals have a significantly higher concentration of DNA methylation than critical period animals. Pharmacological reduction of DNA methylation in adult animals re-establishes critical period auditory map plasticity. Furthermore, the reduction of DNA methylation in adult animals, reverted intrinsic characteristics of inhibitory synapses to an immature state. Our data suggest that accumulation of DNA methylation during the critical period confers a mature phenotype to cortical neurons, which in turn, facilitates the reduction in plasticity seen after the critical period.
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- Benjamin A Schwartz
- Neuroscience Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States
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- Departments of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States
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- Neuroscience Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States; Departments of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States.
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Deng D, Masri S, Yao L, Ma X, Cao X, Yang S, Bao S, Zhou Q. Increasing endogenous activity of NMDARs on GABAergic neurons increases inhibition, alters sensory processing and prevents noise-induced tinnitus. Sci Rep 2020; 10:11969. [PMID: 32686710 PMCID: PMC7371882 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68652-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Selective enhancement of GABAergic inhibition is thought to impact many vital brain functions and interferes with the genesis and/or progression of numerous brain disorders. Here, we show that selectively increasing NMDA receptor activity in inhibitory neurons using an NMDAR positive allosteric modulator (PAM) elevates spiking activity of inhibitory neurons in vitro and in vivo. In vivo infusion of PAM increases spontaneous and sound-evoked spiking in inhibitory and decreases spiking in excitatory neurons, and increases signal-to-noise ratio in the primary auditory cortex. In addition, PAM infusion prior to noise trauma prevents the occurrence of tinnitus and reduction in GABAergic inhibition. These results reveal that selectively enhancing endogenous NMDAR activity on the GABAergic neurons can effectively enhance inhibitory activity and alter excitatory-inhibitory balance, and may be useful for preventing diseases that involve reduced inhibition as the major cause.
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- Di Deng
- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
- South China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA
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- School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.
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Morris P, Lal S, Dennis M, O'Sullivan J, Hunyor I, Grieve S, Bao S, Puranik R. 027 Unexplained Left Ventricular Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Confers an Adverse Prognosis. Heart Lung Circ 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bu Y, Bao S, Chan M, McWilliams S, Lee Y, Kuo C, Van der Loos M, Ipsiroglu O. SCIT#1 VS. #2: framing the clinical discussion with an automatic skeleton generation algorithm. Sleep Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bao S, McWilliams S, Connor J, Mattman A, Smith S, Stockler S, Vitale-Cox L, Wu J, Ipsiroglu O. Iron deficiency in indigenous populations in Canada And Alaska: a scoping literature review. Sleep Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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McWilliams S, Bao S, Xiao K, Mattman A, Wu J, Stockler S, Ipsiroglu O. Review of iron deficiency guidelines in the context of iron deficiency-related sleep/wake behaviours. Sleep Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Beyzaei N, Bao S, Maher S, Silvestri R, Walters A, Dorffner G, Kloesch G, Spruyt K, Ipsiroglu O. Using pictograms to make 'structured behavioural observations' of youth with restless legs syndrome reproducible. Sleep Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Liang W, Guo M, He J, Bao S. P2.03-50 Stromal BTK Expression Predicts Poor Prognosis in NSCLC Patients. J Thorac Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1497] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Ou J, Zhu X, Chen P, Du Y, Lu Y, Peng X, Bao S, Wang J, Zhang X, Zhang T, Pang C. EP1.01-39 A Randomised Phase II Trial of Vitamin C Synergy with Hyperthermia in Patients with Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Yang K, Wang X, Kim L, Mack S, Bao S, Rich J. Targeting Metabolic Reprogramming to Radiosensitize Glioblastoma Stem Cells. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Wang W, Zhang LS, Zinsmaier AK, Patterson G, Leptich EJ, Shoemaker SL, Yatskievych TA, Gibboni R, Pace E, Luo H, Zhang J, Yang S, Bao S. Neuroinflammation mediates noise-induced synaptic imbalance and tinnitus in rodent models. PLoS Biol 2019; 17:e3000307. [PMID: 31211773 PMCID: PMC6581239 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Hearing loss is a major risk factor for tinnitus, hyperacusis, and central auditory processing disorder. Although recent studies indicate that hearing loss causes neuroinflammation in the auditory pathway, the mechanisms underlying hearing loss–related pathologies are still poorly understood. We examined neuroinflammation in the auditory cortex following noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and its role in tinnitus in rodent models. Our results indicate that NIHL is associated with elevated expression of proinflammatory cytokines and microglial activation—two defining features of neuroinflammatory responses—in the primary auditory cortex (AI). Genetic knockout of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) or pharmacologically blocking TNF-α expression prevented neuroinflammation and ameliorated the behavioral phenotype associated with tinnitus in mice with NIHL. Conversely, infusion of TNF-α into AI resulted in behavioral signs of tinnitus in both wild-type and TNF-α knockout mice with normal hearing. Pharmacological depletion of microglia also prevented tinnitus in mice with NIHL. At the synaptic level, the frequency of miniature excitatory synaptic currents (mEPSCs) increased and that of miniature inhibitory synaptic currents (mIPSCs) decreased in AI pyramidal neurons in animals with NIHL. This excitatory-to-inhibitory synaptic imbalance was completely prevented by pharmacological blockade of TNF-α expression. These results implicate neuroinflammation as a therapeutic target for treating tinnitus and other hearing loss–related disorders. Prolonged exposure to loud noises causes neuronal hyperexcitability and increases the risk of tinnitus. This study reveals that this type of tinnitus is mediated by noise-induced neuroinflammation; blockade of neuroinflammatory responses prevents noise-induced neuronal excitation/inhibition imbalance and tinnitus.
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- Weihua Wang
- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Science, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Wang W, Zinsmaier AK, Firestone E, Lin R, Yatskievych TA, Yang S, Zhang J, Bao S. Blocking Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Expression Prevents Blast-Induced Excitatory/Inhibitory Synaptic Imbalance and Parvalbumin-Positive Interneuron Loss in the Hippocampus. J Neurotrauma 2018; 35:2306-2316. [PMID: 29649942 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2018.5688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of neurological disorder and death in civilian and military populations. It comprises two components-direct injury from the traumatic impact and secondary injury from ensuing neural inflammatory responses. Blocking tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), a central regulator of neural inflammation, has been shown to improve functional recovery after TBI. However, the mechanisms underlying those therapeutic effects are still poorly understood. Here, we examined effects of 3,6'-dithiothalidomide (dTT), a potentially therapeutic TNF-α inhibitor, in mice with blast-induced TBI. We found that blast exposure resulted in elevated expression of TNF-α, activation of microglial cells, enhanced excitatory synaptic transmission, reduced inhibitory synaptic transmission, and a loss of parvalbumin-positive (PV+) inhibitory interneurons. Administration of dTT for 5 days after the blast exposure completely suppressed blast-induced increases in TNF-α transcription, largely reversed blasted-induced synaptic changes, and prevented PV+ neuron loss. However, blocking TNF-α expression by dTT failed to mitigate blast-induced microglial activation in the hippocampus, as evidenced by their non-ramified morphology. These results indicate that TNF-α plays a major role in modulating neuronal functions in blast-induced TBI and that it is a potential target for treatment of TBI-related brain disorders.
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- Weihua Wang
- 1 Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona
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- 1 Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona
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- 2 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Medicine, Wayne State University , Detroit, Michigan
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- 1 Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona.,3 Department of Genetics and Endocrinology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University , Guangzhou, China
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- 1 Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona
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- 4 Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong , Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- 2 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Medicine, Wayne State University , Detroit, Michigan
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- 1 Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona
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Yang S, Chung J, Jin SH, Bao S, Yang S. A circuit mechanism of time-to-space conversion for perception. Hear Res 2018; 366:32-37. [PMID: 29804722 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sensory information in a temporal sequence is processed as a collective unit by the nervous system. The cellular mechanisms underlying how sequential inputs are incorporated into the brain has emerged as an important subject in neuroscience. Here, we hypothesize that information-bearing (IB) signals can be entrained and amplified by a clock signal, allowing them to efficiently propagate along in a feedforward circuit. IB signals can remain latent on individual dendrites of the receiving neurons until they are read out by an oscillatory clock signal. In such a way, the IB signals pass through the next neurons along a linear chain. This hypothesis identifies a cellular process of time-to-space and sound-to-map conversion in primary auditory cortex, providing insight into a mechanistic principle underlying the representation and memory of temporal sequences of information.
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- Sunggu Yang
- Department of Nano-bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, South Korea.
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- Department of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, South Korea
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- Department of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Hussaina H, Tse E, Beyzaei N, Maher KS, Bao S, Campbell M, Carson N, Garn H, Kohn B, Lee Y, Van der Loos M, Stockler S, Spruyt K, Klosch G, Ipsiroglu O. 0667 Learning To Phenotype RLS From Zappelphilipp (Fidgety Philip) Cartoons. Sleep 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.666] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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- H Hussaina
- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- Austrian Institute of Technology, Department of Safety & Security, Vienna, AUSTRIA
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- Austrian Institute of Technology, Department of Safety & Security, Vienna, AUSTRIA
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- Robotics for Rehabilitation, Exercise and Assessment in Collaborative Healthcare Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- Robotics for Rehabilitation, Exercise and Assessment in Collaborative Healthcare Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- Division of Biochemical Diseases, BC Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- Integrated Physiology of the Brain Arousal Systems, Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre, Department of Developmental Neuropsychology, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, FRANCE
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- Institute for Sleep-Wake-Research, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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Tse E, Bao S, Campbell M, Carson N, Hussaina H, Maher KS, Beyzaei N, Kemethofer M, Seidenberger M, Spruyt K, Lewis S, Ipsiroglu O, Klosch G. 0635 Vigilance Observations - Learning from Nighttime Driving Behaviours. Sleep 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.634] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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- E Tse
- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- Institute for Sleep-Wake-Research, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA
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- Integrated Physiology of the Brain Arousal Systems, Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre, Department of Developmental Neuropsychology, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, FRANCE
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- BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- H-Behaviours Research Lab, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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- Institute for Sleep-Wake-Research, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA
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Masri S, Zhang LS, Luo H, Pace E, Zhang J, Bao S. Blast Exposure Disrupts the Tonotopic Frequency Map in the Primary Auditory Cortex. Neuroscience 2018; 379:428-434. [PMID: 29625214 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.03.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 07/21/2017] [Revised: 03/25/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Blast exposure can cause various auditory disorders including tinnitus, hyperacusis, and other central auditory processing disorders. While this is suggestive of pathologies in the central auditory system, the impact of blast exposure on central auditory processing remains poorly understood. Here we examined the effects of blast shockwaves on acoustic response properties and the tonotopic frequency map in the auditory cortex. We found that multiunits recorded from the auditory cortex exhibited higher acoustic thresholds and broader frequency tuning in blast-exposed animals. Furthermore, the frequency map in the primary auditory cortex was distorted. These changes may contribute to central auditory processing disorders.
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- Samer Masri
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, United States; Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, United States
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States; Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States.
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Tse E, Bao S, Campbell M, Carson N, Hussaina H, Maher K, Jeyaratnam J, Beyzaei N, Kemethofer M, Seidenberger M, Spruyt K, Lewis S, Ipsiroglu O, Kloesch G. Behavioural observations step 3: vigilance of night-time drivers. Sleep Med 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.11.483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cao Z, Li Z, Wang Y, Liu Y, Mo R, Ren P, Chen L, Lu J, Li H, Zhuang Y, Liu Y, Wang X, Zhao G, Tang W, Xiang X, Wang H, Cai W, Liu L, Zhu C, Bao S, Xie Q. Assessment of serum Golgi protein 73 as a biomarker for the diagnosis of significant fibrosis in patients with chronic HBV infection. J Viral Hepat 2017; 24 Suppl 1:57-65. [PMID: 29082644 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Transient elastography (TE) is accurate in staging fibrosis noninvasively. However, a reliable serum biomarker with comparable accuracy is also important, especially when TE is unreliable/unavailable. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of serum Golgi protein 73 (GP73) for significant fibrosis in patients with chronic HBV infection. A total of 801 patients with chronic liver disease (CLD; 492 chronic HBV infection and 309 non-HBV liver disease) with liver biopsy performance were enrolled. Healthy controls (n = 180) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients (n = 85) were included for comparisons. Liver biopsy was used as the reference method for fibrosis staging. Serum GP73 level was measured in duplicate in double-blind fashion. Serum GP73 was highest in HCC but also significantly higher in chronic hepatitis B than in healthy controls. The elevation of serum GP73 in non-HCC patients was significantly associated with the presence of significant fibrosis independently of ALT level, liver stiffness (LS) value, inflammation grade and other confounding factors. The diagnostic performance of serum GP73 was accurate in antiviral-naïve HBV patients (area under the receiver operating curve [AUROC], 0.76 95% CI: 0.72-0.81) but not in patients with ongoing antiviral treatment (AUROC, 0.60). The utility of serum GP73 was also confirmed in non-HBV CLD (AUROC, 0.80 95% CI: 0.75-0.85). Serum GP73 was comparable to LS (AUROC, 0.78 95% CI: 0.73-0.82) and significantly better than AST to platelet ratio index (APRI) (AUROC, 0.67 95% CI: 0.62-0.72) and FIB-4 (AUROC, 0.68 95% CI: 0.63-0.73). In conclusion, serum GP73 is an accurate serum marker for significant fibrosis in chronic HBV infection, with higher accuracy than APRI and FIB-4. Serum GP73 is potentially a complementary tool for TE when evaluating the necessity of antiviral treatment, particularly in patients without definite antiviral indication.
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- Z Cao
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatology, The Affiliated Infectious Diseases Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, The Third Hospital of Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, The Third Hospital of Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Hepatology, The Affiliated Infectious Diseases Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Discipline of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Yu Z, Cheng H, Zhu H, Cao M, Lu C, Bao S, Pan Y, Li Y. Salinomycin enhances doxorubicin sensitivity through reversing the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of cholangiocarcinoma cells by regulating ARK5. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 50:e6147. [PMID: 28832761 PMCID: PMC5561806 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20176147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 01/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Chemotherapy response rates in patients with cholangiocarcinoma remain low, primarily due to the development of drug resistance. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of cancer cells is widely accepted to be important for metastasis and progression, but it has also been linked to the development of chemoresistance. Salinomycin (an antibiotic) has shown some potential as a chemotherapeutic agent as it selectively kills cancer stem cells, and has been hypothesized to block the EMT process. In this study, we investigated whether salinomycin could reverse the chemoresistance of cholangiocarcinoma cells to the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin. We found that combined salinomycin with doxorubicin treatment resulted in a significant decrease in cell viability compared with doxorubicin or salinomycin treatment alone in two cholangiocarcinoma cell lines (RBE and Huh-28). The dosages of both drugs that were required to produce a cytotoxic effect decreased, indicating that these two drugs have a synergistic effect. In terms of mechanism, salinomycin reversed doxorubicin-induced EMT of cholangiocarcinoma cells, as shown morphologically and through the detection of EMT markers. Moreover, we showed that salinomycin treatment downregulated the AMP-activated protein kinase family member 5 (ARK5) expression, which regulates the EMT process of cholangiocarcinoma. Our results indicated that salinomycin reversed the EMT process in cholangiocarcinoma cells by inhibiting ARK5 expression and enhanced the chemosensitivity of cholangiocarcinoma cells to doxorubicin. Therefore, a combined treatment of salinomycin with doxorubicin could be used to enhance doxorubicin sensitivity in patients with cholangiocarcinoma.
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- Department of General Surgery, Qingdao Clinic Medical College, Nanjing Medical University, Qingdao, China.,Department of General Surgery, The Second People's Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Afflicted Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Afflicted Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Afflicted Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Afflicted Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Afflicted Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Afflicted Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Qingdao Clinic Medical College, Nanjing Medical University, Qingdao, China
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Jiang F, Liu A, Lai Y, Yu X, Li C, Han C, Zhang Y, Wang X, Wang Z, Bao S, Lv N, Jin M, Yang F, Fan Y, Jin T, Zhao W, Shan Z, Teng W. Change in serum TSH levels within the reference range was associated with variation of future blood pressure: a 5-year follow-up study. J Hum Hypertens 2016; 31:244-247. [PMID: 27557892 DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2016.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Revised: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Controversy exists on the relationship between serum thyrotropin (TSH) and blood pressure, and only a few prospective studies are available up to now. The study aimed to investigate the association between serum TSH within the reference range and blood pressure through a 5-year follow-up study. A total of 623 subjects with normal TSH were followed up for 5 years, including the measurement of demographic data, blood pressure, height, weight and serum TSH. Finally, 531 subjects were included in this prospective study. Body mass index (BMI), prevalence of hypertension, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure were all higher at follow-up than at baseline. Adjusted for age, gender, smoking status, BMI and homoeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) at baseline, multiple linear regression analyses found no relationship between serum TSH at baseline and levels of blood pressure at follow-up, but the changes in serum TSH levels during follow-up was positively associated with the changes in systolic blood pressure (B=2.134, P<0.05), which became more significant in women but not significant in men. The change of systolic blood pressure in group of TSH increase >0.5 mIU l-1 was significantly higher than in group of TSH decrease >0.5 mIU l-1 within reference, after adjusting for age, gender, smoking status, BMI and HOMA-IR at baseline. This result became more significant in women, but no statistical significance was observed in men. Co-variation with serum TSH levels and blood pressure was observed during 5-year follow-up among people with normal TSH.
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- F Jiang
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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Drak D, Krishnan A, Chen S, Canniffe C, Bao S, Denyer G, Liu J, Celermajer D. Long-Term Persistence of Systolic Hypertension and Left Ventricular Fibrosis in an Animal Model of Early and Complete Repair of Aortic Coarctation. Heart Lung Circ 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wu Y, Chen X, Chang X, Huang YJ, Bao S, He Q, Li Y, Zheng J, Duan T, Wang K. Potential involvement of placental AhR in unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion. Reprod Toxicol 2015; 59:45-52. [PMID: 26593447 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2015.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Revised: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) is a common complication of pregnancy. Recent studies have demonstrated that the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) might play important roles in establishing and maintaining early pregnancy. In this study, we found that placental AhR protein levels were significantly lower and placental CYP1A1 mRNA levels were higher in unexplained RSA (URSA) patients than in control subjects. The results of immunohistochemical analyzes showed that placental AhR was expressed in syncytiotrophoblast cells and that the level of AhR was markedly lower in these cells in URSA subjects than in control subjects. β-Naphthoflavone (β-NF, an AhR ligand) at 5μM significantly inhibited proliferation and migration in HTR-8/SVneo cells and was associated with the activation of AhR. Moreover, overexpressing AhR in JAR cells significantly increased CYP1A1 mRNA levels and inhibited cell migration. These results indicate that AhR is highly activated in URSA placentas and that the activation of AhR in the placenta might impair trophoblast cell proliferation and migration, possibly leading to the occurrence of URSA.
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Department of Gynecology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Department of Pathology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China
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- Department of Ob./Gyn., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715 USA
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- Department of Ob./Gyn., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715 USA
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China; Department of Obstetrics, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China.
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040 PR China.
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A hallmark of the developing auditory cortex is the heightened plasticity in the critical period, during which acoustic inputs can indelibly alter cortical function. However, not all sounds in the natural acoustic environment are ethologically relevant. How does the auditory system resolve relevant sounds from the acoustic environment in such an early developmental stage when most associative learning mechanisms are not yet fully functional? What can the auditory system learn from one of the most important classes of sounds, animal vocalizations? How does naturalistic acoustic experience shape cortical sound representation and perception? To answer these questions, we need to consider an unusual strategy, statistical learning, where what the system needs to learn is embedded in the sensory input. Here, I will review recent findings on how certain statistical structures of natural animal vocalizations shape auditory cortical acoustic representations, and how cortical plasticity may underlie learned categorical sound perception. These results will be discussed in the context of human speech perception.
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- Shaowen Bao
- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA
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Deng G, Li W, Wu X, Bao S, Zeng J, Zhao N, Luo M, Liu X, Wang Y. Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a recombinant adenoviral based vaccine expressing heat-stable enterotoxin (STa) and K99 adhesion antigen of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in mice. Mol Immunol 2015; 68:684-91. [PMID: 26589454 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2015.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 06/27/2015] [Revised: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The diarrheal disease of domestic animals or in humans caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infections remains a major issue for public health in developing countries. Unfortunately, there is no effective vaccine available for preventing from an ETEC infection. Therefore, the development of a safe and effective vaccine against ETEC is urgently needed. In the present study, A recombinant adenoviral vector Ad5-STa-K99 that capable of expressing a fusion protein of heat-stable enterotoxin (STa) and K99 adhesion antigen of ETEC was generated and its immunogenicity was evaluated in a murine model. The intestinal mucosal secretory IgA(sIgA), serum anti-STa-K99 antibody responses, antigen-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells frequencies, as well as T-cell proliferation of mice immunized with the viral vector were determined as immunological indexes. The results demonstrated that Ad5-STa-K99 was able to enhance humoral responses with a dramatically augmented antigen-specific serum IgG antibody, and an elevated production of intestinal sIgA in immunized mice, suggesting the elicitation of both of humoral and mucosal immune responses. In addition, this adenoviral vector could significantly promote splenic T cell proliferation and increase the frequencies of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell populations in mice, indicative of a capacity to activate T cell responses. More importantly, vaccination of the Ad5-STa-K99 showed a potential to evoke a protective effect from ETEC challenge in mice. These data indicate that the Ad5-STa-K99 is a highly immunogenic vector able to induce a broad range of antigen-specific immune responses in vivo, and evoke a protective immune response against ETEC infections, implying that it may be a novel vaccine candidate warranted for further investigation.
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- Guangcun Deng
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Western, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China; College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Western, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China; College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Western, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China; College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Western, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China; College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Western, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China; College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Western, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China; College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China
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- Ningxia Key Laboratory of Clinical and Pathogenic Microbiology at the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Western, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China; College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China; Ningxia Key Laboratory of Clinical and Pathogenic Microbiology at the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Western, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China; College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China.
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Kim EGR, Tu H, Luo H, Liu B, Bao S, Zhang J, Xu Y. 3D silicon neural probe with integrated optical fibers for optogenetic modulation. Lab Chip 2015; 15:2939-2949. [PMID: 26097907 DOI: 10.1039/c4lc01472c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Optogenetics is a powerful modality for neural modulation that can be useful for a wide array of biomedical studies. Penetrating microelectrode arrays provide a means of recording neural signals with high spatial resolution. It is highly desirable to integrate optics with neural probes to allow for functional study of neural tissue by optogenetics. In this paper, we report the development of a novel 3D neural probe coupled simply and robustly to optical fibers using a hollow parylene tube structure. The device shanks are hollow tubes with rigid silicon tips, allowing the insertion and encasement of optical fibers within the shanks. The position of the fiber tip can be precisely controlled relative to the electrodes on the shank by inherent design features. Preliminary in vivo rat studies indicate that these devices are capable of optogenetic modulation simultaneously with 3D neural signal recording.
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- Eric G R Kim
- The Biomedical Engineering Department of Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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Kwan T, Chadban SJ, Ma J, Bao S, Alexander SI, Wu H. IL-17 deficiency attenuates allograft injury and prolongs survival in a murine model of fully MHC-mismatched renal allograft transplantation. Am J Transplant 2015; 15:1555-67. [PMID: 25824574 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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IL-17 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. However the role of IL-17 in renal allograft rejection has not been fully explored. Here, we investigate the impact of IL-17 in a fully MHC-mismatched, life-sustaining, murine model of kidney allograft rejection using IL-17 deficient donors and recipients (IL-17(-/-) allografts). IL-17(-/-) allografts exhibited prolonged survival which was associated with reduced expression of the Th1 cytokine IFN-γ and histological attenuation of acute and chronic allograft rejection, as compared to wild-type allograft recipients. Results were confirmed in WT allograft recipients treated with an IL-17 blocking antibody. Subsequent experiments using either donors or recipients deficient in IL-17 showed a trend towards prolongation of survival only when recipients were IL-17(-/-) . Administration of a depleting anti-CD25 antibody to IL-17(-/-) recipients abrogated the survival advantage conferred by IL-17 deficiency, suggesting the involvement of a CD4(+) CD25(+) T cell regulatory mechanism. Therefore, IL-17 deficiency or neutralization was protective against the development of kidney allograft rejection, which may be mediated by impairment of Th1 responses and/or enhanced protection by Tregs.
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- Collaborative Transplant Research Group and Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Collaborative Transplant Research Group and Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Collaborative Transplant Research Group and Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Discipline of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,The Children Hospital at Westmead, Australia
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- Collaborative Transplant Research Group and Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Bao S, Yu S, Guo X, Zhang F, Sun Y, Tan L, Duan Y, Lu F, Qiu X, Ding C. Construction of a cell-surface display system based on the N-terminal domain of ice nucleation protein and its application in identification of mycoplasma
adhesion proteins. J Appl Microbiol 2015; 119:236-44. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.12824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- S. Bao
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
- College of Veterinary Medicine; Gansu Agricultural University; Lanzhou China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine; Gansu Agricultural University; Lanzhou China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine; Gansu Agricultural University; Lanzhou China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
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Issa CM, Hambly BD, Wang Y, Maleki S, Wang W, Fei J, Bao S. TRPV2 in the development of experimental colitis. Scand J Immunol 2015; 80:307-12. [PMID: 24965783 DOI: 10.1111/sji.12206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Colitis is still a significant disease challenge in humans, but its underlying mechanism remains to be fully elucidated. The transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) ion channel plays an important pathological role in host immunity, as deficiency of TRPV compromises host defence in vivo and in vitro. Using a DSS-induced colitis mouse model, the function of TRPV2 in the development of colitis was investigated, utilizing TRPV2(-/-) and Wt mice. Less severe colitis was observed in TRPV2(-/-) , compared to that of Wt mice, at the clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical levels. Compared to Wt mice, reduced severity of colitis in TRPV2(-/-) mice may be due to less intestinal inflammation via reduced recruitment of macrophages. The TRPV2 pathway contributes to the development of colitis. These data provide useful information for potential therapeutic intervention in colitis patients.
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- C M Issa
- School of Life Science and Technology, TongJi University, Shanghai, China; Discipline of Pathology, Bosch Institute and School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Zhao Y, Fang Y, Jin Y, Huang J, Bao S, Fu T, He Z, Wang F, Wang M, Zhao H. Pilot-scale comparison of four duckweed strains from different genera for potential application in nutrient recovery from wastewater and valuable biomass production. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2015; 17 Suppl 1:82-90. [PMID: 24942851 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/06/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The application potential of four duckweed strains from four genera, Wolffia globosa 0222, Lemna japonica 0223, Landoltia punctata 0224 and Spirodela polyrhiza 0225, were compared in four parallel pilot-scale wastewater treatment systems for more than 1 year. The results indicated that each duckweed strain had unique potential advantages. Unlike L. japonica 0223 and La. punctata 0224, which grow throughout the year, S. polyrhiza 0225 and W. globosa 0222 do not survive cold weather. For year round performance, L. japonica 0223 was best not only in dry biomass production (6.10 g·m(-2) ·day(-1) ), but also in crude protein (35.50%), total amino acid (26.83%) and phosphorus (1.38%) content, plus recovery rates of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP) and CO2 (0.31, 0.085 and 7.76 g·m(-2) ·day(-1) , respectively) and removal rates of TN and TP (0.66 and 0.089 g·m(-2) ·day(-1) , respectively). This strongly demonstrates that L. japonica 0223 performed best in wastewater treatment and protein biomass production. Under nutrient starvation conditions, La. punctata 0224 had the highest starch content (45.84%), dry biomass production (4.81 g·m(-2) ·day(-1) ) and starch accumulation (2.9 g·m(-2) ·day(-1) ), making it best for starch biomass production. W. globosa 0222 and S. polyrhiza 0225 showed increased flavonoid biomass production, with higher total flavonoid content (5.85% and 4.22%, respectively) and high dominant flavonoids (>60%). This study provides useful information for selecting the appropriate local duckweed strains for further application in wastewater treatment and valuable biomass production.
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- Y Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Chengdu, China; Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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