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Gu YH, Shao MF, Zhang J, Li R, Huang N, Liu Q, Zhao JG, Zhang WY, Zhang XH, Peng F, Li WQ, Li J. Interfacial Engineering of MoS 2@CoS 2 Heterostructure Electrocatalysts for Effective pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Langmuir 2024; 40:10518-10525. [PMID: 38719232 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00121] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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The practical utilization of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) necessitates the creation of electrocatalysts that are both efficient and abundant in earth elements, capable of operating effectively within a wide pH range. However, this objective continues to present itself as an arduous obstacle. In this research, we propose the incorporation of sulfur vacancies in a novel heterojunction formed by MoS2@CoS2, designed to exhibit remarkable catalytic performances. This efficacy is attributed to the advantageous combination of the low work function and space charge zone at the interface between MoS2 and CoS2 in the heterojunction. The MoS2@CoS2 heterojunction manifests outstanding hydrogen evolution activity over an extensive pH range. Remarkably, achieving a current density of 10 mA cm-2 in aqueous solutions 1.0 M KOH, 0.5 M H2SO4, and 1.0 M phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), respectively, requires only an overpotential of 48, 62, and 164 mV. The Tafel slopes for each case are 43, 32, and 62 mV dec-1, respectively. In this study, the synergistic effect of MoS2 and CoS2 is conducive to electron transfer, making the MoS2@CoS2 heterojunction show excellent electrocatalytic performance. The synergistic effects arising from the heterojunction and sulfur vacancy not only contribute to the observed catalytic prowess but also provide a valuable model and reference for the exploration of other efficient electrocatalysts. This research marks a significant stride toward overcoming the challenges associated with developing electrocatalysts for practical hydrogen evolution applications.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- School of Physics and Electronic Information and Key Lab Electromagnet Transformat&Detect Henan, Luoyang Normal College, Luoyang, Henan 471022, P. R. China
- New Energy Technology Engineering Lab of Jiangsu Province College of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, P. R. China
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- New Energy Technology Engineering Lab of Jiangsu Province College of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Information and Key Lab Electromagnet Transformat&Detect Henan, Luoyang Normal College, Luoyang, Henan 471022, P. R. China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Information and Key Lab Electromagnet Transformat&Detect Henan, Luoyang Normal College, Luoyang, Henan 471022, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Information and Key Lab Electromagnet Transformat&Detect Henan, Luoyang Normal College, Luoyang, Henan 471022, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Information and Key Lab Electromagnet Transformat&Detect Henan, Luoyang Normal College, Luoyang, Henan 471022, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Information and Key Lab Electromagnet Transformat&Detect Henan, Luoyang Normal College, Luoyang, Henan 471022, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Information and Key Lab Electromagnet Transformat&Detect Henan, Luoyang Normal College, Luoyang, Henan 471022, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Material, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Material, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, P. R. China
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Wang F, Gu YH, Guo J, Bao Y, Qiu Z, Zheng P, Ushijima M, Matsuura M, Zhang T. Polymorphisms of Placental Iodothyronine Deiodinase Genes in a Rural Area of Northern China with High Prevalence of Neural Tube Defects. Hum Hered 2023; 88:29-37. [PMID: 36944328 DOI: 10.1159/000530112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION We have reported that high total homocysteine and the coexistence of inadequate thyroid hormones in maternal serum increase the risk of fetal neural tube defects (NTDs). Placental iodothyronine deiodinases (DIOs: DIO1, DIO2, and DIO3) play a role in regulating the conversions between different forms of maternal thyroid hormones. This study hypothesized that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in placental DIOs genes could be related to NTDs. METHODS We performed a case-control study from 2007 to 2009 that included pregnant women from Lüliang, Shanxi Province, China. Nine distinct SNPs in DIOs genes were analyzed, and placental samples were obtained from 83 pregnant women with NTD fetuses and 90 pregnant women with normal fetuses. The nine SNPs were analyzed using the Cochran-Armitage test and the Fisher's exact test. RESULTS There were no statistically significant differences between case and control in the nine SNPs of DIOs (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The results of this study suggested that SNPs of DIO genes in the placenta among pregnant women have no statistically significant difference between the two groups, suggesting that other factors might be involved in metabolism of maternal thyroid hormone provided to fetuses, such as epigenetic modification of methylation and homocysteinylation and genomic imprinting in the placenta. Further functional studies on placenta samples are necessary.
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- Fang Wang
- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China,
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- Japan China Care Association, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Beijing FangShan District Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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Zhang H, Zhang GY, Su WC, Chen YT, Liu YF, Wei D, Zhang YX, Tang QY, Liu YX, Wang SZ, Li WC, Wesselius A, Zeegers MP, Zhang ZY, Gu YH, Tao WA, Yu EYW. High Throughput Isolation and Data Independent Acquisition Mass Spectrometry (DIA-MS) of Urinary Extracellular Vesicles to Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27238155. [PMID: 36500247 PMCID: PMC9737666 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Proteomic profiling of extracellular vesicles (EVs) represents a promising approach for early detection and therapeutic monitoring of diseases such as cancer. The focus of this study was to apply robust EV isolation and subsequent data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry (DIA-MS) for urinary EV proteomics of prostate cancer and prostate inflammation patients. Urinary EVs were isolated by functionalized magnetic beads through chemical affinity on an automatic station, and EV proteins were analyzed by integrating three library-base analyses (Direct-DIA, GPF-DIA, and Fractionated DDA-base DIA) to improve the coverage and quantitation. We assessed the levels of urinary EV-associated proteins based on 40 samples consisting of 20 cases and 20 controls, where 18 EV proteins were identified to be differentiated in prostate cancer outcome, of which three (i.e., SERPINA3, LRG1, and SCGB3A1) were shown to be consistently upregulated. We also observed 6 out of the 18 (33%) EV proteins that had been developed as drug targets, while some of them showed protein-protein interactions. Moreover, the potential mechanistic pathways of 18 significantly different EV proteins were enriched in metabolic, immune, and inflammatory activities. These results showed consistency in an independent cohort with 20 participants. Using a random forest algorithm for classification assessment, including the identified EV proteins, we found that SERPINA3, LRG1, or SCGB3A1 add predictable value in addition to age, prostate size, body mass index (BMI), and prostate-specific antigen (PSA). In summary, the current study demonstrates a translational workflow to identify EV proteins as molecular markers to improve the clinical diagnosis of prostate cancer.
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- Hao Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
- EVLiXiR Biotech, Nanjing 210032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
- EVLiXiR Biotech, Nanjing 210032, China
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- Department of Colorectal Tumor Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361003, China
- Department of Mental Health Research, Xiamen Xianyue Hospital, Xiamen 361012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
- EVLiXiR Biotech, Nanjing 210032, China
- Bell Mountain Molecular MedTech Institute, Nanjing 210032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
- Bell Mountain Molecular MedTech Institute, Nanjing 210032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Urology, Affiliated Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, 6229ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
- School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6229ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, 6229ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
- School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6229ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Jiangxi Maternal & Child Health Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Correspondence: (W.A.T.); (E.Y.-W.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
- Department of Epidemiology, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, 6229ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Correspondence: (W.A.T.); (E.Y.-W.Y.)
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Gu YH, Zhang Q, Guo J, Wang F, Bao Y, Qiu Z, Zheng P, Ushijima M, Matsuura M, Xie X, Zhang T. Higher serum homocysteine and lower thyroid hormone levels in pregnant women are associated with neural tube defects. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2021; 68:126814. [PMID: 34243025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2021.126814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study tested the hypothesis that abnormal maternal metabolism of both homocysteine and thyroid hormone network in pregnant women is associated with neural tube defects (NTDs) in a part of China with high NTD prevalence. METHODS A case-control study was performed between 2007 and 2009 in Lüliang Mountains, Shanxi Province. This study included 83 pregnant women who had fetuses with NTDs (cases) and 90 pregnant women with normal fetuses (controls). In addition, a cell model to illustrate the epidemiological findings was established. RESULTS Fetuses of mother who had both high total homocysteine (tHcy) and inadequate free thyroxine were 3 times more at risk of developing NTDs (adjusted odds ratio = 3.5; 95 % confidence interval = 1.2-10.4; cases vs. controls) using multivariate logistic regression models. Furthermore, biological interaction between metabolisms of Hcy and thyroid hormones was demonstrated in vitro. In homocysteine thiolactone of a metabolite of Hcy-treated mouse embryonic neural stem NE4C cells, genes (Bmp7, Ctnnb1, Notch 1, Gli2, and Rxra) related to both neural tube closure and thyroid hormone network were shown to be regulated by H3K79 homocysteinylation, which increased their expression levels. CONCLUSIONS The effect of maternal serum high tHcy on risk of developing NTDs is depended on maternal serum level of thyroxine. Meanwhile, a higher level of tHcy might also affect both maternal metabolism of thyroid hormone and neural tube closure in embryogenesis through homocysteinylation of histones.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2-7 Daigakumachi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan.
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- Beijing FangShan District Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Beijing 102488, China
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- Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo 135-8550, Japan
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China.
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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Omori M, Kato-Kogoe N, Sakaguchi S, Kamiya K, Fukui N, Gu YH, Nakamura S, Nakano T, Hoshiga M, Imagawa A, Kit CH, Tamaki J, Ueno T. Characterization of salivary microbiota in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a matched case-control study. Clin Oral Investig 2021; 26:493-504. [PMID: 34143307 DOI: 10.1007/s00784-021-04027-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The importance of oral health in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is widely recognized; however, oral microbiota characteristics associated with T2DM in the elderly population are not well-understood. This study was conducted to evaluate the characteristics of the salivary microbiota in elderly Japanese patients with T2DM. METHODS Saliva samples were collected from 42 elderly Japanese patients with T2DM and 42 age- and sex-matched subjects without T2DM (control). 16S ribosomal RNA metagenomic analysis and comparative analysis of both groups were performed. Random forest classification by machine learning was performed to discriminate between the salivary microbiota in the two groups. RESULTS There were significant differences in the overall salivary microbiota structure between the T2DM and control groups (beta diversity; unweighted UniFrac distances, p = 0.001; weighted UniFrac distances, p = 0.001). The phylum Firmicutes was abundant in patients with T2DM, whereas the phylum Bacteroidetes was abundant in controls. The T2DM prediction model by random forest based on salivary microbiota data was verified with a high predictive potential in five cross-validation tests (area under the curve (AUC) = 0.938 (95% CI, 0.824-1.000)). CONCLUSION Characterization revealed that the salivary microbiota profile of the elderly patients with T2DM is significantly distinct from that of the controls. CLINICAL RELEVANCE These data indicate the necessity of oral health management based on the characteristics of the salivary microbiota in elderly patients with T2DM. Our findings will contribute to future research on the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods for this purpose.
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- Michi Omori
- Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi. Takatsuki City, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan
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- Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi. Takatsuki City, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan.
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- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi. Takatsuki City, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Infection Metagenomics, Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Periodontics Unit, Department of Restorative Dentistry, National Dental Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi. Takatsuki City, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan
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Chen KY, Wang NN, Yin QW, Gu YH, Jiang K, Tu ZJ, Gong CS, Uwatoko Y, Sun JP, Lei HC, Hu JP, Cheng JG. Double Superconducting Dome and Triple Enhancement of T_{c} in the Kagome Superconductor CsV_{3}Sb_{5} under High Pressure. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:247001. [PMID: 34213920 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.247001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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CsV_{3}Sb_{5} is a newly discovered Z_{2} topological kagome metal showing the coexistence of a charge-density-wave (CDW)-like order at T^{*}=94 K and superconductivity (SC) at T_{c}=2.5 K at ambient pressure. Here, we study the interplay between CDW and SC in CsV_{3}Sb_{5} via measurements of resistivity, dc and ac magnetic susceptibility under various pressures up to 6.6 GPa. We find that the CDW transition decreases with pressure and experience a subtle modification at P_{c1}≈0.6-0.9 GPa before it vanishes completely at P_{c2}≈2 GPa. Correspondingly, T_{c}(P) displays an unusual M-shaped double dome with two maxima around P_{c1} and P_{c2}, respectively, leading to a tripled enhancement of T_{c} to about 8 K at 2 GPa. The obtained temperature-pressure phase diagram resembles those of unconventional superconductors, illustrating an intimated competition between CDW-like order and SC. The competition is found to be particularly strong for the intermediate pressure range P_{c1}≤P≤P_{c2} as evidenced by the broad superconducting transition and reduced superconducting volume fraction. The modification of CDW order around P_{c1} has been discussed based on the band structure calculations. This work not only demonstrates the potential to raise T_{c} of the V-based kagome superconductors, but also offers more insights into the rich physics related to the electron correlations in this novel family of topological kagome metals.
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- K Y Chen
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Kato-Kogoe N, Sakaguchi S, Kamiya K, Omori M, Gu YH, Ito Y, Nakamura S, Nakano T, Tamaki J, Ueno T, Hoshiga M. Characterization of Salivary Microbiota in Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Case-Control Study. J Atheroscler Thromb 2021; 29:403-421. [PMID: 33612553 PMCID: PMC8894113 DOI: 10.5551/jat.60608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Aims:
Oral bacteria have been reported to be associated with the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis; however, the relationship between the oral microbiota and atherosclerosis remains unclear. The present study aimed to investigate whether or not salivary microbiota of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD) differs from that of subjects without ACVD, and to characterize the salivary microbiota of patients with ACVD.
Methods:
This study included 43 patients with ACVD and 86 age- and sex-matched non-ACVD individuals. 16S rRNA metagenomic analysis were performed using DNA isolated from the saliva samples of the participants. To select unique operational taxonomic unit (OTU) sets of ACVD, we conducted the random forest algorithm in machine learning, followed by confirmation via 10-fold cross-validation
Results:
There was no difference in richness or evenness between the ACVD and non-ACVD groups (alpha diversity; observed OTU index,
p
=0.503; Shannon’s index,
p
=0.478). However, significant differences were found in the overall salivary microbiota structure (beta diversity; unweighted UniFrac distances,
p
=0.001; weighted UniFrac distances,
p
=0.001). The Actinobacteria phylum was highly abundant in patients with ACVD, while the Bacteroidetes phylum was less abundant. The random forest classifier identified 43 OTUs as an optimal marker set of ACVD. In a 10-fold cross validation using the validation data, an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.933 (95% CI, 0.855–1.000) was obtained.
Conclusions:
The salivary microbiota in patients with ACVD was distinct from that of non-ACVD individuals, indicating that the salivary microbiota may be related to ACVD.
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- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Osaka Medical College
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- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical College
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- Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Osaka Medical College
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- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical College
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- Research and Development Center, Osaka Medical College
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- Department of Infection Metagenomics, Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
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- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Osaka Medical College
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- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical College
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- Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Osaka Medical College
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Wei XM, Chen XF, Shu P, Jiang ZW, Wu XY, Zou X, Chen K, Shen B, Hu WW, Lu W, Shen WX, Li L, Wang JY, Zhao FJ, Yin QF, Cheng HB, Gu YH. Study on efficacy and safety of Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu decoction treatment for oxaliplatin induced peripheral neurotoxicity: A protocol for a randomized, controlled, double-blind, multicenter trial. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020; 99:e19923. [PMID: 32481364 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000019923] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Oxaliplatin can cause severe peripheral neurotoxicity, which is an important reason for clinical oxaliplatin reduction and cessation of treatment. Oxaliplatin induced peripheral neurotoxicity (OIPN) can cause paresthesia and dysesthesia, even affect the quality life of patients. So far, there are no recognized and effective measures to prevent OIPN. Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu decoction is a classical prescription of ancient Chinese medicine recorded in "the synopsis of the Golden Chamber," which can be used in the treatment of various neurotoxicity. However, there is a lack of large-scale and high-quality clinical studies on the prevention of OIPN by Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu decoction. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu decoction on preventing OIPN. METHODS/DESIGN This study is a randomized, controlled, double-blind, and multicenter clinical trial. Three hundred sixty patients will be randomly assigned into Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu decoction group and Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu decoction mimetic agent group. Patients will receive chemotherapy with FOLFOX of 8 cycles of 3 weeks with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for 6 months and 1-year follow-up. The primary outcome measure is the differences in the incidence of chronic neurotoxicity of grade 2 and above during and after treatment. The secondary outcome measure is the improvement in other symptoms associated with chemotherapy. Four methods will be used to evaluate the efficacy of neurotoxicity, including oxaliplatin specific toxicity grading standard (Levi classification); CTCAE4.02 version; EORTC QLQ-CIPN20 scale, EORTC QLQ C30 scale, and EORTC QLQ-CR29 scale are used at the same time; Electromyography. DISCUSSION This study will provide objective evidences to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Decoction on preventing OIPN. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinical Trials.gov (Identifier: NCT04261920).
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- Xiao-Man Wei
- The First Clinical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prevention and Treatment of Tumor
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital With Nanjing Medical University
- Department of Oncology, Pukou Branch Hospital of Jiangsu Province Hospital (Nanjing Pukou Central Hospital)
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- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou
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- Department of Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital
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- Department of Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou
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- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
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- The First Clinical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prevention and Treatment of Tumor
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- The First Clinical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prevention and Treatment of Tumor
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- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital With Nanjing Medical University
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- Jiangsu Famous Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- The First Clinical College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prevention and Treatment of Tumor
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital With Nanjing Medical University
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Fan L, Huang X, Chen J, Zhang K, Gu YH, Sun J, Cui SY. Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Contributes to Sorafenib Resistance by Targeting miR-140-5p/Aurora-A Signaling in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Mol Cancer Ther 2020; 19:1197-1209. [PMID: 32220970 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-19-0203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) have been found to play critical roles in tumorigenesis and the development of various cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Metastasis associated with lung adenocarcinoma transcript-1 (MALAT1) has been identified as an oncogene and prognostic biomarker in HCC. Here, we demonstrated that MALAT1 expression was obviously high in sorafenib-resistant HCC cells. Furthermore, knockdown of MALAT1 increased sorafenib sensitivity in nonresponsive HCC cells, whereas forced expression of MALAT1 conferred sorafenib resistance to responsive HCC cells in vitro In addition, loss/gain-of-function assays revealed that MALAT1 promoted cell proliferation, migration, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in HCC cells. Mechanistically, MALAT1 regulated Aurora-A expression by sponging miR-140-5p, thus promoting sorafenib resistance in HCC cells. Moreover, MALAT1 inhibition enhanced the antitumor efficacy of sorafenib in vivo Clinically, we found that MALAT1 expression was negatively correlated with miR-140-5p expression but positively correlated with Aurora-A expression in patients with HCC and that upregulated MALAT1 was closely correlated with poor survival outcomes in patients with HCC. These findings indicated that MALAT1 may be a novel target for prognosis prediction and therapeutic strategies in patients with HCC treated with sorafenib.
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- Lei Fan
- Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nangjing, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P.R. China.
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P.R. China.
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Shen Q, Lu C, Yang H, Ge MX, Xia WX, Kong QP, Li GH, Gu YH. Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase 1 (GDE1) acts as a potential tumor suppressor and is a novel therapeutic target for non-mucin-producing colon adenocarcinoma. PeerJ 2020; 8:e8421. [PMID: 32095326 PMCID: PMC7020812 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) represents a major public health issue due to its high incidence and mortality. As different histological subtypes of COAD are related to various survival outcomes and different therapies, finding specific targets and treatments for different subtypes is one of the major demands of individual disease therapy. Interestingly, as these different subtypes show distinct metabolic profiles, it may be possible to find specific targets related to histological typing by targeting COAD metabolism. In this study, the differential expression patterns of metabolism-related genes between COAD (n = 289) and adjacent normal tissue (n = 41) were analyzed by one-way ANOVA. We then used weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) to further identify metabolism-related gene connections. To determine the critical genes related to COAD metabolism, we obtained 2,114 significantly differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 12 modules. Among them, we found the hub module to be significantly associated with histological typing, including non-mucin-producing colon adenocarcinoma and mucin-producing colon adenocarcinoma. Combining survival analysis, we identified glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase 1 (GDE1) as the most significant gene associated with histological typing and prognosis. This gene displayed significantly lower expression in COAD compared with normal tissues and was significantly correlated with the prognosis of non-mucin-producing colon adenocarcinoma (p = 0.0017). Taken together, our study showed that GDE1 exhibits considerable potential as a novel therapeutic target for non-mucin-producing colon adenocarcinoma.
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- Qiu Shen
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.,State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution/Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Oncology, Jiangyin People's Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- The Third People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution/Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution/Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution/Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution/Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Gu YH, Zhao JQ, Kong YY, Yang HH, Diao M, Li L, Nomachi S, Tezuka M, Hanai J, Matsui A. Repeatability and Reliability of Home-Based Stool Color Card Screening for Biliary Atresia Based on Results in China and Japan. TOHOKU J EXP MED 2020; 252:365-372. [PMID: 33342972 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.252.365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Biliary atresia (BA) is the most frequent hepatic cause of death in early childhood. Early referral and timely Kasai portoenterostomy are essential for the improvement of long-term native liver survival rate of BA patients. Screening with stool color card (SCC) has been implemented in Japan since 1994. Recently current digital edition of SCC consisted of seven digitally created images was introduced to China. Our study aimed to evaluate the repeatability and reliability of same edition of SCC used in Beijing, China and Sapporo, Japan. In Beijing from 2013 to 2014, SCCs were distributed to infants' guardians by trained nurses in maternal facilities during information sessions on neonatal screening programs. SCC was used at three checkpoints for each infant after birth for screening. The SCC data were collected from 27,561 infants (92.5%) in Beijing by 42-day health checkup, mobile phone and social network services. In Sapporo from 2012 to 2015, the SCCs with a postcard and guardian instructions were inserted into Maternal and Child Health Handbook and distributed to all pregnant women. The data were collected from a total of 37,478 (94.3%) infants in Sapporo via the postcard during the 1st month infant health checkup. We thus identified two BA patients in Sapporo and two BA patients in Beijing. High rates of sensitivity and specificity in both cities were observed. The frequency distribution of color images on SCC reported in both cities was similar. This study shows excellent repeatability and reliability of the current digital edition of SCC.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical College
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- Department of Newborn Screening, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University
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- Department of Newborn Screening, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University
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- Department of Newborn Screening, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University
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- Department of Surgery, Capital Institute of Pediatrics
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- Department of Surgery, Capital Institute of Pediatrics
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- Health and Science Section (Maternal and Child Screening), Sapporo City Institute of Public Health
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- Health and Science Section (Maternal and Child Screening), Sapporo City Institute of Public Health
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- Hokkaido Pharmaceutical Association Public Health Examination Center
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- Department of Hepatology, National Medical Center for Children and Mothers, National Center for Child Health and Development
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Lin JT, Xing B, Tang HP, Yang L, Yuan YD, Gu YH, Chen P, Liu XJ, Zhang J, Liu HG, Wang CZ, Zhou W, Sun DJ, Chen YQ, Chen ZC, Huang M, Lin QC, Hu CP, Yang XH, Huo JM, Ye XW, Zhou X, Jiang P, Zhang W, Huang YJ, Dai LM, Liu RY, Cai SX, Xu JY, Zhou JY. [Seasonal distribution of patient hospitalization due to asthma exacerbation in 7 geographic areas in China]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2019; 39:1477-1481. [PMID: 30462957 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2018.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To understand the seasonal distribution of patient hospitalization due to asthma exacerbation in 7 geographic areas in China. Methods: This was a retrospective study which involved patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in 29 hospitals throughout 7 geographic areas in the mainland of China (northeast, north, central, east, south, northwest and southwest). The numbers of asthmatic patients and total inpatients of the respiratory department of each hospital were recorded. The monthly ratio of asthmatic patients to the total inpatients in every area was calculated and compared. Results: During the study period, 6 480 patients were admitted for asthma exacerbation, accounting for 3.14% of all the 206 135 patients admitted to the respiratory departments in the 29 hospitals. The ratio of asthmatic patients to total inpatients in the northeast area (5.61%) was highest, and the ratio in east area was lowest (1.97%). Statistical analysis showed that the difference among different areas was significant (P<0.000 1). In most areas, both the number and proportion of hospitalized asthmatic patients peaked in spring (February-April) and autumn (September-October). In the northeast area, east area and south area, the peaks in spring were more obvious, while in the north area and southwest area, the peaks in autumn were more obvious. In the northwest area the peaks occurred in winter (December-January) and summer (June-August), respectively. The differences in hospitalization due to asthma among different months were significant in the northeast, north, and southwest areas (P<0.005). Conclusion: The number of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation fluctuated with season in different areas in China. In most areas, more asthmatic patients were admitted to hospitals in spring and autumn.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Respiration, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Respiration, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
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- Department of Respiration, Qinghai People's Hospital, Xining 810007, China
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, The General Hospital of Shenyang Military, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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- Department of Respiration, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Respiration, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
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- Department of Respiration, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Inner Mongolia People's Hospital, Hohhot 010017, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Respiration, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China
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- Department of Respiration, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi 830001, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Respiration, Guizhou Provicial People's Hospital, Guiyang 550002, China
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- Department of Respiration, Shanghai Center Hospital, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Respiration, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Respiration, Hainan Provincial People's Hospital, Haikou 570311, China
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- Department of Respiration, Kunming General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Kunming 650032, China
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- Department of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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- Department of Respiration, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Respiration, Shanxi Dayi Hospital, Taiyuan 030032, China
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- Department of Respiration, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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Lin JT, Xing B, Tang HP, Yang L, Yuan YD, Gu YH, Chen P, Liu XJ, Zhang J, Liu HG, Wang CZ, Zhou W, Sun DJ, Chen YQ, Chen ZC, Huang M, Lin QC, Hu CP, Yang XH, Huo JM, Ye XW, Zhou X, Jiang P, Zhang W, Huang YJ, Dai LM, Liu RY, Cai SX, Xu JY, Zhou JY. [Seasonal characteristics of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 97:2324-2328. [PMID: 28822447 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.30.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the seasonal characteristics of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China. Methods: This was a retrospective study which involved patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in 29 hospitals throughout mainland China during 2013-2014. The number of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in each hospital was calculated, as well as the ratio of asthmatic patients to all the hospitalized patients. The analysis by month was conducted. The number and ratio of asthmatic patients in the northern and southern cities were calculated respectively. Results: During the study period, there were 6 480 patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation, accounting for 3.14% (6 480/206 135) of all the hospitalized patients of the respiratory department in 29 hospitals. The analysis by month showed that the ratio of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation was highest in March (3.49%), then declined from April to June, then rose again from July, reaching a second peak at September (3.28%), and then declined again from October to December. The ratio of asthmatic patients in every month was higher in northern cities than in southern cities. Conclusions: The ratio of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China fluctuates with the changes of seasons, and March and September are the two peak months. Northern cities have a higher ratio of asthmatic patients than southern cities.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Lin JT, Wang WQ, Zhou X, Wang CZ, Huang M, Cai SX, Chen P, Lin QC, Zhou JY, Gu YH, Yuan YD, Sun DJ, Yang XH, Yang L, Huo JM, Chen ZC, Jiang P, Zhang J, Ye XW, Liu HG, Tang HP, Liu RY, Liu CT, Zhang W, Hu CP, Chen YQ, Liu XJ, Dai LM, Zhou W, Huang YJ, Xu JY. [Warning symptoms of asthma attack and asthma self-management: a national asthma control survey from China]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 97:2329-2332. [PMID: 28822448 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.30.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate warning symptoms of asthma attack and evaluate asthma self-management status of asthma patients in urban China. Methods: A multi-center, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out from 30 general hospitals dispersed in 30 provinces of mainland China (except for Tibet) during Oct 2015 to May 2016. Information of frequency and warning symptoms of asthma attack, the time from warning symptoms to asthma attack, the impact of asthma attack and asthma self-management were collected from asthma patients of outpatient department. Results: Altogether 3 875 asthmatic outpatients were recruited. 78.1% (3 026/3 875) of the patients reported restriction of exercise and daily activities during asthma exacerbation. 82.5% (3 160/3 829) of the patients had warning symptoms before asthma attack, the most common warning symptoms were cough, chest tightness and shortness of breath. The median time from warning symptoms to asthma attack was 2 h, the mean time was 90 h. Only 4.4% (167/3 829) of the patients had definite confidence to control asthma when symptoms deteriorated. 76.7% (2 937/3 828) of the patients used medications to control asthma when asthma symptoms deteriorated. Medication choice: inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) + formoterol 45.8% (1 776/3 875), short-acting beta-agonist (SABA) 23.9% (927/3 875). Conclusions: Most asthma patients have warning symptoms before asthma attack, the most common symptoms are cough, chest tightness and shortness of breath. The proportion of patients conducting effective asthma self-management remains low.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Lin JT, Wang WQ, Zhou X, Wang CZ, Huang M, Cai SX, Chen P, Lin QC, Zhou JY, Gu YH, Yuan YD, Sun DJ, Yang XH, Yang L, Huo JM, Chen ZC, Jiang P, Zhang J, Ye XW, Liu HG, Tang HP, Liu RY, Liu CT, Zhang W, Hu CP, Chen YQ, Liu XJ, Dai LM, Zhou W, Huang YJ, Xu JY. [The level of asthma control in China from a national asthma control survey]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2019; 40:494-498. [PMID: 28728272 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To assess the overall asthma control level in urban China. Methods: A multi-center, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out in 30 provinces in China (except Tibet). Asthmatic outpatients who met the inclusion criteria were recruited consecutively from 30 sub-centers from October 2015 to May 2016. Data of demographic characteristics, asthma control, asthma management, asthma exacerbations and self-management, and disease perception were collected by face-to-face interviews. Results: Totally 3 875 asthmatic outpatients were recruited. Asthma control level was assessed according to GINA 2015. The prevalence of asthma control was 28.5%(1 099/3 854). Among 10 cities, which were also involved in the asthma control survey in 2008, the level of asthma control improved from 28.7% in 2008 to 39.2%(533/1 361) in 2016. The rate of hospitalizations due to asthma exacerbations was 26.4%(1 017/3 858) and the rate of emergency visits was 22.4%(864/3 858). Among adult patients, 18.4%(568/3 092) of them had been absent from work while 63.6%(63/99) adolescent patients had been absent from school because of asthma attacks in the previous year. Conclusion: Although the level of asthma control in China is still far from ideal at present, the status has been improved in some cities. Poorly controlled asthma resulted in increase of hospitalizations, emergency department visits and work/school absences.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Lin JT, Xing B, Tang HP, Yang L, Yuan YD, Gu YH, Chen P, Liu XJ, Zhang J, Liu HG, Wang CZ, Zhou W, Sun DJ, Chen YQ, Chen ZC, Huang M, Lin QC, Hu CP, Yang XH, Huo JM, Ye XW, Zhou X, Jiang P, Zhang W, Huang YJ, Dai LM, Liu RY, Cai SX, Xu JY, Zhou JY. [A multi-center retrospective study of clinical characteristics and hospitalization costs of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China during 2013-2014]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2019; 40:830-834. [PMID: 29320830 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2017.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the characteristics of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in 29 teaching hospitals in China and to evaluate the hospitalization costs of these patients. Methods: This was a retrospective study and involved patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in 29 hospitals throughout China during 2013-2014. Information about the demographic features, conditions before the admission, the outcome, the complications, and the costs was collected using the pre-designed case report form. The influencing factors of the hospitalization costs were analyzed. Results: 3 240 asthmatic patients (1 369 males and 1 871 females) were included and data were analyzed. There were 41.5% (1 346/3 240) patients who had a history of previous hospitalization or emergency department visits during the last year. Only 28.0% (907/3 240) patients had used asthma-controlling medications regularly before the admission. Seventy-three(2.3%) patients were admitted to ICU and used mechanical ventilation. Mortality among these patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation was 0.25% (8/3 240). The median hospitalization costs was 9 045(6 431, 13 035) RMB. The costs of medications, examinations and treatment accounted for 52.1%, 27.6%, and 9.6% respectively. The costs of asthma medications accounted for only 22.7% of the total medication costs, while the costs of antibiotics accounted for 44.0%. The patients who were admitted to ICU, used mechanical ventilation, complicated with pneumonia, or had a history of hospitalization or emergency department visits during the last year due to asthma exacerbations tended to cost more. Conclusion: In this study, we demonstrated that only a minority of the patients had used asthma controllers regularly before the admissions with exacerbations. The in-hospital mortality of asthma patients in this study was much lower than that reported in other countries. The average cost of hospitalization was much higher than the yearly cost of maintenance therapy. Medication was the predominant component of the total hospitalization costs, and the costs of antibiotics made up the major part of the total medication costs.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Xing B, Lin JT, Tang HP, Yang L, Yuan YD, Gu YH, Chen P, Liu XJ, Zhang J, Liu HG, Wang CZ, Zhou W, Sun DJ, Chen YQ, Chen ZC, Huang M, Lin QC, Hu CP, Yang XH, Huo JM, Ye XW, Zhou X, Jiang P, Zhang W, Huang YJ, Dai LM, Liu RY, Cai SX, Xu JY, Zhou JY. [A retrospective study of the treatment of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018. [PMID: 29534393 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the treatment of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in China. Methods: This was a retrospective study and involved patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in 29 hospitals throughout China during Jan 2013 to Dec 2014. Information of the demographic features, the severity of the exacerbation, the medicine prescribed during the hospitalization and the use of mechanical ventilation were collected and analyzed. Results: During the study period, there were 3 240 patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation, and 1 369(42.3%) of them were males 1 871(57.7%)were females. Patients of mild, moderate, severe, and life-threatening exacerbation counted for 41.7%, 37.8%, 19.2% and 1.0%, respectively of the total patients. Of all the patients, 72.6% used bronchodilators by nebulizer, 70.8% used inhaled corticosteroids by nebulizer, 60.5% used intravenous corticosteroids, 17.3% used oral corticosteroids, and 80.5% used antibiotics. The percentages of patients using systemic corticosteroids and antibiotics were higher in patients with more severe exacerbation. In patients with mild exacerbation, there were 74.9% and 52.2% who used antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids, respectively. A total of 73 patients (2.3%) used mechanical ventilation, and 62 of them used noninvasive ventilation, 16 used invasive ventilation, and 5 used both. Conclusions: Nebulizer therapy has been accepted as the main administration route of medicine in the treatment of asthma exacerbation. A large amount of patients used antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids during hospitalization, indicating there may be some overuse of these medicines.
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Wang WQ, Lin JT, Zhou X, Wang CZ, Huang M, Cai SX, Chen P, Lin QC, Zhou JY, Gu YH, Yuan YD, Sun DJ, Yang XH, Yang L, Huo JM, Chen ZC, Jiang P, Zhang J, Ye XW, Liu HG, Tang HP, Liu RY, Liu CT, Zhang W, Hu CP, Chen YQ, Liu XJ, Dai LM, Zhou W, Huang YJ, Xu JY. [Evaluation of asthma disease perception from China national asthma control survey]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 98:467-471. [PMID: 29429262 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: In order to evaluate disease perception of asthma patients in urban China and provide evidence for further specific patient education. Methods: A multi-center, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out in 30 general hospitals dispersed in 30 provinces of mainland China (except for Tibet) during Oct 2015 to May 2016. Information of disease perception [Question 1: the disease nature of asthma; Question 2: medication choice of first-line in chronic asthma; Question 3: the occasion of using short-acting aerosols of receptor agonists; Question 4: perception of asthma treatment goal; Question 5: reason for not using peak flow meter (PFM)] were collected from asthma patients of outpatient department. These results were compared with the same type of survey results from 2007-2008. Results: Altogether 3 875 asthmatic outpatients were recruited. 69.0% (2 660/3 857) of the patients had right perception on the disease nature of asthma, 60.2% (2 321/3 857) of the patients considered inhaled corticosteroids (ICS)/inhaled corticosteroids plus long-acting beta2-agonists (ICS+ LABA) as daily-used first-line medication for chronic asthma. 85.7% (3 277/3 823) of the patients had right perception on the condition of using short-acting beta2-agonists (SABA). 75.4% (2 761/3 661) of the patients had right perception on asthma treatment goal. Only 10.1% (388/3 837) of the patients used PFM. Of the reasons for not using PFM, 65.2% (2 518/3 860) of the patients chose doctors never introduced. Among the 10 cities, which were also involved in the asthma control survey in 2007-2008, 71.1% (968/1 361) of the patients had right perception on the disease nature of asthma, 61.6% (839/1 362) of the patients considered ICS/ICS+ LABA as daily-used first-line medication for chronic asthma. 88.7% (1 207/1 361) of the patients had right perception on the condition of using SABA. 74.5% (1 013/1 360) of the patients had right perception on asthma treatment goal. 17.9% (244/1 360) of the patients used PFM. Of the reasons for not using PFM, 76.2% (931/1 221) of the patients chose doctors never introduced. Compared to the survey conducted in 2007-2008, the perception on disease nature and medication choice as daily-used first-line medication for chronic asthma significantly improved, the perception on occasion of using SABA and asthma treatment goal was comparable, while the rate of PFM usage showed no significant improvement. In reasons of not using PFM, doctors never introduced ranked the first. Conclusions: Compared to the similar survey conducted in 2007-2008, the overall status of disease perception of asthma patients has been improved in urban China, while the rate of PFM usage showed no significant improvement. Asthma education on asthma and asthma self-management should be further pushed forward.
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- W Q Wang
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Lin JT, Xing B, Tang HP, Yang L, Yuan YD, Gu YH, Chen P, Liu XJ, Zhang J, Liu HG, Wang CZ, Zhou W, Sun DJ, Chen YQ, Chen ZC, Huang M, Lin QC, Hu CP, Yang XH, Huo JM, Ye XW, Zhou X, Jiang P, Zhang W, Huang YJ, Dai LM, Liu RY, Cai SX, Xu JY, Zhou JY. [A retrospective study of the mortality and death-related risk factors of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in Chinese urban areas]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 98:2760-2763. [PMID: 30220175 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.34.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the mortality and death-related risk factors of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation in Chinese urban areas. Methods: A retrospective study was carried out in 29 hospitals of 29 provinces throughout mainland China. Patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation during 2013-2014 in each hospital were included. For each patient, information about demography, admission time, comorbidities, severity of diseases, intense care unit (ICU) admission, use of mechanical ventilation and the outcome was obtained. The mortality of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation was calculated, and the basic information and causes of death of the patients who died were summarized. The death-related risk factors and numbers of comorbidities were compared between the patients who survived and those who died during hospitalization. Results: A total of 3 240 patients (median age 57.0) were included and among them 8 patients (median age 68.5) died. The mortality of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation was 0.25%. All the patients who died were admitted during the winter and spring. One patient died of acute myocardial infarction, one of cardiac shock, one of tension pneumothorax, one of sudden death, one of respiratory failure and three of unknown causes. The average number of comorbidities of patients who died was 1.10, larger than that of patients who survived (0.83) (P>0.05). More patients had diabetes, coronary artery diseases and hypertension as comorbidities in the patients who died (2/8) than those who survived[7.6% (246/3 232), 7.6% (246/3 232), 22.6% (731/3 232), respectively](all P>0.05). Conclusions: The in-hospital mortality of patients hospitalized for asthma exacerbation of China in this study is low. The patients who died are much older, and with more comorbidities, and a higher percentage of comorbidities such as diabetes, coronary artery diseases, and hypertension.
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- J T Lin
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Clinical Research Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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Nong Y, Lin JT, Wang WQ, Zhou X, Wang CZ, Huang M, Cai SX, Chen P, Lin QC, Zhou JY, Gu YH, Yuan YD, Sun DJ, Yang XH, Yang L, Huo JM, Chen ZC, Jiang P, Zhang J, Ye XW, Liu HG, Tang HP, Liu RY, Liu CT, Zhang W, Hu CP, Chen YQ, Liu XJ, Dai LM, Zhou W, Huang YJ, Xu JY. [A multi-center study for the association between the perception and control of disease among asthmatic patients in Chinese urban areas]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 97:1425-1429. [PMID: 28535631 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.18.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the current perception of disease among asthmatic patients in Chinese urban areas, and to address its association with asthma control. Methods: This was a nationwide, multi-center, cross-sectional study covering 30 third-level, grade A hospitals in 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions (not including Tibet) across Chinese mainland. The survey was carried out from October 2015 to May 2016. Asthmatic outpatients were selected to receive face-to-face questionnaire survey on asthma control including Asthma Control Test (ACT) score, classification of asthma control level[according to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 2015 classification system, as assessed by the physician completing the survey], perception of asthma (including question 1: nature of asthma as a disease; question 2: selection of first-line therapeutic agents to be regularly used daily for asthma; question 3: appropriate timing of the use of short-acting aerosols of β(2) receptor agonists; and question 4: therapeutic goals for asthma). Results: A total of 3 875 asthmatic outpatients were included; among them, 69.0% (2 660/3 857) were aware that asthma is "an airway inflammatory disorder resulting from the combined effects of heredity and environment" ; 60.2% (2 321/3 857) considered "inhaled glucocorticoids or their compound preparations" to be the first-line therapeutic agents to be regularly used daily for patients with persistent chronic asthma; 85.7% (3 277/3 823) considered it appropriate to use short-acting aerosols of β(2) receptor agonists "as needed in the event of disease aggravation or acute exacerbation" ; and 75.4% (2 761/3 661) were aware that asthma "can be adequately or completely controlled in the long term" . The ACT score[20 (16, 23) vs 19 (16, 22) points; Z=-3.928, P<0.001]and asthma control rate (29.92% vs 25.31%; χ(2)=8.616, P=0.003) were significantly higher, and the rate of uncontrolled asthma (19.92% vs 23.48%; χ(2)=6.267, P=0.012) was significantly lower among the 2 660 (69.0%) patients correctly answering question 1 than among the 1 197 (31.0%) patients giving incorrect answer. The ACT score[21 (17, 23) vs 19 (15, 22) points; Z=-9.190, P<0.001] and asthma control rate (32.66% vs 22.20%; χ(2)=49.614, P<0.001) were significantly higher, and the rate of uncontrolled asthma (18.40% vs 25.00%; χ(2)=24.267, P<0.001) was significantly lower among the 2 321 (60.2%) patient correctly answering question 2 than among the 1 536 (39.8%) patients giving incorrect answer. Conclusions: Compared to previous surveys, there has been improved perception of disease among asthmatic patients in Chinese urban areas. Correct perception of disease is favorable for improving asthma control level.
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- Y Nong
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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Gu YH, Matsui A. Long-term native liver survival in infants with biliary atresia and use of a stool color card: Case-control study. Pediatr Int 2017; 59:1189-1193. [PMID: 28688191 DOI: 10.1111/ped.13360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Revised: 06/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND So far, there has been no epidemiological study on whether long-term native liver survival (NLS) in infants with biliary atresia (BA) is associated with use of a stool color card (SCC). METHODS A case-control study was performed, involving two associations for patients with BA in Japan. Participants were patients with BA who were born and underwent their first open Kasai procedures (KP) between August 1994 and March 2011, and who were also members of either of two associations for patients with BA in Japan. SCC users were classified as cases and SCC non-users as controls. RESULTS Mean age at the time of the first open KP was 59.7 and 68.2 days in SCC users and non-users, respectively (P < 0.05). According to Kaplan-Meier analysis, the probability of NLS at 12.5 years was 48.5% and 36.6% in SCC users and non-users (P < 0.05), respectively. On Cox proportional hazard modeling, not using an SCC was harmful to long-term NLS (hazard ratio, 2.61; 95% CI: 1.20-5.70; P = 0.016), adjusted for sex, age of timing of KP and type of BA. CONCLUSIONS Long-term NLS is associated with SCC for early detection, but not associated with age or a threshold of age at KP (<90 days) in patients with BA.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Hepatology, National Medical Center for Children and Mothers, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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Zhao YZ, Han GS, Huo MK, Feng W, Li J, Gu YH, Ma PF, Liu CY, Zhang JL. [The advantage of artery approach in lymph node sorting of rectal cancer]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 97:443-446. [PMID: 28219132 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2017.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the technical advantages of artery approach in lymph node sortingofrectal cancer. Methods: Sixty patients with rectal cancer who treated in general surgery department of Henan provincial tumor hospitalfrom July 2015 to January 2016 were enrolled. Patientswere divided into two groupsrandomly.Lymph node sorting methods of control group andobservation group were the traditional method and the artery approach method respectively. The total number of lymph nodes, the average inspection number, the patients number of lymph nodes less than 12, the number of positive lymph nodes, the metastasis rate of the patients, the number of average diameter less than 5 mm, the number of the positive lymph nodes which average diameter less than 5 mm, the sorting time of lymph nodes, the total number of every stationand other indicators were collected and compared. Results: There wasa significant difference between the observation group and the control groupin the total number(553 vs 395, P<0.05), the number of positive ones(96 vs 54, P<0.05), average inspection number(18.43±5.93 vs 13.27±1.96, P=0.000), the sorting time (min) (14.1±2.5 vs 17.4±3.2, P=0.000), the average diameter less than 5 mm number(4.73±1.31 vs 1.23±1.14, P=0.000), the number of positive ones average diameter less than 5 mm(0.97±1.03 vs 0.20±0.55, P=0.010), the first(8.17±4.58 vs 5.07±1.96, P=0.000) and second station(6.57±1.87 vs 4.90±1.69, P=0.001)inspection number.The inspection number less than 12, the positive rate of lymph node, the metastatic rate of the patient and the inspection number of third station have no significant differences (all P≥0.05). Conclusion: Theartery approach method inrectal cancer lymph node inspectionhas many advantages such as simple operation, obtaining more lymph nodes and more accurate pathological staging.
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- Department of Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou 450008, China
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Kong YY, Zhao JQ, Wang J, Qiu L, Yang HH, Diao M, Li L, Gu YH, Matsui A. Modified stool color card with digital images was efficient and feasible for early detection of biliary atresia-a pilot study in Beijing, China. World J Pediatr 2016; 12:415-420. [PMID: 27807737 DOI: 10.1007/s12519-016-0061-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this pilot study in Beijing, China, was to validate a screening system for early detection of biliary atresia (BA) by using a modified version of the stool color card (SCC). METHODS From 2013 to 2014, a total of 29 799 live born infants were screened. SCC was distributed in maternal facilities. Guardians were asked to check their infants' stool colors daily using SCC up until four months after birth. The screening results among 92.5% of participants were reported. Cases deemed as high risk were referred to a surgical department immediately. RESULTS Based on the results reported by the guardians, 24 infants showed pale-pigmented stools, of which two males without obvious signs of jaundice were diagnosed with BA at 52 and 55 days of age, respectively. The sensitivity was 100% and specificity was 99.9%. Four infants were confirmed as having other diseases. Two female patients failed to be screened by the SCC because they had severe jaundice and were referred to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after birth. They were diagnosed as BA at 14 and 17 days after birth, respectively. The overall prevalence of BA in this study was 1.3 in 10 000 live births. CONCLUSION The modified SCC was effective and feasible for early detection of BA, especially for patients with no apparent jaundice.
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- Yuan-Yuan Kong
- Department of Newborn Screening, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Newborn Screening, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Newborn Screening, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Newborn Screening, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Newborn Screening, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Surgery, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Surgery, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan. .,Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- National Medical Center for Children and Mothers, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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Li J, Han GS, Cao YH, Run ZC, Zhao YZ, Ren YK, Gu YH, Li ZM. [Treatment of advanced Siewert type Ⅱ esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma by thoracoabdominal radical gastrectomy and D2 lymphadenectomy]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi 2016; 38:628-31. [PMID: 27531485 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3766.2016.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the advantages of thoracoabdominal radical gastrectomy for advanced Siewert type Ⅱ adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction. METHODS Clinical data of 86 patients with Siewert type Ⅱ adennocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction who received surgical treatment at the Henan Provincial Tumor Hospital from January 2015 to January 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 44 patients underwent abdominal operation (abdominal group), and 42 patients underwent thoracoabdominal radical gastrectomy (thoraco-abdominal group). The operation time, lymph node number, distance between the tumor and cutting edge, amount of intraoperational blood loss, postoperative pulmonary complications, and postoperative hospital stay in the two groups were compared. RESULTS Comparing the thoracoabdominal group with the abdominal group, the number of removed lymph nodes was 41.57±9.22 vs. 35.09±10.61 (P<0.01), the number of removed mediastinal lymph nodes was 6.38±1.50 vs. 3.52±1.42 (P<0.01), the distance between the tumor and cut edge was (5.62±0.73) cm vs. (3.30±0.85) cm (P<0.01), whereas the operation time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative pulmonary complications, occurrence of anastomotic leakage and hospital stay were statistically not significantly different (P>0.05 for all). CONCLUSIONS For patients with advanced Siewert type Ⅱ adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction, radical gastrectomy through thoracoabdominal approach can resect a longer segment of the esophagus, dissect more mediastinal lymph nodes, and does not increase post-operative complications and extend hospital stay, thus, exhibits obvious advantages in the surgical treatment of Siewert Ⅱ adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction.
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- Department of General Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital (Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University), Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital (Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University), Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital (Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University), Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital (Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University), Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital (Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University), Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital (Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University), Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital (Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University), Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital (Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University), Zhengzhou 450003, China
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Fang XY, Song R, Chen W, Yang YY, Gu YH, Shu YQ, Wu XD, Wu XF, Sun Y, Shen Y, Xu Q. PRL-3 Promotes the Malignant Progression of Melanoma via Triggering Dephosphorylation and Cytoplasmic Localization of NHERF1. J Invest Dermatol 2015; 135:2273-2282. [PMID: 25897829 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2015.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Phosphatase of regenerating liver-3 (PRL-3) has been reported to have a critical role in metastatic progression of cancers. Here, we investigate how PRL-3 increases the malignant degree of melanoma cells. The expression of PRL-3 increased gradually during the malignant progression of melanoma. The phosphorylation of Akt was elevated in highly malignant melanoma cells, which was accompanied by a decrease in nuclear phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN). The phosphorylation of NHERF1 in the serine site was regulated by PRL-3 and showed cytoplasmic translocation upon dephosphorylation, which resulted in a decrease in nuclear PTEN. The co-translocation of NHERF1 and PTEN from the nucleus to the cytoplasm was observed during the malignant progression of melanoma cells. Tumor growth was inhibited significantly, and the survival was prolonged upon knockdown of cytoplasmic NHERF1 in B16BL6 cells prior to the inoculation into mice. Taken together, to our knowledge previously unreported, we have identified NHERF1 as a potential substrate of PRL-3. Its phosphorylation status as well as its change in cellular localization and association with PTEN correlated with the malignant progression of melanoma. Our data provide an explanation for how PRL-3 promotes the malignant progression of melanoma, as well as a diagnostic marker or therapeutic target for malignant melanoma.
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- Xian-Ying Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Gu YH, Yokoyama K, Mizuta K, Tsuchioka T, Kudo T, Sasaki H, Nio M, Tang J, Ohkubo T, Matsui A. Stool color card screening for early detection of biliary atresia and long-term native liver survival: a 19-year cohort study in Japan. J Pediatr 2015; 166:897-902.e1. [PMID: 25681196 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.12.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [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: 07/16/2014] [Revised: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of a stool color card used for a mass screening of biliary atresia conducted over 19 years. In addition, the age at Kasai procedure and the long-term probabilities of native liver survival were investigated. STUDY DESIGN From 1994 to 2011, the stool color card was distributed to all pregnant women in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Before or during the postnatal 1-month health checkup, the mothers returned the completed stool color card to the attending pediatrician or obstetrician. All suspected cases of biliary atresia were referred for further examination. Diagnosis was confirmed by laparotomy or operative cholangiography for high-risk cases before the Kasai procedure. Patients with biliary atresia were followed from the date of their Kasai procedure until liver transplantation, death, or October 31, 2013, whichever comes sooner. RESULTS A total of 313,230 live born infants were screened; 34 patients with biliary atresia were diagnosed. The sensitivity and specificity of stool color card screening at the 1-month check-up was 76.5% (95% CI 62.2-90.7) and 99.9% (95% CI 99.9-100.0), respectively. Mean age at the time of Kasai procedure was 59.7 days. According to Kaplan-Meier analysis, the native liver survival probability at 5, 10, and 15 years was 87.6%, 76.9%, and 48.5%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The sensitivity and specificity of the stool color card have been demonstrated by our 19-year cohort study. We found that the timing of Kasai procedure and long-term native liver survival probabilities were improved, suggesting the beneficial effect of stool color card screening.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Hepatology, National Medical Center for Children and Mothers, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Education for Clinical Research, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hepatology, National Medical Center for Children and Mothers, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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OBJECTIVE To explore the changes in the body weight and height of Menkes disease (MNK) patients treated with long-term copper-histidine. METHODS A survey involving a retrospective review of medical records or summaries of MNK patients was conducted. Patients were 44 males born after 1994, and their feeding method and genetic analysis of the ATP7A gene were reviewed. We compared the data of body weight and height from birth until 6 years between classical MNK patients and the general population obtained from national data and between patients who received early treatment and patients who received late treatment. RESULTS Although five patients who received early treatment reached some developmental milestones, the body weight and height did not differ from patients who received late treatment in the mode of oral nutrition, and were lower in comparison to the national data (<3 percentile). CONCLUSION We reported changes in the body weight and height of MNK patients who received early and late treatment. Although early treatment with copper-histidine had favorable effects on neurological development, it did not result in improvements in body weight and height. We suggest that the establishment of sufficient nutritional support is necessary along with early parenteral copper treatment to improve whole body condition in MNK patients.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nikoniko House Medical and Welfare Center, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Prefecture General Medical Center, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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Zhao FF, Lei XL, He W, Gu YH, Li DW. The study of perceived stress, coping strategy and self-efficacy of Chinese undergraduate nursing students in clinical practice. Int J Nurs Pract 2014; 21:401-9. [PMID: 24750234 DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- School of Nursing; Nantong University; Nantong China
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- School of Nursing; Nantong University; Nantong China
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- Nursing Department; Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University; Nantong China
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- Nursing Department; Chengdu Military General Hospital; Chengdu China
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Yi L, Wang JC, Guo XJ, Gu YH, Tu WZ, Guo G, Yang L, Xiao R, Yu L, Mayes MD, Assassi S, Jin L, Zou HJ, Zhou XD. STAT4 is a genetic risk factor for systemic sclerosis in a Chinese population. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2013; 26:473-478. [PMID: 23755762 DOI: 10.1177/039463201302600220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an immune-mediated and complex genetic disease. An association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the STAT4 gene with SSc has been reported in European Caucasians, North Americans and Japanese. We undertook the current study to examine whether the STAT4 SNPs are also associated with susceptibility to SSc and SSc subsets in a Han Chinese population. A total of 453 Han Chinese patients with SSc and 534 healthy controls were examined in the study. The SNPs rs7574865, rs10168266 and rs3821236 of the STAT4 gene were examined with SNP TaqMan assays. The T-allele carriers of rs7574865 and rs10168266 were strongly associated with the presence of anti-topoisomerase I (ATA) and pulmonary fibrosis in SSc patients, as well as with diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc). The presence of anti-centromere (ACA) and limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc) did not show significant association with any of the examined SNPs. The results were consistent with previous reports in other ethnic populations in supporting the notion that polymorphisms of STAT4 may play an important role in susceptibility to SSc. It also revealed different genetic aspects of SSc subsets in a Han Chinese population.
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA.,Gansu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, China.,Institute of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Fudan University, China
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA
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- Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine-Integrated Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- YilingHospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China
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- Teaching Hospital of Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province
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- Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine-Integrated Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, China
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Fudan University, China.,Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, China
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA
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Liu N, Jiang J, Song YJ, Zhao SG, Tong ZG, Song HS, Wu H, Zhu JY, Gu YH, Sun Y, Hua W, Qi JP. Impact of MTHFR polymorphisms on methylation of MGMT in glioma patients from Northeast China with different folate levels. Genet Mol Res 2013; 12:5160-71. [PMID: 24301776 DOI: 10.4238/2013.october.29.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Hypomethylation of the O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter in glioma cells has been associated with temozolomide resistance. S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), which is produced during folate metabolism, is the main source of methyl groups during DNA methylation. As a key enzyme during folate metabolism, polymorphisms of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) may regulate folate end-products. We investigated the effect of typical polymorphisms of MTHFR (C677T and A1298C) on MGMT methylation based on different serum folate levels in patients with glioma from Northeast China. A total of 275 patients with glioma and 329 without malignant tumors were tested. Serum folate concentration was assayed by using the electrochemiluminescence immunoassay. MTHFR polymorphisms were detected by Taqman-Fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Methylation-specific PCR was used to assess MGMT methylation. The constituent ratio of glioma patients below the serum folate biological reference value was significantly higher than that of the control population (P < 0.001). In patients with oligodendroglioma and glioblastoma, heterozygotes for the A1298C mutation were found in higher frequency than homozygotes or wild types (oligodendroglioma, P < 0.001; glioblastoma, P < 0.01). When grouped by the median or biological reference value of serum folate, only homozygotes for C677T with low levels of folate were significantly associated with decreased methylation of MGMT (median, P < 0.001; biological reference value, P = 0.036). These data suggest that, in combination with a negative folate balance in glioma patients, T/T genotypes in MTHFR C677T may be associated with MGMT demethylation.
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- N Liu
- Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Nangang District, Harbin, China
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Zhang XH, Qiao EQ, Gao Z, Yuan HQ, Cai PF, Li XM, Gu YH. Efficacy of combined axitinib with dacarbazine in a B16F1 melanoma xenograft model. Oncol Lett 2013; 6:69-74. [PMID: 23946779 PMCID: PMC3742768 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2013.1345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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In this study, we evaluated the efficacy and intestinal side effects of the selective inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors, axitinib and/or dacarbazine (DTIC), in a B16F1 melanoma xenograft model. C57BL/6 mice were subcutaneously inoculated with B16F1 melanoma cells. The study was randomized into four groups receiving either 0.5% carboxyl methylcellulose, DTIC, axitinib or a combination of DTIC and axitinib. When the experimental period was complete, the tumor tissues from each mouse were excised, photographed and weighed. The tumor and intestinal tissues were harvested with 4% paraformaldehyde, and paraffin-embedded sections were prepared for hematoxylin and eosin staining, immunohistochemical staining (with antibody specific to proliferating cell nuclear antibody) and terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assays. The expression of the VEGF and matrix metalloproteinase 9 genes was analyzed using real-time polymerase chain reaction. No significant benefit to treatment with a combination of axitinib and DTIC, as opposed to axitinib alone, was observed; however, the combined treatment did not enhance the level of enteritis compared with that observed in the axitinb group. In addition, axitinib, as a single agent, demonstrated an improved treatment efficacy compared with DTIC. Therefore, axitinib represents a potential novel, efficient and safe anticancer agent, suggesting a possible use for this schedule in treating melanomas that are less sensitive to DTIC.
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- Xiao-Hua Zhang
- Department of Clinical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029
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Fang XY, Chen W, Fan JT, Song R, Wang L, Gu YH, Zeng GZ, Shen Y, Wu XF, Tan NH, Xu Q, Sun Y. Plant cyclopeptide RA-V kills human breast cancer cells by inducing mitochondria-mediated apoptosis through blocking PDK1-AKT interaction. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2012; 267:95-103. [PMID: 23274515 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2012] [Revised: 12/14/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In the present paper, we examined the effects of a natural cyclopeptide RA-V on human breast cancer cells and the underlying mechanisms. RA-V significantly inhibited the growth of human breast cancer MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 cells and murine breast cancer 4T1 cells. In addition, RA-V triggered mitochondrial apoptotic pathway which was indicated by the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, the release of cytochrome c, and the activation of caspase cascade. Further study showed that RA-V dramatically inhibited phosphorylation of AKT and 3-phosphoinositide dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1) in MCF-7 cells. Moreover, RA-V disrupted the interaction between PDK1 and AKT in MCF-7 cells. Furthermore, RA-V-induced apoptosis could be enhanced by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor or attenuated by over-expression of AKT in all the three kinds of breast cancer cells. Taken together, this study shows that RA-V, which can induce mitochondria-mediated apoptosis, exerts strong anti-tumor activity against human breast cancer. The underlying anti-cancer mechanism of RA-V is related to the blockage of the interaction between PDK1 and AKT.
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- Xian-Ying Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, 22 Han Kou Road, Nanjing, China
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Menkes disease (MNK) is an X-linked recessive disorder. Incidence of live-born infants with MNK is 2.8 per million live births in Japan. The aim of this study was to observe congenital malformations (CMs) in MNK patients. Subjects comprised 35 Japanese male patients with classical MNK who received copper histidine treatment. Patient clinical data were obtained anonymously from medical records or medical record summaries by pediatrician's retrospective review through a survey. We observed 21 different CMs in 14 patients. Eight of these had a single CM, while six had multiple CMs. The most frequent CM was higher arched palate with other CMs found in five patients. There was no relationship between CMs and mutations in the ATP7A gene. Using Mann-Whitney U tests, age at death was also significantly lower in MNK patients with CMs (P<0.05), compared to those without CMs, even though there was no significant difference of age onset, age at diagnosis and age at start of treatment with copper histidine between both groups of patients. Sudden death occurred in three MNK patients with CMs only: two with congenital heart disease, and one with microphallus.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Department of Health Policy, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
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Wu XF, Wu XX, Guo WJ, Luo Q, Gu YH, Shen Y, Tan RX, Sun Y, Xu Q. Cerebroside D, a glycoceramide compound, improves experimental colitis in mice with multiple targets against activated T lymphocytes. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2012; 263:296-302. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2012] [Revised: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Liu YQ, Zhu WY, Shu YQ, Gu YH. A case of advanced mycosis fungoides with comprehensive skin and visceral organs metastasis: sensitive to chemical and biological therapy. ASIAN PAC J TROP MED 2012; 5:669-72. [DOI: 10.1016/s1995-7645(12)60138-2] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2012] [Revised: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Gu YH, Kato T, Harada S, Inomata H, Aoki K. Time trend and geographic distribution of treated patients with congenital hypothyroidism relative to the number of available endocrinologists in Japan. J Pediatr 2010; 157:153-7. [PMID: 20227725 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.12.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2009] [Revised: 11/23/2009] [Accepted: 12/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the time trend and geographic distribution of treated patients with congenital hypothyroidism (CH) and explore their possible relationship to the availability of endocrinologists in Japan. STUDY DESIGN The 2-source capture-recapture method was used to estimate the total number of patients. The ratio of the total estimated number of patients with CH to the number of endocrinologists and Spearman correlation coefficients were calculated. Curve fitting for changes in incidence or prevalence was estimated. RESULTS The incidence and prevalence of CH exhibited upward trends, with linear slopes of increase during the period 1994-2002. A statistically significant positive correlation was observed between the prevalence of CH and the ratio of the number of patients with CH to the number of endocrinologists in the 10 regions studied. The prevalence of CH was significantly higher in the regions with a higher ratio of patients with CH to endocrinologists, and also in younger patients. CONCLUSIONS A shortage of endocrinologists may be one reason for the upward trend in the incidence and prevalence of treated patients with CH.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Department of Health Policy, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
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Fujii C, Sato Y, Harada S, Kakee N, Gu YH, Kato T, Shintaku H, Owada M, Hirahara F, Umehashi H, Yoshino M. Attitude to extended use and long-term storage of newborn screening blood spots in Japan. Pediatr Int 2010; 52:393-7. [PMID: 20003144 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2009.03018.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Residual dried blood spots (DBS) remaining after routine newborn screening (NBS) tests are candidate specimens for extended uses such as quality assurance and the development of new technology. A trial of NBS using tandem mass-spectrometry was launched in 2004 in Japan. The aim of the present study was to analyze the attitudes of the public, patient families, and medical professionals toward the extended use and long-term storage of residual DBS, and to construct a standardized informational brochure. METHODS A questionnaire was sent to randomly selected members of the public, members of the Japanese Phenylketonuria (PKU) Association, medical staff of a general hospital, staff of a children's hospital, obstetricians and gynecologists, pediatricians and NBS personnel. Associated responses, which were given in a free comment format, were analyzed by text mining. RESULTS The awareness ratio of NBS was low in the public (26.6%), but despite this, when a brief explanatory note on NBS was provided, 71.7% of them recognized the necessity of NBS. They were less positive than medical professionals and PKU patient families regarding the extended use of DBS for forensic investigation, for the study of health problems, or long-term storage of residual DBS, regardless of whether these factors affected them personally or not. Among the medical professionals, obstetricians and pediatricians exhibited a higher ratio of negative responses toward the extended use and long-term storage of DBS than others. CONCLUSION The general public is more conservative than PKU patients and their families or medical professionals about the extended use or long-term storage of residual DBS. Presentation to the public, particularly to couples of childbearing age, of appropriate explanatory information on NBS itself, or the extended use or long-term storage of residual DBS, is recommended.
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- Chieko Fujii
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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Gu YH, Harada S, Kato T, Inomata H, Aoki K, Hirahara F. Increased incidence of extrathyroidal congenital malformations in Japanese patients with congenital hypothyroidism and their relationship with Down syndrome and other factors. Thyroid 2009; 19:869-79. [PMID: 19534617 DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Much remains unknown regarding extrathyroidal congenital malformations (ECMs) in patients with primary congenital hypothyroidism (PCH) and Down syndrome (DS). Here, we investigated the frequency of ECMs in patients with PCH, particularly among patients with or without DS. METHODS In a retrospective review of questionnaires based on medical records, ECMs were identified in 1520 patients with PCH and were compared with congenital malformations among nationwide live births or liveborn infants with DS. The ECMs in PCH patients with or without DS were then analyzed. The statistical analysis was based on the Poisson distribution. Ethnicity, sex, and familial and seasonal factors were also observed in relation to the ECMs. RESULTS The incidences of ECMs (222/1520, 14.6%) and DS (86/1520, 5.7%) were significantly higher among the PCH patients than among the general population. Among the 127 PCH patients without chromosomal abnormalities, 101 had a single ECM and 26 had multiple ECMs. Unlike previously reported American and Egyptian patients with PCH, a significantly higher incidence of cardiovascular malformations was observed in the Japanese PCH patients, and a female predominance was also observed, except in patients with multiple ECMs. Regarding the PCH patients with DS, a significantly higher, male-predominant incidence of duodenal atresia was observed, compared with data for liveborn infants with DS, whereas a male-predominant, significantly higher incidence of gastrointestinal malformations and a female-predominant, significantly higher incidence of cardiovascular malformations were found compared with data among PCH patients without DS. Moreover, urogenital and orofacial ECMs were absent among the PCH patients with DS. Regarding PCH patients without DS, a male-predominant, significantly higher incidence of urogenital malformations and a female-predominant, significantly higher incidence of cardiovascular and nervous malformations were found, compared with data for nationwide live births. In PCH patients with DS and in PCH patients with a single ECM, both familial and seasonal factors existed, while in PCH patients with multiple ECMs, only familial factors were observed. CONCLUSION The incidence of ECMs in PCH patients was significantly higher than in the normal population, and ethnic-, sex-, and DS-related differences were observed. Genetic and environmental factors were also identified in PCH patients with ECMs.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Department of Health Policy, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
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Gu YH, Liu P, Cai QM, Chen J, Xie HK. [Effects of Cd stress on FTIR spectra and physiological traits of Hypnum fertile Sendtn]. Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi 2009; 29:620-623. [PMID: 19455786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In the present paper, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer was applied to gain the infrared spectra of Hypnum fertile Sendtn. samples with different concentration of Cd2+ for 7 days to study the changes in chemical components, and some physiological characteristics such as malondialdehyde (MDA), solubility sugar (SS) and solubility protein (Pr) were also studied. Malondialdehyde and solubility sugar were measured by anthrone colorimetry and solubility protein was measured by brilliant blue and commassie dye. The results showed that with the enhancement of Cd2+ concentration, the contents of solubility sugar and solubility protein were enhanced at first and then decreased. However, it was just the opposite for the content of malondialdehyde. Based on the indices of wave number-absorbance, the infrared spectra of samples with different concentration of Cd2+ were compared in terms of changes in the physiological characteristics. The two bands at 2 920 and 2 855 cm(-1) in the CH stretching region (3 000-2 800 cm(-1)) of the spectra denote the asymmetric and symmetric lipid CH2 stretching vibrations, whose band height's variety was related to the change in malondialdehyde content in plant. The distinctive amide-I band at 1 635 cm(-1) and amide-II band at 1 545 cm(-1) arise from endogenous proteins. In the region below 1 500 cm(-1), a variety of characteristic IR group frequencies can be observed that are difficult to assign but the shape of the spectra in this region is characteristic and can be used as a "finger print" of the tissue. The band at 1 036 cm(-1)-C-O, -C-C or CH stretching region of the spectra denotes the carbohydrate related to the content of solubility sugar. The results showed that there was good correspondence between the changes in the physiological characteristics and the changes of samples based on the indices of wave number-absorbance of FTIR spectra, and the FTIR was more sensitive and convenient. Therefore, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry can be accepted as a fast and effective method to study bryophytes for monitoring the pollution degree of heavy metal in environment.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Laboratory of Biological Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.
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Ito H, Mori K, Sakata M, Naito E, Harada M, Minato M, Kodama H, Gu YH, Kuroda Y, Kagami S. Pathophysiology of the transient temporal lobe lesion in a patient with Menkes disease. Pediatr Int 2008; 50:825-7. [PMID: 19067902 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2008.02750.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Hiromichi Ito
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
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Gu YH, Kato T, Harada S, Sato Y, Kakee N. Medical aid program for chronic pediatric diseases of specified categories in Japan: current status and future prospects. Pediatr Int 2008; 50:376-87. [PMID: 18533955 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2008.02595.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND In 1974 the Medical Aid Program for Chronic Pediatric Diseases of Specified Categories (MAPChD) was established in Japan, and the national registration of MAPChD beneficiaries was initiated in 1998. In 2005, MAPChD became legal. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the newest registration data and discuss the future prospects of MAPChD. The differences in MAPChD content before and after legislation were compared. METHODS The subjects were MAPChD-registered patients whose guardians had signed a consent document for the children to join a MAPChD research program during the fiscal years 2002-2003. The nationwide electronic registration data were gathered and analyzed, and the official documents about MAPChD were reviewed and summarized. RESULTS Given that the overall population was aged 0-19 years, there were four MAPChD beneficiaries for every 1000 children in Japan. Moreover, the prolonged survival of MAPChD patients was accompanied by an increasing prevalence of complications. The percentages of MAPChD beneficiaries who did not sign a consent document for research were 3.1% and 6.3% in 2002 and 2003, respectively. Following the legislation, both inpatients and outpatients younger than 20 years with any of 514 chronic diseases became eligible, and MAPChD began providing welfare services to these patients. CONCLUSIONS The establishment of a MAPChD database is necessary for further research. It is expected that, in future, more beneficiaries of MAPChD will join the research program. One of the major challenges faced by long-term survivors of childhood MAPChD diseases is making the transition from a specialized pediatric care facility to an adult health care system.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Department of Health Policy, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
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Sorafenib, a novel drug for metastatic renal cancer, has broad-spectrum activity against multiple tyrosine kinases, including Raf-1, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor and platelet-derived growth factor receptor. However, little is known about its effects on the immune system. In this report, we examine the effects of sorafenib on the proliferation and activation of human peripheral blood T cells, as well as its effects on T-cell-mediated immune response in mice. At concentrations similar to those used in patients, sorafenib inhibited the proliferation of primary human T cells in vitro. At more than 10 microM, sorafenib caused an irrecoverable inhibition of proliferation, even after drug withdrawal. In addition, sorafenib induced T-cell apoptosis at concentrations higher than 10 muM. sorafenib also caused G(0)/G(1) phase arrest, inhibition of CD25 and CD69 expression, interleukin-2 production and LCK phosphorylation in the T cells; all of these effects exhibited dose and time dependence. When tested against contact dermatitis in mice, sorafenib significantly reduced the ear swelling induced by picryl chloride. These findings suggest that sorafenib may cause the loss of T-cell immune response by inducing apoptosis and targeting LCK. This could potentially lead to immunosuppression in patients with cancer.
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- W Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Gu YH, Fujimiya Y, Kunugita N. Long-term exposure to gaseous formaldehyde promotes allergen-specific IgE-mediated immune responses in a murine model. Hum Exp Toxicol 2008; 27:37-43. [DOI: 10.1177/0960327108088973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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It has long been questioned that whether exposure to formaldehyde in indoor environments may be a risk factor for developing allergen-specific IgE-mediated inflammatory responses, because there is limited clinical or experimental evidence that formaldehyde is involved in the cascade for IgE production. There is no known lower limit, below which there is no threat of serious allergic symptoms. The present study illustrates that the threshold limit of formaldehyde, 0.08 ppm (as defined by the World Health Organization), did not cause ovalbumin-specific IgE inflammatory immune responses, but higher than threshold concentrations of formaldehyde gas result in both enhanced allergen-specific IgE responses and NK (Natural Killer)-cell activity in peripheral blood cells in a murine model. Thus, formaldehyde gas may be involved in promoting allergic inflammatory effects in subjects primed with specific allergens by NK-cell activation. These results indicate that even threshold concentrations of formaldehyde gas may play a regulatory role for ‘systemic’ cell-mediated immune responses. The extensive use of adhesives for building materials has resulted in higher levels of indoor air pollutants. It is conceivable that increased time indoors may enhance pre-existing allergic symptoms by concomitant exposure to volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde. The affordable limit for formaldehyde might be much lower than currently established levels in indoor environments.
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- YH Gu
- Graduate School of Health Science, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Suzuka, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Hachinohe University School of Human Health Sciences, Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
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- Department of Health Information Science, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Gu YH, Kato T, Harada S, Inomata H, Saito T, Aoki K. Seasonality in the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism in Japan: gender-specific patterns and correlation with temperature. Thyroid 2007; 17:869-74. [PMID: 17956160 DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.0317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Seasonality in the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) has been reported in several countries. The objective of this study was to examine whether seasonality was also observable in Japan and whether this seasonality affected genders differently. METHODS Confirmed primary CH cases (n = 1586) occurring between 1994 and 2003 were examined through a retrospective review of the nationwide follow-up system at the Aiiku Maternal and Child Health Center, Tokyo, Japan. The number of live births in Japan was obtained from the country's vital statistics. Monthly incidence of CH was analyzed using time series analysis. The relationship between monthly incidence and ambient temperature was also investigated. MAIN OUTCOME The sex ratio (female/male) was 1.25 for CH, against a background ratio of 0.95 for overall live births in Japan. Monthly CH incidence showed an upward time trend and clear seasonality among both males and females, but with different patterns between the two genders: from January to December, males had one peak while females had two peaks, which continued for a longer period than males had. A significant statistical correlation was found between the incidence and temperature (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION In Japan, the monthly incidence of primary CH cases exhibits temperature-associated seasonality, gender-specific patterns, and an upward time trend.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Department of Health Policy, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
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Wu YH, Gu YH, Liu P, Zoltán T. [Effects of enhanced UV-B radiation on the growth of five bryophytes in Changbai Mountains]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2007; 18:2139-2143. [PMID: 18062326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Five bryophytes (Rhytidium rugosum, Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus, Hylocomium splendens, Hylocomium pyrenaicum, and Polytrichum alpinum) were exposed to 0.2 kJ x m(-2) x d(-1) (visible light under native condition, CK), 3.0 kJ x m(-2) x d(-1) (simulated dose of UV-B irradiance at the tundra in Changbai Mountains, medium dose of UV-B irradiance, T1), and 6.0 kJ x m(-2) x d(-1) (high dose of UV-B irradiance, T2) to investigate the effects of enhanced UV-B radiation on plant height, biomass, and chlorophyll content. The results indicated that medium and high UV-B radiations decreased the plant height, biomass, and chlorophyll content of R. triquetrus and H. splendens by 32.3%, 62.4%, and 81.3%, and 21.4%, 59.4%, and 62.8%, respectively, and the relative growth rates were negative. Enhanced UV-B radiations had less effect on P. alpinum chlorophyll content but doubled its below-ground biomass, and slightly increased the biomass of R. rugosum. P. alpinum and R. rugosum had higher tolerance against UV-B radiation, while R. triquetrus and H. splendens were more sensitive to UV-B radiation.
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- Yu-Huan Wu
- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
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Gu Y, Kodama H, Watanabe S, Kikuchi N, Ishitsuka I, Ozawa H, Fujisawa C, Shiga K. The first reported case of Menkes disease caused by an Alu insertion mutation. Brain Dev 2007; 29:105-8. [PMID: 17178205 DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2005] [Revised: 04/25/2006] [Accepted: 05/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We present the first reported case of Menkes disease caused by an Alu element insertion mutation that interfered with splicing regulatory elements. A whole young AluYa5a2 element, which was 382-bp long, was identified within exon 9 of the ATP7A gene, and all of exon 9 was aberrantly skipped in the cDNA, resulting in severely truncated proteins. To confirm whether the aberrant skipping resulted in Alu insertion, an exonic splicing enhancer finder was used. The Alu element created two new high-score exonic splicing enhancer sequences in the mutation located near the site of the insertion. Exon 9, which encodes the first and second transmembrane domains, is necessary for the normal function of the ATP7A protein.
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- YanHong Gu
- Department of Health Policy, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Tokyo, Japan.
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Yi L, Gu YH, Wang XL, An LZ, Xie XD, Shao W, Ma LY, Fang JR, An YD, Wang F, Zhang DL. Association of ACE, ACE2 and UTS2 polymorphisms with essential hypertension in Han and Dongxiang populations from north-western China. J Int Med Res 2007; 34:272-83. [PMID: 16866021 DOI: 10.1177/147323000603400306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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To assess the significance of polymorphisms of the genes for angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and urotensin II (UTS2) as risk factors for essential hypertension in two populations from north-western China, we enrolled 198 patients with essential hypertension and 131 healthy controls from the Han population and 120 patients with essential hypertension and 102 healthy controls from the Dongxiang population. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism were used to analyse gene polymorphisms. The results provided evidence that genetic variants of UTS2 and ACE2 may play a role in the development of essential hypertension in these populations. Polymorphisms of ACE were not associated with essential hypertension in either population. This is the first report showing that the S89N single-nucleotide polymorphism of the UTS2 gene is associated with essential hypertension.
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- L Yi
- School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China
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Gu YH, Kodama H, Du SL. Apolipoprotein E genotype analysis in Chinese Han ethnic children with Wilson's disease, with a concentration on those homozygous for R778L. Brain Dev 2005; 27:551-3. [PMID: 16310588 DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2005.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2004] [Revised: 01/31/2005] [Accepted: 01/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wilson's disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism caused by a large number of different mutations in the ATP7B gene. R778L mutation is mostly observed in Chinese, Japanese and Korean patients, whereas the H1069Q point mutation in the ATP7B gene is the most frequent mutation in European patients with WD. In our previous study we did not find a significant correlation between genotype and phenotype (age of onset and clinical presentation) in patients homozygous (37 patients) or heterozygous (52 patients) for R778L. It was reported that European patients homozygous for H1069Q who were also homozygous for the ApoE genotype epsilon3/3 developed clinical symptoms 5-11 years later than did patients with genotypes other than ApoE epsilon3/3. In the present study (i) we firstly observed that ApoE epsilon3/3 did not delay the onset of WD; (ii) no association between ApoE genotype and WD clinical presentation in Chinese Han children, including those patients homozygous for R778L. Thus we conclude that the onset of WD in Chinese children is not related to ApoE epsilon3/3, although the high frequency of ApoE epsilon3/3 in Chinese Han children with WD was not significantly different from that in controls.
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- Yan-Hong Gu
- Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan
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Gu YH, Kodama H, Shiga K, Nakata S, Yanagawa Y, Ozawa H. A survey of Japanese patients with Menkes disease from 1990 to 2003: incidence and early signs before typical symptomatic onset, pointing the way to earlier diagnosis. J Inherit Metab Dis 2005; 28:473-8. [PMID: 15902550 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-005-0473-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2004] [Accepted: 12/17/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Menkes disease (MNK) is a lethal, X-linked recessive disorder of copper metabolism dominated by neurodegenerative symptoms and connective tissue disturbances. The incidence of MNK in Asia is not known. Most patients die by the age of 3 years if adequate treatment is not carried out. Early parenteral administration of copper can prevent the neurological disturbances and lead to a better outcome. In the present study, a survey on MNK in Japan was performed. There were in total 53 live-born Japanese patients with MNK collected from 1990 to 2003, including two females. The incidence of live-born MNK patients between 1992 and 2002 was 2.8 per million live births (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.8 to 3.7), 4.9 per million male live births (95% CI: 3.2 to 6.6). One-third of the patients were born before 37 weeks or weighing less than 2500 g. Seventeen per cent were born both before 37 gestational weeks and weighing less than 2500 g. These proportions were higher than those in Japanese live-birth babies according to a nationwide estimate. The hair on these Japanese patients appeared not only as white or grey but also brown and blond. We also found that many signs had been noted before the patient was brought to a hospital with typical symptoms. These signs may be a clue to early diagnosis of MNK.
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- Y H Gu
- Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Gu YH, Kodama H, Du SL, Gu QJ, Sun HJ, Ushijima H. Mutation spectrum and polymorphisms in ATP7B identified on direct sequencing of all exons in Chinese Han and Hui ethnic patients with Wilson's disease. Clin Genet 2004; 64:479-84. [PMID: 14986826 DOI: 10.1046/j.1399-0004.2003.00179.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Wilson's disease (WD), an autosomal recessive copper transport disorder, usually presents with symptoms involving the liver or central nervous system. The disease is caused by a large number of mutations in the ATP7B gene comprising 21 expressed exons. Some of the mutations appear to be population specific, whereas others are found in probands from a variety of different ethnic backgrounds. This paper presents the results of screening of the ATP7B gene by means of the direct sequencing of all exons in the gene in 39 Han and one Hui ethnic Chinese patients. Nineteen novel mutations were revealed along with nine others that have been previously described; 57.5% of the mutations were located in exons 8, 13, and 12. In particular, the Arg778Leu mutation in exon 8 was found in 55% of these Chinese patients in at least one allele. Five patients were homozygotes and 17 patients were heterozygotes for Arg778Leu. The detection rate on direct sequencing of the polymerase chain reaction products of all exons of the ATP7B gene in 40 unrelated patients was 83.8% of alleles. Seventeen polymorphisms were also identified in patients and healthy controls. We first reported the presence of ATP7B mutations in Chinese Hui ethnic patients and summarize our results here along with the previously reported findings. A significant correlation between genotype and phenotype was not found in 37 homozygotes and 52 heterozygotes for Arg778Leu.
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- Y H Gu
- Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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