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Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol ; 261(12): 3385-3393, 2023 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37367994

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PURPOSE: To evaluate changes in retinal and choroidal vascularity using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: In this prospective, cross-sectional study, 48 SLE patients and 40 healthy control (group HC) participants were included. The SLE patients were divided into two subgroups: patients with SLE with no ocular disease (group I) and patients with SLE with signs of retinopathy (group II). The superficial vessel density (SVD), deep vessel density (DVD), peripapillary retinal vessel densities (pRVD), choroidal thickness (ChT), and choroidal vascularity including total choroidal area (TCA), luminal area (LA), stromal area (SA), and choroidal vascularity index (CVI) were measured using SS-OCT/OCTA. Physical and ophthalmic examinations as well as the assessments of immunological markers were performed. The results of SS-OCT/OCTA were compared between group I, group II, and group HC, while the correlations among the parameters were analyzed. RESULTS: The SVD, DVD, and pRVD were found to be significantly lower in SLE patients than group HC, especially in SLE patients with signs of retinopathy. ChT were found to be significantly higher in group II. CVI was positively correlated with SVD and DVD in the fovea, as well as the foveal and parafoveal thickness. A significant decrease in SVD and DVD in the fovea among subjects positive for anti-dsDNA antibodies was noted. CONCLUSIONS: The application of OCTA in the evaluation of microvasculature may be useful in subclinical changes. Retinal microvascular density decreased in patients with SLE with greater severity of SLE. Disturbed retinal circulation was related to SLE disease activity, disease duration, CVI, and being positive for anti-dsDNA antibodies. The study results also suggest that SLE with signs of retinopathy may affect the choroid with increases in LA, SA, TCA, and ChT.


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Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico , Enfermedades de la Retina , Humanos , Tomografía de Coherencia Óptica/métodos , Estudios Prospectivos , Estudios Transversales , Retina , Coroides/irrigación sanguínea , Vasos Retinianos , Angiografía con Fluoresceína/métodos , Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/complicaciones , Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/diagnóstico
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BMC Ophthalmol ; 23(1): 258, 2023 Jun 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37286933

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BACKGROUND: To describe the clinical features, visual outcomes, management, and complications of ocular injury in badminton and investigate risk factors associated with visual impairment. METHODS: Data on patients injured while playing badminton admitted to Department of Ophthalmology, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital, Fudan University between January 2018 to December 2020.The relationship between visual acuity (VA) and demographic and clinical variables was also analyzed. Patients were managed medically or surgically as per their needs, followed up for at least 18 months. The visual outcomes were predicted using ocular trauma score (OTS), predicted outcomes were compared with actual outcomes using statistical tests. RESULTS: This study involved 102 patients (78 men, 24 women) with a mean age of 43.8 ± 16.1 years (7-71 years). Of these, 93 patients had closed-globe injuries and 9 had open-globe injuries. Vision-threatening findings included lens subluxation(31.4%),retinal detachment(13.7%),hyphema(12.7%). Open-globe injury had significantly lower presenting VA and final VA (P= 0.0164, 0.0053).Final VA was found to be correlated with presenting VA, maculopathy, retinal detachment, and OTS (P=0.0000, 0.0494, 0.0001, 0.0000 respectively), it was worse in patients who were under 20 years of age and were female. OTS prediction was not significantly different when compared with actual visual outcomes postoperatively in OTS3, OTS4, and OTS5 (P > 0.05),while the prognosis of patients with OTS1 and OTS2 was better than OTS study (P=0.001, 0.007, respectively). CONCLUSION: Badminton-related closed-globe injuries were more frequent; open-globe injuries were usually more serious. Younger and female patients have poorer visual recovery prognoses. OTS was found to be a reliable tool for predicting visual outcomes.


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Lesiones Oculares Penetrantes , Lesiones Oculares , Desprendimiento de Retina , Masculino , Humanos , Femenino , Adulto , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Retrospectivos , Lesiones Oculares/complicaciones , Lesiones Oculares/cirugía , Agudeza Visual , Pronóstico , Índices de Gravedad del Trauma
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BMC Musculoskelet Disord ; 24(1): 838, 2023 Oct 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37875873

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BACKGROUND: This meta-analysis compares the efficacy of unilateral biportal endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (UBE-TLIF) to conventional interbody fusion in lumbar degenerative diseases (LDD). METHODS: An extensive literature search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library. Research related to UBE-TLIF published up to November 2022 was reviewed. The relevant articles were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, as well as an evaluation of the quality of the data extraction literature. Meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.3 software. RESULTS: This meta-analysis included six high-quality case-control trials (CCTs) involving 621 subjects. The clinical outcomes assessment showed no statistical differences in complication rates, fusion rates, leg pain VAS scores, or ODI scores. After UBE-TLIF, low back pain VAS scores were significantly improved with less intraoperative blood loss and a shorter hospital stay. A longer time was required for UBE-TLIF, however. CONCLUSION: Despite the lack of sufficient high quality randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in this study, the results of this meta-analysis suggest that UBE-TLIF is more effective than open surgery in terms of length of stay, blood loss reduction during surgery, and improved low back pain after surgery. Nevertheless, the evidence will be supplemented in the future by more and better quality multicenter randomized controlled trials.


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Dolor de la Región Lumbar , Fusión Vertebral , Humanos , Endoscopía , Vértebras Lumbares/diagnóstico por imagen , Vértebras Lumbares/cirugía , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Mínimamente Invasivos/métodos , Ensayos Clínicos Controlados Aleatorios como Asunto , Estudios Retrospectivos , Fusión Vertebral/métodos , Resultado del Tratamiento
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J Cell Mol Med ; 26(23): 5858-5871, 2022 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36349481

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As the main loading-bearing tissue of eye, sclera exerts an important role in the pathophysiology of glaucoma. Intraocular pressure (IOP) generates mechanical strain on sclera. Recent studies have demonstrated that sclera, especially the peripapillary sclera, undergoes complicated remodelling under the mechanical strain. However, the mechanisms of the hypertensive scleral remodelling in human eyes remained uncertain. In this study, peripapillary human scleral fibroblasts (ppHSFs) were applied cyclic mechanical strain by Flexcell-5000™ tension system. We found that CXC- ligands and CXCR2 were differentially expressed after strain. Increased cell proliferation and inhibited cell motility were observed when CXCR2 was upregulated under the strain, whereas cell proliferation and motility did not have a significant change when CXCR2 was knocked down. CXCR2 could facilitate cell proliferation ability, modulate the mRNA and protein expressions of type I collagen and matrix metalloproteinase 2 via JAK1/2-STAT3 signalling pathway. In addition, CXCR2 might inhibit cell migration via FAK/MLC2 pathway. Taken together, CXCR2 regulated protein production and affected cell behaviours of ppHSFs. It might be a potential therapeutic target for the hypertensive scleral remodelling.


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Fibroblastos , Glaucoma , Receptores de Interleucina-8B , Esclerótica , Humanos , Matriz Extracelular , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Glaucoma/metabolismo , Metaloproteinasa 2 de la Matriz/metabolismo , Esclerótica/citología , Receptores de Interleucina-8B/genética , Receptores de Interleucina-8B/metabolismo , Movimiento Celular , Estrés Mecánico , Células Cultivadas
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Lupus ; 31(5): 582-587, 2022 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35343283

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OBJECTIVE: To analyze the blood flow in retrobulbar vessels in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by color Doppler imaging (CDI) and to investigate the associations between immunological markers, retinal abnormalities, disease activity, and vascular parameters. METHODS: We examined 30 patients with SLE who were aged 32.1 ± 11.6 years with a disease duration of 68.0 ± 55.6 months and 30 participants in a control group. The peak systolic velocity (PSV), end diastolic velocity (EDV), pulsatility index (PI), and resistive index (RI) of the ophthalmic artery (OA), central retinal artery (CRA), and posterior ciliary arteries (PCAs) were determined. Physical and ophthalmic examinations with assessments of immunological markers were performed. All parameters were compared between SLE patients and normal controls while the correlations among parameters were analyzed. RESULTS: In the SLE group, CDI confirmed blood flow abnormalities in the CRA and PCAs, with significantly lower blood flow velocities and increased RI and PI (p < 0.05). There was a significantly negative correlation between disease duration and EDV in the CRA, PCA, and OA (p = 0.0423, 0.0453, 0.0448). There was also a significant relationship between the SLE Disease Activity Index and the PI of the OA (p = 0.0367). The patients who had received biological agents (Rituximab) had lower EDV in the CRA and PCA (p = 0.0026, 0.028). SLE patients with kidney or CNS involvement had a significant increase in the PI in the OA (p = 0.0287). The PSV and EDV in the CRA were significantly related to creatinine (p = 0.0007 and 0.0418). We also noted a significant decreased EDV in the CRA and an increased RI in the OA among participants positive for anti-dsDNA antibodies (p = 0.0331 and 0.0228). CONCLUSIONS: Retrobulbar circulatory disturbances were detected in SLE patients by CDI. These findings seem likely to affect smaller vessels like the CRA and PCA. However, the presence of measurable changes in the OA is generally indicative of a coexistent nephropathy or central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis. Creatinine, the disease activity index, being positive for anti-dsDNA, and receiving biological agents were associated with measurable changes on the retrobulbar blood flow.


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Arterias Ciliares , Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico , Adulto , Anticuerpos Antinucleares , Velocidad del Flujo Sanguíneo/fisiología , Arterias Ciliares/diagnóstico por imagen , Arterias Ciliares/fisiología , Humanos , Arteria Oftálmica/diagnóstico por imagen , Arteria Oftálmica/fisiología , Flujo Sanguíneo Regional/fisiología , Adulto Joven
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Mol Biol Rep ; 49(4): 2857-2867, 2022 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35067814

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BACKGROUND: Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) causes severe injury to the intestine, leading to systemic inflammation and multiple organ failure. Autophagy is a stress-response mechanism that can protect against I/R injury by removing damaged organelles and toxic protein aggregates. Recent evidence has identified JAK-STAT signaling pathway as a new regulator of autophagy process, however, their regulatory relationship in intestinal I/R remains unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: We systematically analyzed intestinal transcriptome data and found that JAK-STAT pathway was largely activated in response to I/R with most significant upregulation observed for JAK2 and STAT3. ChIP-Seq and luciferase assays in an in vitro oxygen-glucose deprivation and reoxygenation model revealed that activated JAK2/STAT3 signaling directly inhibited the transcription of autophagy regulator Beclin-1, leading to the suppression of autophagy and the activation of intestinal cell death. These findings were further confirmed in an in vivo mouse model, in which, intestinal I/R injury was associated with the activation of JAK2/STAT3 pathway and the deactivation of Beclin-1-mediated autophagy, while inhibiting JAK2/STAT3 with AG490 reactivated autophagy and improved survival after intestinal I/R injury. CONCLUSIONS: JAK2/STAT3 signaling suppresses autophagy process during intestinal I/R, while inhibiting JAK-STAT can be protective against intestinal I/R injury by activating autophagy. These findings expand our knowledge on intestinal I/R injury and provide therapeutic targets for clinical treatment.


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Quinasas Janus , Daño por Reperfusión , Animales , Apoptosis , Autofagia , Intestinos , Janus Quinasa 2/metabolismo , Quinasas Janus/metabolismo , Ratones , Daño por Reperfusión/tratamiento farmacológico , Daño por Reperfusión/genética , Daño por Reperfusión/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción STAT/metabolismo , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/genética , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal
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Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue ; 28(4): 295-300, 2022 Apr.
Artículo en Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37477449

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of exosomes derived from mouse bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) on the injury of TM3 Leydig cells induced by cyclophosphamide (CP). METHODS: The exosomes from BMSCs were extracted by ultrahigh speed centrifugation, and their particle size and morphology observed under the electron microscope, and their typical marker proteins examined by Western blot. The uptake of exosomes by TM3 Leydig cells was observed by co-culturing the exosomes with the TM3 cells. The viability and apoptosis rate of the TM3 cells in the normal control, CP-induction and CP+exosomes groups were detected using the CCK-8 method and flow cytometry respectively. ELISA was used to measure the testosterone (T) level in the cell supernatant, and Western blot adopted to determine the expression level of the steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein, a key enzyme related to T synthesis. RESULTS: The viability of the TM3 Leydig cells was markedly decreased and the apoptosis rate of the cells remarkably increased in the CP-induction group compared with that in the normal control, but both significantly restored after co-culture with exosomes (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05). The T level in the supernatant and the expression of the StAR protein in the cells were lower in the CP-induction than in the normal control group, but both dramatically increased in the CP+exosomes group (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Exosomes from BMSCs and protect TM3 Leydig cells from cyclophosphamide-induced injury and restore the level of testosterone secreted by the TM3 cells to a certain extent.


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Exosomas , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas , Masculino , Ratones , Animales , Células Intersticiales del Testículo , Testosterona , Apoptosis , Células de la Médula Ósea
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J Transl Med ; 19(1): 463, 2021 11 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34772407

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BACKGROUND: Intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury commonly occurs during perioperative periods, resulting in high morbidity and mortality on a global scale. Dexmedetomidine (Dex) is a selective α2-agonist that is frequently applied during perioperative periods for its analgesia effect; however, its ability to provide protection against intestinal I/R injury and underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. METHODS: To fill this gap, the protection of Dex against I/R injury was examined in a rat model of intestinal I/R injury and in an inflammation cell model, which was induced by tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) plus interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) stimulation. RESULTS: Our data demonstrated that Dex had protective effects against intestinal I/R injury in rats. Dex was also found to promote mitophagy and inhibit apoptosis of enteric glial cells (EGCs) in the inflammation cell model. PINK1 downregulated p53 expression by promoting the phosphorylation of HDAC3. Further studies revealed that Dex provided protection against experimentally induced intestinal I/R injury in rats, while enhancing mitophagy, and suppressing apoptosis of EGCs through SIRT3-mediated PINK1/HDAC3/p53 pathway in the inflammation cell model. CONCLUSION: Hence, these findings provide evidence supporting the protective effect of Dex against intestinal I/R injury and its underlying mechanism involving the SIRT3/PINK1/HDAC3/p53 axis.


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Dexmedetomidina , Daño por Reperfusión , Sirtuina 3 , Animales , Apoptosis , Dexmedetomidina/farmacología , Dexmedetomidina/uso terapéutico , Isquemia , Mitocondrias , Neuroglía , Proteínas Quinasas , Ratas , Daño por Reperfusión/tratamiento farmacológico , Proteína p53 Supresora de Tumor
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BMC Ophthalmol ; 21(1): 405, 2021 Nov 26.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34836533

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BACKGROUD: To evaluate the changes in retinal microvasculature and retrobulbar blood flow, using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and Color Doppler imaging (CDI) after intravenous chemotherapy (IVC) in patients with retinoblastoma (RB). METHODS: This was a retrospective comparative case control series involving 30 patients. Ten bilateral RB patients that had a preserved eye with extramacular tumours (group I), 10 unilateral RB treated with IVC that had a normal fellow study eye (group II), and 10 age-matched healthy controls. The macular retinal thickness, foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area, and the macular and peripapillary retinal vessel densities (RVD) were measured. The peak systolic and end diastolic velocities of the ophthalmic, central retinal and posterior ciliary arteries were determined. A comparison among the three groups was conducted. RESULTS: Between the three cohorts, OCTA revealed no significant difference in FAZ area, superficial foveal and parafoveal RVD, deep parafoveal RVD and peripapillary RVD, (P > 0.05). By contrast, the mean deep foveal RVD, the full, inner and outer foveal and the parafoveal retinal thickness were significantly lower in group I compared with the controls, (P = 0.0329, 0.0153, 0.0311 0.0352, 0.0215). No significant difference in the blood flow velocities occurred in the retrobulbar circulation (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: In patients with retinoblastoma, OCTA did not detect significant changes of retinal thickness and vessel density in the eyes treated with IVC, but a slight reduction in retinal thickness and the deep foveal RVD seemed to occur in bilateral RB eyes. The retrobulbar blood flow parameters showed no measurable changes.


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Neoplasias de la Retina , Retinoblastoma , Angiografía con Fluoresceína , Humanos , Microvasos , Neoplasias de la Retina/tratamiento farmacológico , Vasos Retinianos/diagnóstico por imagen , Retinoblastoma/tratamiento farmacológico , Estudios Retrospectivos , Tomografía de Coherencia Óptica
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Entropy (Basel) ; 23(11)2021 Oct 26.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34828102

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Topological physics in optical lattices have attracted much attention in recent years. The nonlinear effects on such optical systems remain well-explored and a large amount of progress has been achieved. In this paper, under the mean-field approximation for a nonlinearly optical coupled boson-hexagonal lattice system, we calculate the nonlinear Dirac cone and discuss its dependence on the parameters of the system. Due to the special structure of the cone, the Berry phase (two-dimensional Zak phase) acquired around these Dirac cones is quantized, and the critical value can be modulated by interactions between different lattices sites. We numerically calculate the overall Aharonov-Bohm (AB) phase and find that it is also quantized, which provides a possible topological number by which we can characterize the quantum phases. Furthermore, we find that topological phase transition occurs when the band gap closes at the nonlinear Dirac points. This is different from linear systems, in which the transition happens when the band gap closes and reopens at the Dirac points.

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PLoS Pathog ; 14(7): e1007208, 2018 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30052682

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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a human cancer-related virus closely associated with lymphoid and epithelial malignancies, and EBV glycoprotein B (gB) plays an essential role in viral entry into both B cells and epithelial cells by promoting cell-cell fusion. EBV gB is exclusively modified with high-mannose-linked N-glycans and primarily localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) with low levels on the plasma membrane (PM). However, the mechanism through which gB is regulated within host cells is largely unknown. Here, we report the identification of F-box only protein 2 (FBXO2), an SCF ubiquitin ligase substrate adaptor that preferentially binds high-mannose glycans and attenuates EBV infectivity by targeting N-glycosylated gB for degradation. gB possesses seven N-glycosylation sites, and FBXO2 directly binds to these high-mannose moieties through its sugar-binding domain. The interaction promotes the degradation of glycosylated gB via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Depletion of FBXO2 not only stabilizes gB but also promotes its transport from the ER to the PM, resulting in enhanced membrane fusion and viral entry. FBXO2 is expressed in epithelial cells but not B cells, and EBV infection up-regulates FBXO2 levels. In summary, our findings highlight the significance of high-mannose modification of gB and reveal a novel host defense mechanism involving glycoprotein homeostasis regulation.


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Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Infecciones por Virus de Epstein-Barr/metabolismo , Proteínas F-Box/metabolismo , Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos/fisiología , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/metabolismo , Proteínas del Envoltorio Viral/metabolismo , Animales , Herpesvirus Humano 4/metabolismo , Herpesvirus Humano 4/patogenicidad , Humanos
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Reprod Biol Endocrinol ; 18(1): 70, 2020 Jul 14.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32664979

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BACKGROUND: Although varicocele is considered to be one of the leading causes of male infertility, the precise mechanism underlying how varicocele leads to male infertility is not completely understood. We found the lactate concentration on the varicocele side of the patients was decreased compare with peripheral venous blood. In the testicles, the lactate produced by the sertoli cells through the glycolysis pathway provides most of the energy needed for spermatogenesis, the reduction of lactate will affect spermatogenesis. The objective of this study was to investigate the mechanism of this abnormal energy metabolism phenomenon in varicocele. METHODS: In this study, we collected the testicular tissue from patients with varicocele, the glycolysis related proteins PHGDH was identified by iTRAQ proteomics technology. Experimental rat varicocele model was constructed according to our new clip technique, the mRNA and protein expression levels of PHGDH were examined with qRT-PCR and Western blotting. We constructed a sertoli cell of PHGDH down-regulation model, and then detected the glucose consumption, LDH activities and lactate production in the sertoli cells. Western blot was conducted to investigate the effects of PHGDH on the expression of phosphoserine phosphatase (PSPH) and Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2). Flow cytometry was used to detect the cell apoptosis and cell cycle in sertoli cells. RESULTS: The results showed that testicular protein PHGDH was down-regulated in patients with varicocele and in experimental rat varicocele model. Down-regulation of PHGDH in sertoli cells significantly decreased the glucose consumption, LDH activities and lactate production in the sertoli cells, indicating that the low expression of PHGDH ultimately led to a decrease in lactate production by affecting the glycolysis. The Western blot results showed that the down-regulation of PHGDH significantly reduced the expression of pathway protein PSPH and PKM2, leading to the reduction of lactate production. Moreover, PHGDH knockdown can promote apoptosis and inhibit cell cycle to affect cell growth. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, we conformed that varicocele lead to the decreasing of testis lactate production. Down-regulation of PHGDH in sertoli cells may mediate the process of abnormal glucose metabolism. Our study provide new insight into the mechanisms underlying metabolism-associated male infertility and suggests a novel therapeutic target for male infertility.


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Ácido Láctico/metabolismo , Fosfoglicerato-Deshidrogenasa/genética , Células de Sertoli/metabolismo , Varicocele/genética , Varicocele/metabolismo , Animales , Células Cultivadas , Regulación hacia Abajo/efectos de los fármacos , Regulación hacia Abajo/genética , Regulación Enzimológica de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Glucólisis/efectos de los fármacos , Glucólisis/genética , Humanos , Infertilidad Masculina/genética , Infertilidad Masculina/metabolismo , Infertilidad Masculina/patología , Masculino , Fosfoglicerato-Deshidrogenasa/antagonistas & inhibidores , Fosfoglicerato-Deshidrogenasa/metabolismo , ARN Interferente Pequeño/farmacología , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Células de Sertoli/efectos de los fármacos , Células de Sertoli/patología , Espermatogénesis/efectos de los fármacos , Espermatogénesis/genética , Testículo/efectos de los fármacos , Testículo/metabolismo , Testículo/patología , Varicocele/patología
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Exp Mol Pathol ; 115: 104444, 2020 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32335082

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Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) is a life-threatening condition associated with high morbidity and mortality. Dexmedetomidine (DEX), an agonist of α2-adrenoceptor with sedation and analgesia effect, has recently been identified with protective function against I/R injury in multiple organs. However, the mechanism underlying the beneficial effect of DEX on intestine after I/R injury remained poorly understood. In the present study, using in both in vitro and in vivo models, we found that intestinal I/R injury was associated with the activation of p38 MAPK cascade, while DEX was capable of deactivating p38 MAPK and thus protect intestinal cells from apoptosis by inhibiting p38 MAPK-mediated mitochondrial depolarization and cytochrome c (Cyto C) release. Moreover, through inhibiting p38 MAPK activity, the downstream production of pro-inflammatory cytokines-regulated by NF-κB was also suppressed by DEX treatment, leading to the resolution of I/R-induced inflammation in intestine. In general, our study provided evidence that DEX protected intestine from I/R injury by inhibiting p38 MAPK-mediated mitochondrial apoptosis and inflammatory response.


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Dexmedetomidina/uso terapéutico , Intestinos/patología , Sistema de Señalización de MAP Quinasas , Sustancias Protectoras/uso terapéutico , Daño por Reperfusión/tratamiento farmacológico , Daño por Reperfusión/enzimología , Proteínas Quinasas p38 Activadas por Mitógenos/metabolismo , Animales , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Células CACO-2 , Dexmedetomidina/farmacología , Glucosa/deficiencia , Humanos , Inflamación/patología , Sistema de Señalización de MAP Quinasas/efectos de los fármacos , Masculino , Potencial de la Membrana Mitocondrial/efectos de los fármacos , Mitocondrias/efectos de los fármacos , Mitocondrias/metabolismo , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Oxígeno , Sustancias Protectoras/farmacología , Ratas Wistar , Daño por Reperfusión/patología , Proteínas Quinasas p38 Activadas por Mitógenos/antagonistas & inhibidores
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Jpn J Clin Oncol ; 50(4): 456-464, 2020 Apr 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31894237

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BACKGROUND: Cadherin-11 (CDH11) is a type II cadherin and reported to function as an oncogene in various cancers. Our present study aims to investigate the role of CDH11 in bladder cancer (BCA). METHODS: Bioinformatics analysis was performed in four independent microarray data including 56 non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and 132 muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) tissues from Gene Expression Omnibus to screen out differentially expressed genes. Next, we detected CDH11 expression in BCA specimens and cell lines by qPCR and western blotting assays. Immunohistochemical analyses were performed in 209 paraffin-embedded BCA samples and 30 adjacent normal bladder tissues. RESULTS: Bioinformatics analysis revealed that CDH11 had a higher expression level in MIBC tissues than in NMIBC, which was consistent with our clinical BCA specimens and cell lines at both mRNA and protein levels. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated that over-expression of CDH11 was closely related to the histological grade, pT status, tumour size and poor outcomes of BCA patients. What's more, CDH11 (area under curve (AUC) = 0.673 and 0.735) had a better predictive value than E-cadherin (AUC = 0.629 and 0.629) and a similar discrimination with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) score system (AUC = 0.719 and 0.667) in evaluating potential recurrence and progression of NMIBC. Moreover, combination of CDH11 and EORTC score system was the best predictive model in predicting recurrence of NMIBC (AUC = 0.779) among the three models. CONCLUSIONS: CDH11 was a reliable therapeutic target in BCA and a useful index to predict the possibilities of recurrence and progression in NMIBC patients.


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Cadherinas/metabolismo , Músculos/patología , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Vejiga Urinaria/patología , Anciano , Línea Celular Tumoral , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Femenino , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Invasividad Neoplásica , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/genética , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Pronóstico , Regulación hacia Arriba/genética , Neoplasias de la Vejiga Urinaria/genética
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Retina ; 40(7): 1353-1358, 2020 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31181037

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PURPOSE: To explore the natural evolution of isolated neovascular tufts ("popcorn") in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and its significance in the progression of acute ROP. METHODS: In this retrospective case series, 89 infants (89 eyes) in total having acute ROP were analyzed during serial retinal examinations with a RetCam III wide-angle fundus imaging system, among which 53 eyes were observed to have popcorn and 36 eyes did not. The clinical outcomes of the popcorn (+) group and the popcorn (-) group were compared. RESULTS: Popcorn was located only in Zone II, Stage 2 ROP, primarily in the temporal field (65%). It appeared at a mean postmenstrual age of (37.6 ± 1.3) weeks, disappeared at (41.0 ± 2.2) weeks, and lasted for (2.8 ± 1.1) weeks. The popcorn (+) group had a significantly higher natural regression incidence than the popcorn (-) group (P < 0.05). The laser-treated eyes in the popcorn (+) group had earlier presentations (36.4 ± 0.7 vs. 38.2 ± 1.3 weeks) and shorter existences (1.5 ± 0.5 vs. 3.2 ± 0.9 weeks) of popcorn than the regressed eyes (P < 0.01, respectively). CONCLUSION: Popcorn is generally a "benign" indicator of the regression of ROP. The early presentation (

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Retina/patología , Neovascularización Retiniana/diagnóstico , Retinopatía de la Prematuridad/diagnóstico , Tomografía de Coherencia Óptica/métodos , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Edad Gestacional , Humanos , Recién Nacido , Masculino , Neovascularización Retiniana/etiología , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Riesgo
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Urol Int ; 104(3-4): 230-238, 2020.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31770767

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the optimal age for the baseline serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test and for repeat screening and its economic burden in a single center in China. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 35,533 men with PSA screening were retrospectively enrolled in this study. Follow-ups were conducted in 1,586 men with PSA >4 ng/mL, and receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves were employed to investigate the optimal cutoffs. RESULTS: ROC analysis indicated that the optimal age for initial PSA screening was 57.5 years (AUC = 0.84), 62.5 years (AUC = 0.902), 60.5 years (AUC = 0.909), and 61.5 years (AUC = 0.890) for individuals with PSA >4 and >10 ng/mL, a diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa), and clinically significant PCa defined as the focus events, respectively. For Chinese men aged 50-59, 60-69, and >70 years, the initial PSA levels of 1.305 ng/mL (AUC = 0.699), 1.975 ng/mL (AUC = 0.711), and 2.740 ng/mL (AUC = 0.720) might have a PSA velocity >0.75 ng/mL per year during the follow-up. In addition, the total cost amounts to CNY 13,609,260 in these cases, but only 60 of the 35,533 (0.17%) men gained benefit from PSA screening. CONCLUSION: In our opinion, the optimal starting age for initial PSA testing was 57.5 years. The necessity for repeat screening should be based on the first PSA level depending on age. A cost--benefit analysis should be included in population-based screening.


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Detección Precoz del Cáncer/economía , Detección Precoz del Cáncer/estadística & datos numéricos , Antígeno Prostático Específico/sangre , Antígeno Prostático Específico/economía , Neoplasias de la Próstata/sangre , Neoplasias de la Próstata/diagnóstico , Adulto , Factores de Edad , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Pueblo Asiatico , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Tiempo
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Opt Express ; 27(19): 27295-27307, 2019 Sep 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31674594

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Imaging and edge detection have been widely applied and played an important role in security checking and medical diagnosis. However, as we know, most edge detection based on ghost imaging system requires large measurement times and the target object image cannot be provided directly. In this work, a new edge detection based on joint iteration of projected Landweber iteration regularization and guided filter ghost imaging method has been proposed, which can improve the feature detection quality in ghost imaging. This method can also achieve high-quality imaging. Simulation and experiment results show that the spatial information and edge information of target object are successfully recovered from the random speckle patterns without special coding under a low measurement times, and the edge image quality is improved remarkably. This approach improves the the applicability of ghost imaging and can satisfy the practical application fields of imaging and edge detection at the same time.

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BMC Ophthalmol ; 19(1): 61, 2019 Feb 26.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30808420

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BACKGROUND: To evaluate the efficacy, complications, and clinical characteristics, including the ocular toxicity, of intravitreal melphalan(IVM) treatment for vitreous seeding in Chinese retinoblastoma patients. METHODS: This was a retrospective, non-comparative analysis including 30 consecutive eyes of 23 patients with viable persistent or recurrent vitreous seeding following retinoblastoma treatment. All of the eyes received IVM injections (20-33 µg). Vitreous seeding control, determination of the ocular toxicity, and the clinical characteristics of intravitreal melphalan treatments were observed. RESULTS: The mean patient age at the time of the injection was 28 months (median = 22 months, range = 12-50 months). In total, 80 injections were administered in 30 eyes, the overall enucleation-free survival rate was 83.3% (25/30). The complications included retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and choroidal atrophy (19/30, 63.3%), pupillary synechiae (13/30, 43.3%), iris atrophy (12/30, 40%), retinal vascular occlusion (12/30, 40.0%), optic atrophy (6/30, 20%), vitreous hemorrhage (3/30, 10%), persistent hypotonia and phthisis bulbi (4/30 13.3%), and cataracts (8/30, 26.6%). Twelve eyes demonstrated grade 3 or greater IVM-associated retinal or anterior segment toxicity post injection. Mean dosage given showed significant difference between the groups. There were no significant differences in the retinal toxicity grades regarding the seed classification or seed regression patterns. CONCLUSIONS: Intravitreal melphalan is an effective treatment for refractory vitreous seeding from retinoblastoma, but exhibits both anterior and posterior segment toxicity in Chinese patients.


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Antineoplásicos Alquilantes/efectos adversos , Melfalán/efectos adversos , Neoplasias de la Retina/tratamiento farmacológico , Retinoblastoma/tratamiento farmacológico , Antineoplásicos Alquilantes/uso terapéutico , Preescolar , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Inyecciones Intravítreas , Masculino , Melfalán/uso terapéutico , Siembra Neoplásica , Estudios Retrospectivos , Cuerpo Vítreo/efectos de los fármacos
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Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg ; 35(3): 227-231, 2019.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30198965

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PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of retinal artery occlusions caused by cosmetic facial filler injections on the retrobulbar blood flow parameters. METHODS: This was a retrospective, noncomparative case series. Ten consecutive patients with fundus artery occlusions caused by facial filler injections were evaluated using color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI). The peak systolic velocity and end diastolic velocity of the ophthalmic artery, central retinal artery, and posterior ciliary arteries were determined. The clinical features, including the filler material, injection site, best-corrected visual acuity, fundus fluorescein angiography, and associated ocular and systemic manifestations were also collected. RESULTS: Injected materials included autologous fat (7 cases) and hyaluronic acid (3 cases). In 6 of the patients with ophthalmic artery occlusions, the CDFI showed no or drastic declines in the retrobulbar blood flow in the ophthalmic artery, central retinal artery, and posterior ciliary arteries. In 3 of the patients with central retinal artery occlusions, the CDFI showed no or a grossly decreased retrobulbar blood flow in the central retinal artery. In one patient with anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, the CDFI showed decreased end diastolic velocities and increased pulsatility and resistance indices in the central retinal artery, posterior ciliary arteries, and ophthalmic artery. During the follow-up period, the retrobulbar blood flow recovered to some degree. Overall, ophthalmic artery occlusion patients receiving autologous fat may have neurologic complications. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that the retrobulbar ocular blood flows measured with CDFI were distinctly different in the different types of ophthalmic artery occlusion. Color Doppler flow imaging could provide a practicable and convenient method for the diagnosis and follow up of retinal artery occlusions caused by cosmetic facial filler injections.


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Ácido Hialurónico/efectos adversos , Arteria Oftálmica/diagnóstico por imagen , Flujo Sanguíneo Regional/fisiología , Oclusión de la Arteria Retiniana/diagnóstico , Arteria Retiniana/diagnóstico por imagen , Ritidoplastia/efectos adversos , Ultrasonografía Doppler en Color/métodos , Adolescente , Adulto , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Ácido Hialurónico/administración & dosificación , Inyecciones , Persona de Mediana Edad , Arteria Oftálmica/fisiopatología , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Arteria Retiniana/fisiopatología , Oclusión de la Arteria Retiniana/inducido químicamente , Estudios Retrospectivos , Viscosuplementos/administración & dosificación , Viscosuplementos/efectos adversos , Agudeza Visual , Adulto Joven
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Mol Cell Biochem ; 449(1-2): 81-90, 2018 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29633065

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Resistance to radiotherapy is a major limitation for the successful treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC). Recently, accumulating evidence supports a critical role of epigenetic regulation in tumor cell survival upon irradiation. Lysine Demethylase 4B (KDM4B) is a histone demethylase involved in the oncogenesis of multiple human cancers but the underlying mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. Here we show that KDM4B is overexpressed in human colorectal cancer (CRC) tumors and cell lines. In CRC cells, KDM4B silencing induces spontaneous double-strand breaks (DSBs) formation and potently sensitizes tumor cells to irradiation. A putative mechanism involved suppression of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling pathway, which is essential for efficient repair of damaged DNA. Overexpression of STAT3 in KMD4B knockdown cells largely attenuates DNA damage triggered by KDM4B silencing and increases cell survival upon irradiation. Moreover, we find evidence that transcription factor CAMP Responsive Element Binding Protein (CREB) is a key regulator of KMD4B expression by directly binding to a conserved region in KMD4B promoter. Together, our findings illustrate the significance of CREB-KDM4B-STAT3 signaling cascade in DNA damage response, and highlight that KDM4B may potentially be a novel oncotarget for CRC radiotherapy.


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Neoplasias Colorrectales/metabolismo , Proteína de Unión a Elemento de Respuesta al AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Roturas del ADN de Doble Cadena , Histona Demetilasas con Dominio de Jumonji/metabolismo , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , Línea Celular Tumoral , Neoplasias Colorrectales/patología , Neoplasias Colorrectales/radioterapia , Rayos gamma , Humanos , Tolerancia a Radiación
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