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- Deng, Min, et al.
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Genome-wide association analyses in Han Chinese identify two new susceptibility loci for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- 2013
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Ingår i: Nature Genetics. - : Nature Publishing Group. - 1061-4036 .- 1546-1718. ; 45:6, s. 697-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To identify susceptibility genes for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 506 individuals with sporadic ALS and 1,859 controls of Han Chinese ancestry. Ninety top SNPs suggested by the current GWAS and 6 SNPs identified by previous GWAS were analyzed in an independent cohort of 706 individuals with ALS and 1,777 controls of Han Chinese ancestry. We discovered two new susceptibility loci for ALS at 1q32 (CAMK1G, rs6703183, P-combined = 2.92 x 10(-8), odds ratio (OR) = 1.31) and 22p11 (CABIN1 and SUSD2, rs8141797, P-combined = 2.35 x 10(-9), OR = 1.52). These two loci explain 12.48% of the overall variance in disease risk in the Han Chinese population. We found no association evidence for the previously reported loci in the Han Chinese population, suggesting genetic heterogeneity of disease susceptibility for ALS between ancestry groups. Our study identifies two new susceptibility loci and suggests new pathogenic mechanisms of ALS.
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- Jiang, Jingting, et al.
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Clinical Application of Determining Serum AFP-IgM Complexes for Diagnosis of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
- 2011
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Ingår i: Anticancer research. - 1791-7530. ; 31:2, s. 687-691
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Diagnosis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at early stages has obviously been improved since determination of serum levels of free alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) was implemented. AFP has been considered as the standard tumor marker of primary HCC, although certain patients have very low serum free AFP levels. In the present study, clinical application of measuring serum AFP-IgM immune complexes compared to the serum free AFP was evaluated for diagnosis of small HCC. One hundred and three healthy controls, 74 patients with primary HCC, 27 patients with liver cirrhosis and 63 patients with chronic hepatitis were included in the present study. Serum levels of AFP-IgM immune complexes and free AFP were determined by ELISA and electrochemiluminescence, respectively. The best cut-off values of AFP-IgM immune complexes and free AFP for the diagnosis of primary HCC were 300 AU/ml and 10 μg/l, respectively, according to the area under the curve (AUC). At these cut-off values, the sensitivities of AFP-IgM and AFP for HCC were 64.9% and 79.7%, respectively, with specificities of 75.6% and 80.3%, respectively. Combining positivity for both tumor markers, the specificity and accuracy of diagnosis of HCC were 89.1% and 79.0%, respectively. Moreover, when the diameter of the tumor was ≤3 cm (being considered as small HCC), the sensitivity and specificity were 100.0% and 75.3%, respectively. There was no significant correlation between AFP-IgM level, patient sex or age (p>0.05). The ROC area was significantly different between AFP-IgM and AFP (Z=2.19, p=0.0286). In addition, the serum AFP-IgM levels were significantly higher in the patients with tumor diameter ≤3 cm (1090.4±571.8 AU/ml) than in the patients with tumor diameter >3 cm (604.9±749.9 AU/ml). It is concluded that determining serum levels of both AFP-IgM immune complex and AFP may have potential benefit for the diagnosis of small HCC.
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- Liu, Kexin, et al.
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Interaction Between Two One-Way Waveguides
- 2012
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Ingår i: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. - : IEEE. - 0018-9197 .- 1558-1713. ; 48:8, s. 1059-1064
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The interaction between two (parallel) one-way waveguidesformed by photonic crystals is investigated theoretically. It is shown that when thetwo waveguides support modes propagating in opposite directions, they can effectively interact with each other only within a narrow guiding region where their propagation constants are nearly zero. In this coupling window, the waveguides are contra-directionally coupled and the efficiency grows monotonously with the coupling length, reaching 100% as the coupling length is large enough. When the one-waywaveguides support the modes propagating in the same direction, they may be efficiently coupled through the whole guiding regime, and their coupling exhibits the same behavior as the conventional uniform waveguides. The coupling between theone-way waveguides is first analyzed with the coupled-mode approximation and then verified by rigorous numerical simulation.
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- Zhou, Xiaodong, et al.
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Regulation of the viability of Nf1 deficient cells by PKC isoforms.
- 2014
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Ingår i: Oncotarget. - 1949-2553. ; 5:21, s. 10709-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Suppression of protein kinase C (PKC) is known to be synthetically lethal with ras mutations in various types of cancer cells. The studies also showed that blockade of PKC affected the viability of Nf1 deficient cells. Since PKC family consists of more than 10 isoforms, our study aimed at identifying which isoform(s) played the crucial role in sensitizing Nf1 deficient cells to apoptosis. Using genetic and chemical PKC inhibitors, we demonstrated that the concurrent inhibition of PKC α and β induced Nf1 deficient ST or 96.2 cells, but not SNF02.2 cells with a normal Nf1 or ST cells ectopically expressing Nf1 effective domain gene, to apoptosis. In this process, PKC δ in Nf1 deficient cells, but not in ST/Nf1 cells, was upregulated and translocated to the nucleus. Furthermore, caspase 3 was cleaved and cytochrome c was released to the cytosol. Thus, it appeared that PKC δ and α/β are the crucial components for sustaining the aberrant Ras signaling and further viability of Nf1 deficient cells. The abrogation of these two isoforms activated their opponent PKC δ for switching on the caspase 3-governed apoptotic machinery.
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