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  • 1
    In: Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 12 ( 2021-12-15)
    Abstract: Mucormycosis is an angioinvasive fungal infection, associated with high mortality. The aim of our study was to explore the high-risk factors and predict the death of hematological disease complicated with mucormycosis. We retrospectively analyzed clinical data of 31 patients with hematological disease complicated with mucormycosis, adopted random forest to establish the death prediction model, and validated the model in another 15 patients. The median age of the 31 cases was 46 (28–51) years, male to female ratio 1.38:1, and 90-day mortality rate 54.8%. The most common underlying disease was acute myeloid leukemia (58.1%). The main clinical symptoms were fever (100%), cough (87.1%), sputum (80.6%), chest pain (61.3%), and hemoptysis (19.4%). Reversed halo sign (83.9%) was the most common computed tomography sign. A total of 48.4% of patients also had aspergillus or bacterial infections. Discriminative models were constructed by random forest with 17 non-survivors and 14 survivors. Procalcitonin, the duration of intravenous administration of amphotericin B or amphotericin B liposomes, and neutropenia at death or 90 days of survival were the leading risk factors for poor prognosis, with area under the curve of 0.975 (95% CI 0.934–1). We chose 0.6775 as death prediction threshold (with 82.3% sensitivity and 100% specificity) and validated the model successfully in another 15 patients. Chest pain and reversed halo sign are specific clinical and image signs of hematological disease complicated with mucormycosis. Neutropenia, elevated procalcitonin, and insufficient use time of amphotericin B or amphotericin B liposomes are risk factors for death.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1664-302X
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Frontiers Media SA ; 2022
    In:  Frontiers in Medicine Vol. 9 ( 2022-3-24)
    In: Frontiers in Medicine, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 9 ( 2022-3-24)
    Abstract: Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients such as hematological malignancies, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and solid organ transplantation. The diagnosis of IPA in these patients is still difficult because it has no obvious specificity in clinical symptoms, signs and imaging, and test sensitivity of blood 1,3-β- d -glucan test, galactomannan are low. Therefore, we still need to explore more diagnostic methods. In our study, via peripheral blood metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), five patients were tested positive for Aspergillus DNA and then quickly diagnosed as IPA. Out of the 5 cases, 1 was proven and 4 were probable IPA. The underlying diseases of the 5 patients were myelodysplastic syndrome (2 cases), acute myeloid leukemia (2 cases), and renal transplantation (1 case). Then they were diagnosed as IPA using other methods such as lung histopathology, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) mNGS, and sputum culture or sputum mNGS. In case 1, sputum culture suggested Aspergillus flavus . In case 2, both Grocott methenamine silver (GMS) stain of lung histopathology and lung tissue mNGS suggested Aspergillus infection. In cases 3 and 4, BALF-mNGS suggested Aspergillus infection. In case 5, sputum mNGS suggested Aspergillus infection. In conclusion, detecting the cfDNA of Aspergillus via peripheral blood mNGS can be used to diagnose IPA and is a rapid and non-invasive diagnosis method.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2296-858X
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2022
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    In: SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier BV
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1556-5068
    Language: English
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2020
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    Elsevier BV ; 2006
    In:  Journal of Archaeological Science Vol. 33, No. 10 ( 2006-10), p. 1433-1444
    In: Journal of Archaeological Science, Elsevier BV, Vol. 33, No. 10 ( 2006-10), p. 1433-1444
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0305-4403
    Language: English
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2006
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    In: Circulation, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 143, No. 23 ( 2021-06-08), p. 2254-2272
    Abstract: Cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD) is a complex pathophysiological condition involving systemic chronic hypoxia (CH). Some patients with CCHD are unoperated for various reasons and remain chronically hypoxic throughout their lives, which heightens the risk of heart failure as they age. Hypoxia activates cellular metabolic adaptation to balance energy demands by accumulating hypoxia-inducible factor 1-α (HIF-1α). This study aims to determine the effect of CH on cardiac metabolism and function in patients with CCHD and its association with age. The role of HIF-1α in this process was investigated, and potential therapeutic targets were explored. Methods: Patients with CCHD (n=25) were evaluated for cardiac metabolism and function with positron emission tomography/computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Heart tissue samples were subjected to metabolomic and protein analyses. CH rodent models were generated to enable continuous observation of changes in cardiac metabolism and function. The role of HIF-1α in cardiac metabolic adaptation to CH was investigated with genetically modified animals and isotope-labeled metabolomic pathway tracing studies. Results: Prepubertal patients with CCHD had glucose-dominant cardiac metabolism and normal cardiac function. In comparison, among patients who had entered puberty, the levels of myocardial glucose uptake and glycolytic intermediates were significantly decreased, but fatty acids were significantly increased, along with decreased left ventricular ejection fraction. These clinical phenotypes were replicated in CH rodent models. In patients with CCHD and animals exposed to CH, myocardial HIF-1α was upregulated before puberty but was significantly downregulated during puberty. In cardiomyocyte-specific Hif-1α –knockout mice, CH failed to initiate the switch of myocardial substrates from fatty acids to glucose, thereby inhibiting ATP production and impairing cardiac function. Increased insulin resistance during puberty suppressed myocardial HIF-1α and was responsible for cardiac metabolic maladaptation in animals exposed to CH. Pioglitazone significantly reduced myocardial insulin resistance, restored glucose metabolism, and improved cardiac function in pubertal CH animals. Conclusions: In patients with CCHD, maladaptation of cardiac metabolism occurred during puberty, along with impaired cardiac function. HIF-1α was identified as the key regulator of cardiac metabolic adaptation in animals exposed to CH, and pubertal insulin resistance could suppress its expression. Pioglitazone administration during puberty might help improve cardiac function in patients with CCHD.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0009-7322 , 1524-4539
    Language: English
    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 2021
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    SAGE Publications ; 2008
    In:  European Journal of Mass Spectrometry Vol. 14, No. 4 ( 2008-08), p. 211-218
    In: European Journal of Mass Spectrometry, SAGE Publications, Vol. 14, No. 4 ( 2008-08), p. 211-218
    Abstract: Mass spectral interference was investigated systematically during the determination of trace elements in superalloy by glow discharge mass spectrometry (GD-MS); moreover the main mass spectral interference and interference level of isotopes were provided in detail. According to the mass spectral interference of elements, different methods were selected for interference correction. The effects of mass spectral interference were removed efficiently by using correction methods such as selecting isotopes without interference, matching sample matrices and deducing interference with multivariable linear regression. The determination results of three superalloy samples show that trace elements such as B, Mg, Ga, As, Ag, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Tl, Pb and Bi were determined successfully after interference correction.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1469-0667 , 1751-6838
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2008
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  • 7
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    Elsevier BV ; 2007
    In:  International Journal of Mass Spectrometry Vol. 262, No. 1-2 ( 2007-4), p. 25-32
    In: International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, Elsevier BV, Vol. 262, No. 1-2 ( 2007-4), p. 25-32
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1387-3806
    Language: English
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2007
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  • 8
    In: Cancer Management and Research, Informa UK Limited, Vol. Volume 11 ( 2020-01), p. 10969-10982
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1179-1322
    Language: English
    Publisher: Informa UK Limited
    Publication Date: 2020
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  • 9
    In: Experimental Hematology & Oncology, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 9, No. 1 ( 2020-12)
    Abstract: In this study, we retrospectively summarized the differences of molecular gene mutations between MDS and AML patients, as well as the young and older age groups of MDS and AML patients. We also analyzed the response of newly diagnosed AML patients to standard DA or IA induction chemotherapy and the relationship between the chemotherapy outcome and the frequency of different gene mutation abnormalities. Methods NGS assay covering 43 genes was studied in 93 de novo MDS and 325 non-M3 AML patients. Bone marrow samples from all patients underwent gene mutational analysis by NGS. Results At least one non-synonymous gene mutation was detected in 279 AML patients (85.8%) and 85 MDS patients (91.4%). Contrary to 59 years and younger AML patients, there was a significantly higher incidence of gene mutation in 60 years and older AML patients (2.37 vs 1.94, p = 0.034). Gene mutation incidence in 60 years and older MDS patients increased, but no statistical significance was present (1.95 vs 1.64, p = 0.216). AML patients had a significantly higher gene mutation incidence compared with MDS-MLD patients (2.02 vs 1.63, p = 0.046). Gene mutation incidence was higher in patients with MDS-EB1/EB2 compared with patients with MDS-MLD but there was no statistical significance present (2.14 vs 1.63, p = 0.081). AML patients had significantly higher incidences of CEBPA, FLT3-ITD, DNMT3A, NPM1 and IDH1/2 gene mutations (p = 0.0043, 0.000, 0.030962, 0.002752, and 0.000628, respectively) and a lower incidence of TET2 and U2AF1 gene mutations (p = 0.000004 and 0.000, respectively) compared with MDS patients. Among the individual genes in different age groups, there were significantly higher incidences of RUNX1, IDH2, TP53 and SF3B1 gene mutations (p = 0.0478, 0.0028, 0.0024 and 0.005, respectively) as well as a trend of higher ASXL gene mutation (p = 0.057) in 60 years and older AML patients compared to 59 years and younger patients. There was no statistically significant difference in MDS patients with the different age groups and among the individual genes. Between AML patients and MDS patients among the different gene functional groups, AML patients had a significantly higher incidence of transcriptional deregulation (27.4% vs 15.1%, p = 0.014963), activated signalling (36.3% vs 10.8%, p = 0.000002) related gene mutations as well as a significantly lower incidence of RNA spliceosome (6.15% vs 60.1%, p = 0.000) related gene mutations. Furthermore, among the patients who received either IA or DA regimen for induction chemotherapy, patients with IA regimen had a significantly better CR rate than those with DA regimen (76.6% vs 57.1%, p = 0.0228). Conclusions Different gene mutations had been found in majority of MDS and AML patients. MDS and AML patients had different gene mutation patterns. AML patients with fewer or no gene mutations had a better chance of achieving CR when treated with IA and DA regimen induction chemotherapy.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2162-3619
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2020
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    In: Scientific Reports, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 12, No. 1 ( 2022-04-26)
    Abstract: Myeloid sarcoma is a rare manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and is associated with poor overall survival (OS). The optimal treatment remains unclear. The study retrospectively evaluated 118 patients with myeloid sarcoma who were treated at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2010 to July 2021. All cases were diagnosed by tissue biopsy. 41 patients underwent genetic mutation analysis. The most frequent genetic mutations were KIT (16.6%), followed by TET2 (14.6%), and NRAS (14.6%). The median survival time of 118 patients was 4 months (range, 1–51 months), while the median survival time of 11 patients who received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) was 19 months (range, 8–51 months). 4 (36.4%) of the 11 patients experienced relapse within 1 year after transplantation. 1 patient died from a severe infection. Of the 6 surviving patients, 5 patients have received maintenance treatment with decitabine after transplantation, and all remained in a state of recurrence-free survival. Patients with myeloid sarcoma have a very unfavorable outcome. Allo-HSCT is an effective treatment option. Recurrence remains the main cause of transplant failure. Maintenance treatment with decitabine after transplantation can prolong the recurrence-free survival time, although these results must be verified in a study with expanded sample size.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2045-2322
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2022
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