The purpose of the present study was to analyze the clinical phenotypes of a girl with oculo-facio-cardio-dental(OFCD)syndrome and to identify the potential pathogenic mutation responsible for her disease. The patient...The purpose of the present study was to analyze the clinical phenotypes of a girl with oculo-facio-cardio-dental(OFCD)syndrome and to identify the potential pathogenic mutation responsible for her disease. The patient underwent detailed clinical examinations and phenotype data were collected over a follow-up period of 9 years. Mutation analysis of the candidate gene BCOR was performed with polymerase chain reaction and Sanger sequencing. BCOR of 60 unrelated normal individuals were also sequenced as a control group. Clinical phenotyping and follow-up study results indicate that this patient had multiple system anomalies including ocular, facial, cardiac, dental, and limb malformations. In addition, papilloma of the choroid plexus was identified, which represents the first report of this phenotype in an OFCD patient. A novel deletion mutation, c.1296 delT in exon4 of the BCOR gene, was identified in this patient and was not found in her parents or in 60 normal unrelated individuals. This deletion was a frameshift mutation and is proposed to encode a premature stop codon, thus producing a truncated protein. Our patient fitted the diagnostic criteria for OFCD syndrome and we report the first papilloma of the choroid plexus in an OFCD patient, expanding the recognized phenotypic spectrum of this disease. Meanwhile, we identified a novel deletion mutation that may cause OFCD syndrome.展开更多
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of a human lens microRNA(miR-497-5p) in regulating epithelialmesenchymal transition(EMT) under the control of transforming growth factor beta(TGF-β). A microRNA a...The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of a human lens microRNA(miR-497-5p) in regulating epithelialmesenchymal transition(EMT) under the control of transforming growth factor beta(TGF-β). A microRNA array was used to evaluate the microRNA profiles of untreated and TGF-β-treated human lens epithelial cells in culture. This showed that TGF-βtreatment led to the upregulation of 96 microRNAs and downregulation of 39 microRNAs. Thirteen microRNAs were predicted to be involved in the pathogenesis of posterior capsule opacification(PCO). Meanwhile, overexpression of miR-497-5p suppressed cell proliferation and EMT 48 h post-transfection, and inhibition of miR-497-5p accelerated cell proliferation and EMT.Treatment with TGF-β inhibited the expression of miR-497-5p, but not cell proliferation. miR-497-5p was also found to regulate the level of CCNE1 and FGF7, which are reported to be actively involved in EMT. CCNE1 and FGF7 were bona fide targets of miR-497-5p. The results suggest that miR-497-5p participates in the direct regulation of lens epithelial cell EMTand is regulated by TGF-β. miR-497-5p may be a novel target for PCO therapy.展开更多
The west Jilin Province is a typical area in the ecotone between agriculture and animal husbandry,with a frangible eco-environment.With respect to the three aspects of water resource,natural disasters and land degrada...The west Jilin Province is a typical area in the ecotone between agriculture and animal husbandry,with a frangible eco-environment.With respect to the three aspects of water resource,natural disasters and land degradation,10 indices were selected to establish a matter-element model for the assessment of eco-environmental frangibility in the west Jilin Province.The results indicate that during 1985–2000,Qian’an,Fuyu,and Changling had the least frangibility(level Ⅰ),followed by Da’an and Qianguo(level Ⅱ),and Taobei,Zhenlai,Taonan,and Tongyu had the highest frangibility(level Ⅲ).On the whole,the counties in Songyuan city were less frangible than those in Baicheng city.Different counties had different frangibilities to environmental factors,e.g.,Da’an and Tongyu were frangible in water resource conditions;Taobei,Zhenlai,Taonan,Tongyu and Qian’an suffered most from natural disasters;while Taobei,Taonan and Qianguo were threatened by severe land degradation.展开更多
基金supported by Beijing New Star of Science and Technology (H020821380190, Z131102000413025)Fund of Work Committee for Women and Children of China State Department (2014108)+1 种基金National Natural Science Foundation (30471861)Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology Leading Programme (201515)
文摘The purpose of the present study was to analyze the clinical phenotypes of a girl with oculo-facio-cardio-dental(OFCD)syndrome and to identify the potential pathogenic mutation responsible for her disease. The patient underwent detailed clinical examinations and phenotype data were collected over a follow-up period of 9 years. Mutation analysis of the candidate gene BCOR was performed with polymerase chain reaction and Sanger sequencing. BCOR of 60 unrelated normal individuals were also sequenced as a control group. Clinical phenotyping and follow-up study results indicate that this patient had multiple system anomalies including ocular, facial, cardiac, dental, and limb malformations. In addition, papilloma of the choroid plexus was identified, which represents the first report of this phenotype in an OFCD patient. A novel deletion mutation, c.1296 delT in exon4 of the BCOR gene, was identified in this patient and was not found in her parents or in 60 normal unrelated individuals. This deletion was a frameshift mutation and is proposed to encode a premature stop codon, thus producing a truncated protein. Our patient fitted the diagnostic criteria for OFCD syndrome and we report the first papilloma of the choroid plexus in an OFCD patient, expanding the recognized phenotypic spectrum of this disease. Meanwhile, we identified a novel deletion mutation that may cause OFCD syndrome.
基金supported by the Beijing New Star in Science and Technology(H020821380190 and Z131102000413025)the National Working Committee on Children and Women under State Council(2014108)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30471861)。
文摘The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of a human lens microRNA(miR-497-5p) in regulating epithelialmesenchymal transition(EMT) under the control of transforming growth factor beta(TGF-β). A microRNA array was used to evaluate the microRNA profiles of untreated and TGF-β-treated human lens epithelial cells in culture. This showed that TGF-βtreatment led to the upregulation of 96 microRNAs and downregulation of 39 microRNAs. Thirteen microRNAs were predicted to be involved in the pathogenesis of posterior capsule opacification(PCO). Meanwhile, overexpression of miR-497-5p suppressed cell proliferation and EMT 48 h post-transfection, and inhibition of miR-497-5p accelerated cell proliferation and EMT.Treatment with TGF-β inhibited the expression of miR-497-5p, but not cell proliferation. miR-497-5p was also found to regulate the level of CCNE1 and FGF7, which are reported to be actively involved in EMT. CCNE1 and FGF7 were bona fide targets of miR-497-5p. The results suggest that miR-497-5p participates in the direct regulation of lens epithelial cell EMTand is regulated by TGF-β. miR-497-5p may be a novel target for PCO therapy.
基金The project was supported by the National Basic Research Priorities Program(973 Program)(No.2004CB418507).
文摘The west Jilin Province is a typical area in the ecotone between agriculture and animal husbandry,with a frangible eco-environment.With respect to the three aspects of water resource,natural disasters and land degradation,10 indices were selected to establish a matter-element model for the assessment of eco-environmental frangibility in the west Jilin Province.The results indicate that during 1985–2000,Qian’an,Fuyu,and Changling had the least frangibility(level Ⅰ),followed by Da’an and Qianguo(level Ⅱ),and Taobei,Zhenlai,Taonan,and Tongyu had the highest frangibility(level Ⅲ).On the whole,the counties in Songyuan city were less frangible than those in Baicheng city.Different counties had different frangibilities to environmental factors,e.g.,Da’an and Tongyu were frangible in water resource conditions;Taobei,Zhenlai,Taonan,Tongyu and Qian’an suffered most from natural disasters;while Taobei,Taonan and Qianguo were threatened by severe land degradation.
