BACKGROUND Thiopurine-induced leucopenia significantly hinders the wide application of thiopurines.Dose optimization guided by nudix hydrolase 15(NUDT15)has significantly reduced the early leucopenia rate,but there ar...BACKGROUND Thiopurine-induced leucopenia significantly hinders the wide application of thiopurines.Dose optimization guided by nudix hydrolase 15(NUDT15)has significantly reduced the early leucopenia rate,but there are no definitive biomarkers for late risk leucopenia prediction.AIM To determine the predictive value of early monitoring of DNA-thioguanine(DNATG)or 6-thioguanine nucleotides(6TGN)for late leucopenia under a NUDT15-guided thiopurine dosing strategy in patients with Crohn’s disease(CD).METHODS Blood samples were collected within two months after thiopurine initiation for detection of metabolite concentrations.Late leucopenia was defined as a leukocyte count<3.5×10^(9)/L over two months.RESULTS Of 148 patients studied,late leucopenia was observed in 15.6%(17/109)of NUDT15/thiopurine methyltransferase(TPMT)normal and 64.1%(25/39)of intermediate metabolizers.In patients suffering late leucopenia,early DNATG levels were significantly higher than in those who did not develop late leucopenia(P=4.9×10^(-13)).The DNATG threshold of 319.43 fmol/μg DNA could predict late leucopenia in the entire sample with an area under the curve(AUC)of 0.855(sensitivity 83%,specificity 81%),and in NUDT15/TPMT normal metabolizers,the predictive performance of a threshold of 315.72 fmol/μg DNA was much more remarkable with an AUC of 0.902(sensitivity 88%,specificity 85%).6TGN had a relatively poor correlation with late leucopenia whether in the entire sample(P=0.021)or NUDT15/TPMT normal or intermediate metabolizers(P=0.018,P=0.55,respectively).CONCLUSION Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring of DNATG could be an effective strategy to prevent late leucopenia in both NUDT15/TPMT normal and intermediate metabolizers with CD,especially the former.展开更多
Over the past few years,China’s higher education institutions have experienced remarkable growth in online teaching.However,it remains uncertain whether and how the sense of presence perceived by students affects the...Over the past few years,China’s higher education institutions have experienced remarkable growth in online teaching.However,it remains uncertain whether and how the sense of presence perceived by students affects their online learning outcomes when teachers use online teaching media for communication.This sense specifically pertains to the extent to which students perceive themselves as“real persons”and establish connections with others.Therefore,this study constructs a conceptual model elucidating the impact of presence on students’online learning outcomes and empirically examines the mechanism through which three types of presence influence students’online learning.The test results of the structural equation modeling(SEM)indicate that:(a)teaching presence,social presence,and cognitive presence all exhibit significantly positive outcomes on students’online learning outcomes;(b)these three types of presence can also indirectly and positively influence students’online learning outcomes through the mediating effect of flow experience and learning satisfaction;and(c)flow experience and learning satisfaction play a sequential mediating role in the process by which presence impacts students’online learning outcomes.We hope that the relevant research findings may contribute to unveiling the“black box”of the impact of presence on students’online learning outcomes and offer valuable insights for college educators to overcome online teaching constraints and enhance online teaching quality.展开更多
BACKGROUND Primary biliary cholangitis(PBC)and autoimmune hepatitis(AIH)are two unexplained immune diseases.The golden standard for diagnosis of these diseases requires a liver biopsy.Liver biopsy is not widely accept...BACKGROUND Primary biliary cholangitis(PBC)and autoimmune hepatitis(AIH)are two unexplained immune diseases.The golden standard for diagnosis of these diseases requires a liver biopsy.Liver biopsy is not widely accepted by patients because of its invasive nature,and atypical liver histology can confuse diagnosis.In view of the lack of effective diagnostic markers for PBC and AIH,combined with the increasingly mature metabolomics technologies,including full-contour metabolomics and target.AIM To determine non-invasive,reliable,and sensitive biochemical markers for the differential diagnosis of PBC and AIH.METHODS Serum samples from 54 patients with PBC,26 patients with AIH and 30 healthy controls were analyzed by Ultra-high performance liquid chromatographytandem mass spectrometry serum metabolomics.The metabolites and metabolic pathways were identified,and the metabolic changes,metabolic pathways and inter-group differences between PBC and AIH were analyzed.Fifteen kinds of target metabolites of bile acids(BAs)were quantitatively analyzed by SRM,and the differential metabolites related to the diagnosis of PBC were screened by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.RESULTS We found the changes in the levels of amino acids,BAs,organic acids,phospholipids,choline,sugar,and sugar alcohols in patients with PBC and AIH.Furthermore,the SRM assay of BAs revealed the increased levels of chenodeoxycholic acid,lithocholic acid(LCA),taurolithocholic acid(TLCA),and LCA+TLCA in the PBC group compared with those in the AIH group.The levels of BAs may be used as biomarkers to differentiate PBC from AIH diseases.The levels of glycochenodeoxycholic acid,glycochenodeoxycholic sulfate,and taurodeoxycholic acid were gradually elevated with the increase of Child-Pugh class,which was correlated with the severity of disease.CONCLUSION The results demonstrated that the levels of BAs could serve as potential biomarkers for the early diagnosis and assessment of the severity of PBC and AIH.展开更多
Objective:To explore the regulatory role of thioredoxin-interacting protein(TXNIP) in Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and therefore to elucidate its function in diabetic myocardial infarction.Methods:Diabetic myocard...Objective:To explore the regulatory role of thioredoxin-interacting protein(TXNIP) in Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and therefore to elucidate its function in diabetic myocardial infarction.Methods:Diabetic myocardial infarction models were generated in mice.The expression levels of TXNIP and β-catenin and level of reactive oxygen species(ROS) were determined and compared with those in control group.Human umbilical vein endothelial cells were treated with high-eoncentration glucose and/or silencing TXNIP and/or H_2O_2.After 24 h,expression levels of TXNIP、β-catenin and its downstream protein Cyclin D1,and C-myc gene were determined by real-time PCR,Western blot and immunofluorescence method.The cell proliferation and ROS production capability in different groups were determined by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium assay.Results:Compared with control group,hyperglycemia significantly up-regulated TXNIP expression and ROS level in the myocardium and endothelial cells of myocardial infarction area,whereas the β-catenin expression was down-regulated,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).In comparison with Human umbilical vein endothelial cells in the control group,high glucose level increased the levels of TXNIP expression and ROS level in cells,but reduced cell proliferation as well as migration capability and expression levels of β-catenin,Cyclin D1 and C-myc;the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).However,this trend can be partially reversed by silencing TXNIP.Conclusions:Diabetic myocardial ischemia could up-regulate levels of TXNIP expression and ROS production in endothelial cells of myocardial infarction area.The regulation effect of TXNIP on β-catenin was partially achieved by changing ROS levels.展开更多
BACKGROUND Thalidomide is an effective treatment for refractory Crohn’s disease(CD).However,thalidomide-induced peripheral neuropathy(TiPN),which has a large individual variation,is a major cause of treatment failure...BACKGROUND Thalidomide is an effective treatment for refractory Crohn’s disease(CD).However,thalidomide-induced peripheral neuropathy(TiPN),which has a large individual variation,is a major cause of treatment failure.TiPN is rarely predictable and recognized,especially in CD.It is necessary to develop a risk model to predict TiPN occurrence.AIM To develop and compare a predictive model of TiPN using machine learning based on comprehensive clinical and genetic variables.METHODS A retrospective cohort of 164 CD patients from January 2016 to June 2022 was used to establish the model.The National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria Sensory Scale(version 4.0)was used to assess TiPN.With 18 clinical features and 150 genetic variables,five predictive models were established and evaluated by the confusion matrix receiver operating characteristic curve(AUROC),area under the precision-recall curve(AUPRC),specificity,sensitivity(recall rate),precision,accuracy,and F1 score.RESULTS The top-ranking five risk variables associated with TiPN were interleukin-12 rs1353248[P=0.0004,odds ratio(OR):8.983,95%confidence interval(CI):2.497-30.90],dose(mg/d,P=0.002),brainderived neurotrophic factor(BDNF)rs2030324(P=0.001,OR:3.164,95%CI:1.561-6.434),BDNF rs6265(P=0.001,OR:3.150,95%CI:1.546-6.073)and BDNF rs11030104(P=0.001,OR:3.091,95%CI:1.525-5.960).In the training set,gradient boosting decision tree(GBDT),extremely random trees(ET),random forest,logistic regression and extreme gradient boosting(XGBoost)obtained AUROC values>0.90 and AUPRC>0.87.Among these models,XGBoost and GBDT obtained the first two highest AUROC(0.90 and 1),AUPRC(0.98 and 1),accuracy(0.96 and 0.98),precision(0.90 and 0.95),F1 score(0.95 and 0.98),specificity(0.94 and 0.97),and sensitivity(1).In the validation set,XGBoost algorithm exhibited the best predictive performance with the highest specificity(0.857),accuracy(0.818),AUPRC(0.86)and AUROC(0.89).ET and GBDT obtained the highest sensitivity(1)and F1 score(0.8).Overall,compared with other state-of-the-art classifiers such as ET,GBDT and RF,XGBoost algorithm not only showed a more stable performance,but also yielded higher ROC-AUC and PRC-AUC scores,demonstrating its high accuracy in prediction of TiPN occurrence.CONCLUSION The powerful XGBoost algorithm accurately predicts TiPN using 18 clinical features and 14 genetic variables.With the ability to identify high-risk patients using single nucleotide polymorphisms,it offers a feasible option for improving thalidomide efficacy in CD patients.展开更多
Wenchengia alternifolia(Lamiaceae),the sole species of the genus Wenchengia is extremely rare and is currently listed as Critically Endangered(CR) on the IUCN Red List. The species had long been considered endemic to ...Wenchengia alternifolia(Lamiaceae),the sole species of the genus Wenchengia is extremely rare and is currently listed as Critically Endangered(CR) on the IUCN Red List. The species had long been considered endemic to Hainan Island,China and was once believed to be extinct until a small remnant population was rediscovered at the type locality in 2010.Four more populations were later found on Hainan and in Vietnam.In order to develop genomic resources for further studies on population genetics and conservation biology of this rare species,we identified infraspecific molecular markers in the present study,using genome skimming data of five individuals collected from two populations on Hainan Island and three populations in Vietnam respectively.The length of plastome of the five individuals varied from 152,961 bp to 150,204 bp,and exhibited a typical angiosperm quadripartite structure.Six plastid hotspot regions with the Pi> 0.01(trnH-psbA,psbA-trnK,rpl22,ndhE,ndhG-ndhI rps15-ycf1),and 1621 polymorphic gSSRs,as well as 1657 candidate SNPs in 237 variant nuclear genes were identified,thereby providing important information for further genetic studies.展开更多
MüLLERIAN duct anomalies （MDA） are abnor- malities occurring in the müllerian duct due to abnormal development of the uterus, cervix and vagina. Reported prevalence of this malformation in general populati...MüLLERIAN duct anomalies （MDA） are abnor- malities occurring in the müllerian duct due to abnormal development of the uterus, cervix and vagina. Reported prevalence of this malformation in general population was 4%-5%. But real figure may be greater because of unawareness of these diseases due to its asymptomatic nature.展开更多
Nine new a-aminophosphonate derivatives containing cyclopropane moiety have been synthesized via conventional and microwave irradiation methods under solvent- and catalyst-free condition. The structures of the title c...Nine new a-aminophosphonate derivatives containing cyclopropane moiety have been synthesized via conventional and microwave irradiation methods under solvent- and catalyst-free condition. The structures of the title compounds have been confirmed by ^1H NMR, ^31p NMR FTIR, EI-MS and FTICR-MS. Their antifungal activities were evaluated in vivo and some of the compounds were found to exhibit excellent antifungal activities against Corynespora cassiicola, Pseudomonas syringae pv. Lachrymans, Pseudoperonospora cubensis and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.展开更多
Objective To investigate the prevalence and possible factors influencing metabolic syndrome in people from Guizhou Province and to explore the predictive value of the fat-to-muscle ratio in diagnosing metabolic syndro...Objective To investigate the prevalence and possible factors influencing metabolic syndrome in people from Guizhou Province and to explore the predictive value of the fat-to-muscle ratio in diagnosing metabolic syndrome. Methods A multistage stratified sampling method was used in this cross-sectional study of 20-80 years old Han and Bouyei populations from Guizhou Province, southwestern China, from October-December 2012. The study included 4,553 cases of metabolic syndrome, that was defined according to 2005 International Diabetes Federation criteria. The receiver operating characteristic curve was used for determining the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive ability of the fat-to-muscle ratio for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome. Results The age-standardized prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 11.38%（men： 9.76%; women： 12.72%） for Han and 4.78%（men： 4.43%; women： 5.30%） for Bouyei populations. In Guizhou Province, the cut-off value for the men fat-to-muscle ratio was 0.34, the area under the curve was 0.95, and the sensitivity and specificity were 0.94 and 0.85, respectively. The cut-off value for the women fat-to-muscle ratio was 0.55, the area under the curve was 0.91, and the sensitivity and specificity were 0.93 and 0.79, respectively. Conclusion The fat-to-muscle ratio is highly predictive of metabolic syndrome in Guizhou Province, and a useful reference indicator.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82020108031,No.81973398,and No.82104290Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction Foundation,No.2020B1212060034Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation,No.2022A1515012549 and No.2023A1515012667.
文摘BACKGROUND Thiopurine-induced leucopenia significantly hinders the wide application of thiopurines.Dose optimization guided by nudix hydrolase 15(NUDT15)has significantly reduced the early leucopenia rate,but there are no definitive biomarkers for late risk leucopenia prediction.AIM To determine the predictive value of early monitoring of DNA-thioguanine(DNATG)or 6-thioguanine nucleotides(6TGN)for late leucopenia under a NUDT15-guided thiopurine dosing strategy in patients with Crohn’s disease(CD).METHODS Blood samples were collected within two months after thiopurine initiation for detection of metabolite concentrations.Late leucopenia was defined as a leukocyte count<3.5×10^(9)/L over two months.RESULTS Of 148 patients studied,late leucopenia was observed in 15.6%(17/109)of NUDT15/thiopurine methyltransferase(TPMT)normal and 64.1%(25/39)of intermediate metabolizers.In patients suffering late leucopenia,early DNATG levels were significantly higher than in those who did not develop late leucopenia(P=4.9×10^(-13)).The DNATG threshold of 319.43 fmol/μg DNA could predict late leucopenia in the entire sample with an area under the curve(AUC)of 0.855(sensitivity 83%,specificity 81%),and in NUDT15/TPMT normal metabolizers,the predictive performance of a threshold of 315.72 fmol/μg DNA was much more remarkable with an AUC of 0.902(sensitivity 88%,specificity 85%).6TGN had a relatively poor correlation with late leucopenia whether in the entire sample(P=0.021)or NUDT15/TPMT normal or intermediate metabolizers(P=0.018,P=0.55,respectively).CONCLUSION Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring of DNATG could be an effective strategy to prevent late leucopenia in both NUDT15/TPMT normal and intermediate metabolizers with CD,especially the former.
基金the project“Research on the Evaluation Mechanism of College Ideological and Political Education:A Perspective on Teacher-Student Development,”funded by Zhejiang Provincial College Ideological and Political Education Research Project.
文摘Over the past few years,China’s higher education institutions have experienced remarkable growth in online teaching.However,it remains uncertain whether and how the sense of presence perceived by students affects their online learning outcomes when teachers use online teaching media for communication.This sense specifically pertains to the extent to which students perceive themselves as“real persons”and establish connections with others.Therefore,this study constructs a conceptual model elucidating the impact of presence on students’online learning outcomes and empirically examines the mechanism through which three types of presence influence students’online learning.The test results of the structural equation modeling(SEM)indicate that:(a)teaching presence,social presence,and cognitive presence all exhibit significantly positive outcomes on students’online learning outcomes;(b)these three types of presence can also indirectly and positively influence students’online learning outcomes through the mediating effect of flow experience and learning satisfaction;and(c)flow experience and learning satisfaction play a sequential mediating role in the process by which presence impacts students’online learning outcomes.We hope that the relevant research findings may contribute to unveiling the“black box”of the impact of presence on students’online learning outcomes and offer valuable insights for college educators to overcome online teaching constraints and enhance online teaching quality.
基金Supported by Health and Family Planning Commission Project of Jilin Province,No.2016Q043Health and Hygiene Committee Project of Jilin Province,No.2021LC082。
文摘BACKGROUND Primary biliary cholangitis(PBC)and autoimmune hepatitis(AIH)are two unexplained immune diseases.The golden standard for diagnosis of these diseases requires a liver biopsy.Liver biopsy is not widely accepted by patients because of its invasive nature,and atypical liver histology can confuse diagnosis.In view of the lack of effective diagnostic markers for PBC and AIH,combined with the increasingly mature metabolomics technologies,including full-contour metabolomics and target.AIM To determine non-invasive,reliable,and sensitive biochemical markers for the differential diagnosis of PBC and AIH.METHODS Serum samples from 54 patients with PBC,26 patients with AIH and 30 healthy controls were analyzed by Ultra-high performance liquid chromatographytandem mass spectrometry serum metabolomics.The metabolites and metabolic pathways were identified,and the metabolic changes,metabolic pathways and inter-group differences between PBC and AIH were analyzed.Fifteen kinds of target metabolites of bile acids(BAs)were quantitatively analyzed by SRM,and the differential metabolites related to the diagnosis of PBC were screened by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.RESULTS We found the changes in the levels of amino acids,BAs,organic acids,phospholipids,choline,sugar,and sugar alcohols in patients with PBC and AIH.Furthermore,the SRM assay of BAs revealed the increased levels of chenodeoxycholic acid,lithocholic acid(LCA),taurolithocholic acid(TLCA),and LCA+TLCA in the PBC group compared with those in the AIH group.The levels of BAs may be used as biomarkers to differentiate PBC from AIH diseases.The levels of glycochenodeoxycholic acid,glycochenodeoxycholic sulfate,and taurodeoxycholic acid were gradually elevated with the increase of Child-Pugh class,which was correlated with the severity of disease.CONCLUSION The results demonstrated that the levels of BAs could serve as potential biomarkers for the early diagnosis and assessment of the severity of PBC and AIH.
基金Supported by Fund Project.National Natural Science Foundation of China with Grant No.81500290
文摘Objective:To explore the regulatory role of thioredoxin-interacting protein(TXNIP) in Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and therefore to elucidate its function in diabetic myocardial infarction.Methods:Diabetic myocardial infarction models were generated in mice.The expression levels of TXNIP and β-catenin and level of reactive oxygen species(ROS) were determined and compared with those in control group.Human umbilical vein endothelial cells were treated with high-eoncentration glucose and/or silencing TXNIP and/or H_2O_2.After 24 h,expression levels of TXNIP、β-catenin and its downstream protein Cyclin D1,and C-myc gene were determined by real-time PCR,Western blot and immunofluorescence method.The cell proliferation and ROS production capability in different groups were determined by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium assay.Results:Compared with control group,hyperglycemia significantly up-regulated TXNIP expression and ROS level in the myocardium and endothelial cells of myocardial infarction area,whereas the β-catenin expression was down-regulated,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).In comparison with Human umbilical vein endothelial cells in the control group,high glucose level increased the levels of TXNIP expression and ROS level in cells,but reduced cell proliferation as well as migration capability and expression levels of β-catenin,Cyclin D1 and C-myc;the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).However,this trend can be partially reversed by silencing TXNIP.Conclusions:Diabetic myocardial ischemia could up-regulate levels of TXNIP expression and ROS production in endothelial cells of myocardial infarction area.The regulation effect of TXNIP on β-catenin was partially achieved by changing ROS levels.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81973398,No.81730103,No.81573507 and No.82020108031The National Key Research and Development Program,No.2017YFC0909300 and No.2016YFC0905001+5 种基金Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction Foundation,No.2017B030314030 and No.2020B1212060034Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou,No.201607020031National Engineering and Technology Research Center for New Drug Druggability Evaluation(Seed Program of Guangdong Province),No.2017B090903004The 111 Project,No.B16047China Postdoctoral Science Foundation,No.2019M66324,No.2020M683140 and No.2020M683139Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,No.2022A1515012549 and No.2023A1515012667.
文摘BACKGROUND Thalidomide is an effective treatment for refractory Crohn’s disease(CD).However,thalidomide-induced peripheral neuropathy(TiPN),which has a large individual variation,is a major cause of treatment failure.TiPN is rarely predictable and recognized,especially in CD.It is necessary to develop a risk model to predict TiPN occurrence.AIM To develop and compare a predictive model of TiPN using machine learning based on comprehensive clinical and genetic variables.METHODS A retrospective cohort of 164 CD patients from January 2016 to June 2022 was used to establish the model.The National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria Sensory Scale(version 4.0)was used to assess TiPN.With 18 clinical features and 150 genetic variables,five predictive models were established and evaluated by the confusion matrix receiver operating characteristic curve(AUROC),area under the precision-recall curve(AUPRC),specificity,sensitivity(recall rate),precision,accuracy,and F1 score.RESULTS The top-ranking five risk variables associated with TiPN were interleukin-12 rs1353248[P=0.0004,odds ratio(OR):8.983,95%confidence interval(CI):2.497-30.90],dose(mg/d,P=0.002),brainderived neurotrophic factor(BDNF)rs2030324(P=0.001,OR:3.164,95%CI:1.561-6.434),BDNF rs6265(P=0.001,OR:3.150,95%CI:1.546-6.073)and BDNF rs11030104(P=0.001,OR:3.091,95%CI:1.525-5.960).In the training set,gradient boosting decision tree(GBDT),extremely random trees(ET),random forest,logistic regression and extreme gradient boosting(XGBoost)obtained AUROC values>0.90 and AUPRC>0.87.Among these models,XGBoost and GBDT obtained the first two highest AUROC(0.90 and 1),AUPRC(0.98 and 1),accuracy(0.96 and 0.98),precision(0.90 and 0.95),F1 score(0.95 and 0.98),specificity(0.94 and 0.97),and sensitivity(1).In the validation set,XGBoost algorithm exhibited the best predictive performance with the highest specificity(0.857),accuracy(0.818),AUPRC(0.86)and AUROC(0.89).ET and GBDT obtained the highest sensitivity(1)and F1 score(0.8).Overall,compared with other state-of-the-art classifiers such as ET,GBDT and RF,XGBoost algorithm not only showed a more stable performance,but also yielded higher ROC-AUC and PRC-AUC scores,demonstrating its high accuracy in prediction of TiPN occurrence.CONCLUSION The powerful XGBoost algorithm accurately predicts TiPN using 18 clinical features and 14 genetic variables.With the ability to identify high-risk patients using single nucleotide polymorphisms,it offers a feasible option for improving thalidomide efficacy in CD patients.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number 31970225 and 31900181)the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation(grant number LY19C030007)the Open Fund of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources(PFGR202104).
文摘Wenchengia alternifolia(Lamiaceae),the sole species of the genus Wenchengia is extremely rare and is currently listed as Critically Endangered(CR) on the IUCN Red List. The species had long been considered endemic to Hainan Island,China and was once believed to be extinct until a small remnant population was rediscovered at the type locality in 2010.Four more populations were later found on Hainan and in Vietnam.In order to develop genomic resources for further studies on population genetics and conservation biology of this rare species,we identified infraspecific molecular markers in the present study,using genome skimming data of five individuals collected from two populations on Hainan Island and three populations in Vietnam respectively.The length of plastome of the five individuals varied from 152,961 bp to 150,204 bp,and exhibited a typical angiosperm quadripartite structure.Six plastid hotspot regions with the Pi> 0.01(trnH-psbA,psbA-trnK,rpl22,ndhE,ndhG-ndhI rps15-ycf1),and 1621 polymorphic gSSRs,as well as 1657 candidate SNPs in 237 variant nuclear genes were identified,thereby providing important information for further genetic studies.
文摘MüLLERIAN duct anomalies （MDA） are abnor- malities occurring in the müllerian duct due to abnormal development of the uterus, cervix and vagina. Reported prevalence of this malformation in general population was 4%-5%. But real figure may be greater because of unawareness of these diseases due to its asymptomatic nature.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2010B12606)
文摘Nine new a-aminophosphonate derivatives containing cyclopropane moiety have been synthesized via conventional and microwave irradiation methods under solvent- and catalyst-free condition. The structures of the title compounds have been confirmed by ^1H NMR, ^31p NMR FTIR, EI-MS and FTICR-MS. Their antifungal activities were evaluated in vivo and some of the compounds were found to exhibit excellent antifungal activities against Corynespora cassiicola, Pseudomonas syringae pv. Lachrymans, Pseudoperonospora cubensis and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
基金the National Science and Technology Pillar Program during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan Period sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China[grant number 2012BAI37B02]the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant number 81673184]
文摘Objective To investigate the prevalence and possible factors influencing metabolic syndrome in people from Guizhou Province and to explore the predictive value of the fat-to-muscle ratio in diagnosing metabolic syndrome. Methods A multistage stratified sampling method was used in this cross-sectional study of 20-80 years old Han and Bouyei populations from Guizhou Province, southwestern China, from October-December 2012. The study included 4,553 cases of metabolic syndrome, that was defined according to 2005 International Diabetes Federation criteria. The receiver operating characteristic curve was used for determining the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive ability of the fat-to-muscle ratio for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome. Results The age-standardized prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 11.38%（men： 9.76%; women： 12.72%） for Han and 4.78%（men： 4.43%; women： 5.30%） for Bouyei populations. In Guizhou Province, the cut-off value for the men fat-to-muscle ratio was 0.34, the area under the curve was 0.95, and the sensitivity and specificity were 0.94 and 0.85, respectively. The cut-off value for the women fat-to-muscle ratio was 0.55, the area under the curve was 0.91, and the sensitivity and specificity were 0.93 and 0.79, respectively. Conclusion The fat-to-muscle ratio is highly predictive of metabolic syndrome in Guizhou Province, and a useful reference indicator.
