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Hua Huang

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PubMed2026

Efficacy and safety of rib-guided percutaneous thoracic sympathetic radiofrequency thermocoagulation at two different targets for primary palmar hyperhidrosis: a randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy and safety of computed tomography-guided percutaneous thoracic sympathetic radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RFT) targeting the upper versus lateral margin of the fourth rib head for severe primary palmar hyperhidrosis (PPH). METHODS: Patients with severe PPH were randomly divided into Group U (upper margin target) and Group L (lateral margin target). Outcome measures included 1-year recurrence rate, Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale (HDSS), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), palm skin temperature, finger perfusion index (PI), compensatory hyperhidrosis and patient satisfaction. RESULTS: Both groups (n = 55 each, 110 sides) successfully underwent RFT. No preprocedural PI differences were found (p > 0.05). Immediately post-RFT, PI in Group L was significantly higher than in Group U (left p = 0.025, right p = 0.013). No significant differences in HDSS grades were observed between groups before and at 1 day, 2 weeks, 1 month and 3 months post-procedure. However, at 6 and 12 months, Group L showed significantly lower HDSS grades (left p = 0.033 and 0.016; right p = 0.039 and 0.025) and lower DLQI scores (p = 0.037 and 0.024) than Group U. Patient satisfaction did not differ within 6 months, but Group L had significantly higher satisfaction at 12 months (p = 0.036). CONCLUSIONS: Targeting the lateral margin of the fourth rib head for RFT achieved greater efficacy, better quality of life and higher patient satisfaction compared to the upper margin target.

Humans↗
PubMed2024

L3MBTL1, a polycomb protein, promotes Osimertinib acquired resistance through epigenetic regulation of DNA damage response in lung adenocarcinoma.

Osimertinib is a third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) approved for patients with EGFR T790M resistance mutations as first- or second-line treatment of EGFR-positive patients. Resistance to Osimertinib will inevitably develop, and the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. In this study, we discovered that acquired resistance to Osimertinib is associated with abnormal DNA damage response (DDR) in lung adenocarcinoma cells. We discovered that the polycomb protein Lethal(3) Malignant Brain Tumor-Like Protein 1 (L3MBTL1) regulates chromatin structure, thereby contributing to DDR and Osimertinib resistance. EGFR oncogene inhibition reduced L3MBTL1 ubiquitination while stabilizing its expression in Osimertinib-resistant cells. L3MBTL1 reduction and treatment with Osimertinib significantly inhibited DDR and proliferation of Osimertinib-resistant lung cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. L3MBTL1 binds throughout the genome and plays an important role in EGFR-TKI resistance. It also competes with 53BP1 for H4K20Me2 and inhibits the development of drug resistance in Osimertinib-resistant lung cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Our findings suggest that L3MBTL1 inhibition is a novel approach to overcoming EGFR-TKI-acquired resistance.

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PubMed2007

Evaluation of an on-target sample preparation system for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry in conjunction with normal-flow peptide high-performance liquid chromatography for peptide mass fingerprint analyses.

Large-scale mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomic analyses require high-throughput sample preparation techniques due to the increasing numbers of samples that make up a typical proteomics experiment. Moreover, extensive sample pre-treatment steps are necessary prior to MS acquisition for even the most rapid and robust MS-based proteomics methodology, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) MS followed by peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) analysis. These include sample purification and fractionation, removal of digestion buffers or solvents, and spotting of sample with matrix onto the MALDI target. These multiple steps of time-consuming sample handling can result in high overall analysis costs and the likelihood of sample contamination and loss. In order to overcome some of these limitations in sample processing, we have investigated the use of a novel, simple, inexpensive 96-well elastomeric array that affixes to a MALDI target to create an on-target 96-well plate that accommodates a high solution volume (ca. 200 microL), thereby enabling the on-target processing of samples for MALDI-TOFMS. We explored several factors that influence MALDI sample preparation: type of matrix, solution volume, solution organic composition, solution drying rates and matrix/analyte co-crystallization methods. We also investigated the use of the 96-well elastomeric device for coupling MALDI-TOFMS analysis directly to high flow rate (1 mL/min) reversed-phase (rp)-HPLC. By developing an optimized, robust sample preparation protocol, we were able to obtain mass spectra with a high signal-to-noise ratio from peptide standards present at the 50-fmol level in large starting volumes of solution. PMF analyses were possible from 1-pmol and 500-fmol protein-digest standards. Coupling the device to high-flow HPLC (750 microL/min) yielded a robust and semi-automated means to obtain enhanced MALDI-TOFMS data at 500 ng of protein digest. These methodologies developed for this simple, on-target, elastomeric device show promise for streamlining the sample preparation process from HPLC to MALDI-MS.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid↗
PubMed2006

Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies on 2-dehydro-3-deoxygalactarate aldolase from Leptospira interrogans.

2-Dehydro-3-deoxygalactarate (DDG) aldolase is a member of the class II aldolase family and plays an important role in the pyruvate-metabolism pathway, catalyzing the reversible aldol cleavage of DDG to pyruvate and tartronic semialdehyde. As it is a potential novel antibiotic target, it is necessary to elucidate the catalytic mechanism of DDG aldolase. To determine the crystal structure, crystals of DDG aldolase from Leptospira interrogans were obtained by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystals diffracted to 2.2 A resolution using a Cu K alpha rotating-anode X-ray source. The crystal belonged to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 293.5, b = 125.6, c = 87.6 A, beta = 100.9 degrees. The V(M) is calculated to be 2.4 A3 Da(-1), assuming there to be 12 protein molecules in the asymmetric unit.

Aldehyde-Lyases↗
PubMed2006

[Research on electricity frequency property of blood].

On the basis of our previous work, the electric frequency property of human blood in different components, in physiological state and in pathological state (diabetes) are tested and analyzed in the range of 1Hz-20MHz progressively. Among the different components of blood; the lowest electrical impedance is serum; the plasma and the whole blood gradually become larger, the blood corpuscle is the largest one. Otherwise, the negative phase of serum is the largest, the plasma and the whole blood are lower, and the blood corpuscle is the lowest. Here, the question is why the effect of the electric capacity of serum and plasma is the biggest in the condition of no cell and cell membrane; diabetes mellitus is an endocrine disorder in which blood changes obviously, the electric frequency property of the blood of diabetic patients changes markedly; the electrical impedance of blood decreases (more obviously with low frequency), the negative phase increases (more obviously with high frequency). These indicate that the increase of electric conductivity in diabetic patients' blood is due to electric capacitance conductivity that is related to the changes of cell membrane, deformation abilities and aggregation of RBC. Related experiments demonstrate again that with the progressing of research in the electric frequency property of blood, we may use the theory and method of electricity to examine some important characters of blood in a different way, and so to corroborate other tests and analyses.

Adult↗
PubMed2006

[Study of color blood image segmentation based on two-stage-improved FCM algorithm].

This paper introduces a new method for color blood cell image segmentation based on FCM algorithm. By transforming the original blood microscopic image to indexed image, and by doing the colormap, a fuzzy apparoach to obviating the direct clustering of image pixel values, the quantity of data processing and analysis is enormously compressed. In accordance to the inherent features of color blood cell image, the segmentation process is divided into two stages. (1)confirming the number of clusters and initial cluster centers; (2) altering the distance measuring method by the distance weighting matrix in order to improve the clustering veracity. In this way, the problem of difficult convergence of FCM algorithm is solved, the iteration time of iterative convergence is reduced, the execution time of algarithm is decreased, and the correct segmentation of the components of color blood cell image is implemented.

Algorithms↗
PubMed2006

[Mechanical environment of rotating bioreactor and its effect on cell growth].

In this paper is presented an analysis of the mechanical effect of horizontal rotating bioreactor on cell culture. Getting the microgravity of the bioreactor and the shear stress on canine mesenchymal stem cells (cMSCs) with theoretic calculating model and differential equations, we have validated the density,growth rate and modality of cultured cell by scanning electron microscopy. The horizontal rotating bioreactor which we developed could create the mechanic environment of microgravity (K<8.38 X 10(-2))and low shear stress(r<1.62 dyn/cm2) in theory. The results of scanning electron microscopy indicated that the cells' growth-speed, quantity and modality in bioreactor were better than those of cells cultured in static 24-well plate. The mechanical environment of the rotating bioreactor is propitious for keeping better modality and more rapid proliferation of cMSCs. The rotating bioreactor is a novel approach and technique it is superior to static culture.

Animals↗
PubMed2005

Core/shell quantum-dot-photosensitized nano-TiO2 films: fabrication and application to the damage of cells and DNA.

Through the use of monodisperse core/shell quantum dots (QDs) as photosensitizers for the first time, a novel strategy for the fabrication of QD-photosensitized nano-TiO2 films was demonstrated. Core/shell QDs were self-assembled on nano-TiO2 films through carboxyls as anchoring groups to metal oxides. Atomic force microscopy and some other experiments showed the fabrication strategy is successful. Reactive oxygen species detection experiments indicated that such films have photosensitization ability. The results of bactericidal and DNA damage experiments demonstrate that such films have excellent photoactivity.

DNA↗
PubMed2005

Identification of FBL2 as a geranylgeranylated cellular protein required for hepatitis C virus RNA replication.

We recently reported that Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA replication requires one or more geranylgeranylated host proteins. Using a combination of [(3)H]mevalonate labeling, coimmunoprecipitation, and bioinformatic search, we identified a geranylgeranylated host protein required for HCV RNA replication. This protein, FBL2, contains an F box domain and a CAAX motif (CVIL). It forms a stable immunoprecipitable complex with the HCV nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A). The association of FBL2 with NS5A requires the CAAX motif of FBL2, but not the F box. Deletion of the F box created a dominant-negative protein that inhibited replication of HCV RNA when overexpressed in Huh7-K2040 cells; this inhibition was overcome by coexpression of NS5A. siRNA-mediated knockdown of FBL2 mRNA by 70% in Huh7-HP cells reduced HCV RNA by 65%; this reduction was overcome by expression of a cDNA encoding a wobble mutant of FBL2. The current data indicate that geranylgeranylated FBL2 binds to NS5A in a reaction crucial for HCV RNA replication.

Cell Cycle Proteins↗
PubMed2005

IFN-gamma suppresses STAT6 phosphorylation by inhibiting its recruitment to the IL-4 receptor.

Polarized Th1 cells show a stable phenotype: they become insensitive to IL-4 stimulation and lose the potential to produce IL-4. Previously, we reported that IFN-gamma played a critical role in stabilizing Th1 phenotype. However, the mechanism by which IFN-gamma stabilizes Th1 phenotype is not clear. In this study, we compared STAT6 phosphorylation in wild-type (WT) and IFN-gamma receptor knockout (IFNGR(-/-)) Th1 cells. We found a striking diminution of STAT6 phosphorylation in differentiated WT Th1 cells, but not in differentiated IFNGR(-/-) Th1 cells. The impairment of STAT6 phosphorylation in differentiated WT Th1 cells was not due to a lack of IL-4R expression or phosphorylation. Jak1 and Jak3 expression and phosphorylation were comparable in both cell types. No differential expression of suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1), SOCS3, or SOCS5 was observed in the two cell types. In addition, Src homology 2-containing phosphatase mutation did not affect IL-4-induced STAT6 phosphorylation in differentiated Th1 cells derived from viable motheaten (me(v)/me(v)) mice. These results led us to focus on a novel mechanism. By using a pulldown assay, we observed that STAT6 in WT Th1 cells bound less effectively to the phosphorylated IL-4R/GST fusion protein than that in IFNGR(-/-) Th1 cells. Our results suggest that IFN-gamma may suppress phosphorylation of STAT6 by inhibiting its recruitment to the IL-4R.

Animals↗
PubMed2005

Proteomics-based identification of proteins with altered expression induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate in nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE2 cells.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignancy with high incidence in Southern China and South-East Asia. Etiology studies indicate that chemical carcinogen promoters, such as 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), are important factors causing NPC development. However, the mechanism of the TPA effect on NPC remains unclear. In the present study, cells from a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma NPC cell line, CNE2, were stimulated by TPA and proteomics technology was carried out to find protein discrepancies between control and TPA-treated cells. Results revealed that TPA treatment in CNE2 cells could upregulate the expression of "triosephosphate isomerase" and "14-3-3 protein sigma" and downregulate the expression of "reticulocalbin 1 precursor", "nucleophosmin", "mitochondrial matrix protein p1 precursor", and "stathmin". The changes in the expression of these genes suggested that TPA induced CNE2 cells to antiproliferation and to apoptosis, which was confirmed by subsequent apoptosis detection. Therefore, the effects of TPA on nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells were distinct from the effects on primary epithelial cells and we suggest reasons for these differences.

Annexin A5↗
PubMed2005

[Effects of different electrofusion parameters on activation and early development of mouse embryos reconstructed by cumulus cell nuclear transfer].

OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of different parameters for electrofusion on the activation and early development of mouse embryos reconstructed by cumulus cell nuclear transfer, and explore optimal parameters for electrofusion. METHODS: A C57BL/6j mouse cumulus cell nucleus 10-12 mm in diameter was inserted into the perivitelline space of an enucleated oocyte. The fusion of donor-recipient pairs was induced with different parameters for electrofusion (with variation in electric field intensity, pulse duration and pulse times). Successful formation of the reconstructed embryos from donor-recipient pairs and the reconstructed embryos developing into the early embryonic stages (2-cell, 4-8-cell and morula stages) were observed and counted. RESULTS: The electric field intensity and pulse duration allowed variation during electrofusion within the range of 1 000-2 000 kV/cm and 40-160 ms, respectively. The donor-recipient pairs fused at very low rate when the parameters were below the allowed ranges, and disintegration or even death might occur when the parameters were above the ranges. Within these allowed ranges, variation of the electrofusion parameters did not produce significant impact on the ratio of the reconstructed embryos in 2-cell, 4-8-cell or morula stages (P<0.05). In addition, we suggested that pulse times be limited to 1-2. CONCLUSION: Optimal parameters for electrofusion are crucial for the fusion of donor-recipient pairs and the activation of the reconstructed embryo.

Animals↗
PubMed2005

[Measuring the electricity frequency properties of blood].

In order to understand the electricity frequency specialties of blood, we have developed a wide frequency electricity characteristic testing system and used it to test the amplitude frequency property and phase frequency property of the blood in different states and constituents at 1 Hz to 20 MHz. Further analysis on the results of tests helped us know some important properties of blood at even more microcosmic levels from a new angle. Meanwhile, some problems and considerations on the improvement of the electricity model of biotic tissue and blood were pointed out. (1) From 1 Hz to 5 KHz, the impedance of blood descended 99%. (2) Simple equivalent circuit of resistance and capacitance must be used in series equivalent but not in usual parallel connection equivalent. (3) Experiment indicated, equivalent circuits of blood need more analysis, because simple equivalent circuit of resistance and capacitance is liable to gross error. (4) When the three element model is used for measuring the resistance of inside liquid, capacitance of cell membrane and the resistance of outside liquid of blood, the three testing frequencies must be very similar.

Blood↗
PubMed2005

[Diagnosis and treatment of sphenochoanal polyp (3 cases report)].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of transnasal endoscope in the diagnosis and treatment of sphenochoanal polyp. METHOD: Three cases of sphenochoanal polyp underwent transnasal endoscopic polypectomy and sinus surgery. RESULT: The patients were free of nasal obstruction and headache after operation. There were no recurrence and complications in the average 12 months of follow-up period. CONCLUSION: Endoscopic examination and CT scan are important in the diagnosis of sphenochoanal polyp. Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is the treatment of choice in the management sphenochoanal polyp.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2005

[A modified method of nuclear transfer for investigating early development of mouse embryos reconstructed with cumulus cell nuclei].

OBJECTIVE: To establish a fast, simple, efficient and minimally invasive method for nuclear transfer (NT) to study the early development of mouse embryos reconstructed with cumulus cell nuclei in vitro. METHODS: With a sharp-tipped enucleation needle, an incision approximately 25 mm in length was made in the zona pellucida of a rat oocyte, through which the first polar body was removed and the metaphase II chromosome-spindle complex was gently aspirated along with a minimal volume of the cytoplasm by slightly pressing and vacuum aspiration of the oocyte. A cumulus cell nuclei from C57BL/6j mouse, 10-12 mm in diameter, was inserted into the perivitelline space of the enucleated oocyte. The fusion of the donor-recipient pair was induced by electrofusion and nuclear formation was observed. The development of 2-cell, 4- to 8-cell and morula-stage embryos was observed after a 72-hour culture of the reconstructed oocytes in vitro. RESULTS: The modified NT method enabled one-step removal of the whole nucleus from the oocyte with confirmed reliability of complete nuclear removal by Hoechst 33342 staining of the removed nuclei examined under UV light. The process of enucleation took an average time of 15 s, and the survival rate of the enucleated oocytes reached 95%. The success rate of 76.7% was achieved for cumulus cell nucleus insertion into the zona pellucida of the enucleated oocytes and pronucleus formation occurred in 62.2% of the reconstructed oocytes with nuclear transfer. After 72 h of culture in vitro of the reconstructed oocytes in CZB medium, the percentage of embryos that developed into 2-cell, 4- to 8-cell and morula (more than 16 cells) stages were 57.5%, 39.1% and 27.6%, respectively. Microsatellite sequences (D7Mit22 and D4Mit204) were amplified from the DNA of the reconstructed embryos for identifying their origin, which was proved to be C57BL/6j mouse. CONCLUSION: The modified NT method is simple, minimally invasive, efficient and practicable to reconstruct mouse embryos with somatic cell nuclei.

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