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2. Deblurring masked image modeling for ultrasound image analysis
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Kang, Qingbo, Lao, Qicheng, Gao, Jun, Liu, Jingyan, Yi, Huahui, Ma, Buyun, Zhang, Xiaofan, and Li, Kang
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- 2024
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3. Diagnostic performance of shear wave elastography in thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Qiu, Yuxuan, Xing, Zhichao, Yang, Qianru, Luo, Yan, and Ma, Buyun
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- 2023
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4. Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Provide a Stromal Niche for Liver Cancer Organoids That Confers Trophic Effects and Therapy Resistance
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Liu, Jiaye, Li, Pengfei, Wang, Ling, Li, Meng, Ge, Zhouhong, Noordam, Lisanne, Lieshout, Ruby, Verstegen, Monique M.A., Ma, Buyun, Su, Junhong, Yang, Qin, Zhang, Ruyi, Zhou, Guoying, Carrascosa, Lucia Campos, Sprengers, Dave, IJzermans, Jan N.M., Smits, Ron, Kwekkeboom, Jaap, van der Laan, Luc J.W., Peppelenbosch, Maikel P., Pan, Qiuwei, and Cao, Wanlu
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- 2021
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5. Elastography for the diagnosis of high-suspicion thyroid nodules based on the 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines: a multicenter study
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Li Hairu, Peng Yulan, Wang Yan, Ai Hong, Zhou Xiaodong, Yang Lichun, Yan Kun, Xiao Ying, Liu Lisha, Luo Baoming, Yong Qiang, Cong Shuzhen, Jiang Shuangquan, Fu Xin, Ma Buyun, Li Yi, Zhang Xixi, Gong Xue, Chen Haitao, Liu Wenying, Tang Ling, Lv Xiaoyu, Zhao Xinbao, Li Liang, Gan Kehong, and Tian Jiawei
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Elastography ,Thyroid ,Cancer ,Ultrasound ,Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology ,RC648-665 - Abstract
Abstract Background An accurate diagnosis for high-suspicion nodules based on the 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines would reduce unnecessary invasive examinations. Elastography is a useful tool for discriminating benign and malignant thyroid nodules. The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic efficiency of elastography for high-suspicion thyroid nodules based on the 2015 ATA guidelines in the Chinese population. Methods Thyroid nodules with high-suspicion characteristics based on the 2015 ATA guidelines were subjected to conventional ultrasound (US) and ultrasound strain elastography (USE) examinations at 12 hospitals from 4 geographic regions across China. Cytology/histology of thyroid nodules was used as a reference method. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the elasticity score (ES) and strain ratio (SR). Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the predictors of malignancy. Results Overall, a total of 1445 thyroid nodules (834 malignant, 611 benign) from 12 centers were included in the final analysis. The areas under the curve of the ES and SR were 0.828 and 0.732, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of the ES were 92.4, 60.7, 79.0, 76.3 and 85.5%, respectively, and those of the SR were 81.1, 50.1, 68.9, 65.9 and 67.9%, respectively. The combination of the Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) and ES led to a significant increase in the sensitivity and NPV (97.1 and 91.9%, respectively) compared with the TI-RADS alone. Logistic regression analysis showed that microcalcifications (OR = 5.290), taller than wide (OR = 12.710), irregular margins (OR = 10.117), extrathyroidal extension (ETE; OR = 6.412), the ES (OR = 3.741) and the SR (OR = 1.083) were independent predictors of malignant thyroid nodules. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, PPV and NPV of the ES were all superior in nodules ≥1 cm than in those
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- 2020
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6. Dichotomal functions of phosphorylated and unphosphorylated STAT1 in hepatocellular carcinoma
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Ma, Buyun, Chen, Kan, Liu, Pengyu, Li, Meng, Liu, Jiaye, Sideras, Kostandinos, Sprengers, Dave, Biermann, Katharina, Wang, Wenshi, IJzermans, Jan N. M., Cao, Wanlu, Kwekkeboom, Jaap, Peppelenbosch, Maikel P., and Pan, Qiuwei
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- 2019
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7. LGR5 marks targetable tumor-initiating cells in mouse liver cancer
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Cao, Wanlu, Li, Meng, Liu, Jiaye, Zhang, Shaoshi, Noordam, Lisanne, Verstegen, Monique M. A., Wang, Ling, Ma, Buyun, Li, Shan, Wang, Wenshi, Bolkestein, Michiel, Doukas, Michael, Chen, Kan, Ma, Zhongren, Bruno, Marco, Sprengers, Dave, Kwekkeboom, Jaap, van der Laan, Luc J. W., Smits, Ron, Peppelenbosch, Maikel P., and Pan, Qiuwei
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- 2020
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8. Telomere dynamics in human pluripotent stem cells.
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Ma, Buyun, Martínez, Paula, Sánchez-Vázquez, Raúl, and Blasco, Maria A.
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- 2023
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9. The role of autoinducer-2 in aerobic granulation using alternating feed loadings strategy
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Sun, Supu, Liu, Xiang, Ma, Buyun, Wan, Chunli, and Lee, Duu-Jong
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- 2016
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10. Suppression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Mycophenolic Acid in Experimental Models and in Patients
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Chen, Kan, Sheng, Jiexin, Ma, Buyun, Cao, Wanlu, Hernanda, Pratika Y., Liu, Jiaye, Boor, Patrick P.C., Tjon, Angela S.W., Felczak, Krzysztof, Sprengers, Dave, Pankiewicz, Krzysztof W., Metselaar, Herold J., Ma, Zhongren, Kwekkeboom, Jaap, Peppelenbosch, Maikel P., and Pan, Qiuwei
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- 2019
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11. Ultrasound of primary thyroid non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
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Ma, Buyun, Jia, Yiping, Wang, Qian, and Li, Xinxiao
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- 2014
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12. Potential role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for the differentiation of malignant and benign gallbladder lesions in East Asia: A meta-analysis and systematic review
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Cheng, Yuan, Wang, Manni, Ma, Buyun, and Ma, Xuelei
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- 2018
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13. Cytoplasmic rods and rings in mycophenolic acid treatment
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Chen, Kan, Ma, Buyun, Peppelenbosch, Maikel P., and Pan, Qiuwei
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- 2017
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14. Understanding of aerobic granulation enhanced by starvation in the perspective of quorum sensing
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Liu, Xiang, Sun, Supu, Ma, Buyun, Zhang, Chen, Wan, Chunli, and Lee, Duu-Jong
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- 2016
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15. Synergistic suppression effect on tumor growth of hepatocellular carcinoma by combining oncolytic adenovirus carrying XAF1 with cisplatin
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Ma, Buyun, Wang, Yanchun, Zhou, Xiumei, Huang, Panpan, Zhang, Rong, Liu, Tao, Cui, Caixia, Liu, Xinyuan, and Wang, Yigang
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- 2015
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16. The polydopamine‐assisted heparin anchor enhances the hydrophilicity, hemocompatibility, and biocompatibility of polyurethane.
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Li, Heng, Guo, Yu, Ma, Buyun, Qian, Yunzhu, Sun, Wentao, and Zhou, Xuefeng
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HEPARIN ,POLYURETHANES ,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy ,VASCULAR grafts ,BIOCOMPATIBILITY ,SERUM albumin ,ACRYLIC acid - Abstract
Surface heparinization is an effective solution to resolve low endothelialization, poor anticoagulation, and hemocompatibility of polyurethane (PU) used as materials of small‐diameter vascular grafts. Here, the effects of polydopamine (PDA) and poly (acrylic acid) (PAA) as crosslinking agents on the surface heparinization were explored. The PU membranes grafted with heparin (Hep) via dopamine (PU/PDA‐Hep) showed better hydrophilicity and stability, compared to heparinized PU membranes via acrylic acid (PU/PAA‐Hep). The results of X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated that heparin was successfully grafted onto the PU surface and the grafting efficiency was high when PDA as a cross‐linking agent. The grafted heparin aggregated and formed nanoparticles, and increased the surface roughness of PU membranes. The heparinized membranes demonstrated good anti‐adhesion of bovine serum albumin and fibrin protein. In addition, no activated platelets or educts on heparinized PU were found by platelet adhesion tests, implying that heparin‐immobilized surfaces had good hemocompatibility. Moreover, the in vitro cytocompatibility assessment showed that the PU/PDA‐Hep significantly improved the proliferation of L929 cells and was superior to PU/AA‐Hep. These results demonstrated that PDA‐assisted surface heparinization was an effective method to improve the anticoagulant and biocompatibility of PU small‐diameter vascular materials and could be extended to other implantable materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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17. A lightweight network for automatic thyroid nodules location and recognition with high speed and accuracy in ultrasound images.
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Zhou, Sibo, Qiu, Yuxuan, Han, Lin, Liao, Guoliang, Zhuang, Yan, Ma, Buyun, Luo, Yan, Lin, Jiangli, and Chen, Ke
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THYROID nodules ,ULTRASONIC imaging ,OBJECT recognition (Computer vision) ,SPEED ,DIAGNOSTIC ultrasonic imaging - Abstract
BACKGROUND: The intelligent diagnosis of thyroid nodules in ultrasound image is an important research issue. Automatically locating the region of interest (ROI) of thyroid nodules and providing pre-diagnosis results can help doctors to diagnose faster and more accurate. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to propose a model, which can detect multiple nodules stably and accurately in order to avoid missed detection and misjudgment. In addition, the detection speed of the model needs to be fast for real-time diagnosis in ultrasound images. METHODS: Based on the object detection technology, we propose an accurate, robust and high-speed network with multiscale fusion strategy called Efficient-YOLO, which can realize the localization and recognition of nodules at the same time. Finally, multiple metrics are used to measure the diagnostic ability of the model. RESULTS: Experimental results conducted on 3,562 ultrasound images show that our new model greatly increases the accuracy and speed of the detection compared with the baseline model. The best mAP is 92.64%, and the fastest detection speed is 45.1 frames per second. CONCLUSIONS: This study proposed an effective method to diagnosis thyroid nodules automatically, which can meet the real-time requirements, indicating that its effectiveness and feasibility for future clinical application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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18. Spatial Delivery of Triple Functional Nanoparticles via an Extracellular Matrix-Mimicking Coaxial Scaffold Synergistically Enhancing Bone Regeneration.
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Xing, Danlei, Zuo, Wei, Chen, Jiahong, Ma, Buyun, Cheng, Xi, Zhou, Xuefeng, and Qian, Yunzhu
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- 2022
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19. Radiomics Features of Different Sizes of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) and Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (PTC) Tumors: A Comparative Study.
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Zhao, Ling and Ma, Buyun
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CANCER cells , *ANAPLASTIC thyroid cancer , *PAPILLARY carcinoma , *DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis , *COMPARATIVE studies , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *RECEIVER operating characteristic curves , *SENSITIVITY & specificity (Statistics) - Abstract
Background: Radiomics strategies exhibit great promise in the context of thyroid nodule diagnosis. This study aimed to compare radiomics features of different sizes of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) tumors and to compare the efficiency of radiomics approaches as a means of differentiating between these tumor types. Methods: In total, 86 MTC and 330 PTC nodules were divided into the macronodular (>10 mm) and micronodular (⩽10 mm) categories. The radiomics features of these nodules were analyzed to identify independent prognosis factors and evaluate the efficacy of individual and combined indicators as predictors of tumor type. Results: In total, 12 radiomics features were found to differ significantly between MTC and PTC macronodules, while 6 differed significantly between MTC and PTC micronodules. Shape 2D_Sphericity, firstorder_Skewness, glrlm_RunLengthNonUniformity, glszm_GrayLevelNonUniformity, and glszm_SizeZoneNonUniformity were features that were independently associated with the differential diagnoses of MTC and PTC macronodules. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses of the efficacy of these 5 single indicators and a combined indicator composed thereof yielded area under the curve (AUC) values of 0.621, 0.678, 0.704, 0.762, 0.747, and 0.824, respectively, with respective sensitivities of 55.3%, 43.0%, 53.1%, 56.3%, 46.9%, and 65.6%, and respective specificity values of 65.6%, 89.1%, 81.6%, 88.8%, 95.0%, and 91.1%. The glrlm_RunEntropy and glszm_SizeZoneNonUniformity features were identified as independent factors associated with the differential diagnoses of MTC and PTC micronodules. Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses of the efficacy of these 2 single indicators and a combined indicator composed thereof yielded respective AUC values of 0.678, 0.678, and 0.771; Sensitivities of 57.0%, 72.7%, and 72.7%; and specificities of 77.3%, 64.2%, and 77.5%. Conclusions: A range of different radiomics features can enable effective differentiation between MTC and PTC nodules of different sizes. Moreover, analyses of combinations of radiomics features yielded diagnostic efficiency values higher than those associated with single radiomics features, highlighting a more reliable approach to diagnosing MTC and PTC tumors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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20. Traffic Routing-Based Computation Offloading in Cybertwin-Driven Internet of Vehicles for V2X Applications.
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Ma, Buyun, Ren, Zhiyuan, and Cheng, Wenchi
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COMMUNICATION infrastructure , *INTERNET , *DATA transmission systems , *EDGE computing , *VEHICLES , *HEURISTIC algorithms - Abstract
With the rapid development of the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), a lot of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) applications have sprung up. To tackle the conflict between the resource-hungry V2X applications and the resource-constrained vehicles, most works focus on the computation offloading problem, which is significant to V2X applications by bringing computation tasks from the vehicles to the edge or cloud infrastructure. However, the dynamic network conditions caused by the mobility of vehicles will bring task migration and huge additional costs, resulting in poor latency performance. Motivated by the aforementioned problem, a traffic routing-based computation offloading scheme in cybertwin-driven IoV for V2X applications is proposed, in which cybertwin represents the network hardware devices and the network software functions. Moreover, according to the cybertwin-driven IoV network architecture, the traffic routing-based computation offloading problem is formulated. Finally, to avoid the inconsistency between the data transmission direction and the vehicle’s movement direction, the enhanced Heterogeneous Earliest Finish Time (eHEFT) algorithm is designed, which introduces the gradient routing into the traditional HEFT algorithm. Performance evaluation results validate that the proposed joint optimization scheme is indeed capable of reducing latency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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21. Counterbalancing Cancer Growth: Harnessing Intrinsic Regulatory Pathways for Novel Anti-oncogenic Strategies
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Ma, Buyun, Peppelenbosch, Maikel, Pan, Qiuwei, and Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being - Published
- 2019
22. Oncolytic viro-chemotherapy exhibits antitumor effect in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cells and mouse xenografts
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Wang,Yigang, Wang,Binrong, Liang,Junnan, Cui,Caixia, Ying,Chang, Huang,Fang, Ma,Buyun, Zhou,Xiumei, and Chu,Liang
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Yigang Wang,1 Binrong Wang,1 Junnan Liang,2 Caixia Cui,3 Chang Ying,1 Fang Huang,4 Buyun Ma,1 Xiumei Zhou,1 Liang Chu21College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, People’s Republic of China; 2Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310015, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Pathology, Zhejiang Provincal People’s Hospital, Hangzhou 310014, People’s Republic of ChinaBackground: Oncolytic virus can specifically replicate in and then lyse tumor cells, but seldom in normal cells. Further studies have shown the significant therapeutic effect of oncolytic virotherapy combining with other strategies, such as chemo-, radio-, and immunotherapy et al. In this study, we investigated the combinational effect of oncolytic virus ZD55-TRAIL and chemotherapy drug doxorubicin (DOX) on human laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC).Methods: The effect of ZD55-TRAIL combined with DOX on cell growth was assessed in LSCC Hep2 cells and normal cells by MTT assay. Hochest 33342 staining was performed to observe cell morphological changes. Western blot was used to detect the expression of apoptotic activation proteins. The in vivo antitumor efficacy of combination treatment was estimated in laryngeal cancer xenograft models.Results: The combination of ZD55-TRAIL and DOX exhibited enhanced inhibitory effects on laryngocarcinoma cell growth, and had few side effects to normal cells in vitro. Chemotherapy drug increased the inducement of tumor cell apoptosis mediated by oncolytic virus. In vivo experiment confirmed that the combination treatment significantly inhibited Hep2 laryngocarcinoma xenografts growth in mice.Conclusion: The oncolytic viro-chemotherapy is a potent therapeutic approach for in vitro cytotoxicity evaluation of Hep2 cells and xenograft growth in vivo.Keywords: laryngocarcinoma, oncolytic virus, ZD55-TRAIL, doxorubicin
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23. Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Differential Diagnosis of Primary Thyroid Lymphoma and Nodular Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in a Background of Heterogeneous Parenchyma.
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Yang, Lulu, Zhao, Haina, He, Yushuang, Zhu, Xianglan, Yue, Can, Luo, Yan, and Ma, Buyun
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AUTOIMMUNE thyroiditis ,CONTRAST-enhanced ultrasound ,DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis ,THYROID gland ,RECEIVER operating characteristic curves - Abstract
Objective: To investigate the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the differentiation of primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) and nodular Hashimoto's thyroiditis (NHT) in patients with background of heterogeneous diffuse Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT). Methods: Sixty HT patients with 64 thyroid nodules (31 PTL and 33 NHT) who had undergone CEUS examination were included in this study. With histopathological results as the reference, we evaluated the imaging features of each nodule on both conventional ultrasonography (US) and CEUS. Quantitative CEUS parameters including peak intensity (PI), time to peak (TTP), and area under the time–intensity curve (AUC) were gathered in the nodule and background parenchyma. The ratio indexes of theses parameters were calculated by the ratio of the lesion and the corresponding thyroid parenchyma. Logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves analyses of valuable US indicators were further preformed to evaluate the diagnostic capability of CEUS in discrimination of PTL and NHT. Results: Among all the observed US imaging features and CEUS parameters, 10 indicators showed significant differences between PTL and NHT (all P < 0.05). All the significant indicators were ranked according to the odds ratios (ORs). Eight of them were CEUS associated including imaging features of enhancement pattern, degree, homogeneity, and quantification parameters of PI, AUC, ratios of PI, AUC, and TTP, while indicators on conventional US, including vascularity and size ranked the last two with ORs less than 3. The five single CEUS parameters showed good diagnostic performance in diagnosis of PTL with areas under ROC curves of 0.72–0.83 and accuracies of 70.3–75.0%. The combination of CEUS imaging features and the ratios of PI, AUC, and TTP demonstrated excellent diagnostic efficiency and achieved area under ROC curve of 0.92, which was significantly higher than any of the five single parameters (all P < 0.05), with a sensitivity of 83.9%, specificity of 87.9%, and accuracy of 85.9%. Conclusions: CEUS is an efficient diagnostic tool in the differential diagnosis of PTL and NHT for patients with diffuse HT. Conjoint analysis of CEUS imaging features and quantification parameters could improve the diagnostic values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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24. The biological process of lysine‐tRNA charging is therapeutically targetable in liver cancer.
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Zhang, Ruyi, Noordam, Lisanne, Ou, Xumin, Ma, Buyun, Li, Yunlong, Das, Pronay, Shi, Shaojun, Liu, Jiaye, Wang, Ling, Li, Pengfei, Verstegen, Monique M. A., Reddy, D. Srinivasa, Laan, Luc J. W., Peppelenbosch, Maikel P., Kwekkeboom, Jaap, Smits, Ron, and Pan, Qiuwei
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LIVER cancer ,CANCER cell migration ,LYSINE ,CANCER cell growth ,TRANSFER RNA ,HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma - Abstract
Background & Aims: Mature transfer RNAs (tRNA) charged with amino acids decode mRNA to synthesize proteins. Dysregulation of translational machineries has a fundamental impact on cancer biology. This study aims to map the tRNAome landscape in liver cancer patients and to explore potential therapeutic targets at the interface of charging amino acid with tRNA. Methods: Resected tumour and paired tumour‐free (TFL) tissues from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients (n = 69), and healthy liver tissues from organ transplant donors (n = 21), HCC cell lines, and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) patient‐derived tumour organoids were used. Results: The expression levels of different mature tRNAs were highly correlated and closely clustered within individual tissues, suggesting that different members of the tRNAome function cooperatively in protein translation. Interestingly, high expression of tRNA‐Lys‐CUU in HCC tumours was associated with more tumour recurrence (HR 1.1; P =.022) and worse patient survival (HR 1.1; P =.0037). The expression of Lysyl‐tRNA Synthetase (KARS), the enzyme catalysing the charge of lysine to tRNA‐Lys‐CUU, was significantly upregulated in HCC tumour tissues compared to tumour‐free liver tissues. In HCC cell lines, lysine deprivation, KARS knockdown or treatment with the KARS inhibitor cladosporin effectively inhibited overall cell growth, single cell‐based colony formation and cell migration. This was mechanistically mediated by cell cycling arrest and induction of apoptosis. Finally, these inhibitory effects were confirmed in 3D cultured patient‐derived CC organoids. Conclusions: The biological process of charging tRNA‐Lys‐CUU with lysine sustains liver cancer cell growth and migration, and is clinically relevant in HCC patients. This process can be therapeutically targeted and represents an unexplored territory for developing novel treatment strategies against liver cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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25. Ultrasonographic Features, Nodule Size, Capsular Invasion, and Lymph Node Metastasis of Solitary Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid Isthmus.
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Luo, Honghao, Yan, Feng, Lan, Lin, Ma, Buyun, Zhao, Haina, He, Yushuang, and Peng, Yulan
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PAPILLARY carcinoma ,THYROID nodules ,RECEIVER operating characteristic curves ,LYMPH nodes ,LYMPHADENECTOMY - Abstract
Objective: This retrospective study aimed to analyze the ultrasound (US) imaging features of solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) located in the isthmus and to assess the risk factors for lymph node metastasis (LNM) and tumor capsular invasion. Methods: We included a total of 135 patients with solitary PTC located in the isthmus. All the cases underwent US, total thyroidectomy, and prophylactic central lymph node dissection. Patients' demographic and thyroid isthmus nodules' US characteristics, as well as risk factors associated with LNM and tumor capsular invasion, were analyzed. Results: It was revealed that the occurrence of LNM was higher in male patients than in female patients (P < 0.001). As risk factors, the size of PTC in the isthmus was found to be associated with LNM and tumor capsular invasion (P = 0.005 and 0.000, respectively). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of the size of the isthmus PTC was 0.64 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.55–0.72], indicating a probability for LNM. The AUC value for tumor capsular invasion was 0.77 (95% CI: 0.68–0.83). When the threshold was set to 1.1 cm, the larger size indicated that there was a probability of occurrence of LNM with sensitivity and specificity of 47.4 and 73.7%, respectively. When the threshold was set to 0.7 cm, the larger size indicated that there was potentially a tumor capsular invasion, with sensitivity and specificity of 80.6 and 56.3%, respectively. Wider-than-tall nodules were found to be significantly different from those in LNM and tumor capsular invasion (P = 0.038 and 0.030, respectively). There were significant differences in tumor capsular invasion in extrathyroidal extension (ETE) compared with smooth or ill-defined and lobulated or irregular nodules (P = 0.017). Conclusions: This study showed that the incidence of LNM in male patients was higher than that in female ones. When a US image shows a thyroid isthmus nodule with a wider-than-tall shape, LNM and tumor capsular invasion were likely to occur. When a US image shows a thyroid isthmus nodule with an ETE, tumor capsular invasion was likely to occur. ETE and wider-than-tall may be indicators of FNA under US guidance, even though the size of thyroid isthmus nodule may be <1 cm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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26. The impact of concurrent Hashimoto thyroiditis on thyroid nodule cytopathology assessed by ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology.
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Hu, Fengqiu, Yan, Zhe, Ma, Buyun, Jiang, Yong, and Huang, Hui
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THYROID nodules ,NEEDLE biopsy ,CYTOLOGY ,THYROIDITIS ,CELLULAR pathology ,MEDICAL records ,NODULAR disease - Abstract
Objective: Thyroid nodules are highly prevalent and a common clinical problem worldwide. How to identify the nature of a nodule is a major concern of clinicians. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) has an established role and is well-utilized in nodule management. However, the unsatisfactory nondiagnostic and indeterminate rates limit its usage and lead to some unnecessary surgery. Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is prevalently found concurrent with thyroid nodules. Whether HT can influence the accuracy of cytopathological diagnosis of nodules is still controversial. Methods: We collected medical records of 1,063 patients with thyroid nodules who had done FNAC in our hospital from 2015 to 2016. Thyroid function, anti-thyroid autoantibody levels, thyroid ultrasound records, and cytological and histopathological results of nodules were reviewed to analyze the impact of HT on FNAC outcome. Results: A total of 1,063 patients with an average age of 44 ± 13 years old were retrospectively reviewed for pathological and clinical data. Patients with different cytological diagnoses had comparable positive rates of anti-thyroid autoantibodies. One hundred patients were confirmed to have concurrent HT by histopathology after surgery. The overall nondiagnostic and indeterminate cytology rates were 11.9% and 25% respectively. No statistical difference was found either in the rate of a nondiagnostic cytology results or in the rate of indeterminate cytology results between patients with positive anti-thyroid autoantibodies and patients with negative test for anti-thyroid autoantibodies (P > 0.05). The same was true between patients with histopathologically confirmed HT and HT-negative ones (P > 0.05). Conclusions: The presence of concurrent HT, whether clinically implied with positive anti-thyroid autoantibodies or pathologically confirmed, is unlikely to predispose an FNAC diagnosis of thyroid nodules to be non-diagnostic or indeterminate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. A simplified qPCR method revealing tRNAome remodeling upon infection by genotype 3 hepatitis E virus.
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Ou, Xumin, Ma, Buyun, Zhang, Ruyi, Miao, Zhijiang, Cheng, Anchun, Peppelenbosch, Maikel P., and Pan, Qiuwei
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HEPATITIS E virus , *GENOTYPES , *GENETIC code , *INFECTION , *DNA , *TRANSFER RNA - Abstract
The landscape of tRNA–viral codons regulates viral adaption at the translational level, presumably through adapting to host codon usage or modulating the host tRNAome. We found that the major zoonotic genotype of hepatitis E virus (HEV) has not adapted to host codon usage, prompting exploration of the effects of HEV infection on the host tRNAome. However, tRNAome quantification is largely impeded by the extremely short sequences of tRNAs and redundancy of tRNA genes. Here, we present a length‐extension and stepwise simplified qPCR method that utilizes a universal DNA/RNA hybrid tRNA adaptor and degenerate primers. Using this novel methodology, we observe that HEV infection dramatically reprograms the hepatic tRNAome, which is likely to facilitate translation of viral RNAs. This tRNAome quantification method bears broad implications for future tRNA research and possibly tRNA‐based diagnostics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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28. A functional variant in the miR‐142 promoter modulating its expression and conferring risk of Alzheimer disease.
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Ghanbari, Mohsen, Munshi, Shashini T., Ma, Buyun, Lendemeijer, Bas, Bansal, Sakshi, Adams, Hieab H., Wang, Wenshi, Goth, Kerstin, Slump, Denise E., den Hout, Mirjam C.G.N., IJcken, Wilfred F.J., Bellusci, Saverio, Pan, Qiuwei, Erkeland, Stefan J., Vrij, Femke M.S., Kushner, Steven A., and Ikram, M. Arfan
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Noncoding RNAs have been widely recognized as essential mediators of gene regulation. However, in contrast to protein‐coding genes, much less is known about the influence of noncoding RNAs on human diseases. Here we examined the association of genetic variants located in primary microRNA sequences and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) with Alzheimer disease (AD) by leveraging data from the largest genome‐wide association meta‐analysis of late‐onset AD. Variants annotated to 5 miRNAs and 10 lncRNAs (in seven distinct loci) exceeded the Bonferroni‐corrected significance threshold (p < 1.02 × 10−6). Among these, a leading variant (rs2526377:A>G) at the 17q22 locus annotated to two noncoding RNAs (MIR142 and BZRAP1‐AS) was significantly associated with a reduced risk of AD and fulfilled predefined criteria for being a functional variant. Our functional genomic analyses revealed that rs2526377 affects the promoter activity and decreases the expression of miR‐142. Moreover, differential expression analysis by RNA‐Seq in human iPSC‐derived neural progenitor cells and the hippocampus of miR‐142 knockout mice demonstrated multiple target genes of miR‐142 in the brain that are likely to be involved in the inflammatory and neurodegenerative manifestations of AD. These include TGFBR1 and PICALM, of which their derepression in the brain due to reduced expression levels of miR‐142‐3p may reduce the risk of AD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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29. Modeling liver cancer and therapy responsiveness using organoids derived from primary mouse liver tumors.
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Cao, Wanlu, Liu, Jiaye, Wang, Ling, Li, Meng, Verstegen, Monique M A, Yin, Yuebang, Ma, Buyun, Chen, Kan, Bolkestein, Michiel, Sprengers, Dave, Laan, Luc J W van der, Doukas, Michael, Kwekkeboom, Jaap, Smits, Ron, Peppelenbosch, Maikel P, and Pan, Qiuwei
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LIVER cancer ,CANCER treatment ,ORGANOIDS - Abstract
The current understanding of cancer biology and development of effective treatments for cancer remain far from satisfactory. This in turn heavily relies on the availability of easy and robust model systems that resemble the architecture/physiology of the tumors in patients to facilitate research. Cancer research in vitro has mainly been based on the use of immortalized 2D cancer cell lines that deviate in many aspects from the original primary tumors. The recent development of the organoid technology allowing generation of organ-buds in 3D culture from adult stem cells has endowed the possibility of establishing stable culture from primary tumors. Although culturing organoids from liver tumors is thought to be difficult, we now convincingly demonstrate the establishment of organoids from mouse primary liver tumors. We have succeeded in culturing 91 lines from 129 liver tissue/tumors. These organoids can be grown in long-term cultures in vitro. About 20% of these organoids form tumors in immunodeficient mice upon (serial) transplantation, confirming their tumorigenic and self-renewal properties. Interestingly, single cells from the tumor organoids have high efficiency of organoid initiation, and a single organoid derived from a cancer cell is able to initiate a tumor in mice, indicating the enrichment of tumor-initiating cells in the tumor organoids. Furthermore, these organoids recapitulate, to some extent, the heterogeneity of liver cancer in patients, with respect to phenotype, cancer cell composition and treatment response. These model systems shall provide enormous opportunities to advance our research on liver cancer (stem cell) biology, drug development and personalized medicine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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30. Action and clinical significance of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein delta in hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Liu, Pengyu, Cao, Wanlu, Ma, Buyun, Li, Meng, Chen, Kan, Sideras, Kostandinos, Duitman, Jan-Willem, Sprengers, Dave, Tran, T C Khe, Ijzermans, Jan N M, Biermann, Katharina, Verheij, Joanne, Spek, C Arnold, Kwekkeboom, Jaap, Pan, Qiuwei, and Peppelenbosch, Maikel P
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CARRIER proteins ,PROTEIN binding ,HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma - Abstract
CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein delta (CEBPD) is associated with the regulation of apoptosis and cell proliferation and is a candidate tumor suppressor gene. Here, we investigated its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We observe that CEBPD mRNA expression is significantly downregulated in HCC tumors as compared with adjacent tissues. Protein levels of CEBPD are also lower in tumors relative to adjacent tissues. Reduced expression of CEBPD in the tumor correlates with worse clinical outcome. In both Huh7 and HepG2 cells, shRNA-mediated CEBPD knockdown significantly reduces cell proliferation, single cell colony formation and arrests cells in the G
0 /G1 phase. Subcutaneous xenografting of Huh7 in nude mice show that CEBPD knockdown results in smaller tumors. Gene expression analysis shows that CEBPD modulates interleukin-1 signaling. We conclude that CEBPD expression uncouples cancer compartment expansion and clinical outcome in HCC, potentially by modulating interleukin-1 signaling. Thus, although our results support the notion that CEBPD acts as a tumor suppressor in HCC, its action does not involve impairing compartment expansion per se but more likely acts through improving anticancer immunity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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31. The RNA Genome of Hepatitis E Virus Robustly Triggers an Antiviral Interferon Response.
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Wang, Wenshi, Wang, Yijin, Qu, Changbo, Wang, Shan, Zhou, Jianhua, Cao, Wanlu, Xu, Lei, Ma, Buyun, Hakim, Mohamad S., Yin, Yuebang, Li, Tiancheng, Peppelenbosch, Maikel P., Zhao, Jingmin, and Pan, Qiuwei
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32. Targeting Gene-Virus-Mediated Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Effectively Suppresses Tumor Growth in Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Vitro and In Vivo.
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Huang, Fang, Ma, Buyun, Wang, Yigang, Xiao, Ruijuan, Kong, Yanping, Zhou, Xiumei, and Xia, Dajing
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LIVER cancer , *MANGANESE , *SUPEROXIDE dismutase , *TUMOR growth , *LABORATORY mice , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
Although the treatment methods for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have made a great progress on patient survival rate and life quality, the HCC recurrence still is very high. To explore the novel effective anticancer strategies for HCC, the Cancer Targeting Gene-Viro-Therapy (CTGVT) strategy was applied through oncolytic virus-delivery antitumor gene. In this article, the dual-regulated oncolytic adenovirus Ad-AFP-E1A-E1B(Δ55kDa)-Mn-SOD (briefly named AD55-Mn-SOD) was constructed using a liver cancer-specific α-fetoprotein (AFP) promoter to control replication-essential E1A gene and deliver the novel tumor suppression gene Manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD). The results indicated that the constructed AD55-Mn-SOD exerted tumor-specific features, and induced dramatic cytotoxicity in HCC cells in vitro and suppress the HCC xenografted growth in nude mice. Moreover, the anticancer mechanism of AD55-Mn-SOD is due to the activation of caspase apoptotic pathway. These data suggested that AD55-Mn-SOD could become a potential anticancer agent for liver cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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33. Research on the Smooth Output of Renewable Energy.
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Ma, Youjie, Ma, Buyun, and Zhou, Xuesong
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Abstract: Nowadays, every country focuses on the smart grid because of the energy deficit. The decrease of the traditional energy caused a lot of problems. The only way to solve them is to find some new fashion energy to fulfill the consumption. So the only thing which can take the place of fossil fuel is renewable energy. There are three kinds of renewable energy which are hot in researching: wind power, photovoltaic power, and tidal power. But all of them are intermittent energy, if we settle the voltage, the power outputs would be hard to forecast and control. This caused a lot of problem for example: the quality of the power and harmonic problems. So we have to find a way to put the intermittent power into order so that it will no longer do harm to the main electric grid. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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34. Genetically Engineered Bacteria for Treating Human Disease.
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Ma, Buyun, Pan, Qiuwei, and Peppelenbosch, Maikel P.
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Bacteria have now been harnessed to combat human diseases, especially to meet the challenge of antimicrobial resistance. Modulating the microbiome, particularly by genetically engineering the bacteria, has provided proof-of-concept as potential pharmacotherapy, but those involved in this field should engage in discussion as how to move forward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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35. Direct‐acting antiviral agents for liver transplant recipients with recurrent genotype 1 hepatitis C virus infection: Systematic review and meta‐analysis.
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Liu, Jiaye, Pan, Qiuwei, Ma, Buyun, Cao, Wanlu, Li, Meng, Peppelenbosch, Maikel P., and Bramer, Wichor M.
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Background: Comprehensive evaluation of safety and efficacy of different combinations of direct‐acting antivirals (DAAs) in liver transplant recipients with genotype 1 (GT1) hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence remains limited. Therefore, we performed this systematic review and meta‐analysis in order to evaluate the clinical outcome of DAA treatment in liver transplant patients with HCV GT1 recurrence. Methods: Studies were included if they contained information of 12 weeks sustained virologic response (SVR12) after DAA treatment completion as well as treatment related complications for liver transplant recipients with GT1 HCV recurrence. Results: We identified 16 studies comprising 885 patients. The overall pooled estimate proportion of SVR12 was 93% (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.89, 0.96), with moderate heterogeneity observed (τ2 = 0.01, P < 0.01, I2=75%). High tolerability was observed in liver transplant recipients reflected by serious adverse events (sAEs) with pooled estimate proportion of 4% (95% CI: 0.01, 0.07; τ2 = 0.02, P < 0.01, I2 = 81%). For subgroup analysis, a total of five different DAA regimens were applied for treating these patients. Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir (SOF/LDV) led the highest pooled estimate SVR12 proportion, followed by Paritaprevir/Ritonavir/Ombitasivir/Dasabuvir (PrOD), Daclatasvir (DCV)/Simeprevir (SMV) ± Ribavirin (RBV), and SOF/SMV ± RBV, Asunaprevir (ASV)/DCV. There was a tendency for favoring a higher pooled SVR12 proportion in patients with METAVIR Stage F0‐F2 of 97% (95% CI: 0.93, 0.99) compared to 85% (95% CI: 0.79, 0.90) for stage F3‐F4 (P < 0.01). There was no significant difference between LT recipients treated with or without RBV (P = 0.23). Conclusions: Direct‐acting antiviral treatment is highly effective and well‐tolerated in liver transplant recipients with recurrent GT1 HCV infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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36. FRI488 - Modelling liver tumor organoids and cancer-associated fibroblasts interaction reveals the robust effects of stromal niche in cancer nurturing and treatment resistance.
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Liu, Jiaye, Li, Pengfei, Wang, Ling, Li, Meng, Ge, Zhouhong, Noordam, Lisanne, Lieshout, Ruby, Verstegen, Monique M.A., Ma, Buyun, Su, Junhong, Sprengers, Dave, Zhang, Ruyi, Zhou, Guoying, Smits, Ron, Kwekkeboom, Jaap, van der Laan, Luc J.W., Peppelenbosch, Maikel, Pan, Qiuwei, and Cao, Wanlu
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37. Stepwise analysis of thyroid diagnostic modalities with genomic imprinting detection.
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Yang W, Yin M, Zhou J, Zhu Y, Ye B, Shi H, Zhang B, Yue C, Zhang Y, Wu H, Li H, Xia X, Yang S, and Ma B
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- Humans, Female, Male, Middle Aged, Adult, Thyroid Neoplasms genetics, Biopsy, Fine-Needle methods, Thyroid Nodule genetics, Aged, Thyroid Gland pathology, Genomic Imprinting
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Background: The current preoperative malignancy risk evaluation for thyroid nodules involves stepwise diagnostic modalities including ultrasonography, thyroid function serology and fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytopathology, respectively. We aimed to substantiate the stepwise contributions of each diagnostic step and additionally investigate the diagnostic significance of quantitative chromogenic imprinted gene in-situ hybridization (QCIGISH)-an adjunctive molecular test based on epigenetic imprinting alterations., Methods: A total of 114 cytopathologically-diagnosed and histopathologically-confirmed thyroid nodules with complete ultrasonographic and serological examination records were evaluated using QCIGISH in the study. Logistic regression models for thyroid malignancy prediction were developed with the stepwise addition of each diagnostic modality and the contribution of each step evaluated in terms of discrimination performance and goodness-of-fit., Results: From the baseline model using ultrasonography [area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUROC): 0.79; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.71-0.86], significant improvements in thyroid malignancy discrimination were observed with the stepwise addition of thyroid function serology (AUROC: 0.82; 95% CI: 0.74-0.90; P=0.23) and FNA cytopathology (AUROC: 0.88; 95% CI: 0.81-0.94; P=0.02), respectively. The inclusion of QCIGISH as an adjunctive molecular test further advanced the preceding model's diagnostic performance (AUROC: 0.95; 95% CI: 0.91-1.00, P=0.007)., Conclusions: Our study demonstrated the significant stepwise diagnostic contributions of standard clinical assessments in the malignancy risk stratification of thyroid nodules. However, the addition of molecular imprinting detection further enabled a more accurate and definitive preoperative evaluation especially for morphologically indeterminate thyroid nodules and cases with potentially discordant results among standard modalities.
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38. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration thyroglobulin in the diagnosis of lymph node metastasis of differentiated papillary thyroid carcinoma and its influencing factors.
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Su X, Shang L, Yue C, and Ma B
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- Humans, Thyroglobulin, Thyroid Cancer, Papillary diagnosis, Biopsy, Fine-Needle methods, Lymphatic Metastasis, Retrospective Studies, Ultrasonography, Interventional, Carcinoma, Papillary diagnostic imaging, Carcinoma, Papillary pathology, Thyroid Neoplasms pathology, Hashimoto Disease
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Background: Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration thyroglobulin (FNA-Tg) is recommended for the diagnosis of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), but its optimal cutoff value remains controversial, and the effect of potential influencing factors on FNA-Tg levels is unclear., Method: In this study, a retrospective analysis was conducted on 281 patients diagnosed with DTC, encompassing 333 lymph nodes. We analyze the optimal cutoff value and diagnostic efficacy of FNA-Tg, while also evaluating the potential influence of various factors on FNA-Tg., Results: For FNA-Tg, the optimal cutoff value was 16.1 ng/mL (area under the curve (AUC)= 0.942). The optimal cutoff value for FNA-Tg/sTg was 1.42 (AUC = 0.933). The AUC for FNA combined with FNA-Tg yielded the highest value compared to other combined diagnostic methods (AUC = 0.955). It has been found that serum thyroglobulin (sTg) is positively correlated with FNA-Tg (Rs = 0.318), while serum thyroglobulin antibodies (sTgAb) is negatively correlated with FNA-Tg (Rs = -0.147). In cases where the TNM stage indicated N1b, the presence of large or high volume lymph node metastasis(HVLNM), lymph node lateralization/suspicion (L/S) ratio ≤ 2, ultrasound findings indicating lymph node liquefaction, calcification, and increased blood flow, patients with coexisting Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), a tumor size ≥10 mm, and postoperative pathology confirming invasion of the thyroid capsule, higher levels of FNA-Tg were observed. However, the subgroup classification of DTC and the presence or absence of thyroid tissue did not demonstrate any significant impact on the levels of FNA-Tg., Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that the utilization of FNA in conjunction with FNA-Tg is a crucial approach for detecting LNM in DTC. TNM stage indicated N1b, the presence of HVLNM, the presence of HT, lymph node L/S ratio, liquefaction, calcification, tumor diameter, sTg and sTgAb are factors that can impact FNA-Tg levels.In the context of clinical application, it is imperative to individualize the use of FNA-Tg., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Su, Shang, Yue and Ma.)
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39. A comparative analysis of core needle biopsy and repeat fine needle aspiration in patients with inconclusive initial cytology of thyroid nodules.
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Su X, Yue C, Yang W, and Ma B
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- Humans, Biopsy, Fine-Needle methods, Biopsy, Large-Core Needle methods, Retrospective Studies, Thyroid Nodule diagnosis, Thyroid Nodule pathology
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Purpose: To assess and compare the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy (CNB) in comparison to repeat fine-needle aspiration(rFNA) for thyroid nodules that yield inconclusive results following the initial fine-needle aspiration (FNA)., Methods: A cohort of 471 patients who received an inconclusive cytological diagnosis following the initial FNA were included in this study. These patients subsequently underwent either CNB (n=242) or rFNA (n=229). The inconclusive FNA results encompassed categories I, III, and IV of The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology(TBSRTC), as well as the ultrasound images indicating malignancy despite FNA results falling under TBSRTC category II. This study assessed the sampling satisfaction rate, diagnostic efficacy, and complications associated with CNB compared to rFNA. Additionally, the impact of repeat puncture time and nodule size on diagnostic efficacy was analyzed., Results: Following repeat punctures, the satisfaction rate of the CNB sampling was found to be significantly higher than that of rFNA (83.9% vs 66.8%). The diagnostic rate in the CNB group was significantly greater compared to that of the rFNA group (70.7% vs 35.8%). In patients with nodule maximum diameters ranging from 5 mm to 20 mm, the diagnostic accuracy was significantly higher in the CNB group compared to that in the rFNA group. In patients with intervals less than 90 days, between 90 days and one year, the diagnostic rate in the CNB group was found to be higher compared to that in the rFNA group. In CNB, not immediately adjacent to the capsule was a risk factor for nodular puncture bleeding (37.0% vs 22.7%.)., Conclusion: CNB demonstrated higher rates of satisfaction and diagnosis compared to the rFNA. The diagnostic effectiveness of CNB was not influenced by the time interval or the size of the thyroid nodule. Therefore, in cases where the initial FNA diagnosis of thyroid nodules is inconclusive, CNB should be considered as a viable option for re-puncture., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Su, Yue, Yang and Ma.)
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40. Clinical value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound quantitative analysis for differentiating thyroid lesions in Hashimoto's thyroiditis patients.
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Yang W, Zhou J, Yue C, He Y, Lei J, Chen Y, and Ma B
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Background: The role of quantitative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the evaluation of thyroid nodules with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) has received little attention., Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study. We consecutively enrolled 242 patients (49 males, 193 females, average age 52 years) with a combined total of 248 thyroid nodules coexisting with HT who underwent biopsy/resection-proven pathology from December 2016 to June 2021. All patients underwent preoperative ultrasound (US) and CEUS examinations performed by 2 radiologists independently. Quantitative analysis of CEUS using time-intensity curves (TIC) was measured by an expert radiologist from the thyroid intra-nodule and the surrounding parenchyma and their ratios. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to evaluate their diagnostic performance., Results: The patients were divided into the nodular HT (NHT) group (n=42), the papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) group (n=154), and the primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) group (n=52) according to their pathological results. TIC parameters revealed that PTC and PTL showed faster time to peak (TTP) (P=0.044, P=0.049), lower peak intensity (PI) (both P<0.001), and smaller areas under the curve (both P<0.001) than those of NHT. The intra nodule of PTL showed an obviously slower perfusion (ratio =0.90, P<0.001) and lower PI (ratio =0.84, P<0.001) compared with the thyroid parenchyma. TIC improved performance in distinguishing PTL from NHT [area under the curve (AUC): 0.947, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.903-0.991], but inferior performance in differentiating PTC and NHT (AUC: 0.838, 95% CI: 0.759-0.917)., Conclusions: CEUS quantitative analysis could be valuable in differentiating thyroid malignancies in patients with HT., Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://qims.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/qims-23-601/coif). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare., (2024 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.)
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41. The usefulness of ultrasound-guided coarse needle aspiration in carotid arteries for diagnosis of carotid arteritis: probing of the vascular margin.
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Zhao L, Zhou Y, Yu Q, Can Y, and Ma B
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Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://qims.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/qims-23-350/coif). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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42. A Swin Transformer-Based Model for Thyroid Nodule Detection in Ultrasound Images.
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Tian Y, Zhu J, Zhang L, Mou L, Zhu X, Shi Y, Ma B, and Zhao W
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- Humans, Ultrasonography, Electric Power Supplies, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Thyroid Nodule diagnostic imaging, Thyroid Neoplasms diagnostic imaging
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In recent years, the incidence of thyroid cancer has been increasing. Thyroid nodule detection is critical for both the detection and treatment of thyroid cancer. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have achieved good results in thyroid ultrasound image analysis tasks. However, due to the limited valid receptive field of convolutional layers, CNNs fail to capture long-range contextual dependencies, which are important for identifying thyroid nodules in ultrasound images. Transformer networks are effective in capturing long-range contextual information. Inspired by this, we propose a novel thyroid nodule detection method that combines the Swin Transformer backbone and Faster R-CNN. Specifically, an ultrasound image is first projected into a 1D sequence of embeddings, which are then fed into a hierarchical Swin Transformer. The Swin Transformer backbone extracts features at five different scales by utilizing shifted windows for the computation of self-attention. Subsequently, a feature pyramid network (FPN) is used to fuse the features from different scales. Finally, a detection head is used to predict bounding boxes and the corresponding confidence scores. Data collected from 2,680 patients were used to conduct the experiments, and the results showed that this method achieved the best mAP score of 44.8%, outperforming CNN-based baselines. In addition, we gained better sensitivity (90.5%) than the competitors. This indicates that context modeling in this model is effective for thyroid nodule detection.
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43. Aggressive primary thyroid lymphoma invading the internal jugular vein: a case series.
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Su X, Hu X, and Ma B
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Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://qims.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/qims-22-649/coif). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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44. Convolutional Neural Network-Based Computer-Assisted Diagnosis of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis on Ultrasound.
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Zhao W, Kang Q, Qian F, Li K, Zhu J, and Ma B
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- Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted, Humans, Neural Networks, Computer, Retrospective Studies, Artificial Intelligence, Hashimoto Disease diagnostic imaging
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Purpose: This study investigates the efficiency of deep learning models in the automated diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) using real-world ultrasound data from ultrasound examinations by computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD) with artificial intelligence., Methods: We retrospectively collected ultrasound images from patients with and without HT from 2 hospitals in China between September 2008 and February 2018. Images were divided into a training set (80%) and a validation set (20%). We ensembled 9 convolutional neural networks (CNNs) as the final model (CAD-HT) for HT classification. The model's diagnostic performance was validated and compared to 2 hospital validation sets. We also compared the accuracy of CAD-HT against seniors/junior radiologists. Subgroup analysis of CAD-HT performance for different thyroid hormone levels (hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and euthyroidism) was also evaluated., Results: 39 280 ultrasound images from 21 118 patients were included in this study. The accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of the HT-CAD model were 0.892, 0.890, and 0.895, respectively. HT-CAD performance between 2 hospitals was not significantly different. The HT-CAD model achieved a higher performance (P < 0.001) when compared to senior radiologists, with a nearly 9% accuracy improvement. HT-CAD had almost similar accuracy (range 0.87-0.894) for the 3 subgroups based on thyroid hormone level., Conclusion: The HT-CAD strategy based on CNN significantly improved the radiologists' diagnostic accuracy of HT. Our model demonstrates good performance and robustness in different hospitals and for different thyroid hormone levels., (© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Endocrine Society.)
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45. Mitochondrial Fusion Via OPA1 and MFN1 Supports Liver Tumor Cell Metabolism and Growth.
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Li M, Wang L, Wang Y, Zhang S, Zhou G, Lieshout R, Ma B, Liu J, Qu C, Verstegen MMA, Sprengers D, Kwekkeboom J, van der Laan LJW, Cao W, Peppelenbosch MP, and Pan Q
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- Adult, Aged, Animals, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Cholangiocarcinoma pathology, Female, Gene Silencing, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Male, Mice, Nude, Middle Aged, Organoids pathology, Oxygen Consumption, GTP Phosphohydrolases metabolism, Liver Neoplasms metabolism, Liver Neoplasms pathology, Mitochondrial Dynamics, Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins metabolism
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Metabolic reprogramming universally occurs in cancer. Mitochondria act as the hubs of bioenergetics and metabolism. The morphodynamics of mitochondria, comprised of fusion and fission processes, are closely associated with mitochondrial functions and are often dysregulated in cancer. In this study, we aim to investigate the mitochondrial morphodynamics and its functional consequences in human liver cancer. We observed excessive activation of mitochondrial fusion in tumor tissues from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients and in vitro cultured tumor organoids from cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). The knockdown of the fusion regulator genes, OPA1 (Optic atrophy 1) or MFN1 (Mitofusin 1), inhibited the fusion process in HCC cell lines and CCA tumor organoids. This resulted in inhibition of cell growth in vitro and tumor formation in vivo, after tumor cell engraftment in mice. This inhibitory effect is associated with the induction of cell apoptosis, but not related to cell cycle arrest. Genome-wide transcriptomic profiling revealed that the inhibition of fusion predominately affected cellular metabolic pathways. This was further confirmed by the blocking of mitochondrial fusion which attenuated oxygen consumption and cellular ATP production of tumor cells. In conclusion, increased mitochondrial fusion in liver cancer alters metabolism and fuels tumor cell growth.
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46. Sofosbuvir directly promotes the clonogenic capability of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells.
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Liu J, Cao W, Ma B, Li M, Peppelenbosch MP, and Pan Q
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- Humans, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular pathology, Clone Cells drug effects, Liver Neoplasms pathology, Sofosbuvir pharmacology
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47. Nitazoxanide Inhibits Human Norovirus Replication and Synergizes with Ribavirin by Activation of Cellular Antiviral Response.
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Dang W, Xu L, Ma B, Chen S, Yin Y, Chang KO, Peppelenbosch MP, and Pan Q
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- Caco-2 Cells, Caliciviridae Infections drug therapy, Caliciviridae Infections metabolism, Caliciviridae Infections virology, Cell Line, Cell Line, Tumor, Drug Synergism, Gastroenteritis drug therapy, Gastroenteritis metabolism, Gastroenteritis virology, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Interferon Regulatory Factor-1 metabolism, Intestines virology, Janus Kinases metabolism, Nitro Compounds, Organoids drug effects, Organoids metabolism, Organoids virology, Replicon drug effects, STAT1 Transcription Factor metabolism, Antiviral Agents pharmacology, Norovirus drug effects, Ribavirin pharmacology, Thiazoles pharmacology, Virus Replication drug effects
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Norovirus is the main cause of viral gastroenteritis worldwide. Although norovirus gastroenteritis is self-limiting in immunocompetent individuals, chronic infections with debilitating and life-threatening complications occur in immunocompromised patients. Nitazoxanide (NTZ) has been used empirically in the clinic and has demonstrated effectiveness against norovirus gastroenteritis. In this study, we aimed at uncovering the antiviral potential and mechanisms of action of NTZ and its active metabolite, tizoxanide (TIZ), using a human norovirus (HuNV) replicon. NTZ and TIZ, collectively referred to as thiazolides (TZD), potently inhibited replication of HuNV and a norovirus surrogate, feline calicivirus. Mechanistic studies revealed that TZD activated cellular antiviral response and stimulated the expression of a subset of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs), particularly interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1), not only in a Huh7 cell-based HuNV replicon, but also in naive Huh7 and Caco-2 cells and novel human intestinal organoids. Overexpression of exogenous IRF-1 inhibited HuNV replication, whereas knockdown of IRF-1 largely attenuated the antiviral activity of TZD, suggesting that IRF-1 mediated TZD inhibition of HuNV. By using a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, CP-690550, and a STAT1 knockout approach, we found that TZD induced antiviral response independently of the classical JAK-signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway. Furthermore, TZD and ribavirin synergized to inhibit HuNV replication and completely depleted the replicons from host cells after long-term treatment. In summary, our results demonstrated that TZD combated HuNV replication through activation of cellular antiviral response, in particular by inducing a prominent antiviral effector, IRF-1. NTZ monotherapy or combination with ribavirin represent promising options for treating norovirus gastroenteritis, especially in immunocompromised patients., (Copyright © 2018 American Society for Microbiology.)
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48. Chinese association of ultrasound in medicine and engineering, superficial organs and peripheral vessels committee expert consensus on clinical frequently asked questions in breast ultrasonography, June 2018.
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Jiang T, Jiang Y, Chen W, Luo B, Peng Y, Wang Z, Xu J, Zhou J, Zhou Q, Bao L, Chen L, Chen L, Chen Q, Cong S, Cui K, Cui X, Fang Q, Li F, Li H, Li J, Li J, Li J, Li Q, Li T, Li T, Li Y, Li Z, Liu J, Liu Y, Luo J, Ma B, Ma Z, Nie F, Peng C, Sui X, Sun H, Wang H, Wang J, Wang Y, Wu C, Xiao Y, Xiong H, Xu D, Xue E, Xue L, Yan S, Yang L, Yong Q, Zhan W, Zhang S, Zhang X, Zhang J, Zhou X, Lin X, Yin S, and Zhao Q
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- Breast Neoplasms pathology, Consensus, Expert Testimony, Female, Humans, Breast Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Ultrasonography methods
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Ultrasonography, the preferred imaging modality for breast diseases, has merits such as absence of radiation, high diagnostic accuracy, and convenience for follow-up, thus playing an important role in clinical diagnosis and management. The American College of Radiology (ACR) proposed Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS ) and has updated for several times. Gradually, the BI-RADS has been accepted and adopted by ultrasound physicians at all levels of hospitals in China, and it has played a certain role in improving the diagnostic level of breast ultrasound in China. In order to standardize breast ultrasound application and raise the status of ultrasound in clinical decision-making of breast diseases, based on the latest edition of ACR BI-RADS Atlas 2013, the committee has reached the "Expert Consensus on Clinical Frequently Asked Questions in Breast Ultrasonography"on a number of controversial Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) in clinical practice (hereafter referred to as "Consensus"), and will be dedicated to updating the contents of the "Consensus", through further experience in clinical practice and the advent of new information from further studies. This consensus is only for reference purposes for medical personnel, and the processes outlined are not mandatory by law., Competing Interests: None
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49. Combination of oncolytic adenovirus and luteolin exerts synergistic antitumor effects in colorectal cancer cells and a mouse model.
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Xiao B, Qin Y, Ying C, Ma B, Wang B, Long F, Wang R, Fang L, and Wang Y
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- Animals, Apoptosis drug effects, CD55 Antigens metabolism, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Survival drug effects, Combined Modality Therapy, Female, Humans, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Nude, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand pharmacology, Transgenes, Adenoviridae metabolism, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, Colorectal Neoplasms pathology, Luteolin pharmacology, Oncolytic Viruses metabolism, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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In recent years, oncolytic viruses have attracted increasing interest due to their potent antitumor effects. Luteolin, a natural product, has additionally been observed to exhibit various pharmacological antitumor activities. Previously, a novel dual‑targeting oncolytic adenovirus, complement decay‑accelerating factor (CD55)‑tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 10 (TRAIL), was constructed, which exhibited significant growth inhibitory effects in various types of tumor cell. The present study investigated whether the combination of luteolin and CD55‑TRAIL was able to exert a synergistic antitumor effect in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) cells. The cytotoxicity and tumor cell apoptosis mediated by combination treatment in CRC cells were detected via an MTT assay, Hoechst staining and western blotting, respectively. Tumor growth in vivo was examined in a CRC mouse xenograft model following various treatments. The results demonstrated that the addition of luteolin enhanced oncolytic adenovirus‑mediated enhanced green fluorescent protein, early region 1A and TRAIL expression. The combination of CD55‑TRAIL with luteolin synergistically inhibited tumor growth and promoted CRC cellular apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. Additionally, the combination of CD55‑TRAIL with luteolin significantly decreased cytotoxicity in lung/bronchial normal epithelial cells, compared with single treatment. Therefore, the combination of CD55‑TRAIL with luteolin may be a novel efficient therapeutic strategy for CRC in the future.
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- 2017
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50. Thioridazine has potent antitumor effects on lung cancer stem-like cells.
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Shen J, Ma B, Zhang X, Sun X, Han J, Wang Y, Chu L, Xu H, and Yang Y
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Thioridazine (TDZ), originally an anti-psychotic drug, suppresses several types of cancer and has specificity for leukemia stem cells. The present study was performed to assess its effect on lung cancer stem-like cells, as its effect remains unknown. TDZ was utilized to treat lung cancer stem-like cells (A549 sphere cells) and its cytotoxic effect and mechanism were evaluated in vitro and in vivo . TDZ elicited cytotoxicity in A549 sphere cells and inhibited their proliferation in a dose-dependent pattern. A549 sphere cells treated with TDZ showed nuclear fragmentation, increased G0/G1 phase distribution, positive Annexin V staining, and a change in the expression of caspase family and cell cycle-associated proteins. These results suggest the induction of caspase-dependent apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. In addition, TDZ treatment resulted in significant inhibitory effect on mice xenografts established by A549 sphere cells. TDZ repressed growth of lung cancer stem-like cells in vitro and in vivo , indicating its potential application in targeting lung cancer stem-like cells.
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- 2017
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