127 results on '"Ya Fang Huang"'
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2. Inter-Relations between Dietary Patterns and Glycemic Control-Related Biomarkers on Risk of Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes
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Yu-Ju Wu, Chih-Cheng Hsu, Shang-Jyh Hwang, Kun-Der Lin, Pi-Chen Lin, Ya-Fang Huang, Chien-Hung Lee, Chiao-I Chang, and Meng-Chuan Huang
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diabetic retinopathy ,glycated hemoglobin A1c ,malondialdehyde ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,TX341-641 - Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy (DR), which can cause vision loss, may progress faster with poor glycemic control and oxidative stress. This study aims to examine how dietary patterns and glycemic control biomarkers relate to retinopathy risk in type 2 diabetes patients. In this study, we enrolled diabetic patients with retinopathy (DR) (n = 136) and without retinopathy (no DR) (n = 466) from a cohort of participants in the “Blood Pressure Control to Reduce the Risk of Type 2 Diabetic Nephropathy Study”. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and malondialdehyde were defined as elevated when their levels reached ≥8.5% and ≥2/3 (16.2 μm), respectively. Dietary data were collected by a food frequency questionnaire. Dietary patterns were identified by factor analysis. Elevated HbA1c was significantly correlated with increased risk of DR (OR: 2.12, 95% CI: 1.14–3.93, p = 0.017). In subjects with a high animal protein and processed food dietary pattern (≥highest tertile score) or a low vegetable intake pattern (p = 0.015), 3.96-fold (95% CI: 1.12–14.04, p = 0.033), and 2.57-fold (95% CI: 1.16–5.67, p = 0.020) increase in the risk of DR, respectively, compared to subjects with HbA1c levels < 8.5%. When stratifying subjects with a high animal protein pattern, higher MDA levels were significantly correlated with an increased risk of DR (OR: 2.93, 95% CI: 1.33–6.48, p = 0.008). Poor glycemic control increases the risk of retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes, and combined with diets low in vegetables and high in animal protein or processed food may exacerbate the risk of DR. The findings of this study should be further investigated in prospective studies.
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- 2024
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3. Hyperferritinemia and hyperuricemia may be associated with liver function abnormality in obese adolescents.
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Solomon Chih Cheng Chen, Ya Fang Huang, and Jung Der Wang
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
The iron status in human body and its association with liver function in adolescents was rarely studied. The objective was to investigate the association among the levels of serum ferritin, uric acid and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in adolescents.A total of 2090 adolescents negative for hepatitis B surface antigen from one junior high school (786, 12-13 years), three senior high schools (973, 15-16 years) and one college (331, 18-19 years) participated in this survey. Anthropometric and biochemical measurements, including complete blood count, ALT, serum ferritin and uric acid were performed. An ALT>42 U/L was defined as elevated, a ferritin level >200 µg/L was defined as hyperferritinemia. A uric acid level >460 µmol/L in males and >340 µmol/L in females was defined as hyperuricemia. The chi-squared test, linear regression and multivariate logistic regression were used for the data analysis. Elevated ALT levels were detected in 76 (3.6%) students and were more prevalent in males than females (6.4% vs. 2.0%, p100 µg/L. The logistic regression analysis found that body mass index, hyperferritinemia and hyperuricemia were significant factors associated with the ALT elevation, but gender, age, and white blood cell count were not.Hyperferritinemia and hyperuricemia are two independently significant factors associated with ALT elevation among obese adolescents. More studies are needed to corroborate any hypothesis related to these phenomena.
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- 2012
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4. NOX2-Deficient Neutrophils Facilitate Joint Inflammation Through Higher Pro-Inflammatory and Weakened Immune Checkpoint Activities
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Yi-Chu Liao, Szu-Yu Wu, Ya-Fang Huang, Pei-Chi Lo, Tzu-Yi Chan, Chih-An Chen, Chun-Hsin Wu, Che-Chia Hsu, Chia-Liang Yen, Peng-Chieh Chen, and Chi-Chang Shieh
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NOX2 ,chronic granulomatous disease ,serum-induced arthritis ,neutrophils ,immune checkpoint ,reactive oxygen species ,Immunologic diseases. Allergy ,RC581-607 - Abstract
Immune-mediated arthritis is an important chronic inflammatory disease of joints causing debilitating morbidity in affected patients. The mechanisms underlying immune-mediated arthritis have been intensively investigated, however the cellular and molecular factors contributing to the joint inflammation in different redox conditions have not been clearly elucidated. Previous research showed that phagocyte-produced reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays an anti-inflammatory role in K/BxN serum-transfer arthritis and NOX2-deficient mice tend to have more severe arthritis. Although many leukocytes play critical roles in the development of immune-mediated arthritis, the role of neutrophils, which are the main producers of ROS in inflammation, is still controversial. We hence assessed the immunomodulatory function of neutrophils from arthritic joints of NOX2-deficient and wild type mice in this study. We found more neutrophils accumulation in NOX2-deficient inflamed joints. RNA-sequencing and quantitative PCR revealed significantly increased expression of acute inflammation genes including IL1b, Cxcl2, Cxcl3, Cxcl10 and Mmp3 in activated neutrophils from the inflamed joints of NOX2-deficient mice. Moreover, gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) showed enriched gene signatures in type I and II IFN responses, IL-6-JAK-STAT3 signaling pathway and TNF-α signaling pathway via NF-κB in NOX2-deficient neutrophils. In addition, we found that NOX2-deficient neutrophils expressed lower levels of PD-L1 and were less suppressive than WT neutrophils. Moreover, treatment of PD-L1-Fc decreased cytokine expression and ameliorated the severity of inflammatory arthritis. Our results suggest that NOX2-derived ROS is critical for regulating the function and gene expression in arthritic neutrophils. Both the strong pro-inflammatory and weakened anti-inflammatory functions of neutrophils due to abnormal redox regulation may be targets of treatment for immune-mediated arthritis.
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- 2021
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5. Comparative Risks of High-Grade Adverse Events Among FDA-Approved Systemic Therapies in Advanced Melanoma: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
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Ya-fang Huang, Wen-jie Xie, Hai-yu Fan, and Juan Du
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immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) ,targeted inhibitor ,network meta-analysis ,advanced melanoma ,high-grade adverse event ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,RC254-282 - Abstract
Background: Head-to-head evidence is lacking in comparative risks of high-grade adverse events (AEs) among different systemic treatment options for advanced melanoma.Methods: An up-to-date systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) was performed. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of patients with advanced melanoma were eligible if at least one intervention was the Food and Drug Administration–approved targeted or immune checkpoint inhibitors. Risks of high-grade AEs were estimated by random-effects Bayesian NMAs, based on relative risks. Surface under the cumulative ranking probabilities was used to assess relative ranking of treatments. The summary incidences were calculated.Results: Twenty-five RCTs (12,925 patients) comparing 10 different systemic treatment options were included. BRAF/MEK had the highest risk of overall high-grade AEs (pooled incidence: 32.11%). BRAF had the highest risk of high-grade arthralgia (0.39%), whereas MEK had the highest risk of high-grade hypertension (2.28%) and nausea (0.37%). Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4)/chemo had the highest risk of high-grade diarrhea (1.31%), alanine aminotransferase (0.60%), and aspartate aminotransferase elevation (0.59%). Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)/CTLA-4 had the highest risks of high-grade pyrexia (1.14%) and rash (0.94%). Using PD-1 inhibitor alone had the lowest risks of overall high-grade AEs.Conclusions: Different systemic treatment options have varying high-grade AEs in advanced melanoma treatment. Current evidences highlight the important risks of BRAF/MEK, CTLA-4/chemo, and PD-1/CTLA-4.
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- 2020
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6. Physical origin of the non-physical spin evolution of MAXI J1820 + 070
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Cunguo Wang, Shaolin Xiong, B. S. Liu, B. B. Wu, H. Gao, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, R. C. Ma, Y. S. Wang, Y. F. Zhang, Xue-Feng Lu, C. Cai, Lian Tao, Shuinai Zhang, Tong Li, G. H. Gao, S. M. Jia, Tao Luo, M. Wu, X. Y. Song, Bo Li, Wenxiong Li, J. Jin, Xin-Fu Zhao, He-Yang Liu, S. Xiao, Lei Sun, Junqiang Zhang, J. L. Qu, Y. H. Tan, C. K. Li, Y. Nang, Peng Zhang, R. J. Yang, H. W. Liu, N. Sai, Yuan-Yuan Du, Y. G. Zheng, X. X. Li, Z. Chang, Y. B. Chen, Qiu-Yi Luo, Tian-Xiang Chen, Z. W. Li, F. J. Lu, Qingcui Bu, L. M. Song, S. J. Zheng, XiangYang Wen, X. H. Ma, Da-Wei Han, Ya Fang Huang, H. S. Zhao, Yuan You, Qi-Bin Yi, D. K. Zhou, P. J. Wang, W. S. Wang, Ge Ou, Yi Zhang, C. Z. Liu, Sisi Yang, J. Y. Nie, Xin Ren, Liang Zhang, Cheng-Cheng Guo, Ming-Yu Ge, L. Chen, Wan-Chang Zhang, Xiong Li, Yu-Dong Gu, X. J. Liu, Libin Wang, X. L. Cao, Q. Q. Yin, Y. P. Chen, Y. Wang, X. H. Liang, Fuqin Zhang, S. N. Zhang, Y. P. Xu, B. Y. Wu, Xuelong Li, J. Guan, L. D. Kong, Wei Cui, W. C. Zhang, Jia Huo, Gang Li, Wenhan Jiang, Bin Meng, Y. J. Yang, and G. C. Xiao
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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,Hardness ratio ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Spin transition ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Binary number ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Black hole ,Innermost stable circular orbit ,Accretion disc ,Space and Planetary Science ,Coincident ,Spectral analysis ,83C57 ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics - Abstract
We report on the Insight-HXMT observations of the new black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070 during its 2018 outburst. Detailed spectral analysis via the continuum fitting method shows an evolution of the inferred spin during its high soft sate. Moreover, the hardness ratio, the non-thermal luminosity and the reflection fraction also undergo an evolution, exactly coincident to the period when the inferred spin transition takes place. The unphysical evolution of the spin is attributed to the evolution of the inner disc, which is caused by the collapse of a hot corona due to condensation mechanism or may be related to the deceleration of a jet-like corona. The studies of the inner disc radius and the relation between the disc luminosity and the inner disc radius suggest that, only at a particular epoch, did the inner edge of the disc reach the innermost stable circular orbit and the spin measurement is reliable. We then constrain the spin of MAXI J1820+070 to be a*=0.2^{+0.2}_{-0.3}. Such a slowly spinning black hole possessing a strong jet suggests that its jet activity is driven mainly by the accretion disc rather than by the black hole spin., Comment: 14 pages, 13 figures, 5 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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- 2021
7. HXMT identification of a non-thermal X-ray burst from SGR J1935+2154 and with FRB 200428
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Y. J. Jin, Z. Chang, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, Y. F. Zhang, X. B. Li, Y. G. Li, Chun-sheng Zhang, Wenhan Jiang, Bo Li, Yu-Xuan Zhu, G. H. Gao, J. Jin, M. Wu, Y. Zhang, Xin-Fu Zhao, Zhi Zhang, Y. H. Tan, Y. X. Zhu, R. C. Shang, C. Cai, B. Lu, Fuqin Zhang, J. K. Deng, S. N. Zhang, W. C. Xue, X. X. Li, Y. G. Zheng, J. F. Zhou, Ming-Yu Ge, X. H. Ma, Wenxiong Li, Tian-Xiang Chen, F. J. Lu, Y. S. Wang, D. K. Zhou, Wei Cui, T. Zhang, Aimei Zhang, Lin Lin, Li-Ming Song, B. S. Liu, Lei Sun, C. Z. Liu, S. J. Zheng, Luhua Jiang, Y. P. Xu, B. B. Wu, X. L. Cao, Tao Luo, XiangYang Wen, Xue-Feng Lu, Bin Meng, S. Xiao, Y. B. Chen, Junqiang Zhang, Tong Li, H. W. Liu, N. Sai, Mao-Shun Li, Yunchao Liu, Sisi Yang, Y. J. Yang, S. M. Jia, Yuan You, L. D. Kong, Songbo Zhang, Cunguo Wang, Qi-Bin Yi, Yu-Dong Gu, Q. Q. Yin, Y. P. Chen, Xuelong Li, J. Guan, X. J. Liu, W. Z. Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Du, Gang Chen, X. H. Liang, G. C. Xiao, R. L. Zhuang, GuoQing Liu, Jia Huo, Y. Nang, Gang Li, Shaolin Xiong, Y. J. Zhang, H. Gao, Qiu-Yi Luo, Z. Zhang, Y. L. Tuo, J. W. Yang, Bing Zhang, B. Y. Wu, Lian Tao, X. Y. Song, H. S. Zhao, G. F. Wang, W. S. Wang, Ge Ou, W. C. Zhang, J. Y. Nie, Yi-Qiao Dong, Cheng-Cheng Guo, C. K. Li, H. Xu, Z. W. Li, Da-Wei Han, Z. L. Zhang, M. X. Fu, Yue Zhang, Ya Fang Huang, J. Z. Wang, L. Chen, Wan-Chang Zhang, Weiguang Cui, Qingcui Bu, Min Gao, and J. L. Qu
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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,X-ray ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Magnetar ,01 natural sciences ,Coincidence ,Radio spectrum ,0103 physical sciences ,Thermal ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Event (particle physics) ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Delay time - Abstract
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are short pulses observed in radio band from cosmological distances. One class of models invoke soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs), or magnetars, as the sources of FRBs. Some radio pulses have been observed from some magnetars, however, no FRB-like events had been detected in association any magnetar burst, including one giant flare. Recently, a pair of FRB-like bursts (FRB 200428 hereafter) separated by milliseconds (ms) were detected from the general direction of the Galactic magnetar SGR J1935+2154. Here we report the detection of a non-thermal X-ray burst in the 1-250 keV energy band with the Insight-HXMT satellite, which we identify as emitted from SGR J1935+2154. The burst showed two hard peaks with a separation of 34 ms, broadly consistent with that of the two bursts in FRB 200428. The delay time between the double radio and X-ray peaks is about 8.57 s, fully consistent with the dispersion delay of FRB 200428. We thus identify the non-thermal X-ray burst is associated with FRB 200428 whose high energy counterpart is the two hard peaks in X-ray. Our results suggest that the non-thermal X-ray burst and FRB 200428 share the same physical origin in an explosive event from SGR J1935+2154., 24 pages, 9 figures, 6 tables; initial submission to a journal on May 9th, 2020. Significant changes include updated localization and detailed spectral evolution of the X-ray burst, and better determination of the two narrow X-ray peaks corresponding to the two radio pulses. Conclusions are strengthened. Nature Astronomy online on Feb. 18, 2021
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- 2021
8. Insight-HXMT study of the timing properties of Sco X-1
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J. Z. Wang, J. Y. Nie, Y. J. Yang, Xiaobo Li, Weiguang Cui, J. Guan, Qingcui Bu, L. M. Song, Yu-Dong Gu, G. C. Xiao, Luhua Jiang, J. Jin, D. K. Zhou, Y. X. Zhu, X. H. Liang, W. C. Zhang, B. Lu, GuoQing Liu, Ming-Yu Ge, Chun-sheng Zhang, Yi-Qiao Dong, Min Gao, B. B. Wu, Wenhan Jiang, Jia Huo, Y. H. Tan, Cheng-Cheng Guo, J. L. Qu, Gang Li, Y. B. Chen, F. J. Lu, Xin-Fu Zhao, R. C. Shang, J. F. Zhou, Bing Li, XiangYang Wen, Lian Tao, Y. S. Wang, Gang Chen, Wei Cui, B. Y. Wu, Tian-Xiang Chen, T. Zhang, X. Y. Song, X. J. Liu, Tao Luo, Da-Wei Han, Bin Meng, L. Chen, Mao-Shun Li, S. Xiao, Xue-Feng Lu, Tong Li, S. M. Jia, Fuqin Zhang, Z. Zhang, S. N. Zhang, Z. Chang, Yunchao Liu, R. L. Zhuang, Junqiang Zhang, Wan-Chang Zhang, W. S. Wang, Y. Nang, Ge Ou, Yuan-Yuan Du, W. Z. Zhang, Lei Sun, Y. J. Jin, C. Z. Liu, J. K. Deng, L. D. Kong, H. W. Liu, N. Sai, Shaolin Xiong, Cunguo Wang, Y. J. Zhang, X. H. Ma, H. Gao, Sisi Yang, Yupeng Xu, Qiu-Yi Luo, X. F. Li, H. S. Zhao, G. F. Wang, Y. L. Tuo, C. Cai, Wenxiong Li, J. W. Yang, Yu-Xuan Zhu, X. L. Cao, X. X. Li, S. J. Zheng, Yuan You, G. H. Gao, Qi-Bin Yi, M. Wu, Q. Q. Yin, Y. P. Chen, Y. Zhang, Y. G. Li, Aimei Zhang, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, Y. F. Zhang, Ya Fang Huang, Z. L. Zhang, C. K. Li, Z. W. Li, and M. X. Fu
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Physics ,High energy ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Phase (waves) ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Horizontal branch ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Telescope ,Root mean square ,Space and Planetary Science ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Modulation (music) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Energy (signal processing) ,Flare - Abstract
We present a detailed timing study of the brightest persistent X-ray source Sco X-1 using the data collected by the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope ( I n s i g h t -HXMT) from July 2017 to August 2018. A complete Z-track hardness-intensity diagram (HID) is obtained. The normal branch oscillations (NBOs) at ∼ 6 Hz in the lower part of the normal branch (NB) and the flare branch oscillations (FBOs) at ∼ 16 Hz in the beginning part of the flaring branch (FB) are found in observations with the Low Energy X-ray Telescope (LE) and the Medium Energy X-ray Telescope (ME) of I n s i g h t -HXMT, while the horizontal branch oscillations (HBOs) at ∼ 40 Hz and the kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) at ∼ 800 Hz are found simultaneously above 20 keV for the first time on the horizontal branch (HB) by the High Energy X-ray Telescope (HE) and ME. We find that for all types of the observed QPOs, the centroid frequencies are independent of energy, while the root mean square (rms) increases with energy; the centroid frequencies of both the HBOs and kHz QPOs increase along the Z-track from the top to the bottom of the HB; and the NBOs show soft phase lags increasing with energy. A continuous QPO transition from the FB to NB in ∼ 200 s are also detected. Our results indicate that the non-thermal emission is the origin of all types of QPOs, the innermost region of the accretion disk is non-thermal in nature, and the corona is nonhomogeneous geometrically.
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9. Insight-HXMT observation on 4U 1608–52: Evolving spectral properties of a bright type-I X-ray burst
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S. N. Zhang, W. C. Jiang, W. S. Wang, Ge Ou, Z. Chang, J. F. Zhou, X.Q. Ren, C. Z. Liu, C. L. Zhang, Tian-Xiang Chen, Min Gao, H. S. Zhao, Sisi Yang, G. F. Wang, D. K. Zhou, Yi Zhang, X. J. Liu, J. L. Qu, G. C. Xiao, Jia Huo, Z. L. Zhang, Y. G. Li, M. X. Fu, Ya Fang Huang, Bing Li, F. Zhang, Chun-sheng Zhang, X. F. Li, Aimei Zhang, W. Z. Zhang, J. Z. Wang, Liang Sun, Y. B. Chen, Xue-Feng Lu, F. J. Lu, S. M. Jia, XiangYang Wen, Lian Tao, Yuan You, Junke Zhang, Gang Li, Y. S. Wang, Wei Zhang, B. Y. Wu, Qi-Bin Yi, B. B. Wu, Mao-Shun Li, Yunchao Liu, Y. J. Yang, Tao Luo, Xiaobo Li, L. D. Kong, S. Xiao, Yi-Qiao Dong, X. L. Cao, W. C. Zhang, Q. Luo, Weiguang Cui, X. X. Li, Yuan-Yuan Du, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, Gang Chen, Qingcui Bu, B. Lu, Y. H. Tan, J. K. Deng, Cheng-Cheng Guo, H. W. Liu, N. Sai, Q. Q. Yin, Y. P. Chen, Y. F. Zhang, C. K. Li, L. M. Song, Yu-Dong Gu, J. Jin, G. H. Gao, Xin-Fu Zhao, S. J. Zheng, Y. X. Zhu, C. Cai, Z. W. Li, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, X. H. Ma, Ming-Yu Ge, M. Wu, Y. Zhang, C. Wang, Wenxiong Li, Andrea Santangelo, Yu-Xuan Zhu, Shaolin Xiong, Luhua Jiang, Y. P. Xu, Y. J. Zhang, H. Gao, X. H. Liang, J. Guan, Ti-Pei Li, Y. L. Tuo, J. W. Yang, GuoQing Liu, Wei Cui, Long Ji, T. Zhang, L. Chen, J. Y. Nie, Da-Wei Han, Bin Meng, and Y. Nang
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Physics ,Thermonuclear fusion ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Spectral properties ,X-ray ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Radius ,Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,symbols.namesake ,Neutron star ,Space and Planetary Science ,0103 physical sciences ,Eddington luminosity ,Reflection (physics) ,symbols ,Spectral analysis ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics - Abstract
The evidences for the influence of thermonuclear (type-I) X-ray bursts upon the surrounding environments in neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB) were detected previously via spectral and timing analyses. Benefitting from a broad energy coverage of Insight-HXMT, we analyze one photospheric radius expansion (PRE) burst, and find an emission excess at soft X-rays. Our spectral analysis shows that, such an excess is not likely relevant to the disk reflection induced by the burst emission and can be attributed to an enhanced pre-burst/persistent emission. We find that the burst and enhanced persistent emissions sum up to exceed Eddington luminosity by ∼ 40 percentages. We speculate that the enhanced emission is from a region beyond the PRE radius, or through the Comptonization of the corona.
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10. Search for Gamma-Ray Bursts and Gravitational Wave Electromagnetic Counterparts with High Energy X-ray Telescope of \textit{Insight}-HXMT
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Yu-Dong Gu, C. K. Li, C. Cai, J. Y. Zhang, Wenxiong Li, Y. Nang, Z. Chang, Yuan-Yuan Du, Z. W. Li, B. Y. Wu, B. B. Wu, Wenhan Jiang, J. Y. Nie, Jia Huo, B. S. Liu, L. D. Kong, F. J. Lu, Y. B. Chen, X. Q. Ren, Yuyang Zhao, Fuqin Zhang, S. N. Zhang, X. X. Li, XiangYang Wen, Lian Tao, Peng Zhang, Gang Li, S. J. Zheng, Bo Li, D. K. Zhou, X. Y. Song, Y. G. Zheng, Y. S. Wang, Tian-Xiang Chen, X. J. Liu, Wei Zhang, Cunguo Wang, Cheng-Cheng Guo, Libin Wang, Yuan You, Qi-Bin Yi, W. C. Zhang, G. H. Gao, Lei Sun, Ya Fang Huang, Y. H. Tan, Wei Cui, M. Wu, Wei Chen, L. Chen, Yi-Yan Yang, Y. H. Zhang, Ming-Yu Ge, H. W. Liu, N. Sai, J. Y. Liao, X. H. Liang, H. M. Zhang, R. C. Ma, Y. P. Xu, Y. F. Zhang, X. B. Li, Xuelong Li, J. Guan, Qingcui Bu, X J Yang, L. M. Song, Tao Luo, S. Xiao, Da-Wei Han, J. L. Qu, Hongfei Liu, X. L. Cao, Q. Q. Yin, Y. P. Chen, J. Jin, Yu-Xuan Zhu, Xin-Fu Zhao, C. Z. Liu, Sisi Yang, R. J. Yang, Qiu-Yi Luo, Y. L. Tuo, Bin Meng, Z. Zhang, Shaolin Xiong, H. Gao, Y. J. Yang, G. C. Xiao, H. S. Zhao, P. J. Wang, W. S. Wang, Ge Ou, X. H. Ma, Xue-Feng Lu, Shuinai Zhang, Tong Li, and S. M. Jia
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Physics ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Gravitational wave ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,X-ray telescope ,Astrophysics ,Light curve ,Coincidence ,law.invention ,Telescope ,Space and Planetary Science ,law ,Sensitivity (control systems) ,Gamma-ray burst ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope - Abstract
The High Energy X-ray telescope (HE) on-board the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (\textit{Insight}-HXMT) can serve as a wide Field of View (FOV) gamma-ray monitor with high time resolution ($\mu$s) and large effective area (up to thousands cm$^2$). We developed a pipeline to search for Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), using the traditional signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) method for blind search and the coherent search method for targeted search. By taking into account the location and spectrum of the burst and the detector response, the targeted coherent search is more powerful to unveil weak and sub-threshold bursts, especially those in temporal coincidence with Gravitational Wave (GW) events. Based on the original method in literature, we further improved the coherent search to filter out false triggers caused by spikes in light curves, which are commonly seen in gamma-ray instruments (e.g. \textit{Fermi}/GBM, \textit{POLAR}). We show that our improved targeted coherent search method could eliminate almost all false triggers caused by spikes. Based on the first two years of \textit{Insight}-HXMT/HE data, our targeted search recovered 40 GRBs, which were detected by either \textit{Swift}/BAT or \textit{Fermi}/GBM but too weak to be found in our blind search. With this coherent search pipeline, the GRB detection sensitivity of \textit{Insight}-HXMT/HE is increased to about 1.5E-08 erg/cm$^2$ (200 keV$-$3 MeV). We also used this targeted coherent method to search \textit{Insight}-HXMT/HE data for electromagnetic (EM) counterparts of LIGO-Virgo GW events (including O2 and O3a runs). However, we did not find any significant burst associated with GW events., Comment: 12 pages, 14 figures, 5 tables; accepted for publication in MNRAS
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- 2021
11. Broadband variability study of MAXI J1631-479 in its Hard-Intermediate State observed with Insight-HXMT
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B. B. Wu, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, R. C. Ma, Xue-Feng Lu, Tong Li, S. M. Jia, X. L. Cao, Y. F. Zhang, X. B. Li, Tian-Xiang Chen, C. Cai, Bin Meng, W. C. Zhang, Y. B. Chen, C. Z. Liu, X. H. Liang, Qiu-Yi Luo, Y. Nang, Ya Fang Huang, Wenxiong Li, L. Zhang, L. Sun, Y. J. Yang, Sisi Yang, Andrea Santangelo, G. C. Xiao, Y. P. Xu, Y. L. Tuo, D. K. Zhou, Cheng-Cheng Guo, G. H. Gao, X. J. Liu, M. Wu, C. K. Li, Bo Li, Qingcui Bu, T. M. Belloni, L. M. Song, Libin Wang, Peng Zhang, Tao Luo, S. Xiao, Fuqin Zhang, Y. H. Zhang, Shaolin Xiong, S. N. Zhang, Z. W. Li, X. B. Ma, H. Gao, Y. S. Wang, Q. Q. Yin, Y. P. Chen, Y. H. Tan, J. Jin, Xin-Fu Zhao, L. D. Kong, Lian Tao, G. Li, X. Y. Song, J. Y. Nie, Cunguo Wang, Da-Wei Han, X. X. Li, Xuelong Li, J. Guan, H. W. Liu, N. Sai, Wenhan Jiang, S. J. Zheng, J. L. Qu, Hongfei Liu, Z. Chang, Yuan You, Qi-Bin Yi, J. Y. Zhang, Jia Huo, Wei Cui, F. J. Lu, Yu-Dong Gu, XiangYang Wen, Ming-Yu Ge, H. S. Zhao, Z. S. Li, P. J. Wang, B. Y. Wu, W. Zhang, L. Chen, W. S. Wang, Ge Ou, and Yuan-Yuan Du
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Physics ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Jet (fluid) ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Plasma ,Astrophysics ,Photon energy ,law.invention ,Telescope ,Acceleration ,Space and Planetary Science ,Modulation ,law ,Precession ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Noise (radio) - Abstract
We report the energy-resolved broadband timing analysis of the black hole X-ray transient MAXI J1631-479 during its 2019 outburst from February 11 to April 9, using data from the Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT), which caught the source from its hard intermediate state to the soft state. Thanks to the large effective area of Insight-HXMT at high energies, we are able to present the energy dependence of fast variability up to ~100 keV. Type-C quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) with frequency varying between 4.9 Hz and 6.5 Hz are observed in the 1-100 keV energy band. While the QPO fractional rms increases with photon energy from 1 keV to ~10 keV and remains more or less constant from ~10 keV to ~100 keV, the rms of the flat-top noise first increases from 1 keV to ~8 keV then drops to less than 0.1% above ~30 keV. We suggest that the disappearance of the broadband variability above 30 keV could be caused by the non-thermal acceleration in the Comptonizing plasma. At the same time, the QPOs could be produced by the precession of either a small-scale jet or a hot inner flow model., To be published in The Astrophysical Journal
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12. Broad-band X-ray spectra and timing of the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar Swift J1756.9$-$2508 during its 2018 and 2019 outbursts
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Maurizio Falanga, Shuinai Zhang, Juri Poutanen, Y. Y. Pan, Enrico Bozzo, Sergey S. Tsygankov, S. N. Zhang, L. Kuiper, Ya Fang Huang, Duncan K. Galloway, and Zhaosheng Li
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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,Accretion (meteorology) ,Gravitational wave ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Orbital period ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Neutron star ,Pulsar ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,Millisecond pulsar ,0103 physical sciences ,Optical depth (astrophysics) ,010306 general physics ,Low Mass ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics - Abstract
The accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar Swift J1756.9$-$2508 went into outburst in April 2018 and June 2019, 8.7 yr after the previous activity period. We investigated the temporal, timing and spectral properties of these two outbursts using data from NICER, XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, INTEGRAL, Swift and Insight-HXMT. The two outbursts exhibited similar broad-band spectra and X-ray pulse profiles. For the first time, we report the detection of the pulsed emission up to $\sim100$ keV observed by Insight-HXMT during the 2018 outburst. We also found the pulsation up to $\sim60$ keV observed by NICER and NuSTAR during the 2019 outburst. We performed a coherent timing analysis combining the data from two outbursts. The binary system is well described by a constant orbital period over a time span of $\sim12$ years. The time-averaged broad-band spectra are well fitted by an absorbed thermal Comptonization model in a slab geometry with the electron temperature $kT_{\rm e}=40$-50 keV, Thomson optical depth $\tau\sim 1.3$, blackbody seed photon temperature $kT_{\rm bb,seed}\sim $0.7-0.8 keV and hydrogen column density of $N_{\rm H}\sim 4.2\times10^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$. We searched the available data for type-I (thermonuclear) X-ray bursts, but found none, which is unsurprising given the estimated low peak accretion rate ($\approx0.05$ of the Eddington rate) and generally low expected burst rates for hydrogen-poor fuel. Based on the history of four outbursts to date, we estimate the long-term average accretion rate at roughly $5\times10^{-12}\ M_\odot\,{\rm yr}^{-1}$ for an assumed distance of 8 kpc. The expected mass transfer rate driven by gravitational radiation in the binary implies the source can be no closer than 4 kpc., Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A
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13. QPOs and Orbital elements of X-ray binary 4U 0115+63 during the 2017 outburst observed by Insight-HXMT
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Q Lou, Yuan You, Qi-Bin Yi, X. X. Li, S. J. Zheng, Cunguo Wang, J. Jin, H M Zhang, Xin-Fu Zhao, H. S. Zhao, Lei Sun, Wenhan Jiang, G. H. Gao, He-Yang Liu, Y. J. Yang, Xiong Li, Yu-Dong Gu, B. S. Liu, X. H. Ma, Y. P. Xu, Yi Zhang, Y. H. Tan, H. W. Liu, Y Z Ding, N. Sai, M. Wu, G. C. Xiao, W. C. Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Du, Y. G. Zheng, Y. Nang, C. Cai, L. Chen, C. Z. Liu, P. J. Wang, F. J. Lu, J. L. Qu, Bin Meng, Xue-Feng Lu, XiangYang Wen, L. D. Kong, Xuelong Li, J. Guan, S. M. Jia, Wenxiong Li, P Zhang, Fuqin Zhang, S. N. Zhang, Tian-Xiang Chen, Sisi Yang, X. L. Cao, C. K. Li, Y. B. Chen, D. K. Zhou, Y. S. Wang, Libin Wang, J. Y. Liao, Q. Q. Yin, Y. P. Chen, Lian Tao, Ti-Pei Li, R. C. Ma, Y. F. Zhang, Qingcui Bu, Bo Li, B. B. Wu, X. Y. Song, Shuang-Nan Zhang, Junqiang Zhang, W. S. Wang, L. M. Song, Wei Cui, Z. W. Li, Ming-Yu Ge, Wei Wang, Tao Luo, S. Xiao, Xin Ren, Ya Fang Huang, X. J. Liu, Jia Huo, C Zhi, Gang Li, B. Y. Wu, Shaolin Xiong, H. Gao, X. H. Liang, Y. L. Tuo, R. J. Yang, Wei Zhang, Cheng-Cheng Guo, Da-Wei Han, and J. Y. Nie
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Physics ,Orbital elements ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,X-ray binary ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Light curve ,01 natural sciences ,Spectral line ,Luminosity ,Neutron star ,Wavelet ,Space and Planetary Science ,0103 physical sciences ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Energy (signal processing) - Abstract
In this paper, we presented a detailed timing analysis of a prominent outburst of 4U 0115+63 detected by \textit{Insight}-HXMT in 2017 August. The spin period of the neutron star was determined to be $3.61398\pm 0.00002$ s at MJD 57978. We measured the period variability and extract the orbital elements of the binary system. The angle of periastron evolved with a rate of $0.048\pm0.003$ $yr^{-1}$. The light curves are folded to sketch the pulse profiles in different energy ranges. A multi-peak structure in 1-10 keV is clearly illustrated. We introduced wavelet analysis into our data analysis procedures to study QPO signals and perform a detailed wavelet analysis in many different energy ranges. Through the wavelet spectra, we report the discovery of a QPO at the frequency $\sim 10$ mHz. In addition, the X-ray light curves showed multiple QPOs in the period of $\sim 16-32 $ s and $\sim 67- 200 $ s. We found that the $\sim100$ s QPO was significant in most of the observations and energies. There exist positive relations between X-ray luminosity and their Q-factors and S-factors, while the QPO periods have no correlation with X-ray luminosity. In wavelet phase maps, we found that the pulse phase of $\sim 67- 200 $ s QPO drifting frequently while the $\sim 16-32 $ s QPO scarcely drifting. The dissipation of oscillations from high energy to low energy was also observed. These features of QPOs in 4U 0115+63 provide new challenge to our understanding of their physical origins., 14 pages, 9 figures, and 6 tables. This work has been submitted to MNRAS after the referee's report
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14. Insight-HXMT observations of Swift J0243.6+6124: the evolution of RMS pulse fractions at super-Eddington luminosity
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Da-Wei Han, Luhua Jiang, Y. P. Xu, C. Cai, X. F. Li, Zhi Zhang, Mao-Shun Li, M. X. Fu, C. K. Li, Wenxiong Li, B. S. Liu, Wenhan Jiang, J. Z. Wang, X. H. Liang, Bing Li, Tao Luo, Y. B. Chen, B. Y. Wu, Weiguang Cui, S. Xiao, Qingcui Bu, Y. S. Wang, Z. W. Li, Chun-sheng Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Du, Xiaobo Li, X. L. Cao, J. Y. Nie, Y. X. Zhu, Ming-Yu Ge, Y. G. Zheng, Yi Jung Yang, J. Y. Liao, Min Gao, H. M. Zhang, Fuqin Zhang, S. N. Zhang, Y. Nang, Y. J. Jin, J. K. Deng, J. Guan, Wei Zhang, Z. Chang, Tian-Xiang Chen, Yi-Qiao Dong, Q. Q. Yin, Y. P. Chen, Cheng-Cheng Guo, Yunchao Liu, J. L. Qu, F. J. Lu, Long Ji, X. H. Ma, GuoQing Liu, Yan Ji Yang, Jia Huo, Gang Chen, W. C. Zhang, Y. F. Zhang, B. Lu, XiangYang Wen, B. B. Wu, Junqiang Zhang, Li-Ming Song, G Ou, Z. L. Zhang, Gang Li, Lian Tao, Y. H. Tan, D. K. Zhou, Xue-Feng Lu, Zhao Zhang, X. Y. Song, Ya Fang Huang, Tong Li, Lei Sun, L. Chen, Yuan You, J. F. Zhou, S. M. Jia, Yu-Xuan Zhu, Ling-Jun Wang, W. Z. Zhang, Qi-Bin Yi, Cunguo Wang, Wei Cui, T. Zhang, L. D. Kong, X. J. Liu, H. W. Liu, X. X. Li, Yu-Dong Gu, N. Sai, S. J. Zheng, Y. G. Li, Aimei Zhang, G. H. Gao, M. Wu, Y. Zhang, R. L. Zhuang, J. Jin, Xin-Fu Zhao, R. C. Shang, C. Z. Liu, Sisi Yang, Shaolin Xiong, Y. J. Zhang, H. Gao, Y. L. Tuo, J. W. Yang, Qiu-Yi Luo, G. C. Xiao, H. S. Zhao, Bin Meng, P. J. Wang, G. F. Wang, and W. S. Wang
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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Swift ,Physics ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Phase (waves) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Relative strength ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Pulse (physics) ,Luminosity ,symbols.namesake ,Radiation pressure ,Space and Planetary Science ,Eddington luminosity ,symbols ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,computer ,Energy (signal processing) ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,computer.programming_language - Abstract
Based on Insight-HXMT data, we report on the pulse fraction evolution during the 2017–2018 outburst of the newly discovered first Galactic ultraluminous X-ray (ULX) source Swift J0243.6+6124. The pulse fractions of 19 observation pairs selected in the rising and fading phases with similar luminosity are investigated. The results show a general trend of the pulse fraction increasing with luminosity and energy at supercritical luminosity. However, the relative strength of the pulsation between each pair evolves strongly with luminosity. The pulse fraction in the rising phase is larger at luminosity below 7.71 × 1038 erg s−1, but smaller at above. A transition luminosity is found to be energy independent. Such a phenomenon is first confirmed by Insight-HXMT observations and we speculate that it may have relation with the radiation-pressure-dominated accretion disc.
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15. Methylation of BRCA1 promoter region is associated with unfavorable prognosis in women with early-stage breast cancer.
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Nicholas C Hsu, Ya-Fang Huang, Kazunari K Yokoyama, Pei-Yi Chu, Fang-Ming Chen, and Ming-Feng Hou
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BRCA1-associated breast cancers are associated with particular features such as early onset, poor histological differentiation, and hormone receptor negativity. Previous studies conducted in Taiwanese population showed that the mutation of BRCA1 gene does not play a significant role in the occurrence of breast cancer. The present study explored methylation of BRCA1 promoter and its relationship to clinical features and outcome in Taiwanese breast cancer patients. Tumor specimens from a cohort of 139 early-stage breast cancer patients were obtained during surgery before adjuvant treatment for DNA extraction. Methylation of BRCA1 promoter region was determined by methylation-specific PCR and the results were related to clinical features and outcome of patients using statistical analysis. Methylation of the BRCA1 promoter was detected in 78 (56%) of the 139 tumors. Chi-square analysis indicated that BRCA1 promoter methylation correlated significantly with triple-negative (ER-/PR-/HER2-) status of breast cancer patients (p = 0.041). The Kaplan-Meier method showed that BRCA1 promoter methylation was significantly associated with poor overall survival (p = 0.026) and disease-free survival (p = 0.001). Multivariate analysis which incorporated variables of patients' age, tumor size, grade, and lymph node metastasis revealed that BRCA1 promoter methylation was associated with overall survival (p = 0.027; hazard ratio, 16.38) and disease-free survival (p = 0.003; hazard ratio, 12.19) [corrected].Our findings underscore the clinical relevance of the methylation of BRCA1 promoter in Taiwanese patients with early-stage breast cancer.
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16. Switches between accretion structures during flares in 4U 1901+03
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Z. Chang, Fuqin Zhang, S. N. Zhang, Qiu-Yi Luo, Y. B. Chen, B. B. Wu, Tao Luo, Aimei Zhang, J. Y. Zhang, Ming-Yu Ge, Armin Nabizadeh, Y. G. Li, S. Xiao, Y. L. Tuo, J. W. Yang, L. Chen, Chun-sheng Zhang, Peng Zhang, Yu-Dong Gu, Sergey S. Tsygankov, C. K. Li, Y. J. Jin, J. Y. Nie, M. X. Fu, Yue Zhang, X. J. Liu, Luhua Jiang, Y. P. Xu, Zhao Zhang, G. C. Xiao, Bo Li, H. Xu, Yu-Xuan Zhu, J. Z. Wang, X. H. Liang, W. Z. Zhang, L. Sun, Z. W. Li, G. H. Gao, Yanji Yang, Wan-Chang Zhang, Weiguang Cui, C. Cai, F. J. Lu, Yunchao Liu, Qingcui Bu, X. L. Cao, B. S. Liu, Bin Meng, D. K. Zhou, Y. J. Yang, Shaolin Xiong, Wenxiong Li, Tian-Xiang Chen, Lian Tao, Yi Zhang, Y. J. Zhang, M. Wu, Andrea Santangelo, XiangYang Wen, Suleimanov, H. Gao, Z. Zhang, L. D. Kong, X. Y. Song, Long Ji, W. C. Zhang, Q. B. Yi, B. Y. Wu, Mao-Shun Li, Q. Q. Yin, You-Hong Zhang, H. W. Liu, N. Sai, Da-Wei Han, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, Zhi Zhang, Ya Fang Huang, Y. F. Zhang, Min Gao, X. B. Li, B. Lu, J. L. Qu, Yi-Qiao Dong, Wenhan Jiang, Cheng-Cheng Guo, Y. S. Wang, Doroshenko, Yuan-Yuan Du, C. Z. Liu, Y X Zhu, Y. P. Chen, Sisi Yang, Y. H. Tan, J. F. Zhou, J. Jin, Xin-Fu Zhao, R. C. Shang, Xuelong Li, J. Guan, GuoQing Liu, Jia Huo, Gang Li, Lorenzo Ducci, Wei Cui, T. Zhang, Li-Ming Song, Xue-Feng Lu, Shuinai Zhang, S. M. Jia, He-Yang Liu, Y. Nang, R. L. Zhuang, J. K. Deng, C. Wang, X. H. Ma, H. S. Zhao, Ti-Pei Li, P. J. Wang, G. F. Wang, W. S. Wang, Ge Ou, Gang Chen, Yuan You, X. X. Li, and S. J. Zheng
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Physics ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Accretion (astrophysics) ,Spectral line ,Beam pattern ,Neutron star ,Accretion rate ,Pulsar ,Space and Planetary Science ,0103 physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Polar cap ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics - Abstract
We report on our analysis of the 2019 outburst of the X-ray accreting pulsar 4U 1901+03 observed with Insight-HXMT and NICER. Both spectra and pulse profiles evolve significantly in the decaying phase of the outburst. Dozens of flares are observed throughout the outburst. They are more frequent and brighter at the outburst peak. We find that the flares, which have a duration from tens to hundreds of seconds, are generally brighter than the persistent emission by a factor of $\sim$ 1.5. The pulse profile shape during the flares can be significantly different than that of the persistent emission. In particular, a phase shift is clearly observed in many cases. We interpret these findings as direct evidence of changes of the pulsed beam pattern, due to transitions between the sub- and super-critical accretion regimes on a short time scale. We also observe that at comparable luminosities the flares' pulse profiles are rather similar to those of the persistent emission. This indicates that the accretion on the polar cap of the neutron star is mainly determined by the luminosity, i.e., the mass accretion rate., 11 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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17. Constraining the transient high-energy activity of FRB180916.J0158+65 with Insight-HXMT followup observations
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L. Chen, Yu-Dong Gu, Ya Fang Huang, R. J. Yang, Y. J. Yang, L. Wang, Junqiang Zhang, Wenhan Jiang, Qiu-Yi Luo, X. H. Liang, C. Z. Liu, G. C. Xiao, B. Y. Wu, Y. L. Tuo, Sisi Yang, He-Yang Liu, Wei Cui, W. S. Wang, Xiaobo Li, Wei Zhang, G. H. Gao, Ge Ou, Bing Li, B. B. Wu, Bin Meng, C. Guidorzi, F. Frontera, Yi Zhang, C. Cai, Luciano Nicastro, Lei Sun, Mauro Orlandini, M. Wu, J. Jin, Xin-Fu Zhao, H. S. Zhao, Y. Nang, Cheng-Cheng Guo, Y. P. Xu, Tao Luo, Yuan You, Qingcui Bu, S. Xiao, C. K. Li, Qi-Bin Yi, Shaolin Xiong, P. J. Wang, Wenxiong Li, Y. B. Chen, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, L. D. Kong, B. S. Liu, X. X. Li, H. Gao, H. W. Liu, N. Sai, Z. W. Li, W. C. Zhang, R. C. Ma, Min Gao, Fuqin Zhang, Y. F. Zhang, S. N. Zhang, D. K. Zhou, C. Wang, J. L. Qu, J. Guan, Lorenzo Amati, Y. G. Zheng, Y. S. Wang, Xin Ren, Tian-Xiang Chen, E. Virgilli, Lian Tao, Z. Chang, Da-Wei Han, Jia Huo, Y. H. Tan, X. Y. Song, X. F. Li, Gang Li, P. Zhang, Ming-Yu Ge, J. Y. Nie, Yuan-Yuan Du, F. J. Lu, XiangYang Wen, X. H. Ma, Li-Ming Song, Xue-Feng Lu, Tong Li, S. M. Jia, X. J. Liu, X. L. Cao, Q. Q. Yin, Y. P. Chen, S. J. Zheng, ITA, and CHN
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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Socio-culturale ,Context (language use) ,Astrophysics ,Magnetar ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Telescope ,stars: magnetars ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,010306 general physics ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,Fast radio burst ,Detector ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, stars: magnetars ,radiation mechanisms: non-thermal ,Wavelength ,Space and Planetary Science ,Phase space ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Energy (signal processing) - Abstract
A link between magnetars and fast radio burst (FRB) sources has finally been established. In this context, one of the open issues is whether/which sources of extra galactic FRBs exhibit X/gamma-ray outbursts and whether it is correlated with radio activity. We aim to constrain possible X/gamma-ray burst activity from one of the nearest extragalactic FRB sources currently known over a broad energy range, by looking for bursts over a range of timescales and energies that are compatible with being powerful flares from extragalactic magnetars. We followed up the as-yet nearest extragalactic FRB source at a mere 149 Mpc distance, the periodic repeater FRB180916.J0158+65, during the active phase on February 4-7, 2020, with the Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT). Taking advantage of the combination of broad band, large effective area, and several independent detectors available, we searched for bursts over a set of timescales from 1 ms to 1.024 s with a sensitive algorithm, that had previously been characterised and optimised. Moreover, through simulations we studied the sensitivity of our technique in the released energy-duration phase space for a set of synthetic flares and assuming different energy spectra. We constrain the possible occurrence of flares in the 1-100 keV energy band to E, 10 pages, 3 figures, accepted by A&A
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18. X-ray reprocessing in accreting pulsar GX 301-2 observed with Insight-HXMT
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G. H. Gao, X. X. Li, M. Wu, S. J. Zheng, Y. G. Zheng, Y. Nang, Mauro Orlandini, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, Y. L. Tuo, Y. J. Yang, R. C. Ma, Y. F. Zhang, X. B. Li, B. S. Liu, Yuan You, X. Q. Ren, Yanji Yang, Armin Nabizadeh, C. Cai, L. Chen, Tian-Xiang Chen, Wenxiong Li, Wan-Chang Zhang, W. S. Wang, Yi Zhang, Ge Ou, Andrea Santangelo, R. J. Yang, Bo Li, Peng Zhang, Qiu-Yi Luo, B. B. Wu, Cunguo Wang, H. S. Zhao, Li-Ming Song, Ming-Yu Ge, C. K. Li, F. J. Lu, Xue-Feng Lu, Y. P. Chen, Shuinai Zhang, Tong Li, Y. H. Tan, P. J. Wang, J. Y. Zhang, Victor Doroshenko, Shaolin Xiong, S. M. Jia, XiangYang Wen, Ling-Jun Wang, H. Gao, Jiren Liu, X. H. Ma, Z. W. Li, Yuan-Yuan Du, C. Z. Liu, D. K. Zhou, Sisi Yang, Ya Fang Huang, J. Jin, Xin-Fu Zhao, G. Li, Tao Luo, S. Xiao, Yu-Dong Gu, X. J. Liu, D. Gavran, X. L. Cao, Q. Q. Yin, Q. B. Yi, B. Y. Wu, V. F. Suleimanov, L. D. Kong, Y. B. Chen, X. H. Liang, L. Sun, Fuqin Zhang, S. N. Zhang, Long Ji, Z. Chang, Y. H. Zhang, Y. P. Xu, Wenhan Jiang, H. W. Liu, N. Sai, Y. S. Wang, W. C. Zhang, Xuelong Li, J. Guan, Lian Tao, Cheng-Cheng Guo, X. Y. Song, Jia Huo, Lorenzo Ducci, J. Y. Nie, Bin Meng, Wei Cui, G. C. Xiao, Qingcui Bu, Da-Wei Han, J. L. Qu, Hongfei Liu, ITA, DEU, and CHN
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Physics ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Accretion (meteorology) ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,X-ray ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Radiation ,01 natural sciences ,Neutron star ,Pulsar ,Space and Planetary Science ,Ionization ,0103 physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,010306 general physics ,Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Equivalent width ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics - Abstract
We investigate the absorption and emission features in observations of GX 301-2 detected with Insight-HXMT/LE in 2017-2019. At different orbital phases, we found prominent Fe Kalpha, Kbeta and Ni Kalpha lines, as well as Compton shoulders and Fe K-shell absorption edges. These features are due to the X-ray reprocessing caused by the interaction between the radiation from the source and surrounding accretion material. According to the ratio of iron lines Kalpha and Kbeta, we infer the accretion material is in a low ionisation state. We find an orbital-dependent local absorption column density, which has a large value and strong variability around the periastron. We explain its variability as a result of inhomogeneities of the accretion environment and/or instabilities of accretion processes. In addition, the variable local column density is correlated with the equivalent width of the iron Kalpha lines throughout the orbit, which suggests that the accretion material near the neutron star is spherically distributed., Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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19. Hot disk of the Swift J0243.6+6124 revealed by Insight-HXMT
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J. K. Deng, X. H. Ma, B. B. Wu, Min Gao, Lian Tao, L. Chen, Yi-Yan Yang, X. Y. Song, C. L. Zhang, Xue-Feng Lu, Shuinai Zhang, H. S. Zhao, S. M. Jia, C. Z. Liu, M. X. Fu, Y. Nang, Ya Fang Huang, Tao Luo, Wan-Chang Zhang, Bin Meng, Mao-Shun Li, Sisi Yang, X. X. Li, L. J. Qu, J. Z. Wang, Y. L. Tuo, G. F. Wang, J. W. Yang, W. C. Jiang, Tian-Xiang Chen, Weiguang Cui, Qingcui Bu, Yunchao Liu, Y. J. Jin, L. M. Song, Sergey S. Tsygankov, Y. J. Yang, V. Doroshenko, Ti-Pei Li, F. Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Du, S. J. Zheng, Gang Chen, W. S. Wang, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, Junke Zhang, Wenxiong Li, Qing-He Zhang, Ge Ou, Da-Wei Han, XiangYang Wen, J. Y. Nie, Y. F. Zhang, Andrea Santangelo, Shaolin Xiong, Bo Lu, J. Jin, Y. J. Zhang, Xuchao Zhao, H. Gao, W. Z. Zhang, Wei Zhang, G. H. Gao, Yi-Qiao Dong, Y. H. Tan, Cheng-Cheng Guo, M. Wu, Y. Zhang, Fangjun Lu, Y. B. Chen, Alexander A. Mushtukov, Z. Zhang, Long Ji, Y. P. Chen, Bing Li, Y. S. Wang, T. Zhang, Chun-sheng Zhang, Xiaobo Li, W. Hu, X. F. Li, X. H. Liang, C. L. Zou, Z. L. Zhang, C. K. Li, G. C. Xiao, H. Xu, Y. X. Zhu, Z. W. Li, Ming-Yu Ge, Z. J. Li, ShaoZhen Liu, L. D. Kong, Yidong Xu, Yu-Dong Gu, S. N. Zhang, Jia Huo, Gang Li, X. L. Cao, J. Zhao, J. Guan, Aimei Zhang, GuoQing Liu, Wei Cui, Yu-Xuan Zhu, X. J. Liu, Liang Sun, Y. G. Li, Luhua Jiang, Z. Chang, Yujuan Liu, H. W. Liu, and N. Sai
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Swift ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Magnetosphere ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Pulsar ,0103 physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,computer.programming_language ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Scattering ,Spectral properties ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Accretion (astrophysics) ,Neutron star ,Radiation pressure ,Space and Planetary Science ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,computer - Abstract
We report on analysis of observations of the bright transient X-ray pulsar \src obtained during its 2017-2018 giant outburst with Insight-HXMT, \emph{NuSTAR}, and \textit{Swift} observatories. We focus on the discovery of a sharp state transition of the timing and spectral properties of the source at super-Eddington accretion rates, which we associate with the transition of the accretion disk to a radiation pressure dominated (RPD) state, the first ever directly observed for magnetized neutron star. This transition occurs at slightly higher luminosity compared to already reported transition of the source from sub- to super-critical accretion regime associate with onset of an accretion column. We argue that this scenario can only be realized for comparatively weakly magnetized neutron star, not dissimilar to other ultra-luminous X-ray pulsars (ULPs), which accrete at similar rates. Further evidence for this conclusion is provided by the non-detection of the transition to the propeller state in quiescence which strongly implies compact magnetosphere and thus rules out magnetar-like fields., Submitted to MNRAS
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20. Timing analysis of 2S 1417-624 observed with NICER and Insight-HXMT
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Tao Luo, J. Y. Zhang, B. B. Wu, G. H. Gao, Z. L. Zhang, Gang Chen, M. Wu, Y. Zhang, C. K. Li, Wei Zhang, Y. P. Chen, Y. H. Tan, Yi-Qiao Dong, H. Xu, Y. J. Jin, Victor Doroshenko, Shaolin Xiong, Z. W. Li, Cheng-Cheng Guo, F. J. Lu, Ya Fang Huang, Bo Li, Y. J. Zhang, J. Jin, J. K. Deng, H. Gao, L. Chen, Yi-Yan Yang, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, Tian-Xiang Chen, Yunchao Liu, XiangYang Wen, X. X. Li, Y. F. Zhang, X. B. Li, X. H. Ma, Can Güngör, Li-Ming Song, Xue-Feng Lu, Suo Liu, Xuchao Zhao, W. C. Zhang, Y. S. Wang, J. Zhao, Y. Nang, J. Y. Nie, S. J. Zheng, Mao-Shun Li, Lian Tao, X. H. Liang, L. Sun, Y. G. Li, Qing-He Zhang, Y. L. Tuo, Aimei Zhang, J. W. Yang, C. Z. Liu, S. M. Jia, X. Y. Song, Y. B. Chen, Luhua Jiang, W. Hu, L. J. Qu, H. W. Liu, Sisi Yang, Yu-Xuan Zhu, Z. Zhang, Long Ji, N. Sai, Yuan-Yuan Du, Chun-sheng Zhang, Wenhan Jiang, C. L. Zou, Yupeng Xu, X. J. Liu, X. L. Cao, Z. Chang, C. L. Zhang, Yujuan Liu, Wenxiong Li, B. Lu, S. N. Zhang, Andrea Santangelo, Y. X. Zhu, Ming-Yu Ge, Jia Huo, Gang Li, Lorenzo Ducci, Wei Cui, T. Zhang, W. Z. Zhang, Ti-Pei Li, Xuelong Li, J. Guan, Z. J. Li, L. D. Kong, GuoQing Liu, Bin Meng, Yu-Dong Gu, Y. J. Yang, G. C. Xiao, Fuqin Zhang, W. S. Wang, Ge Ou, Da-Wei Han, Min Gao, H. S. Zhao, M. X. Fu, J. Z. Wang, Weiguang Cui, G. F. Wang, and Qingcui Bu
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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,Accretion (meteorology) ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Theoretical models ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Static timing analysis ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Radiation ,01 natural sciences ,Luminosity ,Magnetic field ,QC Physics ,Pulsar ,Space and Planetary Science ,0103 physical sciences ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope - Abstract
We present a study of timing properties of the accreting pulsar 2S 1417-624 observed during its 2018 outburst, based on Swift/BAT, Fermi/GBM, Insight-HXMT and NICER observations. We report a dramatic change of the pulse profiles with luminosity. The morphology of the profile in the range 0.2-10.0keV switches from double to triple peaks at $\sim2.5$ $\rm \times 10^{37}{\it D}_{10}^2\ erg\ s^{-1}$ and from triple to quadruple peaks at $\sim7$ $\rm \times 10^{37}{\it D}_{10}^2\ erg\ s^{-1}$. The profile at high energies (25-100keV) shows significant evolutions as well. We explain this phenomenon according to existing theoretical models. We argue that the first change is related to the transition from the sub to the super-critical accretion regime, while the second to the transition of the accretion disc from the gas-dominated to the radiation pressure-dominated state. Considering the spin-up as well due to the accretion torque, this interpretation allows to estimate the magnetic field self-consistently at $\sim7\times 10^{12}$G., 7 pages, 4 figures, 1 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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21. Obesity, weight change, and chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A longitudinal study in Taiwan
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Shyi-Jang Shin, Abdullah Al Mamun, Chih-Cheng Hsu, Ya-Fang Huang, Kurt Z. Long, Shang-Jyh Hwang, Meng-Chuan Huang, and Hsin-Fang Chung
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Longitudinal study ,business.industry ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Weight change ,Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ,Type 2 diabetes ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Endocrinology ,Diabetes mellitus ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,In patient ,sense organs ,030212 general & internal medicine ,business ,Kidney disease - Abstract
BackgroundThe aim of the present study was to investigate relationships between the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and obesity and weight changes in Asian patients with type 2 diabetes.
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22. Brain metastasis from renal urothelial carcinoma successfully treated by metastasectomy
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Ya-Fang Huang, Wen-Kuei Fang, Yeong-Chin Jou, Yuan-Chang Dai, and Pi-Chan Ko
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Urinary system ,030232 urology & nephrology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Case Report ,Metastasis ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Urothelial cancer ,Kidney ,Lung ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Metastasectomy ,Brain ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Lymph ,business ,Brain metastasis - Abstract
Upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) arises from the urothelial lining of the urinary tract. UTUC spreads in several different ways including direct invasion, lymphatic spread, and hematogeneous metastases. Regional lymph nodes are commonly the initial site of metastasis, followed by the liver, lung, and bone. Brain metastasis is uncommon in patients with urothelial carcinoma. Here, we report an uncommon case of kidney urothelial carcinoma with brain metastasis in a 55-year-old woman presenting with dysarthria with right side limb weakness. The patient recovered well after resection of the brain lesion without any sequelae after 1 year of follow-up.
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23. Author response for 'Increased ILC3s associated with higher levels of IL‐1β aggravates inflammatory arthritis in mice lacking phagocytic NADPH oxidase'
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Chia-Ying Cheng, Wei Zhi Wang, Pei-Chi Lo, Ya-Fang Huang, Chia-Liang Yen, Szu-Yu Wu, Peter A. Nigrovic, Chi Chang Shieh, and Tzu-Yi Chan
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NADPH oxidase ,Inflammatory arthritis ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,medicine ,Biology ,medicine.disease - Published
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24. Increased ILC3s associated with higher levels of IL-1β aggravates inflammatory arthritis in mice lacking phagocytic NADPH oxidase
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Pei-Chi Lo, Chia-Ying Cheng, Szu-Yu Wu, Ya-Fang Huang, Chia-Liang Yen, Tzu-Yi Chan, Peter A. Nigrovic, Wei Zhi Wang, and Chi Chang Shieh
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Serum ,Inflammatory arthritis ,Immunology ,Interleukin-1beta ,Arthritis ,Inflammation ,Tarsus, Animal ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mice ,0302 clinical medicine ,Immune system ,medicine ,Immunology and Allergy ,Animals ,Lymphocytes ,Mice, Knockout ,Phagocytes ,Innate immune system ,NADPH oxidase ,biology ,Transdifferentiation ,Innate lymphoid cell ,Interleukin-17 ,Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3 ,medicine.disease ,Arthritis, Experimental ,Immunity, Innate ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein ,030104 developmental biology ,Gene Expression Regulation ,Antirheumatic Agents ,NADPH Oxidase 2 ,biology.protein ,medicine.symptom ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,T-Box Domain Proteins ,Oxidation-Reduction ,030215 immunology ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
The role of redox regulation in immune-mediated arthritis has been previously described. However, the relationship between innate immune cells, including innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) and phagocyte-derived ROS, in this process remains unclear. Here, we characterize ILCs and measure the IL-1 family cytokines along with other cytokines relevant to ILC functions and development in serum-induced arthritic joints in wild type and phagocytic NADPH oxidase (NOX2)-deficient Ncf1-/- mice. We found more severe serum-induced joint inflammation and increased NCR+ ILC3s in inflamed joints of Ncf1-/- mice. Furthermore, in vitro stimulation with IL-1β on Tbet+ ILC1s from joints facilitated their differentiation into ROR-γt+ ILC3s. Moreover, treatment with IL-1 antagonists effectively lowered the proportions of NCR+ ILC3s and IL-17A producing ILC3s in Ncf1-/- arthritic mice and ameliorated the joint inflammation. These results suggest that NOX2 is an essential regulator of ILC transdifferentiation and may mediate this process in a redox-dependent manner through IL-1β production in the inflammatory joint. Our findings shed important light on the role of ILCs in the initiation and progression in tissue inflammation and delineate a novel innate immune cell-mediated pathogenic mechanism through which redox regulation may determine the direction of immune responses in joints.
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25. Targeted Delivery of Curcumin Rescues Endoplasmic Reticulum-Retained Mutant NOX2 Protein and Avoids Leukocyte Apoptosis
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Chuan Fa Chang, Ya Fang Huang, Dar-Bin Shieh, Pei Chi Lo, Ru Fen Chen, Si Tse Jiang, Chia Liang Yen, Yi Chu Liao, Wan Chen Chung, Chi Chang Shieh, and Ping Ching Wu
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SERCA ,Curcumin ,Calcium pump ,Immunology ,Biological Availability ,Apoptosis ,Endoplasmic Reticulum ,Granulomatous Disease, Chronic ,Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Mice ,Drug Delivery Systems ,Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer ,Mutant protein ,Leukocytes ,Immunology and Allergy ,Animals ,Humans ,CYBB ,Mice, Knockout ,Endoplasmic reticulum ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,Cell biology ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,PLGA ,Disease Models, Animal ,chemistry ,Mutation ,NADPH Oxidase 2 ,Nanoparticles - Abstract
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immunodeficiency disease caused by defects in the leukocyte NADP oxidase. We previously reported that sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium pump (SERCA) inhibitors could be used to rescue mutant H338Y-gp91phox protein of a particular type of CGD with a CybbC1024T mutation, leading to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention of the mutant protein. In this study, we developed a novel mouse model with the CybbC1024T mutation on a Cybb knockout background and investigated the therapeutic effects of ER-targeted delivery of the SERCA inhibitor, curcumin, with poly(lactic-coglycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs). We found that PLGA encapsulation improved the efficacy of curcumin as a SERCA inhibitor to induce ER calcium release. ER-targeting curcumin-loaded PLGA NPs reduced and delayed extracellular calcium entry and protected the cells from mitochondrial damage and apoptosis. In vivo studies showed that ER-targeting curcumin-loaded PLGA NPs treatment enhanced neutrophil gp91phox expression, ROS production and peritoneal bacterial clearance ability of the CybbC1024T transgenic Cybb−/− mice. Our findings indicate that ER-targeted delivery of curcumin not only rescues ER-retained H338Y-gp91phox protein, and hence leukocyte function, but also enhances the bioavailability and reduces cytotoxicity. Modulation of ER function by using organelle-targeted NPs may be a promising strategy to improve the therapeutic potential of curcumin as a treatment for CGD.
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26. Insight-HXMT Observations of a Possible Fast Transition from the Jet- to Wind-dominated State during a Huge Flare of GRS 1915+105
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R. J. Yang, Qiu-Yi Luo, L. Chen, H. S. Zhao, Y. L. Tuo, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, Y. Nang, Lei Sun, C. Z. Liu, Lian Tao, D. K. Zhou, R. C. Ma, Y. F. Zhang, Yuan You, Y. H. Zhang, X. Y. Song, X. H. Ma, Yuan-Yuan Du, Qi-Bin Yi, B. Y. Wu, P. J. Wang, Tao Luo, Bo Liu, B. B. Wu, Xuelong Li, J. Guan, Li-Ming Song, S. Xiao, Bo Li, Shaolin Xiong, X. X. Li, Xue-Feng Lu, H. Gao, G. H. Gao, Tong Li, S. M. Jia, Y. P. Xu, Sisi Yang, S. J. Zheng, F. J. Lu, M. Wu, Jia Huo, XiangYang Wen, Y. H. Tan, Ya Fang Huang, Peng Zhang, Qingcui Bu, Y. G. Zheng, H. W. Liu, Y. J. Yang, X. L. Cao, Gang Li, W. S. Wang, Tian-Xiang Chen, N. Sai, Cunguo Wang, C. K. Li, Ge Ou, W. C. Zhang, S. N. Zhang, Y. B. Chen, Junqiang Zhang, Q. Q. Yin, Z. W. Li, Y. P. Chen, G. C. Xiao, J. Jin, Xin-Fu Zhao, X. J. Liu, Y. S. Wang, Wenhan Jiang, Ling-Jun Wang, C. Cai, Wenxiong Li, Gang Chen, Z. Chang, Da-Wei Han, L. D. Kong, Xiong Li, Yu-Dong Gu, Bin Meng, Min Gao, Ming-Yu Ge, X. H. Liang, J. L. Qu, Hongfei Liu, Fuqin Zhang, Long Ji, X. Q. Ren, Wei Cui, J. Y. Nie, Wei Zhang, and Cheng-Cheng Guo
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,X-ray binary ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Spectral line ,Luminosity ,law.invention ,Astrophysical jet ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,Accretion (meteorology) ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Radius ,Space and Planetary Science ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Energy (signal processing) ,Flare - Abstract
We present the analysis of the brightest flare that was recorded in the \emph{Insight}-HMXT data set, in a broad energy range (2$-$200 keV) from the microquasar GRS~1915+105 during an unusual low-luminosity state. This flare was detected by \emph{Insight}-HXMT among a series of flares during 2 June 2019 UTC 16:37:06 to 20:11:36, with a 2-200 keV luminosity of 3.4$-$7.27$\times10^{38}$ erg s$^{-1}$. Basing on the broad-band spectral analysis, we find that the flare spectrum shows different behaviors during bright and faint epochs. The spectrum of the flare can be fitted with a model dominated by a power-law component. Additional components show up in the bright epoch with a hard tail and in the faint epoch with an absorption line $\sim$ 6.78 keV. The reflection component of the latter is consistent with an inner disk radius $\sim$ 5 times larger than that of the former. These results on the giant flare during the "unusual" low-luminosity state of GRS~1915+105 may suggest that the source experiences a possible fast transition from a jet-dominated state to a wind-dominated state. We speculate that the evolving accretion disk and the large-scale magnetic field may play important roles in this peculiar huge flare.
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27. Feedback of the HBe star IL Cep on nearby molecular cloud and star formation
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Jinghua Yuan, S. N. Zhang, Yuefang Wu, Ya-Fang Huang, Xiaoyi Dong, Jin-Zeng Li, and Hong-Li Liu
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Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Space and Planetary Science ,Star formation ,Molecular cloud ,0103 physical sciences ,Astronomy ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Star (graph theory) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,01 natural sciences - Published
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28. Psychiatric Disorders After Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Taiwan
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Hsiu Ju Chang, Ya Fang Huang, Hung Yi Chiou, Chi-Hsiang Chung, and Wu-Chien Chien
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Autism Spectrum Disorder ,Taiwan ,Comorbidity ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Intervention (counseling) ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ,Humans ,Clinical significance ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Longitudinal Studies ,Psychiatry ,Child ,General Nursing ,030504 nursing ,business.industry ,Mental Disorders ,medicine.disease ,Integrated care ,Population based study ,Autism spectrum disorder ,Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ,Oppositional defiant ,Attention deficit ,Female ,0305 other medical science ,business - Abstract
Purpose To investigate the risk for psychiatric disorders in patients newly diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) from two longitudinal groups of children with and without ADHD. Study design In total, 1,745 children newly diagnosed with ADHD and 6,980 participants without ADHD were identified from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database in 2005 and followed until 2010. Risks for psychiatric disorders in the ADHD and non-ADHD groups were compared. Results The ADHD group was 3.82 times more likely to develop psychiatric disorders than their counterparts. The ADHD group showed the highest risk for oppositional defiant disorder, followed by adult ADHD and autism spectrum disorder. Moreover, the time effects of psychiatric disorders in the ADHD group were significant. Patients with ADHD subtypes had a significant risk for psychiatric disorders compared to their counterparts. Conclusions A high risk for psychiatric disorders was revealed in this study among children with ADHD. Childhood ADHD, the duration after the ADHD diagnosis, and the ADHD subtype were associated with psychiatric disorders. Clinical relevance Various psychiatric disorders were observed in children after they had been newly diagnosed with ADHD, indicating a need for integrated care that includes medical practitioners, family members, social workers, and early intervention workers for patients newly diagnosed with ADHD to decrease the risk for comprehensive psychiatric disorders.
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29. Dietary patterns, dietary biomarkers, and kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes: a repeated-measure study in Taiwan
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Hsin-Fang, Chung, Chih-Cheng, Hsu, Abdullah Al, Mamun, Kurt Z, Long, Ya-Fang, Huang, Shyi-Jang, Shin, Shang-Jyh, Hwang, and Meng-Chuan, Huang
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Adult ,Male ,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ,Taiwan ,Humans ,Female ,Kidney Diseases ,Feeding Behavior ,Middle Aged ,Biomarkers ,Aged - Abstract
Western dietary patterns have been linked with kidney disease. This study investigated the association between Chinese dietary patterns and kidney disease in a Taiwanese population with type 2 diabetes and evaluated dietary fatty acid patterns, a kidney-related dietary biomarker.We recruited 838 patients with type 2 diabetes and used their dietary and renal data obtained from three repeated measures in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Diet was assessed using food-frequency questionnaires, and factor analysis was performed to identify dietary patterns. Albuminuria was defined by having an albumin-to-creatinine ratio=30 mg/g and kidney dysfunction by estimated glomerular filtration rate60 mL/min/1.73m2. Generalized estimating equation models were used to estimate ORs (95% CIs) of kidney disease adjusted for covariates. Erythrocyte fatty acids were only measured in blood samples collected in 2008.Three dietary patterns were identified: high fat-meat, traditional Chinese food-snack, and fish-vegetable. In the adjusted model, the high fat-meat and traditional Chinese food-snack diets were not associated with any kidney outcomes. The fishvegetable diet was inversely associated with kidney dysfunction (quartile 4 vs 1, OR: 0.75, 0.58-0.97), but not associated with albuminuria. A higher fish-vegetable diet factor score was associated with higher n-3 fatty acid levels.In patients with diabetes, we found greater adherence to a fish-vegetable diet to be associated with better kidney function and greater n-3 fatty acid profiles. The inclusion of repeated dietary assessments and dietary biomarker measurements in future diet-disease research, especially in patient populations, may provide more definitive risk evaluation.
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30. Insight-HXMT observations of the New Black Hole Candidate MAXI J1535-571: timing analysis
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Wei Zhang, Yi-Qiao Dong, Cheng-Cheng Guo, X. L. Cao, Fu-Guo Xie, Xian Hou, Yupeng Xu, Jiancheng Wang, Xian Li, Jundan Nie, Y. G. Li, Yunchao Liu, Z. Chang, Yujuan Liu, C. L. Zou, Luhua Jiang, Y. J. Yang, W. C. Jiang, C. Z. Liu, Wei Cui, Mao-Shun Li, J. K. Deng, J. F. Zhou, Tianmeng Zhang, B. B. Wu, Jia Huo, X. H. Ma, Ju Guan, J. F. Ji, Xiaobo Li, ShaoZhen Liu, Tianran Chen, Shan-Shan Weng, Gang Chen, Yu-Dong Gu, Lian Tao, Y. X. Zhu, Li-Ming Song, Ming-Yu Ge, Xiao-Jing Liu, Bing Li, Guobao Zhang, Xue-Feng Lu, H. W. Liu, Shuinai Zhang, W. Z. Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Du, Z. L. Zhang, Y. S. Wang, Wenxiong Li, GuoQing Liu, Y. H. Tan, L. Chen, Wenfei Yu, Hsiang-Kuang Chang, S. N. Zhang, Chuan-Peng Zhang, Ya Fang Huang, Y. Nang, C. L. Zhang, Limei Yan, S. Yang, G. H. Gao, Wan-Chang Zhang, Y. P. Chen, Can Güngör, Y. B. Chen, Ti-Pei Li, M. Wu, Y. Zhang, G. F. Wang, Y. L. Tuo, J. Y. Liao, H. M. Zhang, J. W. Yang, Y. F. Zhang, Bo Lu, Xuchao Zhao, M. X. Fu, Jia Zhang, C. K. Li, H. Wang, Wei Hu, Z. Zhang, X. X. Li, Weiguang Cui, Qing-He Zhang, Zhuo Li, Qingcui Bu, Shu-Mei Jia, W. S. Wang, Shaolin Xiong, HongSheng Zhao, H. Xu, Ge Ou, Y. J. Zhang, Z. W. Li, Da-Wei Han, H. Gao, S. J. Zheng, Tao Luo, X. H. Liang, Min Gao, J. Zhao, J. L. Qu, Liang Sun, Albert K. H. Kong, Aimei Zhang, Gang Li, N. Sai, Yu-Xuan Zhu, Bin Meng, Fangjun Lu, Y. J. Jin, J. Jin, R. C. Shang, WenHui Tao, G. C. Xiao, F. Zhang, and XiangYang Wen
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Physics ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Static timing analysis ,Centroid ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Phase lag ,law.invention ,Black hole ,Telescope ,Amplitude ,Space and Planetary Science ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Modulation (music) ,Intermediate state ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics - Abstract
We present the X-ray timing results of the new black hole candidate (BHC) MAXI J1535-571 during its 2017 outburst from Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (\emph{Insight}-HXMT) observations taken from 2017 September 6 to 23. Following the definitions given by \citet{Belloni2010}, we find that the source exhibits state transitions from Low/Hard state (LHS) to Hard Intermediate state (HIMS) and eventually to Soft Intermediate state (SIMS). Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are found in the intermediate states, which suggest different types of QPOs. With the large effective area of \emph{Insight}-HXMT at high energies, we are able to present the energy dependence of the QPO amplitude and centroid frequency up to 100 keV which is rarely explored by previous satellites. We also find that the phase lag at the type-C QPOs centroid frequency is negative (soft lags) and strongly correlated with the centroid frequency. By assuming a geometrical origin of type-C QPOs, the source is consistent with being a high inclination system., Comment: 12 pages, 11 figures, Sumbitted to ApJ
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31. High-mass Star Formation through Filamentary Collapse and Clump-fed Accretion in G22
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Simon Ellingsen, Jinghua Yuan, Christian Henkel, Annie Zavagno, Jin-Zeng Li, Yuefang Wu, Ke Wang, Hong-Li Liu, Zhiyuan Ren, Ya-Fang Huang, Tie Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (CAS), Peking University [Beijing], University of Tasmania [Hobart, Australia] (UTAS), Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Okayama University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong [Hong Kong], Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Collapse (topology) ,Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Submillimeter Array ,Spectral line ,0103 physical sciences ,Protostar ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Physics ,[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Star formation ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,Accretion (astrophysics) ,Stars ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,High mass ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - Abstract
How mass is accumulated from cloud-scale down to individual stars is a key open question in understanding high-mass star formation. Here, we present the mass accumulation process in a hub-filament cloud G22 which is composed of four supercritical filaments. Velocity gradients detected along three filaments indicate that they are collapsing with a total mass infall rate of about 440 $M_\odot$ Myr$^{-1}$, suggesting the hub mass would be doubled in six free-fall times, adding up to $ \sim2 $ Myr. A fraction of the masses in the central clumps C1 and C2 can be accounted for through large-scale filamentary collapse. Ubiquitous blue profiles in HCO$^+$ $ (3-2) $ and $^{13}$CO $ (3-2) $ spectra suggest a clump-scale collapse scenario in the most massive and densest clump C1. The estimated infall velocity and mass infall rate are 0.31 km s$^{-1}$ and $ 7.2 \times10^{-4} $ $M_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$, respectively. In clump C1, a hot molecular core (SMA1) is revealed by the SMA observations and an outflow-driving high-mass protostar is located at the center of SMA1. The mass of the protostar is estimated to be $ 11-15 $ $M_\odot$ and it is still growing with an accretion rate of $ 7\times10^{-5} $ $M_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$. The coexistent infall in filaments, clump C1, and the central hot core in G22 suggests that pre-assembled mass reservoirs (i.e., high-mass starless cores) may not be required to form high-mass stars. In the course of high-mass star formation, the central protostar, the core, and the clump can simultaneously grow in mass via core-fed/disk accretion, clump-fed accretion, and filamentary/cloud collapse., 17 pages, 16 figures 3 tables. and Accepted for publication in ApJ
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32. Clinical Characteristics, Antibiotic Resistance and Molecular Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Teaching Hospital at South Taiwan
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Hsi-Lan Yang, Ya-Fang Huang, Liang-Lan Hsing, Wen-Ling Shih, Yi-Ping Lu, Han Huang, and Ming-Hui Liao
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Meticillin ,business.industry ,Teicoplanin ,Clindamycin ,General Medicine ,Drug resistance ,medicine.disease_cause ,Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ,Microbiology ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Antibiotic resistance ,chemistry ,Linezolid ,medicine ,Vancomycin ,business ,medicine.drug - Published
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33. Redox Regulation of Pro-IL-1β Processing May Contribute to the Increased Severity of Serum-Induced Arthritis in NOX2-Deficient Mice
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Pei Chi Lo, Chi Chang Shieh, Yau Sheng Tsai, George Chengkang Hsu, Chia Liang Yen, Wen Chen Chao, Peter A. Nigrovic, Ya Fang Huang, and Wei Zhi Wang
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Wrist Joint ,Physiology ,Clinical Biochemistry ,Interleukin-1beta ,Arthritis ,Pharmacology ,Biochemistry ,Cathepsin B ,Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones ,Mice, Inbred NOD ,Medicine ,Lung ,General Environmental Science ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Mice, Knockout ,NADPH oxidase ,Membrane Glycoproteins ,biology ,Dipeptides ,Ketones ,Caspase Inhibitors ,Original Research Communications ,NADPH Oxidase 2 ,Cytokines ,Tumor necrosis factor alpha ,medicine.symptom ,Oxidation-Reduction ,Inflammation ,Cell Line ,Animals ,Humans ,Molecular Biology ,Cathepsin ,Reactive oxygen species ,business.industry ,NADPH Oxidases ,Cell Biology ,Fibroblasts ,medicine.disease ,Blockade ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Disease Models, Animal ,chemistry ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,business ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,Ankle Joint - Abstract
Aims: To elucidate the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in arthritis and to identify targets of arthritis treatment in conditions with different levels of oxidant stress. Results: Through establishing an arthritis model by injecting arthritogenic serum into wild-type and NADPH oxidase 2 (NOX2)-deficient mice, we found that arthritis had a neutrophilic infiltrate and was more severe in Ncf1−/− mice, a mouse strain lacking the expression of the NCF1/p47phox component of NOX2. The levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and IL-6 in inflamed joints were higher in Ncf1−/− than in controls. Antagonists of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) and IL-1β were equally effective in suppressing arthritis in wild-type mice, while IL-1β blockade was more effective than TNFα blockade in Ncf1−/− mice. A treatment of caspase inhibitor and the combination treatment of a caspase inhibitor and a cathepsin inhibitor, but not a cathepsin inhibitor alone, suppressed arthritic severity in the wild-type mice, while a treatment of cathepsin inhibitor and the combination treatment of a caspase inhibitor and a cathepsin inhibitor, but not a caspase inhibitor alone, were effective in treating Ncf1−/− mice. Consistently, cathepsin B was found to proteolytically process pro-IL-1β to its active form and this activity was suppressed by ROS. Innovation: This novel mechanism of a redox-mediated immune regulation of arthritis through leukocyte-produced ROS is important for devising an optimal treatment for patients with different levels of tissue ROS. Conclusion: Our results suggest that ROS act as a negative feedback to constrain IL-1β-mediated inflammation, accounting for the more severe arthritis in the absence of NOX2. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 23, 973–984.
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34. Wedelolactone inhibits breast cancer-induced osteoclastogenesis by decreasing Akt/mTOR signaling
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Fang Rong Chang, Chia-Jung Hsieh, Po-Lin Kuo, Ya-Fang Huang, Ya-Ling Hsu, Ming-Feng Hou, Jen-Yu Hung, Eing-Mei Tsai, and Hsu Yl
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musculoskeletal diseases ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Osteoclasts ,Bone Neoplasms ,Breast Neoplasms ,Bone resorption ,Breast cancer ,Coumarins ,Osteoclast ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Bone Resorption ,Protein kinase B ,PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway ,biology ,business.industry ,Macrophages ,TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases ,RANK Ligand ,Cancer ,Bone metastasis ,medicine.disease ,Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ,Oncogene Protein v-akt ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Endocrinology ,Oncology ,RANKL ,Cancer research ,biology.protein ,Female ,business ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
The bone is the most common metastatic site of breast cancer. Bone metastasis causes pain, pathologic frac- tures, and severely reduces the quality of life. Breast cancer causes osteolytic bone metastasis, which is dependent on osteo - clast-mediated bone resorption. While current treatments rely on palliative anti-resorptive agents, there is a need to develop a drug based on potential alternative therapies. This study is the first to determine that wedelolactone (WDL), a natural coumarin isolated from plants, can inhibit breast cancer- mediated osteoclastogenesis. Osteoclasts were generated from human CD14 + monocytes cultured with M-CSF/RANKL and WDL suppressed human osteoclast differentiation and activity in vitro in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, WDL inhibited the upregulation of osteoclasts stimulated by MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. The activity of WDL on osteoclasts and breast cancer-mediated osteoclastogenesis was associated with the inhibition of Akt/mammalian target of the rapamycin signaling pathway (mTOR). Blocking Akt and mTOR by specific inhibitors significantly decreased osteoclast differenti - ation and bone resorption. Furthermore, WDL regulated breast cancer-enhanced interaction of osteoblasts and osteoclasts by decreasing M-CSF expression in MDA-MB-231-stimulated osteoblasts. Thus, this study suggests that WDL may be a poten - tial natural agent for preventing and treating bone destruction in patients with bone metastasis due to breast cancer.
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35. FADS Gene Polymorphisms, Fatty Acid Desaturase Activities, and HDL-C in Type 2 Diabetes
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Hsin Yu Chang, Meng-Chuan Huang, Hsin-Fang Chung, Chih Cheng Hsu, Wen-Tsan Chang, Ya Fang Huang, Shang Jyh Hwang, and Fang Pei Chen
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0301 basic medicine ,Fatty Acid Desaturases ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,HDL ,Genotype ,FADS1 ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,FADS2 ,lcsh:Medicine ,Blood lipids ,Type 2 diabetes ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,Delta-5 Fatty Acid Desaturase ,genetic polymorphisms ,Diabetes mellitus ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Aged ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Genetics ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,biology ,diabetes ,lcsh:R ,Cholesterol, HDL ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Fatty acid desaturase ,chemistry ,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ,biology.protein ,Female ,polyunsaturated fatty acids ,Dyslipidemia ,Polyunsaturated fatty acid - Abstract
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) correlate with risk of dyslipidemia and cardiovascular diseases. Fatty acid desaturase (FADS) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) modulate circulating PUFA concentrations. This study examined influence of FADS1 and FADS2 genetic variants on desaturase activities and blood lipid concentrations in type 2 diabetes patients, and further assessed their interrelationships. Selected SNPs (FADS1: rs174547, rs174548, rs174550; FADS2: rs174575, rs174576, rs174583, rs498793 and rs2727270) were genotyped in 820 type 2 diabetes patients and compared with those reported in the HapMap. Patient subgroups (n = 176) without taking lipid-lowering medicine were studied to assess influence of tag SNPs including rs174547, rs174575, rs498793 and rs2727270 on delta-5 desaturase (D5D: 20:4 (n-6)/20:3 (n-6)) and delta-6 desaturase (D6D:18:3 (n-6)/18:2 (n-6)) activities, and blood lipids. FADS1 rs174547 TT/TC/CC and FADS2 rs2727270 CC/CT/TT were significantly (p for trend < 0.05) associated with reduced HDL-C, D5D and D6D activities. Upon adjustment for confounders, D5D (p = 0.006) correlated significantly and D6D marginally (p = 0.07) correlated with increased HDL-C levels, whereas rs174547 and rs2727270 polymorphisms were not associated. D6D andD5D activities may play a role in modulating HDL-C levels in type 2 diabetes. Future studies with larger sample sizes are needed to investigate how FADS genetic variations interact with desaturase activities or PUFAs in the metabolism of lipoproteins in diabetic patients.
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36. Mycobacterial infection induces higher interleukin-1β and dysregulated lung inflammation in mice with defective leukocyte NADPH oxidase
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Chia Liang Yen, Wen Cheng Chao, Cheng Yuan Hsieh, Ya Fang Huang, Peter A. Nigrovic, Yau Lin Tseng, and Chi Chang Shieh
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Bacterial Diseases ,Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Chemokine ,Neutrophils ,Physiology ,Interleukin-1beta ,lcsh:Medicine ,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ,Pathogenesis ,White Blood Cells ,Mice ,Animal Cells ,Immune Physiology ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Leukocytes ,lcsh:Science ,Immune Response ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Innate Immune System ,Multidisciplinary ,NADPH oxidase ,biology ,Interleukin ,Animal Models ,Actinobacteria ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Experimental Organism Systems ,Neutrophil elastase ,Granulomas ,Cytokines ,Cellular Types ,medicine.symptom ,Research Article ,Immune Cells ,Immunology ,Mouse Models ,Inflammation ,Research and Analysis Methods ,03 medical and health sciences ,Signs and Symptoms ,Model Organisms ,Diagnostic Medicine ,medicine ,Tuberculosis ,Animals ,Mycobacterium Infections ,Reactive oxygen species ,Blood Cells ,Lung ,Bacteria ,business.industry ,Macrophages ,lcsh:R ,Organisms ,Biology and Life Sciences ,NADPH Oxidases ,Cell Biology ,Pneumonia ,Molecular Development ,Tropical Diseases ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,Immune System ,biology.protein ,lcsh:Q ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,business ,Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
Granulomatous inflammation causes severe tissue damage in mycobacterial infection while redox status was reported to be crucial in the granulomatous inflammation. Here, we used a NADPH oxidase 2 (NOX2)-deficient mice (Ncf1-/-) to investigate the role of leukocyte-produced reactive oxygen species (ROS) in mycobacterium-induced granulomatous inflammation. We found poorly controlled mycobacterial proliferation, significant body weight loss, and a high mortality rate after M. marinum infection in Ncf1-/- mice. Moreover, we noticed loose and neutrophilic granulomas and higher levels of interleukin (IL)-1β and neutrophil chemokines in Ncf1-/- mice when compared with those in wild type mice. The lack of ROS led to reduced production of IL-1β in macrophages, whereas neutrophil elastase (NE), an abundant product of neutrophils, may potentially exert increased inflammasome-independent protease activity and lead to higher IL-1β production. Moreover, we showed that the abundant NE and IL-1β were present in the caseous granulomatous inflammation of human TB infection. Importantly, blocking of IL-1β with either a specific antibody or a recombinant IL-1 receptor ameliorated the pulmonary inflammation. These findings revealed a novel role of ROS in the early pathogenesis of neutrophilic granulomatous inflammation and suggested a potential role of IL-1 blocking in the treatment of mycobacterial infection in the lung.
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37. Arctigenin, a dietary phytoestrogen, induces apoptosis of estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer cells through the ROS/p38 MAPK pathway and epigenetic regulation
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Chia-Jung Hsieh, Hsu Yl, Ya-Fang Huang, Eing-Mei Tsai, Po-Lin Kuo, and Ya-Ling Hsu
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p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases ,ENDOG ,Apoptosis ,Phytoestrogens ,Biology ,p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ,Biochemistry ,Antioxidants ,Lignans ,Epigenesis, Genetic ,Histones ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Downregulation and upregulation ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Physiology (medical) ,Organometallic Compounds ,Humans ,Furans ,Mammary Glands, Human ,Transcription factor ,Arctigenin ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Reactive oxygen species ,Activating Transcription Factor 2 ,Superoxide ,NADPH Oxidases ,Ethylenediamines ,Cell biology ,Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ,Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ,Receptors, Estrogen ,chemistry ,Female ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
This study investigates the anticancer effect of arctigenin (ATG), a natural lignan product of Arctium lappa L., in human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells. Results indicate that ATG inhibits MDA-MB-231 cell growth by inducing apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. ATG triggers the mitochondrial caspase-independent pathways, as indicated by changes in Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, resulting in AIF and EndoG nuclear translocation. ATG increased cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by increasing p22(phox)/NADPH oxidase 1 interaction and decreasing glutathione level. ATG clearly increases the activation of p38 MAPK, but not JNK and ERK1/2. Antioxidant EUK-8, a synthetic catalytic superoxide and hydrogen peroxide scavenger, significantly decreases ATG-mediated p38 activation and apoptosis. Blocking p38 with a specific inhibitor suppresses ATG-mediated Bcl-2 downregulation and apoptosis. Moreover, ATG activates ATF-2, a transcription factor activated by p38, and then upregulates histone H3K9 trimethylation in the Bcl-2 gene promoter region, resulting in Bcl-2 downregulation. Taken together, the results demonstrate that ATG induces apoptosis of MDA-MB-231 cells via the ROS/p38 MAPK pathway and epigenetic regulation of Bcl-2 by upregulation of histone H3K9 trimethylation.
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38. Synergistic effect of lung tumor‐associated dendritic cell‐derived HB‐EGF and CXCL5 on cancer progression
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Ming-Shyan Huang, Ming-Ju Tsai, Shin-Yi Chiang, Jen-Yu Hung, Ya-Fang Huang, Chih-Jen Yang, Shah-Hwa Chou, Wei-An Chang, Po-Lin Kuo, and Ya-Ling Hsu
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Transcriptional Activation ,MAPK/ERK pathway ,Chemokine CXCL5 ,Cancer Research ,Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition ,Lung Neoplasms ,HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins ,Metastasis ,Mice ,Hsp27 ,Cell Movement ,Tumor Microenvironment ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Protein Kinase Inhibitors ,Protein kinase B ,Heat-Shock Proteins ,Cell Proliferation ,A549 cell ,biology ,Cancer ,Cell migration ,Dendritic Cells ,medicine.disease ,Cell biology ,Oncology ,Cancer cell ,Disease Progression ,Cancer research ,biology.protein ,Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ,Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor ,Molecular Chaperones ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
The interaction between cancer cells and their microenvironment is a paradoxical cycle that exacerbates cancer progression and results in metastasis. Our study investigated the mechanism underlying the synergistic enhancement of release of soluble factors from tumor-associated dendritic cells and its effect on cancer development. The combination of HB-EGF (heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor) and CXCL5 (CXCL5/epithelial neutrophil-activating peptide-78) produced a strong synergistic effect on cancer proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, migration and invasion. CXCL5 not only potentiated the classical EGFR pathway and the AKT and ERK/RSK1/2 signaling pathways but also increased the phosphorylation of heat shock protein 27 (HSP27), which was slightly increased in A549 cells treated with either HB-EGF or CXCL5 only. Phosphorylated HSP27 stabilized sustained AKT activity by direct interaction, leading to enhanced tumor spheroid formation. Knockdown of HSP27 by shRNA decreased HB-EGF plus CXCL5-mediated tumor spheroid formation in a three-dimensional culture system, suggesting that AKT/HSP27 was required for HB-EGF/CXCL5-mediated cancer progression. Inhibiting RSK also reduces the modulation of c-Fos phosphorylation, Snail upregulation and cell migration by HB-EGF plus CXCL5, suggesting a synergistic effect of ERK/RSK and HB-EGF plus CXCL5 on cell migration. In mice, CXCL5 antibody synergistically enhances the efficiency of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, gefitinib, without increasing its toxicity. These results provide evidence that elucidates potential cross-points between extracellular signals affecting lung cancer progression. Targeting CXCL5 may provide therapeutic benefits for lung cancer chemotherapy or immunotherapy.
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39. Gas compression and likely triggered star formation in the infrared bubble N107
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Jinghua Yuan, Jin-Zeng Li, Hao Li, Zhiyuan Ren, and Ya-Fang Huang
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Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Space and Planetary Science ,Infrared ,Star formation ,Bubble ,0103 physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Gas compressor - Published
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40. Lung tumor-associated dendritic cell-derived resistin promoted cancer progression by increasing Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 1/Twist pathway
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Yu-Wen Chen, Cheng-Ying Wu, Kuei-Fang Chen, Shah-Hwa Chou, Da-En Cheng, Ming-Shyan Huang, Chih-Jen Yang, Jen-Yu Hung, Ya-Fang Huang, and Chih-Hsin Kuo
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Chromatin Immunoprecipitation ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Lung Neoplasms ,Cellular differentiation ,Blotting, Western ,Fluorescent Antibody Technique ,Osteoclasts ,Apoptosis ,Adenocarcinoma ,Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Monocytes ,Metastasis ,Immunoenzyme Techniques ,Carcinoma, Lewis Lung ,Mice ,Cell Movement ,Internal medicine ,Cell Adhesion ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,RNA, Messenger ,RNA, Small Interfering ,Lung cancer ,Cells, Cultured ,Cell Proliferation ,Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ,business.industry ,Twist-Related Protein 1 ,Cancer ,Cell Differentiation ,Dendritic Cells ,Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase ,General Medicine ,respiratory system ,medicine.disease ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Repressor Proteins ,Endocrinology ,Tumor progression ,Case-Control Studies ,Histone methyltransferase ,Disease Progression ,Cancer research ,Resistin ,business ,Chromatin immunoprecipitation ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
The interaction between tumors and their microenvironments leads to a vicious cycle, which strengthens both immune suppression and cancer progression. The present study demonstrates for the first time that tumor-associated dendritic cells (TADCs) are a source of resistin, which is responsible for increasing lung cancer epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. In addition, large amounts of resistin in the condition medium (CM) of TADCs increase cell migration and invasion, as well as the osteolytic bone metastatic properties of lung cancer cells. Neutralization of resistin from TADC-CM prevents the advanced malignancy-inducing features of TADC-CM. Significantly elevated levels of resistin have been observed in mice transplanted with lung cancer cells, tumor-infiltrating CD11c(+) DCs in human lung cancer samples and lung cancer patients' sera. Induction of lung cancer progression by TADC-derived resistin is associated with increased expression of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 1 (WHSC1), a histone methyltransferase. Resistin-induced WHSC1 increases the dimethylation of histone 3 at lysine 36 and decreases the trimethylation of histone 3 at lysine 27 on the promoter of Twist, resulting in an enhancement of the expression of Twist. Knockdown of WHSC1 by small interfering RNA transfection significantly decreases resistin-mediated cancer progression by decreasing the upregulation of Twist, suggesting that WHSC1 plays a critical role in the regulation of Twist by epigenetic modification. Furthermore, mice that received antiresistin antibodies showed a decreased incidence of cancer development and metastasis. These findings suggest that TADC-derived resistin may be a novel candidate in promoting the development of lung cancer.
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41. Promising biomarkers for predicting the outcomes of patients withKRASwild-type metastatic colorectal cancer treated with anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibodies: A systematic review with meta-analysis
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Jin-Ling Tang, Ya-Fang Huang, Dayong Zheng, Zuyao Yang, Jinzhang Chen, Hong Ding, Chen Mao, Xinyin Wu, and Mengyang Di
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Oncology ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,biology ,business.industry ,Colorectal cancer ,Hazard ratio ,Subgroup analysis ,medicine.disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,digestive system diseases ,Meta-analysis ,Internal medicine ,Cancer research ,biology.protein ,Medicine ,Biomarker (medicine) ,PTEN ,Clinical significance ,KRAS ,business ,neoplasms - Abstract
KRAS mutations have been established as a major predictive biomarker for resistance to the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibodies (anti-EGFR MoAbs). However, many patients with KRAS wild-type tumors still do not respond to the treatment. We conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis to assess whether BRAF mutations, PIK3CA mutations and PTEN loss can predict the outcomes of patients with KRAS wild-type mCRC treated with anti-EGFR MoAbs. Studies that explored the association of one or more of the three biomarkers with progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS) and/or objective response rate (ORR) were identified through August 2012. Summary hazard ratios (HRs) and rate differences (RDs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by using the random-effects model. BRAF mutations, PIK3CA exon 20 mutations and PTEN loss were all associated with shorter PFS (HR = 2.59, 95% CI 1.67–4.03; HR = 2.52, 95% CI 1.33–4.78 and HR = 1.75, 95% CI 1.19–2.56, respectively), shorter OS (HR = 2.74, 95% CI 1.79–4.19; HR = 3.29, 95% CI 1.60–6.75 and HR = 1.85, 95% CI 1.30–2.64, respectively) and lower ORR (RD = −36%, 95% CI −44 to −28%; RD = −38%, 95% CI −51 to −24% and RD = −41%, 95% CI −68 to −14%, respectively). PIK3CA exon 9 mutations were associated with none of the outcomes. Studies with relevant data consistently demonstrated a stronger predictive power of combined multiple biomarkers as compared to one alteration alone. These results suggest that BRAF mutations, PIK3CA exon 20 mutations and PTEN loss are predictive of better outcomes in KRAS wild-type mCRC treated with anti-EGFR MoAbs. However, the quality of included studies varied, and some of the meta-analyses were limited by significant between-study heterogeneity. In the future, well-designed large randomized controlled trials conducted in KRAS wild-type mCRC patients with subgroup analysis according to BRAF, PIK3CA exon 20 and PTEN status are essential to fully assess the clinical relevance of these biomarkers.
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42. Do protostellar fountains shape the regional core mass function?
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Claudio Carlos Mallamaci, Ya-Fang Huang, R. Podesta, A. M. Pacheco, Jin-Zeng Li, and Eloy Actis Vicente
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Physics ,Initial mass function ,Mass distribution ,Space and Planetary Science ,Star formation ,Infrared ,Mass spectrum ,Astronomy ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Millimeter ,Binary system ,Astrophysics ,Submillimeter Array - Abstract
The emerging massive binary system associated with AFGL 961 signifies the latest generation of massive star and cluster formation in the Rosette Molecular Complex. We present the detection of a compact cluster of dusty cores toward the AFGL 961 region based on continuum imaging at 1.3 mm by the Submillimeter Array. The binary components of AFGL 961 are associated with the most intensive millimeter emission cores or envelopes, confirming that they are indeed in an early stage of evolution. The other massive cores, however, are found to congregate in the close vicinity of the central high-mass protostellar binary. They have no apparent infrared counterparts and are, in particular, well aligned transverse to the bipolar molecular outflows originating from AFGL 961. This provides evidence for a likely triggered origin of the massive cores. All 40 individual cores with masses ranging between 0.6 and 15 M ⊙ were detected above a 3 σ level of 3.6 mJy beam −1 (or 0.4 M ⊙ ), based on which we derive a total core mass of 107 M ⊙ in the AFGL 961 region. As compared to the stellar initial mass function, a shallow slope of 1.8 is, however, derived from the best fit to the mass spectrum of the millimeter cores with a prestellar and/or protostellar origin. The flatter core mass distribution in the AFGL 961 region is attributed here to dynamic perturbations from the massive molecular outflows that originated from the massive protostellar binary, which may have altered the otherwise more quiescent conditions of core or star formation, enhanced the formation of more massive cores and, as a result, influenced the core mass distribution in its close vicinity.
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43. Molecular Mechanisms of Anticancer Effects of Phytoestrogens in Breast Cancer
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Chia-Jung Hsieh, Ya-Ling Hsu, Ya-Fang Huang, and Eing-Mei Tsai
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0301 basic medicine ,endocrine system ,Cell signaling ,Estrogen receptor ,Breast Neoplasms ,Phytoestrogens ,Biology ,Pharmacology ,Biochemistry ,Epigenesis, Genetic ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Breast cancer ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Epigenetics ,Breast ,Molecular Biology ,Cell Proliferation ,urogenital system ,food and beverages ,Cell Biology ,General Medicine ,Cell cycle ,medicine.disease ,Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,Receptors, Estrogen ,Apoptosis ,Cancer research ,Female ,Cell signaling pathways ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
Phytoestrogens derived from plants exert estrogenic as well as antiestrogenic effects and multiple actions within breast cancer cells. Chemopreventive properties of phytoestrogens have emerged from epidemiological observations. In recent clinical research studies, phytoestrogens are safe and may even protect against breast cancer. In this brief review, the molecular mechanisms of phytoestrogens on regulation of cell cycle, apoptosis, estrogen receptors, cell signaling pathways, and epigenetic modulations in relation to breast cancer are discussed. Phytoestrogens have a preferential affinity for estrogen receptor (ER)-β, which appears to be associated with antiproliferative and anticarcinogenic effects. Moreover, while phytoestrogens not only inhibit ER-positive but also ER-negative breast cancer cells, the possibility of epigenetic modulation playing an important role is also discussed. In conclusion, as there are multiple targets and actions of phytoestrogens, extensive research is still necessary. However, due to low toxicity, low cost, and easy availability, their potent chemoprevention effects deserve further study.
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44. Is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Associated With a Declined Immunogenicity and Poor Safety of Influenza Vaccination?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Ya-Fang Huang, Wilson W.S. Tam, Huili Wang, Xiaoqin Lu, and Ling Wan
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Azathioprine ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Immunogenicity, Vaccine ,Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype ,Prednisone ,Internal medicine ,Influenza, Human ,medicine ,Humans ,Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic ,030212 general & internal medicine ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Adverse effect ,030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,Lupus erythematosus ,business.industry ,Immunogenicity ,Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype ,Case-control study ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Vaccination ,Influenza Vaccines ,Meta-analysis ,Case-Control Studies ,Immunology ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,business ,Immunosuppressive Agents ,Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis ,medicine.drug ,Research Article - Abstract
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text, There are conflicts on whether influenza vaccinated systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients are associated with a decreased immunogenicity and safety, compared with healthy controls. We conducted meta-analyses to compare SLE patients with healthy controls for flu-vaccine immunogenicity, as well as for adverse events. PubMed, MEDLINE, and Cochrane Library were searched by October 15, 2015. Studies were included when they met the inclusion criteria. Two reviewers independently extracted data on study characteristics, methodological quality, and outcomes. The primary outcome was seroprotection (SP) rate after immunization. A total of 15 studies were included. There were significant differences in SP rates between the SLE patients and healthy controls, respectively, for H1N1 (RR 0.79, 95% CI 0.73–0.87) and B strain (RR 0.75, 95% CI 0.65–0.87), but not for H3N2 (RR 0.84, 95% CI 0.68–1.03). Subgroup analyses demonstrated SLE patients with immunosuppressants, corticosteroids, azathioprine and prednisone had significantly lower SP rates, compared with healthy controls. SLE patients with nonadjuvanted H1N1 vaccine had significantly lower SP rate, compared with healthy controls. SLE patients were not associated with increased adverse events (RR 1.88, 95% CI 0.94–3.77). SLE generates immunogenicity differently, compared with healthy controls in pandemic H1N1 and B strains, but same in seasonal H3N2 strain. Nonadjuvant and special kind of immunosuppressive biologics can play an important role in SLE immunogenicity to flu vaccine. There is no significant difference in adverse event rates between SLE patients and healthy controls.
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45. Interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms correlate with the progression of nephropathy in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study
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Shang-Jyh Hwang, Yen-Feng Chiu, Pao-Shan Chen, Fang-Pei Chen, Wen-Tsan Chang, Ya-Fang Huang, Meng-Chuan Huang, Hsin-Fang Chung, Chun-Yi Lee, Shyi-Jang Shin, and Chih-Cheng Hsu
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0301 basic medicine ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,China ,Genotype ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Type 2 diabetes ,Gastroenterology ,Nephropathy ,Diabetic nephropathy ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Endocrinology ,Asian People ,Diabetes mellitus ,Internal medicine ,Genetic model ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Diabetic Nephropathies ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Longitudinal Studies ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,Aged ,Polymorphism, Genetic ,business.industry ,Interleukin-6 ,Incidence ,Hazard ratio ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Prognosis ,030104 developmental biology ,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ,Cohort ,Disease Progression ,Female ,business - Abstract
Aims Interleukin-6 (IL-6), an inflammatory cytokine, is considered a candidate gene possibly involved in susceptibility to nephropathy in diabetes. This study aimed to examine whether IL-6 polymorphisms predict the progression of nephropathy in a prospective Chinese cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods A total of 568 type 2 diabetic patients with normoalbuminuria at baseline were followed up for a mean of 5.3 ± 1.5 years. Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) ⩾30 mg/g in two consecutive urine tests were defined as progression to diabetic nephropathy (n = 143). Five polymorphisms of IL-6 gene, rs1800795, rs1800796, rs1524107, rs2069837, and rs2069840, were genotyped. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate hazard ratio (HR) and 95% CI of progression to diabetic nephropathy under different genetic models. Results Almost all patients (99.6%) carried the rs1800795 GG homozygous genotypes. In the Cox proportional models adjusted for multiple covariates, the HR under recessive model was 2.02 for rs1800796 GG (vs. CC + CG, 95% CI: 1.08–3.75, p = 0.027), 2.37 for rs2069837 GG (vs. AA + AG, 95% CI: 1.15–4.87, p = 0.019), and 2.08 for rs1524107 CC (vs. TT + TC, 95% CI: 1.12–3.89, p = 0.021). These associations remained significant for rs1800796 and rs1524107 after correction for multiple testing (α = 0.017). Overall, our results suggest that rs1800796 GG and rs1524107 CC homozygous genotypes may confer a greater risk for development of nephropathy in type 2 diabetes. Conclusions IL-6 gene polymorphisms rs1800796 and rs1524107 may serve as predictors of progression of nephropathy in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes.
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46. Obesity, weight change, and chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A longitudinal study in Taiwan
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Hsin-Fang, Chung, Abdullah, Al Mamun, Meng-Chuan, Huang, Kurt Z, Long, Ya-Fang, Huang, Shyi-Jang, Shin, Shang-Jyh, Hwang, and Chih-Cheng, Hsu
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Adult ,Male ,Taiwan ,Middle Aged ,Overweight ,Health Surveys ,Body Mass Index ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Asian People ,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ,Risk Factors ,Humans ,Female ,Longitudinal Studies ,Obesity ,Renal Insufficiency, Chronic ,Waist Circumference ,Aged ,Glomerular Filtration Rate - Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate relationships between the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and obesity and weight changes in Asian patients with type 2 diabetes.At baseline (2003-05), 1187 diabetic patients aged 30-70 years were recruited to the study, with follow-up surveys completed in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Chronic kidney disease was defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)60 mL/min per 1.73 mOver 7 years of follow-up, obesity (RR 1.48; 95% CI 1.08-2.04; P = 0.015) and high WC (RR 1.23; 95% CI 1.00-1.52; P = 0.049) were associated with CKD after adjusting for covariates. Among participants without CKD at baseline, those who gained10% weight (RR 1.43; 95% CI 1.07-1.90; P = 0.015) and in whom WC increased15% (RR 1.37; 95% CI 1.01-1.85; P = 0.045) had a higher risk of incident CKD than those who remained stable (±5% changes in weight or WC).Diabetic patients who are obese and those with excessive central fat were more likely to have CKD. Large weight gain (10%) and increases in WC (15%) independently predicted incident CKD.
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47. Interactions of the Infrared bubble N4 with the surroundings
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Gloria Mabel Dubner, Sergio Molinari, Yuefang Wu, Jin-Zeng Li, Hong-Li Liu, M. E. Ortega, Si Ju Zhang, Sergio Ariel Paron, Ya Fang Huang, Maohai Huang, Jinghua Yuan, Tie Liu, Annie Zavagno, Manash R. Samal, Department of Plant Biology [Carnegie] (DPB), Carnegie Institution for Science, Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio [Buenos Aires] (IAFE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] (CONICET)-Universidad de Buenos Aires [Buenos Aires] (UBA), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Carnegie Institution for Science [Washington], and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)
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H II region ,Hydrogen ,Infrared ,Ciencias Físicas ,Bubble ,chemistry.chemical_element ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,0103 physical sciences ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Cosmic dust ,Physics ,formation [stars] ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Star formation ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,bubbles [ISM] ,Astronomía ,Wavelength ,Stars ,chemistry ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,HII regions [ISM] ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS - Abstract
The physical mechanisms that induce the transformation of a certain mass of gas in new stars are far from being well understood. Infrared bubbles associated with HII regions have been considered to be good samples of investigating triggered star formation. In this paper we report on the investigation of the dust properties of the infrared bubble N4 around the HII region G11.898+0.747, analyzing its interaction with its surroundings and star formation histories therein, with the aim of determining the possibility of star formation triggered by the expansion of the bubble. Using Herschel PACS and SPIRE images with a wide wavelength coverage, we reveal the dust properties over the entire bubble. Meanwhile, we are able to identify six dust clumps surrounding the bubble, with a mean size of 0.50 pc, temperature of about 22 K, mean column density of 1.7 $\times10^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$, mean volume density of about 4.4 $\times10^{4}$ cm$^{-3}$, and a mean mass of 320 $M_{\odot}$. In addition, from PAH emission seen at 8 $\mu$m, free-free emission detected at 20 cm and a probability density function in special regions, we could identify clear signatures of the influence of the HII region on the surroundings. There are hints of star formation, though further investigation is required to demonstrate that N4 is the triggering source., Comment: Accepted by ApJ (16 pages, 11 figures, 9 tables)
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- 2016
48. Induction of apoptosis in human Hep3B hepatoma cells by norcantharidin through a p53 independent pathway via TRAIL/DR5 signal transduction
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Ya-fang Huang, Yu-Yen Yang, Ming-feng Chen, Chung-hsin Yeh, and Kuan-chih Chow
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ,Antibodies, Neoplasm ,Apoptosis ,DNA Fragmentation ,Flow cytometry ,TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Cell Line, Tumor ,medicine ,Humans ,Pharmacology (medical) ,MTT assay ,Caspase 10 ,Cell Proliferation ,Norcantharidin ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Caspase 3 ,Liver Neoplasms ,Cell Cycle Checkpoints ,General Medicine ,Cell cycle ,Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic ,Antibodies, Neutralizing ,Caspase Inhibitors ,Immunohistochemistry ,Molecular biology ,Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand ,Complementary and alternative medicine ,chemistry ,Cancer research ,DNA fragmentation ,Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 ,Growth inhibition ,Signal transduction ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
To investigate the inhibitory activities of norcantharidin (NCTD), a demethylated analogue of cantharidin, on Hep3B cells (a human hepatoma cell line) with deficiency of p53.The survival rate of the Hep3B cells after treating with NCTD was measured by MTT assay. Cell cycle of treated cells was analyzed by flow cytometry, and DNA fragmentation was observed by electrophoresis. The influence of inhibitors for various caspases and anti-death receptors antibodies on the NCTD-induced apoptosis in the cells was determined.NCTD treatment resulted in growth inhibition of Hep3B cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Cell cycle analysis of the cells after treatment with NCTD for 48 h shows that NCTD induced G(2)M phase arrest occurs at low concentration ([Symbol: see text] 25 μmol/L) but G(0)G(1) phase arrest at high concentration (50 μmol/L). The addition of both caspase-3 and caspase-10 inhibitors completely inhibited DNA fragmentation. Addition of anti-TRAIL/DR5 antibody significantly inhibited DNA fragmentation.NCTD may inhibit the proliferation of Hep3B cells by arresting cell cycle at G(2)M or G(0)G(1) phase, and induce cells apoptosis via TRAIL/DR5 signal transduction through activation of caspase-3 and caspase-10 by a p53-independent pathway.
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- 2012
49. Ly6G ligation blocks recruitment of neutrophils via a β2-integrin–dependent mechanism
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Peter A. Nigrovic, Jun Xia Wang, Angela M. Bair, Ruslan Shnayder, Sandra L. King, Chi Chang Shieh, Roy J. Soberman, Robert C. Fuhlbrigge, and Ya Fang Huang
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education.field_of_study ,biology ,Leukotriene B4 ,Immunology ,Integrin ,Population ,Inflammation ,Chemotaxis ,Cell Biology ,Hematology ,CD11a ,Neutrophil extracellular traps ,Biochemistry ,Cell biology ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,biology.protein ,medicine ,Signal transduction ,medicine.symptom ,education - Abstract
Ly6G is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)–anchored protein of unknown function that is commonly targeted to induce experimental neutrophil depletion in mice. In the present study, we found that doses of anti-Ly6G Abs too low to produce sustained neutropenia remained capable of inhibiting experimental arthritis, leaving joint tissues free of infiltrating neutrophils. Thioglycollate-stimulated peritonitis was also attenuated. No alteration in neutrophil apoptosis was observed, implicating impaired recruitment. Indeed, Ly6G ligation abrogated neutrophil migration toward LTB4 and other chemoattractants in a transwell system. Exploring the basis for this blockade, we identified colocalization of Ly6G and β2-integrins by confocal microscopy and confirmed close association by both coimmunoprecipitation and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. Anti-Ly6G Ab impaired surface expression of β2-integrins in LTB4-stimulated neutrophils and mimicked CD11a blockade in inhibiting both ICAM-1 binding and firm adhesion to activated endothelium under flow conditions. Correspondingly, migration of β2-integrin–deficient neutrophils was no longer inhibited by anti-Ly6G. These results demonstrate that experimental targeting of Ly6G has functional effects on the neutrophil population and identify a previously unappreciated role for Ly6G as a modulator of neutrophil migration to sites of inflammation via a β2-integrin–dependent mechanism.
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- 2012
50. Interleukin-2 as maintenance therapy for children and adults with acute myeloid leukaemia in first complete remission
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Xinyin Wu, Chen Mao, Xiao-Hong Fu, Qian-Ling Ye, Zuyao Yang, Xue Feng Hu, Ya-Fang Huang, Zhi‐Min Zhai, Jin-Ling Tang, and Jinqiu Yuan
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Adult ,Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Antineoplastic Agents ,Subgroup analysis ,Cochrane Library ,Disease-Free Survival ,Maintenance Chemotherapy ,Maintenance therapy ,Humans ,Medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Child ,Adverse effect ,Aged ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,Standard treatment ,Hazard ratio ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Induction Chemotherapy ,Middle Aged ,Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute ,Child, Preschool ,Meta-analysis ,Relative risk ,Interleukin-2 ,Female ,business - Abstract
Background Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a malignant cancer of hematopoietic stem cells. The treatment of AML consists of two treatment phases: the remission induction phase to achieve a rapid, complete remission (CR) and the consolidation phase to achieve a durable molecular remission. People in CR are at risk of AML relapse, and people with relapsed AML have poor survival prospects. Thus, there is a continuous need for treatments to further improve prognosis. Interleukin-2 (IL-2), an immune-stimulatory cytokine, is an alternative to standard treatment for people with AML to maintain the efficacy after consolidation therapy. Maintenance therapy is not an integral part of the standard treatment for AML. Studies have been conducted to evaluate the efficacy of IL-2 as maintenance therapy for people with AML in first CR, but the effect of IL-2 is not yet fully established. Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of IL-2 as maintenance therapy for children and adults with AML who have achieved first CR and have not relapsed. Search methods We systematically searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (Cochrane Library 2015, Issue 8), MEDLINE (1950 to August 2015), EMBASE (1950 to August 2015), LILACS (1982 to August 2015), CBM (1978 to August 2015), relevant conference proceedings (2000 to 2015), and metaRegister of Controlled Trials (since inception to August 2015) of ongoing and unpublished trials. In addition, we screened the reference lists of relevant trials and reviews. Selection criteria Eligible studies were randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing IL-2 with no treatment in people with AML who had achieved first CR and had not relapsed. We did not identify studies comparing IL-2 versus best supportive care or maintenance chemotherapy or studies comparing IL-2 plus maintenance chemotherapy versus maintenance chemotherapy alone. Data collection and analysis Two review authors independently screened studies, extracted data with a predefined extraction form, and assessed risk of bias of included studies. We extracted data on the following outcomes: disease-free survival, overall survival, event-free survival, treatment-related mortality, adverse events, and quality of life. We measured the treatment effect on time-to-event outcomes and dichotomous outcomes with hazard ratio (HR) and risk ratio, respectively. We used inverse-variance method to combine HRs with fixed-effect model unless there was significant between-study heterogeneity. Main results We included nine RCTs with a total of 1665 participants, comparing IL-2 with no treatment. Six studies included adult participants, and three studies included both adults and children. However, the latter three studies did not report data for children, thus we were unable to conduct subgroup analysis of children. One Chinese study did not report any outcomes of interest for this review. We included six trials involving 1426 participants in the meta-analysis on disease-free survival, and included five trials involving 1355 participants in the meta-analysis on overall survival. There is no evidence for difference between IL-2 group and no-treatment group regarding disease-free survival (HR 0.95; 95% CI 0.86 to 1.06, P = 0.37; quality of evidence: low) or overall survival (HR 1.05; 95% CI 0.95 to 1.16, P = 0.35; quality of evidence: moderate). Based on one trial of 161 participants, IL-2 exerted no effect on event-free survival (HR 1.02; 95% CI 0.79 to 1.32, P = 0.88; quality of evidence: low). Adverse events (including thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, malaise/fatigue, and infection/fever) were more frequent in participants receiving IL-2, according to one trial of 308 participants. No mortality due to adverse events was reported. None of the included studies reported treatment-related mortality or quality of life. Authors' conclusions There is no evidence for a difference between IL-2 maintenance therapy and no treatment with respect to disease-free survival or overall survival of people with AML in first CR; however, the quality of the evidence is moderate or low, and further research is likely or very likely to have an important impact on the estimate or our confidence in the estimate. Adverse events seem to be more frequent in participants treated with IL-2, but the quality of the evidence is very low and our confidence in the estimates is very uncertain. Thus, further prospective randomised trials are needed before definitive conclusions can be drawn on these issues.
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- 2015
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