Publications by authors named "Boting Wu"

Objective: Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is prone to promote left ventricular remodeling (LVR), which is associated with adverse clinical outcomes. Although the association between angiogenic activity and LVR has been established, pro-angiogenic cytokine features and potential biomarker candidates for LVR in patients with BAV remain to be clarified.

Methods: From November 2018 to May 2019, patients with BAV diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography at our institution were included.

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Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune hemorrhagic disorder in which macrophages play a critical role. Mammalian sterile-20-like kinase 4 (MST4), a member of the germinal-center kinase STE20 family, has been demonstrated to be a regulator of inflammation. Whether MST4 participates in the macrophage-dependent inflammation of ITP remains elusive.

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Chronic elevation of left ventricular (LV) afterload contributes to adverse LV remodeling and myocardial impairment in bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). Incorporating LV afterload into global longitudinal strain (GLS) analysis, myocardial work facilitates early detection of LV dysfunction. The present study was to evaluate myocardial work in BAV patients with severe AS undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and to evaluate its prognostic impact on early postoperative outcomes.

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Background: The first-line therapy is effective for the treatment of primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP); however, maintaining the long-term responses remains challenging. Low-dose decitabine (DAC) has been adopted to treat refractory ITP, while its role in macrophage polarization has not been fully understood. We aimed to investigate the mechanistic role of DAC in M2 macrophage polarization and evaluated its therapeutic effect in ITP.

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Background: An association has been indicated between atopic dermatitis (AD), a prevalent chronic inflammatory skin disease, and diabetes mellitus. However, the exact causal relationship between AD and both type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains controversial. This study aimed to explore the causal association between AD and diabetes by Mendelian Randomization (MR) approaches.

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Background: Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is characterized for the skewed Th differentiation towards Th1 and Th17 cells as well as the impaired number and function of regulatory T cells (Tregs). Tregs are capable of co-expressing effector Th markers in different inflammatory milieu, which probably indicates Treg dysfunction and incompetence to counter over-activated immune responses.

Methods: Ninety-two primary ITP patients from March 2013 to December 2018 were included, and proinflammatory plasticity in different Treg compartments, age groups, and TGFBR2 variant carrier status were investigated.

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Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is a rare cardiovascular disease with male predominance. Recently, an association with aortic aneurysm and SVA has been revealed in periventricular nodular heterotopia patients with loss-of-function Filamin A (FLNA) mutations, which were located on chromosome X and almost exclusively affect females.Among patients hospitalized for aortic surgery with aortic root diameter over 4.

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Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder. The existence of autoreactive T cells has long been proposed in ITP. Yet the identification of autoreactive T cells has not been achieved, which is an important step to elucidate the pathogenesis of ITP.

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A 76-year-old man suffering post-herpetic neuralgia developed severe thrombocytopenia 15 days after the administration of carbamazepine. Carbamazepine-dependent platelet antibodies were proved to be present in the patient's serum by a modified Monoclonal Antibody Solid-phase Platelet Antibody Test (MASPAT), and the diagnosis of carbamazepine-induced immune thrombocytopenia was confirmed. For the patient, carbamazepine should be advised to be avoided permanently.

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Inflammation might play a critical role in the pathogenesis and progression of Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (PhMPNs) with elevated inflammatory cytokines in peripheral blood (PB). However, the inflammatory status inside the bone marrow (BM), which is the place of malignancy origin and important microenvironment of neoplasm evolution, has not yet been elucidated. Inflammatory cytokine profiles in PB and BM of 24 Ph-MPNs patients were measured by a multiplex quantitative inflammation array.

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Background: Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune-mediated disorder characterized by a decreased platelet count. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is also an autoimmune disease in which thrombocytopenia is a common hematologic manifestation. Interleukin (IL)-1 family cytokines are major proinflammatory and immunoregulatory mediators.

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Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is characterized by elevated risk of aortic dilatation and aneurysm. Although genetic susceptibility is suspected to influence on the development of BAV aortopathy, clinical application of genetic markers still needs validation in BAV entities with strictly defined phenotypic features. The 'root phenotype' represents a young, male predominant, and severely aortic regurgitant BAV population prone to aortic root dilatation.

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Background: Vulnerable plaques have been generally recognized to play a role in the pathogenesis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), however, the role of circulating CX3CR1CD163 M2 monocytes has not been studied properly. We aim to evaluate the features of CX3CR1CD163 M2 monocytes and its relationship with cardiac specific markers in AMI patients.

Methods: The circulating M2 monocytes were identified in AMI patients (n=35) and healthy controls (HCs, n=10) by flow cytometry using two staining methods: CD68CD163 (cytoplasmic staining) and CX3CR1CD163 (surface staining).

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Background: The intestinal microbiota is essential for the maintenance of the physiology of immune homeostasis. Dysbiosis has been described in some autoimmune diseases, however its role is still elusive in primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), which is one kind of autoimmune diseases. This study aimed to characterize the phylogenetic diversity of the fecal microbiota and its relationship with the platelet activation status in patients with ITP.

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For its high occurrence and elevated risks for aortic valve dysfunction and vascular complications, bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) represents a great health challenge. However, the prevalence and clinical features of BAV in the Chinese population are inadequately illustrated.From January 2011 to December 2015, 3,673 BAV patients with 69.

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Background: Th17/Treg balance skews towards Th17 in ITP patient. IRF4 has been highlighted for its close relationship to the immunosuppressive function of Treg cells and the IL-17 synthesis in CD4 T cells. This study was aimed at examining the effects of IRF4 to the Th17/Treg cells in patients with ITP.

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Background: Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune heterogeneous disorder of which Treg cells are numerically or functionally deficient. It is known that human FoxP3CD4 T cells were composed of 3 phenotypically and functionally distinct subpopulations (resting Treg, rTreg; activated Treg, aTreg; and non-suppressive Treg, n-sTreg). The current study was aimed to determine whether these Treg subtypes are altered in ITP patients and the related potential clinical applications.

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Primary immune thrombocytopenia is an autoimmune disease, characterized with decreased platelet and increased risk of bleeding. Recent studies have shown the reduction and dysfunction of regulatory T (Treg) cells in ITP patients. CD39 is highly expressed on the surface of Treg cells.

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Aim: To explore the prognostic value of the pretreatment platelet (PLT) count in patients undergoing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Materials & Methods: We prospectively analyzed 317 hepatitis B virus-related HCC patients undergoing TACE. Time to progression (TTP) was selected to evaluate the clinical significance of PLT level in HCC patients.

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Objectives: A bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is characterized by variable phenotypic manifestations, as well as longitudinal evolution of valve dysfunction and ascending aorta dilatation. The present study investigated the impact of severe aortic stenosis (AS) on the flow patterns and wall shear stress (WSS) distribution in BAV patients with right-left (RL) and right-non-coronary (RN) cusp fusion types, and the study aimed to reveal whether aortic dysfunction could further alter intrinsic aortic haemodynamic aberrations generated by abnormal BAV cusp fusion patterns.

Methods: Four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging was performed in 120 BAV subjects and 20 tricuspid aortic valve controls.

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: Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by decreased platelet count of which dysfunctional cellular immunity in its pathogenesis. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is critical for the differentiation of T cells. The present study was aimed to investigate the STAT3 protein phosphorylation of CD4 T cells in ITP patients.

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Background: Although impaired myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) recently have been studied in immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), another myeloid-derived cell population signified as M2 macrophages has not been investigated properly in ITP patients. In the present study, we intended to determine the features of circulating M2-like macrophages, to examine its relationship with MDSCs, and to explore their prognostic values in ITP.

Methods: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy controls and primary ITP patients were isolated to test the circulating M2-like macrophages and MDSCs.

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Objectives: Bicuspid aortic valve, characterized by valve malformation and risk for aortopathy, displays profound alteration in systolic aortic outflow and wall shear stress distribution. The present study performed 4-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging in patients with bicuspid aortic valve with right-left cusp fusion, focusing on the impact of valve function on hemodynamic status within the ascending aorta.

Methods: Four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging was performed in 50 subjects with right-left bicuspid aortic valve and 15 age- and aortic size-matched controls with tricuspid aortic valve.

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