Publications by authors named "Jian-wen Xiong"

Objective: Accumulating evidence has indicated that neurodevelopmental defects may underlie the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder (BD). Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are a family of neurotrophic factors that are essential for the survival and development of neurons. The present study aims to investigate whether IGF-2 signaling is implicated in the pathophysiological processes of BD.

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Klotho is a life extension factor that has the ability to regulate the function of GluN2B-containing N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs), whose dysfunction in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) underlies critical aspects of the pathophysiology of major depression. Here, we study the functional relevance of klotho in the pathogenesis of depression. A chronic social defeat stress paradigm, in which mice are categorized as either susceptible or unsusceptible based on their performance in a social interaction test, was used in this study.

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Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has markedly increased morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. Circular RNAs were shown to regulate NSCLC progression. But the underlying pathways of the circRPPH1-mediated regulation of NSCLC still need further exploration.

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Cognitive deficits are the core feature of schizophrenia and effective treatment strategies are still missing. Previous studies have reported that fisetin promotes long-term potentiation (LTP) and cognitive function in normal rodents and other model animals of neurological diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of fisetin on synaptic plasticity and cognitive deficits caused by a brief disruption of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) with dizocilpine (MK-801) during early development in rats.

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Article Synopsis
  • Schizophrenia is associated with abnormal neurodevelopment, and while growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF-11) might play a role, direct evidence linking it to the disorder is lacking.
  • This study involved 87 schizophrenia patients and 76 healthy controls, using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) to evaluate symptoms and cognitive function, respectively.
  • The findings indicated that GDF-11 levels were significantly lower in schizophrenia patients compared to controls, with negative correlations to symptom severity and positive correlations to specific cognitive functions, suggesting GDF-11 may contribute to both psychopathology and cognitive impairments in schizophrenia.
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The article "Changes of Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor-2 Response to Negative Symptom Improvements in Schizophrenia Patients Treated with Atypical Antipsychotics", written by Xue-lin CHAO, Shu-zhen JIANG, Jian-wen XIONG, Jin-qiong ZHAN, Bo WEI, Chun-nuan CHEN, Yuan-jian YANG was originally published electronically on the publisher's internet portal on June 2020 without open access. With the author(s)' decision to opt for Open Choice, the copyright of the article is changed to © The Author(s) 2020 and the article is forthwith distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.

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Accumulating evidence suggests that a disruption of early brain development, in which insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGF-2) has a crucial role, may underlie the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Our previous study has shown that decreased serum IGF-2 was correlated with the severity of psychopathology in patients with schizophrenia. Here we conducted a prospective observation trial to investigate the effects of atypical antipsychotics on serum IGF-2 level and its relationship with clinical improvements in schizophrenia patients.

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Cognitive impairments are a core feature of schizophrenia. Klotho is an anti-aging protein with demonstrated cognitive-enhancing effects on the brain. The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in levels of plasma klotho between patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls, as well as the relationship between klotho level and cognitive function in patients.

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Background: Schizophrenia is linked with abnormal brain neurodevelopment, on which IGF-2 (insulin-like growth factor-2) has a great impact. The purpose of this study was to assess the levels of serum IGF-2 and its binding proteins IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-7 in schizophrenia patients and the associations of these proteins with schizophrenia psychopathology and cognitive deficits.

Methods: Thirty-two schizophrenia patients and 30 healthy controls were recruited.

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Accumulating evidence has shown that insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are implicated in schizophrenia. Altered serum levels of IGF-1 have been found in schizophrenia patients and are associated with psychopathological symptoms. However, whether there is a relationship between IGF-1 and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia remains unknown.

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Rectification of chiral active particles driven by transversal temperature difference is investigated in a two-dimensional periodic channel. Chiral active particles can be rectified by transversal temperature difference. Transport behaviors are qualitatively different for different wall boundary conditions.

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Cognitive deficits represent a core feature of schizophrenia. Previous studies have demonstrated that plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) was increased in patients with schizophrenia and correlated with cognitive impairments. Atypical antipsychotics can produce cognitive benefits in schizophrenia patients.

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Transport of three types of particles (passive particles, active particles without polar interaction, and active particles with polar interaction) is numerically investigated in the presence of traveling obstacle arrays. The transport behaviors are different for different types of particles. For passive particles, there exists an optimal traveling speed (or the translational diffusion) at which the average velocity of particles takes its maximum value.

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Objective: Aberrant N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) function has been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Hydrogen sulfide (HS) is an endogenous gasotransmitter that regulates NMDAR function. The current study investigated the relationship between plasma HS levels and both psychopathological and cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia.

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Cognitive deficits are a core feature of schizophrenia. Previous studies have shown that plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of the nitric oxide synthase, was increased in patients with schizophrenia. This study aimed to investigate the association of ADMA with cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.

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Transport of particles with different sizes moving in a two-dimensional periodic channel is studied in the presence of an unbiased external force and a periodic energetic potential. While particles are going through entropic barrier resulting from the geometric restraints, the transport is also influenced by the energetic potential. For the case of an unbiased external force, the competition between the energetic potential and entropic barrier leads to different transport direction of particles, which sensitively depends on the particles radius.

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Objective: To determine the role of gene expression of Wnt signal pathway in the pathogenesis of familial aggregated hypertension.

Methods: The patients having directly related family members for more than three generations suffering from hypertension were enlisted in the hypertension group, and healthy individuals served as control group. The real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) gene array was used to detect the expression of functional classification genes of Wnt signal pathway in peripheral blood, with standard value deviated>2.

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Objective: To explore the cardiovascular diseases marker gene expression profile of the familial aggregation hypertension patients,and to screen differentially expressed genes.

Methods: The patients who had directly related family members for more than three generations suffering from hypertension were selected as experiment group, and healthy individuals as control group. Oligo GEArray gene chip technique was used to detect the expression of cardiovascular diseases marker gene in peripheral blood.

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Objective: To explore effect of erythropoietin on the caspase-3 subfamily in preventing apoptosis of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) induced by oxidized-low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL).

Methods: Third-sixth passages of HUVECs were used. Two experiments were conducted.

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Objective: To explore the protective effect of erythropoietin (EPO) against oxidized-low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL)-induced apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in an ox-LDL induced apoptosis model.

Methods: Third-sixth passage of cultured HUVECs were used, and they were divided into two groups. The cells were pretreated with different concentrations (6.

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