Dexmedetomidine is considered an adjunct to local anaesthesia (LA) to prolong peripheral nerve block time. However, the results from a previous meta-analysis were not sufficient to support its use in paravertebral block (PVB). Therefore, we performed an updated meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy of dexmedetomidine combined with LA in PVB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl
July 2020
Nitrogen-doped MoS quantum dots (N-MoS QDs) were synthesized via a facile hydrothermal approach, and exhibited high fluorescence quantum yield (QY, 14.9%), excellent photostability, biocompatibility and water solubility. A novel method with good selectivity and sensitivity was established to assay hematin using N-MoS QDs as a fluorescent probe based on inner filter effect (IFE).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA keloid is the process of skin healing, collagen synthesis and metabolism of the loss of normal control in a sustained hyperactive state, resulting in excessive proliferation of collagen fibers. A large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) has identified multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 3q22.3 loci that are associated with keloids in a Japanese population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochem Biophys Res Commun
April 2017
Caveolin-3 (CAV3) is a muscle specific protein that plays an important role in maintaining muscle health and glucose homeostasis in vivo. A novel autosomal dominant form of LGMD-1C in humans is due to a P104L mutation within the coding sequence of the human CAV3 gene. The mechanism by which the LGMD-1C mutation leads to muscle weakness remains unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF, the black-legged tick, is one of the most common human-disease vectors and transmits species, such as , as well as , etc. As basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors have been recognized for many years as important regulators of various developmental processes, we performed phylogenetic analysis of the black-legged tick genome in order to identify the number and family of bHLH transcription factors. Because bHLH family members have been identified in many organisms, including silkworm and fruit fly, we were able to conduct this survey and identify 58 putative bHLH transcription factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKeloids are abnormally raised fibroproliferative lesions that usually occur following cutaneous traumas. Recently, a large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) has identified multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in three genetic loci that are associated with keloids in Japanese population. Subsequently, two reported loci 1q41 (rs873549 and rs1442440) and 15q21.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKeloids are common abnormally raised fibroproliferative lesions that can occur following even minor cutaneous trauma. There are limited data on Chinese patients with keloids, and the purpose of our study was to investigate the clinical and epidemiological features of keloids in Chinese patients. Assessment was performed by unified, designed questionnaires.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP) is a severe chronic autosomal dominant cutaneous disorder with high genetic heterogeneity. mevalonate kinase, (MVK) a gene know to play an important role in regulation of calcium-induced keratinocyte differentiation and proliferation, has recently been suggested as the disease-causing gene for DSAP. Here we report a direct sequencing analysis of this gene in 3 DSAP families, 6 sporadic cases, and 100 unrelated healthy controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP) is the most common form of porokeratosis and a severe chronic autosomal dominant cutaneous disorder with high genetic heterogeneity. Recently, the mevalonate kinase (MVK) gene has been identified as a candidate gene responsible for DSAP and multiple mutations have been reported. Here, we report identification of a novel missense mutation in the MVK gene in a Chinese family with DSAP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of the study is to explore additional susceptibility factors for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Chinese Hans. Based on our previous GWAS of SLE, we performed a multistage replication study involving 3,152 cases and 7,050 controls from China to identify additional susceptibility loci for SLE by using the Sequenom MassArray system. All Chinese Han samples used in this study were obtained from doctors through collaboration with multiple hospitals in two geographic regions (central and southern China).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKeloids are common abnormal raised fibroproliferative lesions that can occur following even minor cutaneous trauma. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) polymorphisms have shown strong association with susceptibility to keloids with different ethnic backgrounds. In this study, the polymerase chain reaction sequence-specific primer method was used to analyze the distribution of HLA haplotype in 192 patients with keloids and 252 healthy control individuals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Psoriasis has long been considered as a complex disease, and gene-gene or gene-environment interactions may jointly influence the etiology for psoriasis.
Objective: We evaluated the associations of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in MHC region, and determined the epistasis and combined effects of MHC locus and IL12B, LCE on risk for psoriasis.
Methods: We genotyped SNP rs1265181 (MHC) in 5067 cases and 6404 controls, combining with the prior GWAS data (1139 cases and 1132 controls), we explored the genetic interaction among MHC locus, LCE and IL12B by using logistic regression analysis.
Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi
December 2009
Objective: To study the effect of specific immunotherapy and intranasal glucocorticoid on T help 17 (Th17) cells and RORgammat in peripheral blood in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR).
Methods: Forty patients with allergic rhinitis (group A) were divided randomly into two subgroups (group A1 and A2), and each subgroup had 20 patients. The patients in group A1 were treated with intranasal glucocorticoid (INGS) for one-year.
Background: The narrow host range of Mycobacterium leprae and the fact that it is refractory to growth in culture has limited research on and the biologic understanding of leprosy. Host genetic factors are thought to influence susceptibility to infection as well as disease progression.
Methods: We performed a two-stage genomewide association study by genotyping 706 patients and 1225 controls using the Human610-Quad BeadChip (Illumina).
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disease with complex genetic inheritance. Recently, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily gene TNFSF4 have been shown to be associated with SLE in European and Hong Kong Chinese populations. But it is unknown whether it is also associated with the disease in Mainland Chinese Han population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex systemic disease influenced by genetic and environmental factors. The exact pathogenesis of SLE is still unknown. Recently, several genome-wide association studies (GWA) in European population have found many novel susceptibility genes for SLE including TNFAIP3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the first large genome-wide association study (GWAS) in a Chinese population to identify susceptibility variants for psoriasis using a two-stage case-control design. In the first stage, we carried out a genome-wide association analysis in 1,139 cases and 1,132 controls of Chinese Han ancestry using Illumina Human 610-Quad BeadChips. In the second stage, we took top SNPs forward for replication in two independent samples of 5,182 cases and 6,516 controls of Chinese Han ancestry, and 539 cases and 824 controls of Chinese Uygur ancestry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Some studies have suggested that human HLA status might potentiate development of keloids phenotype, and exists ethnic differences. No report has been published about HLA-DQA1 and DQB1 alleles associated with keloids in Chinese Hans.
Objectives: To investigate whether HLA-DQA1 and DQB1 alleles are associated with genetic susceptibility to keloids in Chinese Hans.
Background: Some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator (PGC)-1alpha gene have been reported to be associated with type 2 diabetes in different populations, and studies on Chinese patients yielded controversial results. The objective of this case-control study was to explore the relationship between SNPs of PGC-1alpha and type 2 diabetes in the southern Chinese population and to determine whether the common variants: Gly482Ser and Thr394Thr, in the PGC-1alpha gene have any impacts on interaction with myocyte enhancer factor (MEF) 2C.
Methods: The SNPs in all exons of the PGC-1alpha gene was investigated in 50 type 2 diabetic patients using polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformational polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) and direct sequencing.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi
August 2007
Objective: To analyze distribution characteristics of PGC-1alpha gene coding single nucleotide polymorphisms (cSNPs), and to investigate the association between cSNPs and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and to study biological information about PGC-1alpha domain muscle enhancer factor 2C (MEF2C) in Chinese Han population.
Methods: These cSNPs were identified by means of polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP), polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and DNA direct sequencing technology in a total of 263 type 2 diabetic patients and 282 normal glucose tolerant controls. The possible association was analyzed between type 2 diabetes mellitus and the specific cSNPs and their haplotypes by case-control method.