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Natalia Castaño-Rodríguez Nadeem O. Kaakoush Aryce L. Pardo Khean-Lee Goh Kwong Ming Fock Hazel M. Mitchell 《Human immunology》2014
Background
Gastric cancer (GC) is a progressive process initiated by Helicobacter pylori-induced inflammation. Initial recognition of H. pylori involves Toll-like receptors (TLRs), central molecules in the host inflammatory response. Here, we investigated the association between novel polymorphisms in genes involved in the TLR signalling pathway, including TLR2, TLR4, LBP, MD-2, CD14 and TIRAP, and risk of H. pylori infection and related GC.Methods
A case-control study comprising 310 ethnic Chinese individuals (87 non-cardia GC cases and 223 controls with functional dyspepsia) was conducted. Twenty-five polymorphisms were detected by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, PCR, PCR–RFLP and real-time PCR.Results
Seven polymorphisms showed significant associations with GC (TLR4 rs11536889, TLR4 rs10759931, TLR4 rs1927911, TLR4 rs10116253, TLR4 rs10759932, TLR4 rs2149356 and CD14 −260 C/T). In multivariate analyses, TLR4 rs11536889 remained a risk factor for GC (OR: 3.58, 95% CI: 1.20–10.65). TLR4 rs10759932 decreased the risk of H. pylori infection (OR: 0.59, 95% CI: 0.41–0.86). Statistical analyses assessing the joint effect of H. pylori infection and the selected polymorphisms revealed strong associations with GC (TLR2, TLR4, MD-2, LBP and TIRAP polymorphisms).Conclusions
Novel polymorphisms in TLR2, TLR4, MD-2, LBP, CD14 and TIRAP, genes encoding important molecules of the TLR signalling pathway, showed clear associations with H. pylori-related GC in Chinese. 相似文献2.
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Study on developmental abnormalities in hypospadiac male rats induced by maternal exposure to di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
The objective of this study was to establish a hypospadiac rat model by maternal exposure to di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) and to evaluate the developmental abnormalities of hypospadiac male rats. Timed-pregnant rats were given DBP by gastric intubation at doses of 0, 250, 500, 750 or 1000 mg/kg body weight (bw)/day from gestation day (GD) 14 to 18 to establish a hypospadiac rat model. The hypospadias was observed in the 500 and 750 mg/kg bw/day groups, the incidence of which was 6.8 and 41.3%, respectively. Transverse serial histological analysis of genitalia of hypospadiac male rats confirmed the malformation. With exposed dose increasing, the serum testosterone (T) levels of male rats inversely decreased, and in the same dosage group the serum T levels of hypospadiac rats were significantly lower than the levels of nonhypospadiac counterparts. The other reproductive lesions such as cryptorchidism and decreased ratio of anogenital distance/body weight (AGD/bw) were also observed. Autopsy analysis revealed the development of reproductive organs (prostate, testes, epididymis, pituitary gland) and nonreproductive organs (adrenal gland, liver, kidney, heart, spleen) of hypospadiac rats and nonhypospadiac counterparts. The results indicated that the reproductive system and developmental condition of hypospadiac male offspring were damaged severely by DBP. 相似文献
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Background
Multimerin 1 is a stored platelet and endothelial cell adhesive protein that shows significant conservation. In vitro, multimerin 1 supports platelet adhesion and it also binds to collagen and enhances von Willebrand factor-dependent platelet adhesion to collagen. As selective, multimerin 1 deficient mice have not been generated, we investigated multimerin 1 effects on platelet adhesion using a subpopulation of C57BL/6J mice with tandem deletion of the genes for multimerin 1 and α-synuclein, a protein that inhibits α-granule release in vitro. We postulated that multimerin 1/α-synuclein deficient mice might show impaired platelet adhesive function from multimerin 1 deficiency and increased α-granule release from α-synuclein deficiency.Methods
Platelet function was assessed by intravital microscopy, after ferric chloride injury, using untreated and human multimerin 1-transfused multimerin 1/α-synuclein deficient mice, and by in vitro assays of adhesion, aggregation and thrombin-induced P-selectin release.Results
Multimerin 1/α-synuclein deficient mice showed impaired platelet adhesion and their defective thrombus formation at sites of vessel injury improved with multimerin 1 transfusion. Although multimerin 1/α-synuclein deficient platelets showed increased P-selectin release at low thrombin concentrations, they also showed impaired adhesion to collagen, and attenuated aggregation with thrombin, that improved with added multimerin 1.Conclusions
Our data suggest that multimerin 1 supports platelet adhesive functions and thrombus formation, which will be important to verify by generating and testing selective multimerin 1 deficient mice. 相似文献5.
Caroline Dubertret Claire Bardel Nicolas Ramoz Pierre-Marie Martin Jean-Charles Deybach Jean Adès Philip Gorwood Laurent Gouya 《Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry》2010
Background
The gene coding for the D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) is considered to be one of the most pertinent candidate genes in schizophrenia. However, genetic studies have yielded conflicting results whereas the promising TaqIA variant/rs1800497 has been mapped in a novel gene, ANKK1.Methods
We investigated eleven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spanning the DRD2 and ANKK1 genes, using both a case–control association study comparing 144 independent patients to 142 matched healthy subjects, and a transmission disequilibrium test in 108 trios. This classical genetic study was coupled with a cladistic phylogeny-based association test of human variants, and with an interspecies evolution study of ANKK1.Results
Case–control study, followed by a 108 trios family-based association analysis for replication, revealed an association between schizophrenia and the ANKK1 rs1800497 (p = 0.01, Odds Ratio = 1.5, 95% Confidence Interval = 1.1–2.2), and the intergenic rs2242592 (p = 2 · 10− 4, OR = 1.8, 95%CI = 1.3–2.5). A significant SNP–SNP interaction was also found (p < 10− 5, OR = 2.0, 95%CI = 1.6–2.5). The phylogeny-based association test also identified an association between both these polymorphisms and schizophrenia. Finally, interspecies comparison of the sequences from chimpanzee, orangutan, rhesus macaque and human species suggested specific involvement of ANKK1 in the human lineage.Conclusions
Intergenic rs2242592 appears to be involved in the genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia, whereas the ANKK1 rs1800497 appears to have a modifying rather than causative effect. Finally, ANKK1 may be a specific human lineage-trait involved in a specific human disease, schizophrenia. 相似文献6.
目的:分析肺内孤立性结节( SPN)的CT动态增强特点,为临床进一步治疗提供重要帮助。方法回顾分析肺内29个孤立性结节,从病变强化特点、血供模式进行分析其影像学表现。结果本组29例患者中,20例肺癌结节增强后均有不同程度强化,增强峰值位于1~3 min,大部分时间-密度曲线呈速升缓降型,增强后净增CT值15~78 HU;5例炎性结节均出现明显强化,增强后净增CT值均在40~70 HU之间,其中3例炎性结节中心可见低密度区,延迟后未见进一步强化征象,增强曲线呈速升型,达峰后仍有上升趋势;1例肺良性结节增强后净增CT值24 HU,但动态增强曲线呈平台型;3例结核球病灶,1例内部未见强化,1例边缘部呈轻度薄壁环状强化,1例呈轻度不均匀强化。结论动态增强CT扫描可提供结节血液动力学特点及增强模式等功能信息,对良恶性结节的诊断具有较高的应用价值,可协助良恶性结节的鉴别诊断。 相似文献
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Copeland LA Mortensen EM Zeber JE Pugh MJ Restrepo MI Dalack GW 《Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry》2007,31(3):720-726
OBJECTIVES: Determine the risk associated with schizophrenia for common pulmonary illness (pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD)) during the last year of life. METHODS: Inpatient decedents in Veterans (VA) hospitals in 2002 (N=27,798) were identified. Logistic regression modeled diagnosis of pulmonary illness in either the final year or final admission as a function of schizophrenia, smoking history and other covariates. RESULTS: Among decedents, 943 (3%) had schizophrenia, 3% were women, most were white (76%) or African-American (18%), and average age at death was 72.4 years (SD 11.5). Three-fifths received VA outpatient care in the year prior to death. Among those with schizophrenia, only two-fifths had outpatient care. Pneumonia was more common among schizophrenia patients (38% vs 31%) as was COPD (46% vs 38%). In models controlling for history of smoking and other covariates, schizophrenia was a risk factor for pulmonary disease in the last year of life (OR=1.9, 95% CI 1.6-2.2) but less so for final-stay pulmonary disease (OR=1.5, 95% CI 1.3-1.7). CONCLUSIONS: VA inpatient decedents with schizophrenia were at increased risk for pneumonia and COPD, independent of smoking indicators. Clinicians treating schizophrenia patients need to be especially alert to potential comorbid medical conditions and ensure vulnerable patients receive appropriate care. 相似文献
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Vento AE Schifano F Corkery JM Pompili M Innamorati M Girardi P Ghodse H 《Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry》2011,35(5):1279-1283