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1. Risk factors and prognosis of the in-hospital death of aged patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Author

SUN Ai-hua, ZHAO Yan-qiu, WANG Ji-ling

Subjects
acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(aecopd), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte count ratio, c-reactive protein, mortality, prognosis, Medicine
Abstract

Objective To evaluate clinical significance and application outcomes of using the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte count ratio (NLR) and C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CRP/ALB) in the aged patients hospitalized with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(AECOPD). Methods 172 aged patients with AECOPD who were hospitalized in the Department of Geriatrics and Department of Respiratory Medicine of the Second People's Hospital of Hefei from January 2016 to January 2020 were recruited. According to clinical outcomes, they were divided into survival group (n=155) and death group (n=17). Survival group was divided into groups according to hospitalization days of more or less than ten days. Parameters were got through contrast of clinical and laboratory test indexes of patients in each group. Logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) were used to analyze the risk factors and their correlation with in-hospital mortality. Results Among 172 aged AECOPD in-patients, 17 patients died during hospitalization with mortality as 9.88%. There were differences between the death group and the survival group in NLR, CRP, CRP/ALB, red blood cell distribution width (RDW), cigarette consumption, community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and various comorbidities. Parameters above mentioned in the death group was higher than the survival group(P＜0.01). At the same time, 155 aged patients with AECOPD who survived and discharged were divided into two subgroups according to the hospitalization ≥10 days and ＜10 days. It was found that NLR, CRP, CRP/ALB, RDW, smoking and CAP in group with hospitalization longer than ten days were significantly more common than those in group of less than ten days hospitalization(P＜0.01). The Logistic regression analysis of NLR, CRP, CRP/ALB and RDW showed that NLR and CRP/ALB might be independent risk factors for in-hospital death. From the analysis of the ROC, the cut-off value of NLR was 11.04, the area under the curve was 77%, and the cut-off value of CRP/ALB was 1.12, and the area under the curve was 65%. Conclusions NLR and CRP/ALB may be the risk factors for in-hospital death of aged patients with AECOPD, which are associated with poor prognosis.

Published
2022
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3. Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Lytic Halotolerant Phage from Yuncheng Saline Lake

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Chuan-Xu, Wang, Ai-Hua, Zhao, Hui-Ying, Yu, Ling-Li, Wang, and Xin, Li

Subjects
Original Research Article, Microbiology
Abstract

Halophilic phage are a type of virus that exist in salty environments within halophilic archaeal or bacterial hosts. However, relatively few reports on halophilic bacteriophages exist, and our overall understanding of halophilic bacteriophages is quite limited. We used SYBR Green I fluorescent staining to detect the abundance of viruses in Yuncheng Saline Lake, China. Using the double-layer plate method, a lytic phage that could infect halophilic bacterium Salinivibrio sp. YM-43 was isolated and named YXM43. We studied host range, optimal host, morphological characteristics, nucleic acid type, protein composition, and other biological characteristics of the virus. Results reveal a high abundance of this halophilic virus in Yuncheng Saline Lake. The newly isolated bacteriophage YXM43 has a narrow host range, with the most suitable host being Virgibacillus sp. SK39. After purification and enrichment, YXM43 is observed as a spherical particle with a diameter of approximately 30 nm, with no tail. No lipid envelope can be seen in YXM43. The capsid protein of the virus can be separated into seven proteins with molecular weights ranging from 62.0 to 13.0 kDa. YXM43 is a DNA virus with a genome approximately 23 kb. The virus is tolerant of low salinity, and its activity is highest at a temperature of 60 °C and a pH of 10. YXM43 is temperature and pH tolerant, and can adapt to environmental change, even withstanding chloroform treatment. The results indicate that bacteriophage YXM43 is a novel halophilic bacteriophage with broad tolerance to environmental change.

Published
2022

4. Leptin receptor overlapping transcript (LepROT) gene participates in insulin pathway through FoxO

Author

Ai-Hua Zhao and Chuan-Xu Wang

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Moths, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Downregulation and upregulation, Transcription (biology), Internal medicine, Genetics, medicine, Animals, Insulin, PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, Gene knockdown, Leptin receptor, biology, fungi, Forkhead Transcription Factors, General Medicine, Cell biology, Insulin receptor, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Larva, biology.protein, Insect Proteins, Receptors, Leptin, Signal transduction, hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists, Signal Transduction
Abstract

Leptin receptor overlapping transcript (LepROT) is co-transcribed with the leptin receptor (LepR). However, the function and mechanism of LepROT in insulin pathway is unclear. In this study, we report the function of LepROT in maintaining consistent FoxO transcription. LepROT is constitutively expressed during larval development. 20-Hydroxyecdysone, methoprene, and insulin have no effect on the transcription of LepROT. However, the knockdown of LepROT by dsRNA injection in larvae causes delay of the development of Helicoverpa armigera. Knockdown of LepROT results in the upregulation of FoxO and downregulation of PI3K. The knockdown of LepROT also results in the subcellular translocation of FoxO from cytoplasm to nuclei. By contrast, overexpression of LepROT in the HaEpi cell line inhibits FoxO expression. Results suggest that LepROT participates in insulin signaling.

Published
2016

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