1.Visualization study of outdoor activities affecting the development of children’s myopia
ZHANG Kang, QU Sha, ZHAO Xing, XI Jianfu, WANG Songyang, YANG Ding, ZHAO Meng, LUO Dongmei
Chinese Journal of School Health 2019;40(5):733-737
Objective:
To explore the international development trends and research hotspots of outdoor activities affecting the progression of children’s myopia, and to provide a reference for researching on effective ways to prevent children’s myopia.
Methods:
Totally 291 relevant documents included in the "Web of Science" core set database were used as research objects, and CiteSpace software was used for visual analysis.
Results:
At present, the publications in this field were mainly in the United States(81), China(80), Australia(76), and Singapore(33); the top three research institutions were "Natl Univ Singapore"(29), "Australian Natl Univ"(27), "Capital Med Univ"(25); the main authors were "Saw SM", "Morgan IG", "Mitchell P". The field has been developed on the basis of "Ophthalmology", "Public, Environmental and Occupational Health", and has been integrated into 32 disciplines. The research content included "exploration of high risk factors for the progression of children’s myopia" and "outdoor activities", "intervention in children’s progression of myopia" and "longitudinal tracking of children’s vision development". Randomized clinical trials that longitudinally track the correlation between changes in eyeballs and the progression of myopia and the effects of outdoor activities on the biological characteristics of children’s eyeballs have become a hot topic in this field.
Conclusion
Research on the effects of outdoor activities on the progression of myopia in children has increased dramatically. The study of increasing outdoor activities to interfere with the progression of myopia in children and the vertical tracking of key factors affecting the biological characteristics of children’s eyeballs have become the current international trends.
2.Research, design and application of model NSE-1 neck muscle training machine for pilots.
Haiping CHENG ; Zhijie WANG ; Songyang LIU ; Yi YANG ; Guang ZHAO ; Hong CONG ; Xueping HAN ; Min LIU ; Mengsun YU
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2011;28(2):387-391
Pain in the cervical region of air force pilots, who are exposed to high G-forces, is a specifically occupational health problem. To minimize neck problems, the cervical muscles need specific strength exercise. It is important that the training for the neck must be carried out with optimal resistance in exercises. The model NSE-1 neck training machine for pilots was designed for neck strengthening exercises under safe and effective conditions. In order to realize the functions of changeable velocity and resistant (CVR) training and neck isometric contractive exercises, the techniques of adaptive hydraulics, sensor, optic and auditory biological feedback, and signal processing were applied to this machine. The training system mainly consists of mechanical parts (including the chair of flexion and extension, the chair of right and left lateral flexion, the components of hydraulics and torque transformer, etc.), and the software of signal processing and biological feedback. Eleven volunteers were selected for the experiments of neck isometric contractive exercises, three times a week for 6 weeks, where CVR training (flexion, extension, right, left lateral flexion) one time a week. The increase in relative strength of the neck (flexion, extension, left and right lateral flexion) was 70.8%, 83.7%, 78.6% and 75.2%, respectively after training. Results show that the strength of the neck can be increased safely, effectively and rapidly with NSE-1 neck training machine to perform neck training.
Aerospace Medicine
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Aircraft
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Equipment Design
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Exercise
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physiology
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Humans
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Military Personnel
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Neck Muscles
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injuries
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physiology
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Neck Pain
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etiology
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prevention & control
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Physical Education and Training
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Posture
3.Differences of Neck Injury Risks for Different Dummies During Arrested Landing
Peng KE ; Bin ZHU ; Songyang LIU ; Minggao LI ; Xin ZHAO
Journal of Medical Biomechanics 2018;33(5):E383-E399
Objective To compare the differences of neck injury risks for different mummies during arrested landing on naval vessels. Methods Based on the established dynamic model of dummy-belt-seat systems and mechanical model of head-neck, with the acceleration curve at seat base during typical arrested landing reported in the literature as the input, numerical simulation was conducted to test the validity of the model, and the axial force, shear force, bending moment of typical joints in dummy neck during arrested landing were obtained. Results The injury index Nkm of 95 percentile dummy was higher than that of 5 percentile dummy. The injury index Nij of the dummy’s upper and lower cervical spine was smaller than 0.2, meanwhile the Nkm was around 0.65. Conclusions During arrested landing, human neck was much easier to get hurt due to the shear force. The research findings can provide data support for evaluating neck injury risks of pilots with different sizes during typical arrested landing process.
4.Clinical features of hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma syndrome-associated renal cell carcinoma: a multi-center real-world retrospective study
Yunze XU ; Wen KONG ; Ming CAO ; Guangxi SUN ; Jinge ZHAO ; Songyang LIU ; Zhiling ZHANG ; Liru HE ; Xiaoqun YANG ; Haizhou ZHANG ; Lieyu XU ; Yanfei YU ; Hang WANG ; Honggang QI ; Tianyuan XU ; Bo YANG ; Yichu YUAN ; Dongning CHEN ; Dengqiang LIN ; Fangjian ZHOU ; Qiang WEI ; Wei XUE ; Xin MA ; Pei DONG ; Hao ZENG ; Jin ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Urology 2024;45(3):161-167
Objective:To investigate the clinical features and therapeutic efficacy of patients with hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma(RCC) syndrome-associated RCC (HLRCC-RCC) in China.Methods:The clinical data of 119 HLRCC-RCC patients with fumarate hydratase (FH) germline mutation confirmed by genetic diagnosis from 15 medical centers nationwide from January 2008 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 73 were male and 46 were female. The median age was 38(13, 74) years. The median tumor diameter was 6.5 (1.0, 20.5) cm. There were 38 cases (31.9%) in stage Ⅰ-Ⅱand 81 cases (68.1%) in stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ. In this group, only 11 of 119 HLRCC-RCC patients presented with skin smooth muscle tumors, and 44 of 46 female HLRCC-RCC patients had a history of uterine fibroids. The pathological characteristics, treatment methods, prognosis and survival of the patients were summarized.Results:A total of 86 patients underwent surgical treatment, including 70 cases of radical nephrectomy, 5 cases of partial nephrectomy, and 11 cases of reductive nephrectomy. The other 33 patients with newly diagnosed metastasis underwent renal puncture biopsy. The results of genetic testing showed that 94 patients had FH gene point mutation, 18 had FH gene insertion/deletion mutation, 4 had FH gene splicing mutation, 2 had FH gene large fragment deletion and 1 had FH gene copy number mutation. Immunohistochemical staining showed strong 2-succinocysteine (2-SC) positive and FH negative in 113 patients. A total of 102 patients received systematic treatment, including 44 newly diagnosed patients with metastasis and 58 patients with postoperative metastasis. Among them, 33 patients were treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI), 8 patients were treated with bevacizumab combined with erlotinib, and 61 patients were treated with TKI monotherapy. Survival analysis showed that the median progression-free survival (PFS) of TKI combined with ICI was 18 (5, 38) months, and the median overall survival (OS) was not reached. The median PFS and OS were 12 (5, 14) months and 30 (10, 32) months in the bevacizumab combined with erlotinib treatment group, respectively. The median PFS and OS were 10 (3, 64) months and 44 (10, 74) months in the TKI monotherapy group, respectively. PFS ( P=0.009) and OS ( P=0.006) in TKI combined with ICI group were better than those in bevacizumab combined with erlotinib group. The median PFS ( P=0.003) and median OS ( P=0.028) in TKI combined with ICI group were better than those in TKI monotherapy group. Conclusions:HLRCC-RCC is rare but has a high degree of malignancy, poor prognosis and familial genetic characteristics. Immunohistochemical staining with strong positive 2-SC and negative FH can provide an important basis for clinical diagnosis. Genetic detection of FH gene germ line mutation can confirm the diagnosis. The preliminary study results confirmed that TKI combined with ICI had a good clinical effect, but it needs to be confirmed by the results of a large sample multi-center randomized controlled clinical study.
5.Risk factors for leukemia transformation in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes
Songyang ZHAO ; Zefeng XU ; Tiejun QIN ; Shiqiang QU ; Chengwen LI ; Yujiao JIA ; Lijuan PAN ; Bing LI ; Qingyan GAO ; Meng JIAO ; Huijun HUANG ; Zhijian XIAO
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2022;43(10):818-825
Objective:To explore the risk factors in leukemia transformation (LT) in those with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) .Methods:From January 2012 to December 2020,data on 320 patients with newly diagnosed primary MDS were gathered from the MDS center. The clinical features and molecular characteristics are explored. Additionally, a retrospective analysis of risk factors for the development of acute leukemia from MDS was done.Results:The median follow-up was13.6 (0.4-107.3) months. 23.4% (75/320) of the MDS patients had LT group. Significant differences between the LT group and non-LT group can be seen in age ( P<0.001) , bone marrow blast percentage ( P<0.001) , bone marrow fibrosis ( P=0.046) , WHO classification ( P<0.001) , IPSS-R ( P<0.001) and IPSS-R karyotype group ( P=0.001) . The median number of mutation of LT group was 1 (1, 3) , that in non-LT group was 1 (0, 2) ,which had a statistical difference ( P=0.003) .At the time of the initial diagnosis of MDS, the LT group had higher rates of the TP53 mutation ( P=0.034) , DNMT3A mutation ( P=0.026) , NRAS mutation ( P=0.027) and NPM1 mutation ( P=0.017) . Compared with the mutations at first diagnosis and LT of six patients, the number of mutations increased and the variant allele frequencies (VAF) increased significantly in LT patients. Higher bone marrow blast percentage (Refer to <5% , 5% -10% : HR=4.587, 95% CI 2.214 to 9.504, P<0.001, >10% : HR=9.352, 95% CI 4.049 to 21.600, P<0.001) , IPSS-R cytogenetic risk groups ( HR=2.603, 95% CI 1.229-5.511, P=0.012) , DNMT3A mutation ( HR=4.507, 95% CI 1.889-10.753, P=0.001) , and NPM1 mutation ( HR=3.341, 95% CI 1.164-9.591, P=0.025) were all independently associated with LT in MDS patients, according to results of multivariate Cox regression. Conclusion:Bone marrow blast percentage, IPSS-R cytogenetic risk groups, DNMT3A mutation, and NPM1 mutation are independent risk factors in LT for MDS patients.
6.Role of post-translational modification of basic leucine zipper transcription factors in response to abiotic stresses in plants.
Ying LI ; Weidi ZHAO ; Jinghua YANG ; Jiaqi LI ; Songyang HAN ; Yuekun REN ; Changhong GUO
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2024;40(1):53-62
Abiotic stresses substantially affect the growth and development of plants. Plants have evolved multiple strategies to cope with the environmental stresses, among which transcription factors play an important role in regulating the tolerance to abiotic stresses. Basic leucine zipper transcription factors (bZIP) are one of the largest gene families. The stability and activity of bZIP transcription factors could be regulated by different post-translational modifications (PTMs) in response to various intracellular or extracellular stresses. This paper introduces the structural feature and classification of bZIP transcription factors, followed by summarizing the PTMs of bZIP transcription factors, such as phosphorylation, ubiquitination and small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) modification, in response to abiotic stresses. In addition, future perspectives were prospected, which may facilitate cultivating excellent stress-resistant crop varieties by regulating the PTMs of bZIP transcription factors.
Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/genetics*
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Protein Processing, Post-Translational
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Phosphorylation
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Transcription Factors/genetics*
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Stress, Physiological/genetics*
7.Systematic identification of CRISPR off-target effects by CROss-seq.
Yan LI ; Shengyao ZHI ; Tong WU ; Hong-Xuan CHEN ; Rui KANG ; Dong-Zhao MA ; Zhou SONGYANG ; Chuan HE ; Puping LIANG ; Guan-Zheng LUO
Protein & Cell 2023;14(4):299-303