1.Nasal endoscopic surgery for osteoid osteoma of the periorbital skull base: a case report.
Yun HUANG ; Xinhua ZHU ; Yuehui LIU
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2016;30(3):254-255
Osteoid osteoma was first reported in 1935 by Jaffe. It is a kind of benign bone disease with the limitation of well-defined lesions. It is rarely seen in the periorbital region. The only symptom of the patient was unilateral proptosis of right. The result of MRI examination was cystic masses in the edge of the right orbit. The tumor was complete removed by the nasal endoscopic approach during the surgery. Pathology result was reported as osteoid osteoma. There was no significant complications of diplopia, visual acuity decreased, enophthalmos, cerebrospinal fluid leakage and others.
Endoscopy
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Exophthalmos
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Face
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Nasal Surgical Procedures
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Nose
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Osteoma, Osteoid
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surgery
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Skull Base
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pathology
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Skull Base Neoplasms
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surgery
2.Change of CTR1 Expression after Round Window Niche Copper Sulfate and Cisplatin Infusion
Lihua LI ; Wei LIU ; Jihao REN ; Yun HUANG ; Man WANG ; Chunping YANG ; Xinhua ZHU ; Yuehui LIU
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology 2015;(6):617-621
Objective To study the expression of copper transport protein 1 in the inner ear of rat and the changes of CTR1 expression after those round window niche copper sulfate and cisplatin infusion .Methods 24 male wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups :Group I as the normal control group (nontreatment group);Group II as the round window niche cisplatin infusion group(0 .5 mg/ml);Group III as the round window niche cisplatin infusion group (1 mg/ml);group IV as the round window niche copper sulfate infusion (0 .02 mg/kg) .The CTR1 protein was detected by the immunohistochemical (IHC) otaining and Western-blot ,and the CTR1mRNA expres‐sion levels were detected by RT -PCR .Results The expression of CTR1 protein was observed in the cytoplasm and cell membrane of Corti organ cells ,spiral ganglion cells and stria vascularis in all groups .The average optical densi‐ties of CTR1 protein was a downward trend .The expression of CTR1 protein was observed in four different groups . The optical density analysis of CTR1 showed that the optical densities were 0 .532 ± 0 .031 ,0 .394 ± 0 .024 ,0 .234 ± 0 .030 and 0 .191 ± 0 .015 ,respectively .There was a downward trend ,and there were statistically differences among the groups (P<0 .05) .The CTR1 mRNA was observed in all groups .The optical density analysis of CTR1 mRNAshowed that the optical densities were 0 .508 ± 0 .035 ,0 .391 ± 0 .022 ,0 .240 ± 0 .02 and 0 .186 ± 0 .021 ,respective‐ly .It had a downward trend and were statistically differences among the groups (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The CTR1 protein was abundantly expressed in Corti organ ,spiral ganglion cells and stria vascularis of the cochlea .The round window cisplatin and copper sulfate infusion can change the expression of CTR1 proteins in inner ear .
3.Defining A Global Map of Functional Group-based 3D Ligand-binding Motifs
Yang LIU ; He WEI ; Yun YUEHUI ; Gao YONGXIANG ; Zhu ZHONGLIANG ; Teng MAIKUN ; Liang ZHI ; Niu LIWEN
Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics 2022;20(4):765-779
Uncovering conserved 3D protein-ligand binding patterns on the basis of functional groups(FGs)shared by a variety of small molecules can greatly expand our knowledge of protein-ligand interactions.Despite that conserved binding patterns for a few commonly used FGs have been reported in the literature,large-scale identification and evaluation of FG-based 3D binding motifs are still lacking.Here,we propose a computational method,Automatic FG-based Three-dimensional Motif Extractor(AFTME),for automatic mapping of 3D motifs to different FGs of a specific ligand.Applying our method to 233 naturally-occurring ligands,we define 481 FG-binding motifs that are highly conserved across different ligand-binding pockets.Systematic analysis further reveals four main classes of binding motifs corresponding to distinct sets of FGs.Combinations of FG-binding motifs facilitate the binding of proteins to a wide spectrum of ligands with various binding affinities.Finally,we show that our FG-motif map can be used to nominate FGs that potentially bind to specific drug targets,thus providing useful insights and guidance for rational design of small-molecule drugs.