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Defect of CD8+ Memory T Cells Developed in Absence of IL-12 Priming for Secondary Expansion

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Cellular & Molecular Immunology 2008年第2期5卷 147-152页

作者： Terence Moyana jim Xiang Department of Pathology University of OttawaOntario K1H 8L6Canada Department of Oncology University of SaskatchewanSaskatoonSaskatchewan S7N 4H4Canada

IL-12 priming plays an important role in stimulation of CD8+ effector T cells and development of CD8+ memory T (Tm) cells. However,the functional alteration of CD8+ Tm cells developed in the absence of IL-12 priming is elusive. In this study,we investigated the capacity of secondary expansion of CD8+ Tm cells developed from transgenic OT I CD8+ T cells. The latter cells were in vitro and in vivo stimulated by ovalbumin (OVA)-pulsed dendritic cells DCOVA and (IL-12-/-)DCOVA derived from wild-type C57BL/6 and IL-12 gene knockout mice,respectively. We demonstrated that IL-12 priming is important not only in CD8+ T cell clonal expansion,but also in generation of CD8+ Tm cells with the capacity of secondary expansion upon antigen re-encounter. However,IL-12 signaling is not involved in CD8+ Tm cell survival and recall responses. Therefore,this study provides useful information for vaccine design and development.

关键词： IL-12 effector CD8+ T cell memory T cell recall response

Epithelium-specific ets transcription factor 2 upregulates cytokeratin 18 expression in pulmonary epithelial cells through an interaction with cytokeratin 18 intron 1

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Cell Research 2005年第6期15卷 423-429页

作者： Deanna YANIW,jim HU Programme in Lung Biology Research and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Group in Lung Development 24] Canada M5S 1A 8] Canada M5S 1A Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Canada M5G 1X8 Institute of Medical Science University of Toronto Toronto Programme in Lung Biology Research and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Group in Lung Development Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Canada M5G 1X8 Institute of Medical Science University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 1A1 Departments of Paediatrics University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 1A1 Laboratory Medicine and Pathbiology University of Toronto Toronto

The role of Ese-2, an Ets family transcription factor, in gene regulation is not known. In this study, the interactionbetween Ese-2 and cytokeratin 18 (K18) intron 1 was characterized in lung epithelial cells. Reporter gene assays showedEse-2 was able to upregulate K18 intron 1 enhanced reporter gene expression by approximately 2-fold. We found thatfull length Ese-2 did not bind DNA strongly, therefore truncated versions of the protein, containing the ETS domain orPointed domain, were created and tested in electrophoresis mobility shift assays. Multiple interactions between the ETSdomain and putative DNA binding sites within K18 intron 1 were observed, which led to the determination of a possibleEse-2 DNA binding consensus sequence. These experiments suggest that Ese-2 could play a role in the regulation ofK18 expression in lung epithelial cells.

关键词： transcription factor epithelial cells cytokeratin 18 airway gene regulation.

Venopulmonary ECMO Improved Hypoxemia and Supported the Right Ventricle in a Patient with Decompensated Eisenmenger Syndrome

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World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2024年第1期14卷 7-19页

作者： Daniel Manzur-Sandoval Gian Manuel jiménez-Rodríguez Edgar García-Cruz Ramón Espinosa-Soto Erika Yamali Ramirez-Marcano Yessenia Máyory Téllez-López José Luis Elizalde-Silva Gustavo Rojas-Velasco Cardiovascular Critical Care Unit Ignacio Ch&#225vez National Institute of Cardiology Mexico City Mexico Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit Ignacio Ch&#225vez National Institute of Cardiology Mexico City Mexico Cardiology Department Ignacio Ch&#225vez National Institute of Cardiology Mexico City Mexico

Mechanical circulatory and/or respiratory assistance with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become a standard of care for patients with circulatory (venoarterial) and/or respiratory (venovenous) failure refractory to standard therapies. Adult patients with congenital heart disease are an increasingly recognized and growing population and include various groups, such as undiagnosed cases in childhood and palliated and/or corrected cases, which require subsequent care because of residual lesions, cardiac arrest/insufficiency, and arrhythmias, among other conditions. In addition, these patients are prone to developing pathologies that are typical of adulthood with a generally increased risk of morbidity and mortality because of their low reserves and organic damage associated with the underlying heart disease, which makes them candidates for ECMO. These patients represent an additional challenge in this therapy because malformations and the presence of a shunt can generally affect the usual cannulation methods and hemodynamic and oximetry monitoring. Thus, the configuration decision must be made on a case-by-case basis. Here, we present a cannulation method, venopulmonary artery ECMO, which provides hemodynamic and respiratory support, and may be ideal for patients with shunts and/or right ventricular dysfunction. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this configuration in patients with congenital heart diseases.

关键词： Eisenmenger Syndrome Venopulmonary Artery ECMO Refractory Hypoxemia Right Ventricular Dysfunction

Combinational adenovirus-mediated gene therapy and dendritic cell vaccine in combating well-established tumors

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Cell Research 2006年第3期16卷 241-259页

作者： Terence Moyana jim Xiang Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of OttawaOttawaOntario K1H 8L6Canada Research Unit Health Research DivisionSaskatchewan Cancer AgencyDepartments of Oncology.Microbiology and Immunology.University of Saskatchewan20 Campus DriveSaskatoonSaskatchewan STN 4H4Canada

Recent developments in tumor immunology and biotechnology have made cancer gene therapy and *** current efforts for cancer gene therapy mainly focus on using immunogenes,chemogenes and tumor sup-pressor *** to all these therapies is the development of efficient vectors for gene *** far,adenovirus(AdV)-mediated gene therapy is one of the most promising approaches,as has confirmed by studies relating to animaltumor models and clinical *** cells (DCs) are highly efficient,specialized antigen-presenting cells,and DC-based tumor vaccines are regarded as having much potential in cancer *** with DCs pulsedwith tumor peptides,Iysates,or RNA,or loaded with apoptotic/necrotic tumor cells,or engineered to express certaincytokines or chemokines could induce significant antitumor cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses and *** both AdV-mediated gene therapy and DC vaccine can both stimulate antitumor immune responses,their therapeutic efficiency has been limited to generation of prophylactic antitumor immunity against re-challenge withthe parental tumor cells or to growth inhibition of small ***,this approach has been unsuccessful in com-bating welt-established tumors in animal ***,a major strategic goal of current cancer immunotherapy hasbecome the development of novel therapeutic strategies that can combat welt-established tumors,thus resembling realclinical practice since a good proportion of cancer patients generally present with significant *** this paper,wereview the recent progress in AdV-mediated cancer gene therapy and DC-based cancer vaccines,and discuss combinedimmunotherapy including gene therapy and DC *** underscore the fact that combined therapy may have someadvantages in combating well-established tumors vis-a-vis either modality administered as a monotherapy.

关键词： gene therapy adenovirus dendritic cells vaccine cytotoxic T lymphocytes antitumor immunity

Helicobacter pylori:High dose amoxicillin does not improve primary or secondary eradication rates in an Irish cohort

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World Journal of Clinical Cases 2024年第16期12卷 2773-2779页

作者： Conor Costigan Aoife M O'Sullivan jim O'Connell Shreyashee Sengupta Thomas Butler Stephen Molloy Fintan John O'Hara Barbara Ryan Niall Breslin Sarah O'Donnell Anthony O'Connor Sinead Smith Deirdre McNamara Trinity Academic Gastroenterology Group School of Medicine-Trinity College DublinDublin D2Ireland Department of Gastroenterology Tallaght University HospitalDublin D24 NR0AIreland

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori(***)eradication rates have fallen globally,likely in large part due to increasing antibiotic resistance to traditional *** areas of high clarithromycin and metronidazole resistance such as ours,Maastricht VI guidelines suggest high dose amoxicillin dual therapy(HDADT)can be considered,subject to evidence for local *** this study we assess efficacy of HDADT therapy for *** eradication in an Irish *** To assess the efficacy of HDADT therapy for *** eradication in an Irish cohort as both first line,and subsequent therapy for patients diagnosed with *** All patients testing positive for *** in a tertiary centre were treated prospectively with HDADT(amoxicillin 1 g tid and esomeprazole 40 mg bid×14 d)over a period of 8 *** was confirmed with Urea Breath Test at least 4 wk after cessation of therapy.A delta-over-baseline>4%was considered *** demographics and treatment outcomes were recorded,analysed and controlled for basic demographics and prior *** *** One hundred and ninety-eight patients were identified with *** infection,10 patients were excluded due to penicillin allergy and 38 patients refused follow up *** all 139 were included in the analysis,55%(n=76)were female,mean age was 46.6 ***,93(67%)of patients were treatment-naïve and 46(33%)had received at least one previous course of *** groups were statistically ***-reported compliance with HDADT was 97%,mild side-effects occurred in 7%.There were no serious adverse drug *** the eradication rate for our cohort was 56%(78/139).Eradication rates were worse for those with previous treatment[43%(20/46)vs 62%(58/93),P=0.0458,odds ratio=2.15].Age and Gender had no effect on eradication *** Overall eradication rates with HDADT were *** being a simple and possibly better tolerated regime,these results do not

关键词： Helicobacter pylori eradication Helicobacter pylori High dose amoxicillin High dose amoxicillin dual therapy Triple therapy

The key piece of the airway remodeling puzzle revealed-LIGHT signaling in the lung

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Genes & Diseases 2023年第4期10卷 1131-1132页

作者： Ziyan Rachel Chen jim Hu Programmes in Translational Medicine Research InstituteHospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoOntario M5G 0A4Canada Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology University of TorontoTorontoOntario M5S 1A8Canada Department of Paediatrics University of TorontoTorontoOntario M5S 1A8Canada

Asthma is a chronic lung disease that primarily affects the lower respiratory tract in more than 300 million people *** is often triggered by exposure to certain substances or conditions,such as allergens or cold *** overreaction to the allergens causes inflammation and narrowing of the airway,which leads to episodic or persistent symptoms including shortness of breath,nocturnal cough,chest tightness,and wheezing.

关键词： airway lung inflammation

Allophane as a Nanotechnological Additive in Masonry Materials to Increase Resistance and Waterproofing

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Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry 2024年第8期14卷 196-212页

作者： Edward H. jiménez Joao Rivera Juan H. Villalba Paola E. Vera Marlon Cuenca Belén Granja Javier Fuentes Sandra Gavilanes Daniel Hidalgo Fernando Garcia Jose Bermudez Washington Ruiz Alexis Martial Debut Facultad de Ingeniera Qumica Universidad Central del Ecuador Quito Ecuador Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo Universidad Central del Ecuador Quito Ecuador Nanomaterials Characterization Laboratory Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE Sangolqu Ecuador

The constant need for high-strength materials in the construction industry promotes the research of additives that improve the properties of masonry materials. The use of allophane as an additive in concrete and mortar mixtures was implemented to improve their strength and waterproofing, respectively, using compression and water absorption tests according to their corresponding standards (ASTM C1231, ASTM D2938, and ASTM C1585). The samples were evaluated at different concentrations and curing ages. In addition, different sand/cement ratios were considered for the mortar. The results revealed that there was a 9.4% increase in compressive strength in concrete and a 23.7% reduction in water absorption in mortar for the 5:1 ratio. These changes would be the result of the interaction of the nanoporous additive in the atomic crystal structure of the material demonstrating the nanotechnological nature of allophane.

关键词： Allophane Nano Additive Strength Impermeability Concrete Mortar

Origin of light emission and enhanced Eu^(3+) photoluminescence in tin-containing glass

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Journal of Rare Earths 2015年第1期33卷 27-32页

作者： José A.jiménez Esteban Rosim Fachini Department of Chemistry University of North FloridaJacksonville FL 32224 USA Department of Physical Sciences General Studies Faculty University of Puerto RicoRío Piedras PR 00931 USA

A barium-phosphate glass matrix was co-doped with Sn O and Eu2O3 for investigating on material luminescent properties. Optical absorption and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS） were employed in the characterization of tin species. The prevalence of divalent tin was indicated by the XPS data in accord with a conspicuous absorption band detected around 285 nm ascribed to twofold-coordinated Sn centers（isoelectronic with Sn^2＋）. Photoluminescence（PL） excitation spectra obtained by monitoring Eu^3＋ emission from the 5D0 state revealed a broad excitation band from about 250 to 340 nm, characteristic of donor/acceptor energy transfer. Under excitation of such at 290 nm, the co-doped material exhibited a bright whitish luminescence, and a four-fold enhanced Eu3＋ emission relative to a purely Eu-doped reference. Time-resolved PL spectra recorded under the excitation at 290 nm exposed a broad band characteristic of the twofold-coordinated Sn centers and emission bands of Eu^3＋ ions, which appeared well separated in time in accord with their emission decay dynamics. The data suggested that light absorption took place at the Sn centers（donors） followed by energy transfer to Eu^3＋ ions（acceptors） which resulted in populating the 5D0 emitting state. Energy transfer pathways likely resulting in the enhanced Eu3＋ photoluminescence and the consequential light emission were discussed.

关键词： energy transfer glasses luminescence optical materials rare earths

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Climate change, social unrest and dynastic transition in ancient China

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Science Bulletin 2005年第2期50卷 137-144页

作者： jim Chiyung,LEE Fung Department of Geography University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China Department of Geography University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China

The evident connection between human evolu- tion and climatic changes has been concurred by scientists. Although many people are trying to forecast the impacts of climatic changes on our future society, there are not any studies to quantitatively scrutinize the interrelation between climatic changes and social developments by using historical data. In line with this knowledge gap, this study adopted a scientific approach to compare the paleoclimatic records with the historical data of wars, social unrests, and dynastic transitions in China spanned from the late Tang to Qing Dy- nasties. Results showed that war frequency in cold phases was much higher than that in mild phases. Besides, 70%— 80% of war peaks and most of the dynastic transitions and nationwide social unrests in China took place in cold phases. This phenomenon could be attributed to the diminishing thermal energy input in cold phases resulting in the fall of land-productivity and hence, the deficiency of livelihood re- sources across society. Accompanied with certain social cir- cumstances, this kind of ecological stress was transformed into wars and social unrests, followed by dynastic transitions in most of the cases. By closer examination, it was even found that war frequency was negatively correlated with tempera- ture anomaly series. As land carrying capacities vary from one climatic zone to another, the magnitude of war-tempera- ture association also differed among different geographic regions. It is suggested that climatic change was one of the most important factors in determining the dynastic cycle and alternation of war and peace in ancient China.

关键词： climatic change war social unrest dynastic cycle temperature anomaly.