Review : Progress in Nanocomposite of Biodegradable Polymer

( Ke Ke Yang ),( Xiu Li Wang ),( Yu Zhong Wang ) 한국공업화학회 2007 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.13 No.4

Evaluation of Renal Pathophysiological Processes Induced by an Iodinated Contrast Agent in a Diabetic Rabbit Model Using Intravoxel Incoherent Motion and Blood Oxygenation Level-Dependent Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Yongfang Wang,Xin Zhang,Bin Wang,Yang Xie,Yi Wang,Xuan Jiang,Rongjia Wang,Ke Ren 대한영상의학회 2019 Korean Journal of Radiology Vol.20 No.5

Objective: To examine the potential of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) and blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging for detecting renal changes after iodinated contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) development in a diabetic rabbit model. Materials and Methods: Sixty-two rabbits were randomized into 2 groups: diabetic rabbits with the contrast agent (DCA) and healthy rabbits with the contrast agent (NCA). In each group, 6 rabbits underwent IVIM and BOLD imaging at 1 hour, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, and 4 days after an iohexol injection while 5 rabbits were selected to undergo blood and histological examinations at these specific time points. Iohexol was administrated at a dose of 2.5 g I/kg of body weight. Further, the apparent transverse relaxation rate (R2*), average pure molecular diffusion coefficient (D), pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D*), and perfusion fraction (f) were calculated. Results: The D and f values of the renal cortex (CO) and outer medulla (OM) were significantly decreased compared to baseline values in the 2 groups 1 day after the iohexol injection (p < 0.05). A marked reduction in the D* values for both the CO and OM was also observed after 1 hour in each group (p < 0.05). In the OM, a persistent elevation of the R2* was detected for 4 days in the DCA group (p < 0.05). Histopathological changes were prominent, and the pathological features of CI-AKI aggravated in the DCA group until day 4. The D, f, and R2* values significantly correlated with the histological damage scores, hypoxiainducible transcription factor-1α expression scores, and serum creatinine levels. Conclusion: A combination of IVIM and BOLD imaging may serve as a noninvasive method for detecting and monitoring CIAKI in the early stages in the diabetic kidney.

Once-weekly Subcutaneous Administration of Bortezomib in Patients with Multiple Myeloma

Wang, Liang,Wang, Ke-Feng,Chang, Bo-Yang,Chen, Xiao-Qin,Xia, Zhong-Jun Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2015 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.16 No.5

In patients with multiple myeloma (MM), once-weekly intravenous injection or twice-weekly subcutaneous injection (SC) of bortezomib has been proven to offer non-inferior efficacy to standard twice-weekly intravenous administration, with an improved safety profile. However, whether once-weekly SC bortezomib can further reduce the incidence rate of peripheral neuropathy (PN) and not compromise the efficacy remains to be investigated. 25 patients of MM treated with once-weekly SC bortezomib were reviewed in this study. The median treatment cycles were 4 (range, 2-9 cycles). Complete response (CR) rate was 52%, ${\geq}$very good partial response (VGPR) rate was 72%, and ${\geq}$partial response (PR) rate was 84%. 1-year and 2-year PFS rate was 63.0% and 34.3%, respectively, and 2-year OS rate was 100%. Any grade of PN was reported in 9 patients (36.0%), with 7 patients (28.0%) had grade 1 PN, and 2 patients (8.0%) had grade 2 PN. No patients reported grade 3/4 PN in this cohort. In conclusion, once-weekly subcutaneous administration of bortezomib offers excellent efficacy with a further improved safety profile, especially with regard to PN. It needs to be validated in future prospective randomized trials.

Socio-economic Factors Influencing Tumor Presentation and Treatment Options in Chinese Breast Cancer Patients

Wang, Ke,Li, Xiao,Zhou, Can,Ren, Yu,Wang, Xian-Bing,He, Jian-Jun Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2013 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.14 No.1

The impact of income and education level on the clinical and pathologic characteristics, implementation of clinical breast examination (CBE), and treatment patterns of a small population of Chinese female breast cancer patients was studeied in order to provide a theoretical basis and statistical reference for further nationwide research. We included 484 pathologically confirmed female primary breast cancer inpatients of the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University from February 2003 to January 2004. All cases were reviewed and relevant information was collected using a designed case report form (CRF). Chisquare tests, rank-sum tests, and Fisher's exact tests were used in the analysis. Our analysis showed that: (1) women in different occupation groups had significant differences in tumor size, pre-operative mammography, surgical options, post-operative estrogen receptor (ER), progestin receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her2) status, and post-operative radiotherapy and chemotherapy (P < 0.05); and (2) women with different education levels had statistically significant differences in tumor size, post-operative ER, PR and Her2 status, and post-operative chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and endocrine therapy (P < 0.05). In Xi'an, China, women in low-income occupations or with low education levels are more likely to have advanced tumor stages at presentation, lower implementation rate of clinical breast examination, and less treatment.

Open source board based acoustofluidic transwells for reversible disruption of the blood–brain barrier for therapeutic delivery

Ke Wang,Chao Sun,Povilas Dumčius,Hongxin Zhang,Hanlin Liao,Zhenlin Wu,Liangfei Tian,Wang Peng,Yongqing Fu,Jun Wei,Meng Cai,Yi Zhong,Xiaoyu Li,Xin Yang,Min Cui 한국생체재료학회 2023 생체재료학회지 Vol.27 No.00

Background Blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a crucial but dynamic structure that functions as a gatekeeper for the central nervous system (CNS). Managing sufficient substances across the BBB is a major challenge, especially in the development of therapeutics for CNS disorders. Methods To achieve an efficient, fast and safe strategy for BBB opening, an acoustofluidic transwell (AFT) was developed for reversible disruption of the BBB. The proposed AFT was consisted of a transwell insert where the BBB model was established, and a surface acoustic wave (SAW) transducer realized using open-source electronics based on printed circuit board techniques. Results In the AFT device, the SAW produced acousto-mechanical stimulations to the BBB model resulting in decreased transendothelial electrical resistance in a dose dependent manner, indicating the disruption of the BBB. Moreover, SAW stimulation enhanced transendothelial permeability to sodium fluorescein and FITC-dextran with various molecular weight in the AFT device. Further study indicated BBB opening was mainly attributed to the apparent stretching of intercellular spaces. An in vivo study using a zebrafish model demonstrated SAW exposure promoted penetration of sodium fluorescein to the CNS. Conclusions In summary, AFT effectively disrupts the BBB under the SAW stimulation, which is promising as a new drug delivery methodology for neurodegenerative diseases.

Sequence analysis and expression profiles of TaABI5, a pre-harvest sprouting resistance gene in wheat

Ke Zhou,Jian Yang,Zao-Xia Wang,Ji-Rui Wang 한국유전학회 2017 Genes & Genomics Vol.39 No.2

Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) is the germination of grains in the spike under wet conditions before harvest, which causes a severe reduction in crop yield and flour quality. The phytohormone abscisic acid plays a key role in regulating seed dormancy, which inhibits pre-harvest spouting or vivipary for many important crops. TaABI5, belonging to a family of basic leucine zipper transcription factors could regulate a subset of late embryogenesis abundant genes during seed development, was isolated and characterized. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that TaABI5 homologous gene belonged to the ABI5 subgroup of the ABF/AREB/ABI5 subfamily. TaABI5 consist of four conserved domains and one bZip domain. The expression pattern of TaABI5 indicated that it was seed-specific and accumulated at late stages of seed development. Accumulation of TaABI5 in synthetic hexaploid wheat SHW-L1 (PHS resistance) was 8.93-fold higher than that in wheat cultivar Chuanmai 32 (PHS susceptible) at 25 days post anthesis. Four expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) of TaABI5 on chromosome 2DS, 4DS, 6DS, and 7DL were characterized from SHW-L1/Chuanmai 32 derived recombinant inbred line population.

조선 사신의 對明 海路使行路線 중 山東 萊州府 掖縣 西界 ― 昌邑縣 新河鋪 구간에 대한 인문지리적 고찰

Wang Ke,한종진,당윤희 한국중국언어문화연구회 2021 한중언어문화연구 Vol.- No.59

본고는 명청교체기 해로사행노선을 따라 등주에 상륙하여 북경으로 향했던 조선사신들의 연행기록이나 기록화를 연구 대상으로 해당 사신들이 거쳐간 사행 경유지 가운데 山東 萊州府 掖縣 西界에서 昌邑縣 新河鋪에 이르는 구간의 노정을 연구대상으로 삼았다. 그리고 연행 기록, 지방지 등의 문헌 연구와 현지의 지역 실사, 인터뷰 등을 통하여 萊州府 掖縣 西界에서 昌邑縣 新河鋪까지 구간의 해로사행노선의 대체적인 경유지를 파악하고 현재의 지명과 위치를 확인할 수 있었다. 明代 당시 지방지 문헌, 조선사신의 기록에 나타난 명칭을 쫓아 掖縣 西界에서 昌邑縣 新河鋪까지 조선 사신들이 지난 경유지 지명을 순서대로 나열하면 다음과 같다. ① 灰阜驛(灰阜馹, 灰阜, 灰埠, 灰埠馹 , 灰埠里), 宰相里(壯元宰相里), 壯元鄉, 宋 龍圖閣學士 蔡齊故里(宋 蔡齊 舊里) ② 平度州 西界, 昌邑 東界(昌邑縣 東界)③ 獨埠河(杜阜河) ④ 新河店(深河店) ⑤ 深河(新河) 중국 방지 문헌, 조선사신의 기록 및 현지답사를 통한 고증으로 밝혀낸 바, 위의 명대 지명과 장소에 대응되는 현재 위치와 명칭을 순서대로 나열하면 다음과 같다. ① 青島市 平度市 新河鎮 灰埠村 ② 平度市 新河鎮 獨埠陳家村 ③ 平度市 淄陽河(獨埠陳家村 구간) ④ 平度市 新河鎮 北鎮村 ⑤ 平度市 北膠萊河(新城鎮 北鎮村 구간) 그 밖에 현지답사와 현지인 인터뷰를 통해 조선 사신들이 지금의 萊州市 新城鎮 三埠村도 지났음을 알 수 있었다.

Depth Distributions of Bi+ Ions Implanted into Ni, Si and SiO₂, Films

Ke-Ming Wang,Feng Chen,Xue-Lin Wang,Jian-Hua Zhang,Xiang-Dong Liu 한국진공학회(ASCT) 2002 Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology Vol.6 No.1

Ni, Si and SiO₂ films were implanted by 350 keV Bi^+ ions at room temperature with fluences of 1×10^(16) and 2×10^(16) ions/㎤. The depth distributions of implanted Bi^+ ions in Ni, Si and SiO₂ films were by investigated by Rutherford backscattering. The results show that the depth distributions of implanted Bi^+ ions into Ni, Si and SiO₂ films have obeyed nearly Gaussian distributions. The maximum difference between experimental and calculated values is less than 18 % for mean projected range. Experimental range straggling deviated significantly from calculated value. The possible reasons are discussed.

Breastfeeding and the Risk of Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Wang, Ke-Lai,Liu, Chun-Lan,Zhuang, Yan,Qu, Hong-Yi Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2013 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.14 No.8

Purpose: Numerous observational epidemiological studies have evaluated associations between breastfeeding and the risk of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma; however, the existing results are inconsistent. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: Medical literature was searched in the Pubmed and Embase databases to identify all English-language relevant studies up to April 10, 2013. Reference lists were thereafter hand-searched for additional articles. Studies that reported relative risk ratios (RRs) or odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were included. This meta-analysis was conducted in accordance with the guidelines for the meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology. Results: We finally included 10 case-control studies in our meta-analysis, involving 1,618 childhood Hodgkin lymphoma cases and 8,181 controls. Overall, we did found a borderline significant association between breastfeeding and reduced risk of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma comparing ever breastfed children to never breastfed children (pooled OR =0.79; 95%CI, 0.58-1.08; P=0.13), with limited evidence for between-study heterogeneity (P =0.12, $I^2$ = 35.70%). Conclusion: There is limited evidence for an inverse association between breastfeeding and risk of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma.

Graphene transistor based on tunable Dirac fermion optics

Wang, Ke,Elahi, Mirza M.,Wang, Lei,Habib, K. M. Masum,Taniguchi, Takashi,Watanabe, Kenji,Hone, James,Ghosh, Avik W.,Lee, Gil-Ho,Kim, Philip National Academy of Sciences 2019 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF Vol.116 No.14

<P><B>Significance</B></P><P>We report an electrically tunable graphene quantum switch based on Dirac fermion optics (DFO), with electrostatically defined analogies of mirror and collimators utilizing angle-dependent Klein tunneling. The device design allows a previously unreported quantitative characterization of the net DFO contribution and leads to improved device performance resilient to abrupt change in temperature, bias, doping, and electrostatic environment. The electrically tunable collimator and reflector demonstrated in this work, and the capability of accurate in situ characterization of their performance, provide the building blocks toward more complicated functional quantum device architecture such as highly integrated electron-optical circuits.</P><P>We present a quantum switch based on analogous Dirac fermion optics (DFO), in which the angle dependence of Klein tunneling is explicitly utilized to build tunable collimators and reflectors for the quantum wave function of Dirac fermions. We employ a dual-source design with a single flat reflector, which minimizes diffusive edge scattering and suppresses the background incoherent transmission. Our gate-tunable collimator–reflector device design enables the quantitative measurement of the net DFO contribution in the switching device operation. We obtain a full set of transmission coefficients between multiple leads of the device, separating the classical contribution from the coherent transport contribution. The DFO behavior demonstrated in this work requires no explicit energy gap. We demonstrate its robustness against thermal fluctuations up to 230 K and large bias current density up to 10<SUP>2</SUP> A/m, over a wide range of carrier densities. The characterizable and tunable optical components (collimator–reflector) coupled with the conjugated source electrodes developed in this work provide essential building blocks toward more advanced DFO circuits such as quantum interferometers. The capability of building optical circuit analogies at a microscopic scale with highly tunable electron wavelength paves a path toward highly integrated and electrically tunable electron-optical components and circuits.</P>