Inhibition of Proliferation and Induction of Apoptosis by the Combination of β-carotene and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in Human Esophageal Cancer EC9706 Cells

Wang, Shao-Kang,Yang, Lei,Wang, Ting-Ting,Huang, Gui-Ling,Yang, Li-Gang,Sun, Gui-Ju Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2012 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.13 No.12

Esophageal cancer is a common malignant tumor occurring in human esophageal epithelial tissue. The primary purpose of this paper was to define the effects of ${\beta}$-carotene and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin $D_3$, alone and in combination, on cell proliferation, cell cycle and apoptosis of human esophageal cancer EC9706 cells. Treatment with different concentrations of ${\beta}$-carotene and/or 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin $D_3$. MTT assay showed that ${\beta}$-carotene and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin $D_3$ significantly inhibited proliferation of EC9706 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Further studies also demonstrated that ${\beta}$-carotene alone or 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin $D_3$ alone caused a marked increase on the induction of apoptosis in EC9706 cells. The percentage of G0/G1-phase cells significantly increased on addition of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin $D_3$ alone, but there were no significant changes with ${\beta}$-carotene alone. These two agents in combination synergistically inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis. Therefore, our results indicate that ${\beta}$-carotene and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin $D_3$ in combination may provide a novel strategy for preventing and treating esophageal cancer.

Luteolin Induced-growth Inhibition and Apoptosis of Human Esophageal Squamous Carcinoma Cell Line Eca109 Cells in vitro

Wang, Ting-Ting,Wang, Shao-Kang,Huang, Gui-Ling,Sun, Gui-Ju Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2012 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.13 No.11

Luteolin is a plant flavonoid which exhibits anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effects. However, the antiproliferative potential of luteolin is not fully understood. In this study, we investigated the effect of luteolin on cell cycling and apoptosis in human esophageal squamous carcinoma cell line Eca109 cells. MTT assays showed that luteolin had obvious cytotoxicity on Eca109 with an $IC_{50}$ of $70.7{\pm}1.72{\mu}M$ at 24h. Luteolin arrested cell cycle progression in the G0/G1 phase and prevented entry into S phase in a dose- and time-dependent manner. as assessed by FCM. Luteolin induced apoptosis of Eca109 cells was demonstrated by AO/EB staining assay and annexin V-FITC/PI staining. Moreover, luteolin downregulated the expression of cyclin D1, survivin and c-myc, and it also upregulated the expression of p53, in line with the fact that luteolin was able to inhibit Eca109 cell proliferation.

Potassium Humate-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Activated Carbons with Narrow Micropore Size Distribution for High-Performance Supercapacitors

Lingli Xie,Litao Kang,Yae Li,Mangwei Cui,Bo Chang,Haiwei Jiang,Lili Gao,Xiaomin Wang,Shan Yun 성균관대학교(자연과학캠퍼스) 성균나노과학기술원 2017 NANO Vol.12 No.4

Micro-porous activated carbons (ACs) with a narrow pore size distribution of 0.4–0.6 nm and high specific surface areas (1160–1315 m2 · g-1) are prepared from environment-friendly, lowgrade potassium humate (HA-K, carbon resource) and mild activating agent potassium acetate (CH3COOK). Microstructure characterizations indicate that the introduction of activating agent CH3COOK is a key step to achieve high specific surface area and carbonization degree. These ACs contain small amount of oxygen and nitrogen, and show obvious pseudo-capacitance besides double layer capacitance. As a result, the optimized ACs achieve high specific capacitances of 311 F · g-1 and 317 F · g-1 at 0.1 A · g-1 in 2 M KOH and 1 M H2SO4 aqueous electrolytes, respectively. This sample also shows a good charge-discharge cycling stability within 10 000 cycles.

A compression strategy to accelerate LSTM meta-learning on FPGA

NianYi Wang,Jing Nie,JingBin Li,Kang Wang,ShunKang Ling 한국통신학회 2022 ICT Express Vol.8 No.3

Driven by edge computing, how to efficiently deploy the meta-learner LSTM in the resource constrained FPGA terminal equipment has become a big problem. This paper proposes a compression strategy based on LSTM meta-learning model, which combined the structured pruning of the weight matrix and the mixed precision quantization. The weight matrix was pruned into a sparse matrix, then the weight was quantified to reduce resource consumption. Finally, a LSTM meta-learning accelerator was designed based on the idea of hardware–software cooperation. Experiments show that compared with mainstream hardware platforms, the proposed accelerator achieves at least 50.14 times increase in energy efficiency.

Research on thermal deformation of large-scale computer numerical control gear hobbing machines

Shilong Wang,Yong Yang,Xianguang Li,Jie Zhou,Ling Kang 대한기계학회 2013 JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.27 No.5

Research on thermal deformation of large-scale computer numerical control (CNC) hobbing machines is on the purpose of obtaining the law of thermal deformation of gear hobbing machines to improve machining precision. According to the structure characteristics of hobbing machines, this paper presents a novel computing model of thermal deformation based on the theory of the thermal expansion deformation of metallic materials, the extensional beam theory, non-uniform temperature distribution of the Euler-Bernoulli beam and Kirchhoff theory of plane-section assumption. Then, the coupling theory of axial and bending deformation of hobbing machines based on the deformation element and equilibrium element method is proposed. The experimental measurement system and platform for thermal deformation of gear hobbing machines is established. The temperature and displacement data of thermal deformation of a certain type gear hobbing machine is analyzed, which has demonstrated the law of thermal deformation of hobbing machines. The locus curves for overall displacement error of cutting points and teeth trace error are obtained. Comparing deformation theory and experimental data, the relative error is lower than 5%, which verifies the computing model proposed by this paper, and shows the research method has great significance for structural optimization, local temperature control, and prediction and compensation for thermal deformation error of gear hobbing machines.

Case Report : Nutrition Therapy for Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalopathy with Homozygous Mutation of the TYMP Gene

( Jing Wang ),( Wei Chen ),( Fang Wang ),( Dong Wu ),( Jia Ming Qian ),( Jun Ren Kang ),( Hai Long Li ),( En Ling Ma ) 한국임상영양학회 2015 Clinical Nutrition Research Vol.4 No.2

Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy (MNGIE) is characterized by significant gastrointestinal dysmotility. Early and long-term nutritional therapy is highly recommended. We report a case of MNGIE in a patient who was undergoing longterm nutrition therapy. The patient was diagnosed with a serious symptom of fatty liver and hyperlipidemia complications, along with homozygous mutation of the thymidine phosphorylase (TYMP) gene (c.217G > A). To our knowledge, this is the first report of such a case. Herein, we describe preventive measures for the aforementioned complications and mitochondrial disease-specific nutritional therapy.

Comparative energy content and amino acid digestibility of barley obtained from diverse sources fed to growing pigs

Hong Liang Wang,Meng Shi,Xiao Xu,Xiao Kang Ma,Ling Liu,Xiang Shu Piao 아세아·태평양축산학회 2017 Animal Bioscience Vol.30 No.7

Objective: Two experiments were conducted to determine the content of digestible energy (DE) and metabolizable energy (ME) as well as the apparent ileal digestibility (AID) and standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of crude protein (CP) and amino acids (AA) in barley grains obtained from Australia, France or Canada. Methods: In Exp. 1, 18 growing barrows (Duroc×Landrace×Yorkshire; 31.5±3.2 kg) were individually placed in stainless-steel metabolism crates (1.4×0.7×0.6 m) and randomly allotted to 1 of 3 test diets. In Exp. 2, eight crossbred pigs (30.9±1.8 kg) were allotted to a replicate 3×4 Youden Square designed experiment with three periods and four diets. Two pigs received each diet during each test period. The diets included one nitrogen-free diet and three test diets. Results: The relative amounts of gross energy (GE), CP, and all AA in the Canadian barley were higher than those in Australian and French barley while higher concentrations of neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber, total dietary fiber, insoluble dietary fiber and β-glucan as well as lower concentrations of GE and ether extract were observed in the French barley compared with the other two barley sources. The DE and ME as well as the SID of histidine, isoleucine, leucine and phenylalanine in Canadian barley were higher (p<0.05) than those in French barley but did not differ from Australian barley. Conclusion: Differences in the chemical composition, energy content and the SID and AID of AA were observed among barley sources obtained from three countries. The feeding value of barley from Canada and Australia was superior to barley obtained from France which is important information in developing feeding systems for growing pigs where imported grains are used.

MTHFR C667T Polymorphism Association with Lung Cancer Risk in Henan Province: A Case-control Study

Cheng, Zhe,Wang, Wei,Dai, Ling-Ling,Kang, Yan Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2012 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.13 No.6

The current study was performed to assess any association between the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism and risk of lung cancer in Henan province. This case-control study involved94 patients with newly histological confirmed lung cancer and 78 healthy controls. Genotyping was achieved with peripheral blood lymphocytes DNA and association of the polymorphism with risk of lung cancer was estimated by unconditional logistic regression analysis. The frequencies of the MTHFR 667TT genotype were 37.2% in cases compared with 23.1% in controls (${\chi}^2$ = 4.008, P = 0.045). Individuals with the 667CC/CT genotype displayed a significantly reduced risk of lung cancer compared with those with the TT genotypes [adjusted odds ratio (OR), 0.506; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.258 - 0.991]. The C667T polymorphism might have a significant effect on the occurrence of lung cancer in Henan province.

Vitamin D3 and Beta-carotene Deficiency is Associated with Risk of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Results of a Case-control Study in China

Huang, Gui-Ling,Yang, Lei,Su, Ming,Wang, Shao-Kang,Yin, Hong,Wang, Jia-Sheng,Sun, Gui-Ju Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.2

Objective: The aim was to evaluate roles of vitamin D3 (VD3) and beta-carotene (BC) in the development of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in a high-risk area, Huai'an District, Huai'an City, China. Methods: 100 new ESCC diagnosed cases from 2007 to 2008 and 200 residency- age-, and sex-matched healthy controls were recruited. Data were collected from questionnaires, including a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to calculate the BC intake, and reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) was used to measure the serum concentrations of BC and VD3. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated in conditional logistic regression models. Results: The average dietary intake of BC was $3322.9{\mu}g$ (2032.4-5734.3) in the case group and $3626.8{\mu}g$ (1961.9-5827.9) in control group per capita per day with no significant difference by Wilcoxon test (p>0.05). However, the levels of VD3 and BC in the case group were significantly lower than in the control group (p<0.05). The OR values of the highest quartile and the lowest quartile of VD3 and BC in serum samples were both 0.13. Conclusion: Our results add to the evidence that high circulating levels of VD3 and BC are associated with a reduced risk of ESCC in this Chinese population.

Pan-cancer Analysis of Tumor Mutational Burden and Homologous Recombination DNA Damage Repair Using Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing

Hai-Yun Wang,Ling Deng,Ying-Qing Li,Xiao Zhang,Ya-Kang Long,Xu Zhang,Yan-Fen Feng,Yuan He,Tao Tang,Xin-Hua Yang,Fang Wang 대한암학회 2021 Cancer Research and Treatment Vol.53 No.4

Purpose Current variability in methods for tumor mutational burden (TMB) estimation and reporting demonstrates the urgent need for a homogeneous TMB assessment approach. Here, we compared TMB distributions in different cancer types using two customized targeted panels commonly used in clinical practice. Materials and Methods TMB spectra of 295- and 1021-gene panels in multiple cancer types were compared using targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS). The TMB distributions across a diverse cohort of 2,332 cancer cases were then investigated for their associations with clinical features. Treatment response data were collected for 222 patients who received immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and their homologous recombination DNA damage repair (HR-DDR) and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression were additionally assessed and compared with the TMB and response rate. Results The median TMB between gene panels was similar despite a wide range in TMB values. The highest TMB was eight and 10 in patients with squamous cell carcinoma and esophageal carcinoma according to the classification of histopathology and cancer types, respectively. Twenty-three out of 103 patients (22.3%) were HR-DDR–positive and could benefit from ICI therapy; out of those 23 patients, seven patients had high TMB (p=0.004). Additionally, PD-L1 expression was not associated with TMB or treatment response among patients receiving ICIs. Conclusion Targeted NGS assays demonstrated the ability to evaluate TMB in pan-cancer samples as a tool to predict response to ICIs. In addition, TMB integrated with HR-DDR–positive status could be a significant biomarker for predicting ICI response in patients.