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Zhu, Sihua, Caiyun Yang, Hong Chen, et al. "Organic Carbon Controls Mercury Distribution and Storage in the Surface Soils of the Water-Level-Fluctuation Zone in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 4 (2023): 3681. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043681.
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The particular condition of the water-level-fluctuation zone (WLFZ) in the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR), the largest hydroelectric reservoir in China, raises great concerns about mercury (Hg) contamination and ecological risk. In addition, previous research found that soil organic carbon (SOC) plays an essential role in controlling Hg distribution and speciation. However, there is minimal information on the Hg storage distribution and their relationships with SOC in the WLFZ in TGR. This study investigated Hg distribution, storage, and their relationships with SOC in the surface soils in WLFZ. The results showed that the total Hg (THg) content in the surface soils ranged from 18.40 to 218.50 ng g−1, with an average value of 78.17 ± 41.92 ng g−1. About 89% of samples had THg content above the background value in Chongqing, showing specific enrichment of Hg in WLFZ due to contamination in the TGR. The surface soils have low SOC, with an average value of 8.10 ± 3.90 g kg−1. Moreover, THg content showed consistent distribution with the SOC in WLFZ, with a significantly positive correlation (R = 0.52, p < 0.01, n = 242). THg storage (201.82 ± 103.46 g ha−1) in the surface soils was also significantly positively correlated with the SOC storage (R = 0.47, p < 0.01, n = 242). The reduced SOC sequestration, due to the periodical alternative “flooding–draining” and frequent reclamation and utilization of WLFZ, decreased the Hg adsorption in soil. Those might result in the re-release of Hg into waters when WLFZ is flooded. Therefore, more attention should be directed towards Hg cycling and the consequent environmental risks in the TGR region.
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Topp, Monique, Lynne Hartley, Michele Cook, et al. "Targeting therapy based on preclinical analysis of clinical, molecular, and functional characteristics of individual high-grade serous ovarian cancers." Journal of Clinical Oncology 30, no. 15_suppl (2012): 5073. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.5073.
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5073 Background: Recent molecular exploration of high-grade epithelial ovarian cancer (OC) has revealed potential targets for novel therapy based on altered DNA repair function, deregulated pathways and recurrent amplifications (Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network. 2011. Nature 474). Improved pre-clinical models allowing analysis of specific molecular subsets of ovarian cancer are urgently required to test novel treatment strategies. Methods: We have generated a novel xenograft model of human high-grade serous OC (HG-SOC). Histologic, functional and molecular analysis of the novel xenograft cohort (at baseline and following xenotransplantation) allows stratification of individual HG-SOC for testing with appropriate targeted therapy. We perform functional analysis of in vitro Homologous Recombination (HR) DNA repair and drug response capabilities on fresh human HG-SOC immediately following surgical resection. Molecular classification (similar to Tothill [Clin Canc Res. 2008;14]); analysis of NHEJ pathway (Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2011;108) and other DNA repair genes (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2011;108) is performed. In vivo drug response is studied in murine xenografts. Results: Sixteen chemotherapy-naive potentially HG-SOC samples and associated clinical data have been collected. Functional evidence of DNA repair (HR) capability and response to DNA damaging agents will be presented, including IHC for markers of DNA damage (gH2AX), DNA repair (RAD51AP1) and apoptosis (capsase 3 cleavage). Molecular classification, DNA repair gene and DNA repair pathway analyses are underway. Twelve HG-SOC have been transplanted and 6 of the first 8 have successfully xenografted, with serial transplantation and phenotyping of xenograft derivatives underway. In vivo drug response will be presented. Conclusions: This xenograft model will enable us to address hypotheses generated by recent molecular analyses of human HG-SOC (Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network. 2011. Nature 474; Clin Canc Res. 2008;14). Clinical, functional and molecular annotation will allow pre-clinical drug testing based on the plausible hypothesis approach.
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He, Ling, and Xiuhong Peng. "Content and Bioavailability of Hg in a Soil–Tea Plant System in Anxi Area, Southeast China." Water 15, no. 1 (2023): 179. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15010179.
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Many studies on the bioavailability of Hg in soil–plant systems have been conducted. However, studies on the soil–tea plant system are still limited. In this study, we collected soil and tea leaf samples from 69 tea gardens in the Anxi area in China. We investigated the Hg contents in tea leaves and soil, and the bioavailability of Hg from soil to tea leaves. The results showed the following: (1) The Hg content in soil was equivalent to the background value in Fujian province and was 2.6–2.9 times higher of the national background value in China. For different geological backgrounds, the Hg contents differed. In addition, we found a negative correlation between the total Hg content and pH value (r = −0.196) and a positive correlation between total Hg and soil organic carbon (SOC) content (r = 0.116) in surface soil. (2) Compared with young leaves, Hg content in older leaves was higher. The transfer factor (TF) of Hg from soil to tea leaves ranged from 0.25% to 24.76%. (3) The correlation between Hg content in tea leaves and total Hg content in soil was not statistically significant. However, we found a statistically significant positive correlation between the Hg content in tea leaves and the extracted amount of Hg both in surface and subsurface soil. The SOC and pH value were also statistically significantly positively correlated with the Hg content in tea leaves. Our findings show that the Hg content in tea leaves does not only depend on the total Hg content in soil: it is also affected by other factors.
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Sakoulas, George, Matthew Geriak, Ravina Kullar, et al. "71. Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy Reduces Progression to Mechanical Ventilation in COVID-19 Patients with Moderate to Severe Hypoxia." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 7, Supplement_1 (2020): S166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.381.
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Abstract Background The majority of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality occurs in patients who progress to mechanical ventilation. Therefore, therapeutic interventions targeting the mitigation of this complication would markedly improve outcomes and reduce healthcare utilization. Methods Patients with COVID-19 from two hospitals in San Diego, California were randomized at a 1:1 ratio to receive standard of care (SOC) plus intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) at 0.5 g/kg/day x 3 days with solumedrol 40 mg 30 minutes before infusion (IVIG group) versus SOC alone. The primary composite endpoint was receipt of mechanical ventilation or death before receiving ventilation. Patients were followed until discharge to home or up to 30 days from time of enrollment. Results Sixteen patients received IVIG plus SOC and 17 SOC alone. The median age was 54 years for SOC and 57 years for IVIG. Median time from hospital admission to study enrollment was 1 day (range 0–4) for SOC and 2 days (range 0–8) for IVIG. APACHE II scores and Charlson comorbidity indices were similar for IVIG and SOC (median 8 vs 7 and 2 for both, respectively). Seven SOC patients achieved the composite endpoint (6 ventilated, 1 death) versus 2 IVIG patients (2 ventilated), p=0.12, Fisher exact test. Among the subgroup with an estimated A-a gradient of &gt;200 mm Hg at time of enrollment, the IVIG group showed a lower rate of progression to the composite endpoint (2/14 vs 7/12, p=0.04 Fisher exact test), shorter median hospital length (11 vs 24 days, p=0.001 Mann Whitney U), and shorter median intensive care unit (ICU) stay (3 vs 13 days, p=0.005 Mann Whitey U). Conclusion This small, prospective, randomized, open-label study showed that when administered to hypoxic non-ventilated COVID-19 patients with an A-a gradient of &gt;200 mm Hg (corresponding to a requirement of 6 liters O2 via nasal cannula to achieve an SpO2 of 92%), IVIG significantly decreased the rates of progression to mechanical ventilation, ICU length of stay, and total hospital length of stay. A Phase 3 prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial is underway to further validate these findings. Disclosures George Sakoulas, MD, Octapharma (Grant/Research Support, Scientific Research Study Investigator)
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Alemayehu, Denekew, Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi Chandravanshi, Tesfu Hailu, and Merid Tessema. "Square wave anodic stripping voltammetric determination of Hg(II) with N-p- chlorophenylcinnamohydroxamic acid modified carbon paste electrode." Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia 34, no. 1 (2020): 25–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v34i1.3.
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A new method has been developed for the electrochemical determination of Hg(II) with N-p-chlorophenylcinnamohydroxamic acid (CPCHA) modified carbon paste electrode by square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV). Hg(II) was accumulated on the electrode surface by the formation of the complex in an open circuit and the resulting surface was characterized by electrochemical reduction and stripping. The optimum voltammetric response was observed using a carbon paste composition of 7.5% (w/w) CPCHA and preconcentration time of 210 s in 0.1 M sodium acetate at pH 8 followed by electrochemical SWASV in 0.3 M NH4Cl solution at pH 4 at a reduction potential of -0.6 V. The voltammetric signals were linear in the range of 1-25 µM Hg(II) with a detection limit of 12.9 nM. The voltammetric response for six replicate measurements of 15 µM Hg(II) was reproduced with 3.8% relative standard deviation (RSD). Many coexisting metal ions had little or no effect on the determination of Hg(II). Five spiked samples of water were evaluated by using the developed method giving recoveries of Hg(II) in the range 98-105%.
 
 Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2020, 34(1), 25-39.
 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v34i1.3
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Qu, Rui, and Guilin Han. "The Grain for Green Project May Enrich the Mercury Concentration in a Small Karst Catchment, Southwest China." Land 9, no. 10 (2020): 354. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9100354.
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The Chinese project, better known as the Grain for Green Project (GGP), has changed the land-use type in the karst area of Puding county, Guizhou province, southwest China, and this study is aimed at evaluating the Hg distribution and determining factors in soils after the land-use change. A total of ten soil profiles were selected in the typical karst region, and the land-use types were divided into native vegetation land (NVL), farmland (FL), and abandoned farmland (AFL). Total Hg concentration under different land-use types increased in the order: NVL (average 63.26 μg∙kg−1) < FL (average 71.48 μg∙kg−1) < AFL (average 98.22 μg∙kg−1). After agricultural abandonment for four to five years with a cover of native vegetation in the AFL, a higher concentration of Hg compared to the other two land-use types indicate that the Hg accumulation in soil results from vegetation restoration of AFL due to land-use change. Soil organic carbon (SOC) and macro-aggregates were highly correlated to Hg concentration in this study. Macro-aggregates can provide a stable condition for Hg due to the thin regolith and high porosity in the karst region. A high proportion of macro-aggregates can reduce the mobility of Hg in the karst area. Intense tillage can significantly reduce the formation of macro-aggregates in FL, but the macro-aggregates in AFL were recovered as well as those in NVL, resulting in the accumulation of Hg.
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Hao, Xinghai, Juejie Yang, Shikui Dong, et al. "Impacts of Short-Term Grazing Intensity on the Plant Diversity and Ecosystem Function of Alpine Steppe on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau." Plants 11, no. 14 (2022): 1889. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11141889.
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Livestock grazing is the primary land use of grasslands worldwide. Grazing has been asserted to alter grassland ecosystem functions, such as productivity, nutrient cycling, and biodiversity conservation. However, few studies have focused on the impact of grazing intensity on the ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) of alpine grasslands. We conducted a field experiment of manipulating sheep grazing intensity effects on alpine steppe by surveying plant community characteristics and ecosystem functions. Our results showed that plant community composition was altered with increasing grazing intensity, and the dominant species shifted from grasses and sedges to forbs. EMF was the highest under no grazing (CK) and the lowest under heavy grazing (HG), but there was insignificant difference between CK and HG. HG significantly decreased some indicators that reflected nutrient cycling functions, such as soil available nitrogen, plant leaf nitrogen (PN) and phosphorus content (PP). Furthermore, plant diversity had strong correlations with SOC, total nitrogen (TN), and PN. The results could provide scientific bases for biodiversity conservation and sustainable grazing management of alpine steppe.
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Farley, John H., William E. Brady, Michael J. Birrer, David Marc Gershenson, and Gini F. Fleming. "An evaluation of survival of ovarian cancer patients with clear cell carcinoma versus serous carcinoma treated with platinum therapy: A Gynecologic Oncology Group experience." Journal of Clinical Oncology 31, no. 15_suppl (2013): 5534. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.5534.
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5534 Background: We examined disparities in prognosis between patients with ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) and serous epithelial ovarian cancer (SOC). Methods: Data from stage I-IV epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients who participated in 12 randomized GOG protocols using platinum-based chemotherapy were reviewed. Proportional hazards models adjusted for age and stratified by protocol, treatment arm, stage, performance status (PS), and race were used to compare progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) by cell type (clear cell versus serous). Results: There were 10,803 patients enrolled, 1272 were not eligible: leaving 9,531, of whom 544 (6%) had OCCC, 7,054 (74%) had SOC, and 1,933 (20%) had other; only the OCCC and SOC are considered here. OCCC were significantly younger, more often of Asian race, stage I, good PS, and optimally surgically debulked than SOC patients. Prior to adjustment, OCCC had better PFS and OS due to better prognostic factors. There was no significant difference in PFS or OS for early stage OCCC patients compared to high-grade (HG) SOC patients. For late stage patients, OCCC had poorer PFS and OS compared to SOC, OS HR= 1.66 (1.43, 1.91; p < 0.001). For both optimal, HR = 1.34 (1.10, 1.63; p = 0.003) and suboptimal, HR = 3.18 (2.13, 4.75; p < 0.001) OCCC had a significantly poorer OS than SOC. After adjusting for age and stratified by protocol and treatment arm, stage, performance status, and race, OCCC had a significantly decreased OS, HR= 1.53 (1.33,1.76; p < 0.001). In early stage cases, there was a significantly decreased treatment effect on PFS for consolidative therapy with weekly taxol versus observation in SOC compared to OCCC (p = 0.048). Conclusions: This is one of the largest analyses to date of OCCC treated in a uniform manner . OCCC patients have better PFS and OS compared to SOC; this, is due to their better prognostic factors. There was no observed difference in PFS or OS for early stage OCCC versus HGSOC. In late-stage patients, OCCC was significantly associated with decreased OS which was true for both optimal and suboptimally debulked patients. Finally, treatment effect was influenced by histology.
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Wang, Z., D. A. Johnson, and Y. Rong. "Grazing effects on soil characteristics and vegetation of grassland in northern China." Solid Earth Discussions 7, no. 3 (2015): 2283–309. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/sed-7-2283-2015.
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Abstract. Large areas of grassland in the agro-pastoral region of northern China were converted into cropland for grain production, and the remaining grasslands are being overgrazed and seriously degraded. The objective of this study was to evaluate how reductions in grazing intensity affect the soil and vegetation characteristics in grasslands of northern China. Soil heterogeneity and vegetation characteristics were evaluated for ungrazed (UG), moderate grazing (MG), and heavy grazing (HG) sites. Grazing increased diversity, but heavy grazing decreased aboveground biomass and increased the non-grass component. Vegetation biomass was greatest at the UG site (220 g m−2) followed by the MG (99 g m−2) and HG (27 g m−2) sites (P < 0.05). The non-grass proportion of total biomass increased with grazing intensity, which was 8, 16, and 48 % for UG, MG, and HG sites, respectively. Species richness at the MG and HG sites was significantly higher than at the UG site (P < 0.05) with 3.6, 5.5, and 5.7 for UG, MG, and HG sites, respectively. Over grazing homogenized soil characteristics at a 10 m scale. The ranges of spatial autocorrelation for soil organic C (SOC) and total N were both > 120 m at the HG site, which was considerably larger than that at the MG and UG sites with corresponding distances of 17.3 and 20.8 m for the MG site and 25.8 and 15.0 m for the UG site, respectively. Therefore, MG was recommended as the preferred management alternative for grasslands in northern China because of increased plant diversity without negative consequences related to decreased forage quality and forage quantity, and soil heterogeneity in northern China's grasslands.
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Uttarwar, Lalita, Bo Gao, Alistair J. Ingram та Joan C. Krepinsky. "SREBP-1 activation by glucose mediates TGF-β upregulation in mesangial cells". American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 302, № 3 (2012): F329—F341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00136.2011.
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Glomerular matrix accumulation is a hallmark of diabetic nephropathy. Recent studies showed that overexpression of the transcription factor sterol-responsive element-binding protein (SREBP)-1 induces pathology reminiscent of diabetic nephropathy, and SREBP-1 upregulation was observed in diabetic kidneys. We thus studied whether SREBP-1 is activated by high glucose (HG) and mediates its profibrogenic responses. In primary rat mesangial cells, HG activated SREBP-1 by 30 min, seen by the appearance of its cleaved nuclear form (nSREBP-1), EMSA, and by activation of an SREBP-1 response element (SRE)-driven green fluorescent protein construct. Activation was dose dependent and not induced by an osmotic control. Site 1 protease was required, since its inhibition by AEBSF prevented SREBP-1 activation. SCAP, the ER-associated chaperone for SREBP-1, was also necessary since its inhibitor fatostatin also blocked SREBP-1 activation. Signaling through the EGFR/phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway, which we previously showed mediates HG-induced TGF-β1 upregulation, and through RhoA, were upstream of SREBP-1 activation (Wu D, Peng F, Zhang B, Ingram AJ, Gao B, Krepinsky JC. Diabetologia 50: 2008–2018, 2007; Wu D, Peng F, Zhang B, Ingram AJ, Kelly DJ, Gilbert RE, Gao B, Krepinsky JC. J Am Soc Nephrol 20: 554–566, 2009). Fatostatin and AEBSF prevented HG-induced TGF-β1 upregulation by Northern blot analysis, and HG-induced TGF-β1 promoter activation was inhibited by both fatostatin and dominant negative SREBP-1a. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis confirmed that HG led to SREBP-1 binding to the TGF-β1 promoter in a region containing a putative SREBP-1 binding site (SRE). Thus HG-induced SREBP-1 activation requires EGFR/PI3K/RhoA signaling and SCAP-mediated transport to the Golgi for its proteolytic cleavage. Activated SREBP-1 binds to the TGF-β promoter, resulting in TGF-β1 upregulation in response to HG. SREBP-1 thus provides a potential novel therapeutic target for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy.