| 1 | Impaired granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor bioactivity accelerates surgical recurrence in ileal crohn's disease显示文摘AIM To examine the relationship between elevated granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor(GMCSF) auto-antibodies(Ab) level and time to surgical recurrence after initial surgery for Crohn's disease(CD). METHODS We reviewed 412 charts from a clinical database at tertiary academic hospital. Patients included in the study had ileal or ileocolonic CD and surgical resection of small bowel or ileocecal region for management of disease. Serum samples were analyzed for serological assays including GM-CSF cytokine, GM-CSF Ab, ASCA Ig G and Ig A, and genetic markers including SNPs rs2066843, rs2066844, rs2066845, rs2076756 and rs2066847 in NOD2, rs2241880 in ATG16 L1, and rs13361189 in IRGM. Cox proportional-hazards models were used to assess the predictors of surgical recurrence.RESULTS Ninety six percent of patients underwent initial ileocecal resection(ICR) or ileal resection(IR) and subsequently 40% of patients required a second ICR/IR for CD. GMCSF Ab level was elevated at a median of 3.81 mcg/mL. Factors predicting faster time to a second surgery included elevated GM-CSF Ab [hazard ratio(HR) 3.52, 95%CI: 1.45-8.53, P = 0.005] and elevated GM-CSF cytokine(HR = 2.48, 95%CI: 1.31-4.70, P = 0.005). Factors predicting longer duration between first and second surgery included use of Immunomodulators(HR = 0.49, 95%CI: 0.31-0.77, P = 0.002), the interaction effect of low GM-CSF Ab levels and smoking(HR = 0.60, 95%CI: 0.45-0.81, P = 0.001) and the interaction effect of low GM-CSF cytokine levels and ATG16 L1(HR = 0.65, 95%CI: 0.49-0.88, P = 0.006).CONCLUSION GM-CSF bioavailability plays a critical role in maintaining intestinal homeostasis. Decreased bioavailability coupled with the genetic risk markers and/or smoking results in aggressive CD behavior. | Grace Gathungu Yuanhao Zhang Xinyu Tian Erin Bonkowski Leahana Rowehl Julia Krumsiek Billy Nix Claudia Chalk Bruce Trapnell Wei Zhu Rodney Newberry Lee Denson Ellen Li | 2018 | World Journal of Gastroenterology2018,24,5: | 5 |
| 3 | Fungal diversity notes 111-252-taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa显示文摘This paper is a compilation of notes on 142 fungal taxa,including five new families,20 new genera,and 100 new species,representing a wide taxonomic and geographic range.The new families,Ascocylindricaceae,Caryosporaceae and Wicklowiaceae(Ascomycota)are introduced based on their distinct lineages and unique morphology.The new Dothideomycete genera Pseudomassariosphaeria(Amniculicolaceae),Heracleicola,Neodidymella and Pseudomicrosphaeriopsis(Didymellaceae),Pseudopithomyces(Didymosphaeriaceae),Brunneoclavispora,Neolophiostoma and Sulcosporium(Halotthiaceae),Lophiohelichrysum(Lophiostomataceae),Galliicola,Populocrescentia and Vagicola(Phaeosphaeriaceae),Ascocylindrica(Ascocylindricaceae),Elongatopedicellata(Roussoellaceae),Pseudoasteromassaria(Latoruaceae)and Pseudomonodictys(Macrodiplodiopsidaceae)are introduced.The newly described species of Dothideomycetes(Ascomycota)are Pseudomassariosphaeria bromicola(Amniculicolaceae),Flammeascoma lignicola(Anteagloniaceae),Ascocylindrica marina(Ascocylindricaceae),Lembosia xyliae(Asterinaceae),Diplodia crataegicola and Diplodia galiicola(Botryosphaeriaceae),Caryospora aquatica(Caryosporaceae),Heracleicola premilcurensis and Neodidymella thailandicum(Didymellaceae),Pseudopithomyces palmicola(Didymosphaeriaceae),Floricola viticola(Floricolaceae),Brunneoclavispora bambusae,Neolophiostoma pigmentatum and Sulcosporium thailandica(Halotthiaceae),Pseudoasteromassaria fagi(Latoruaceae),Keissleriella dactylidicola(Lentitheciaceae),Lophiohelichrysum helichrysi(Lophiostomataceae),Aquasubmersa japonica(Lophiotremataceae),Pseudomonodictys tectonae(Macrodiplodiopsidaceae),Microthyrium buxicola and Tumidispora shoreae(Microthyriaceae),Alloleptosphaeria clematidis,Allophaeosphaeria cytisi,Allophaeosphaeria subcylindrospora,Dematiopleospora luzulae,Entodesmium artemisiae,Galiicola pseudophaeosphaeria,Loratospora luzulae,Nodulosphaeria senecionis,Ophiosphaerella aquaticus,Populocrescentia forlicesenensis and Vagicola vagans(Phaeosphaeriaceae),Elongatopedicellata lignicola,Roussoella magnatum and Roussoella angustior(Roussoellaceae)and Shrungabeeja longiappendiculata(Tetraploasphaeriaceae).The new combinations Pseudomassariosphaeria grandispora,Austropleospora archidendri,Pseudopithomyces chartarum,Pseudopithomyces maydicus,Pseudopithomyces sacchari,Vagicola vagans,Punctulariopsis cremeoalbida and Punctulariopsis efibulata Dothideomycetes.The new genera Dictyosporella(Annulatascaceae),and Tinhaudeus(Halosphaeriaceae)are introduced in Sordariomycetes(Ascomycota)while Dictyosporella aquatica(Annulatascaceae),Chaetosphaeria rivularia(Chaetosphaeriaceae),Beauveria gryllotalpidicola and Beauveria loeiensis(Cordycipitaceae),Seimatosporium sorbi and Seimatosporium pseudorosarum(Discosiaceae),Colletotrichum aciculare,Colletotrichum fusiforme and Colletotrichum hymenocallidicola(Glomerellaceae),Tinhaudeus formosanus(Halosphaeriaceae),Pestalotiopsis subshorea and Pestalotiopsis dracaenea(Pestalotiopsiceae),Phaeoacremonium tectonae(Togniniaceae),Cytospora parasitica and Cytospora tanaitica(Valsaceae),Annulohypoxylon palmicola,Biscogniauxia effusae and Nemania fusoideis(Xylariaceae)are introduced as novel species to order Sordariomycetes.The newly described species of Eurotiomycetes are Mycocalicium hyaloparvicellulum(Mycocaliciaceae).Acarospora septentrionalis and Acarospora castaneocarpa(Acarosporaceae),Chapsa multicarpa and Fissurina carassensis(Graphidaceae),Sticta fuscotomentosa and Sticta subfilicinella(Lobariaceae)are newly introduced in class Lecanoromycetes.In class Pezizomycetes,Helvella pseudolacunosa and Helvella rugosa(Helvellaceae)are introduced as new species.The new families,Dendrominiaceae and Neoantrodiellaceae(Basidiomycota)are introduced together with a new genus Neoantrodiella(Neoantrodiellaceae),here based on both morphology coupled with molecular data.In the class Agaricomycetes,Agaricus pseudolangei,Agaricus haematinus,Agaricus atrodiscus and Agaricus exilissimus(Agaricaceae),Amanita melleialba,Amanita pseudosychnopyramis and Amanita subparvipantherina(Amanitaceae),Entoloma calabrum,Cora barbulata,Dictyonema gomezianum and Inocybe granulosa(Inocybaceae),Xerocomellus sarnarii(Boletaceae),Cantharellus eucalyptorum,Cantharellus nigrescens,Cantharellus tricolor and Cantharellus variabilicolor(Cantharellaceae),Cortinarius alboamarescens,Cortinarius brunneoalbus,Cortinarius ochroamarus,Cortinarius putorius and Cortinarius seidlii(Cortinariaceae),Hymenochaete micropora and Hymenochaete subporioides(Hymenochaetaceae),Xylodon ramicida(Schizoporaceae),Colospora andalasii(Polyporaceae),Russula guangxiensis and Russula hakkae(Russulaceae),Tremella dirinariae,Tremella graphidis and Tremella pyrenulae(Tremellaceae)are introduced.Four new combinations Neoantrodiella gypsea,Neoantrodiella thujae(Neoantrodiellaceae),Punctulariopsis cremeoalbida,Punctulariopsis efibulata(Punctulariaceae)are also introduced here for the division Basidiomycota.Furthermore Absidia caatinguensis,Absidia koreana and Gongronella koreana(Cunninghamellaceae),Mortierella pisiformis and Mortierella formosana(Mortierellaceae)are newly introduced in the Zygomycota,while Neocallimastix cameroonii and Piromyces irregularis(Neocallimastigaceae)are introduced in the Neocallimastigomycota.Reference specimens or changes in classification and notes are provided for Alternaria ethzedia,Cucurbitaria ephedricola,Austropleospora,Austropleospora archidendri,Byssosphaeria rhodomphala,Lophiostoma caulium,Pseudopithomyces maydicus,Massariosphaeria,Neomassariosphaeria and Pestalotiopsis montellica. | Hiran A.Ariyawansa Kevin D.Hyde Subashini C.Jayasiri Bart Buyck K.W.Thilini Chethana Dong Qin Dai Yu Cheng Dai Dinushani A.Daranagama Ruvishika S.Jayawardena Robert Lücking Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad Tuula Niskanen Kasun M.Thambugala Kerstin Voigt Rui Lin Zhao Guo-Jie Li Mingkwan Doilom Saranyaphat Boonmee Zhu L.Yang Qing Cai Yang-Yang Cui Ali H.Bahkali Jie Chen Bao Kai Cui Jia Jia Chen Monika C.Dayarathne Asha J.Dissanayake Anusha H.Ekanayaka Akira Hashimoto Sinang Hongsanan E.B.Gareth Jones Ellen Larsson Wen Jing Li Qi-Rui Li Jian Kui Liu Zong Long Luo Sajeewa S.N.Maharachchikumbura Ausana Mapook Eric H.C.McKenzie Chada Norphanphoun Sirinapa Konta Ka Lai Pang Rekhani H.Perera Rungtiwa Phookamsak Chayanard Phukhamsakda Umpava Pinruan Emile Randrianjohany Chonticha Singtripop Kazuaki Tanaka Cheng Ming Tian Saowaluck Tibpromma Mohamed A.Abdel-Wahab Dhanushka N.Wanasinghe Nalin N.Wijayawardene Jin-Feng Zhang Huang Zhang Faten A.Abdel-Aziz Mats Wedin Martin Westberg Joseph F.Ammirati Timur S.Bulgakov Diogo X.Lima Tony M.Callaghan Philipp Callac Cheng-Hao Chang Luis F.Coca Manuela Dal-Forno Veronika Dollhofer Kateřina Fliegerová Katrin Greiner Gareth W.Griffith Hsiao-Man Ho Valerie Hofstetter Rajesh Jeewon Ji Chuan Kang Ting-Chi Wen Paul M.Kirk Ilkka Kytövuori James D.Lawrey Jia Xing Hong Li Zou Yi Liu Xing Zhong Liu Kare Liimatainen H.Thorsten Lumbsch Misato Matsumura Bibiana Moncada Salilaporn Nuankaew Sittiporn Parnmen AndréL.C.M.de Azevedo Santiago Sujinda Sommai Yu Song Carlos A.F.de Souza Cristina M.de Souza-Motta Hong Yan Su Satinee Suetrong Yong Wang Syuan-Fong Wei Ting Chi Wen Hai Sheng Yuan Li Wei Zhou Martina Réblová Jacques Fournier Erio Camporesi J.Jennifer Luangsa-ard Kanoksri Tasanathai Artit Khonsanit Donnaya Thanakitpipattana Sayanh Somrithipol Paul Diederich Ana M.Millanes Ralph S.Common Marc Stadler Ji Ye Yan XingHong Li Hye Won Lee Thi T.T.Nguyen Hyang Burm Lee Eliseo Battistin Orlando Marsico Alfredo Vizzini Jordi Vila Enrico Ercole Ursula Eberhardt Giampaolo Simonini Hua-An Wen Xin-Hua Chen Otto Miettinen Viacheslav Spirin Hernawati | 2015 | Fungal Diversity2015,,6: | 2 |
| 10 | Association of Serum Folate and Vitamin B_(12) Concentrations with Obesity in Chinese Children and Adolescents显示文摘Objective This study aimed to evaluate the associations of serum folate and/or vitamin B12 concentrations with obesity among Chinese children and adolescents.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted including 3,079 Chinese children and adolescents,aged 6 to 17 years,from Jiangsu,China.Anthropometric indices,such as,children's body mass index(BMI),BMI z-scores,waist circumference,and waist-to-height ratio were utilized.Multivariable linear regression and generalized additive models were used to investigate the associations of serum folate and vitamin B12 levels with anthropometric indices and odds of obesity.Results We observed that serum vitamin B12 concentrations were inversely associated with all anthropometric indices and the odds of general obesity[odds ratio(OR)=0.68;95%confidence interval(CI)=0.59,0.78]and abdominal obesity(OR=0.68;95%CI=0.60,0.77).When compared to participants with both serum vitamin levels in the two middle quartiles,those with both serum folate and vitamin B12 levels in the highest quartile were less prone to general(OR=0.31,95%CI=0.19,0.50)or abdominal obesity(OR=0.46,95%CI=0.31,0.67).Conversely,participants with vitamin B12 levels in the lowest quartile alongside folate levels in the highest quartile had higher odds of abdominal obesity(OR=2.06,95%CI=1.09,3.91).Conclusion Higher serum vitamin B12 concentrations,but not serum folate concentrations,were associated with lower odds of childhood obesity.Children and adolescents with high levels of vitamin B12 and folate were less likely to be obese. | ZHU Qian Rang KOK E Dieuwertje BEKELE Hailu Tesfaye MANUSAMA Koen ZHANG Jing Xian XIE Wei ZONG Wen Qi ZUO Hui ZHANG Jian KAMPMAN Ellen DAI Yue | 2024 | Biomedical and Environmental Sciences2024,37,3: | 0 |