20 research outputs found

    Histories of drug exposure of the NHL matched control groups.

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    <p>NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; ACEI, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; COX-2, cyclooxygenase-2</p><p>Histories of drug exposure of the NHL matched control groups.</p

    Demographic characteristics of the NHL group and the matched control group.

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    <p>*72 subjects, including 4 in the NHL group and 68 in the control group, were not stratified. HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; DM, diabetes mellitus; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus</p><p>Demographic characteristics of the NHL group and the matched control group.</p

    Crude and adjusted odds-ratios of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) associated with previous statin administration during the follow-up period in the study cohort.

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    <p>OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; cDDD, cumulative defined daily dose.</p><p>*Adjusted for age, gender, urbanization level, HBV infection, HCV infection, autoimmune diseases (RA, SLE and sicca syndrome), diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and the uses of ACEI, NSAID, COX-2 inhibitors and aspirin, fibrate and other lipid-lowering drugs.</p><p>Crude and adjusted odds-ratios of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) associated with previous statin administration during the follow-up period in the study cohort.</p

    mRNA expression of senescence-associated genes in K562 cells treated with 50 nM DOX as measured by real-time quantitative RT-PCR.

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    <p>The x-axis indicates the days post DOX treatment and the y-axis represents the relative mRNA expression level. The value of the mRNA expression at day 0 is designated 1, and the levels of all other days are calibrated to this value. Data represented are the means and SE of 5 independent experiments.</p

    Expression of putative <i>miR-375</i> target genes in DOX-induced senescent K562 cells.

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    <p>(A) mRNA expression of putative <i>miR-375</i> target genes in K562 cells treated with 50 nM DOX for 3 and 4 days as measured by real-time quantitative RT-PCR. The value of the mRNA expression in untreated K562 cells of the same day is designated 1, and the level of mRNA expression of DOX-treated K562 cells are calibrated to this value. Data represented are the means and SE of 5 independent experiments. (B) Expression of <i>14-3-3zeta</i>, <i>LDHB</i>, and <i>SP1</i> genes in K562 cells treated with 50 nM DOX (<i>DOX</i>) transfected with 100 nM <i>has-</i>anti-<i>miR-375</i> inhibitor followed by 50 nM DOX treatment (<i>Inh</i>) or transfected with 100 nM <i>has</i>-<i>miR-375</i> precursor (<i>Pre</i>) for 3 and 4 days. The calculation of gene expression was as described in (A). Data represented are the means and SE of 3 independent experiments.</p

    DOX induced senescence but PTX not senescence in K562 cells.

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    <p>(A) K562 cells treated with 50 nM of DOX for 4 days were stained for SA-β-gal activity followed by DAPI staining. Original magnification is 400×. Representative microscopic fields are shown. (B) K562 cells were treated with 50 nM of DOX for 5 days, and the percentages of apoptotic cells were determined by Annexin V/PI staining followed by flow cytometric analysis. Data represented are the means and SE of 3 independent experiments. (C) K562 cells were treated with 50 nM of DOX for 5 days, and DNA contents were measured by flow cytometric analysis after PI staining. Data represented are the means and SE of 3 independent experiments.</p

    <i>miR-375</i> is upregulated in DOX-induced senescent K562 cells.

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    <p>(A) miRNAs upregulated in 50 nM DOX-treated K562 cells for 4 days as measured by TaqMan® microRNA microarray analysis. The value of the miRNA expression in untreated K562 cells of day 4 is designated 1, and the level of miRNA expression of DOX-treated K562 cells are calibrated to this value. Data represented are the means and SE of 3 independent experiments. (B) Validation of miRNA expression by individual mature TaqMan® microRNA assays using real-time quantitative RT-PCR. The 4 most strongly expressed miRNAs selected from TaqMan® microRNA microarray analysis were further validated. The value of the miRNA expression in untreated K562 cells is designated 1, and the level of miRNA expression of DOX-treated K562 cells of the same day are calibrated to this value. Data represented are the means and SE of 3 independent experiments. (C) Inhibition of <i>has</i>-<i>miR-375</i> by 100 nM <i>has</i>-anti-<i>miR-375</i> inhibitor or 100 nM <i>has</i>-anti-<i>miR-375</i> inhibitor scramble negative control (SC) in K562 cells. After transfection for 48 hours, K562 cells were treated with 50 nM DOX for 5 days. The expression of mature <i>has</i>-<i>miR-375</i> was examined by TaqMan® microRNA assays using real-time quantitative RT-PCR. The value of the <i>has</i>-<i>miR-375</i> expression at day 0 is designated 1, and the levels of all other days of the same treatment are calibrated to this value. Data represented are the means and SE of 5 independent experiments. (D) WST-1 assay was performed to determine cell proliferation after 100 nM <i>has-</i>anti-<i>miR-375</i> inhibitor or 100 nM <i>has</i>-anti-<i>miR-375</i> inhibitor SC transfection followed by 50 nM DOX treatment in K562 cells. Data represented are the means and SE of 5 independent experiments. *Indicates significant difference compared to cells treated with 50 nM DOX and treated with 100 nM anti<i>-miR-375</i> SC and 50 nM DOX (<i>p</i><0.05). (E) Overexpression of <i>miR-375</i> by 100 nM <i>has</i>-<i>miR-375</i> precursor or 100 nM <i>has</i>-<i>miR-375</i> precursor SC in K562 cells. The measurement and calculation of mature <i>has</i>-<i>miR-375</i> expression were as described in (C). Data represented are the means and SE of 5 independent experiments. (F) WST-1 assay was performed to determine cell proliferation after 100 nM <i>has</i>-<i>miR-375</i> precursor or 100 nM <i>has</i>-<i>miR-375</i> precursor SC transfection in K562 cells. Data represented are the means and SE of 5 independent experiments. *Indicates significant difference compared to both untreated K562 cells and cells treated with 100 nM <i>has</i>-<i>miR-375</i> precursor SC (<i>p</i><0.05).</p

    Proportion of <i>M. fermentans</i> M64 homologs in 26 mycoplasmal genomes.

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    <p>The three-letter KEGG organism codes were used in the x-axis. The full species names and the values used to plot the bar chart can be found in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0035304#pone.0035304.s005" target="_blank">Table S3</a>.</p

    NF-kB activation of proteins from Triton X-114 extraction of <i>M. fermentans</i> M64.

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    <p>(A) SDS-PAGE analysis of proteins from Triton X-114 fraction (MfD) and aqueous fraction (MfA) of <i>M. fermentans</i> M64. Proteins labeled with asterisk (*) or hash (#) were the previously known MALP-404 and P29 respectively. (B) NF-kB activating ability of different controls and 1, 5, 10 µg of MfD or MfA fractions in 0.1% SDS solution. LPS is a positive control of NF-kB activation. Polymyxin is an antagonist of LPS. Addition of polymyxin is to exclude the contamination of LPS in the measured samples. In both H<sub>2</sub>O and polymyxin, the p-values of significance from the one-tailed Mann-Whitney <i>U</i> test are both <0.005.</p

    Representative 2-DE gel of <i>Mycoplasma fermentans</i> M64.

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    <p>A 100 µg of total proteins were separated by a 24 cm pH 3–10 linear IPG strip for the first dimension IEF and a 24×20 cm 11–13% gradient gel for the second dimension SDS-PAGE. After silver staining, an average of 700 spots can be detected on a 2-DE gel. Spots are numbered according to the matched ORFs.</p
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