Association between weight change during initial chemotherapy and clinical outcome in dogs with multicentric lymphoma     

Wei‐Shan Lee  Jih‐Jong Lee  Albert Taiching Liao  Chia‐Lien Kao  Shang‐Lin Wang 《Veterinary and comparative oncology》2021,19(1):53-60

The majority of the known prognostic factors in dogs with lymphoma have been evaluated before treatment commences or at the time of diagnosis. Prognostic factors evaluated during the initial phase of treatment are less described but may provide important clinical information. In this retrospective study, 82 canine lymphoma patients were categorized according to the weight change between diagnosis and after 5 weeks of chemotherapy. Dogs that gained greater than 5% or lost greater than 5% of initial body weight were categorized as increased‐ or decreased‐weight groups, respectively. Those in which weight changed less than 5% were categorized as the maintained‐weight group. The median progression‐free survival (PFS) in the increased‐weight group, maintained‐weight group and decreased‐weight group was 226, 256 and 129 days, respectively. The decreased‐weight group had significantly shorter PFS than the increased and maintained groups (P = .023, P = .003, respectively). The median survival time (ST) in the increased‐weight group, maintained‐weight group and decreased‐weight group was 320, 339 and 222 days, respectively. There was no significant difference in ST among the three groups (P = .128). In Cox‐regression results, weight change group and initial body weight were significant risk factors associated to PFS (P = .007, P = .001, respectively) while only patient's initial body weight was a significant risk factor to ST (P = .013). In conclusion, evaluation of initial body weight and weight changes over time can provide valuable information regarding PFS and ST in dogs with multicentric lymphoma.  相似文献   

Enterotoxigenicity and cytotoxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis strains and development of a process for Cry1Ac production     

Yang CY  Pang JC  Kao SS  Tsen HY 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2003,51(1):100-105

Bacillus thuringiensis is indistinguishable from Bacillus cereus except for the production of insecticidal crystal proteins (ICPs). B. thuringiensis strains may show enterotoxin profiles and toxin levels similar to those of B. cereus strains isolated from food-poisoning cases. It is important for the food industry and farmers to consider that with the application of B. thuringiensis strains to crops, their spores may be introduced into the human food chain. In this study, 59 B. thuringiensis strains were assayed for their hemolysin BL (HBL) using a BCET-RPLA kit and their cytotoxicity to Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. The enterotoxin titer was as high as that of B. cereus diarrheal-type strain ATCC 49064. In an attempt to obtain a food safety strain for bioinsecticide use, in this study, a 3.5-kb cry1Ac DNA fragment was amplified with PCR from the total DNA of B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki CCRC 11502 and cloned into the Bacillus expression vector pHY300PLK. The alpha-amylase promoter, amyE, was then introduced into the promoter region and, afterward, the recombinant plasmid pHYe1Ac35 was introduced into a non-enterotoxigenic and non-cytotoxic B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki Tt14 strain. The transformant, without any detectable enterotoxigenicity or cytotoxicity, produced Cry1Ac toxin properly, and its insecticidal activity against Trichoplusia ni larvae was found to be satisfactory.  相似文献   

Searching for BSE in sheep: interpreting the results so far     

Gravenor MB  Ryder SJ  Gubbins S  Hunter N  Baylis M  Kao RR 《The Veterinary record》2003,152(10):298-299

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以電化學分析法探討堆肥對土壤三價砷活性的影響     

陳鴻基  高衛聖  曾志明 《勤云标准版测试》2007,(10)

台灣西南沿?貐^土壤中砷含量有偏高情形,砷含量過高會經由各種途徑對人體造成毒害。以X-射線繞射儀與傅立葉轉換紅外線吸收光譜儀證明普魯士藍對三價砷的孯恍晕綑C制,再以普魯士藍修飾電極搭配流動注入系統來偵測土壤三價砷,並探討堆肥對三價砷在不同土壤中吸附與脫附的影響。試驗結果得知電化學分析技術可快速、簡便且準確地偵測土壤三價砷,且結果中也指出堆肥處理會增加秀水與後里土壤對三價砷的吸附。此外,三種土壤不論有無施用堆肥,脫附百分率的大小順序爲興大>秀水>後里,其中秀水土壤雖在施用堆肥後吸附力大小明顯增加,但脫附百分率下降的情形較不明顯,顯示黏土礦物種類與含量控制三價砷的脫附行爲。  相似文献   

Multiple forms of esterases in mouse,rat, and rabbit liver,and their role in hydrolysis of organophosphorus and pyrethroid insecticides     

L.R. Kao  N. Motoyama  W.C. Dauterman 《Pesticide biochemistry and physiology》1985,23(1):66-73

Six to seven esterases from mouse, rat, and rabbit liver microsomes were resolved by chromatofocusing in the pH range 7–4. Each esterase peak showed a different substrate specificity pattern with the substrates evaluated. Malathion and paraoxon hydrolysis always corresponded with p-nitrophenyl acetate and methylthiobutyrate hydrolysis, whereas the pattern of fenvalerate hydrolysis was more complicated. Phosphorotriester hydrolase activity was isolated, and was found to be more specific toward paraoxon than toward the other insecticides. Time-course studies of paraoxon hydrolysis indicated that the hydrolysis of paraoxon by carboxylesterase was an inhibitory reaction. This reaction and phosphorotriester hydrolase activity can serve as a detoxication reaction toward organophosphate insecticides.  相似文献   

南黄杂种牛与本地黄牛生长发育对比研究   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

丁考仁青 《畜牧兽医杂志》2009,28(2):4-6

针对甘南本地黄牛体格小、生产性能低的现状，用南德温牛细管冻精授配甘南本地黄牛，结果表明，南杂F1代个体具有早熟、生长快、耐粗饲、饲料转化率高、抗病力强、难产率低等一系列优良特性，很适合当地黄牛养殖区大面积推广。  相似文献   

Genetics of multiple disease resistance in a doubled-haploid population of barley   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

B. J. Steffenson    Y. Jin    B. G. Rossnagel    J. B. Rasmussen  K. Kao 《Plant Breeding》1995,114(1):50-54

The barley accession Q21861 possesses resistance to the stem-rust (Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici), leaf-rust (P. hordei), and powdery-mildew (Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei) pathogens. An anther-culture-derived doubled-haploid population was produced from F₁ plants from a cross of this accession and the susceptible breeding line SM89010 as a means of rapidly and efficiently determining the genetics of multiple disease resistance. The doubled-haploid population segregated 1:1 (resistant:susceptible) for resistance to the stem rust pathotype QCC indicating the involvement of a single resistance gene, rpg4. Two-gene (3:1) and one-gene (1:1) segregation ratios were observed for resistance to the stem-rust pathotype MCC at low (23–25°c) and high (27–29°C) temperature, respectively. These different segregation patterns were due to a pathotype × temperature interaction exhibited by rpg4 and Rpg1. another stem-rust-resistance gene present in Q21861. One-gene and two-gene segregation ratios were observed in reaction to the leaf rust and powdery mildew pathogens. These data demonstrate the utility of doubled haploid populations for determining the genetics of multiple disease resistance in barley.  相似文献   

The chi-Chi earthquake sequence: active, out-of-sequence thrust faulting in taiwan   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Kao H  Chen WP 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2000,288(5475):2346-2349

We combined precise focal depths and fault plane solutions of more than 40 events from the 20 September 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake sequence with a synthesis of subsurface geology to show that the dominant structure for generating earthquakes in central Taiwan is a moderately dipping (20 degrees to 30 degrees ) thrust fault away from the deformation front. A second, subparallel seismic zone lies about 15 kilometers below the main thrust. These seismic zones differ from previous models, indicating that both the basal decollement and relic normal faults are aseismic.  相似文献   

Glycyrrhizic acid and 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid modulate lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response by suppression of NF-κB through PI3K p110δ and p110γ inhibitions     

Wang CY  Kao TC  Lo WH  Yen GC 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2011,59(14):7726-7733

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On a wave dissipation method for offshore aquaculture areas     

S. W. Twu  R. C. Kao  H. H. Hwung 《Aquacultural Engineering》1986,5(2-4):271-286

This paper describes a proposed flexible floating structure to provide a method of wave dissipation for an aquaculture area. The structure is mainly made of net-tubes which are filled with floating balls. A number of ways of placement for the flexible structure have been investigated in hydraulic model studies and the results are presented in this paper. From these studies it is concluded that if a certain number of rows of these floating structures are connected with proper spacings, then the complex floating structure will serve as a good wave sheltering system for an offshore aquaculture area.  相似文献