1.The Current Situation of Offering Humanities Courses In Secondary Medical Schools in Sichuan Province and The Countermeasures
Chinese Medical Ethics 1995;0(04):-
In secondary medical schools,there are many weak links in humanities education at present such as insufficient teaching time,single subject category and the lake of full-time qualified teachers,funds,modernized teaching method and research institutes.The students in secondary medical schools are young,pure and simple in mind.Their abilitites in competition with others ,adaptation to the society and bringing forth new ideas are not good enough.They are to rise to higher level of humane quality.With our country's entry to WTO,it becomes an important problem demanding prompt solution how to adapt secondary medical education to the needs of the time to improve the students'humane quality completely.Therefore,after investigating and analizing the current situation of offering humanities courses in 41 secondary medical schools in Sichuan Province,the author puts forward suggestions and the countermeasures.
2.Neuroprotective Effect of Celecoxib against Degeneration of Dopaminergic Neurons in Rat Model of Parkinson Disease
Ping NIU ; Xin CHEN ; Congjie WANG ; Baoru LIU ; Zhiqiang XIN
Journal of China Medical University 2010;(3):191-193,204
Objective To observe the neuroprotective effect of celecoxib against degeneration of dopaminergic neurons caused by lipopolysaccharide in vivo.Methods The rat model of Parkinson disease(PD)was established by intranigral injection of lipopolysaccharide.Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into control group,PD group,and celecoxib group.Behavioural changes were recorded,and the expressions of tyrosine hydroxylase(TH)and cyclooxygenase-2(COX-2)were determined by immunohistochmistry and Western blot.Results No behavioral change was found in control group.There was significant difference in the number of circling behavior between PD and celecoxib groups(196.90±9.52 vs 109.30±9.38,P<0.01).The number of TH-positive cells and the expression of TH protein in rat substantia nigra were significantly higher in celecoxib group than in PD group(P<0.01).Compared with PD group,the number of COX-2positive cells and the expression of COX-2 protein were significant lower in celecoxib group(P<0.01).Conclusion Celecoxib has neuroprotective effect on the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons caused by lipopolysaccharide in vivo.
3.Expression of Nampt and bone morphogenetic protein 7 in spontaneous diabetic mice and effect of nicotinamide mononucleotide on fibrosis of rats' glomerular cells HBZY-1 in high glucose culture
Ye CHEN ; Congjie CAI ; Riming WEI ; Wei QIAO ; Tingting HU ; Ping WANG ; Leping FENG
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2017;31(6):553-560
OBJECTIVE To investigate the mechanism of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) on inflammation and fibrosis between endogenous nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) and bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP-7) in diabetic glomerular cells.METHODS ① In vivo,spontaneous diabetic C57/BL6 mice and wild C57/BL6 mice were divided into two groups.When blood glucose was above (34.2±1.9) mmol· L-1,renal histology of diabetic mice became obvious.The protein expressions of Nampt and nuclear transcription factors-kappa B p65 (NF-κB p65),silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog 1 (SIRT1) and BMP7 were analyzed by lengths of immunofluorescence.② In vitro,rats' glomerular cells HBZY-1 were incubated with glucose 200 mmol· L-1 for different lengths of time (0,24,48 and 72 h) and at different concentrations of NMN (0,50,100 and 200 iμmol· L-1).The protein levels of Nampt and BMP7 were detected by Western blotting and the protein expressions of NF-κB p65 and α-SMA were measured by immunofluorescence assay.The protein levels of Nampt,BMP7 and NF-κB p65 were detected by Western blotting after HBZY-1 cells were treated with NMN 100 μmol· L-1 and FK866 10 μmol· L-1 for 24 h.RESULTS ① In vivo,the glomeruli of diabetic C57/BL6 mice showed obvious atrophy.Fluorescence intensity of Nampt was increased (P<0.05),but that of BMP7 and SIRT1 in renal glomeruli cells was decreased compared with the wild type (P<0.01).② In vitro,HBZY-1 cells were cultured in glucose 200 mmol· L-1 for 48 and 72 h.The protein expression of NAMPT was increased,but that of BMP7 was decreased (P<0.05,P<0.01).Expressions of NF-κB p65 and α-SMA were increased (P<0.01) by immunofluorescence.The expression of BMP7 was increased after treatment with glucose 200 mmol· L-1,followed by NMN 50,100 and 200 μmol · L-1 for 24 h (P<0.01).The expressions of NAMPT and NF-κB p65 were decreased (P<0.01).The expressions of Nampt and NF-κB p65 in glucose 5.6 mmol· L1 +FK866 and glucose 5.6 mmol· L-1+ NMN groups were increased (P<0.01),but the expression of BMP7 did not change.CONCLUSION Upregulation of endogenous Nampt obviously intervenes in BMP7 expression in the process of glomerular inflammatory fibrosis in severe diabetes.NMN can affect the protein expression of BMP7 via a special Nampt signaling pathway.
4.Study on preparation of the pH sensitive hydroxyethyl chitin/poly (acrylic acid) hydrogel and its drug release property.
Yu ZHAO ; Guohua CHEN ; Mingkun SUN ; Zhitao JIN ; Congjie GAO
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2006;23(2):338-341
Hydroxyethyl chitin (HECH) is a water soluble chitin derivative made by etherification of chitin, ethylene chlorohydrin was used as etherification reagent in this reaction. A novel interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) composed of HECH/PAA was prepared. The IR spectra confirmed that HECH/PAA was formed through chemical bond interaction. The sensitivity of this hydrogel to temperature and pH was studied. The swelling ratio of this hydrogel in artificial intestinal juice is much greater than that in artificial gastric juice. The IPN hydrogel exhibited a typical pH-sensitivity, and its degree of swelling ratio increased with the increase of temperature. The sustained-release drug system of Dichlofenac potassium was prepared by using HECH/PAA as the drug carrier. The release experiment showed a perfect release behavior in artificial intestinal juice. This IPN is expected to be used as a good drug delivery system of enteric medicine.
Acrylates
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chemistry
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
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administration & dosage
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Chitin
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chemistry
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Delayed-Action Preparations
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Diclofenac
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chemical synthesis
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Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate
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chemistry
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Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
5.Studies on the preparation and characterization of immobilized neutral protease by carboxymethyl chitosan microsphere.
Zhitao JIN ; Guohua CHEN ; Xiaoyun LIU ; Yu ZHAO ; Yao CHEN ; Congjie GAO
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2006;23(1):97-101
AS1. 398 neutral protease was immobilized onto carboxymethyl chitosan with glutaraldehyde as cross-linking agent. The effects of pH, time of cross-linking, amount of cross-linking agent and the ratio of enzyme to carrier on the activity of the immobilized enzyme were demonstrated, and the optimum immobilization condition of AS1. 398 neutral protease was established. Also studied was the characterization of immobilized enzyme,including pH, temperature, Km and the stability of storage.
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chemistry
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pharmacology
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Glutaral
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Microspheres
6.Correlation study between cerebral microbleeds and white matter lesions in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease
Xiaopei LYU ; Zhenjie TENG ; Shuai YUAN ; Congjie WANG ; Hong LI ; Na CHEN ; Haili LU ; Wanying SHI ; Yanhong DONG ; Bin JING ; Zhang LI
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2017;26(11):999-1002
Objective To explore distribution characteristics and risk factors of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs),and the correlation between CMBs and white matter lesions (WML) in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease(ICVD).Methods 180 patients with ICVD in neurology department of Hebei General Hospital from February 2015 to January 2017 were recruited.Those patients were underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),and magnetic susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI).Recorded the baseline data and risk factors of high blood pressure,diabetes,hyperlipidemia,and high homocysteine were recorded.Patients with CMBs were counted and graded to understand the characteristics of CMBs distribution.Logisitic regression analysis was used to analyze the influencing factors.ICVD patients were divided into CMBs group and non CMBs group.CMBs group was further divided into 4 groups according to the severity,which was divided into level 1-3.The correlation between CMBs influencing factors and classification was further studied.Then patients with ICVD were divided into WML group and non WML group.WML group scored each region with age-related white matter changes rating scale (ARWMCrs).The correlation between WML and CMBs classification was further studied.Results (1) The overall prevalence of CMBs in patients with ICVD was 61.7% (111/180).The most common location of CMBs in patients with ICVD was the cortical and subcortical regions (80/111,72.1%),followed by the basal ganglia and thalamus regions (61/111,55.0%),and the infratentorial regions(38/111,34.2%).The difference between them were significant (x2 =32.061,P=0.000).In cortical and subcortical regions of CMBs,temporal lobe was the most common (61.3%).(2) Age(B=0.046,Or=1.047,95%CI =1.017~ 1.077,P=0.002) and the high homocysteine (B =1.458,Or=4.299,95% CI =2.114 ~ 8.744,P<0.001) were the risk factors for CMBs.(3) Four classification of CMBs was positively correlated with and WML total score (r=0.393,P=0.393).Conclusion The temporal lobe was the most common region for CMBs in patients with ICVD.Age and high homocysteine were risk factors for CMBs.With the increase of WML total score,severity of CMBs was also increased.