1.Comparison of Different Methods Used in Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
xiao-qi, CHEN ; ge-lin, XU ; jia-wu, QUAN
Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 1994;0(04):-
Objective To select more rapid,sensitive and specific method in detection of respiratory syncytial virus(RSV)directly from clinical specimens.Methods RSV was detected by virus isolation in tissue culture,direct smears and detection by indirect immunofluorecence assay(IFA),rapid culture assay,sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)as well as labbed streptavidin biotin method(LSAB)from 45 specimens(nasopharyngeal aspirates,NPAs) collected from infants and young children with acute lower respiratory tract infection.Results Of 45 NPAs,12 cases(26.7%) were positive by virus isolation,14 cases(31.1%) were positive for RSV by direct detection of RSV antigen by IFA,20 cases(44.4%) were positive with rapid culture assay,4 cases(8.9%)were positive by sandwich ELISA,4 cases(8.9%)were positive by LSAB.Conclusion Rapid culture assay and direct detection of RSV in NPAs direct smears by IFA are rapid,sensitive method in the diagnosis of RSV infections.
2.Effect observation of 115 children with asthma treated with salmeterol/flutieasone propionate inhalation
Qiusheng GE ; Jinyu CHEN ; Songzhou XU ; Yujuan LIN
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2008;15(5):732-733
Objective To observe the effect of salmeterol/flutieasone propionate on children with asthma. Methods Salmeterol/flutieasone propionate inhalation of different dosages were given according to different illness condition of asthma. Investigate the effects of 180 days inhalation of SM/FP among children. Results After 180 days' treatment, the PEFam and PEFpm of those children of asthma were significantly increased. The lung function has a perceptible improvement. In addition, the daytime and noctural symptom scores and asthma symptom were improved. Moreover, the shore-acting β2 agonist was used with decreasing frequency. The effects of SM/FP inhalation were marvelous after 1 week of treatment and should make a long persisting time alter six months of treatment. Conclusion SM/FP is an effective medicine for children with asthma and should be make more widespread.
3.The immunoprotective effects of new gene R049 of uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Xin GE ; Yumei ZHANG ; Jinying CHEN ; Xu LIN ; Fengling ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2008;28(8):712-716
Objective To clone and express the new gene R049 of uropathogenic Escherichia coli 132.and to investigate the immunopmtective effects of the R049 recombinant protein on mice.Methods The pmkaryotic expression system of gene R049 was constructed by directed cloning.Thereafter,the R049 recombinant protein Was expressed and purified by Ni affinity chromatography.Polyclonal antibody was pre-pared by immunizing BALB/c mice with R049 recombinant protein.The R049 recombinant protein and whole bacterial proteins of UPEC132 were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Western blot.BALB/c mice were im-munized with R049 recombinant protein before challenged by UPECl32 through urinary tract.Then the differences of urine and renal colony counts between immunization group and control group were compared.Results The recombinant strain E coli BL21(DE3)/pET32a-R049 ORF was constructed successfully,and the relative molecular mass of the R049 recombinant protein was 66.9×103 and its purity was up to 95% af-ter purification.The titer of polyclonal antibody wag≥1:102 400 analyzed by indirect ELISA.Both of the R049 recombinant protein and whole bacterial proteins of UPECl 32 were confirmed to show specffic reactions on the antiserunl throughh Western blot.The animal experiments showed the urine and renal colony counts of immunization group were significantly lower than that of the control group(P<0.01,P<0.05).Conclu-sion The new gene R049 of uropathogenic E.coli 132 had immunopmtective effects on mice and the defini-tive mechanism would be needed to further study.
4.The influence of multileaf collimator angle on delivery efficiency for IMRT treatment
Changhu LI ; Chunli ZHANG ; Liming XU ; Wei GE ; Xuelian LIN ; Bing WU
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2013;22(6):482-484
Objective To study the influence of the angle of multileaf collimator leaves on segments (control point for sliding windows) number and monitor units in intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) plan optimization.Methods 10 cases undergone IMRT with rectangle target volume were choosed,2 plan were designed with step and shot technique and sliding windows technique for running direction of collimator with target long axis vertical and parallel respectively,compared the plans with similar optimization parameters for different angle of the collimator.Results The number of segments and monitor units increased by 52.8% and 49.6% more than longitudinal direction of leaf collimator with static IMRT respectively,there appeared significant difference (P =0.000) ; and the number of segments and monitor units increased by 58.2% and 61.9% more than longitudinal direction of leaf collimator with dynamic IMRT respectively,there appeared significant difference (P =0.000).Conclusions For the optimization of IMRT based on multileaf collimator,the direction of collimator perpendicular to the target long axis,there could be obviously decrease the number of monitor units,shorten the treatment time,improve the treatment efficiency with similar dose distribution.
5.Radiotherapy patients with identification study on continuous quality improvement
Yugang YANG ; Hongzhi QI ; Lin XU ; Jie HAO ; Ge SHANG ; Yongxing BAO
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2016;25(2):172-174
Objective To study the recogniting patients identity for the safety and reliability of radiotherapy. Methods Through PDCA 4 footwork, namely, plan, do, check, action the technicians in the hospital to improve patients' identity verification.Results After 4 months of PDCA cycle,the patient identity verification qualified rate increase gradually,from 88.17% up to 99.07%,the privacy of patients satisfaction rate rose from 52. 69% to 98. 15%. The patients identification accuracy rate of 100%, technicians working efficiency has been greatly improved. Conclusions The measure of patient identification can improve the working process of radiotherapy for safety and efficiency and can get better privacy protection.
6.Video-assisted thoracic surgery for intralobar pulmonary sequestration
Zongwu LIN ; Wei JIANG ; Qun WANG ; Di GE ; Lijie TAN ; Songtao XU ; Hong FAN ; Chunlai LU
Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012;(11):641-643,650
Objective To analyze safety,efficacy and resection methods of video-assisted thoracic surgery(VATS) for the treatment of intralobar pulmonary sequestration(IPS).Methods Data of 17 patients who were diagnosed as IPS and received VATS from December 2006 to September 2011 were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were 7 males and 10 females with the mean age of 40.3 (14-61) years.Diagnosis was confirmed in 9 patients by enhanced CT and unconfirmed in 8 patients.Three ports were used for surgery.After the aberrant artery was confirmed,liner stapler was used in 16 patients to cut it and Hem-o-lok was used in 1 patient because the aberrant artery was about 3 mm in diameter and long enough.If the diameter of the aberrant artery was longer than 10 mm,a stapling device without knife was used to occlude it centrally and a second stapling device was used to cut it peripherally.Wedge resection or lobectomy was performed due to the different conditions.When the lesion was small with linited range in CT image and the lesion was easily distinguished from normal lung tissue during operation,wedge resection was preferred.Results Seventeen patients underwent VATS successfully without any conversion to thoracotomy or any serious complications.Five patients were planned to receive wedge resection and one was converted to lobectomy.Another 12 patients were planned to receive lobectomy and all succeeded.The mean operating time was 128 (80-170)min.The mean blood loss was 80 (5-200) ml.The mean days of chest tube maintained were 4.0 (2-6) days.The mean postoperative hospitalization days were 7.6 (4-11) days.All patients were diagnosed as IPS according to operating in-sight and postoperative pathology.There was no patient suffering from chronic cough,bloody sputum or recurrent pneumonia during the follow-up.Conclusion VATS for the treatment of IPS is safe and feasible.If conditions permit,wedge resection or segmentectomy may be preferred.
7.Effect of vitamin D supplementation on insulin resistance and blood glucose in people who are obese or people with abnormal glucose metabolism:A meta-analysis
Xiumei YIN ; Na YOU ; Heng MIAO ; Zhao LIN ; Weixing GE ; Jiarong XU
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2016;32(8):663-667
Objective To systematically review the evidence for the effect of vitamin D supplementation on insulin resistance and blood glucose in people who are obese or people with abnormal glucose metabolism. Methods We searched databases including Pubmed, Elsevier, Web of Science, and WANFANG Database etc. for randomized controlled trials comparing vitamin D or analogues with placebo. We extracted data on insulin resistance and blood glucose, including homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance( HOMA-IR), fasting blood glucose, HbA1C (% ). A1l data were analyzed using Review Manager 5. 0. Results Nine studies involving 867 participants were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that: ( 1 ) For people who are obese and with abnormal glucose metabolism, meta-analysis showed a small improvement in HOMA-IR(SMD -0. 34,95% CI -0. 61 to -0. 06, P<0. 05) and a small effect on fasting glucose (SMD -0. 41 mmol/ L, 95% CI -0. 68 to -0. 15, P<0. 05),while such effects were not seen in people who are obese but with normal blood glucose. (2) No serious adverse events were associated with the administration of vitamin D. Conclusion vitamin D supplementation may be benefit for improving insulin resistance and fasting blood glucose in people who are obese and with abnormal glucose metabolism, but has no effect on obese people with normal blood glucose.
8.The Effects of Dilute Acid Hydrolysate By-products of Corn Stover on Ethanol Fermentation of Xylose-utilising Saccharomyces cerevisiae 6508-127
Bei LIN ; Xin-Qing ZHAO ; Xu-Meng GE ; Feng-Wu BAI ;
China Biotechnology 2006;0(07):-
During the dilute acid pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials such as corn stover, hemicellulose is hydrolyzed into monosaccharides, and meanwhile, toxic by-products are simultaneously generated, which may influence ethanol fermentation thereafter. Studies on the inhibitory effects of the by-products on ethanol fermentation are of practical use for further improvement of ethanol yield from lignocellulosic materials. Five by-products, including acetic acid, formic acid, vanillin, furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, were identified to be the main components in the hydrolysate of dilute acid pretreatment of local corn stover, which were added into the medium at different concentrations to study their impacts on the growth and ethanol fermentation of a recombinant xylose-utilizing yeast strain, S. cerevisiae 6508-127. The ethanol production was inhibited by formic acid and acetic acid to a lesser extent than that to the growth, and formic acid was shown to be much more toxic than acetic acid, showing severe inhibitory effects at the concentration of 1g/L, half of the concentration for acetic acid which showed remarkably negative effects on ethanol fermentation. Vanillin caused a much longer lag-phase in growth when the concentration was 2g/L, and the lag-phase was not obvious at lower concentrations. At the concentration of 6g/L, vanillin completely inhibited the fermentation as well as the cell growth. 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural was showed to remarkably inhibit ethanol production, but the biomass yield was higher by exogenous addition of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural than control. Furfural at 0.5~1.5g/L inhibited the cell growth, but the ethanol yield was higher than that of the control experiment. It was also found that vanillin, furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural could be assimilated and metabolized by S. cerevisiae 6508-127 under the experimental conditions.
9.Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Hua LI ; Ge-Lin XU ; Wen-Xin ZHAO ; Guo-Qing ZHOU ;
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2006;0(11):-
Small vessel disease (SVD) of the cerebral white and central grey matter is an important subtype of vascular dementia (VD).SVD-dementia is characterized by a dysexecutive type of cognitive impairment,neurological deficits including imbalance and voiding dysfunction,and emotional disturbances.SVD is also frequent among clinically healthy subjects and patients with mild cognitive impairment.It is easily visualized by imaging techniques,but difficult to distinguish from mixed SVD/ Alzheimer Disease.This article reviews the recent progress in research on SVD and the problems have to be resolved.
10.The preliminary study on molecular biologic staging of non-small cell lung cancer lymph nodes
Yuan QIU ; Jian-Xing HE ; Han-Zhang CHEN ; Lin-Hu GE ; Xin XU ; Nan-Shan ZHONG ;
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2006;0(08):-
Objective To analyze negative lymph nodes of 34 non-small cell lung cancer(NCLC) patients with total correction by means of fluorescent quantitation PCR and immunohistcchemistry,and to form molecular bi- ology staging.Methods Clinical data and tissue samples of 193 lymph nodes were collected from 34 patients under- going resection for non-small cell lung cancer.Using fluorescent quantitation reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry method,lymph nodes were examined for CEA gene mRNA,P53 and CK to form molecular biology staging.All the patients were followed-up for an average of forty months.Results The CEAmRNA was identified in 21.7% (42/193) lymph nodes negative patients from 17 patients(17/34,50%); TMN staging was up-regulated in 8 patients;positive lymph nodes were increased in 9 patients.P53 and AE1/AE3 were identified 9.8%(19/193) from 11 patients,18.6 % (36/193)from 15 patients,separately;TMN staging was up-regulated in 2 patients of P53 examination and 5 patients of AE1/AE3 analysis;positive lymph nodes were in- creased in in 7 patients of P53 examination and 11 patients of AE1/AE3 analysis.There was obvious statistical sig- nificance in them,but the molecular biology staging based on the three markers was not an independent factor on re- currence and metasis of lung cancer.Conclusion CEAmRNA.P53 and AE1/AE3 analysis could find lung cancer micrometasis more sensitively to form molecular biology staging which was relative to the prognosis,but not an inde- pendent prognostic indicator.It might be good to the therapy strategy after operation.