1.Expression and clinical significance of S100A11 in non-small cell lung cancer
Xiaoping CHEN ; Yong PU ; Jingjie FENG ; Dong HUA
Journal of International Oncology 2016;43(1):5-7
Objective To investigate the expression of S100A11 protein in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and its association with clinical and pathological characteristics.Methods The expressions of S100A11 protein in 112 NSCLC tumor tissues (group A), tumor-adjacent tissues (group B) and 10 normal lung tissues (group C) were detected by immunohistochemical SP method.The association of S100A11 expression with clinical pathological characteristics was analyzed.Results The percentage of the cases with high expression cases of S100A11 protein was 78.6% (88/112) , and the low expression rate was 21.4 % (24/112) in group A.The low expression rate of S100A11 protein was 100.0% (112/112) in group B.The negative expression rate of S100A11 protein was 100.0% (10/10) in group C.The difference of S100A11 expression among the three groups was statistically significant (x2 =153.634, P <0.001).The S100A11 expression was associated with pathological type (x2 =6.807, P =0.009), differentiated degree (x2 =5.029, P =0.025), regional lymph node metastasis (x2 =11.721, P =0.001) in NSCLC, but it was not associated with gender (x2 =0.020, P =0.888) , age (x2 =0.816, P =0.366) and tumor size (x2 =0.406, P =0.524).Conclusion S100A11 is highly expressed in NSCLC, which is closely related with biological behavioral characteristics.S100A11 may participate in the occurrence and development of NSCLC, and it is expected to become the potential target of diagnosis and prognosis in patients with NSCLC.
2.Occluding effect of two kinds of Er laser on dentinal tubules:An in vitro study
Jie WANG ; Jingjie DONG ; Yajuan DING ; Mengting WANG ; Yaming CHEN
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2016;32(4):537-541
Objective:To evaluate the occluding effect of 2 kinds of Er laser on dentinal tubules.Methods:27 dentine discs were prepared,etched with 0.5 mol/L EDTA and then divided into 3 groups(n =9).The samples in group A without treatment were used as the controls,in group B treated with Er:YAG laser irradiation and in group C treated with Er,Cr:YSGG laser irradiation.The occluding effect was examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).Results:Micrographs of SEMshowed obvious occluding effect in group B and C.The dentinal tubule exposure rates of group A,B and C were 33.61 0% ±7.545%,4.1 86% ±0.723% and 3.798% ± 0.843% respectively(among 3 groups,P <0.01 ;B vs C,P >0.05).Conclusion:The 2 kinds of Er laser can block dentinal tu-bules.
3.Three Cases of Drug-drug Interaction Intervened by Therapeutic Drug Monitoring for Voriconazole
Jingjie YU ; Sitao YANH ; Xing ZHOU ; Guiying CHEN ; Guang DU ; Dong LIU ; Yang ZHANG
Herald of Medicine 2017;36(8):879-883
Objective To discuss the role of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pharmaceutical care by successful intervention of severe drug-drug interaction in 3 patients with hematological disease treated with voriconazole and rifampin.Methods Three patients with hematological disease were monitored for the plasma concentration of voriconazole before,during,and after the concomitant use of rifampin.The severity of this drug interaction was revealed,risks for developing invasive fungal infection and tuberculosis dissemination after chemotherapy were evaluated based on the TDM results,and alternative regimens were recommended.Results Voriconazole plasma concentration was normal at baseline but significantly depressed after combination with rifampin in all 3 cases.Concomnitant use of rifampin leads to a rapid decline in plasma concentration of voriconazole in 2-3 days,and withdraw of this enzyme induction effect takes 8-10 days after discontinuation of rifampin.Conclusion TDM is a helpful tool for providing pharmaceutical care,it helps to objectively visualize the degree of clinically important drug-drug interactions.Clinical evidence together with TDM results suggests high risk for developing invasive fungal infection and tuberculosis dissemination in hematology patients while using this combination therapy.Discontinuation of rifampin was suggested and accepted.For these patients,combination of voriconazole and rifampin should be avoided.
4.Relationship between Lp-PLA_2 and vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque in rabbits
Junni LIU ; Dongling XU ; Yimeng DU ; Weidong JIANG ; Xin WANG ; Zhaoqiang DONG ; Liang CHEN ; Xiaobo HU ; Guangyun WANG ; Fuyu XU ; Jingjie ZHAO ; Lin HAO ; Qun WANG ; Qinghua LU
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2010;26(4):669-675
AIM: To explore the expressive role of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A_2, high sensitive C-reactive protein and matrix metalloproteinase-9 in vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques in a rabbit model. METHODS: Forty eight New Zealand white male rabbits were randomly divided into 4 groups (12 rabbits each): control group, stable plaque group, p53 group, and p53+drug group. Rabbits in control group were fed with a regular diet and underwent sham operation. Rabbits in stable plaque group, p53 group and p53+drug group underwent balloon induced arterial wall injury and then were fed on a diet with 1% cholesterol. The animals were all fed for 3 months, then the rabbits in p53 group and p53+drug group underwent Ad5-CMV p53 transfection at 10th week. Before killed, the animals in p53+drug group underwent pharmacological triggering with Russell's viper venom (RVV) and histamine to induce the rupture of the atherosclerotic plaques. At the 1st day and before sacrifice, the serum was collected for measuring Lp-PLA_2, hs-CRP, MMP-9, HDL, LDL and VLDL. The expressions of Lp-PLA_2, hs-CRP and MMP-9 in tissues were determined by the methods of hybridization and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: At the end of 12th week, the serum and tissue levels of Lp-PLA_2 and MMP-9 in stable plaque group, p53 group and p53+drug group were significant different from those in control group and in each group at the first day (P<0.05). The serum levels of Lp-PLA_2 and hs-CRP in p53 group and p53+drug group were significantly higher than those in control group and stable group (P<0.05). The serum levels of Lp-PLA_2, hs-CRP and MMP-9 were all significantly different between p53 group and p53+drug group (P<0.05). At the end of 12th week, pathological results showed that 4 groups were normal artery, stable plaque, vulnerable plaque and rupture plaque, respectively. The fabric cap was thicker in plaque groups than that in normal group (P<0.05). The rupture and formation of thrombus were more significant in p53+drug group than those in p53 group. The serum level of Lp-PLA_2 had negative interrelated relationship with fabric cap in plaque groups (r=-0.710, P<0.01), and hs-CRP, MMP-9 had no interrelated relationships with fabric cap in plaque groups. CONCLUSION: Base on the successful establishment of the atherosclerotic plaque animal model, serum Lp-PLA_2 shows better interrelated relationships to plaques stability. Combination with hs-CRP and MMP-9, we can exactly evaluate the nature of plaques.
5. Feasibility of domestic 18F-DOPA PET/CT scanning in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic lesions in children with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia
Miaoying ZHANG ; Jingjie GE ; Zhou PEI ; Kuiran DONG ; Lian CHEN ; Xuan WANG ; Zhengwei ZHANG ; Xiaojing LI ; Li XI ; Ruoqian CHENG ; Guoping LU ; Yihui GUAN ; Feihong LUO
Chinese Journal of Pediatrics 2017;55(10):785-789
Objective:
To study the feasibility of 18F-fluoro-L-dihydroxyphenylalanine positron emission tomography/Computed tomography (18F-DOPA PET/CT) scanning in the localization and differential diagnosing of focal versus diffuse form of pancreas lesions in patients with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (HH).
Method:
Twenty-four patients were diagnosed with HH between January, 2016 and February, 2017 in the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Children′s Hospital of Fudan University using an integrated clinical and biochemical diagnostic protocol, domestic 18F-DOPA PET/CT imaging technique were applied after MRI and ultrasound failed to detect pancreas lesions. Pancreas 18F-DOPA standardized uptake values (SUV) were measured, and pancreas′ lesions were dually analyzed via visual method and pancreas percentage SUV method. Among these patients, 9 patients received surgical pancreatic lesion resections, the correlations among surgical outcomes, histopathological findings and 18F-DOPA PET/CT scan results were analyzed.
Result:
Seven patients were detected with focal form of pancreas lesions, the mean peak of SUV was 4.7±1.7(2.6-7.1), and 17 patients were found to have diffuse form lesions after 18F-DOPA-PET/CT scanning. Among the 24 cases, 9 patients (7 showed focal and 2 showed diffuse 18F-DOPA PET/CT pancreatic uptake)were euglycemic without any medical support after surgery; the resected pancreatic tissue histopathological results were consistent with that of PET/CT imaging. Only one patient, who responded to medical treatment before surgery, had temporary hyperglycemia after operation.
Conclusion
Domestic 18F-DOPA PET/CT could successfully locate and differentiate the pancreatic lesions and thus improve the success of surgery.
6.Characteristics of clinical and neuroimage findings in patients with corticobasal syndrome
Chunyan XU ; Shufen CHEN ; Yunchuang SUN ; Keliang CHEN ; Jingjie GE ; Chuantao ZUO ; Mei CUI ; Qiang DONG ; Jintai YU
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2022;55(6):626-633
Objective:To investigate the clinical, neuropsychological, and neuroimage characteristics in patients with corticobasal syndrome (CBS), and to elucidate the exact diagnosis of CBS patients.Methods:Twelve CBS cases admitted to the Department of Neurology, Huashan Hosiptal,Fudan University from April 2019 to July 2021 were retrospectively enrolled in this study. Those data, including clinical features (demographic data and clinical characteristics of cortical dysfunction and movement disorder), neuropsychological assessment [Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scales score], brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and multi-mode positron emission tomography (PET)/CT, were collected and carefully reviewed. Exact diagnosis of these patients was given according to the disease diagnosis criteria.Results:Cortical dysfunction and asymmetrical movement disorders were found in all cases, with poor response to levodopa. Patients suffered from cognitive impairment (MMSE score 16.16±9.82, MoCA score 13.44±7.35). The cranial MRI demonstrated significant asymmetric atrophy of frontal and parietal lobes, especially in the pre- and post-central gyrus. Fluorodeoxyglucose PET of 12 patients showed asymmetric frontal lobe and basal ganglia (especially caudate and putamen) hypometabolism (obviously on the contralateral side of the affected limb). Tau PET was implemented in 11 patients and displayed that abnormal tau protein deposition was positive in the cortex and/or subcortex in all patients. Of the 4 cases, who completed amyloid PET, amyloid protein deposition was positive in the cortex of 2 patients. As a result, 6 patients were diagnosed as progressive supranuclear palsy, 1 patient was diagnosed as corticobasal degeneration, and 5 patients were diagnosed as Alzheimer′s disease.Conclusions:The etiology of CBS is heterogeneous. The combination of clinical manifestation, cranial MRI and multi-mode PET/CT helps the differential diagnosis of CBS.
7.Association between sleep disorders and different stages of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Jingjie ZHAO ; Xinyu ZHAO ; Chaoru HAN ; Kaihui XIAO ; Zhengzhao LU ; Linyan QIN ; Dong XU ; Hong YOU
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2024;40(7):1354-1359
ObjectiveTo investigate the association of sleep disorders with the development and progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). MethodsA total of 1 868 participants from the health examination cohort and fatty liver cohort of Beijing Friendship Hospital from June 2022 to June 2023 were enrolled as subjects. Related data were collected from all subjects, including age, sex, education level, chronic medical history, and biochemical parameters, and all subjects completed Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scale independently. According to the diagnostic criteria, the subjects were divided into non-NAFLD group with 1 122 subjects and NAFLD group with 746 subjects, and according to the stage of progression, the patients in the NAFLD group were further divided into simple fatty liver group (SFL group with 624 subjects) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) group with 122 subjects. A one-way analysis of variance or the Kruskal-Wallis H test was used for comparison of continuous data between three groups. The chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data between the three groups. The binary Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the association between sleep factors and NAFLD, and the multinomial Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the association between sleep factors and the different stages of NAFLD; two multivariate models were constructed for adjustment of potential confounding factors, i.e., an age-sex adjustment model and a multivariate adjustment model, and the multivariate adjustment model adjusted the factors of age, sex, education level, smoking, diabetes, hypertension, body mass index (BMI), triglyceride (TG), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). ResultsThere were significant differences in age, sex, BMI, education level, smoking, diabetes, hypertension, alanine aminotransferase, TG, and HDL-C between the non-NAFLD, SFL, and NASH groups (all P<0.05). There were also significant differences between the three groups in the total score of PSQI scale and the proportion of subjects with a score of 0 — 3 points for the 7 sleep components (all P<0.05). The multivariate adjustment model showed no significant association between sleep disorders and SFL, while long sleep latency (odds ratio [OR]=4.04, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.33 — 7.03, P<0.001), short sleep duration (OR=3.53, 95%CI: 1.83 — 6.82, P<0.001), and severe sleep disorders (OR=2.96, 95%CI: 1.48 — 5.93, P=0.002) were closely associated with the risk of NASH. ConclusionOverall sleep condition and its components of sleep disorders are not significantly associated with the simple fatty liver; however, long sleep latency, short sleep duration, and severe sleep disorders can increase the risk of NASH, which should be taken seriously in clinical practice.