1.Situation and thinking on the development of Chinese medicine health care industry
Zhe LI ; Weifang LUO ; Fenfen CHI
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2015;(8):676-679
Chinese medicine health care industry is in a well developmenting atmosphere, though there are still some problems restricting the development, such as small scale of business assert and sales, lack of new products. These happened mainly due to people’s attitudes, such as thinking highly of treatment than prevention, few policies supporting and not perfect regulations. It is recommended to strengthen innovation at the premise of a combination of government and market leading, and establish appropriate safeguards.
2.Recent Advances of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Parkinson's Disease Treatment
Zhe LI ; Yingyu HU ; Xiaodong LUO
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014;(4):908-914
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a commonly encountered central neurodegenerative disease in elderly people. According to theories of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), PD is characterized by deficiency in the root and excess in the branch. Deficiency was referred to qi-blood deficiency of the liver and kidney. Excess was referred as the wind, fire, phlegm and stasis. Deficiency was the root and excess was the branch. Good efficacies have been obtained by treatment based on syndrome differentiation, treatment with specific prescriptions, acupuncture and moxibustion and comprehensive treatment. Some experiments had been conducted to elucidate its mechanisms. However, no uni-fied standard for therapeutic evaluation, poor control of medicinal quality, inferior quality of designed clinical trials, and unclear treatment mechanism in the clinical study on therapeutic effect of PD treatment with TCM require fur-ther studied.
4.Policy Research on Development of Health-care Service Industry of Traditional Chinese
Zhe MEDICINELI ; Weifang LUO ; Fenfang CHI
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2016;23(7):8-10,11
TCM health-care service industry is in a rapid growth phase. It is important to stimulate consumption and boost domestic demand in health-care industry. Although TCM has unique advantages in health-care industry, lack of technical standards, industry standards and related policy have led to market chaos. Limited by inherent concept of TCM health-care services and the existing enterprise scale and level, health-care services cannot get sufficient play. This article analyzed current situation and main problems of TCM health-care service industry, and provided measures and suggestions for management system, industry access, and personnel quality.
5.Alpha-fetoprotein and des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin in the differential diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma from other liver tumors
Wenbin JI ; Nianjun XIAO ; Ying LUO ; Zhe LIU ; Ning ZHANG ; Zhe KONG ; Shichun LU
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2016;22(3):145-149
Objective To compare the clinical utility of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and des-gammacarboxyprothrombin (DCP) in diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with a hepatic mass.Methods From January 2015 to May 2015,141 patients were diagnosed to have a liver tumor after imaging examinations in the Hepatobiliary Surgical General Hospital of PLA,Beijing,China.Preoperative AFP and DCP were measured using commercial assay kits.The reference standard was either pathologic or clinical diagnosis of HCC.The performance of AFP and DCP in diagnosing HCC was determined using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.Results Of 141 patients,98 were diagnosed to have HCC and 43 without.The levels of AFP were significantly higher in patients with HCC than those without [80.0(3.9-1 375.0) μg/L vs.2.1 (1.6-3.2) μg/L,Z =6.98,P < 0.01].Similar results were observed in the levels of DCP [141.5 (24.0-978.0) AU/L vs.19.0 (14.0-25.5) AU/L,Z =5.18,P < 0.01].Receiver operating curves (ROC) indicated the cut-off value with the best sensitivity and specificity was 3.6 μg/L for AFP and 35 AU/L for DCP.The difference in the area under ROC between AFP and DCP was not statistically significant (0.87 vs.0.78,Z =1.72,P =0.085).The sensitivity and specificity for detection of HCC in patients with a hepatic mass were 56.1% and 95.4% for AFP > or =20 μg/L,69.4% and 83.7% for DCP > or =40 AU/L,respectively.The level of AFP was associated with DCP in patients with HCC (x2 =9.12,P < 0.01,r =0.292) and parallel testing of AFP and DCP gave an optimal sensitivity of 79.6% with a specificity of 81.4% in diagnosing HCC.Conclusions DCP is a useful biomarker and it gave an equal performance as AFP in diagnosing HCC in patients with a liver mass in this study.Parallel testing of AFP and DCP effectively increased the diagnostic sensitivity.Although the biomarkers only marginally improved the diagnostic results,it could be useful in diagnosing HCC in individuals who had atypical imaging results.
6.Correlation between Toll-like receptor 4 single nucleotide polymorphism and sepsis in Chinese patients of Han nationality
Jing JIAO ; Lanfang ZHU ; Zhe LUO ; Changhong MIAO
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2014;34(z1):62-66
Objective To investigate the correlation between Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and the risk,severity and prognosis of sepsis in Chinese patients of Han nationality.Methods One hundred and three Han nationality patients who developed sepsis after surgery,aged 18-80 years,were enrolled in the sepsis group,and 114 Han nationality patients without sepsis after surgery,aged 18-80 years,were enrolled in the control group.Venous blood samples were taken from the peripheral vein and three SNPs in TLR4 gene,rs10759932,rs11536889 and rs2737190,were genotyped by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry analysis.Correction for Logistic regression analysis was made to eliminate the effects of sex,age,underlying diseases and operation methods.The correlation between genotypes of SNP and occurrence of sepsis,organ dysfunction,septic shock and death from sepsis was analyzed.The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (Cl) were calculated.Results Compared with the control group,there was a significant difference in genotype frequency ratios of rs10759932 (P < 0.05),but there was no significant difference in genotype frequency ratios of the other two SNPs in sepsis group (P > 0.05).There was correlation between rs10759932 and the occurrence of sepsis,and the variant allele (CT + CC genotypes) of rs10759932 increased the risk of sepsis (OR =1.86,95% Cl 1.17-2.97,P < 0.05).There was no correlation between the three SNPs and sepsis-related organ dysfunction,septic shock and death from sepsis (P > 0.05).Conclusion There is correlation between the variant allele of TLR4 rs10759932 and the increase in risk of sepsis after surgery in Chinese patients of Han nationality.
7.Research progress of the relationship between hydrogen peroxide and glioma cell apoptosis
Zhe ZHAO ; Lin LUO ; Xin LU ; Pin ZUO
Journal of International Oncology 2014;41(3):194-196
Glioma is the most common intracranial malignant tumor,with high incidence and recurrence rate,high fatality rate and the characteristics of low cure rate.Current treatment is given priority to with surgical treatment,auxiliary comprehensive therapy such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy.Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a intermediate product of the cell oxygen metabolism which is a universal phenomenon in aerobic organisms.H2O2 is indispensable at various stages of tumor cell proliferation,infiltration and metastasis.Studies of the production of H2O2 and its function,the mechanism of apoptosis and the relationship between H2O2 and glioma cells can provide corresponding guidances for looking for a target gene for the treatment of gliomas.
8.A study on association of SORL1 gene polymorphism with Parkinson disease in the northern Han Chinese population
Lin LIU ; Xu ZHAO ; Zhe WU ; Xiaoguang LUO
Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 2017;43(4):210-214
Objective We conducted a case-control study to verify the association of rs2070045 SOLR1 polymorphism with PD in the northern Han Chinese population from mainland China.Methods A total of 215 unrelated Han Chinese healthy people and 377 PD patients were included in the study.According to the onset age,the PD patients were divided into 2 groups:early onset PD group (onset age ≤ 50 years old) and late onset PD group (>50 years old).Clinical data was collected and peripheral blood genomic DNA was extracted using MALDI-TOF-PEX technology.The correlation of rs2070045 SOLR1 with Parkinson's disease was analyzed.Results Genotypic frequencies of rs2070045 SNP were investigated through the data from a total of 592 subjects including 377 PD patients and 215 control participants.Genotypes of TT,TG and GG were found in 52,182 and 143 PD patients respectively and in 31,13 and 71 Healthy controls.No significant differences were found in the genotype and allele frequency for rs2070045 between PD group and healthy control (HC) groups.The genotype for rs2070045 in the early-onset PD group was significantly different from that in the HC group (P=0.036).There were no significant differences in genotype and allele frequency between late-onset PD and HC groups.Moreover,carriers of the G-allele (genotype GG/ TG) of rs2070045 showed a significantly decreased risk of early-onset PD compared to non-carriers according to the Logistic regression analysis.Onset age of carriers (genotype GG/ TG) in late-onset PD group was lower compared to non-carries (P=0.001).Other clinical features such as gender,Hoehn-Yahr stage and disease duration had no statistical difference between carriers and non-carriers of PD patients.Conclusion We have found that rs2070045 SNP of SORL1 was associated with early-onset Parkinson's disease in the northern Han Chinese population.G-allele of rs2070045 SNP decrease the risk for early-onset PD,suggesting G-allele might be a protecting factor of early-onset PD.The influence of SORL1 gene polymorphism on Parkinson's disease warrants further investigation.
9.Clinical manifestation of Wegener's granutomatosis
Yun-Zhe SHI ; Ri-Qiang LUO ; Xiao ZHANG ;
Chinese Journal of Rheumatology 2003;0(12):-
Objective Wegener's granulomatosis is a rare multisystem vasculitis of unknown aetiology. The clinical features of the disease,the treatment and long-term follow-up is observed in this study.Methods Eleven WG patients were from Rheumatology Department of Guangdong Province People's Hospital between 1999—2005.Data were obtained retrospectively.The patients' clinical manifestation and laboratory results were studied.Results All patients had upper and lower respiratory tracts involvement.The upper respiratory tract(nose,sinus,throat,trachea,and middle ear)-(E)lung(L),and kidneys(K)were the most commonly in- volved organs.The majority of patient received i.v.puls methylprednisolone 0.5 g/d?3 d,followed by oral pred- nisone 1 mg.kg~(-1).d~(-1)and i.v.pulses of cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m~2.The long-term outcome was good. Conclusion Wegner's granulomatosis is a systemic vasculitis occurring in patients with histopathologic mani- festation of necrotizing vasculitis with granuloma formation.Corticosteroid and immunosuppressive treatment may achieve good outcome.
10.The correlation between N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and D-dimer in coronary artery disease pa-tients with type 2 diabetes
Gang TAN ; Hongbo LUO ; Zhe CAO ; Caijin XIONG
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2014;(10):1491-1492,1493
Objective To explore the correlation between N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide ( NT-porB-NP) and D-dimer in coronary artery disease patients with type 2 diabetes .Methods 50 coronary heart disease patients with type 2 diabetes were selected as the study group ,and 30 healthy subjects at the same period were select-ed as the healthy control group .The serum levels of NT-porBNP and D-dimer were detected in two groups ,and the cor-relation between NT-porBNP and D-dimer was analyzed .Results The serum D-dimer and NT-porBNP levels in the study group were significantly higher than those in the control group [(2.43 ±0.58)mg/L vs (0.26 ±0.13)mg/L, (1 487.8 ±201.5)pg/L vs (83.3 ±21.4)pg/L](t=21.34,32.12,all P<0.05).The D-dimer level was positively correlated with the NT-porBNP level (r=0.564,P<0.05).Conclusion In coronary heart disease patients with type 2 diabetes ,the serum levels of D-dimer and NT-proBNP are high and closely related .