1.Effect of ursodeoxycholic acid on serum glucocholic acid, conjugated bile acid and sVCAM-1 in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2016;36(11):44-46
Objective To analyse the effect of ursodeoxycholic acid on serum levels of cholyglycine ( CG ) , conjugated bile acid ( CBA ) and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecules (sVCAM-1) in patients with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.Methods 56 patients who were diagnosed with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy in our hospital were collected.All patients were randomly divided into experimental group and control group, 28 cases in each group. The control group were treated with dexamethasone, and the experimental group were treated with the treatment of ursodeoxycholic acid, after 7d of treatment, the serum levels of glucocholic acid , CBA, ALT, AST and sVCAM-1 were detected in all patients. Results After treatment, compared with control group, the serum CG,TBA,ALT,AST and sVCAM-1 levels were significantly lower in the experimental group,and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion The ursodeoxycholic acid can significantly reduce the serum CG,TBA, ALT,AST and sVCAM-1 levels in patients with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy,improve pregnancy outcome,with guidance significance for clinic.
2.Strategies and methods of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in preventing and treating chronic kidney disease
Journal of Integrative Medicine 2008;6(5):449-53
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem with a high mortality and case fatality, and multiplies the risk for complications of cardiovascular disease and huge medical costs. Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine is effective in preventing and treating CKD with less adverse, however there are a lot of questions that we don't know well. Strategies and approaches of the integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in preventing and treating CKD are: (1) enhance the study of optimized scheme for single entity; (2) accelerate the step of new drug exploitation; (3) augment the study of action mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in treating CKD; (4) strengthen the study of the mechanism of Chinese crude drug which is poisonous to kidney and its prevention and cure; (5) utilize the systems biology to study the essence of kidney; (6) establish a guideline for integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in prevention and treatment of CKD; (7) preach up the general knowledge of CKD, pay attention to mass screening and early prevention of CKD. It is expected to improve diagnosis and treatment of CKD with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine by carrying out these strategies and methods mentioned above.
3.Clinical effect of ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage in treatment of acute cholecystitis
Jie HUANG ; Shipu REN ; Liwen YANG
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2017;33(2):286-288
Objective To investigate the clinical effect of ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) in the treatment of acute cholecystitis.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 81 patients with acute cholecystitis who underwent ultrasound-guided PTGBD in General Hospital of Lanzhou Petrochemical Company from March 2013 to February 2016.The changes in related parameters after the placement of drainage tube were analyzed.The t-test was used for comparison of continuous data between groups.Results All the 81 patients underwent a successful one-time puncture.After the surgery,1 patient experienced tube dislodgement and 2 experienced obstructed bile drainage,while no patient experienced serious complications such as bleeding,bile leakage,and hemopneumothorax.Within 12 hours after surgery,there was a significant improvement in pain in the right upper quadrant and significant reductions in the major axis and radial width of the gallbladder (t =13.28 and 9.54,P =0.023 and 0.041),as well as significant reductions in white blood cell count and neutrophil count (t =8.70 and 8.03,P =0.028 and 0.034).Of all patients,38 achieved symptom remission after the placement of drainage tube and refused selective surgical treatment,and 43 underwent cholecystectomy within 3 months after surgery.Conclusion PTGBD is simple,convenient,visible,and safe and can effectively reduce patients' pain,increase the success rate of the treatment of acute cholecystitis,improve patients' clinical outcomes,and reduce the incidence of complications.It also provides the conditions of selective surgery for critically ill patients with acute cholecystitis,and therefore,it holds promise for clinical application.
4.Biomechanical effects of kyphoplasty-assisted versus traditional bone cement augmentation on the loosened sacral screws
Dongchang ZHOU ; Libing WANG ; Liwen ZENG ; Yangliang HUANG ; Binsheng YU
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2011;15(48):8993-8997
BACKGROUND: Kyphoplasty-assisted bone cement augmentation can be used in lumbar pedicle screw fixation of osteoporotic patients.OBJECTIVE: To assess the fixation strengths of loosened sacral screws augmented with kyphoplasty-assisted and traditional bone cement techniques.METHODS: Fresh sacra were harvested from nine osteoporotic cadavers. After testing bilaterally placed unicortical and bicortical pedicle screws, two unicortical pedicle screws with the traditional and kyphoplasty-assisted cement augmentations were established on the same sacrum. Following 2000 cyclic compression loading to screw head on a MTS machine, their maximum pull-out forces were recorded and compared. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The bone mineral densities of nine specimens were ranged from 0.61 to 0.77 g/cm2 (0.71 g/cm2 in average). The mean maximum pull-out forces of unicortical and bicortical screws, and traditional and kyphoplasty-assisted cement screws were 203, 325, 437, and 565 N, respectively. The pull-out force was significantly higher in bicortical screw compared with unicortical (P < 0.05); however, these two fixations exhibited markedly lower pull-out strength compared with two cement augmentation techniques (P < 0.05). The pull-out strength was significantly higher in kyphoplasty-assisted cement augmentation group compared with traditional bone cement technique (P < 0.05). In addition, a significant positive correlation was exhibited between bone mineral density and pull-out force for the four fixations (P < 0.05). Results demonstrated that traditional and kyphoplasty-assisted cement augmentations can serve as the salvage technique for loosening sacral screw. However, kyphoplasty-assisted augmentation can provide higher stability.
5.Ductoscopy combined X-ray mammography for breast cancer screening
Liwen FENG ; Maolun HUANG ; Nvzhu LIAO ; Yu LI
International Journal of Surgery 2013;(3):157-160
Objective Understand shunde Uistrict Foshan City,Guangdong Province in the incidence of breast cancer in women.Methods The joint selectivity ductoscopy examination of the clinical breast examination screening,breast X-ray radiography examination from March 2011 to January 2013,Shunde District,FoShan City,Guangdong Provice,3 600 bladder than 40 years old woman with breast cancer screening.Results Three thousand six hundred women were found in 10 cases of breast cancer,the detection rate of 278/100 000 (10/3 600).Breast clinical examination found 1 313 cases of breast abnormalities,142 cases of breast lumps,nipple discharge line fiberoptic ductoscopy to cheek the 100 cases,X-ray radiography examination of four and more than 72 cases,accounted for a total of 45.19% of the screening population (1 627/3 600).Conclusions Joint ductoscopy X-ray radiography examination of breast cancer screening in the normal population can help to detect early breast cancer,and to provide the basis for early clinical treatment.
6.Pulmonary function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Shanping JIANG ; Liwen HUANG ; Yiqun LI ; Guojuan LAO ; Helin DING ; Yan LI ; Li YAN
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2005;21(3):574-579
AIM: To evaluate the pulmonary function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in order to identify whether the lung is a target organ of chronic pathologic changes in diabetes mellitus. METHODS: Pulmonary ventilation function and diffusion capacity were studied in 107 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and 61 healthy subjects matched for age and sex. Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), urine albumin excretion rate (AER), fundus examination and nerve conduction velocity were included as parameters of glycemic control and diabetic microangiopathies. RESULTS: Pulmonary ventilation function was similar in type 2 diabetic group and the control. Compared with the control, carbon monoxide diffusion capacity (DLCO) and DLCO corrected by alveolar volume (DLCO/VA) were significantly lower in type 2 diabetic group (P<0.05). DLCO and DLCO/VA were inversely correlated with microangiopathy score (r: -0.291, -0.324, respectively, P<0.01). Furthermore, DLCO/VA was negatively correlated with age and duration of diabetes mellitus (r: -0.269, -0.236, respectively, P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary ventilation function is normal in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, but their diffusion capacity is impaired. It suggests that the lung may also be the target organ of the chronic pathologic changes of diabetes mellitus.
7.Application value of three-dimensional female pelvic visualization modeling on transvaginal gynecological ultrasound imaging
Feng ZHANG ; Liwen TAN ; Yanli GUO ; Haiyun HUANG ; Jun DING ; Xing HUA ; Li PENG
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2014;49(2):100-103
Objective To explore the application value of three-dimensional (3D) female pelvic visualization model on transvaginal gynecological ultrasound imaging.Methods The second digital Chinese woman visible human datasets was selected,and a female pelvicvoxel-based model was constructed in Amira software for analog simulation combined with transvaginal gynecological ultrasound.The main structures and the space position variation of female pelvic cavity were observed,and the comparison study with conventional section of ultrasound was carried out.Results A high accuracy 3D visualization model of female pelvic was successfully constructed,and the anatomy structures can be dynamically and clearly displayed in any section orientation.An analog simulation research was carried out according to the scan mode of gynecological ultrasound,and a series of high resolution images consistent with scan sections of dynamic ultrasound were obtained,which had provided the optimal scan pathway for the fast inspection of the uterus,fallopian tubes and ovaries.Conclusion The 3D female pelvic visualization model based on digital Chinese woman human datasets has provided detailed and accurate anatomy information for transvaginal gynecological ultrasound imaging,which could be the benefit for doctors to understand the ultrasound images of female pelvic,as well as the accurate positioning ability to the lesions of female pelvic cavity.
8.Expression of SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein in Bac-to-Bac Baculovirus System and antigenic analysis
Li HUANG ; Zhiwu YU ; Yuxian PAN ; Liwen QIU ; Wei HAO ; Xixia DING ; Xiaoyao CHE ; Nan YU
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2014;(6):721-725
Objective:To express SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein in Bac-to-Bac Baculovirus Expression System and analyze the antigenicity of the recombinant protein.Methods: The SARS-CoV nucleocapsid gene was amplified by PCR.The PCR product digested with BamHⅠand SalⅠrestriction endonucleases was cloned into vector pFastBac HTC of Bac-to-Bac Baculovirus expression system.Recombinant plasmid was transformed DH 10Bac cells to obtain the recombinant Bacmid DNA.Recombinant Bacmid DNA was transferred into Sf9 cells which were inducted to express the recombinant protein in High Five cells.After purified by Ni affinity chroma-tography ,the antigenicity of the recombinant protein was analyzed by Western blot and ELISA.Results:Recombinant plasmid was con-structed successfully.The recombinant protein with the relative molecular mass of 48 kD was efficiently expressed in High Five cells and purified successfully by Ni affinity chromatography.Western blot and ELISA analysis showed that the recombinant protein could be spe -cifically recognized by the monoclonal antibody to SARS-CoV N protein and immune serum from rabbits ,respectively.The recombinant protein can specifically reacted with serum from SARS patients ,not with serum from healthy persons and patients infected with hCoV-229 E and hCoV-OC43.Conclusion: SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein has been expressed successfully in the Bac-to-Bac Baculovirus Expression System ,and obtained good antigenicity.It is preliminary deemed that it can't reacted with serum from patients infected with hCoV-229E and hCoV-OC43.
9.Recent memory consequences of drug-resistant medial temporal lobe epilepsy and MRI-positive hippocampns
Bingwei PENG ; Liwen WU ; Yan CHEN ; Qiong MENG ; Feng FENG ; Yan HUANG
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2008;41(1):37-40
Objective To assess the effects of MRI-positive and interictal epileptic charges(IEDs) dominance on the memory of the patients with drug-resistant medial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). Methods Fifty right-handed patients(age ranging from 16 to 60 years old)diagnosed as drug-resistant MTLE in our hospital with normal intelligence between September 2006 and April 2007 were investigated. All patients were classified as left MRI-positive(MRI(+)),right MRI(+),MRI(-),bilateral MR[ (+)by high-quality MR[protocol.The EEG was defined as dominant IEDs if≥75%independent IEDs was confined to one temporal lobe in all EEG recordings.Clinical memory scale was administered as memory assessment of MTLE.ANOVA and non-parametric statistics were used to analyze the data in SPSS 12.0. Results The distribution of age,sex,education,occupation,living condition,course,seizure and treat among left MRI(+),right MRI(+),MRI(-),bilateral MRI(+)groups was similar.All scores in the patients with MTLE was significantly lower than normal(P<0.05).Right MRI(+)MTLE patients had deftcits in nonsense graphics recognition(9.42±7.46)compared to left MRI(+)and MRI(-) groups((16.26±4.43)and(18.26±5.49),F=4.281,P<0.05).Among MRI(-)patients,left IEDs,right IEDs and bilateral IEDs groups displayed not significantly different impairment in memory. Conclusion Right MRI(+)MTLE has more severe impairment in non-verbal memory,and nonsense graphics recognition can be used to detect the deficit.
10.Efifcacy of Shenqifuzheng injection combined PG therapy in treatment of non-small cell lung cancer
Aixia HUANG ; Guoxiang YAO ; Yan CHEN ; Wei QIAN ; Liumei PU ; Liwen LU
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2014;(1):88-89,92
Objective To observe the shenqifuzheng injection (SFI) combined with PG therapy (gemcitabine and cisplatin) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Method 76 patients with NSCLC were selected from August 2011 to August 2013 and randomly divided into observation group and control group. Each group had 38 cases. The control group received gemcitabine and cisplatin, observation group were gave SFI on the basis of control group. The total efficiency, disease control rate, quality of life and incidence of adverse reactions were observed after treatment in each group. Results The total effective rate was 47.37%in observation group , 42.11%in control group, there was no significant difference between two groups. The disease control rate in observation group was 81.58%higher than 57.89%in control group, the difference was statistically significant (χ2=3.990, P<0.05). The improvement rate in quality of life was 60.53%in observation group better than 31.58%in the control group , the difference was statistically significant (χ2=5.296, P<0.05).The decrease incidence of white blood cell (χ2=4.491, P<0.05) and platelets (χ2=4.491, P<0.05) in observation group were significantly lower compared with the control group, while, there were no difference of liver damage and gastrointestinal reactions between two groups. Conclusion SFI is helpful to improve the efficacy of PG therapy in patients with NSCLC and relieve the side effects of chemotherapy.