1.Effect of dexmedetomidine on expression of iNOS and COX-2 during focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion in rats
Ligong ZHANG ; Jinjin ZHAO ; Gongming WANG ; Mengyuan ZHANG ; Lijun WANG
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2016;36(1):109-112
Objective To evaluate the effect of dexmedetomidine on the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) during focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) in rats.Methods Thirty pathogen-free male Sprague-Dawley rats,aged 12-16 months,weighing 300-360 g,were randomly divided into 3 groups (n =10 each) using a random number table:sham operation group (group Sham),focal cerebral I/R group (group I/R),and dexmedetomidine group (group D).Focal cerebral I/R was induced by occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery.In group D,dexmedetomidine was given as a loading dose of 1 μg/kg (over 10 min) starting from 1 h of ischemia,followed by an infusion of 0.05 μg · kg-1 · h-1 until 2 h of reperfusion.Neurological deficit was assessed and scored at 24 h of reperfusion,and then the rats were sacrificed.Brains were removed for determination of cerebral infarct size and expression of iNOS and COX-2 in the hippocampus (by Western blot).The percentage of cerebral infarct size was calculated.Results Compared with group Sham,the neurological deficit score,percentage of head swing to the left,percentage of cerebral infarct size,and expression of iNOS and COX-2 in the hippocampus were significantly increased in I/R and D groups (P<0.05).Compared with group I/R,the neurological deficit score,percentage of head swing to the left,percentage of cerebral infarct size,and expression of iNOS and COX-2 in the hippocampus were significantly decreased in group D (P<0.05).Conclusion The mechanism by which dexmedetomidine mitigates focal cerebral I/R injury may be related to inhibition of iNOS and COX-2 expression in rats.
2.Status and Prospect for Medical Students'Volunteer Service
Yan ZHOU ; Shuqing WANG ; Tiantian YANG ; Mengyuan ZHAO
Chinese Medical Ethics 2014;(2):250-252
This paper analyzed the status of the medical students'volunteer services in China and abroad , dis-cussed the feasibility and necessity of medical students'volunteer service .The influence factors , elvaluation and ef-fectiveness of the medical students'volunteer services were sumed up , and its development tendency was also dis-cussed .The following suggestions were put forward , namely improving the volunteer service participation , making the voluntary service a routine work , aiming to giving references for medical schools and volunteer organizations car-rying out the medical students'volunteer services .
3.Effect of inhalation of enflurane in early pregtancy on the expression of NR2B in the hippocampus of offsprings of rats
Foquan LUO ; Junwu LIU ; Shuxin TANG ; Weilu ZHAO ; Yang TANG ; Lin XU ; Mengyuan LI
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2011;31(9):1076-1078
Objective To investigate the effect of inhalation of enflurane on the expression of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit 2B (NR2B) in the hippocampus of the offsprings of rats.Methods Thirty SD rats pregnancy 8-10 day weighing 200-250 g were randomly divided into 3 groups ( n =10 each):control group (Group C),4 h inhalation of enflurane group ( group E1 ) and 8 h inhalation of enflurane group ( group E2 ).Group E1 and E2inhaled 1.7 % enflurane (in O2 2 L/min) for 4 and 8 h respectively,while group C inhaled oxygen 2 L/rin for 8 h.The learning and memory functions of the offsprings were assessed at 20 and 30 days after birth by Morris maze test.The expression of the NR2B mRNA were examined by RT-PCR,NR2B protein were examined by mmunohistochemistry.Results Compared with group C,the escape latency was significantly prolonged,the frequency of crossing the original platform was significantly decreased,the staying time at the original platform quadrant was significantly shortened at 3-5 days after the test in group E1 and E2 (.P < 0.05 ),the expression levels of NR2B mRNA and protein were significantly decreased at 20 and 30 days after birth in group E1 and E2 ( P < 0.05).There were no significant differences in the indexes mentioned above between groups E1 and F2 ( P > 0.05).Conclusion Inhalation enflurane in the early pregnancy can result in cognition dysfunction through inhibiting NR2B expression in the hippocampus of the offsprings of the rats.
4.rTFPI reduces ischemic necrosis in random pattern skin flap avulsion injuries rat model
Xudong ZHANG ; Jinfang WU ; Dongsheng MAO ; Limei CHEN ; Qiming ZHAO ; Leqi SUN ; Mengyuan ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Microsurgery 2016;39(4):359-362
Objective To determine whether rTFPI could inhibit vascular thrombosis and salvage random pattern skin flaps following AIRC in rat models.Methods From April,2013 to June,2015,30 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into 3 groups;a control group,an avulsion injury with roll compaction (AIRC) group,and an AIRC plus rTFPI therapy group.An 8.0 cm× 2.5 cm random flap was raised on the dorsum of each rat.The AIRC and AIRC plus rTFPI flaps were then altered with a device designed to simulate avulsion injury with roll compaction.After flap closure primarily,treatment was initiated immediately and continued for 3 days.Phosphate buffered saline was used in the control group and the AIRC group,while the AIRC plus rTFPI group received the recombinant Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor.Laser Doppler flowmetry and infra-red thermalgraphy were used on postoperative day three to assess nicrocirculatory blood flow and viability of the avulsed flaps.At postoperative day seven,final flap survival was determined.Using SPSS19.0 statistical analysis.Results The flap survival in AIRC group was only (32.7 ± 5.2)% versus (62.5 ± 6.5)% in control group,but the flap survival significantly increased (51.6 ± 8.2)% after topical injecting rTFPI in experimental group.Statistically significant differences exist (P < 0.05) between every two groups.The detection results of Laser-Doppler flowmetry and infra-red thermography showed that perfusion arrived the centre of the flaps in experimental group,while perfusion only arrived the proximal part of the flaps in the AIRC control group.Conclusion rTFPI therapy is effective in reducing ischemic necrosis of random pattern flaps following avulsion injury in the rat model.It suggests that rTFPI therapy may play an important role in clinical salvage of the failing avulsion injuries with roll compaction.
5.Progress in application of virtual reality in prevention and treatment of childhood obesity
DU Yuchen, YANG Qiaoju, ZHAO Huifang, MA Mengyuan
Chinese Journal of School Health 2023;44(1):157-160
Abstract
As a new non drug treatment technology, virtual reality technology is commonly available for childhood obesity prevention and treatment. This technology offers a great opportunity to carry out research on parental feeding behavior. Also, its combination with child nutritional education and exercise managementis is gaining popularity. This review summarizes the application progress of virtual reality technology in childhood obesity prevention and treatment, such as parental feeding,children s nutrition education and children s sports management, providing reference for childhood weight management and related research.
6.Construction of quality evaluation index system for palliative care in ICU
Mengyuan LIU ; Huili ZHAO ; Meiyu LIU ; Ying CHEN ; Dan HU
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2021;37(23):1817-1823
Objective:To construct a palliative care quality evaluation index system in ICU, and to provide guidance for implementing high-quality palliative care in ICU.Methods:The questionnaire was designed by literature review, qualitative interview and questionnaire survey, and 20 experts were inquired in two rounds by Delphi method from September to November 2020.Results:After two rounds of letter consultation, experts′ response rates were 80% and 100% respectively, experts′ authority coefficient was 0.873, and coordination coefficient of experts′ opinion were 0.198 and 0.176 respectively. The quality evaluation index system for palliative care in ICU included 6 first-level indicators, 22 second-level indicators and 95 third-level indicators.Conclution:The constructed evaluation system for palliative care is scientific and reliable,which can provide guidance for the implementation and development of ICU high-quality palliative care in China.
7.Relationship between monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score in elderly patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Guoyu ZHAO ; Chuan CUI ; Mengyuan LI
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2021;40(9):1097-1101
Objective:To investigate the relationship between monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio(MHR)and the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction(TIMI)risk score in elderly patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction(STEMI).Methods:This was a prospective clinical trial.A total of 152 patients admitted to Tangshan Workers' Hospital were enrolled between January 2015 to February 2018.Of these, 102 STEMI patients undergone primary percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)were selected as the STEMI group and 50 patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries were selected as the control group.The STEMI patients were divided into two subgroups based on TIMI risk scores.The relationship between MHR and TIMI risk scores in patients with STEMI was analyzed.Logistic regression was used to analyze whether MHR could be used as an independent predictor of acute STEMI and high TIMI scores.Results:The MHR level was significantly higher in the STEMI group than in the control group( P<0.05)and was significantly higher in the high TIMI score subgroup than in the low TIMI score subgroup( P<0.05). In multivariate Logistic regression analysis, MHR was an independent predictor of high TIMI scores in acute STEMI(P<0.05). In correlation analysis, there was a significant positive correlation between MHR and TIMI score in STEMI patients( r=0.396, P<0.01). The ROC curve showed that the area under the curve of MHR was 0.815(95% CI: 0.734-0.896, Z=7.613, P<0.01). When the MHR optimal cut-off value was 2.380, the sensitivity was 55.22% and the specificity was 97.14%. Conclusions:MHR is significantly associated with the TIMI score in patients with STEMI.MHR may be used as a supplementary parameter for assessing the prognosis of STEMI patients.
8.To Explore the Mechanism of Ferulic Acid Against Liver Fibrosis Based on Network Pharmacology and Cell Experiment
Mohan SUN ; Qiuju ZHANG ; Zhe ZHAO ; Yuqiu JIN ; Mengyuan TIAN ; Guangshun CHEN
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;25(12):3908-3919
Objective To study the mechanism of ferulic acid(FA)on hepatic fibrosis(HF)based on network pharmacology,and establish an in vitro model of rat hepatic stellate Cell-T6(HSC-T6)according to the results.Methods The potential targets of FA were screened through PubChem,swisstargetprediction and pharmmapper,and overlapped with the FA targets screened in disgenet,genecards and OMIM.Then,protein protein interaction(PPI)was analyzed by using string platform.Gene ontology(go)and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes(KEGG)pathway enrichment analysis were carried out for key targets by using R64 4.0.3,and the"component target disease"network diagram was constructed by Cytoscape 3.7.2 software.Based on this,the proliferation of HSC-T6 was detected by cell counting kit-8(CCK-8)method,and the grouping was determined:blank group and low-dose group(100 μg·mL-1 FA),medium dose group(200 μg·mL-1 FA),high dose group(400 μg·mL-1 FA)and positive control group(200 μg·mL-1 colchicine),the migration ability of HSC-T6 was detected by scratch test,and the content of HSC-T6 was detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)α-Alpha smooth muscle actin,α-Flow cytometry was used to detect the changes of HSC-T6 cycle,quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction(qRT-PCR)was used to detect the relative expression of JAK2 and STAT3 mRNA,and Western Blot was used to detect the molecular expression of JAK2 and STAT3 protein.Results 254 intersection targets of FA and HF were obtained.The core targets were signal transducer and activvator of Transcription(STAT3),albumin(ALB),protein kinase B(AKT1),tumor suppressor protein p53(TP53),epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR)and caspase-3(CASP3).KEGG analysis showed that the action pathway of FA on HF mainly involved phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase protein kinase B(PI3K-Akt),vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF),Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription(JAK/STAT)Tumor necrosis factor(TNF)and other pathways.The experimental results showed that in CCK-8 experiment,scratch experiment and ELISA experiment,compared with the blank group,the cell proliferation rate,migration ability and the expression of α-SMA protein decreased significantly(P<0.05).Compared with the blank group,the cycle arrest rate of low,medium and high dose groups and positive control group increased significantly(P<0.05).Compared with the blank group,the molecular weight and mRNA expression of JAK2 and STAT3 protein in low,medium and high dose groups and positive control group decreased gradually(P<0.05).Conclusion FA has the characteristics of multi-channel and multi-target.FA may inhibit the apoptosis of hepatic stellate cell(HSC)by down regulating JAK2 and STAT3 targets.
9.The diagnostic performance of MR psychoradiology in identifying patients with mental disorders
Mengyuan XU ; Wenjing ZHANG ; Fei LI ; Youjin ZHAO ; Bo TAO ; Qiang YUE ; Jiahe XIAO ; Zhenlin LI ; Hehan TANG ; Su LYU ; Qiyong GONG
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2021;55(4):390-396
Objective:To explore the efficiency of MR psychoradiology examination in screening and classification of psychiatric disorders as well as its potential clinical application.Methods:Retrospective study was conducted for 144 patients with MR psychoradiology examination, who were diagnosed mental disorders based on International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems Tenth Revision (ICD-10) from September 2018 to July 2020 in West China Hospital of Sichuan University. As our previous studies, imaging diagnostic models were constructed based on gray matter volume (GMV) analysis for four kinds of psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. For 120 patients with psychiatric disorders, the GMV change pattern of brain regions was detected and subtyped by MR psychoradiology examination with 50% similarity threshold of the above imaging diagnostic models. The diagnostic efficiency of MR psychoradiology examination was evaluated with references of clinical diagnose. For 24 patients with dementia, brain atrophy was additionally measured by conventional MR examination and MR psychoradiology examination respectively.Results:The sensitivity, specificity, Youden index and accuracy of MR psychoradiology in identifying the four psychiatric disorders were 86.6% (84/97), 69.6% (16/23), 0.56 and 83.3% (100/120), including depression [77.8% (28/36), 69.0% (58/84), 0.47, 71.7% (86/120)], schizophrenia [58.8% (10/17), 91.3% (94/103), 0.50, 86.7% (104/120)], bipolar disorder [42.1% (8/19), 96.0% (97/101), 0.38, 87.5% (105/120)] and anxiety disorder [24.0% (6/25), 100% (95/95), 0.24, 84.2% (101/120)]. As for 24 patients with dementia, 58.3% (14/24) were detected with brain atrophy by conventional MR examination, while 91.7% (22/24) were detected by MR psychoradiology examination.Conclusions:MR psychoradiology can detect the subtle brain structural abnormalities of patients with mental disorders. Although it can′t be used as an independent biomarker for disease diagnosis till now, it is of great help in improving the accuracy and objectivity of diagnosis.
10.The Discussion of semen stains examination in the field of forensic applications
Yi ZHAO ; Mengyuan LI ; Ying LIU ; Zhiyong LU ; Qingxia ZHANG ; Zhangping JIAO
Chinese Journal of Forensic Medicine 2017;32(z1):13-16
Objective To investigate the significance of a comprehensive test on the semen stain in the field of forensic evidence;Methods PSA tests performed on samples obtained supernatant and sediment STR genotyping by differential lysis method;Results Through STR testing,there are inconsistencies with the PSA test results in which 13 cases of false positive and false negative in 1 case.The supernatant was detected in two cases of male component,coeducational 9 cases;Conclusion PSA test strips there are some false positive and false negative rate,test isolated by the difference lysis supernatant can not only increase the success rate of the fine on the semen stain can also as a supplement to bring more valuable information for the semen stain.