1.Effects of Chaihu Shugan San on Autonomic Behaviors and Spatial Learning- memory Abilities of Rats Treated with Stress for Different Time
Yanfang ZHU ; Jiangxia ZHOU ; Huan CHEN ; Mingjia ZHANG ; Haiqing AO
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;34(5):708-712
Objective To observe the effects of stress treatment for different time on autonomic behaviors and spatial learning-memory abilities of rats and to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of Chaihu Shugan San(CSS). Methods Seventy-five 8-week-old Wistar rats were randomly divided into blank control group, model control group, and low-, middle-, and high- dose CSS groups, 15 rats in each group. Chronic multi-stress model was set up. The rat body weight in various groups was measured. The autonomic behaviors of rats were observed by open field test, and the abilities of spatial learning-memory of rats were examined by Morris water maze test. Results (1)On modeling day 20, 30, the model control group had lighter body weight than the blank control group (P < 0.01); the middle-, high- dose CSS groups had higher body weight than the model control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01) , and the high-dose CSS group had the highest body weight, the difference being insignificant compared with the blank control group (P > 0.05). (2)Open field test results showed as follows:Compared with the blank control group, the total distance and central-area distance were shortened (P < 0.01) and the average speed was decreased(P < 0.01) in the model control group at different modeling time points, the effect being positively correlated with the modeling time; compared with the model control group, the total distance and central-area distance were prolonged(P < 0.05 or P < 0.01) and the average speed was increased (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01) in the low-, middle-, and high- dose CSS groups at different modeling time points, and the therapeutic efficacy of high- dose CSS group was approach to the blank control group. (3)Morris water maze test results showed as follows: Compared with blank control group, the average latent period was prolonged and the times of platform crossing were decreased in the model control group (P < 0.01); compared with the model control group, the average potential time was shortened and the times of platform crossing were increased in the middle- and high-dose CSS groups (P<0.01), the efficacy being not significantly different from that of the blank control group (P > 0.05). Conclusion The chronic stress may decrease the excitability, reduce autonomic behaviors, and injure spatial learning and memory abilities of rats, the effect being positively correlated with the modeling time. And CSS has an effect on improving the above indexes, in particular the middle-and high-dose of CSS.
2.Therapy experience in NHL patients with diabetics
Lida SHEN ; Canzhen ZHANG ; Hongxuan REN ; Yunxia LI ; Mingjia DENG
Cancer Research and Clinic 2000;0(06):-
Objective Discuss therapy problems in NHL patients with diabetics. Methods 40 NHL patients with diabetics are treated with chemotherapy containing prednisone. Compare the blood sugar before using prednisone with the one after that, regulate medicines of reducing glucose and at the same time observe the syndromes. Results Limosis blood sugar of patients just in hospital is (6.1?1.3) mmol/L, and after chemotherapy it becomes (6.5?1.2) mmol/L. There is no significant difference between them. Conclusions On the basis of controlling blood sugar effectively, patients with NHL combining diabetics can use prednisone as normal.
3.Screening of HIV-1 neutralizing antibody mimotopes in slow progressor from phage display peptide library
Xiaoli ZHANG ; Xiaoxu HAN ; Di DAI ; Mingjia BAO ; Zining ZHANG ; Min ZHAO ; Hua NIAN ; Hong SHANG
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2012;35(9):838-842
ObjectiveTo screen mimetic HIV-1 neutralizing epitopes from plasma with high level neutralizing antibody,and to provide useful information for further study of the interaction between antigen and antibody.MethodsIn order to gain neutralizing antibody recognized mimotopes, we detected neutralizing antibodieslevelsof 11HIV-1infectedslowprogressorsbyPBMC-basedneutralization assays.High-titer HIV-neutralizing antibodies from plasma of SPs was used as the ligand for biopanning by phage-displayed random peptide library.Positive phage clones was evaluated by ELISA,sequenced,and analyzed for homology to HIV-1 env by local BLAST to deduce the neutralizing peptide.ResultsTwenty-two clones were obtained consistent with requirement through three rounds biopanning.After comparison analysis,twelve clones include C8 were obtained as mimotopes of neutralizing antibody,C40 located in gp41Ⅱ cluster with the highest titer by inhibition ratio may be as neutralizing epitope.Conclusion By the use of IgG antibodies from SPs to screen the phage random polypeptide library,one can acquire multiple phage mimetic peptides of HIV related antigen epitope.(Chin J Lab Med,2012,35:838-842 )
4.Studies of interaction between KIR alleles and the progression of HIV-1 infection in Chinese population
Dongbing XU ; Xiaoxu HAN ; Zining ZHANG ; Min ZHANG ; Di DAI ; Bin ZHAO ; Yanan WANG ; Xiaoli ZHANG ; Mingjia BAO ; Hong SHANG
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2008;28(12):1099-1102
Objective To investigate the killer cell lg-like receptors (KIR) gene frequency of HIV-1 infected slow progressors(SP) and typical progressors(TP), and to analyze the interaction between KIR alleles and the progression of HIV-1 infection in Chinese population. Methods Eighty-one HIV-1 posi-tive individuals including 43 SPs and 38 TPs were recruited. Carriage of KIR genes was assessed using poly-merase chain reaction sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) assays. Results KIR2DS3 gene frequency was significantly lower in SP group (3.6%) than that in TP group (14.2%), P =0. 018 ,OR =0. 210,95% CI =0.053-0.833. The number of activating KIR genes was less in SP group than that in TP group, but was not significant (P = 0. 208). Conclusion Lower KIR2DS3 gene frequency may potentially be associated with slower progression to AIDS in Chinese population.
5.Study on the relationships between neutralizing antibody response against heterologous virus and disease progression of HIV type 1 B'/C infected individuals in China
Mingjia BAO ; Wenqing GENG ; Hualu CUI ; Xiaoli ZHANG ; Dongbing XU ; Yating WANG ; Ying PAN ; Yongjun JIANG ; Yanan WANG ; Xiaoxu HAN ; Min ZHANG ; Zining ZHANG ; Hong SHANG
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2009;29(2):165-169
Objective To study the relationships between neutralizing antibody response against heterologous virus and disease progression in Chinese HIV-1 B'/C infected individuals. Methods Plasmas from HIV-1-infected individuals, grouped as HIV chronically infected or AIDS according to CD4+ count and clinical symptom, were tested for neutralizing activity against the three HIV-1 isolates with very low homology in vitro. Six two-fold dilutions of each plasma sample (from 1/10 to 1/320) were tested against each virus from the panel. Giving a 50% reduction in p24Ag compared with normal human plasma control wells was defined as positive. The breadth of the cross-neutralizing response was defined based on the number of viruses that were effectively neutralized by any given patient-derived plasma sample. The magnitude of the crossneutralizing response was defined based on the average neutralizing titer against all heterologous viruses. Resuits We found that there revealed a significant difference between HIV chronically infected and AIDS group in the breaths and magnitudes of neutralizing heterologous virus. There was higher prevalence for the frequency of neutralizing heterologous virus in HIV chronically infected than AIDS. The results showed that there was positive correlation between the breadths and magnitudes of neutralizing response against heterologous virus and the plasma HIV RNA level in HIV chronically infected group, while not in AIDS group. There was no association between the breadth of the neutralizing responses against heterologous virus and CD4 T cell counts. Conclusion The capacity of neutralizing antibodies against heterologous virus varied among different disease stage. There were higher titers of neutralizing antibodies in HIV chronically infected than AIDS group. The loss of neutralizing antibodies in plasma from AIDS group appears to be associated with a narrowing of the antibody response during disease progression. These suggest that the presence of neutralizing antibodies against hetreologous virus was associated with disease progression.
6.The association between APOBEC3G mRNA levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HIV/AIDS patients and disease progression
Min ZHAO ; Wenqing GENG ; Hualu CUI ; Yanan WANG ; Zining ZHANG ; Di DAI ; Mingjia BAO ; Min ZHANG ; Xiaoli ZHANG ; Qinghai HU ; Hong SHANG
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2008;31(10):1106-1109
Objective To investigate the association between APOBEC3G mRNA levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMCs)of HIV/AIDS patients and disease progression in Henan province.Methods Real-time PCR was used to detect the mRNA levels of APOBEC3G in PBMCs of HIV/AIDS patients at difierent disease progression stage.Flow cytometry and automated viral load analyzer were used to count CD4+ T cells and plasma HIV viral loads.Results The mRNA levels of APOBEC3G in HIV/AIDS patients were lower than in HIV-negative controls(t=4.887,P<0.01),and APOBEC3G levels were significantly higher in slow development group than those in HIV and AIDS groups(P<0.05).The levels of APOBEC3G mRNA correlated positively with CD4+ T cell counts(R2=0.190,P=0.002)and negatively with HIV-1 viral loads(R2=0.094.P=0.038).Conclusions The APOBEC3G mRNA levels in PBMC of HIV infected individuals are associated with HIV disease pmgression. Higher mRNA expression levels of APOBEC3G may be one of the protective factors which can play important role in delaying disease progression.
7.Study on the relationships between neutralizing antibody response and disease progression of HIV type 1 B'/C infected individuals in China
Mingjia BAO ; Wenqing GENG ; Hualu CUI ; Xiaoli ZHANG ; Dongbing XU ; Hua NIAN ; Min ZHAO ; Yating WANG ; Yongjun JIANG ; Yanan WANG ; Xiaoxu HAN ; Min ZHANG ; Zining ZHANG ; Hong SHANG
Chinese Journal of Immunology 1985;0(06):-
Objective:To study the relationships between neutralizing antibody response against autologous virus and disease progression of HIV-1 B'/C infected individuals in China.Methods:Twenty-four primary HIV-1 isolates were incubated with autologous plasma collected either freshly or at approximately six months intervals thereafter.Normal human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were incubated with the virus-serum mixtures for 7 days and then the production of p24 antigen was measured.The neutralizing titer of a particular plasma and virus was defined as the reciprocal of the highest dilution giving a 50% reduction in p24 Ag compared with NHP control wells.More than 1∶8 were considered significant and were scored as positive.Results:In neutralizing antibody(Nabs) response against contemporaneous virus,Nabs were produced in all slow progressors(SP) individuals,while only four in 21 of HIV group had.There was statistically significance of the neutralizing antibody titers between SP and HIV.When plasma samples of six months later were tested for their ability to neutralize autologous virus,all of SPs had higher neutralizing antibody titers and the titers of neutralizing antibody in HIV group had increased in different rate.Among the twenty-one individuals of HIV group,12 of these individuals had neutralizing antibody response against autologous virus and other 9 of these individuals had not.NAb titers of SP in six months later plasma were higher than those of HIV.There was a negative correlation between the generation of the neutralizing titer against autologous virus and the plasma HIV RNA level in HIV-1 B'/C infected individuals(including SP,HIV).Conclusion:Neutralizing antibody against autologous viruses in HIV-1 B'/C infected SP is higher than those of HIV group,suggesting that neutralizing antibodies play a vital role in delaying disease progression in these individuals.
8.Amino acid mutatios of gp41 2F5 and 4E10 neutralizing epitopes of 92 HIV-1 infected individuals and AIDS patients in China
Xiaoli ZHANG ; Xiaoxu HAN ; Di DAI ; Xihua DONG ; Mingjia BAO ; Bin ZHAO ; Yongjun JIANG ; Yanan WANG ; Zining ZHANG ; Liping ZHOU ; Hong SHANG
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2008;28(3):258-263
Objective To study the amino acid mutations in neutralizing antibody 2F5 and 4E10 conserved epitopes ELDKWA and NWFDIT of HIV-1 membrane proximal external region(MPER)in 92 HIV-infected individuals and AIDS patients in China,and to provide a basis for the neutralizing antobodies immunotherapy and a design of vaccines. Methods Nest-PCR methods were used to amplity genes of the HIV-1 env gp41 region.The amplified fragments were sequenced by double-deoxygen terminal method and translated into amino acids for analysis.The mutations of 2F5 and 4E10 neutralizing epitopes were identified by comparison with the epitopes reference data in HIV-1 Sequence Database.Results There were mutations on both 2F5 and 4E10 neutralizing epitopes.2F5 conserved neutralizing epitopes major mutations tocused on E662A(14.1%),K665S(17.4%),A667K(16.3%),and 4E10 conserved neutralizing epltopes major mutations included N671S(13.0%),D674S(3.3%),T676S(16.3%).The mutation rates of 2F5 and 4E10 epitopes were significanfly different between CRF_B'C-clade and B'-clade(P<0.05).The mutata rates of CRF_B'C-clade were higher than that of CRFOI_AE-clade in 2F5 epitopes(P<0.05).The mutation rates of B'-clade in 4E10 eiptopes showed significant difference in slow progressors,HIV-infected individuals and AIDS patients,respectively(P<0.05).Conclusion The HIV-1 patients in China are demonstrated diversified mutations in 2F5 and 4E10 neutralizing epitopes.The mutation degrees of amlno acids in conserved neutralizing epitopes are different in different subtypes.There may be a correlation between neutralizing epitopes mutations of 4E10 with disease progression.
9.Commonalities and differences in myopia prevention and control beliefs among primary school teachers and students in Hangzhou
GAO Mingjia, LIU Shumei, SUN Xin, SU Min, LYU Jiahao, ZHANG Ziyuan, TANG Guozhong, SHAO Sendi
Chinese Journal of School Health 2022;43(2):198-202
Objective:
To explore the commonalities and differences between primary school students and teachers in beliefs of myopia prevention and control, in order to provide a theoretical basis for the education programs of myopia prevention and control.
Methods:
Convenient sampling method was used to select 14 students and 16 teachers from grades 3 and 4 in two elementary schools in Hangzhou for one to one in depth interviews, and the results were coded and analyzed by using Nvivo 11.0 software.
Results:
There were commonalities in the perceived severity, benefits and barriers of myopia prevention and control beliefs among students and teachers, and the common keywords had been mentioned for 114 times, the commonalities of perceived severity, benefits and barriers were more obvious among them; there were differences in the specific attributions of perceived susceptibility, severity and barriers among students and teachers,the difference keywords had been mentioned for 63 times, the differences of perceived susceptibility, severity and barriers were more obvious among them.
Conclusion
There were commonalities in the perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits and barriers of myopia prevention and control beliefs between students and teachers; there were differences in the aspects of perceived susceptibility, severity and barriers between students and teachers. Adverse health outcomes of myopia and associated prevention knowledge should be enhanced among students. schools should carry out health education activities to improve the ability of teachers and students to prevent and control myopia; the government should implement the "double reduction" policy and improve the safety insurance system for outdoor activities.
10.Continuous monitoring of fine particulate matter in school classrooms and assessment of students exposure level
Chinese Journal of School Health 2021;42(9):1306-1310
Objective:
To explore the status of PM 2.5 pollution in school classrooms and the student exposure level, and to provide basic data to safeguard the health of students.
Methods:
This study continuously monitored the PM 2.5 levels of 16 naturally ventilated classrooms in eight primary and secondary schools in Jiamusi for one academic year using an online environmental monitoring instrument. At the same time, outdoor PM 2.5 data was captured for comparative research, and student exposure to PM 2.5 during school hours was evaluated.
Results:
The average concentration of PM 2.5 in the classroom in the spring and autumn semesters was (26.93±24.7) and (31.85±30.37)μg/m 3, respectively, and the indoor/outdoor ratio ( I/O ) was 0.92 and 0.95, respectively, which indicated a strong correlation between them. The daily average concentration of all classrooms during both semesters was ( 28.93 ±26.85)μg/m 3, which was slightly higher than the average concentration of (27.53±26.53)μg/m 3 during the daytime when students were in school. In addition, the concentration on workdays was higher than that observed on weekends, and this was termed the "weekend effect". The indoor PM 2.5 concentration was lower on higher floors. The comprehensive exposure concentration of students during school was 28.48 μg/m 3 in spring semester and 31.87 μg/m 3 in autumn semester.
Conclusion
PM 2.5 levels in the classrooms varied according to time, the horizontal space, and the vertical space, and the level of indoor PM 2.5 pollution largely depended on outdoor pollution sources. Differences in PM 2.5 exposure were observed between.