1.Expressions of amyloid beta peptide and its related metabolic enzymesin the brain of model mice with Alzheimer`s disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Ying LIU ; Guiqiong HE ; Wanxiang QIN ; Min LUO ; Kejian WANG
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2017;37(5):653-657
Objective To examine the changes of Aβ expression and its related metabolic enzymes in the brains of AD and T2DM mice, so as to explore the possible mechanism of type 2 diabetes mellitus combined with AD.Methods Five-month-old APP/PS1 double transgenic mice, ob/ob mice and the wild-type control mice were employed in this study.Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining, Elisa and Western blot were used to detect SP, Aβ and its related metabolic enzymes.Results A certain number of SPs were observed in the cerebral cortex and hip-pocampus of APP/PS1 mice;SPs were occasionally observed in the cortex of ob/ob mice, while no SP appeared in wild-type mice.Aβ40 and Aβ42 levels were significantly increased in APP/PS1 and ob/ob mice brains as compared with controls (P<0.05), thought both Aβ40 and Aβ42 levels in AD mice were significantly higher than those of ob/ob mice (P<0.05).APP expression level was highest in APP/PS1 mice among 3 groups, and its expressed higher in ob/ob mice than that of control mice (P<0.05).BACE1 expression was notably increased in APP/PS1 and ob/ob mice as compared with control(P<0.05), however, it expressed higher in APP/PS1 mice than ob/ob mice (P<0.05).The expression of Aβ degradation enzyme IDE was reduced in APP/PS1 and ob/ob mice(P<0.05), while lowest in ob/ob mice.Conclusions Overexpression of Aβ may be one of main reasons for T2DM combined AD.
2.Clinical study of transperitoneal and retroperitoneal robot-assisted partial nephrectomy for renal hilar tumors
Jianlin YUAN ; Ping MENG ; Xiaojian YANG ; Yanzhu WANG ; Weijun QIN ; Yuntao ZHANG ; Longlong ZHANG ; Bo YANG ; Peng WU ; Yuming JING ; Wanxiang ZHENG
Chinese Journal of Urology 2017;38(7):502-506
Objective To investigate the clinical value and experience of transperitoneal and retroperitoneal robot-assisted partial nephrectomy for renal hi1 ar tumors.Methods We evaluated 48 patients who had partial nephrectomy for renal hilar tumor by robotic surgical syestem from January 2013 to March 2017.In those cases,35 were male and 13 were female,with an average age of 57.3 (range from 41 to 75 ),27 cases were ventral tumor and 21 cases were dorsal tumor.3 cases were totally confined to the renal parenchyma,the other 45 cases were partially confined to the renal parenchyma.18 cases were performed surgery by retroperitoneal route,the rest 30 cases were performed by peritoneal route.Results A total of 48 patients underwent successful robotic partial nephrectomy for renal hilar tumors.The mean warm ischemia time was 22 minutes (range from 16 to 33 minutes) and the mean estimated blood loss was 88 md (range from 50 to 350 ml).No bleeding-related complications were found.Histopathology confirmed 39 cases of ccRCC,7 cases of angioleiomyolipoma,2 cases of renal oncocytoma.There was one case in this review was positive surgical margin (2.1%) and found no sign of recurrence during the short term post-operation follow-up.All cases in this review are following up after surgery to date from 2 months to 4 years,no cases of tumor recurrence or metastasis were found.Conclusions The application of transperitoneal and retroperitoneal RAPN is the effective and safe way for renal hilar tumor resection,and it has a clear advantage of renal surgical incision stitching and tumor complete resection.The choice of surgical approaches depends on the size and location of tumor and the clinical experience of the surgeon.
3.A cross-sectional study on medication compliance and influence factors in patients with postherpetic neuralgia
Wanxiang QIN ; Ying SHI ; Jian CUI ; Kejian WANG ; Fachuan NIE
Chongqing Medicine 2018;47(8):1084-1086
Objective To understand the current status of medication compliance in the patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN)and its influencing factors.Methods The cross-sectional survey method was adopted to investigate the status quo of medi-cation compliance among PHN patients in the pain clinic of the Southwest Hospital of Army Military Medical University from Janu-ary of 2014 to March of 2015.Then the influence factors of medication compliance were analyzed by using the using the Logistic re-gression method.Results A total of 396 PHN patients were included 52.3% of patients had good medication compliance,while 47.7% had poor compliance.The univariate analysis showed that the age,educational level,marital status,living condition,economic status,degree of pain,disease course,medical insurance reimbursement,adverse drug reactions and complicating other diseases were the factors affecting the medication compliance(P<0.05).The multivariate Logistic regression analysis results showed that the age,educational level,marital status,living condition,economic status,degree of pain,disease course,medical insurance reimburse-ment,adverse drug reactions and complicating other diseases were the factors affecting the medication compliance.Conclusion The medication compliance in the patients with PHN is not high,there are many factors affecting the medication compliance.It is recom-mended to carry out the health education,strengthen the psychological intervention of the patients and establish the follow-up medi-cation compliance system for improving the medication compliance.