1.Clinical application of modified Chaihuguizhi dried ginger soup in treatment of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency migraine
Wenqin YU ; Xuying TONG ; Yuefang HUANG
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2016;36(6):124-126
Objective To explore the clinical effect of the application of modified Chaihuguizhi dried ginger soup in the treatment of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency migraine.Methods 102 cases of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency migraine patients treated in our hospital from June 2014 to February 2016 were selected and randomly divided into two groups.The control group were given conventional western medicine; the observation group were given modified Chaihuguizhi dried ginger soup.The clinical curative effect, accompanied symptoms before and after the treatment, duration, degree of pain, the symptom scores of episode, and plasma specific viscosity, whole blood viscosity, hematocrit of red blood cell (HCT), serum 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT) level, medication safety during the treatment of the groups were recorded and compared.Results The total effective rate of the observation group (92.16%) was significantly higher than the control group (76.47%) (P<0.05); accompanied symptoms, duration, degree of pain and the number of attacks of the two groups after the treatment, compared with those before the treatment, improved significantly( P<0.01), and the decrease degree of the observation group was more significant(P<0.01);compared with those before the treatment, the plasma specific viscosity, blood viscosity, HCT and 5-HT levels improved significantly in the two groups after the treatment(P<0.01), and the observation group was better(P<0.01).Conclusion The application of Chaihuguizhi dried ginger soup in the treatment of migraine of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency is more conducive to ease the clinical symptoms, with more remarkable curative effect, safely and reliably, which has high clinical reference value.
2.Post-kidney-transplant pulmonary mucormycosis: analysis of three cases
Liyu XU ; Wenqin TONG ; Yuwang BAO ; Deling LU ; Yinghao YU ; Guoxiang LAI
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 2014;35(6):361-364
Objective To investigate the clinical features,radiology,diagnosis and treatment of postkidney-transplant pulmonary mucormycosis.Method Three cases of post-kidney-transplant pulmonary mucormycosis were successfully diagnosed by histopathologic examinations.The clinical features of the cases were analyzed.The patients consisted of 2 males and 1 female,aged 39 to 54 yearn All patients were subjected to renal transplantation due to uremia,one was complicated with with diabetes,and pulmonary mucormycosis occurred 6 months,2 years and 6 years after kidney transplant respectively.Fever,cough,bloody sputum and chest pain were the main clinical manifestations.Multiple irregular massive or diffuse infiltrates in the lungs were the early CT findings.In a shoot time,multiple thick-walled cavities occurred in the pulmonary lesions.Pleural effusion was found in one patient.The lung specimens of patients were obtained by CT-guided percutaneous biopsy.Result The first patiem was cured after one year therapy by hraconazole,but recurred after 8 months.The second patient had a marked effect after a 21-day therapy by Itraconazole,but died of disseminated mucor for excessive immunosuppressant against the renal transplantation rejection.The third patient also had a marked effect,and was still in follow up.Condusion The post-kidney-transplant pulmonary mucormycosis is difficult in diagnosis and treatment.CT-guided percutaneous biopsy is one of effective ways for diagnosis.Itraconazole appears to be effective in treatment of pulmonary mucormycosis.Early diagnosis and an appropriate immune ftmction are the keys to improve prognosis and reduce recurrence
3.Investigation on a suspected outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii nosocomial infection in an intensive care unit
Mei HUANG ; Xiaobo GUI ; Ya YANG ; Feng LU ; Juanxiu QIN ; Yan LI ; Shuyi ZHANG ; Wenqin ZHOU ; Xiaofang FU ; Haiqun BAN
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2024;36(5):435-438
ObjectiveTo investigate a suspected outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) nosocomial infection in an intensive care unit (ICU) and provide scientific evidence for prevention and control of multi-drug resistant nosocomial infection. MethodsClinical and epidemiological data of 4 patients with CRAB infection were retrospectively investigated in the ICU of Renji Hospital in November 2021. Environmental hygiene monitoring and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) were conducted and intervention measures were taken. ResultsA total of 4 cases with CRAB infection were identified, among which 1 case was determined to be community-acquired and3 cases were hospital-acquired. The isolated strains shared the same drug resistance, and were all classified into ST368 type. In the surface and hand samples (n=40), 2 CRAB strains were detected in the air filter beside the bed of the first case, with a detection rate of 5%. After adopting comprehensive prevention and control strategies, including environmental cleaning and disinfection, hand hygiene, staff management and training, and supervision, no similar case with CRAB infection was found. ConclusionThis suspected outbreak of CRAB nosocomial infection may be induced by inadequate environmental cleaning and disinfection, and inadequate implementation of hand hygiene. Timely identification, investigation, and targeted measures remain crucial to effective control of possible nosocomial infection.
4.Hollow copper sulfide nanoparticles carrying ISRIB for the sensitized photothermal therapy of breast cancer and brain metastases through inhibiting stress granule formation and reprogramming tumor-associated macrophages.
Fan TONG ; Haili HU ; Yanyan XU ; Yang ZHOU ; Rou XIE ; Ting LEI ; Yufan DU ; Wenqin YANG ; Siqin HE ; Yuan HUANG ; Tao GONG ; Huile GAO
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2023;13(8):3471-3488
As known, the benefits of photothermal therapy (PTT) are greatly limited by the heat tolerance of cancer cells resulting from overexpressed heat shock proteins (HSPs). Then HSPs further trigger the formation of stress granules (SGs) that regulate protein expression and cell viability under various stress conditions. Inhibition of SG formation can sensitize tumor cells to PTT. Herein, we developed PEGylated pH (low) insertion peptide (PEG-pHLIP)-modified hollow copper sulfide nanoparticles (HCuS NPs) encapsulating the SG inhibitor ISRIB, with the phase-change material lauric acid (LA) as a gate-keeper, to construct a pH-driven and NIR photo-responsive controlled smart drug delivery system (IL@H-PP). The nanomedicine could specifically target slightly acidic tumor sites. Upon irradiation, IL@H-PP realized PTT, and the light-controlled release of ISRIB could effectively inhibit the formation of PTT-induced SG to sensitize tumor cells to PTT, thereby increasing the antitumor effect and inducing potent immunogenic cell death (ICD). Moreover, IL@H-PP could promote the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), repolarizing them towards the M1 phenotype and remodeling the immunosuppressive microenvironment. In vitro/vivo results revealed the potential of PTT combined with SG inhibitors, which provides a new paradigm for antitumor and anti-metastases.