1.Clinical efficacy of additive LiuJunZi decoction in treatment of chronic obstructive pneumonia
Liyan CHEN ; Wucheng XU ; Minjie GE
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2015;37(5):140-142
Objective To investigate clinical efficacy of additive LiuJunZi decoction in treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pneumonia ( COPD) of both lung and spleen deficiency in stable phase.Methods A total of 58 patients with deficiency of both lung and spleen type stable COPD patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group by a random number table, 29 cases in each group, patients in two groups were treated with salmeterol and fluticasone propionate powder for inhalation.On this basis, the treatment group were given additive Liujunzi Decoction, orally, with 3 months treatment.The clinical signs and symptoms of patients, pulmonary function, index of sputumand acute attack proportion in a year were observed and compared.Results After different treatment, total efficiency was 93.1% in treatment group, which was obviously higher than 65.5%in control group (P<0.05).After treatment, the values of FEV1 and FEV1/FVC improved compared with before treatment, and the above indexes of treatment group significantly improved compared with control group (P<0.05).The HDACs activety, levels of TNF-αand IL-8 mproved compared with before treatment, and the above indexes of treatment group significantly improved compared with control group (P<0.05).The acute attack was two cases in treatment group(6.9%), seven cases in control group(24.1%), but the difference had no statistically significant.Conclusion The additive Liujunzi decoction in the treatment of both lung and spleen deficiency type chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD) in stable phase has exact clinical curative effect, can significantly improve clinical symptoms and laboratory indexes, control the progression of the disease, and improve life quality of the patients.
2.Comparison of efficacy between trimodality and chemoradiation therapy alone in treatment of locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Chenxue JIANG ; Wucheng CHEN ; Shuiyun HAN ; Xiang ZHU ; Xiaojiang SUN ; Yaping XU ; Qixun CHEN ; Weimin MAO
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2018;38(3):192-196
Objective To compare the efficacy of trimodality therapy and chemoradiation therapy (CRT) alone in patients with locally advanced resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).Methods A total of 124 cases with locally advanced resectable esophageal SCC were retrospectively analyzed and classified into 2 groups.Fifty-four cases in trimodality group were treated with surgery and preoperative chemoradiation,while 70 cases in CRT alone group only received radiation and chemotherapy.Local tumor control,3-year survival and treatment-related mortality were assessed.Results The local recurrent rate of the resected patients was 18.5% in trimodality group and 35.7% in CRT alone group,respectively(x2 =4.445,P < 0.05).The 3-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 65.3% (95% CI 50.7-80.5) in trimodality group and31.9% (95%CI 19.6-44.2) in CRT alone group (P<0.05),while the overall survival (OS) 66.3% (95% CI43.0-89.6) and 34.4% (95% CI 21.1-47.7),respectively(P < 0.05).Treatment-related mortality was 1.9% in trimodality group and 2.9% in CRT alone group (P > 0.05).For CRT alone group,the sub-group analysis showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the 3-year OS between patients who received 50-50.4 Gy and those who received the dose over 50.4 Gy (39.9% 95% CI 18.5-61.3 vs.31.5% 95% CI 14.8-48.2,P >0.05).Conclusions Compared with CRT alone,trimodality therapy showed the superior local control,PFS and OS,with similar treatment-related mortality in the treatment of patients with SCC of esophagus.The role of surgery could not be replaced by CRT alone even with the augment of radiation dose.
3.Influencing factors of medical exposure frequency for community residents
Yuli CAO ; Yinping SU ; Hui XU ; Quanfu SUN ; Jinsheng CHENG
Chinese Journal of Radiological Health 2023;32(2):119-124
Objective To obtain the medical exposure frequency data of residents through a questionnaire survey on mobile phone networks in the community, and to analyze the main influencing factors. Methods A snowball sampling method was used to expand the sampling from medical staff in a county hospital to the community. The questionnaire included personal information such as occupation category, type of medical insurance, and education level as well as basic radiation-related knowledge and medical exposure type and frequency of respondents received in 2021. A logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of medical exposure. Results A total of 223 respondents were investigated, and 12.56% of them received radiological diagnosis and radiotherapy in 2021. The proportion of males receiving medical exposure was significantly higher than that of females (19.64% vs 10.18%). The likelihood of the person receiving medical exposure increased considerably with age, with the proportion of residents receiving medical exposure at 20, 30, 40, and 50 years of age being 6.25%, 7.95%, 19.23%, and 33.33%, respectively. Of persons who received medical exposure, 57.14% underwent CT scans. Persons participating in the new rural cooperative medical system were likely less to receive radiological diagnosis and radiotherapy than urban workers and residents (OR = 0.55, CI:0.13-2.23, P > 0.05). Conclusion Questionnaire survey in the community can obtain more information about the medical exposure of residents, and age and type of medical insurance are important factors affecting the frequency of medical exposure.
4.WDR62-deficiency Causes Autism-like Behaviors Independent of Microcephaly in Mice.
Dan XU ; Yiqiang ZHI ; Xinyi LIU ; Le GUAN ; Jurui YU ; Dan ZHANG ; Weiya ZHANG ; Yaqing WANG ; Wucheng TAO ; Zhiheng XU
Neuroscience Bulletin 2023;39(9):1333-1347
Brain size abnormality is correlated with an increased frequency of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in offspring. Genetic analysis indicates that heterozygous mutations of the WD repeat domain 62 (WDR62) are associated with ASD. However, biological evidence is still lacking. Our study showed that Wdr62 knockout (KO) led to reduced brain size with impaired learning and memory, as well as ASD-like behaviors in mice. Interestingly, Wdr62 Nex-cKO mice (depletion of WDR62 in differentiated neurons) had a largely normal brain size but with aberrant social interactions and repetitive behaviors. WDR62 regulated dendritic spinogenesis and excitatory synaptic transmission in cortical pyramidal neurons. Finally, we revealed that retinoic acid gavages significantly alleviated ASD-like behaviors in mice with WDR62 haploinsufficiency, probably by complementing the expression of ASD and synapse-related genes. Our findings provide a new perspective on the relationship between the microcephaly gene WDR62 and ASD etiology that will benefit clinical diagnosis and intervention of ASD.
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