1.Application of live surgery teaching based on cases teaching in clinical practice undergraduate teaching of obstetrics and gynecology
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2016;15(10):1053-1056
Clinical surgical teaching is an important course of undergraduate teaching.Aiming at the problem of disconnection between operation and case in traditional video teaching and observing teaching in operation room,a new model of live surgery teaching based on case teaching was launched:intraoperative diagnosis and preoperative medical history collection were combined;intraoperative surgical anatomy and similar comparative study;teaching surgery were combined with pathology and postoperative adjuvant therapy.Through the questionnaire it was found that all of the students were satisfied with live surgery teaching,96.5% of the students believed the model would contribute to their understanding of textbook knowledge and memory,and 94.8% of the students thought the model could improve their interest in clinical learning.
2.Research advances in the miRNA regulation of autophagy
Longyang JIANG ; Xuefeng BAI ; Minjie WEI
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2014;(5):337-340
MicroRNAs are endogenously expressed non-coding RNAs, which are composed of approximately 18 nucleotides to 25 nucleotides. Mature microRNAs regulate gene expression by base pairing with the 3'-untranslated region of target mRNAs. These mature microRNAs can degrade target mRNAs or inhibit translation. This process is a type of post-transcriptional regulation of gene ex-pression. Studies have shown that microRNAs are important in physiological and pathological processes, such as cell proliferation, cell differentiation, and cell death. This article provides an overview of the function of microRNAs in the regulation of macrophages.
3.The conversion of Clinical high risk for psychosis: Association with Theory of Mind
Mingliang JU ; Tianhong ZHANG ; Xuefeng JIANG
Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 2017;43(4):193-198
Objective To explore the clinical outcome of individuals with Clinical High Risk (CHR) for psychosis and its relationship with Theory of Mind (ToM) function.Methods The Structured Interview for Prodromal Symptoms/Scale of Prodromal Syndromes (SIPS/SOPS) was applied to assess prodromal psychosis.The Reading the mind in the Eyes and faux pas Task were conducted to assess the function of Theory of Mind among the individuals of clinical high risk of psychosis.All participants had completed the 2-year follow-up.Conversion was determined using the criteria of presence of psychotic symptoms (POPS).According to the outcome,CHR individuals were divided into conversion group (n=20) and no-conversion group (n=50).The baseline clinical symptom characteristics and Theory of Mind were compared between groups.Results There was no significant difference in clinical symptom characteristics among individuals with CHR (P>0.05).In the faux pas text,there were significant differences in Faux Pas Detection (P=0.01),Faux Pas Understanding (P=0.01) and Faux Pas Total (P=0.02) but not in control stories and the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test between convertors and non-convertors (P>0.05).Conclusion The ToM disability in clinical high risk population increases risk for conversion to psychosis.
4.Mechanisms of fluconazole resistance in clinical and experimental induced isolates of Candida glabrata
Cen JIANG ; Danfeng DONG ; Beiqin YU ; Xuefeng WANG ; Yibing PENG
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2012;32(6):537-541
Objective To investigate the mechanisms of fluconazole resistance in clinical and experimental induced isolates of C.glabrata.Methods Efflux of rhodamine 6G was performed to evaluate the effects of efflux pumps.The expression levels of transporter genes CDR1,CDR2,SNQ2 and ERG11 were examined by real-time RT-PCR.Meanwhile,sequence of PDR1 was determined by PCR based DNA sequencing.Results Efflux pumps of all fluconazole-resistant isolates had stronger effects than that of susceptible isolates,consistently with significant upregulation of CDR1,but no obvious difference was found in CDR2 or SNQ2.Also,no notable change in the expression level of ERG11 between susceptible and resistant isolates.PDR1 mutations existed in both clinical and experimental induced isolates of C.glabrata,among which P927S,L543P and S947L haven't been reported previously.Conclusion Mutations of PDR1 were induced by fluconazole both in vivo andin vitro,which will result in overexpression of CDR1 and strengthen the effect of efflux pump.
5.Application of telemedicine in elderly population
Haiyan XIE ; Xuehan ZHANG ; Xuefeng NI ; Hong JIANG ; Dongjing LI
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2016;15(10):805-808
With the emerging of aging society and advances of information sciences, telemedicine has gradually become a new medical model.Telemedicine can be used in health monitoring, disease diagnosis, counseling, education, chronic disease management and long-term care in elderly population;particularly in management of chronic heart failure, diabetes and other chronic diseases, as well as in referral and continuous medical care.To promote telemedicine in the elderly population can break the physical limitations of different health care settings, so that geriatrician and the allied team members are enable to maximize their values in providing corresponding health services.This article reviews the progress of telemedicine in foreign countries, which would be of reference value for development of telemedicine for elderly people in China.
6.Construction and expression of eukaryotic expression vector of human IL-37 b gene
Jing YAO ; Jiang CHENG ; Xuefeng PEI ; Jingyu WANG ; Ming YUAN
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica 2016;24(3):268-272
Objective To construct the eukaryotic expression vector pEGFP-N1/IL-37b and analyze the expression of IL-37 gene in THP-1 cells. Methods Total RNA was extracted from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( PB-MCs) and the coding region of IL-37b gene was amplified by RT-qPCR. Then, the gene was cloned into pEGFP-N1 eu-karyotic expression vector. After transfected the recombinant plasmid into THP-1 cells, the expression of IL-37 was detec-ted by RT-qPCR and Western blot. Results Double restriction enzyme digestion and gene sequencing showed that IL-37b gene was correctly inserted into the eukaryotic expression vector pEGFP-N1. RT-qPCR and Western blot showed that the IL-37 expression level was increased significantly (P<0. 01) after transfection in THP-1 cells. Conclusions We successful-ly constructed a novel anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-37 eukaryotic expression vector pEGFP-N1/IL-37b, which lays a foun-dation for further study on IL-37 functions and its association with related diseases.
7.Effects of pioglitazone on AdipoR1 expressions in THP-1-derived macrophages
Wei JIANG ; Zefang CHEN ; Shuguo YUAN ; Xuefeng WU ; Liangqiu TANG
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2015;22(3):360-362
Objective To study the effect of pioglitazone(PIO) on AdipoR1 and cholesterol ester(CE) in foam cells derived from THP-1-derived macrophages.Methods THP-1-derived macrophages were incubated with increasing concentrations of PIO for 24 hours.After co-cultured with low density lipoprotein(LDL),the accumulation of cholesterol in macrophages was measured by fluorescence spectrophotometric method.The lipid peroxide within cells was detected by TBARS method,the foam cells were observed by oil red staining.AdipoR1 levels were determined by Western blot.Results Compared with the ox-LDL group (0 μmol/L),oil red O-positive cells of the PIO protective groups were greatly reduced.TC,CE,MDA of the PIO protective groups were also obviously decreased.TC (53.6 ± 1.2) μg/mg,CE (30.2 ± 3.6) μg/mg,MDA (3.42 ± 0.06) μg/mg of 5 μμ mol/L PIO group were lower than those of 0μmol/L PIO group[(98.2 ± 3.5),(65.5 ± 6.5),(8.50 ± 1.21)] μg/mg (P < 0.05).TC (25.6 ± 1.8) μg/mg,CE (22.5 ± 4.5) μg/mg,MDA (1.90 ± 0.42) μg/mg of 50 μmol/L PIO group.TC (16.8 ± 2.2) μg/mg,CE(5.9 ± 1.4) μg/mg,MDA (0.65 ± 0.05) μg/mg of 100μmol/L PIO group.Concomitantly,PIO significantly increased AdipoR1 protein expresion,AdipoR1 of 5μmol/L PIO group(0.06±0.05) was higher than that of 0μmol/L PIO group(0.03 ±0.07).AdipoR1 of 50μmol/L PIO group(0.11 ±0.07) was higher than that of 5μmol/L PIO group (0.06 ± 0.05).AdipoR1 of 100 μmol/L PIO group (0.40 ± 0.05) was obviously higher than that of 50 μ mol/L PIO group (0.11 ± 0.07).Conclusion PIO inhibited THP-1-derived formation by up-regulation the expression of AdipoR1,which may play an important role in the development and progression of atherosclerosis.
8.Expressions of heat shock protein (HSP) 60 and 10 in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and solar keratosis tissue
Dongmei LIU ; Yixiu JIANG ; Youla ZHANG ; Chiqing HUANG ; Xuefeng FU
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2011;44(2):106-109
Objective To measure the expressions of HSP10 and 60 in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and solar keratosis (AK) tissue. Methods Lesion samples were resected from patients with SCC (n = 50), BCC (n = 50) and AK (n = 50), and control samples were obtained from the normal skin adjacent to the operation sites of 14 of the 50 patients with SCC, BCC and AK. Immunohistochemical Envision two step method was used to detect the expression of HSP60 and 10 in the tissue samples.Results The expression of HSP10 was significantly higher in BCC tissue samples (Z = 3.24, P < 0.001 ), but not in AK (Z= 0.74, P> 0.05) or SCC (Z= 0.52, P> 0.05) tissue samples than in the normal control tissue samples. Statistical significance was observed in the expression of HSP10 between AK and SCC and between AK and BCC tissue samples (both P < 0.05), but not between SCC and BCC tissue samples (P > 0.05 ). Elevated expression of HSP60 was found in AK, BCC and SCC tissue samples compared with the control samples (Z =-2.90, -2.15, -2.78,P < 0.01, 0.05 and 0.01, respectively). Furthermore, the expression of HSP60 in SCC tissue samples was higher than that in BCC tissue samples (P < 0.05 ) but similar to that in AK tissue samples. Conclusions There is likely to be a correlation between the high expression of HSP60 and biological behavior of SCC, and between the elevated HSP60 and HSP10 expressions and BCC initiation and development.
9.Effect of ASX on chronic alcoholism induced memory impairment and expressions of NF-κB p65,iNOS,TNF-αin mice
Xi JIANG ; Yingzheng ZHAO ; Jianchun PAN ; Xuefeng YU
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2017;33(1):105-113
Aim To investigate the effect of ASX (trans-astaxanthin)on the expressions of NF-κB p65 , iNOS and TNF-αin the hippocampus and the prefron-tal cortex of chronic alcohol mice.Methods 40 mice were randomly divided into control group,7 d,14 d, 21 d,28 d alcohol-treated group,the mice were given alcohol preference testing on day of 6,13,20,27. Mice were subjected to alcohol withdrawal for one day after testing.In order to determine the exact time point of cognitive memory impairment in mice after alcohol consumption,they were given morris water maze test after alcohol preference testing. The other 40 mice were randomly divided into control group, alcohol group and ASX group (20,40,80 mg·kg-1 ).After chronic ASX administration, mice were given one probe trial of 60 s in which the platform was removed from the pool to evaluate escape latency,the number of times the animal crossed the previous location of the platform,time spent in the target quadrant,and swim-ming speed.The expressions of NF-κB p65 ,iNOS and TNF-αwere detected by western blotting after behav-ioral testing.Results The mice showed an obvious al-cohol-related phenomenon on 2 1 and 28 days after al-cohol treatment,and escape latency significantly in-creased,entries in target quadrant and duration in tar-get quadrant significantly decreased with increasing drinking days and withdrawal times.The results also suggested that 2 1 days chronic ASX treatment reversed this learning deficit.Moreover,the expression of NF-κB p65 ,iNOS and TNF-αin the hippocampus were significantly increased after 2 1 d alcohol treatment (P<0.001),and pretreatment with ASX (40,80 mg· kg-1 ) could obviously inhibit these changes (P <0.001);Parallel to these changes in the hippocam-pus,the level of NF-κB p65 ,iNOS and TNF-αwere also increased in the prefrontal cortex (P<0.001 ), however,only ASX (80 mg · kg-1 ) administration could inhibit the increase (P<0.05 ).Conclusion These results indicate that ASX pretreatment can pro-tect against alcohol-induced memory impairment via the inhibition of NF- κB p65 ,iNOS and TNF-αexpres-sions in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.
10.INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS BY EXTRACT OF TOTAL FLAVONOIDS OF CHRYSANTHEMUM INDICUM ON ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS SYNOVIAL CELLS
Xiaoyu CHEN ; Jun LI ; Xuefeng XIE ; Hui JIANG ; Hui HAN
Acta Anatomica Sinica 2002;0(05):-
Objective To study the effect of the extract of total flavonoids of chrysanthemum indicum(TFC) on adjuvant arthritis synovial cells. Methods 0.1ml of the complete Freund's adjuvant was subcutaneously injected into the right hind feet pads of the SD rats.24 days after immunity synovial cells in knee joint were treated with TFC and inhibition of proliferation was measured with MTT assay.DNA fragmentations were analyzed with DNA gel electrophoresis.Fluorescence staining of Hoechst 33258 to observe apoptotic body.Results The IC_50 of TFC on synovial cells was 112mg/L.DNA gel electrophoresis showed ladder-like strap.Apoptotic bodies were observed by Hoechst 33258.Conclusion TFC can inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis in synovial cells,and exerts therapeutical effect on rheumstoid arthritis.