1.Value of biomarkers related to routine blood tests in early diagnosis of allergic rhinitis in children.
Jinjie LI ; Xiaoyan HAO ; Yijuan XIN ; Rui LI ; Lin ZHU ; Xiaoli CHENG ; Liu YANG ; Jiayun LIU
Chinese Journal of Cellular and Molecular Immunology 2025;41(4):339-347
Objective To mine and analyze the routine blood test data of children with allergic rhinitis (AR), identify routine blood parameters related to childhood allergic rhinitis, establish an effective diagnostic model, and evaluate the performance of the model. Methods This study was a retrospective study of clinical cases. The experimental group comprised a total of 1110 children diagnosed with AR at the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University during the period from December 12, 2020 to December 12, 2021, while the control group included 1109 children without a history of allergic rhinitis or other allergic diseases who underwent routine physical examinations during the same period. Information such as age, sex and routine blood test results was collected for all subjects. The levels of routine blood test indicators were compared between AR children and healthy children using comprehensive intelligent baseline analysis, with indicators of P≥0.05 excluded; variables were screened by Lasso regression. Binary Logistic regression was used to further evaluate the influence of multiple routine blood indexes on the results. Five kinds of machine model algorithms were used, namely extreme value gradient lift (XGBoost), logistic regression (LR), gradient lift decision tree (LGBMC), Random forest (RF) and adaptive lift algorithm (AdaBoost), to establish the diagnostic models. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to screen the optimal model. The best LightGBM algorithm was used to build an online patient risk assessment tool for clinical application. Results Statistically significant differences were observed between the AR group and the control group in the following routine blood test indicators: mean cellular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), hemoglobin (HGB), absolute value of basophils (BASO), absolute value of eosinophils (EOS), large platelet ratio (P-LCR), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), platelet count (PLT), absolute values of leukocyte neutrophil (W-LCC), leukocyte monocyte (W-MCC), leukocyte lymphocyte (W-SCC), and age. Lasso regression identified these variables as important predictors, and binary Logistic regression further analyzed the significant influence of these variables on the results. The optimal machine learning algorithm LightGBM was used to establish a multi-index joint detection model. The model showed robust prediction performance in the training set, with AUC values of 0.8512 and 0.8103 in the internal validation set. Conclusion The identified routine blood parameters can be used as potential biomarkers for early diagnosis and risk assessment of AR, which can improve the accuracy and efficiency of diagnosis. The established model provides scientific basis for more accurate diagnostic tools and personalized prevention strategies. Future studies should prospectively validate these findings and explore their applicability in other related diseases.
Humans
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Male
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Female
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Rhinitis, Allergic/blood*
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Child
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Biomarkers/blood*
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Retrospective Studies
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Early Diagnosis
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Child, Preschool
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ROC Curve
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Logistic Models
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Hematologic Tests
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Algorithms
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Adolescent
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Machine Learning
2.Analysis of a Chinese pedigree affected with Hereditary coagulation factor Ⅻ deficiency due to compound heterozygous variants of F12 gene.
Xiaoli CHENG ; Ting YANG ; Liu YANG ; Yijuan XIN ; Lin ZHU ; Mu HE ; Jiayun LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2023;40(12):1512-1516
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the clinical phenotypes and genetic variants of a Chinese pedigree affected with Hereditary coagulation factor Ⅻ (FⅫ) deficiency.
METHODS:
A pedigree presented at the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University on December 24,2021 was selected as the study subject. Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and coagulation factor Ⅻ activity (FⅫ:C) were determine by a clotting method, and FⅫ antigen was detected with an ELISA assay. Following the extraction of genomic DNA, all exons and flanking regions of the F12 gene were subjected to Sanger sequencing. Clustalx-2.1-win, PROVEAN and Swiss-PDB Viewer software was used to analyze the conservation of amino acids at the variant sites, impact of of the variants on the amino acid substitutions and the protein structure.
RESULTS:
The APTT of the proband has prolonged to 70.2 s. Her FⅫ:C and FⅫ:Ag have decreased to 12% and 13%, respectively. DNA sequencing revealed that the proband has harbored c.346G>A (p.Gly97Ser) and c.1583C>A (p.Ser509Tyr) heterozygous compound missense variants in exons 5 and 13 of the F12 gene, respectively. Her father and sister were heterozygous carriers for the c.346G>A (p.Gly97Ser) variant, whilst her mother and brother were heterozygous for the c.1583C>A (p.Ser509Tyr) variant.
CONCLUSION
The c.346G>A (p.Gly97Ser) and c.1583C>A (p.Ser509Tyr) compound heterozygous variants of the F12 gene probably underlay the pathogenesis of hereditary coagulation FⅫ deficiency in this pedigree.
Humans
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Male
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Female
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Pedigree
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Factor XII/genetics*
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Mutation
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East Asian People
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Heterozygote
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Mothers
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Factor XII Deficiency/genetics*
3.Analysis of a pedigree affected with hereditary coagulation factor XII deficiency due to a homozygous 252delAsn deletion of F12 gene.
Xiaoli CHENG ; Liu YANG ; Yijuan XIN ; Lin ZHU ; Mingquan SU ; Xiaoke HAO
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2020;37(7):755-758
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the clinical phenotype and genetic basis of a consanguineous pedigree affected with hereditary coagulation factor XII (FXII) deficiency.
METHODS:
Following extraction of genomic DNA, all exons and flanking regions of F12 gene were subjected to PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing. ClustalX-2.1-win and MutationTaster software was used to analyze the conservation and impact of the variants on protein function.
RESULTS:
DNA sequencing showed that the proband carried a homozygous g.6753-6755delACA deletion (p.252delAsn) in exon 9 of the F12 gene, for which her father, mother and brother were heterozygous carriers. The same deletion was not found in her sister.
CONCLUSION
The homozygous p.252delAsn deletion probably underlies the hereditary FXII deficiency in this pedigree.
4.Experimental study on the in vivo biocompatibility of polypropyle ne mesh scaffolds with adipose-derived stem cells in rabbits
Hui CHENG ; Bei ZHANG ; Jie CHENG ; Yijuan CAO
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2015;(7):692-695
Objective How to avoid the rejection of the synthetic patch and human tissue has become an urgent problem to be solved.The article investigated thein vivobiocompatibility of polypropylene mesh scaffold with adipose -derived stem cells(ADSCs) in rabbits. Methods Rabbit ADSC suspension were prepared.ADSCs were seeded onto polypropylene mesh scaffolds after passage and amplification and cultured invitro for 1 week .The polypropylene mesh and ADSC fixed polypropylene mesh were implanted respec-tively into the surface of rectus abdominis in rabbits.4 weeks later, adhesion and erosion of the meshes were evaluated, HE staining was used in histological observation and RT-PCR was applied to detect the dynamic changes of VEGF mRNA level.ADSCs were isola-ted from rabbit subcutaneous adipose tissue after collagenase digesting, filtrating and centrifuging. Results The results of flow cy-tometry showed that the expressions of CD44, CD73, CD90, CD45, CD14 and CD34 were 98.54%, 95.32%, 98.49%, 1.21%, 3.01%, 2.14%, respectively.Polypropylene mesh, ADSC-fixed polypropylene mesh had different degrees of corrosion and adhesion , but polypropylene mesh showed denser adhesion.In comparison with polypropylene,ADSC fixed polypropylene meshes induced a mil -der chronic inflammation response,with lower scores for inflammation (1.1 ±0.2 vs 0.6 ±0.1, P=0.001), higher scores for neovas-cularization (17.0 ±0.0 vs 2.6 ±0.3, P=0.000) and fibroblastic proliferation(0.9 ±0.1 vs 2.2 ±0.2, P=0.001).Relative a-mounts of VEGF mRNA of were significantly lower for ADSC-fixed polypropylene compared with the remaining polypropylene meshes (t=94.6, P<0.05). Conclusi on Polypropylene mesh scaffold with ADSCs exhibits excellent cellular compatibility and have a bright future in clinical practice.
5.Construction of behavioral observation scale for appraising the performance of charge nurses of class three hospital
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2009;25(14):12-15
Objective Based on a job analysis known as the Critical Incident Technique, this study is to develop a behavioral observation scale (BOS) for appraising the performance of charge nurses of class three hospital in Sichuan province. Methods First, 56 charge nurses and supervisors were interviewed by using the Critical Incident Technique and 498 incidents were reported.Then the 498 incidents were cate-gorized into15 criteria and 169 behavior items which formed one original BOS. 48 supervisors preexamined,on a five-point Likert scale as to the frequency, 190 charge nurses who were engaged in the behavior de-scribed by each incident. According to the item analysis above, 12 performance criteria and 54 behavioral items came out to form a formal behavioral observation scale for appraising performance of charge nurses Fi-nally,to test the reliability and validity of behavioral observation scale, 192 charge nurses were put under re-al test. Results The Cronbach's alpha coefficient ranged between 0.65 and 0.93. The retest reliability ranged from 0.50 to 0.76. Factor Analysis: 9 factors with eigenvalue greater than one were selected and ac-cumulative prepertion was 68%. Conclusions Behavioral observation scale developed on a job analysis known as the Critical Technique to appraise the performance of charge nurses has moderately high reliabili-ty and validity.
6.Bacterial Infection in Patients with Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in ICU:Cause and Strategy
Yijuan CAI ; Zhiqun CHEN ; Jianting XU ; Guodong CHENG ; Linbao LIAN ; Bingbin YUAN ; Xiyun FAN ; Shurong LU
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2006;0(05):-
OBJECTIVE To study the cause of bacterial infection of ventilator-associated pneumonia(VAP) in intensive care unit(ICU) and summarize effective methods to prevent and control the infection.METHODS Epidemiologic study on 300 patients with VAP in ICU from Dec 1,2003 to Jul 13,2006.Preventing and controlling strategy was as follows.RESULTS Pathogenic bacteria of VAP in ICU mostly were multidrug-resistant ones,of which the G-were 56.3%,G+ were 23% and fungi were 13.7%.CONCLUSIONS To control VAP in ICU proper technique and method are important.Management of hospital infection and related training of staff in ICU are the basic way.

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