1.The role of tumor derived microparticles in the occurrence,development and diagnosis of tumor
Xiaotong CHEN ; Yingmei ZHANG ; Jin ZHOU
Practical Oncology Journal 2015;(4):368-371
Tumor derived microparticles are released by activated or apoptotic tumor cells.They are ex-tracellular vesicles which are 0.1~1.0μm in diameters.Tumor derived microparticles carry abundant bioactive molecules,such as nucleic acids and proteins,which resemble that of the parental cell.In this review,we summa-rize the role of tumor derived microparticles in the occurrence,development,diagnosis and treatment of tumor.
2.Effect of Stent Implantation on the Expression of PCNA and Cyclin E and Apoptosis in Rabbit Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Yingmei LIU ; Xuming ZHANG ; Wei WU ; Yingling ZHOU
Journal of Sun Yat-sen University(Medical Sciences) 2001;22(3):180-183
【Objective】To evaluate the impact of stent implantation on proliferation and apoptosis in media vascular smooth muscle cells and to explore the mechanism of restenosis after stent implantation.【Methods】Fifty male New Zealand rabbits were randomized into balloon group and stent group.Control group were set up.The materials were harvested on 3,7,14,28 and 56 day after operation and the following investigation were carried out.① Assessing the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and Cyclin E of media smooth muscle cells with immunohistochemistry;② Analyzing apoptosis of media smooth muscle cells by TUNEL technique.【Results】The expressions of PCNA,Cyclin E and apoptosis in stent and balloon groups were markedly increased compared to control groups.① Stent group induced significant increased expression of PCNA and Cyclin E in the media smooth muscle cells compared to balloon group.On day 7,the positive rates of PCNA and Cyclin E were 24.36±0.55% vs 18.74±1.09% (P<0.01) and 22.65±1.00% vs 17.68±1.10% (P<0.01) respectively;② Stent group induced much more significant apoptosis than balloon group.The highest rate of apoptosis appeared on day 7:12.46±1.13% vs 5.54±0.53% (P<0.01);③By calculating the ratio of positive rates of PCNA to apoptosis and Cyclin E to apoptosis respectively,the ratio of balloongroup was higher than that of stent group.【Conclusion】Stent group induces augmented proliferation and much more significant apoptosis of media smooth muscle cells compared to balloon group.It shows that the severity of restenosis is relieved after stent implantation.
3.Mechanics effect of lumbar physiological curvature adjustment by three-dimensional swirl angle program control:A randomized controlled analysis
Puyang REN ; Liyan ZHANG ; Yongjie QI ; Yingmei ZHOU ; Bo YANG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2007;0(02):-
AIM:To explore the regulation of lumbar physiological curvature by angulation traction and longitudinal rotation and the clinical significance of repairing spinal balance on lumbar disc herniation(LDH). METHODS:①Totally 71 patients with LDH diagnosed by CT at the 451 Hospital of Chinese PLA were enrolled from October 2005 to January 2006. Three-dimensional swirl angle program control restitution bed was applied. This bed was composed of fixing chest swirl section,magnetic heat lumbar flexure massage section and traction haunch angulation section with the pull strength of 20-90 kg. ②The patients were divided into experimental group(n =38) and control group(n =33). ③All patients of the two groups received supine genuflex traction for 20 minutes and combined with longitudinal rotation for 10 minutes. Patients in the experimental group received 20? traction from below lumbar to bed,while patients in the control group received plane traction combined with longitudinal rotation. ④Lumbar function was determined by criterion of the lumbar disease made by Japanese Shaping Association to observe improved indexes and times of treatment. RESULTS:Totally 71 patients were involved in the result analysis. No significant difference was found in preoperative lumbar function between experimental group and control group(13.684?1.662,13.485?3.001,P
4.Renal inflammatory lesions clinically presenting as masses: a clinicopathologic analysis
Hong XU ; Shuhong YU ; Yingmei WANG ; Ru ZHOU ; Jing ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology 2017;33(6):640-644
To analyze and summarize the clinicopathological features of renal inflammatory lesions which were easily misdiagnosed as renal tumors.Methods The cases from March 2006 to August 2015 in the Department of Pathology at Xijing Hospital were analyzed,retrospectively.Due to the diagnosis made by clinicians that these were renal (including renal pelvic) tumors,all cases had undergone radical nephrectomy or tumor enucleation.Among them,several inflammatory lesions were confirmed,and were combined with the patients' clinicopathological data and literature review to investigate the diagnosis and differential diagnosis.Results Of the 1 195 cases,only 6 cases (less than 1%) were renal inflammatory lesions,named as xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (2 cases),renal malakoplakia (1 case),renal tuberculosis (1 case),IgG4-related tubulointerstitial nephritis (1 case),and renal Wegener's granulomatosis (1 case).These diseases occurred in two males and four females (aged 14 to 55 years).All patients underwent radical nephrectomy due to the detected unilateral solitary renal mass in the imaging examination.Conclusion Renal inflammatory lesions are very rare,which show masses that are easily misdiagnosed as neoplastic lesions.Some of them have similar histological features.As the differences of treatment,a sufficient understanding of the clinicopathological features of these diseases is important to make a correct diagnosis.
5.Surgical therapy for bronchobiliary fistula due to hepatic cystic echinococcosis
Jingtao ZHOU ; Arji TUERGANAILI ; Yingmei SHAO ; Gang LI ; Jia LIU ; Shaohua SHANG ; Hao WEN
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2013;28(11):839-841
Objective To explore the diagnosis and treatment efficacy of bronchobiliary fistula due to hepatic cystic echinococcosis.Methods A retrospective evaluation of 39 patients with BBF was performed during 1992 to 2012.We divided the 39 patients into group A treated before 2001 and group B after 2002.A retrospective analysis was made.Results There were three deaths among the 39 BBF patients due to hepatic hydatid disease.The cause of death was septic shock due to severe infection.There were no statistical differences in the basic factors,age (t =0.84,P =0.554),gender (P =1.0),and sputum volume (t =0.98,P =0.703),hydatid diameter (t =1.11,P =0.406),operation time,chest infection (P =1.0),mortality (P =0.235) between the two groups (P > 0.05).While postoperative length of stay(t =7.64,P =0.000),postoperative complications of residual cavity (P =0.001),length of tube drainage(t =6.747,P =0.01),recurrence of bronchial fistula (P =0.022),pleural dissemination (P =0.018),reoperation rate (P =0.049) were all in favour of group B (P < 0.05).Conclusions Surgery is the choice of therapy for BBF due to hepatic hydatid disease,and one-stage procedure is expected to achieve the best outcomes.
6.Expression and Clinicopathological Significance of N-cadherin in the Ovarian Carcinoma
Shuhong YU ; Tong YANG ; Qian FENG ; Ru ZHOU ; Yingmei WANG ; Jing ZHANG
Progress in Modern Biomedicine 2017;17(22):4361-4364
Objective:To explore the expression of N-cadherin and its correlations with the clinicopathological features of human ovarian carcinoma.Methods:The expression of N-cadherin in 281 cases of ovarian carcinoma tissues were determined by immunohistochemical method.The correlations of N-cadherin expression with the clinicopathological features of human ovarian carcinoma were analyzed.Results:There was higher expression of N-cadherin in the metastatic lesions than its paired primary lesions (P =0.018).The expression level of N-cadherin in ovarian carcinoma was correlated with the FIGO stage (P =0.034),histological type (P <0.001) and tumor grade (P =0.004).Conclusions:High expression of N-cadherin might positively correlate with the invasion and migration ability of ovarian carcinoma cells,which was more common in the the advanced (FIGO Ⅱ-Ⅳ) ovarian carcinoma,high-grade serous carcinoma,and high grade ovarian carcinoma.N-cadherin might be useful in estimating the biological behavior of human ovarian carcinoma.
7.A Comparative Study on Auditory Processing Abilities between Children with and without Learning Difficulties
Qiaoyun LIU ; Wenyuan ZHOU ; Ziqin ZHANG ; Hang ZHAO ; Xiaoqin HE ; Kun HAN ; Yingmei MAO
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology 2017;25(1):14-18
Objective To study the auditory processing abilities of children with learning difficulty and deter-mine the proportion of the children with auditory processing disorder.Methods A single factor completely random-ized experimental design was used.Seventeen children with learning difficulties and 31 normal children from grade 2 to grade 4 in Beijing were induded in this study.The abilities of low-pass filtered speech,competing sentences,di-chotic digits and frequency patterns were tested through auditory processing disorder screening test software.Results There were significant differences in the abilities of listening sentences and digits in competitive environment and recognizing frequency patterns between children with learning difficulty and without.The auditory processing ability of children with learning difficulties was obviously poorer than normal children.The incidence of auditory processing disorder among the children with learning difficulties was 41.176%~58.824%.Conclusion The auditory process-ing ability in the competitive environment of children with learning difficulties was obviously poorer and they need in-tervention specifically.
8.Progress in prenatal sonographic diagnosis of coarctation of aorta
Changhong HAN ; Yingmei PU ; Zhuyu ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2022;25(8):597-600
Fetal echocardiography is the first-line imaging tool for diagnosing coarctation of aorta (CoA). Currently, there are some typical ultrasonic features, but no single one can be used for accurate prenatal diagnosis or differential diagnosis of fetal CoA and ultrasonic scoring system remains under investigation in diagnosing or risk classification of CoA. This paper reviews the progress in prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of fetal CoA.
9. Current prevalence and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physicians for internal medical examination in tertiary hospitals in a city of China
Yingmei LIU ; Chunjiao XIE ; Lvwu XIAO ; Hao ZHOU ; Lili HUANG ; Yimin LIU
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2017;35(12):929-932
Objective:
To investigate the current prevalence and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among physicians for internal medical examination, and to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention and treatment of WMSDs in physicians for internal medical examination.
Methods:
In February 2017, 326 physicians for internal medical examination were randomly selected from 5 general tertiary hospitals and 2 specialized tertiary hospitals in a city of China. A questionnaire was designed according to the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and the occupational features of doctors in China to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain over the past year, the cognitive attitude to WMSDs, the knowledge of WMSDs prevention, and ways to get the knowledge of WMSDs prevention.
Results:
In the tertiary hospitals of this city, the symptoms of WMSDs were mainly seen in the wrist (75.78%) , neck (67.19%) , and lower back (58.59%) among male physicians, and in the wrist (73.74%) , lower back (70.95%) , and upper back (60.89%) among female physicians. Compared with the female physicians, the male physicians had a significantly increased detection rate of symptoms of WMSDs in the neck (
10. An analysis of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic loads in male welders in shipbuilding industry
Yingmei LIU ; Lvwu XIAO ; Hao ZHOU ; Chunjiao XIE ; Lili HUANG ; Yimin LIU
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2019;37(3):201-206
Objective:
To investigate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) in male welders in different work areas of shipbuilding industry based on their operational working position and body position characteristics and to analyze the operational positions and ergonomic loads.
Methods:
In February 2017, 412 male welders from the hull and block work areas of a large ship factory were selected by stratified sampling. The prevalence and effects of WMSDs within a year were investigated using the Nordic Musculoskeletal Disorders Questionnaire, and a rapid exposure checklist was used to obtain the ergonomic load index by comprehensive scoring; the exposure-response relationship between the ergonomic loads and WMSDs symptoms of subjects in the hull and block work areas was evaluated.
Results:
Among the male welders working in the hull work area of shipbuilding industry, WMSDs occurred more commonly in the neck, lower back/waist, and legs, accounting for 53.16% (126/237) , 51.90% (123/237) , and 41.77% (99/237) , respectively; among those working in the block work area, WMSDs occurred more commonly in the lower back/waist, wrist, and legs, accounting for 52.57% (92/175) , 49.14% (86/175) , and 45.14% (79/175) , respectively. There were significant differences in the distribution of cases of pain within the last 7 days and one month, pain lasting more than one month, or absence from work due to pain within a year in the four positions between the two work areas (