1.EXPRESSION AND LOCALIZATION OF THROMBOMODULIN IN HUMAN FETAL LUNG
Yuchen HAN ; Yongfen MIN ; Shuli LIU ; Xinshan JIA
Acta Anatomica Sinica 1953;0(01):-
Objective\ To detect thrombomodulin protein in 18 weeks human fetal lung. Methods\ SP method was used in the study. Results\ It showed that, in fetal lung tissues, thrombomodulin expressed in the endothelial cells of capillaries surrounding the primary alveoli, but it was absent in cuboid cells and ciliated\|columnary epithelium cells and cartilage. Conclusion\ Our results suggest that thrombomodulin does not exist in middle and late stage's human fetal lung.\;
2.Multi-slice spiral CT findings of Castleman disease
Peiling LI ; Miao CHANG ; Ting LIU ; Yuchen HAN ; Qiang WANG ; Li ZHAO ; Ke XU
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2013;(1):64-67
Objective To analyze the CT imaging features of Castleman disease and enhance our knowledge of Castleman disease.Methods Twenty two patients with lymph node biopsy-proved or surgeryproved Castleman disease were retrospectively reviewed in this study.Of the 22 patients,18 had localized lesion and 4 patients had multicentric lesions.Correlation was made between CT and pathologic findings.Results Eighteen patients with localized Castleman disease had the hyaline-vascular type and showed well-circumscribed masses with soft-tissue density [mean CT value,(45 ± 16) HU],punctate or bifurcate calcification and linear low-density areas on non-enhanced CT images.All localized masses showed significant enhancementwith an increase of(56 ± 22)HU on arterial phase and showed residual enhancement and some low-density areas on delayed phase.Enhancing patterns were variable,including homogeneous enhancement,gradual enhancement from the edge to the center of mass and heterogeneous enhancement.Four patients with localized lesion demonstrated enhancing vessels around masses.Four patients with muhicentric CD belonged to the plasma cell type and had multiple enlarged lymph nodes.Plasma cell type masses with homogeneous density also showed enhancement after injection of contrast media but appeared to reveal a less increase of (32 ± 10) HU than the hyaline vascular type.Conclusions The localized Castleman disease showed certain characteristics on CT imaging includingcalcification and contrast enhancing patterns,which could help in the differential diagnosis of this disease.The muhicentric Castleman disease did not reveal any useful imaging features.
3.Role of Irbesartan on cardiac endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in diabetic rats
Rining TANG ; Dongdong ZHU ; Yuchen HAN ; Min WU ; Linli LYU ; Kunling MA ; Bicheng LIU
Chinese Journal of Nephrology 2015;31(5):351-358
Objective To explore the effect of irbesartan on cardiac endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) in diabetic rats.Methods The model of diabetic rat was induced by intraperitoneal injection with streptozotocin (STZ,35 mg/kg) in spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR).Diabetic rats were divided into diabetic group and the Irbesartan treated group.The pathological changes were investigated by fluorescence microscope and electron microscope.The EndMT was studied in human aortic endothelial cells (HAEC) exposure to high glucose.The concentration of angiotensin Ⅱ in the supernatant was detected by radioimmunoassay.Immunofluorescence staining was performed to detect the co-localization of CD31 and FSP1.Results The significant myocardial fibrosis was presented in the diabetic group.Endothelial protrusions were prominent feature in myocardial microvascular of diabetic rat compared with the control group rats.Double staining of HAEC showed co-localization of CD31 and FSP1,which was decreased by the treatment of Irbesartan (P < 0.05).When HAEC was exposed to high glucose,it showed some cells acquired spindle-shaped morphology and lost CD31 staining,and FSP1 and α-SMA protein expression levels were markedly upregulated,which attenuated by the treatment of Irbesartan.Conclusion Irbesartan might prevent diabetes from myocardial fibrosis via inhibition of EndMT in diabetic rats.
4.Evaluation criteria and maintenance experience of cardiac death organ donor heart from Chinese first category
Yuchen PAN ; Yongbo XUAN ; Yufei ZHAN ; Guiqing MO ; Feng SHI ; Jie HAN ; Xu MENG
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 2015;36(9):540-543
Objective To summarize the evaluation standard of cardiac death organ donation from Chinese first category donor heart application and experience of donor heart function maintenance.Method From Jan.2013 to Jan.2015,donor hearts for heart transplantation were obtained in 18 cases of Chinese first category cardiac death organ donors from 109 cases of organ donation donors through rigorous assessment and effective donor heart function maintenance.The diagnosis of brain death was based on the diagnosis of brain death criteria (adult) by the neurological department of internal medicine,department of neurosurgery,and intensive care unit with brain death qualification.Organ donation work followed the basic principles of voluntary,free,fair,equitable and technical access.Result Eighteen case of heart transplantations were all operated with double lumen venous anastornosis.The cold ischemia time was (125.5+ 18.7) min (61-60 min),and cardiopulmonary bypass time was (130.4+ 12.5) min (99-193 min).In 18 heart transplantations,16 cases survived,and 2 eases died of acute right heart failure.During the follow-u period,the quality of life in the survival recipients was satisfactory.Conclusion Using cardiac death organ donation from Chinese first category donor heart transplantation has achieved good results.The accurate assessment of donor hearts and effective donor heart function maintenance are the key factors to guarantee the success of heart transplantation.
5.Effect of phentolamine on N terminal B-type natriuretic peptide precursor,blood gas analysis,hypersensitive c-reactive protein and plasma D-dimer in patients with chronic cor pulmonale
Xiaoqing HAN ; Yuchen JIANG ; Baoquan XIE ; Tienan LIU ; Chuntao WU ; Lirui LI ; Chao HUANG ; Lingling HU ; Haochen WANG ; Hongyang WANG
Clinical Medicine of China 2017;33(4):292-295
Objective To observe the influence of phentolamine on N terminal B-type natriuretic peptide precursor(NT-proBNP),blood gas analysis,hypersensitive c-reactive protein and plasma D-dimer in patients with chronic cor pulmonale Methods One hundred and one cases patients with chronic cor pulmonale were randomly divided into two groups,51 patients in the treatment group,50 patients in the control group.All patients were treated with normal anti-infection,eliminating phlegm to smooth wheezing antithrombotic for one week,as the same time patients in the treatment group were treated with phentolamine for one week.Through observed the treatment effect of phentolamine to chronic cor pulmonale,the level of NT-proBNP,blood gas analysis,hypersensitive c-reactive protein and plasma D-dimer in patients with chronic cor pulmonale before and after the treatment were analyzed.Results Compared with before treatment,the levels of NT-proBNP,PCO2,hypersensitive c-reactive protein,plasma D dimer were lower than after one week in two groups,while the level of PO2 was higher.Treatment group:NT-proBNP (1 712.76±572.32) ng/L vs.(271.59±163.05) ng/L,t=20.42,P<0.05,PCO2 (66.34±5.81) mmHg vs.(52.58±5.82) mmHg,t=16.46,P<0.05,PO2 (59.28±6.13) mmHg vs.(73.64±6.10) mmHg,t=23.02,P<0.05,hypersensitive c-reactive protein 86.0(28.0) mg/L vs.23.0(12.0) mg/L,Z=-6.22,P<0.05 mg/L,plasma D-dimer (4 953.37±1 654.09) μg/L vs.(1 847.90±838.66) μg/L,t=17.11,P<0.05.Control group:NT-proBNP (1 527.24±658.70) ng/L vs.(612.58±357.59) ng/L,t=14.52,P<0.05,PCO2 (65.41±5.23) mmHg vs.(56.46±5.65) mmHg,t=13.04,P<0.05,PO2(60.57±5.84) mmHg vs.(67.21±5.19) mmHg,t=-10.06,P<0.05,hypersensitive c-reactive protein 79.0(29.0) mg/L vs.43.0(20.0) mg/L,Z=-6.16,,P<0.05,plasma D-dimer (4 408.02±1 682.83) μg/L vs.(2 598.28±1 242.73) μg/L,t=12.15,P<0.05.But the levels of NT-proBNP,PCO2,hypersensitive c-reactive protein and plasma D-dimer reduced significantly,the level of PO2 increased more significantly in treatment group(t(z)=-6.19,-3.39,-7.16,-3.56,5.70,all P<0.05).Conclusion Phentolamine can reduce the level of NT-proBNP,PCO2,hypersensitive c-reactive protein and plasma D-dimer and increased the level of PO2 in patients with chronic cor pulmonale.Phentolamine combined with routine treatment can improve the clinical efficacy of patients with chronic cor pulmonale.
6.In vitro effect of diammonium glycyrrhizinate on the growth of human hair follicles and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
Le HAN ; Ben LIU ; Xianyan CHEN ; Yuchen JIANG ; Wenjia DENG ; Miaojian WAN
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2018;51(2):138-142
Objective To evaluate the effect of diammonium glycyrrhizinate extracted from the Chinese traditional medicine licorice root on the growth of human hair follicles cultured in vitro,and to detect the expression of wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway-related molecules.Methods Isolated hair follicles were cultured with diammonium glycyrrhizinate at different concentrations of 0.1,0.01,0.001 and 0.000 1 μmol/L for 10 days,and the hair follicles cultured in Williams' E medium without diammonium glycyrrhizinate served as a control group.The length of hair follicles was measured under a microscope every day,the morphologic changes of hair follicles were observed,and photos were taken.Immunofluorescence assay was performed to assess the proliferation of hair matrix cells,as well as to determine the expression of β-catenin,glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β),phosphorylated GSK3β (p-GSK3β) and lymphoid enhancer factor-1 (Lef1) in the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.Statistical analysis was carried out by repeated-measures analysis of variance and one-way analysis of variance.Results As repeated-measures analysis of variance showed,only 0.01 μmol/L diammonium glycyrrhetate showed significantly promotive effect on the growth of hair follicles compared with the medium alone (P < 0.05),and there were no significant differences in the length of hair follicles between the other concentration groups and the control group.Compared with the control group,the transition to the catagen phase of human hair cycle was delayed in the 0.01-μmol/L diammonium glycyrrhetate group,while it did not change in the other diammonium glycyrrhetate groups and control group.Immunofluorescence assay showed that the number of ki67-positive hair matrix cells was obviously increased in the 0.1-,0.01-,0.001-μmol/L diammonium glycyrrhizinate groups compared with the control group,while there was no difference between the 0.000 1-μmol/L diammonium glycyrrhizinate group and the control group.One-way analysis of variance revealed that the expression of β-catenin,p-GSK3β and Lef1 significantly differed among all the groups (F =12.604,16.65,15.266 respectively,P < 0.05),while no significant difference in the expression of GSK3β was found among these groups (F =1.472,P > 0.05).Least significant difference (LSD)-t test revealed that the expre-ssion of β-catenin,p-GSK3β and Lef1 in the hair matrix cells was significantly higher in the 0.1-,0.01-,0.001-μmol/L diammonium glycyrrhizinate groups than in the control group (all P < 0.05),but there was no significant difference between the 0.000 1-μmol/L diammonium glycyrrhizinate group and the control group (P > 0.05).Conclusion Diammonium glycyrrhetate at the concentration of 0.01 μmol/L shows markedly promotive effect on the in vitro growth of hair follicles,and can increase the proliferative activity of hair matrix cells and delay the transition to the catagen phase,which may be associated with the activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.
7.Study on the clinical characteristics of Chinese and Western medicine in 474 children with genetically-related tic disorder
Yuchen HU ; Simeng WANG ; Zilin CHEN ; Fei HAN
Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;47(7):961-970
Objective This study aimed to analyze the impact of genetic factors on the clinical presentation of tic disorder and investigate the pathogenesis of tic disorder considering different sources of genetic influence and generations,along with the distribution characteristics of evidence from Chinese medicine.Methods Inclusion of 474 cases of tic disorder was assembled(from October,2020 to October,2023),and clinical data on the children,including gender,age of onset,disease duration,initial symptoms,severity,comorbidities,and family history,and TCM patterns were collected.Firstly,the children were divided into genetic and nongenetic groups based on family history,and their clinical manifestations were observed.Secondly,the age of peak incidence of tic disorder in China(6 or 9 years)was used as the age segmentation point to explore the influence of heredity on clinical manifestations at different ages and the distribution of TCM patterns.Finally,children with genetically-related tic disorder were selected as probands to carry out family studies.The morbidity of the first-degree,second-degree and third-degree relatives of the probands were investigated to analyze the morbidity characteristics and distribution of TCM patterns of children with tic disorder under different genetic types.Results Out of 474 children,226 cases(47.7%)belonged to the genetic group,and 248 cases(52.3%)to the nongenetic group.Compared with the non-genetic group,the genetic group had a younger age of onset(P=0.013),a longer duration of illness(P=0.011),a higher degree of severity(P<0.01),and more comorbid conditions(P=0.016).Children in the genetic group with an age of onset under 6 years accounted for a larger proportion of the liver-hyperactive and wind-driven pattern(26.5%)and a smaller proportion of the qi depression transforming into fire pattern(17.1%),which were significantly different from those in the non-genetic group(P=0.016).In the genetic group,146 cases(64.6%)were inherited from the father,80 cases(35.4%)from the mother,and there was no significant difference in the developmental characteristics of children with tic disorder from different sources of genetic influence.Furthermore,183 cases(81.0%)were inherited from the parent-child generation,26 cases(11.5%)from the second generation,and 17 cases(7.5%)from the third generation;the difference in initial symptoms between different genetic generations was statistically significant(P=0.042).Conclusion Children with genetically related tic disorder have a younger age of onset,their condition is more severe,and they are more likely to be comorbid with other psychiatric disorders.The variation in the distribution of Chinese medicine patterns among children with tic disorder of different ages of onset.
8.Preliminary study on predicting hepatic artery thrombosis formation and evaluating treatment efficacy with ultrasound hemodynamic parameters in transplanted liver
Yuchen YANG ; Yuli ZHU ; Wen SHEN ; Wenping WANG ; Huixiong XU ; Hong HAN
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2024;33(2):106-111
Objective:To clarify the changes of intrahepatic ultrasound hemodynamics before and after hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) after liver transplantation (LT), providing early warning and anticoagulation guidance to clinicians.Methods:The clinical data of patients who underwent liver transplantation at Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University between June 2006 and October 2022 were retrospectively analyzed, 47 patients with a diagnosis of HAT confirmed by DSA (digital subtraction angiography) were included in the HAT group, and 71 patients without vascular complications were included in the non-HAT group. Differences in peak flow velocity (PSV), resistance index (RI), and portal vein velocity (PVV) were compared between the two groups. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the relationship between postoperative PSV decline and HAT occurrence, while ROC curve were used to determine the critical value and evaluate the diagnostic efficacy. Patients with HAT were divided into well-treatment group and poor-treatment group according to whether the blood flow was restored after multiple surgeries or thrombolytic treatments. The changes of early intrahepatic hemodynamics after surgical or thrombolytic therapy were compared between the two groups.Results:①A decrease in PSV of the transplanted hepatic artery was measured 1 d before HAT, and PSV<0.39 m/s predicted thrombus formation with a sensitivity of 0.70, specificity of 0.86, and the AUC was 0.83. ②After treatment, PSV in the HAT group increased immediately, approaching the normal level on the 2nd day. In the well-treatment group, PSV and PVV reached normal levels on the first day after treatment, which were significantly higher than the corresponding values in the poor-treatment group ( P=0.030, 0.021). Conclusions:In the early stage after liver transplantation, a PSV<0.39 m/s is related to the occurrence of HAT thrombosis 1 d later. A significant increase in PSV on the first day after treatment indicates a good treatment response, and there is no need for further DSA re-examination or increasing the number of thrombolysis.
9.Progress on structural abnormalities in the cerebral cortex in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Haixia YUAN ; Xinmin HAN ; Tianyi CHEN ; Yuchen SONG
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2024;40(10):1455-1459
Neuroimaging is increasingly widely used in the field of ADHD research,and more and more studies have shown that ADHD patients have structural abnormalities such as reduced cortical volume,thinning thickness,and reduced surface area,which are related to complex clinical symptoms and abnormal brain function in patients.However,the use of neuroimaging to identify biomarkers as an objective diagnostic tool for ADHD still faces many challenges.Multimodal studies can be used to explore the relationship between the structure and function of different brain regions in ADHD patients,and to use neuroimaging to reveal the mechanism of the evolution of clinical symptoms in the whole life cycle of ADHD patients.
10.Research progress on multiple mechanisms underlying visual hallucinations in schizophrenia patients
Yuchen JIANG ; Qiongyi HAN ; Xiaocui DU ; Guoting ZHEN ; Jindong TIAN ; Yao GAO ; Sha LIU ; Xinzhe DU
Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 2024;50(8):508-512
Visual hallucination(VH)is a common symptom of schizophrenia,the underlying mechanism has not been fully elucidated.It has been found that the dysfunction of dopamine(DA)system,the overactivation of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate(AMPA)receptor in glutamate system and the dysfunction of γ-aminobutyric acid(GABA)ergic neurons can induce VH in patients with schizophrenia.In addition,abnormalities in brain structural and functional networks and visual networks are also closely related to the occurrence of VH.The purpose of this paper is to review the neurochemistry and nerve injury mechanism of VH in schizophrenic patients to deeply understand the characteristics of VH,and make more accurate judgment in the early diagnosis,condition evaluation and treatment plan of schizophrenic patients.