1.Cloning and expression of the cDNA of a murine soluble Fas.
Zhongbo HU ; Ping ZOU ; Aixiang LI ; Juan XIAO ; Zhaodong ZHONG ; Lingbo LIU
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences) 2002;22(3):186-196
In order to regulate the apoptosis induced by Fas-FasL system, a soluble isoform of mouse Fas was cloned from thymocytes of immature mice with the primers designed according to the full-length Fas cDNA sequence in the GeneBank. It was directionally inserted into the intermedium vector pUC19. DNA sequencing proved that it was consistent with the expected sequence. Then it was subcloned into the eukaryotic expression vector pCA13, which was used to construct the recombinant vector pCA13-FasC. By lipofectamine (LF2000)-mediated transfection, pCA13-FasC was transfected into the 293 cells. RT-PCR and Western blot indicated that the murine soluble Fas C protein was expressed in the 293 cells. Apoptosis inducing test showed that the expression of this murine Fas C could block the Fas-induced apoptosis, which confirmed the biological activity of the recombinant Fas C.
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Animals, Newborn
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Base Sequence
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Cloning, Molecular
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DNA, Complementary
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genetics
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Fas Ligand Protein
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Gene Expression
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Membrane Glycoproteins
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biosynthesis
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genetics
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Mice
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Recombinant Proteins
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biosynthesis
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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Transfection
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fas Receptor
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biosynthesis
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genetics
2.Research progress on behavioral activation therapy for patients with late-life depression
Chenxin WU ; Aixiang XIAO ; Junrong YE ; Xingxiao HUANG ; Hang YANG ; Haoyun WANG ; Ting WANG ; Xiaomei ZHONG
Sichuan Mental Health 2022;35(4):376-380
This article gives a review on the application status and clinical effect of behavioral activation (BA) therapy for patients with late-life depression, in which the theoretical content, research status and the characteristics of clinical application of BA therapy for patients with late-life depression were introduced, and the existing limitations and possible directions for future research were summarized, so as to provide references for the localization of BA therapy for patients with late-life depression.
3.Construction and reliability and validity of a scale for assessing psychiatric nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of protective restraint
Junrong YE ; Haoyun WANG ; Wen WANG ; Aixiang XIAO ; Chenxin WU ; Li WANG ; Zhichun XIA ; Lian JIANG ; Yaling LI ; Lin YU ; Xingxiao HUANG ; Hang YANG
Sichuan Mental Health 2024;37(2):137-143
BackgroundThe existing tools in China for assessing psychiatric nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of protective restraint do not sufficiently consider the specialty in psychiatric practice, and the scale items are somewhat cumbersome to use, which together restrict their further promotion and application. Accordingly, there is an urgent need for developing a more scientific assessment tool. ObjectiveTo construct a scale for assessing psychiatric nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of protective restraint and to verify its reliability and validity, so as to provide a generic tool for the assessment. MethodsBased on the theoretical framework of the knowledge-attitude-practice model, the preliminary scale was formed through systematic literature review, qualitative interview and Delphi method. From July to December 2021, a stratified sampling was utilized to select 729 psychiatric nurses from tertiary, secondary and primary (including unclassified medical institutions and grassroots hospitals) psychiatric hospitals in Guangdong Province. The formal scale was developed through item analysis, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The validity of the scale was evaluated by content validity and structure validity, and the reliability was verified by procedures including Cronbach's α coefficient, test-retest reliability, and split-half reliability. ResultsA total of 12 items of three dimensions (knowledge, attitude, practice) were included in the scale for assessing psychiatric nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of protective restraint. The scale-level content validity index (S-CVI) was 0.941, and the item-level content validity index (I-CVI) ranged from 0.812 to 1.000. Exploratory factor analysis extracted three common factors, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 62.948%. The confirmatory factor yielded adequate fit. Cronbach's α coefficient was found to be 0.887 for the scale, 0.819 for knowledge dimension, 0.842 for attitude dimension, and 0.831 for practice dimension. The split-half reliability and test-retest reliability for the scale were 0.712 and 0.922, respectively. ConclusionThe scale shows satisfactory reliability and validity, which can be used to assess psychiatric nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice towards the use of protective restraint. [Funded by Guangdong Clinical Teaching Base Teaching Reform Research Project (number, 2021JD119)]