1.Study on the protective effect of lycium barbarum polysaccharide on light aging resistance in rats
Boqian LI ; Jiao XU ; Jianmei GU ; Rui YANG ; Lijuan CHEN
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;39(5):442-446
Objective To study the mechanism of the protective effect of lycium barbarum polysaccharide on light aging resistance rats by using the metabolic profile and metabolic target analysis technique.Methods Ultraviolet irradiation induced Wistar rats were induced to produce skin photo aging model and 24 rats were randomly divided into three groups, including control goup, model group, Lycium barbarum polysaccharide group (LBP). After modeling for 24 hours, LBP group was conducted with Lycium barbarum polysaccharide solution of 10 mg/kg. Control group and model group were given same volume of stroke-physiological saline solution for 14 days. The biochemical indexes such as rat serum antioxidant activity of related substances and MDA were measured in model group and drug group; the urine metabolomics study was also investigated for the mechanism of lycium barbarum polysaccharide against light aging band.Results Compared with the model group, the LBP group rats total superoxide dismutase activity (301.51 ± 42.56 U/mgvs.93.41 ± 56.31 U/mg), hydroxyproline (8.91 ± 5.78μg/mgvs.4.74 ± 1.54μg/mg) content significantly increased (P<0.05), but the malondialdehyde (8.54 ± 6.41 nmol/mgvs.21.31 ± 6.58 nmol/mg) decreased without any statistics difference (P<0.05). The urine metabonomics results showed that LBP could regulate the skin photoaging of multiple metabolic pathways and key metabolic enzymes in the process, such as peanut four acid, tyrosine, taurine, citric acid and hippuric acid, L-cysteine, inositol, threonine etc.Conclusions In the process of skin photoaging in rats, multiple metabolic pathways in vivo were disordered, and Lycium barbarum polysaccharide could play a protective role by regulating the key metabolic enzymes in the network.
2.Analysis of the volatile oil in fructus lycii(Lycium barbarum L.) by GC-MS and HELP method
Boqian LI ; Jiao XU ; Jianmei GU ; Rui YANG ; Lijuan CHEN
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;39(4):347-350
Objective Gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) technology combined with Heuristic evolving latent projections (HELP) method were used to qualitatively analyze the volatile oil of fructus lycii (Lycium barbarumL.)Methods With the best temperature-programmed chromatographic condition, overlapping peaks among the total ion chromatogram were separated. Then an automatic mass spectral deconvolution and identification system (AMDIS) was used to identify volatile components comprehensively. Finally, the pure chromatographic peaks were matched with NIST 05a mass spectra library for giving the precise qualitative result. Results Totally, 29 compounds in fructus lycii (Lycium barbarum L.) were identified accurately.Conclusions Compared with the traditional qualitative analysis method, the new established method which GC-MS technology combined with HELP could get tremendous advantages. It not merely enhanced the accuracy of identification but also solved the bottleneck of handling the inseverable compounds.
3.Therapeutical effect of mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing ICAM-1 in murine type 1 diabetes nephropathy
Yanyan ZHANG ; Xue LI ; Shifeng MA ; Boqian BAI ; Yuanlin LIU ; Rongxiu ZHENG ; Yi ZHANG
Military Medical Sciences 2017;41(6):430-433,439
Objective To explore the curative effects of mesenchymal stem cells(MSC)that overexpress in murine type 1 diabetes nephropathy (DN).Methods Mice were randomly divided into normal control(NC) group,DN group,C3-treated group,C3-MIGR1-treated group and C3-MIGR1-ICAM-1-treated group.Mice were given streptozotocin until the DN model was set up.The murine DN model was treated with murine MSC(C3H10T1/2),transfection empty vector of murine MSCs(C3H10T1/2-MIGR1/MSC) and murine MSCs (C3H10T1/2-ICAM-1/MSC)that overexpressed ICAM-1.After transplantation, the pathological features of kidneys were observed by Masson staining and the number of homing MSC cells to the kidney was calculated on days 1,3,7 by frozen section, while qPCR was used to analyze the expression of signaling molecules for collagen1, TGF-β1 and SMAD2 after treatment with various MSCs.Results Compared with DN group, the renal fibrosis treated with MSCs overexpressing ICAM-1 was significantly decreased by Masson staining.Three and seven days after transplant, the homing cells of MSC in different groups displayed no difference using tissue freezing section method.Furthermore, TGF-β1/SMAD signaling was lowly activated after the treatment with MSCs that overexpressed ICAM-1 compared with model mice(P<0.01).Conclusion MSCs that overexpress ICAM-1 can protect kidneys in the DN model.
4.Surgical efficacy and prognostic factors for patients with advanced nasal and sinuses malignancies
Haixia XU ; Yunfei BAI ; Boqian WANG ; Jiarong LIU ; Xin LI
Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2023;30(12):749-752
OBJECTIVE To investigate the surgical efficacy and prognostic factors of patients with advanced nasal and sinuses malignancies,in order to provide more reference for surgical plan selection and prognosis evaluation.METHODS A total of 117 patients with advanced nasal and sinuses malignancies were retrospectively chosen in the period from January 2010 to January 2019 in our hospital.The clinical characteristics and follow-up survival data were analyzed,and the independent prognostic factors of advanced nasal and paranasal malignant tumors were evaluated by univariate and multivariate methods.RESULTS The progression free survival rate and overall survival rate were 48.71%and 62.39%,respectively.The median progression free survival time and overall survival time were 32.48 months and 39.80 months,respectively.Univariate and multivariate analysis showed that age,histopathological type,marginal status and whether adjuvant therapy was accepted were independent factors influencing progression free survival time and overall survival time after surgery for advanced nasal and sinus malignancies(P<0.05).CONCLUSION The surgical efficacy of advanced nasal and sinusoidal malignancies is satisfactory and the clinical prognosis is related to age,marginal status and adjuvant therapy.
5.Correlation between symptoms and their contribution to syndrome based on association rule combined with Bayesian network: syndrome of lung damp-heat accumulation in coronavirus disease 2019
Jiansheng LI ; Liu CHUN ; Zhenzhen FENG ; Hulei ZHAO ; Yang XIE ; Boqian SUN ; Wenrui LIU
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2020;32(9):1045-1050
Objective:To explore the correlation between symptoms and their contribution to syndrome based on syndrome of lung damp-heat accumulation in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), thus to provide methodological basis for the syndrome diagnosis.Methods:Based on 654 clinical investigation questionnaires data of COVID-19 patients, a model based on syndrome of lung damp-heat accumulation was set. Using SPSS Modeler 14.1 software, association rules and Bayesian network were applied to explore the correlation between symptoms and their contribution to syndrome.Results:There were 121 questionnaires referring to syndrome of lung damp-heat accumulation in total 654 questionnaires. The symptoms with frequency > 40% were fever (53.72%), cough (47.93%), red tongue (45.45%), rapid pulse (43.80%), greasy fur (42.15%), yellow tongue (41.32%), fatigue (40.50%) and anorexia (40.50%). Association rule analysis showed that the symptom groups with strong binomial correlation included fever, thirst, chest tightness, shortness of breath, cough, yellow phlegm, etc. The symptom groups with strong trinomial correlation included cough, yellow phlegm, phlegm sticky, anorexia, vomiting, heavy head and body, fever, thirst, fatigue, etc. Based on SPSS Modeler 14.1 software, with syndrome of lung damp-heat accumulation (yes = 1, no = 0) as target variable, and the selected symptoms with frequency > 15.0% as input variables, the Bayesian network model was established to obtain the probability distribution table of symptoms (groups), in which there was only one parent node (the upper node of each input variable) of fever, and the conditional probability was 0.54. The parent node of cough had yellow phlegm and syndrome of lung damp-heat accumulation, indicating that there was a direct causal relationship between cough and yellow phlegm in syndrome of lung damp-heat accumulation, and the conditional probability of cough was 0.99 under the condition of yellow phlegm. The common symptom groups and their contribution to syndrome were as follows: fever and thirsty (0.47), cough and yellow phlegm (0.49), chest tightness and polypnea (0.46), anorexia and heavy cumbersome head and body (0.61), yellow greasy fur and slippery rapid pulse (0.95).Conclusions:It is feasible and objective to analyze the correlation between symptoms and their contribution to syndromes by association rules combined with Bayesian network. It could provide methodological basis for the syndrome diagnosis.
6.Risk factors of urinary tract infection after renal transplantation
Yijian ZHANG ; Long HE ; Hongwei YANG ; Xin LI ; Boqian WANG ; Yuewen LIU ; Xueyi WANG ; Xing SONG
Journal of Modern Urology 2023;28(2):141-144
【Objective】 To investigate the independent risk factors of urinary tract infection (UTI) in recipients under-going renal transplantation of donation after brain death (DBD), so as to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention and control of postoperative UTI. 【Methods】 A retrospective study was conducted for recipients who received renal transplantation of DBD in our hospital during Jan.2021 and Dec.2021. The recipients were divided into the infection group (n=26) and non-infection group (n=74) according to the incidence of UTI 3 months after operation. The risk factors of UTI were identified with univariate and multivariate analyses. 【Results】 The incidence of UTI was 26%. Univariate analysis showed that gender, postoperative urinary fistula, time of indwelling catheter and time of indwelling double J tube were the influencing factors of UTI (P<0.05). Forward stepwise regression analysis showed time of indwelling double J tube (OR=1.086,95%CI:1.003-1.177,P=0.042) and time of indwelling catheter(OR=4.687,95%CI:2.064-10.645, P<0.010) were the independent risk factors of UTI (P<0.05). 【Conclusion】 The time of indwelling catheter and time of indwelling double J tube are the independent factors of UTI after renal transplantation of DBD.