1.Peripheral blood leukocytes and ischemic stroke
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2016;24(5):459-462
Atherosclerosis is the pathological basis of ischemic stroke. Peripheral blood leukocytes are involved in the occurrence and progression of atherosclerosis and cause vascular endothelial injury. A series of changes of peripheral immune cel take place after acute ischemic stroke and cause inflammatory cel infiltrating into the brain tissue. The elevated leukocyte count is closely associated with the occurrence and prognosis of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease. Studies have also shown that the elevated leukocyte count may influence the occurrence of ischemic stroke, neurological deficit, recurrence, and death. This article reviews the relationship between peripheral blood leukocytes and ischemic stroke.
2.Percutaneous transhepatic bipolar radiofrequency catheter ablation for the treatment of malignant obstructive jaundice:preliminary experience in 20 c ases
Journal of Interventional Radiology 2014;(8):693-697
Objective To investigate the feasibility, safety and clinical effect of percutaneous transhepatic bipolar radiofrequency catheter ablation in treating malignant obstructive jaundice. Methods Twenty patients with inoperable malignant biliary obstruction were enrolled in this study. Of the 20 cases , 2 had biliary stent re-occlusion. Percutaneous transhepatic bipolar radiofrequency catheter ablation was carried out in all patients. The ablation power was 5 - 12 W, single ablation time was 60 - 120 s, the average duration of ablation was 4.66 min (1.5 - 8.5 min), and the mean effective ablation extent was 5.76 cm (4 -10 cm). After ablation, balloon catheter was inserted to dilate the occluded segment, which was followed by implantation of biliary metal stent. The clinical efficacy , safety and complications were recorded. Results Percutaneous transhepatic bipolar radiofrequency catheter ablation was successfully completed in all the 20 patients. Implantation of biliary metal stent was performed in 17 patients , among them balloon dilatation was employed in 11 patients before stent implantation , simple balloon dilatation with no stent implantation was employed in one patient, and ablation was adopted after biliary stent re-occlusion occurred in two patients. After the ablation, no complications such as biliary fistula, biliary tract infections, liver penetrating injuries, peritonitis, etc. occurred. Biliary drainage was successfully completed in all patients. The median follow-up period was three months(0.5-10 months); the stent patency rate at the end of one and three months was 100% (19/19) and 79% (11/14) respectively. The one-month and 3-month survival rate was 95% (19/20) and 93% (14/15) respectively. During the follow-up period, 8 of the 20 patients were alive and 12 died. The median survival time was 144 days (13 - 330 days) and the median time of stent patency was 60 days (30-210 days). Of the 12 fatal patients, 8 died of cachexia with multi- system failure although their total bilirubin level was not elevated during the follow- up period. Conclusion For the treatment of malignant obstructive jaundice, percutaneous transhepatic bipolar radiofrequency catheter ablation is a newly-developed, safe and feasible means. Clinically, this technique has already achieved some certain effect although its long-term results need to be further evaluated.
3.Research progress of establishing cardiomyocytedisease models by human induced pluripotent stem cells
Ning CUI ; Lei LI ; Ming CUI ; Feng LAN
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2017;37(9):1331-1335
Induced pluripotent stem cell is a landmark in the stem cell study field, which has rapidly developed in the past 10 years.By obtaining induced pluripotent stem cells from somatic cell, and then differentiating into cardiomyocyte, various cardiomyocyte disease models could be established,which can be used for research of disease mechanisms, drug screening and gene therapy.This review introduces the successfully established cardiomyocyte disease models from human induced pluripotent stem cells, and points out the problems and prospects.
4.Analysis of endometrial carcinoma in 35 old patients
Ning HUI ; Feng XIE ; Ying CUI
Academic Journal of Second Military Medical University 2000;0(07):-
Retrospective study was carried out in 93 cases of endometrial carcinoma admitted to our hospital since Jan. 1985 to Dec. 1994. Thirty five cases were older than 60 years, and 24 cases were younger than 50 years. All of the cases had pathological diagnosis and were staged according to FIGO. When compared with the younger group, the rate of older patients with stage Ⅰa was higher (11.4% in younger and 45.4% in older, P
5.Determination of Aristolochic Acid A in Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis and Its Preparation by TLCScanning
Ning CUI ; Yinxin FANG ; Jihong QIAN
Chinese Traditional Patent Medicine 1992;0(02):-
Objective:To determine aristolochic acid A. in Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis and its preparation. Methods: TLCS Refleciton Saw Tooth Method was used. ? s=323nm. narrow slot: 0.4?0.4nm S X=3.Results: The recovery was 99.86%. RSD was 2.04%. Conclusion: This method is suitable for the content determination of aristolochiae acid A in various traditional Chinese medicine comprising Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis.
6.The detection value of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Huadong CUI ; Ning ZHANG ; Haixiang FU
Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine 2006;0(24):-
Objective To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody(anti-CCP)and rheumatoid factor(RF)in patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA).Methods Anti-CCP antibody was measured in sera from 75 human,including 27 RA patients,40 other rheumatic diseases and 8 healths.Anti-CCP was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Results The sensitivity of anti-CCP antibody was 70.4%,with a high specificity(93.8%)in RA.The positive rates of anti-CCP antibody have no difference in the patients within 2 years and exceed 2 years from onset.Anti-CCP antibody wasn't correlated with RF,ESR and CRP.Conclusion Anti-CCP antibody has better sensitivity and specificity for rheumatoid arthritis,combining anti-CCP antibody and RF can increase diagnosis sensitivity and specificity of RA,indicating it is a useful laboratory marker for early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.
7.Purification of Arabidopsis LFR Recombinant Protein in Engineering Bacteria and Preparation of Its Antibody
Ning GAO ; Zhijuan WANG ; Bo ZENG ; Sujuan CUI
Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 2006;0(09):-
Genome of Arabidopsis has a kind of genes encoding proteins with ARM repeat domains and some of these proteins are known to play important roles in plant development and responses to hormone. An Arabidopsis mutant lfr with a distinct phenotype was got in leaf and flower development. The gene is predicted to encode a protein with ARM repeat domains. In order to study its function and molecular mechanism, recombination expression plasmid pGEX-2TGST∶LFR was constructed and transformed into the host bacteria strain Rosetta. Then IPTG was used to induce the recombinant protein expression in engineering strain. The expression products were detected by 12% SDS-PAGE. The GST∶LFR fusion protein was existed in soluble form with a relative molecular mass 77 ku, which is fit with the molecular mass supposed from gene coding frame. After purification by GST-tag affinity chromatography and electroelution, the fusion protein was used as antigen to prepare polyclonal antiserum in rabbits. After the fifth injection of antigen, the antiserum was obtained and further purified by decreased nonspecific bacteria and GST-tag antibody with method of immuno-precipitation. Western blot analysis showed that the purified antiserum, raised against the recombination LFR protein in rabbits, could react to the recombinant protein expressed in Rosetta specifically. And then the nuclear proteins of Arabidopsis wild type and mutant were extracted and separated by SDS-PAGE. Western blot assays revealed that there was a protein band, with a relative molecular mass 50 ku, indicating that antiserum could react to the native protein expressed in Arabidopsis specifically.
8.Establishment and characterization of a healthy donor's ??T cell clone
Xiaojuan HE ; Ning KANG ; Hui CHEN ; Lianxian CUI ; Wei HE
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2006;0(01):-
Objective Establishment and characterization of healthy donor's ??T cell clones.Methods ??T cells were cloned by limiting dilution after positive sorting with 60Co irradiated allogeneic PBMC as feeder cells.Flow cytometry analysis and molecular biology technique were then used to identify ??T cell clones.MTT assay was used to verify their proliferation after incubated with epitope peptides recognized by ??T cells.Results A ??T cell clone had been established.The subtype of this clone was V ?9 V ?2 without expression of CD4 and CD8.Further studies indicated that epitope peptide EP6 could not only specifically bind to ??T cell clone but also trigger the proliferation of ??T cell clone.Conclusion A healthy donor's ??T cell clone was successfully established,which laid a solid foundation for further study on ??T cells.
9.Germicidal Effects and Stability of Shu-Jin Iodine Disinfection Solution
Ning LI ; Hongzhu ZHENG ; Jinghui CUI ; Chunna ZHANG ; Jialian XIE
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2006;0(08):-
4.0 to Candida albicans in the 150 mg/L of available iodine concentration for 1 min,or 300 mg/L of available iodine concentration for 0.5 min,respectively.After being stored at 37 ℃ for 90 days or exposured 6 h per-day in consecutive 6 days,the available iodine content of the stock solution and quality of the sample slightly changed.The germicidal logarithmic value was more than 1.00 to the forearm skin natural bacteria when smeared 1 time for 1 min.CONCLUSIONS The germicidal effects of Shu-Jin iodine disinfection solution is good and stable.
10.Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Caused by Pancreatic Diseases:Clinical Analysis of 22 Cases
Ning LI ; Yanmei ZHANG ; Qixian YAN ; Hongli CUI ; Dongfeng CHEN
Chinese Journal of Gastroenterology 2017;22(8):474-477
Background:With the deepening of researches on etiology of gastrointestinal bleeding,bleeding caused by pancreatic diseases has been understood better by the clinicians. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB)is an uncommon but highly lethal complication of pancreatic diseases. Aims:To analyze the clinical characteristics of UGIB caused by pancreatic diseases for improving the diagnosis and management of this condition. Methods:A total of 22 inpatients who were diagnosed as UGIB caused by pancreatic diseases from Sep. 2010 to Sep. 2016 at Daping Hospital,the Third Military Medical University were recruited and analyzed retrospectively. Results:There were 15 males and 7 females;the disease was more prevalent in young patients than in middle-aged and elderly patients (45. 5% vs. 31. 8% and 22. 7%). The top five causes of bleeding were as follows:stress ulcer related to acute pancreatitis (36. 4%),pancreatic pseudocysts related to chronic pancreatitis (18. 2%),severe acute pancreatitis (13. 6%),post-operative bleeding related to pancreatic surgery (9. 1%)and left-sided portal hypertension (9. 1%). The diagnosis was commonly made by gastroscopy, abdominal contrast-enhanced CT and angiography. Ten patients received medical therapy only,6 were treated by surgical operation,5 by endoscopic hemostasis,and 1 by angioembolization. Hemostasis was achieved in 18 patients (81. 8%), and rebleeding occurred in 4 patients,of which two received medical therapy initially. Two elderly patients died of uncontrollable bleeding and multiple organ failure,respectively. Conclusions:UGIB caused by pancreatic diseases are prone to occur in young and middle-aged males. Pancreatitis and its complications are the major cause of this condition. Medical therapy is ineffective for most of the patients and a multidisciplinary approach of endoscopy,transarterial intervention and surgery is recommended.