1.Secretory characteristics and oncogenicity of microencapsulated PC12 cells
Shaoling WU ; Chao MA ; Tiebin YAN
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2007;0(36):-
0.05). There was no neoplasia appeared at 12 weeks after implantation. Pathological section showed that nerve cell and medullary sheath were integrated without fibroplasia or necrosis, and only a little of infiltration of lymphocytes appeared. CONCLUSION: Activity and secretion function can be kept by the microencapsulation technique on PC12 cells. When microencapsulated PC12 cells were implanted into subarachnoid cavity, the cells can maintain good activity and secretion without oncogenicity.
2.Principles of Rehabilitation Treatment for the Cerebral Palsy Children Complicated with Epilepsy
Li WU ; Chao GAO ; Cai-yun MA
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2006;12(2):97-98
ObjectiveTo investigate advantage and disadvantage of different rehabilitation therapies used for cerebral palsy (CP) children complicated with epilepsy (EP).Methods140 CP children complicated with EP screened from 1402 CP cases, were analyzed for CP and EP types, MRI or CT, brain stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP). All cases were treated with anti-epilepsy drugs (AEDs). Different rehabilitation therapies, including electrotherapeutic modalities, acupuncture, point injection, cerebroprotein hydrolysate injection, manual therapy, functional training, Chinese herb braising therapy, and cattle encephalon glycoside and ignotin injection were assessed.ResultsIn all 140 cases, a majority of EP types were myoclonic seizure and west syndrome, CP type was spasticity. Abnormality showed in MRI or CT (98%) and BAEP (90%). AEDs were effective for all 140 cases. Electrotherapeutic modalities, acupuncture, point injection, and cerebroprotein hydrolysate injection could make EP severely, but manual therapy, functional training, Chinese herb braising therapy, cattle encephalon glycoside and ignotin injection had no adverse effects on EP cases.ConclusionThe principles of rehabilitation treatment for the CP children complicated with EP are taking AEDs early and in a long term, avoiding electrotherapeutic modalities, acupuncture, point injection, and cerebroprotein hydrolysate injection, using manual therapy, functional training, Chinese herb braising therapy, and cattle encephalon glycoside and ignotin injection.
3.Clinical application of the Standardized Swallowing Assessment
Shaoling WU ; Chao MA ; Fenyan HUANG ; Tiebin YAN
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008;30(6):396-399
Objective To study the reliability, validity, sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of the Standardized Swallowing Assessment (SSA) in assessing swallowing function. Methods Sixty-seven stroke patients with dysphagia participated in the study. They were assessed twice with the SSA within 3 days. In addition, the patients' swallowing was also assessed using videofluoroscopy. Results There was high correlation in all items of the SSA between the two separate assessment sessions. The intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.85 for intrarater re- liability and 0.82 for interrater reliability. The SSA and videoflouroscopy results were highly correlated in terms of their total scores (r = -0.86,P≤0.01). Using the videoflouroscopy result as the standard, the sensitivity and spe- cificity of the SSA were 77.8% and 68.1% , respectively. At the same time, the positive and negative predictive val- ues were 48.3% and 88.9% , respectively. Conclusions The SSA has satisfactory reliability and validity, and higher sensitivity and specificity than videoflouroscopy. It is recommended for assessing swallowing with stroke pa- tients.
4.Clinical observation of corneoscleral separation for persistent corneal ulcer
Xin, WANG ; Li-Zhen, MA ; Yan-Chao, WU
International Eye Science 2017;17(8):1526-1528
AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of corneoscleral separation in the treatment of persistent corneal ulcer.METHODS: Collected 22 cases (22 eyes) with deep corneal ulcer were treated with drugs.These patients underwent corneoscleral separation or corneal interstitial filling of sterile gelatin sponge,by retrospectively observing the cornea ulcer healing,anterior chamber reaction and separation of new blood vessels grow between the layers,and so on,the surgical indications,surgical techniques,postoperative complications and treatment were evaluated.RESULTS: Patients were followed up 3 to 6mo,of which 18 eyes cornea were seen a small amount of new blood vessels,anterior chamber empyema after 7-9d.Ulcers gradually narrowed,infection controlled,the surrounding edema relieved,visual acuity improved by varying degrees after 12-15d.Postoperative 4 eyes for the mixed infection,2 of the 4 eyes were of the rapid progress,neovascularization did not grow into the lesion,ulcers on the verge of perforation and then done penetrating keratoplasty.CONCLUSION: The aim of this study is to introduce deep limbal vessels into the surrounding of ulcer foci,which to combine with drug therapy is one of the effective methods to treat deep corneal infection.
5.Effect of postoperative thyrotropin suppression on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with differentiated thyroid carcinoma
Yanlei HUO ; Danyang WANG ; Shuqi WU ; Hui WANG ; Chao MA
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2017;37(4):212-215
Objective To investigate the effect of postoperative TSH suppression on bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women with DTC.Methods Postmenopausal women with postoperative DTC underwent thyroid residual ablation or 131I treatment for metastases at Xin Hua Hospital between September 2009 and December 2014 were enrolled and followed for 2 years.They were divided into suppressive TSH group (median TSH<0.30 mU/L;group 1) and non-suppressive group (median TSH≥0.30 mU/L;group 2).Lumber 1-4 BMD levels (T scores) were measured by a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry bone densitometer at baseline,1 year and 2 years after treatment.All patients had calcium and vitamin D supplementation after TSH suppression.The T scores were compared with Mann-Whitney u test and Kruskal-Wallis test.Results A total of 126 patients were enrolled and followed up for 2 years,including 65 with average age (57.65±6.65) years in group 1 and 61 with average age (56.19±7.17) years in group 2.The T scores in group 1 and group 2 at baseline were-1.70(-2.30,-0.55) and-1.30(-2.10,-0.30) (z=-1.660,P> 0.05).The difference of T scores was significant in group 1 at baseline,1-year follow-up and 2-year follow-up (-2.25(-2.48,-0.83),-1.95(-2.70,-0.60);H=6.244,P<0.05),but not significantly different in group 2 (H=1.102,P>0.05).The T values were different between the 2 groups both in 1-year follow-up and 2-year follow-up (z values:-2.170,-2.160,both P<0.05).Conclusions TSH suppression significantly increases the risk of postoperative osteoporosis.The BMD should be followed up annually in postmenopausal DTC patients.
6.Identification of Anemone raddeana and Its Adulterants by ITS2 Sequence
Weichao REN ; Wei MA ; Chao AN ; Xiaoxi MA ; Lan WU ; Wei SUN
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014;(2):301-306
In this study, the internal transcribed spacer 2 of nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS2) sequence was used for i-dentifying A nemone raddeana and its adulterants to ensure the quality of medicines and clinical efficacy. Genomic DNA was extracted from 36 samples using Genomic DNA kit and used as templates for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Sequence assembly and consensus sequence generation were performed by CodonCode Aligner. The intraspe-cific and interspecific genetic distances were computed and the neighbor-joining tree was constructed by MEGA 5.1 in accordance with the Kimura 2-Parameter (K-2P) model. Results: The length of ITS2 sequence of A nemone rad-deana was 216 bp. The Maximum intraspecific genetic distance was 0.014, the minimum interspecific genetic dis-tance was 0.021. The NJ tree showed that A . raddeana differ from its adulterants obviously. Conclusion: ITS2 se-quence was able to identify A . raddeana and its adulterants correctly stably and correctly, which provides a new tech-nique to its identification.
7.Effect of neuromuscular electric stimulation on swallowing function in patients with cerebral vascular accident
Shao-Ling WU ; Tie-Bin YAN ; Chao MA ; Xiao-Qing MA ; Fen-Yan HUANG ;
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2003;0(08):-
0.05).After treatment,in neuromus- cular electric stimulation therapy group and ice-massage therapy group,SSA scores and degrade of SaO_2 were improved. There was significant difference between before and after treatment(P
8.Growth and secretion features of microencapsulated human adrenal pheochromocytoma cells in artificial cerebrospinal fluid
Xiao LI ; Xinsheng ZHANG ; Haijie LUO ; Shuo LUAN ; Qing WAN ; Shaoling WU ; Chao MA
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2015;(38):6114-6120
BACKGROUND:Microencapsulated cels are commonly used as a tool to overcome immune rejection after subarachnoid transplantation. However, the effect of microencapsulation on the secretion of human pheochromocytoma cels is unclear.
OBJECTIVE:To observe the growth and secretion of primarily microencapsulated cultured human pheochromocytoma cels in artificial cerebrospinal fluid.
METHODS: The human pheochromocytoma tissues were digested successively to isolate human pheochromocytoma cels that were then cultured in artificial cerebrospinal fluid. Primary cels were covered with alginate-polylysine-alginate microcapsules, and then the cel morphology was observed with inverted phase contrast microscope. Levels of met-enkephalin and norepinephrine in cel culture medium were detected by enzyme-labeled immunosorbent assay (ELISA). We used cel counting kit-8 colorimetric assay to obtain the growth curve of human pheochromocytoma cels in artificial cerebrospinal fluid.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Microcapsulated human pheochromocytoma cels were in suspension and the process outgrowth increased slowly. Compared with non-microcapsulated cels, the proliferation rate of microcapsulated cels increased significantly. ELISA results revealed a significant increase in the levels of met-enkephalin and norepinephrine secreted from the microencapsulated cels compared to the non-microcapsule group. There was a wide variation in contents of met-enkephalin and norepinephrine from different tumors. These findings indicate that microencapsulated human pheochromocytoma cels can survive wel and have good secretion function in artificial cerebrospinal fluid, and human pheochromocytoma cels from different tumor tissues have stable secretory function.
9.Risk factors of bloodstream infections caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus
Xuemei XU ; Siying WU ; Yi XIE ; Zhixing CHEN ; Ying MA ; Chao HE ; Mei KANG
Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2015;(5):447-451
Objective To analyze the bloodstream infections caused by vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus (VRE)in West China Hospital and examine the risk factors of such infections for best control of VRE infections .Methods Case‐control method was used to compare the bloodstream infections due to VRE with those caused by vancomycin‐susceptible Enterococcus(VSE)from August 2010 to August 2014 in West China Hospital .The data were compared by T‐test ,Chi‐square test (univariate analysis) and logistic regression analysis (multivariate analysis) using SPSS 19 .0 software .Results A total of 31 VRE strains were isolated from bloodstream infections in the study period ,including 5 (16 .1 % ) strains of vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus faecalis and 26 (83 .9 % )strains of vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus faecium .In the past four years ,the prevalence of vancomycin‐resistant E . f aecalis in bloodstream infections was 1 .5% ,1 .6% ,1 .8% ,and 1 .2% ;while the prevalence of vancomycin‐resistant E . f aecium in bloodstream infections was 3 .8% ,4 .4% ,5 .8% ,and 7 .1% .Such VRE bloodstream infection was mainly found in Intensive Care Unit (ICU)(13 ,41 .9% )and Department of Neurosurgery (4 ,12 .9% ) .More than 90% of the isolates were resistant to ampicillin and erythromycin .But less than 20% of the strains were resistant to quinupristin‐dalfopristin and linezolid . Univariate analysis indicated that prolonged hospital stay , ICU admission , venous catheter ,prior carbapenem exposure , prior vancomycin/norvancomycin exposure were associated with VRE bloodstream infections .Logistic regression analysis confirmed that venous catheter was an independent risk factor of VRE bloodstream infections .Conclusions Venous catheter is an independent risk factor for VRE bloodstream infections . Infection control measures should be strengthened to prevent the outbreak of VRE‐related bloodstream infections .
10.Clinical analysis of 27 cases with nasal type extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma
Nan LI ; Caixia LI ; Hong LIU ; Lu YE ; Chao MA ; Depei WU
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2011;20(10):602-605
ObjectiveTo analyze the clinical characteristic of the nasal type extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma(ENKL)as well as the therapeutic effects for different treatment methods and element that would affect prognosis.MethodsReview and analyze the 27 patients with pathologically confirmed ENKL patients received radiotherapy (3 cases),chemotherapy (9 cases),combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy (15 cases),3 of whom received auto-HSCT.Detailed B symptoms,lactate dehydrogenase (LDH),performance status(PS)scores,international prognostic index(IPI),Ann Arbor stage and therapeutic modality were included in univariate analysis.ResultsThe average overall survival time was 32 (2-42) months.The 1,2and 3 year overall survival (OS) rates were 79.5 %,71.6 %,53.7 %,respectively.The 2-year overall survival of patients who was early stage (stage Ⅰ + Ⅱ ) was 83.3 %,and those who was advanced stage(stage Ⅲ+Ⅳ) was 62.3 % (P =0.368).Among the patients in early stage,after radiotherapy or chemotherapy,4 cases achieved OR (overall response) which is complete remission (CR) or partial remission (PR),9/10 in combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy achieved OR. While among those in their advantage stage,the OR in chemotherapy is 2 cases,2/5 in combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.In univariate analysis,age and short-term response were main factors of survival(P <0.05).ConclusionTo treat the nasal ENKL in the early stage,radiotherapy can achieve a better effect,while combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy is an important method for patients in advantage stage.Age and short-term response may be.prognostic factors of nasal type ENKL.