1.Lowe syndrome with novel OCRL mutations in Chinese children:report of two cases
Lina JI ; Chaoying CHEN ; Huarong LI ; Peiwei DU
Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2015;(6):531-534
Objective To study the clinical and genetic features of Lowe syndrome. Methods The clinical data and test results of OCRL gene from two children with Lowe syndrome were analyzed. The related literatures were reviewed. Re-sults Two male patients all presented with low molecular proteinuria, hypercalciuria, rickets and nephrolithiasis. Patient 2 had renal tubular acidosis, glycosuria and cryptochism. Patient 1 was found to have abnormal vision and congenital cataract soon after birth and treated surgically. Patient 1 also had psychomotor retardation and the cranial magnetic resonance ima-ging (MRI) showed agenesis of the corpus callosum. Patient 2 did not have obviously extra-renal symptoms, but was found to have mild cataract by a meticulous ophthalmological examination. MRI showed cerebral hypoplasia and myelination delay and mental retardation was gradually appeared during follow-up. Two OCRL gene mutations were detected. A splice site mutation NG_008638.1:g.46846-46848delTAA/insC was found in patient 1 and a frame shift mutation NM_000276.3:c.321delC in exon 5 was found in patient 2. Both mutations were not reported previously. Conclusions The diagnosis of Lowe syndrome is mainly by clinical manifestations and test of OCRL gene. Lowe syndrome needs to be included in the differential diagnosis of a patient with congenital cataract and renal tubulopathy. Two novel mutations in the OCRL gene were identiifed.
2.PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON LIVE YEAST CELL DERIVATIVE
Chaoying MA ; Wei QI ; Fuping LU ; Lianxiang DU ;
Microbiology 1992;0(03):-
Live Yeast Cell Derivative (LYCD) was based on a living cells response to a controlled injury, which stimulated it to produce protective substance to increase cellular respiration and wound healing The experiment suggested that LYCD had the ability to improve cellular respiration, and this ability became strongest after the cell was treated with H 2O 2 for 15min, while the quantity of reduced glutathione (GSH) in LYCD reached the highest at 30min By contrast, almost the same biological activity of LYCD was observed under different stress conditions
3.Incidence of acute kidney injury in hospitalized children
Haiyun GENG ; Chaoying CHEN ; Juan TU ; Huarong LI ; Rui BAO ; Peiwei DU ; Xiaoning YU ; Yongmei KOU
Chinese Journal of Nephrology 2017;33(8):595-600
Objective To investigate the prevalence,missed diagnosis rate and causes of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized children,and its impact on hospitalization cost,length of stay and outcome.Methods The data of children admitted in Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics from December 1st to 31st 2014 were collected,and those whose serum creatinine (Scr) were measured at least two times were selected.Patients were diagnosed as AKI according to the diagnostic criteria of 2012 Kidney Disease:Improving Global Outcomes,then divided into AKI group and non-AKI group,the former of which was further divided into AKI1 group (Scr peak value in normal range) and AKI2 group (Scr peak value above normal range).The causes and impact of AKI on hospitalization cost,length of stay and outcome in different groups were compared and analyzed.Results (1) Among 921 patients with at least two Scr results,170 patients met with the diagnostic criteria of AKI,including 100 males and 70 females.There were 112(65.9%) in AKI stage 1,43(25.3%) in stage 2,and 15(8.8%) in stage 3.The overall prevalence of AKI was 18.5%.With only 7cases getting diagnosed,the diagnostic rate was 4.1%,while 95.9% of patients missed diagnosis.(2)Among AKI patients,67 cases had pre-renal causes,103 cases had intra-renal causes and mixed factors.100(58.8%) cases got complete recovery,34(20.0%) cases recovered partially and 36(21.2%)cases did not improve,including 4 cases of death.(3) The prevalence of AKI among those below 1-year old was higher than children elder than 1-year (23.0% vs 15.5%,P=0.004).The prevalence of AKI in surgical ward was higher than medical ward (30.7% vs 15.8%,P < 0.001).(4) Compared with those in non-AKI group,there was lower age [1.1(0.2,3.5) year vs 2.0(0.3,4.9) year] and higher hospitalization time[12.5(8.0,20.0) d vs 8.0(6.0,11.0) d],hospitalization costs [25 279.2(13 822.8,48 856.7) yuan vs 12 616.9(8680.1,19 345.1) yuan] and mortality (2.4% vs 0.3%) in AKI group (all P < 0.05).(5) There were 126 cases in AKL group and 44 cases in AKI2 group.The costs of hospitalization,outcome and mortality showed no difference between two groups (all P > 0.05).The hospitalization time in AKI2 group was shorter than that in AKL group (P=0.038).Conclusions Among hospitalized children the missed diagnosis rate of AKI is high.Pre-renal factor is the main cause of AKI.Children younger than 1-year old are more susceptible to AKI.AKI children have lower age and higher hospitalization time,hospitalization costs and mortality than non-AKI children.The effect of Scr fluctuation within normal levels needs to be further studied.
4.Content Determination of 7 Constituents in Wikstroemia indica and Its Principal Component and Cluster Analysis
Lili JIA ; Lan WEI ; Jian ZHAO ; Yudi JIA ; Yu QIU ; Chaoying DU ; Lixin SUN
China Pharmacy 2017;28(33):4706-4710
OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for simultaneous determination of 7 constituents in Wikstroemia indica,and to conduct principal component analysis and cluster analysis. METHODS:HPLC method was adopted. The determination was per-formed on Diamonsil Platisil ODS column with mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile-0.15% triethylamine solution(pH adjusted to 6.0 with phosphoric acid,gradient elution)at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The detection wavelength was set at 280 nm,and col-umn temperature was 40 ℃. The sample size was 10 μL. The principal component analysis and cluster analysis were conducted for the results of content determination by SPSS 22.0 statistical software. RESULTS:The linear ranges were 2.688-53.76μg/mL for nar-ingin(r=0.9998),5.052-101.00 μg/mL for myricetin(r=0.9999),2.052-41.04 μg/mL for arctiin(r=0.9999),2.108-42.16 μg/mL(r=0.9999),5.112-102.20 μg/mL(r=0.9999),0.820-16.42 μg/mL(r=0.9999),2.070-41.40 μg/mL(r=0.9999),respec-tively. The limits of quantitation were no higher than 1.0720 μg/mL,the limits of detection were no higher than 0.3318 μg/mL. RSDs of precision,stability and reproducibility tests were all lower than 2.0%. The recoveries were 97.8%-102.5%(RSD=1.8%, n=6),97.2%-102.0%(RSD=2.0%,n=6),95.2%-100.1%(RSD=1.7%,n=6),95.2%-99.3%(RSD=1.6%,n=6), 97.0%-100.8%(RSD=1.3%,n=6),95.5%-98.6%(RSD=1.1%,n=6),95.0%-99.3%(RSD=1.8%,n=6),respectively. Three main components were belong to the samples of 10 batches of medicinal materials. The samples of medicinal materials from 10 pro-ducing area could be divided into 2 categories. The quality of W. indica from Qingyuan Guangdong and Guiyang Guizhou were bet-ter than others. CONCLUSIONS:The method is simple,precise,stable and reproducible,and it can be used for simultaneous de-termination of 7 constituents in medicinal material. The quality of W. indica from different regions are quite different.
5. Clinical manifestations and pathological characteristics of Henöch-Schönlein purpura nephritis combined with hyperuricemia in children
Huarong LI ; Chaoying CHEN ; Juan TU ; Haiyun GENG ; Xiaoning YU ; Peiwei DU ; Hua XIA
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2019;34(15):1166-1170
Objective:
To analyze the relationship of clinical manifestations and pathological characteristics of Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis combined with hyperuricemia in children.
Methods:
A retrospective study was conducted in 50 children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis who hospitalized at Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Children′s Hospital, Capital Institute of Pediatrics from January 2014 to May 2018.The differences between the hyperuricemia group(19 cases)and the normal uric acid group(31 cases), were compared in age, sex, blood pressure, serum albumin, 24-hour urinary protein, serum creatinine, triglyceride, cholesterol, high density lipoprotein, low density lipoprotein, serum uric acid, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and renal pathological characteristics, and the short-term prognosis was analyzed.
Results:
(1)The average urinary protein in the hyperuricemia group and the normal uric acid group was (91.67±90.37) mg/(kg·d) and (64.62±43.28) mg/(kg·d), respectively and the difference was statistically significant between the both groups(