1.Study of the stress-cognition vulnerability models of depression in Chinese undergraduates
Tao ZOU ; Jing CHEN ; Lieyu HUANG ; Yu ZOU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2011;20(7):647-650
Objective To test the validity of the stress-cognition vulnerability-model of depression in Chinese undergraduates.Methods 647 undergraduate students finished the Chinese version of 6 scales in time one.Cognitive Style Questionnaire(CSQ),Response Styles Questionnaire(RSQ-SF),Self-Esteem Questionnaire(SEQ),Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale(DAS),General Social and Academic Hassles Scale for Students(GSASHS),Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(CES-DA)follow-up assessment in 1 month later,the General Social and Academic Hassles Scale for Students(GSASHS)scale and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)scale were completed.Then,vulnerability factors for depression symptoms were used to predict depression symptoms by Multiple Hierarchical Regression(MHR).Path analysis and structural equation model(SEM)were used to explore integrated vulnerability-stress model of depression in Chinese undergraduates.Results Vulnerability-stress interaction was entered into regression equation.The results showed that the vulnerability-stress interaction provided incremental predictive validity to depressive.Symptoms path analysis showed that negative cognition→rumination→depression was a important pathways to cause depression(β=-0.31,P<0.01).The structural equation model for integrated vulnerability-stress model of depression analysis indicated the fit index:GFI =0.95,CFI=0.94,IFI=0.94,RMSEA=0.085.Conclusion A cognition vulnerability-stress medels of depression in Chinese undergraduates was provided and to be confirmed.The rumination was a important mediated variable.
2.Effect and clinical significance of infliximab on tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b in rheumatoid arthritis
Tao CHENG ; Yu ZHANG ; Yaohong ZOU ; Zhiwei CHEN
Chinese Journal of Rheumatology 2011;15(2):87-90
Objective To detect the serum level of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRACP5b) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) before and after infliximab treatment and analyze the relevance between TRACP-5b and activity indexes of RA.The effect of different medicines on bony erosion in RA and its possible mechanism were explored.Methods Patients were divided into two groups:16 patients were treated with inffiximab for 24 weeks (group 1 ),25 patients were treated with MTX for 24 weeks (group 2).The core indicators of RA activity were evaluated.Ranked test,grouped design and matched t test was used to examine the quantity data between groups,while numerate data was analyzed with qui-square test.Correlation between data was tested by Spearmen's and Pearson's tests.RestltsThe levels of TRACP-5b in patients with X-ray stagesⅠ ,Ⅱ ,Ⅲ ,Ⅳ were elevated at the baseline.The levels of TRACP-5b in phase Ⅲ and Ⅳ were [(3.34±1.07) U/L] and[(4.05±0.25) U/L] respectively,higher (P<0.05) than those in phase Ⅰ[(1.69±0.48) U/L].At week 0,week 12,and week 24,the serum levels of TRACP-5b in group 1 were(3.07±1.32),(2.72±1.18),(2.16±1.09) U/L respectively,while the levels in week 12,and 24 were significantly lower than those of week 0(P<0.05).A significant decrease of serum TRACP-5b level in group 1[(2.16±1.09 ) U/L]when compared to group two[ (3.05±0.93) U/L] after 24 weeks.TRACP=5b level was positively correlated with the course of disease (r=0.313,P=0.043 ),HAQ(r=0.443,P=0.007).Conclusion Infliximab can reduce TRACP-5b level in RA and inhibit inflammatory bone loss.TRACP-5b can be used to evaluate the efficacy of biological agents in treating RA.
3.Identification and Analysis of Apigenin Metabolites in Rats
Yazhou ZHANG ; Tao WANG ; Shuliang ZOU ; Hailin LIU ; Chen YAN
China Pharmacy 2016;(4):479-481
OBJECTIVE:To clarify the bio-transformation form of apigenin in rats,and to speculate its possible metabolic path-way. METHODS:Rats were divided into blank group and medication group(apigenin 200 mg/kg,i.g.)with 6 rats in each group. Urine and feces samples were collected from 2 groups within 24 h after medication. After corresponding treatment,urine and feces samples were analyzed and detected by HPLC-IT-TOF-MSn under cation mode and anion mode. RESULTS:9 metabolites were iden-tified in urine sample of rats from medication group,i.e. 2,3-double bond reduction of apigenin (U1,U7,U8,U9),bonded to glucuronic acid(U2,U3,U4),bonded to sulphate(U5,U6,U7,U8,U9)and bonded to glucose(U2). 4 metabolites were iden-tified in feces sample of rats from medication group,i.e. 2,3-double bond reduction of apigenin(F3),bonded to glucuronic acid (F2)and bonded to glucose(F1). CONCLUSIONS:Apigenin mainly exists in form of prototype drug in rats. The reduction hap-pens on 2,3-double bond by the intestinal bacteria,and the product of apigenin boned to glucuronic acid or glucose can be formed when excreting in intestinal tract and rats in vivo,while the product of apigenin boned to sulphate can be formed only when excret-ing in rats in vivo.
4.Thoracic cavity perfusion with cisplatin and mannan peptide in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 47 cases with malignant pleural effusion
Sanpeng ZOU ; Tao WEI ; Yu NING ; Wei CHEN ; Zhifu ZHANG
Cancer Research and Clinic 2013;25(7):475-477
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of thoracic cavity perfusion with cisplatin combined with mannan peptide in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with malignant pleural effusion.Methods 47 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with malignant pleural effusion with a median age of 50 years old (41-70 years old) were enrolled.Pleural effusion occurred at 38.5 months on average after diagnosis,unilateral effusion was seen in 45 patients (95.7 %),bilateral effusion was seen in 2 patients (4.2 %).Cisplatin combined with mannan peptide was administered through pleural puncture by PICC center vein pipe after drainage.Data of survival complications and response to the treatment were reviewed.Results 17 patients (36.1%) had a complete remission (CR),21 patients (44.6 %) had partial remission (PR),and the total remission rate (CR+ PR) was 80.9 %.The median survival time was 10.5 months.Patients with pleural fluid pH ≥ 7.2,glucose ≥ 60 mg/L,and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) < 600 U/L showed association with good efficacy,the efficacy rates were 85.0 % (34/40),86.5 % (32/37),89.5 % (34/38),the median survival time were 11.5,12.0,12.5 months.Pleural fluid pH < 7.2,glucose < 60 mg/L,and LDH ≥ 600 U/L showed association with poor efficacy,the efficacy rates were 42.8 % (3/7),50.0 % (5/10),44.4 % (4/9),the median survival time were 6.5,6.5,6.0 months (P < 0.05).The curative effect of the patients with bone metastasis and (or) pulmonary metastasis without liver metastasis was more similar with that of the patients with liver metastases [(47.0 % (16/34) vs 57.1% (4/7),x2 =0.01,P =0.29].But median survival time had significant difference (11.0 vs 6.0 months,P =0.02).The Cox multi-factor analysis confirmed that the LDH value of effusion was an independent factor as prognosis evaluation.Major side effects of the treatment included fever,chest pain,nausea and vomiting.Conclusion Thoracic cavity perfusion using cisplatin combined with mannan peptide is effective in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with pleural effusion,with relatively low toxicity.LDH value is a predictive factor for survival.The patients with liver metastases appeare poor median survival time.
5.Expression of Zonula Occludens-1 in Cerebral Cortex Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Tao WANG ; Ying MENG ; Donghua ZOU ; Zhengdong LI ; Yijiu CHEN ; Luyang TAO
Journal of Forensic Medicine 2015;(2):85-87,92
Objective To observe the time-course expression of zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) in cerebral cortex after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods The TBI model of mouse was established. The mice were divided in 1 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h, 3 d, 7 d after TBI, shamand control groups. The permeability of the blood brain barrier was evaluated by measuring the extravasation of Evans blue (EB) dye. The expression of Z O-1 in cerebral cortex in the injured area was detected by western blotting and im-munohistochemistry. Results The extravasation of EBdye of injured cortex gradually increased from 1 h, peaked at 1-3 d and approximately decreased to normal at 7 d after TBI. western blotting revealed that the expression of Z O-1 gradually decreased after 1 h, was at the lowest at 1-3 d, and then significantly increased after 7 d but was still lower than that of normal and shamgroups. The result of immunohisto-chemistry showed that Z O-1 had strong expression in vessel of normal cortex, gradually decreased after TBI, and almost disappeared at 3 d after TBI and gradually recovered to normal level later. Conclusion The expression of Z O-1 in the injured cortex after TBI initially decreases and then increases. The nega-tive correlation between Z O-1 expression and EBextravasation after TBI could be used as a newindi-cator for wound age estimation.
6.Expression of Zonula Occludens-1 in Cerebral Cortex Following Traumatic Brain Injury.
Tao WANG ; Ying MENG ; Dong-hua ZOU ; Zheng-dong LI ; Yi-jiu CHEN ; Lu-yang TAO
Journal of Forensic Medicine 2015;31(2):85-92
OBJECTIVE:
To observe the time-course expression of zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) in cerebral cortex after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
METHODS:
The TBI model of mouse was established. The mice were divided in 1 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h, 3 d, 7 d after TBI, sham and control groups. The permeability of the blood brain barrier was evaluated by measuring the extravasation of Evans blue (EB) dye. The expression of ZO-1 in cerebral cortex in the injured area was detected by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry.
RESULTS:
The extravasation of EB dye of injured cortex gradually increased from 1 h, peaked at 1-3 d and approximately decreased to normal at 7 d after TBI. Western blotting revealed that the expression of ZO-1 gradually decreased after 1 h, was at the lowest at 1-3 d, and then significantly increased after 7 d but was still lower than that of normal and sham groups. The result of immunohistochemistry showed that ZO-1 had strong expression in vessel of normal cortex, gradually decreased after TBI, and almost disappeared at 3 d after TBI and gradually recovered to normal level later.
CONCLUSION
The expression of ZO-1 in the injured cortex after TBI initially decreases and then increases. The negative correlation between ZO-1 expression and EB extravasation after TBI could be used as a new indicator for wound age estimation.
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Blood-Brain Barrier
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Blotting, Western
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Cerebral Cortex/metabolism*
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Permeability
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Tight Junctions/metabolism*
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7.TURP plus endocrine therapy (ET) versus α1A-blockers plus ET for bladder outlet obstruction in advanced prostate cancer.
Ling-song TAO ; Liang-jun TAO ; Yi-sheng CHEN ; Bin ZOU ; Guang-biao ZHU ; Jia-wei WANG ; Chao-zhao LIANG
National Journal of Andrology 2015;21(7):626-629
OBJECTIVETo compare the effect of transurethral resection of the prostate combined with endocrine therapy (TURP + ET) with that of αlA-blockers combined with ET ((αlA-b + ET) in the treatment of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in patients with advanced prostate cancer (PCa), and to investigate the safety of the TURP + ET for the treatment of PCa with BOO.
METHODSWe retrospectively analyzed 63 cases of PCa with BOO, 28 treated by αlA-b + ET and the other 35 by TURP + ET. We obtained the residual urine volume (RV), maximum urinary flow rate (Qmax), International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), and quality of life score (QoL) before and after treatment along with the overall survival rate of the patients, followed by comparison of the parameters between the two methods.
RESULTSAt 3 months after treatment, RV, IPSS, and QoL in the TURP + ET group were significantly decreased from (137.8 ± 27.6) ml, (22.3 ± 3.6), and (4.2 ± 0.8) to (29 ± 13.6) ml, (7.8 ± 2.1), and (1.6 ± 0.5) respectively (P < 0.05), while Qmax increased from (5.6 ± 2.1) ml/s to (17.6 ± 2.7) ml/s (P < 0.05); the former three parameters in the αlA-b + ET group decreased from (133.6 ± 24.9) ml, (21.5 ± 3.2), and (4.7 ± 1.1) to (42 ± 18.3) ml, (12.8 ± 2.6), and (2.5 ± 0.7) respectively (P < 0.05), while the latter one increased from (6.3 ± 2.4) ml/s to (11.7 ± 2.3) ml/s (P < 0.05), all with statistically significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.05). The overall survival rate of the TURP + ET group was not significantly different from that of the αlA-b + ET group (51.4% vs 46.4% , P > 0.05).
CONCLUSIONTURP + ET is preferable to αlA-b + ET for its advantage of relieving BOO symptoms in advanced PCa without affecting the overall survival rate of the patients.
Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists ; therapeutic use ; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal ; therapeutic use ; Combined Modality Therapy ; methods ; Humans ; Male ; Prostatic Neoplasms ; complications ; drug therapy ; pathology ; surgery ; Quality of Life ; Retrospective Studies ; Transurethral Resection of Prostate ; Treatment Outcome ; Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction ; drug therapy ; etiology ; surgery
8.Expression of Survlvin and p53 in human biiiary tract carcinoma cell line regulated by nanochemotherapy drug
Ying SU ; Xin WANG ; Tao TANG ; Bo CHEN ; Jianwei ZHENG ; Hong LI ; Shengquan ZOU
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2008;31(14):12-15
Objective To determine the effect of nanochemotherapy drug on Survivin and p53 ex-pressed by human biliary traet carcinoma cell line QBC939.Methods Culturing the human biliary tract carcinoma cell line QBC939 in vitro and it was divided into five groups including saline,nanochemotherapy drug,nanopartiele withoul nanochemotherapy drug,5-FU and gemcitabine.Using the methods of MTT and flow cytometry to observe the growth of QBC939 which was dealt with different drugs.In addition,RT-PCR and Western blot were used to delect the expression of mRNA and protein by Survivin or p53.Results The expression of mRNA and protein by Survivin decreased in the following set:saline,nanoparlicle withoul nanochemotherapy drug,5-FU,gemcitabine and nanochemotherapy drug,respeclively.However,the ex-pression of mRNA and protein by p53 were in reverse order.The inhibiting action to QBC939 was obvious in nanochenmtherapy drng and the apoplotic rate was higher than others except for gemcitabine(P<0.05). Conclusion Nanochemotherapy drug has significant effect on treatment cholangiocarcinoma in vilro,which may attribute to the down regulation of Survivin and up regulation of p53.
9.The relationship between histological chorioamnionitis,fetal vasculitis and the morbidity of neonatal respira-tory distress syndrome
Li ZHANG ; Tao ZHOU ; Zhihui ZOU ; Bingyan YANG ; Weiqiong WANG ; Xiaomin ZHANG ; Shaobo CHEN ; Chunhua LAI
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2015;22(7):482-485
Objective To explore the relationship between histological chorioamnionitis(HC),fetal vasculitis(FV)and the morbidity of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome(RDS).Methods Three hundred and forty-seven cases of infants at the gestational ages of 28 +0 to 31 +6 weeks who were admitted to the Neo-natology Department of our hospital from October 2009 to June 2013 were analyzed retrospectively.They were divided into four groups according to the occurrence of HC and FV,namely,HC positive group and HC negative group,FV positive group and FV negative group.The patients in the HC positive group were further divided into FV positive group and FV negative group according to the occurrence of FV.The morbidity of RDS among above-mentioned groups was compared.Results The clinical characteristics including propor-tion of male,gestational age,birth weight,cesarean delivery,antenatal corticosteroid use,gestational hyperten-sion,gestational diabetes and cholestasis of pregnancy showed no statistically significant difference among all the groups(P 〉0.05).The incidence of RDS in the HC positive group(145 cases)was 49.6%(72 cases), which was significantly lower than that in the HC negative group(67.3%,126 /202,P 〈0.05).The incidence of RDS in FV positive group(64 cases)was 42.2%(27 cases),which was significantly lower than that in FV negative group(63.3%,179 /283,P 〈0.05)In the HC positive group(145 cases),the incidence of RDS in FV positive group (64 cases)was 42.2% (27 cases),and 55.6% (45 cases)in FV negative group (81 cases),which showed no significant difference(P ﹦0.01 ).Conclusion (1 )HC or FV can reduce the incidence rate of RDS in premature infants.(2)HC combined FV cannot furtherly reduce the incidence of RDS.
10.Effects of cardiac remodeling on atrial arrhythmogenesis in aged rabbit left atrium
Teng WANG ; Yuting CHEN ; Hong CAO ; Yan HUANG ; Tao LIU ; Qiang ZOU
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2017;33(2):244-250
AIM: To investigate the effects of myocardial remodeling of aged left atrium (LA) on atrial ar-rhythmogenesis in rabbits .METHODS:The male New Zealand rabbits were divided into young LA and aged LA groups . By observing the changes of monophasic action potential ( MAP) and burst-pacing in LA of the rabbits in vivo, the main cardioelectrophysiological parameters such as resting membrane potential ( RMP) , action potential amplitude ( APA) , ma-ximum rise veloctiy of action potential (dv/dtmax), plateau potential and action potential duration at 30%, 50%and 90%( APD30 , APD50 and APD90 ) , as well as the inducibility and duration of atrial arrhythmias were recorded .L-type calcium current (ICa,L) was analyzed via whole-cell patch-clamp technique in enzymatically dissociated single rabbit LA myocytes . The myocardial collagen content was quantified after Masson staining , and the ultrastructure of the LA cells was observed under scanning electron microscope .The expression of Cav 1.2 in LA tissue of the 2 groups was detected by Western blot . RESULTS:Compared with young LA group , dv/dtmax and plateau potential were significantly decreased , APD30 and APD50 were shortened, and APD90 was notably prolongated in aged LA group (P<0.01).The inducibility or duration of atrial arrhythmias was severely increased or prolongated in aged LA group (P<0.01).With voltage clamp model, the den-sity of ICa,L in aged LA group was significantly decreased , and current-voltage curve was notably moved upward compared with young LA group.When the clamp potential was +20 mV, the density of ICa,L was notably modified from (11.72 ± 1.39) pA/pF in young LA group to (6.08 ±0.98) pA/pF in aged LA group ( P<0.01).Compared with young LA group, the protein level of collagen was significantly increased (P<0.01), and the arrange of atrial myocytes was irregular in LA of rabbits in aged LA group .The atrial myocytes of the LA wall in aged LA group exhibited abnormal ultrastructural alterations , such as karyopyknosis , irregular and swelling mitochondria with the presence of vacuoles , and mild and severe sarcomere degeneration .Compared with those in LA tissues of young rabbits , the expression levels of Cav 1.2 in the LA tis-sues of aged rabbits were severely reduced (P<0.01), and had a significant positive correlation with the reduction of ICa,L (r=0.83, P<0.01).CONCLUSION:The pathophysiological characteristics of aged LA are significantly altered , and might contribute to vulnerability and susceptibility of occurrence of atrial fibillation in aged rabbits .The mechanisms might completely attribute to the notable reduction of ICa,L , abnormal alterations of ultrastructures and obvious decrease in the ex-pression of Cav1.2 in the aged LA of aged rabbits .

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