1.Schistosomiasis surveillance among migrant population in Haining City in 2015
Qian CHENG ; Qionglin ZHENG ; Feng DING ; Juanfen WANG ; Yu GAO
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2017;29(3):372-373
Objective To understand the schistosomiasis epidemic situation among migrant population,so as to assess the potential risk of schistosomiasis transmission in Haining City. Methods Five districts in Haining City were randomly selected to investigate the schistosomiasis endemic situation in migrant population from the schistosomiasis endemic provinces. Results Totally 1207 persons were investigated and four positives were found in serological tests,with the positive rate of 0.33%,but no patients were found in pathologic tests. The positive cases in serological tests were mainly between 31-40 years old,with the pos-itive rate of 1.68%,which was higher than that of other age groups( χ2 = 6.590,P < 0.05). Conclusion The schistosomiasis surveillance work in migrant population still should be strengthened in Haining City.
2.Effects of Ginkgolides Inhalation on Eosinophils Infiltration in Airway of Asthmatic Guinea Pig Model
Jian GAO ; Liang CHENG ; Yi CHEN ; Yu TANG
China Pharmacy 2005;0(15):-
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects of Ginkgolides inhalation on eosinophils infiltration in airway of asthmatic guinea pig model. METHODS: Guinea pigs were divided into seven groups(n=8 in each group): model group, ginkgolides inhalation low, medium and high dosage groups(5, 10, 20mg?kg-1, respectively), ginkgolides ip group (at a dosage of 20 mg?kg-1), Dexamethasone ip group (at a dosage of 10 mg?kg-1), normal control group. The eosinophils (EOS) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and trachea were counted. RESULTS: As compared with normal control group, the number of EOS in BALF was significantly increased in model group, but that in BALF and trachea of the Ginkgolides inhalation group was significantly reduced(P
3.Association of TNFSF 4 gene polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus
Tingting GAO ; Jiquan SONG ; T.khalaf AHMAD ; Xiangping YU ; Yanli CHENG ; Hu GAO
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2012;45(1):38-40
Objective To investigate the association of two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs),rs844648 and rs3850641,in OX40L (TNFSF4) gene,with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) in Hubei Han populations.Methods A total of 82 patients with SLE and 100 normal human controls were eligible for this study.Blood samples were obtained from these subjects and DNA was extracted from these samples.PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was used to analyze the genotype of SNPs rs844648 and rs3850641.Results The frequency of AA,AG and GG genotype of the SNP rs844648 was 14.0%,55.0%and 31.0% respectively in the controls,20.7%,62.2% and 17.1% respectively in the patients.A higher frequency was observed for A allele at the SNP rs844648 and G allele at the SNP rs3850641 in patients compared with the normal controls [73.2% vs.69.0%%,x2 =4.69,P < 0.05,OR =2.182 (1.068 - 4.458);37.8% vs.24.0%,x2 =4.07,P < 0.05,OR =1.925 (1.015 - 3.651)].The frequency of AA,AG and GG genotype of SNP rs3850641 was 76.0%,21.0% and 3.0% respectively in the normal controls,62.2%,31.7% and 6.1% respectively in the patients.Conclusions There are polymorphisms in the SNPs rs844648 and rs3850641 in TNFSF4 gene,which may be associated with the development of SLE.
4.Short-segment transpedicular fixation combined with augmentation vertebroplasty in treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures
Zhili ZENG ; Liming CHENG ; Sheng GAO ; Lie QIAN ; Yongwei JIA ; Yan YU ; Jianjie WANG ; Cheng ZENG ; Feng GAO ; Ronghui JIANG
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2011;31(9):927-931
ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of short-segment transpedicular fixation combined with augmentation vertebroplasty in treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures. MethodsFrom November 2006 to September 2009, 37 patients with thoracolumbar burst fracture were admitted and received transpedicular fixation combined with calcium sulfate cement augmentation vertebroplasty, and the clinical data including fracture types, complications and following-up results were collected for analysis. The multimethod evaluation strategies involved the anterior vertebral body height, the sagittal Cobb's angle, the restoration of nervous function, internal fixation failure, visual analogue scale (VAS) and Oswestry disability index (ODI) were retrospective analyzed. Results All patients were followed up for average 19 months (range, 14-37). There were no internal fixation failure, loss of reduction, neurological complications in all the patients. In 16 patients with partial neurologic deficits, 14 initially improved at the final follow-up, with no deterioration of neurologic functions. The mean time of calcium sulfate cement obvious absorption and union was 3 months and 5 months postoperatively, respectively. The anterior vertebral body height was 55.40%before surgery and 85.46% after surgery on average, ended up with 82.35%. The sagittai Cobb's angle was improved from 22.45° to 6.86°, ended up with 9.66° on average. The mean VAS and ODI at the final followup were respectively 1.2 and 20.4 on average. ConclusionShort-segment transpedicular fixation combined with augmentation vertebroplasty appears to be effective in achieving stable biomechanics with high security,which seems to be a feasible option in the management of thoracolumbar burst fractures.
5.Development of anti-influenza drug.
Tao ZHANG ; Cheng-Yu WANG ; Yu-Wei GAO ; Song-Tao YANG ; Tie-Cheng WANG ; Xian-Zhu XIA
Chinese Journal of Virology 2011;27(5):475-480
Animals
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Antiviral Agents
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pharmacology
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therapeutic use
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DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
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antagonists & inhibitors
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Drug Discovery
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Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus
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chemistry
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metabolism
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Humans
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Influenza A virus
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drug effects
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genetics
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metabolism
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Influenza, Human
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drug therapy
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Molecular Targeted Therapy
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Neuraminidase
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antagonists & inhibitors
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RNA-Binding Proteins
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antagonists & inhibitors
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Signal Transduction
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drug effects
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Viral Core Proteins
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antagonists & inhibitors
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Viral Matrix Proteins
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antagonists & inhibitors
6.Quantification of human urine and serum iodine by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Songlin YU ; Qian CHENG ; Jianhua HAN ; Weiyan ZHOU ; Xinqi CHENG ; Li′an HOU ; Ran GAO ; Wei SU ; Zhi LI ; Ling QIU
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2016;39(12):917-921
Objective This paper aims at establishing a inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry ( ICP-MS) method for quantification and evaluation of iodine in human urine and serum in routine clinical laboratory .Methods This study was methodology validation research on iodine evaluation using ICP-MS.Ammonia, isopropanol and ultrapure water were mixed at certain ratio to dilute samples in the ratio of 1:10, and then the diluted samples were analyzed by ICP -MS.Re was used as the internal standard.And linearity, lower limit of detection, recovery, precision, accuracy, carryover and stability was evaluated thoroughly .Results of iodine of pregnant women who required iodine tests were retrospectively analyzed to evaluate the status of iodine .Results The method only needs 30s for analysis of one sample .It was sensitive with a lower limit detection of 0.87μg/L, the correlation coefficient was higher than 0.999 9 in ten measurements.The recovery in both serum and urine was approximately 100% (95.3% -109.9%). Based on the NIST standard reference material 3668 comparison, the bias was less than 4%( -0.9% -3.9%).The inter-coefficient variation (CV) for serum iodine and urine iodine was 1.2%-3.0%, 2. 0%-2.9%, respectively;and total CV for serum iodine and urine iodine were 3.0%-3.8%, 4.1%-4.9%, respectively.The mean carryover of this method was 0.03% and iodine was stable for at least one month at -20℃ and 4℃.The urine and serum iodine for pregnant women was (154.8 ±89.7) μg/L (mean ±SD),(75.8 ±21.4) μg/L, respectively.The correlation between urine and serum iodine was 0.21. Conclusion Establishe a rapid and simple ICP -MS method for urine and serum iodine measurement with high accurate and precise in routine clinical laboratory .
7.The Research Advance of Heterokaryon Incompatibility Mechanism in Fungi
Yuan-Cheng QI ; Lan-Qing WANG ; Li-You QIU ; Xiao-Qiang ZHANG ; Yu-Qian GAO ;
Microbiology 1992;0(02):-
Heterokaryon incompatibility is a widespread phenomenon among fungi,controlled by specific loci termed het (for heterokaryon incompatibility).This review focuses on recent developments in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of nonself recognition and the relationship between the death progresses of heterokaryon incompatibility and associated proteins in fungi.The deep research of heterokaryon incompatibility mechanism will hopefully reveal underlying principles of the evolution of nonself recognition systems and will find some effective method for settling the instability of protoplast fusant of fungi.
8.Effect of p-nitrophenol Shock on Sludge Activity and Microbial Populations and in UASB Reactor
Qin MEI ; Guo-Qing GAO ; Fang-Bo YU ; Lian-Cheng LIU ; Biao SHEN ;
Microbiology 1992;0(06):-
Effect of p-nitrophenol shock on microbial populations and sludge activity in UASB reactor was studied by DGGE-PCR of 16S rDNA fragments and detection of COD removing and biogas yield.The results showed that p-nitrophenol seriously inhibited the sludge activity,resulting in the drop of biogas and COD removing rate.The 40mg/L p-nitrophenol had more inhibition than 20mg/L p-nitrophenol.It would take 27 and 16 days respectively for reactor to recover after 40mg/L and 20mg/L p-nitrophenol shock.The diversity of eubacteria and methanogens were also effected by the p-nitrophenol shock.The variation of eubacteria was more than that of methanogens after p-nitrophenol shock.The drop of biogas was mainly related to the variation of Methanosaeta sp.and Methanomicrobia sp.after p-nitrophenol shock.Among the eubacteria the population of Chloroflexi sp.、Bacteroide sp.and Anaerovibrio sp.decreased greatly after p-nitrophenol shock.And more,the Rheinheimera sp disappeared after 40mg/L p-NP treatment.But the Flavobacteria sp.appeared after p-nitrophenol shock,which was probably related to the degradation of p-NP.
9.The role of blood ammonia in the prognosis evaluation of septic patients in the emergency department
Fengliu GUI ; Tao CHENG ; Yu CAO ; Zhi WAN ; Lei YE ; Yongli GAO
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021;30(3):307-311
Objective:To investigate the role of blood ammonia in the evaluation of the prognosis of septic patients in the emergency department and to compare its value with mortality in emergency department sepsis (MEDS) score.Methods:A retrospective clinical study was conducted to septic patients who were diagnosed in the Emergency Department of West China Hospital of Sichuan University from June 2017 to May 2018, and met the diagnostic criteria established by the diagnostic criteria of the American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine in 2001. The subjects who had other diseases that affected blood ammonia level and were lost to follow-up were excluded. MEDS scores were collected, and the survival status of patients was followed up by telephone. The independent samples t test was used to compare the differences between the two groups, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to assess the accuracy of the prediction of sepsis mortality, and the logistic regression model was used to explore the value of the combined use of blood ammonia and MEDS score.Results:Eighty subjects were finally included in the study and divided into the 1-week survival group ( n=52), 1-week death group ( n=28); 4-week survival group ( n=37), 4-week death group ( n=43); 12-week survival group ( n=33), 12-week death group ( n=47); 1-year survival group ( n=32), and 1-year death group ( n=48). There was no statistical difference in the demographic characteristics of subjects between the groups. The average blood ammonia level of all the subjects who died was higher than that of the patients who survived in the same period [(116.57 ± 85.33) μmol/L vs (77.63 ± 35.82) μmol/L, (108.53 ± 73.00) μmol/L vs (71.19 ± 32.53) μmol/L, (106.74 ± 71.59) μmol/L vs (69.21 ± 28.84) μmol/L, (105.77 ± 71.14) μmol/L vs (69.50 ± 29.25) μmol/L, P<0.05]. Based on death after one week, four weeks, twelve weeks and one year, the area under ROC curve (AUC) of blood ammonia was 0.668 (95% CI: 0.542-0.793, P=0.014), 0.706 (95% CI: 0.593-0.819, P=0.002), 0.705 (95% CI: 0.592-0.818, P=0.002), and 0.697 (95% CI: 0.582-0.811, P=0.003), respectively. Compared with the use of blood ammonia, lactic acid or MEDS score alone, the combined use of blood ammonia and MEDS score increased the accuracy of prognosis evaluation in sepstic patients ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Blood ammonia has a high value in predicting the short-term and 1-year prognosis of septic patients in the emergency department. The combined use of blood ammonia and MEDS score can further improve its predictive value.
10.National monitoring report of drinking-water-born endemic arsenicosis in 2010
Wei, ZHANG ; Cheng, WANG ; Guang-qian, YU ; Li-jun, ZHAO ; Yan-hui, GAO
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2012;31(1):55-59
Objective To master the implementing progress of preventive measures for control of endemic arsenicosis,to observe the dynamic changes and provide the basis for prevention of national drinking-water-born endemic arsenicosis.Methods The surveillance was strictly carried out according to “The Monitoring Project for the National Drinking-Water-Born Endemic Arsenicosis(trial implementation)” in 2010.According to the results of previous investigation,11 provinces and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps were selected as the surveillance provinces; eighty six endemic arsenicosis villages which had exposed population over 100 persons were chosen as surveillance villages in each province; forty eight potential endemic arsenicosis villages were recognized as the monitoring villages which had over 100 exposed people too.We investigated the surveillance counties and villages about the running state of water-improving projects,the arsenic content in water from resident house in potential endemic arsenicosis villages and the survey on endemic arsenicosis status based on the residents who lived in the surveillance villages.Results ①Total of 219 water-improving projects in 32 counties were monitored and 1673 villages were covered,benefiting 69.07 million population.②Total of 134 villages with high level of water arsenic were investigated.Water quality improved villages was 86,accounting for 64.18%.Normal working projects accounted for 91.86% (79/86),intermittentl y working accounted for 4.65% (4/86) and abandoned projects accounted for 3.49%(3/86).Passing rate of water arsenic of the projects was 91.86%(79/86).Total of 48 villages without water-improving project were investigated,and families with excessive level of water arsenic was 35.04% (356/1016).③Total of 20 885 persons were examined in villages with improved water,incidence of endemic arsenicosis was 4.44% (928/20 885).Among them,patients with mild arsenicosis was 3.27% (682/20 885),with moderate was 0.80%(167/20 885) and serious patients was 0.37%(78/20 885),and detection of skin cancer 1 person.Totally 6166 persons were checked in the villages without water-improvement,incidence of endemic arsenicosis was 3.08% (189/6166).Among them,mild patients was 2.69% (166/6166),moderate was 0.28% (17/6166) and the serious was 0.10% (6/6166); 20 new cases were diagnosed,and they came from Shanxi province.Conclusions The morbidity in water-improved villages remains higher than the water-unimproved.We should establish and perfect the long-term mechanism of surveillance as soon as possible,and strengthen the management and maintenance of water-improving projects.