1.The experimental study of cryopreserved neural stem cells transplanting on Wistar rat spinal cord injury
Jun CHEN ; Xueli ZHANG ; Han JIANG ; Rui LIU ; Xiaoli ZHENG ; Chengrui TIAN
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2008;31(10):1182-1185
Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of spinal cord injury(SCI)by transplantation cryopreserved neural stem ceils(NSCs).Methods 45 Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups.with 15 rats in each group.Transplantations were carried out two days after SCI,group A:0.9% saline water,group B:NSCs,group C:cryopreserved NSCs.After the transplantation,immunohistochemical and tissue incision were appeared to detect the survival and differentiation of the transplanted ceils in nivo,and the methods of BBB and oblique plate were used to estimate the recovery of function.Results Group B and C all had active NSCs except group A.The injuried spinal cord A[(3.9±0.1)mm2],B[(1.2±0.3)mm2]and C[(1.1±0.3)mm2],there was an variance in the three groups (F=423.949,P<0.01),BBB test:group A[(2.0±0.5)mark],B[(16.4±0.8)mark]and C [(16.0±1.4)mark],there was an variance in the three groups(F=970.157,P<0.01),the oblique plate test:group A[(31.3±2.9)degree],B[(46.8±2.1)degree]and C[(46.5.4-2.4)degree],there was an variance in the three groups(F=151.099,P<0.01),the tests demonstrate there were no variance in group B and C(all P>0.05),there was no variance in living rate between the cryopreserved NSCs group [(55.9±5.2)%]and no eryopreserved[(65.1±3.4)%,t=3.334,P>0.05].Conclusions Cryopreserved NSCs keep the ability of reproducdon and differentiation.NSCs is a kind of valuable cell resource for the therapy of SCI.
2.Disinfection effectiveness of photodynamic therapy combined with EDTA on infected lateral canals in vitro
Xiaolan JIN ; Chengrui SUN ; Ya'nan ZHANG ; Zhaohui ZOU
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2020;43(1):65-69,74
Objective:To investigate the disinfection effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) combined with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) disodium salt solution on enterococcus faecalis in lateral root canals.Methods:Sixty-four human single root canal premolars were selected to prepare artificial root canal collaterals, and E. faecalisin root canal collateral infection models were established. The infection model was divided into PDT group ( n=16), PDT combined with EDTA group ( n=16), positive control group ( n=16) and negative control group ( n=16) according to random number table method. In the PDT group, 40 μg/ml hematoporphyrin monomethyl ether was injected into the root canal, and then the root canal was irradiated with a 45 mW laser for 90 s after 5 min incubation. In the PDT combined with EDTA group, the root canal was given 5 ml EDTA solution with 17% mass fraction for 1 min, and then treated with the method same as the PDT group. In the positive control group, the root canal were given 5 ml NaClO solution with a mass fraction of 5.25 % for 1 min. In the negative control group, the root canal were given NaCl solution with a mass concentration of 9 g/L for 1 min. Before and after the treatments, samples were taken in the lateral branches of the root canal with a K file to count plate colonies. After treatments, the roots of each group were placed in sterile brain heart infusion broth (BHI) medium for anaerobic culture for 24 h, and then sampled with a K file, and the number of root canal collaterals was detected statistically. Scanning electron microscopy was used to observe the morphology of the inner wall of lateral branches of root canals after treatments. Results:The sterilization rate of PDT combined with EDTA group was 99.56%, which was significantly higher than that of negative control group (1.98%), positive control group (85.87%) and PDT group (87.53%), the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). The reply experiment shows that the number of infection root canals was only 5, which was less than the negative control group (15), positive control group (12) and PDT group (11), and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). Scanning electron microscopy observations showed that no obvious E. faecalis adhered to the inner wall of root canal of PDT combined with EDTA group. Conclusions:PDT combined with EDTA has a good disinfection effectiveness on E. faecalis in lateral canals, and it is expected to provide a new method for the effective killing of E. faecalis in lateral canals in clinical root canal therapy.
3.Multimodal imaging characteristics of fundus in patients with sympathetic ophthalmia
Yizhe CHENG ; Chengrui ZHANG ; Chunli CHEN ; Zhihan ZHANG ; Simeng HOU ; Xiaoyan PENG
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases 2022;38(5):359-365
Objective:To observe and analyze the multimodal imaging characteristics of fundus in patients with sympathetic ophthalmia (SO).Methods:A retrospective study. From October 2012 to December 2021, 28 patients (36 eyes) diagnosed SO in the Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital were inclued in the study. There were 19 males (25 eyes) and 9 females (11 eyes), with the mean age of 51.61±12.02 years. There were 8 exciting eyes and 28 sympathizing eyes. The time to onset after trauma or surgery was 46.10±107.98 months. All patients underwent examinations including vision test, color fundus photograph, optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus fluorescence angiography (FFA), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA). Angio-OCT (OCTA) was performed on 3 eyes and fundus autofluorescence (AF) was performed on 8 eyes. The early and late phase were defined respectively as ≤2 months and >2 months. Their multimodal imaging characteristics were summarized.Results:In 8 exciting eyes, subretinal fibrosis with mutifocal retinal atrophy and pigmentation was noted in 5 eyes (62.50%, 5/8), the other 3 eyes showed sunset glow fundus (37.50%, 3/8). In 28 sympathizing eyes, in the early phase, the fundus photograph showed shallow retinal detachment with optic disc edema in 9 eyes (32.14%, 9/28); in the late phase, peripapillary yellowish-white subretinal lesions in 11 eyes (39.29%, 11/28). In the late course of the disease, there were yellow-white lesions around the optic disc (peridisc) and peripheral subretinal area in 11 eyes (39.29%, 11/28). Dalen-Fuchs nodules were found in 10 eyes (35.71%, 10/28). On OCT, multiple serous retinal detachment and irregular choroidal folds were noted in the early phase; hill-like subretinal hyperreflective elevation was noted in peripapillary area and subfovea with presence of cystic spaces in the intraretina in the late phase. FFA examination showed"pinpoint-like" strong fluorescence in the early stage, and "multi-lake-like" fluorescein accumulation and leakage in the late stage; "map-like" weak fluorescence around the disc in the early stage of the disease, dot-like strong fluorescence lesions in each quadrant of the peripheral retina, and fluorescence in the late stage of the disease course. enhanced. ICGA examination showed that the FFA strong fluorescence lesions in the middle and late stages were weak fluorescence. FAF examination, point-like strong and weak autofluorescence lesions with unclear boundaries. Nine sympathizing eyes with subretinal yellow-white lesions has vision without light-0.1 (significantly decreased vison), while 8 eyes with sunset glow fundus was 0.5-1.0 (mildly decreased vison).Conclusions:SO could not only show the semblable features of acute phases of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, but also the yellowish-white lesions in the peripapillary area, macula and periphery. Most of the eyes with peripapillary lesions has a significantly decreased vison, while the eyes with sunset glow fundus has a mildly decreased vison.