1.Acupuncture combined with Qigui decoction for 30 cases of myasthenia gravis.
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2014;34(7):718-718
Acupuncture Therapy
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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administration & dosage
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Myasthenia Gravis
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drug therapy
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therapy
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Young Adult
2.Efficacy of laparoscopic hepatectomy for hepatic neoplasms: a report of 258 cases
Xiang ZHANG ; Yongyi ZENG ; Minhui CHI ; Jinhua ZENG ; Jingfeng LIU
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2014;13(3):198-201
Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of laparoscopic hepatectomy.Methods The clinical data of 258 patients who received laparoscopic hepatectomy at the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University from March 2010 to January 2013 were retrospectively analyzed.There were 196 patients with primary hepatic cancer,45 with hepatic hemangioma,13 with hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia,2 with hepatic metastatic cancer,1 with carcinoma of gallbladder and 1 with hepatic hamartoma.All patients were followed up via phone call or out-patient examination till March 2013.Results A total of 142 patients received single hepatic segmentectomy,98 received multiple hepatic segmentectomy,18 received multiple lesions resection.Fifty-one patients received hepatic tumorectomy + cholecystectomy.All the operations were successfully done under laparoscope without conversion to the open surgery.The mean tumor diameter and the operation time were (5 ± 3) cm (range,1.0-11.5 cm) and (113 ± 56) minutes (range,50-310 minutes),respectively.Intraoperative hepatic portal occlusion was performed on 122 patients,and the time for hepatic portal occlusion was (15 ± 7)minutes.The volume of intraoperative blood loss was (211 ± 195)mL (range,10-650 mL),and blood transfusion was not needed.The capsule of the tumor was complete.The distance between the resection margin and the malignant tumor was above 1.5 cm,and there was no residual tumor in the resection margin.The hepatic function was back to the normal level in 1 week after the operation,and no patient had hepatic failure.The duration of postoperative hospital stay was (7.2 ± 1.3)days (range,5-10 days).One patient was complicated with bile leakage,6 with slight peritoneal effusion,and other patients had no postoperative complications.The rate of follow-up was 91.47% (236/258),and the time of follow-up was (16 ± 10) months.A total of 199 patients with malignant hepatic tumors were followed up.During the follow-up,180 patients had tumor-free survival; 18 patients had postoperative tumor recurrence; 1 patient had omental metastasis and received surgical resection.Thirty-seven patients with benign hepatic tumor survived without complication during the follow-up.Conclusion Laparoscopic hepatectomy is effective for the treatment of hepatic tumors.Multiple hepatic inflow occlusion under laparoscope in a short time may improve the safety of surgery,without prolonging the recovery time of patients.
3.Clinical observation on 9 patients with anti-coagulation rodenticide.
Ying WANG ; Ren-chi YANG ; Yong-ze LIU ; Lin-xiang JI
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2006;24(6):379-379
Adolescent
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Adult
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Anticoagulants
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poisoning
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Coagulation Protein Disorders
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chemically induced
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diagnosis
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therapy
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Rodenticides
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poisoning
4.Preliminary Study on Solid-state Fermentation of Streptomyces Strain Men-myco-93-63
Chun-Ying HAO ; Qing-Fang MENG ; Guo-Tong CHI ; Wen-Xiang YANG ; Da-Qun LIU ;
Microbiology 2008;0(09):-
The culture medium and cultural conditions of solid-state fermentation of Streptomyces Menmyco-93-63 were tested in this study. The suitable medium which contains rice, sorghum, millet bran, and rice hull with the proportion of 2:2:3:3 was developed for the spore production of Streptomyces Men-myco-93-63 using single substrate screening, mixture substrate screening and orthogonal experiments, and the sporulation was up to 2.52?109 CFU/g. And then, initial charge, initial ratio of water to solid, inoculating quantity, and culture temperature impact to sporulation of Streptomyces Men-myco-93-63 were tested. The favorite cultural conditions are developed as the following: the initial charge is 15 g in 500 mL Erlenmeyer flask; initial ratio of water to solid is 1.7:1.0 (V/W, rice hull excluding), inoculating quantity is 7 mL, culture temperature is 28℃.
5.Hemangiopoietin Contributes to Hematopoietic Reconstitution in Radiation Damaged Mice
Shi-Hong LU ; Bin LIU ; Wen XING ; Lei ZHANG ; Xiang-Yu ZHANG ; Qian REN ; Peng-Xia LIU ; Tian-Xiang PANG ; Ren-Chi YANG ; Zhongchao HAN ;
China Biotechnology 2006;0(09):-
Aim:To investigate the effect of Hemangiopoietin (HAPO) on the hematopoiesis reconstitution in sub-lethally irradiated Balb/c mice.Methods: Balb/c mice were underwent total body irradiation at 700 cGy 137Cs ? radiation and were treated with HAPO or recombinant human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) after irradiation. The hematopoiesis reconstitution of mice were detected. Cells from bone marrow of Balb/c mice were cultured with HAPO or rhG-CSF for 24 hours or 72 hours before or after the cells were irradiated. The viability of cells were assessed and the ability of in vitro hematopoiesis reconstitution were also detected. Result: rhG-CSF and HAPO treated mice both showed increased survival rate and increased colony forming units. The peripheral WBC number increased greatly. The HAPO group was most quickest compared with rhG-CSF group and PBS control group. The number of bone marrow cells at day 14 of rhG-CSF group was higher than that in HAPO group, but the number of bone marrow cells at day 32 of rhG-CSF was lower than that in HAPO group. The number of bone marrow cells at day 42 of rhG-CSF was below normal. The number of bone marrow cells at day 42 of HAPO group was nearly normal. The number of CFU-GEMM in HAPO group was most compared with that in rhG-CSF group and PBS control group at day 7, 14 and 21 after radiation. The survival rate of cells after radiation in HAPO group was markedly higher than that in PBS control group, but the survival rate of cells after radiation in rhG-CSF group was no notable difference compared with that in PBS control group. In MTT assay, both HAPO and rhG-CSF incubation stimulated proliferation of bone marrow cell at 72 hours after radiation. Bone marrow cells formed Hematopoietic islands in HAPO group after radiation and were positive for sca-1 and CD31. CD31 positive endothelial cells increased around the Hematopoietic islands. There was no Hematopoietic islands formation, few CD31 positive endothelial cells and no sca-1 positive cells in PBS control group. Conclusion: HAPO can promote hematopoiesis reconstitution in sub-lethally irradiated Balb/c mice. It can increase the survival rate of mice and stimulate the proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells.
7.The effect of Gynostemma pentaphyllum (GP) on plasma lipoprotein metabolism and lipoperoxidation lipoprotein in the experimental hyperglycemia rats.
Liang ZHOU ; Yu-Ping XU ; Yuan WEI ; Xiang-Ping SHI ; Chi-Pin LIU
Chinese Journal of Applied Physiology 2008;24(2):205-208
AIMTo study the regulation mechanism of GP on plasma lipoprotein metabolism and To explore its mechanism of anti-lipoperoxidation in the experimental hyperglycemia rats.
METHODSThe rats were raised with high fat diet for six weeks,and the model of hyperglycemia was then established. After that, those rats were treated with high or low dose of GP and xuezhikang as a masculine comparison for four weeks. Then, those rat were executed, and detected the plasma TC, TG, LDL-C, HDL-C, GSH-Px, at the same time the SOD, CAT and MDA concentration also be mensurated.
RESULTSThe results showed that high and low dose of GP could decrease the concentration of serum LDL-C, cholesterol and triglyceride remarkably and raise the concentration of HDL-C. The activity of GSH-Px, SOD and CAT in GP groups were promoted and the level of MDA was decreased distinctly.
CONCLUSIONThe GP can therapy the abnormity of serum lipid and has obviously anti-lipoperoxidation affection.
Animals ; Cholesterol ; blood ; Cholesterol, LDL ; blood ; Gynostemma ; Hyperlipidemias ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; Lipid Peroxidation ; Lipids ; blood ; Lipoproteins, HDL ; blood ; Male ; Phytotherapy ; Plant Extracts ; therapeutic use ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Triglycerides ; blood
8.Enhancing effect of porcine coagulation factor VIII A1 and A3 domains on secretion of post-translationally spliced human/porcine hybrid coagulation factor VIII.
Fu-Xiang ZHU ; Ze-Long LIU ; Hui-Ge QU ; Xiao-Yan CHI
Acta Physiologica Sinica 2010;62(4):373-381
Low levels of coagulation factor VIII (fVIII) protein expression caused by its inefficient secretion and the over-sized fVIII gene affect the transgene-based gene therapy for hemophilia A adversely. Our previous study demonstrated that intein-mediated protein trans-splicing for delivery of the fVIII gene with a dual-vector system could improve secretion of post-translationally spliced fVIII by light chain in cis. In this study, a human/porcine hybrid fVIII (HP-fVIII) containing replaced A1 and A3 domains of porcine fVIII was investigated for secretion and activity of the spliced HP-fVIII after intein-based dual-vector delivery of the HP-fVIII gene. A pair of expression plasmids comprising intein-fused HP-fVIII heavy and light chains were constructed and transiently co-transfected into COS-7 cells. The spliced HP-fVIII and bio-activity in culture media were quantitatively analyzed by ELISA and Coatest method respectively. The intracellular splicing of HP-fVIII was detected by Western blotting. The results showed that in the culture supernatant of cells co-transfected with HP-fVIII, the amount and activity of spliced HP-fVIII were significantly higher than those of spliced hfVIII secreted from the cells co-transfected with human fVIII [(184+/-34 ng/mL) vs (48+/-12) ng/mL, P<0.01; (1.18+/-0.22) IU/mL vs (0.31+/-0.10) IU/mL, P<0.01], demonstrating the dramatically enhancing effect of porcine A1 and A3 domains on the secretion of intein-spliced HP-fVIII. The spliced HP-fVIII protein and its activity were also detected in the supernatant from combined cells separately transfected with intein-fused HP-fVIII heavy and light chain genes, indicating that the intein-mediated HP-fVIII splicing was independent of cellular mechanism and could occur outside the cell after the secretion of precursor proteins. Additionally, an intracellularly spliced HP-fVIII band was found with a molecular weight similar to human fVIII protein, confirming the HP-fVIII splicing. These results provided experimental basis for ongoing study using intein-based dual adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector to transfer HP-fVIII gene in animal models.
Animals
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COS Cells
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Cercopithecus aethiops
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Dependovirus
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genetics
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metabolism
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Factor VIIIa
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biosynthesis
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genetics
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Genetic Vectors
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Humans
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Inteins
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Protein Splicing
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins
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genetics
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Swine
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Trans-Splicing
9.Protein trans-spliced chimeric human/porcine BDD-FVIII with augmented secretion.
Fu-xiang ZHU ; Shu-de YANG ; Ze-long LIU ; Jing MIAO ; Hui-ge QU ; Xiao-yan CHI
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2010;45(10):1232-1238
This study is to construct a chimeric human/porcine BDD-FVIII (BDD-hpFVIII) containing the substituted porcine A1 and A3 domains which proved to have a pro-secretory function. By exploring Ssp DnaB intein's protein trans-splicing a dual-vector was adopted to co-transfer the chimeric BDD-hpFVIII gene into cultured COS-7 cell to observe the intracellular BDD-hpFVIII splicing by Western blotting and secretion of spliced chimeric BDD-hp FVIII protein and bio-activity using ELISA and Coatest assay, respectively. The dada showed that an obvious protein band of spliced BDD-hpFVIII can be seen, and the amount of spliced BDD-hpFVIII protein and bio-activity in the supernatant were up to (340 +/- 64) ng x mL(-1) and (2.52 +/- 0.32) u x mL(-1) secreted by co-transfected cells which were significantly higher than that of dual-vector-mediated human BDD-FVIII gene co-transfection cells [(93 +/- 22) ng x mL(-1), (0.72 +/- 0.13) u x mL(-1)]. Furthermore, a spliced BDD-hpFVIII protein and activity can be detected in supernatant from combined cells separately transfected with intein-fused BDD-hpFVIII heavy and light chain genes indicating that intein-mediated BDD-hpFVIII splicing occurs independently of cellular mechanism. It provided evidence for enhancing FVIII secretion in the research of animal models using intein-based dual vector for the delivery of the BDD-hpFVIII gene.
Animals
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COS Cells
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Cercopithecus aethiops
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Factor VIII
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genetics
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metabolism
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secretion
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Genetic Vectors
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Humans
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Inteins
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Peptide Fragments
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genetics
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metabolism
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secretion
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Plasmids
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Protein Splicing
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Swine
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Trans-Splicing
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Transfection
10.vWF improves secretion and activity of intein spliced BDD-FVIII.
Fu-Xiang ZHU ; Shu-De YANG ; Ze-Long LIU ; Jing MIAO ; Hui-Ge QU ; Xiao-Yan CHI
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2010;45(5):595-600
As synthesized by vascular endothelial cells and megakaryocytes, the von Willebrand factor (vWF) plays an important hemostatic role in the binding to and stabilizing blood coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) and preventing its enzymatic degradation. Our recent work demonstrated intein can efficiently ligate BDD-FVIII (B-domaim deleted FVIII) posttranslationally by protein trans-splicing after transfer of split BDD-FVIII gene by a dual-vector system. In this study we investigated the effect of vWF on secretion and activity of intein-ligated BDD-FVIII. We observed the levels of full-length BDD-FVIII antigen secreted into culture supernatant by ELISA and their activity by Coatest assay after transfection of cultured 293 cells with intein-fused BDD-FVIII heavy- and light-chain genes simultaneously with the vWF gene co-transfected. The data showed that the amount of full-length BDD-FVIII protein and their bioactivity in vWF gene co-transfected cell supernatant were 235 +/- 21 ng x mL(-1) and 1.98 +/- 0.2 u x mL(-1), respectively, greater than that of non-vWF co-transfected cell (110 +/- 18) ng x mL(-1) and 1.10 +/- 0.15 u x nL(-1)) or just BDD-FVIII gene transfected control cell (131 +/- 25 ng x mL(-1) and 1.22 +/- 0.18 u x mL(-1)) indicating the benefit of vWF gene co-transfection in the secretion and activity of intein-spliced BDD-FVIII protein. It provided evidence that vWF gene co-transfer may be useful to improve efficacy of gene therapy for hemophilia A in protein splicing-based split FVIII gene transfer.
Factor VIII
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genetics
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metabolism
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secretion
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Genetic Therapy
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Genetic Vectors
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HEK293 Cells
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Hemophilia A
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therapy
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Humans
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Inteins
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Peptide Fragments
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genetics
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metabolism
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secretion
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Plasmids
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Protein Splicing
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Trans-Splicing
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Transfection
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von Willebrand Factor
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genetics
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metabolism
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physiology