1.Regulation of cyclin E and cancers
Journal of International Oncology 2012;39(5):337-340
Cyclin E is expressed starting from the middle G1 phase of the cell cycle,and is accumulated in the G1/S boundry.Cyclin E binds to and activates the cyclin-dependent kinase CDK2.Cyclin E-CDK2 complex initiates a cascade of events that leads to DNA replication by phosphorylating its substrates,such as Rb,CDC6,NPAT and P107,etc.Additionally,cyclin E plays an important role in the regulation of genomic stability,spindle-organizing structure and centrosome cycle.Cyclin E expression is trans-activated by members of the transcription factor E2F family and degrades via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.At the same time,it is also negatively regulated by the CIP/KIP proteins.Cyclin E highly expressed in the initiation and progression of different human cancers,such as breast cancers,lung cancers,leukemia,lymphomas and others.
2.Compared the effects of before and after using performance assessment of nursing, analyzed their results
Xingmei LI ; Jianxin GUO ; Cuiping ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2009;25(29):88-90
Objective To know the effects of using performance assessment of nursing, and then summarize certain proper methods to control the quality of nursing. Methods Set up proper indexes of nursing performance assessment, building associated quality control system and standard, and then using them in the clinical nursing. Compared the effects of using performance assessment of nursing by the in-dexes such as nuring quality of hospital, nursing quality of department and head nurses' management mea-sures. Results The quality of nursing had significant better than before after using the performance as-sessment. There was a positive tendency of nursing quality from 2004 to 2008. Conclusions Performance assessment can effective promote the working efficacy, ameliate quality of nursing, fit the nursing targets, in-crease the nursing management efficacy and patients' satisfactory, and then increase the nursing quality in all the aspects, which is a kind of scientific management model.
4.Executive function and working memory of patients with mild cognitive impairment
Cuiping GUO ; Chunhua XI ; Youling ZHU ; Yu MENG ; Kai WANG
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2009;42(4):237-240
Objective To investigate the characteristics of the executive function and working memory in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and the relations between working memory and executive function and the effects of working memory on patient' s daily functioning.Methods Thirty patients with MCI and 30 healthy elderly subjects were tested with a wide neuropsychoingical battery of tests including those of executive function, working memory and other cognition domain tests.Executive function was evaluated by using the verbal fluency test (VFT), color trail test (CTT), digital span (DS).Results The results showed the presence of significant executive function and working memory impairment in MCI patients as compared with the healthy controls.The scores of executive function test in MCI patients were decreased significantly in CTT (130.8±58.2 vs 52.0±13.5), CTT-B (210.2±81.8 vs 121.0±33.4),DS (3.4±0.9 vs 4.2±1.1), VFT (8.9±5.4 vs 16.4±5.4) and visuo-objective working memory (0.73±0.12 vs 0.85±9.18) respectively (t = 7.108, 5.159,-2.544,-4.879, and-4.351, all P <0.01 or P < 0.05) .In the stepwise liner regression analysis objective working memory test made a significant independent contribution to ADL (β =-0.720, t =-3.571, P < 0.01).Conclusion The patients with MCI have the deficit in executive function and working memory.Visuo-objective working memory is closely correlated with general cognitive function such as daily function, resulting in daily function decline.
6.Application of 3D-power Doppler ultrasound in diagnosis of breast carcinoma in elderly patients
Na MA ; Changkun SUN ; Cuiping WANG ; Fajin GUO
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2014;33(6):638-640
Objective To explore the diagnosis value of 3D-power Doppler ultrasound in differentiating benign and malignant breast masses in elderly patients.Methods A retrospective study of 53 lesions in 45 patients was performed,and breast masses were divided into benign and malignant group by pathological diagnosis after operation.Display of cross,vertical and coronal plane of total 53 masses were automatically acquired by 3D-power Doppler examination before operation,and 3D imaging of masses were reconstructed by virtual organ computer-aided analysis.The vascular morphology inside and beside the breast neoplasm was observed by tomographic ultrasound imagine layer by layer in different sections.Vascular distribution characteristics were divided into penetrating,central,surrounding and few vessel type.Quantitative analysis of vascularization-flow index inside the breast neoplasm was measured by 3D-power Doppler histogram.Results The difference in vascular distribution characteristics by 3D-power Doppler ultrasound was statistically significant between 15 (28.3%) benign and 38 (71.7%) malignant lesions(x2=19.52,P<0.01).The case number of presence of penetrating vessels was 26(68.4%)in the malignantuniors.The sensitivity and specificity of penetrating vessel diagnosed malignant breast tumor were 68.4% and 86.7%.Vascular distribution characteristics of benign masses was mainly of surrounding vessel type(53.3%).Vascularization-flow index was higher in malignant group than in benign group [(1.32 ± 1.58) vs.(0.63 ± 0.53),t=2.187,P<0.05].Conclusions 3D-power Doppler ultrasound completely presents the vessel stereoscopical distribution and shows quantificationally blood perfusion of breast neoplasm.The 3D-power Doppler ultrasound is superior to conventional ultrasound for enhancing differential diagnosis ability between benign and malignant breast tumors.
7.Diagnosis and classification of abdominal enterogenous cysts in infant
Wan CHEN ; Cuiping GUO ; Zhiping CHEN ; Qiang ZHOU
Journal of Practical Radiology 2015;(4):634-637
Objective To explore the definition,classification and imaging characteristics of abdominal enterogenous cysts in in-fant.Methods 18 patients with abdominal enterogenous cyst in infant,confirmed by surgical pathology,with complete imaging data (including ultrasonography,CT and enhanced CT),have been enrolled in the study.The imaging findings and pathological character-istics have been analyzed,and the classification of diagnosis has been conducted.Results According to the positions and imaging fea-tures of the pathological changes,abdominal enterogenous cysts could be further classified as:gastrointestinal wall type,mesenteric type and retroperitoneal type.In this study,gastrointestinal wall type in 1 1 patients (outside intestinal wall in 2,inside intestinal wall in 8,and outside gastric wall in 1);mesenteric type in 4 and retroperitoneal type in 3 were identified.Conclusion Classification of diagnosis can be conducted according to the enterogenous cyst’s special imaging findings,which provides a reference for the surgical operation.
8.The efficacy of intracoronary administration of tirofiban for acute coronary syndrome patients ;during percutaneous coronary intervention:a meta-analysis
Cuiping QIAN ; Wenzhong PENG ; Yu ZHANG ; Xiaomei GUO
Chinese Journal of Interventional Cardiology 2014;(4):237-245
Objective To compare the effect of intracoronary versus intravenous administration of tiroifban for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods A search was retrieved from Pubmed, EMbase, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Chinese Journal Full-text Database (CNKI), Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database (VIP), Cochrane Library to systematically collect the randomized controlled trials of intracoronary versus intravenous administration of tirofiban for the patients with ACS undergoing PCI. The data was extracted from the included studies and analyzed by Cochrane Collaboration's RevMan5.2 software. Results Twenty-five studies involving 2516 patients met the inclusion criteria. The results of meta-analysis showed that thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) grade 3 lfow (RR 1.15, 95%CI 1.07-1.23, P=0.0001) were signiifcantly more often achieved in the patients by intracoronary administration of tiroifban (IC group) than those by intravenous strategy (IV group). Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) values in a week after PCI which were evaluated by Cardiac Ultrasound were statistically significant between the two groups (WMD 2.69, 95%CI 0.14-5.25, P=0.04). LVEF values in IC group were increased by an average of 2.69% compared with group IV. Intracoronary administration resulted in a reduced incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) at 30-day follow-up (RR 0.51, 95%CI 0.38-0.69, P < 0.0001). However, the incidence of bleeding complications was not statistically signiifcant between the two groups (RR 0.95, 95% CI 0.76-1.19, P=0.64). Conclusions Compared with intravenous strategy, intracoronary administration of tiroifban can be more effective in increasing coronary blood lfow and microvascular perfusion, more signiifcantly in reducing the incidence of MACE at 30-day follow-up and improving the prognosis after PCI without increasing the risk of bleeding.
9.Effects of chronic mthylmercury chloride exposure on activity of protein kinase C in rat cerebellum during development
Jie GUO ; Xiaoying BI ; Cuiping LEI ; Yongjin LI ; Zhichao LI
Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) 2006;0(03):-
Objective To study the effects of methylmercury chloride(MMC) on protein kinase C(PKC) activities in rat developing cerebellum.Methods The animals in experimental groups were fed standard rat chow with(0.75 mg) MMC(ExpⅠ),1.5 mg MMC(ExpⅡ) and 3.0 mg MMC(ExpⅢ)respectively for 90 d before gestation to(30 d) post parturition.Cerebella of pups from each group on postnatal days(PND) 3,7,17,21 and 30 were dissected. All the samples were separated into cytosol and membrane subcellular fractions and assayed for PKC activity by the improved method from Takai′s.Results Membrane and cytosolic PKC activities of pups′ cerebella from certain experimental groups were significantly higher than those of corresponding control group,PKC activities of rats from ExpⅡ,ExpⅢ and PND 3,7,14 in ExpⅠwere significantly higher than those in control group((P
10.Effects of dexamethasone and N-acetylcysteine on p38 protein kinase induced by lipopolysaccharide in the alveolar macrophages
Cuiping HUANG ; Zhenxiang ZHANG ; Yankun GUO ; Deling LI ;
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 1986;0(04):-
AIM To investigate the activation of p38 protein kinase in alveolar macrophages(AMs) stimulated with lipopolysaccharide(LPS) and the effects of dexamethasone(DEX) and N acetylcysteine(NAC) on the process. METHODS AMs isolated and purified from normal rats were divided into four groups:Control group, LPS stimulated group ,DEX group and NAC group. The activation of p38 protein kinase in nuclear protein extract from the AMs and the concentration of TNF ? and IL 8 in supernatant were measured by Western blot and radioimmunoassay, respectively. RESULTS The activation of p38 protein kinase and the concentration of TNF ?, and IL 8 in LPS stimulated group were significantly higher than those in control group( P