1.Analysis of risk factors related to the metastatic potential of renal cell carcinoma in young patients
Lei ZHOU ; Yanhui ZHANG ; Xin YAO ; Lei DIAO
Clinical Medicine of China 2011;27(9):977-980
ObjectiveTo retrospectively analyze the relationship between clinicopathological,biological characteristics and the outcome of renal cell carcinoma(RCC) and evaluate the risk factors related to metastasis in young patients.MethodsThe data of 83 RCC patients younger than 40-year-old, treated from January 1986 to December 2007 in Tianjin Cancer Hospital,were analyzed retrospectively.The complete follow-up data of the 83 cases were collected.The operative methods included partial and radical surgery.Clinical staging were consistent with the 2004 UICC TNM classification criterion.The histological sections were reviewed.Various biological factors including VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3, PDGFR-α, PDGFR-β, c-kit and PCNA were tested by immunohistochemistry staining.The adjuvant radiation therapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy after operation were carried out on the basis of pathological and biological features.The 83 cases were divided into two groups according to metastasis and non-metastasis status within 5 years.The prognosis related factors including clinical factors, pathological and biological factors were evaluated.Chi-square test was used for the analysis of 5-years metastasis status; and multivariate analysis was carried out using Cox proportional hazards models to assess the independent effect of the metastasis factors (the test standard α = 0.05).ResultsThe 5-year follow-up data showed that the metastasis rate in the 83 cases was 16.87% (14/83).The Chi-square test results indicated that the patients with clinical stage Ⅲ and grade 3 had the highest metastasis rate (57.14% and 78.57%respectively,x2 =38.042, x2 = 9.820; Ps < 0.01) .The VEGFR-3 and PCNA positive expression rates were 92.86% and 85.71% respectively in metastasis group.The metastatic risk of early stage patients was 3.444 times as much as the advanced stage patients.ConclusionThe young patients with clinical advanced renal cell carcinoma had worse outcome.The stage,grade, VEGFR-3 and PCNA expression were the risk factors correlated with the metastasis risk for young RCC patients.TNM stage was an independent predictive risk factor of metastasis in young patients.
2.Detection and of CD5-positive B cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with chronic HCV infection and its clinical significance
Haiyan YOU ; Zhijun JIAO ; Renlian DIAO ; Lei CHEN ; Yi WANG
Chinese Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science 2006;0(05):-
Objective To investigate the percentage of CD5-positive B cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMC) of patients with chronic HCV infection and its clinical significance.Methods The expression of CD5 molecule on B cell surface was detected by flow cytometry and HCV RNA copies were detected by real-time PCR.Results The percentage of CD5+-B cells significantly increased in the patients with chronic HCV infection(58.4%?9.8%) compared with healthy controls(22.5%?5.9%)(P
4.Modeling Medical Students' Occupation Personality & Starting a New Phase of Idedogical and Political Education
Xiuhong MENG ; Feng ZHANG ; Lei WANG ; Weiping DIAO
Chinese Medical Ethics 1995;0(02):-
It's very important to carry on medical students' ideological and political education.This text expatiates personality 、occupation personality、medical occupation personality,and points out that modeling medical students' occupation personality is the stand to start a new phase of ideological and political education.The author discusses the approaches to modeling medical students' occupation personality from the practice of Chinese medical education,following the principle of personality education.
5.Chitosan inhibits high glucose-induced peroxidation and monocytes adhesion to vascular endothelial cells
Chunming WANG ; Lei DONG ; Huajia DIAO ; Jiangning CHEN ; Junfeng ZHANG
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2003;0(09):-
Aim To study the inhibitory effect of chitosan on peroxidation and monocytes adhesion to vascular endothelial cells induced by high concentration of glucose. Methods Human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (HUVEC) were treated with high glucose, and high glucose with different concentrations of chitosan for 24 h. Hydroxyl radicals (OH?) and malon-dialdehyde (MDA) were measured. Monocytes Raw 264.7 were pre-incubated with Rhodamin123, and then co-cultured with HUVEC for 30 min, followed bymicroscope observation and determination of the monocytes adhesion. Finally, the mRNA expression of vascular cell adhesion molecular-1 (VCAM-1) was evaluated by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results Concentrations of OH? and MDA in HUVEC increased after incubation with high glucose. Both of the amount of adhesive monocytes and mRNA expression level of VCAM-1 in HUVEC were induced by high glucose. Inversely, chitosan inhibited these changes in a dose-dependent manner without any cytotoxicity to cells. Conclusion Chitosan can scavenge free radicals and prevent peroxidative injury on vascular endothelial cells, which further down-regulates the expression of VCAM-1 and consequently inhibits the adhesion of monocytes to endothlial cells.
6.Relationship between Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Psychological Factors and Related Treatment
Jun LIU ; Lei DIAO ; Caihong YANG ; Junxian WANG ; Cheng LI
Chinese Journal of Gastroenterology 2016;21(2):98-100
Background:Functional gastrointestinal disorders(FGIDs)is a common disease of digestive system which severely affects the quality of life. Recently,more and more attentions have been paid to the relationship between FGIDs and psychological factors. Aims:To investigate the relationship between FGIDs and psychological factors and related treatment. Methods:A total of 270 patients with FGIDs admitted from Sept. 2013 to Sept. 2014 at Anhui No. 2 Province People’s Hospital were enrolled. Hamilton Anxiety Scale(HAMA)and Hamilton Depression Scale(HAMD)were used to evaluate the mental state of patients,and symptom severity of digestive system was scored. Patients with psychological abnormalities received conventional therapy to relieve digestive symptoms,and those who failed from conventional therapy were assigned into refractory group and others were assigned into response group. Patients in refractory group were further divided into conventional therapy group and combined therapy group for receiving paroxetine in addition to conventional therapy. Results:The rates of anxiety and depression were 61. 5%(166 / 270)and 57. 0%(154 / 270),respectively. The scores of HAMA and HAMD were positively correlated with the score of digestive symptoms(r = 0. 585,P < 0. 01;r = 0. 584,P <0. 01)in patients with anxiety and depression in response group. The scores of HAMA,HAMD and digestive symptoms in response group after conventional therapy were significantly decreased(P < 0. 05),while the scores of HAMA and HAMD in refractory group after therapy were significantly higher than those in response group before therapy(P < 0. 05). The scores of HAMA,HAMD and digestive symptoms in combined therapy group were significantly lower than those in conventional therapy group(P < 0. 05). Conclusions:Relationship is found between FGIDs and psychological factors,and antidepressants might contribute to the amelioration of symptoms of FGIDs.
7.Expression and Identification of Single Chain Antibody of Prokaryotic Expression Vector pOPE101-8E5
Jing XU ; Shi-Yong DIAO ; Lei ZHANG ; Jie XU ; Lei ME ;
China Biotechnology 2006;0(04):-
In the present study, we inserted the core-streptavidin cDNA into downstream of multi-cloning site of plasmid pOPE101-8E5 by DNA gene recombination technology. And then, the variable fragments of heavy and light chain of the scFv-8E5 were replaced by the scFv-C4 variable fragments to construct the expression vector pOPE101-C4∷core-streptavidin. After transformed the vector pOPE101-C4∷core streptavidin into E.coil, the fusion protein C4∷core streptavidin-His-tag can be expressed by inducing with IPTG, and the expression level and activity of the expressed fusion protein analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Western blot. The results show that a scFv-C4∷core-streptavidin fusion protein of 45kDa was obtained, which can bind proteins of 60kDa & 45kDa from the KG1a cells lysate simultaneously. The binding function can be detected by the binding of core-streptavidin and biotin directly.
8.Importance of early intestinal barrier protection in severe acute pancreatitis
Yongpeng DIAO ; Hong CHEN ; Fei LI ; Lei YANG ; Dachuan LIU ; Yan ZHU ; Qing XU
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2011;17(6):462-465
Objective To observe the influence of early intestinal barrier protection in patients with severe acute pancreatitis(SAP). Methods To analyze the therapeutic methods and prognosis of 56 patients with SAP. The patients were randomly divided into the conventional therapy group (A) and the intestinal barrier protection group (B). The APACHE Ⅱ score, Ranson score, Marshall score, CT severity index (CTSI), gastrointestinal functions score (GFS), the ratio of Lactulose to Mannitol (L/M), plasma Endotoxin and Diamine Oxidase (DAO), serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and TNF-α, incidence of pancreatic infection and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome (MODS), and the hospitalization mortality were compared between the two groups. Results On the 7th day after admission, the APACHE Ⅱ score, GFS, L/M, Endotoxin, DAO, CRP and TNF-α were significantly less in group B than in group A (P<0. 05). There was no significant difference in the CTSI (P>0. 05)between the two groups at 2nd week after admission. The incidence of pancreatic infection and MODS in group B were significantly lower than in group A (P<0. 05). The hospitalization mortality was not significantly different (P>0. 05) between the two groups. Conclusion Early intestinal barrier protection in SAP alleviated systemic inflammatory response, and reduced the incidences of pancreatic infection and MODS, thus improved the prognosis.
9.Expression and clinical significance of c-kit and PCNA in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) subtypes
Xin YAO ; Yanhui ZHANG ; Lei DIAO ; Qing YANG ; Wei CUI ; Jian DUO ; Yanxue LIU ; Suxiang LIU
Chinese Journal of Urology 2010;31(11):752-757
Objective To investigate the expression of c-kit and analyze its relationship with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in RCC subtypes and its clinical progression. Methods Expression of c-kit protein was retrospectively studied with immunohistochemistry in paraffin sections from 137 cases of clear renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), 82 papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC), 51 chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (ChRCC). Results The positive rate of c-kit in ChRCC was 94.1%(48/51), it was statistically higher than that in CCRCC (16. 1%, 22/137) and PRCC (28.1 %, 23/82)(P=0. 001 ). In ChRCC, the positive expression of c-kit was related with TNM stages. The positive expression of PCNA was related with the grade in CCRCC and PRCC. But there was no relationship between PCNA expression and grade of ChRCC. It also had the relationship with the metastasis in CCRCC. Conclusions The expression of c-kit in ChRCC is higher than in other subtype of RCC, and associated with tumor local progression. That makes c-kit as a helpful marker to discriminate different subtypes of kidney cancer.
10.A Research Progress on the Biosynthetic Pathways of Indole Alkaloids
Yue CHEN ; Qinglei ZHANG ; Yuxiang HUANG ; Hexin TAN ; Yong DIAO ; Lei ZHANG
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2016;18(11):1914-1920
Indole alkaloid family has been the biggest so far among the various alkaloids,which contains pharmaceutical and effective constituents of various plants featuring diverse biological activities.Thanks to the development of metabonomics,to reveal the biosynthetic pathway of active components for the molecular mechanism of indole alkaloids and the regulation research of plant metabolism present a growing importance and significantly direct the researches of improving biological production.This paper reviewed the biosynthetic pathways of some indole alkaloids in accordance with the structure classification of indole alkaloids to lay a foundation for the further studies on the biosynthetic pathways of indole alkaloids and provide a reference for the biosynthetic pathways of other indole alkaloids.