1.Expression of SCGN and CgA in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Lei XUE ; Dandan LI ; Wuyan PANG
Chongqing Medicine 2015;(5):638-640
Objective To investigate the expression of secretagogin(SCGN) and chromogranin A(CgA) in pancreatic neuroen‐docrine tumors (PNETs) .Methods Totally 54 cases of PNETs hospitalized in our hospital from October 2007 to October 2013 were enrolled in our study .Immunohistochemical detection was used to determine secretagogin and CgA .Results Secretagogin and CgA were highly expressed in all PNETs specimens .Compared with CgA ,secretagogin were highly expressed in the non‐functional PNETs ,tumor volume>30 cm3 ,the enveloped ,vascular invasion and lymph node metastasis (P<0 .05) .There were no statistically significant difference between SCGN and CgA in functional PNETs tumor volume ≤30 cm3 ,no enveloped ,no vascular invasion and lymph node metastasis(P>0 .05) .Conclusion The expression of secretagogin and CgA in tumor combined with PNETs pathologi‐cal characteristics can predict the severity of PNETs .
2.Effects of dexamethasone on the secretion of cytokines and the expression of T cell subsets in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Xue Xü ; Xiang GAO ; Dandan XUAN ; Yu XUE ; Ling Lü
Clinical Medicine of China 2010;26(11):1132-1136
Objective To investigate the effects of dexamethasone(DEX)on the secretion of interleukin (IL)-17 and interferon(IFN)-γ and the proportion of Th17,Tc17,Th1 ,Tc1 cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMCs)of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE). Methods Thirty hospitalized SLE patients were recruited and twenty-two healthy volunteers were recruited as healthy controls. PBMCs were separated from SLE patients and healthy controls and then was cultured in vitro by medium or PMA/Ionomycin or PMA/Ionomycin +dexamethasone for six hours. Four- color immunofluorescent staining and flow cytometric assay were used to analyze the percentage of Th17,Tc17,Th1,Tc1 cells in PBMCs. Concentrations of IL-17 and IFN-γ in plasma and the supernatants of PBMCs which were cultured for 24 hours were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results The plasma concentrations of IL-17 and IFN-γwere elevated in SLE patients as compared to the controls(P < 0.05). No significant differences were observed between patients and controls for the spontaneous production of IL-17 and IFN-γ or percentage of T subsets expressed by PBMCs. After the stimulation of PMA,compared with the controls,the level of IL-17 was significantly elevated in the supematants of PBMCs and the percentages of Th17 and Tc1 in SLE patients increased significantly(P < 0. 05). However,there showed no significant differences between SLE patients and the controls for the percentages of Th1 and Tc17 cells. DEX could significantly decrease the production of IL-17(P < 0. 01)and the percentages of Th17,Tc1 cells by the active PBMCs(P < 0. 05). Conclusions There is abnormal expression of T subset cells and their cytokines in vivo of SLE patients. DEX can interfere with immunological pathological process in the cytokine network imbalance of SLE patients and shows powerful inhibition of IL - 17. Our results may provide some laboratory evidence for the clinical application of corticosteroids.
3.Application of evidence- based nursing in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients undergoing radiotherapy
Guifen XUE ; Mengmeng YANG ; Yang ZHAO ; Wei CHI ; Dandan WANG
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2010;26(36):8-9
Objective To discuss application of evidence-based nursing in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients undergoing radiotherapy. Methods Evidence-based nursing was used in 33 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients undergoing radiotherapy. Results After evidence-based nursing, all the patients actively cooperated with the doctors and nurses, lived through the treatment process smoothly, and radiotherapy complications were reduced or avoided. Conclusions Evidence-based nursing is an idealized nursing method which could reduce or avoid the complications and alleviate the pain of patients and improve the quality of nursing.
4.American Ethical Review System and Its Enlightenment to China
Dandan YU ; Yuan XU ; Xue ZHANG ; Fuchuan SUN
Chinese Medical Ethics 2015;(4):625-627
This paper discussed the roots of American ethical review system, the development of twists and turns, and puts forward the enlightenment to our country, the ethical review system mainly include:perfecting the ethical review at the top of specification design, improve specification status;improve the system of education and training, to strengthen the construction of information communication channels, establish standard operating proce-dures, improve the regulatory system;improve the system of continuous review, formulate specific implementation specification.
5.The analysis of self-care ability and cognition among disabled elderly
Yi SUN ; Yangyang XUE ; Dandan YING ; Shuangshuang LIN ; Liping JIANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2014;23(6):553-555
Objective To investigate the status of self-care ability and cognition among disabled elderly,and to analyze the relationship between self-care ability and cognition,then analyze their influencing factors.Methods A total of 813 disabled elderly accepted long-term care at community or facility were recruited by stratified sampling method and investigated by socio-demographic questionnaire,activities of daily living and short portable mental status questionnaire.Results The total scores of self-care ability of the long-term care disabled was 32.01±11.59,and the total points of cognition was 3.77±3.24.Disabled elderly with severe disorders of self-care ability had a higher obstacle rate in every cognition ability than those with mild disabilities (P<0.001).There were differences in orientation and memory function with different persistent disabled time (x2 =11.875,14.758,P<0.01).Disabled elderly with cognition obstacles have a higher obstacle rate in every self-care aspect than those with normal cognition (P<0.01).The multiple regression analysis showed that the educational level (β=-0.067),arital status (β=-0.071),disabled persistence time (β=0.121),orientation ability (β=0.403),the amount of cognition obstacles (β=0.443) were the influence factors of Basic Activities of Daily Living(BADL) among disabled elderly ; and disabled persistence time (β=0.116),orientation ability (β=0.417),recalled ability (β=0.275),memorial ability (β=0.189),calculative ability (β=0.257),the amount of cognition obstacles (β=0.358) were the important factors influence Instrumental Activities of Daily Living(IADL).Conclusion The self-care ability and cognition of the long-term care elderly were declining sharply,and influencing each other.It is advisable to offer them direct long-term care service combined with the laws and characteristics of cognition and self-care ability.
6.Advances in research and application of copy number variants in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia:reports from the 57th American Society of Hematology annual meeting
Xue CHEN ; Dandan DOU ; Yang ZHANG ; Tong WANG ; Hongxing LIU
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2016;25(3):139-143
Recent studies showed that copy number variations in certain genes are closely correlated to progression and prognosis of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Relevant reports in the 57th American Society of Hematology(ASH) annual meeting in 2015 will be reviewed together with research progress in recent years.
7.Effects of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase-protein kinase B signaling pathway on iodine-intake ability of lactating rats
Da WEN ; Liang XUE ; Lixiang LIU ; Dandan WANG ; Yingnan YAN ; Hongmei SHEN
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2016;35(6):395-400
Objective To observe the variation of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K),protein kinase B (AKT),sodium iodide symporter (NIS) mRNA and protein expression in rat mammary tissues and serum insulin growth factor Ⅰ (IGF-1) under different iodine nutrition levels,and to study the role of PI3K-AKT signaling pathway in the process of mammary gland intaking iodine during lactation period.Methods Totally 130 Wistar rats (100 female rats,30 male rats) were randomly divided into five groups with 20 female rats in each group:①control group (NI):was feed with normal diet and iodine content 50 μg/L in deionized water;②low iodine group 1 (LI1 group):was feed with low iodine diet and deionized water;③low iodine group 2 (LI2):was feed with low iodine diet and iodine content 5 μg/L in deionized water;④high iodine group 1 (HI1 group):was feed with normal diet and iodine content 3 000 μg/L in deionized water;⑤high iodine group 2 (HI2):was feed with normal diet and iodine content 10 000 μg/L in deionized water.After feeding for 3 months,females were mated with male rats,then male rats were taken out and every female rat was feed individually.Urinary iodine level of rats in lactation period 10 days after giving birth was tested.Blood and mammary tissue samples of rats in lactation period were taken after killing them.Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect serum IGF-1 level,real-time fluorescence quantification PCR to detect the mRNA expression of mammary gland PI3K,AKT and NIS,Western blotting to detect mammary gland PI3K,total AKT,phosphorylation AKT (p-AKT) and NIS protein expression.Results The medians urinary iodine of lactation period rats in LI1 and LI2 (3.16,6.36 μg/L) were significantly lower than that in NI group (162.59 μg/L),and were significantly higher in HI1 and HI2 (2 356.27,11 507.29 μg/L) than that in NI group.The differences were statistically significant (all P < 0.01).Compared with control group [(8.84 ± 2.12) μg/L],the content of serum IGF-1 increased significantly in lactation period rats in LI1 and LI2 groups [(13.30 ± 2.37) and (10.90 ± 1.92) μg/L,all P< 0.01].The real-time fluorescence quantification PCR detection results indicated that the differences were statistically significant by comparing NIS,AKT,PI3K mRNA expression of the mammary tissues of lactation period rats in the five groups (F=14.916,36.477,14.994,all P< 0.01).Among them,NIS mRNA expression quantities in LI1 and LI2 groups (0.75 ± 0.40,0.89 ± 0.51) were significantly higher than that in NI group (0.53 ± 0.31),and significantly lower in HI2 group (0.30 ± 0.24) than that in NI group (P < 0.05 or < 0.01).AKT mRNA expression quantities in LI1 and LI2 groups (0.90 ± 0.19,0.64 ± 0.22) were significantly higher than that in NI group (0.43 ± 0.22),and significantly lower in HI2 group (0.29 ± 0.15) than that in NI group (P < 0.05 or < 0.01).PI3K mRNA expression quantity in LI1 group (0.85 ± 0.42) was significantly higher than that in NI group (0.50 ± 0.24),and significantly lower in HI2 group (0.28 ± 0.10) than that in NI group (all P < 0.01).Western blot detection results indicated that the differences were statistically significant by comparing mammary gland NIS protein expression of lactation period rats in the five groups (F=4.510,P< 0.01).Among them,LI1 group (1.67 ± 0.97) was significantly higher than NI group (0.87 ± 0.43,P < 0.05).The differences were statistically significant by comparing the p-AKT protein expression among groups (F =3.528,P < 0.05).Among them,HI2 group (1.10 ± 0.30) was significantly higher than NI group (0.75 ± 0.23,P <0.05).The differences were not statistically significant by comparing total AKT and PI3K protein expression among groups (F =0.558,1.319,all P > 0.05).Conclusion The inhibitory effect of PI3K-AKT signaling pathways on NIS in the mammary gland was weaker than the effect of iodine intake.But the expression of functional p-AKT was gradually increased with the increment of iodine intake,which had been presented inhibit effect on NIS expression in lactating mammary gland.
8.Ectopic twin pregnancy in right fallopian tube: a case report and literature review
Xin XU ; Baigong XUE ; Rui XIN ; Dandan LI ; Xueying ZHANG ; Ying XU
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2017;16(6):460-462
One case of ectopic twin pregnancy in right fallopian tube after in vitro fertilization embryo transfer (IVF-ET) was admitted in our hospital.The development was in synchrony and the mainly manifestation was vaginal bleeding after menopause and abdominal pain.After surgery,the patient recovered well.Six cases reported in domestic literature occurred after assisted reproductive technology,including 4 cases after IVF-ET and 2 cases after artificial insemination.Two cases developed synchronously with the main manifestation of menopausal vaginal bleeding and recovered well after treatment.In 4 cases of non-synchronous embryos,after medical or surgical treatment irregular vaginal bleeding occurred,adnexal mass on the other side was found by gynecological ultrasound and blood hCG level increased significantly.Three cases recovered well after drug and/or surgical treatment and 1 case lost follow-up.
9.MRI features of testicular torsion:compared to surgery and pathology
Journal of Practical Radiology 2018;34(3):395-397,430
Objective To discuss the MRI features of testicular torsion,and to improve the clinical and imaging understanding. Methods 8 cases of testicular torsion confirmed by surgery and pathology were included in this study,the MRI signs and clinical data were compared and analyzed.2 underwent MRI conventional scan,6 underwent both MRI conventional and enhanced scan.Results The median age of testicular torsion male patients was 16.7 years,attack time 4.0-24.0 h.In MRI,there were 6 cases(75.0%)with testis and epididymis volume augmented,2 cases(25.0%)with increase of testicular signal strength in T1WI sequence,4 cases(50.0%) with decrease of testicular signal strength in T2WI sequence,8 cases(100.0%)with tortuosity,enlargement,nodules of spermatic cord,6 cases(75.0%)with decreased enhancement in testis and epididymis.Conclusion Tortuosity,enlargement of spermatic cord and decreased enhancement in testis and epididymis are the MRI features of testicular torsion.
10.Action mechanism of narrow-band ultraviolet B on vascular regulatory factors in psoriasis vulgaris
Fumin LI ; Xue WANG ; Xiling DUAN ; Linhong SONG ; Dandan DONG ; Wei DONG ; Xun HE ; Chuanpeng YING
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2009;42(3):163-166
Objective To evaluate the influence of narrow-band ultraviolet B on lesional microvessel density (MVD),vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF),matrix metalloproteinases 2 (MMP-2)as well as on serum VEGF in patients with psoriasis vulgaris(PV).Methods Fifteen patients with PV were recruited into this study with 10 normal human controls.All patients received NB-UVB phototherapy thrice a week for 4-5 weeks.Prior and after the treatment,psoriasis area and severity index (PASI)was calculated,tissue specimens were taken from non-photoexposed lesions,and sera samples were obtained from these patients.Then,MvD and the expression level of VEGF and MMP-2 were measured by immunohistochemical labeled dextran polymer(LDP)method in the tissue specimens.Also,the serum level of VEGF was tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Results PASI score remarkably decreased in patients after the photothempy(t=13.35,P<0.01).The MVDs were 20.52±5.02,7.33±1.24 and 4.26±0.79 capillaries per high power field(400 × amplification),in psoriatic lesions before treatment,after treatment,and normal control tissues,respectively,with a significant difference among the three groups (F=97.57,P<0.05),and a significant increase was observed in the lesions before treatment compared with those after treatment and normal controls.The serum level of VEGF was 307.55±121.65 ng/L in psoriatic lesions before treatment,significantly higher than that after treatment(163.92±95.57 ng/L),and in normal control skin (139.78±79.06 ng/L),whereas there was no significant difference between the latter two groups(P>0.05).The positivity rate of MMP-2 was similar among the three groups without statistical difference(P>0.05).In psoriatic patients,a positive correlation was observed among PASI score,MVD,lesional and serum VEGF levels(P<0.05),also among the MVD,VEGF and MMP-2 levels in lesions(P<0.05).but lesional MMP-2 was unrelated to PASI score or sgrum VEGF(both P>0.05).Conclusions NB-UVB may regulate superficial dermal microvascular proliferation by acting on the expression of VEGF in sera and lesions of psoriatic patients.VEGF and MMP-2 may bOth participate in the proliferation process of microvessels,while MMP-2 is unlikely to be involved in the therapeutic mechanism of NB-UVB.