1.Study of the correlation between the blood pressure variability and the variabilities in photoplethysmography parameters
Daying CHE ; Ping YANG ; Yuanting ZHANG
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2011;34(6):321-324,330
Objective To investigate the correlation between blood pressure variability and variabilities of some feature variables extracted from photoplethysmography (PPG) signal.Methods Continuous blood pressure (BP) and PPG signal were collected simultaneously from 19 healthy subjects under rest and after exercise.Eight feature variables were extracted from the PPG signal.The relationship between the beat-to-beat variability of BP and feature variables extracted from PPG were quantified by calculating Person's correlation coefficient.Results The variability of the amplitude of PPG was highly correlated with systolic BP variability both under rest (0.75) and after exercise (0.76).Meanwhile,the correlations between systolic BP variability and the variability of the time from the trough to the dicrotic north were 0.74(under rest) and 0.78(after exercise).Conclusion The amplitude variability of PPG is highly correlated with systolic BP variability and can be potentially used for monitoring BP variability.
2.Study on cell-penetrating peptides carrying foreign proteins into eyeball
Tingting ZHAO ; Xiaoxia NIU ; Tinghua CHE ; Daying SU ; Shaomin PENG
Recent Advances in Ophthalmology 2017;37(6):519-522
Objective To investigate whether poly arginine as the carrier can carry foreign proteins to penetrate the cell membrane and even penetrate the eyeball barrier.Methods Poly-Args (R9) was used as a CPP in this study.R9-green fluorescent protein (GFP) and GFP were constructed.In vitro,human lens epithelial cells were treated with these two proteins.Then,MTT assay were used to detect whether the protein could affect the proliferation of the cells.Flow cytometry and laser confocal microscopy were used to detect the penetrability of CPPs on the cells.In vivo,eyes of mice were treated with protein in eye drops way for 7 days.Then total protein were extracted,ELISA were used to detect the penetrability of CPPs.Results The results of MTT,flow cytometry and laser confocal microscopy showed that CPPs could carry protein into cells in a dose dependent manner without affecting cell proliferation.In vivo,slit lamp showed that the mice eyeballs had no any abnormal after treated by GFP,R9-GFP,and ELISA results also showed that R9 could effectively get foreign protein into the eyeball.Conelusion R9 can carry foreign protein into the cell membrane and eyeball barrier.This study provides the basis for the eye medication and dosing mode improvement.