1.Comparative study on clinical efficacy of different surgical methods for axillary osmidrosis
Likang ZHANG ; Bin MENG ; Liyu WANG ; Disheng MENG ; Jun LU ; Huagui FAN ; Jiahui FAN ; Lubirou GAO ; Jiangfeng ZHU
Journal of Regional Anatomy and Operative Surgery 2014;(2):172-174
Objective To investigate the most appropriate surgical methods,different surgical modes of osmidrosis and their clinical effi-cacy were observed. Methods Clinical data was collected from 200 cases of axillary osmidrosis from January 2011 to July 2013. These cases were divided into four groups of the traditional group,minimally invasive group,RF pen-frequency electric cautery group and improved curet-tage group. Results The traditional group(80 cases) has an average healing period of 18. 7 days for operative incision including 78 cured cases(97. 5%)and 2 significant improved cases(2. 5%). The minimally invasive group(60 cases)has an average healing time of 8. 6 days, among which there are 3 cured cases(5%),8 significant improved cases(13. 3%),16 improved cases(26. 7%),4 cases(6. 7%)with weak curative effect and 29 failed cases(48. 3%). In the RF pen-frequency electric cautery group(30 cases),there are 5 significant improved ca-ses(16.7%),8improvedcases(26.7%)and17failedcases(56.6%).Theimprovedcurettagegroup(30cases)withanaverageincision healingtimeof9.8dayscontains28curedcases(93.3%)and2significantimprovedcases(6.7%). Conclusion Thetraditionalgroup shows the best curative effect,nevertheless the incision needs a considerably amount of time to recover. The patients under the treatment of minimally invasive surgery or RF pen-frequency electric cautery can recover in short time but recrudescence always occur. The improved cu-rettage method,which is effective and safe,combines the advantages of traditional surgery and minimally invasive surgery. However,large scar left from this method still remains as its major disadvantage but the overall curative effect is satisfactory. The improved curettage is proved to be the most appropriate method for axillary osmidrosis.
2.Puerarin protects high glucose-induced injury of vascular relaxation by activation of heme oxygenase-1
Chao NI ; Xianghong MENG ; Ying FAN ; Yimiao ZHU ; Li ZHU ; Yueliang SHEN ; Yingying CHEN
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 1986;0(02):-
AIM:To investigate the effect of puerarin on acute high glucose-induced attenuation of ACh relaxation in isolated rat aortic rings, and to elucidate its underlying mechanism. METHODS: The thoracic aortic rings with endothelium of male Sprague-Dawley rats were mounted on a bath system. Isometric relaxation of aortic rings was measured. RESULTS: ① After incubation with high concentration of glucose (44 mmol/L), the vascular relaxation responses to ACh decreased. ② After coincubation with puerarin (10-10-10-8 mol/L) and high glucose, the high glucose-induced attenuation of ACh relaxation responses of artery was partly inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. ③ After incubation with puerarin for 2 h, the HO-1 activity of thoracic aorta increased. ZnPPIX (an inhibitor of heme oxygenase-1) abrogated the protective effect of puerarin. CONCLUSION: Puerarin prevents the acute high glucose-induced attenuation of endothelium-dependent relaxation in aortic rings. The mechanism might be involved in the activation of heme oxygenase-1.
3.High glucose changes the expression of GRP78 in COX-2 dependent manner in HUVECs
Mingzhi ZHENG ; Ying FAN ; Xianghong MENG ; Li ZHU ; Yueliang SHEN ; Yingying CHEN
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2000;0(08):-
AIM:To investigate the effect of high glucose on the expression of an endoplasmic reticulum stress marker glucose-regulated protein 78(GRP78),and explore its underlying mechanism.METHODS:(1) Human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs) were exposed to normal glucose(5.5 mmol/L) and high glucose(30 mmol/L) for 24 h,36 h or 48 h.Cell viability was determined by MTT method.Cell apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry analysis.The expression of proteins was evaluated by Western blotting analysis.RESULTS:After treated with high glucose for 24-48 h,the expression of GRP78 increased early but decreased at 48 h of incubation,while cyclooxygenase-2(COX-2) expression increased in a time-dependent manner.COX-2 selective inhibitor nimesulide inhibited high glucose induced changes of GRP78 expression and also inhibited high glucose induced cell apoptosis.CONCLUSION:Prolonged high glucose exposure changes the expression of GRP78 in a COX-2 dependent manner in HUVECs.
4.Stable interference on P210(bcr/abl) gene expression by lentiviral vector-delivered shRNA in vitro and in vivo.
Yu-Feng ZHU ; Yuan-Zhan WANG ; Fan-Yi MENG
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2012;20(5):1090-1094
P210(bcr/abl) fusion gene is indispensable for generation and progression of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Small molecule inhibitors, such as imatinib, are effective for P210(bcr/abl) gene mediated CML, but drug resistance may occur. The unique fusion junction of P210(bcr/abl) gene is an attractive target for therapeutic intervention using RNA interference (RNAi). This study was purposed to constructed the BaF3 cell line by viral vector which can stably express P210(bcr/abl) shRNA and P210(bcr/abl) mRNA at the same time, and investigate the effect of lentiviral-victor-delivered shRNA on P210(bcr/abl) gene expression. The infective rate of lentiviral vector on BaF3 cells with P210(bcr/abl) gene was assayed by fluorescent microscopy; the cell proliferation ability was determined by trypan blue exclusion; the P210(bcr/abl) mRNA and protein expressions were detected by RT-PCR and Western blot respectively. The results found that stable expression of the P210(bcr/abl) shRNA resulted in obvious inhibition of P210(bcr/abl) mRNA and protein expression and increased sensitivity of these P210(bcr/abl) gene transformed Ba/F3 cells to imatinib. The IC(50) to imatinib in these cells decreased < 50% as compared with Ba/F3-P210(bcr/abl) cells which did not express P210(bcr/abl) mRNA. The survival time of the lethal dose irradiated mice induced by intravenous injection of these Ba/F3 cells was longer than the other group induced by Ba/F3-P210(bcr/abl). It is concluded that stable expression of shRNA targeting the P210(bcr/abl) gene fusion junction may potentiate the effects of conventional therapy for CML.
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Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl
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genetics
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metabolism
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Gene Expression
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Genetic Vectors
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Lentivirus
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genetics
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Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
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genetics
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metabolism
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Mice
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NIH 3T3 Cells
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RNA, Small Interfering
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genetics
5.ZO-1 gene methylation status and its clinical significance in children with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Yu-Qiao DIAO ; Fan QU ; Ming-Juan YANG ; Jian-Hui MENG ; Xiu-Li ZHU ; Jian CHEN
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2014;16(6):619-623
OBJECTIVETo investigate the methylation status of zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) gene promoter and its clinical significance in children with stage IV non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and to provide a basis for further etiological study and early diagnosis of this disease.
METHODSFifty-five children with a confirmed diagnosis of stage IV NHL (40 cases of T-NHL and 15 cases of B-NHL) were selected as the case group, and 20 children with diseases other than hematologic malignancies were selected as the control group. Bone marrow samples were collected from these subjects. Methylation-specific PCR (MS-PCR) was applied to evaluate the methylation status of ZO-1 gene promoter, and the integrated optical density (IOD) was determined. RT-PCR was used to measure the mRNA expression of ZO-1.
RESULTSMS-PCR showed that the methylated bands of ZO-1 gene promoter were found in 39 (70.9%) of 55 patients in the case group before treatment, while no ZO-1 gene promoter methylation was detected in the control group. With close tracking of 47 cases in the study group, consisting of 32 cases of T-NHL and 15 cases of B-NHL, the rates of ZO-1 gene promoter methylation prior to treatment were 72% and 67%, respectively, (P>0.572). The cases of T-NHL and B-NHL showed no significant changes in methylation rate in the early and middle phases of chemotherapy (P>0.05), but they showed significant changes in methylation rate in the late phase of chemotherapy (P<0.05). RT-PCR showed that the NHL cases carrying methylated ZO-1 gene had no mRNA expression of ZO-1, while all children in the control group had mRNA expression of ZO-1. There was no linear relationship between the total number of peripheral blood leukocytes and ZO-1 gene IOD (r=0.093, P=0.575); a positive correlation was found between the number of malignant cells in bone marrow and ZO-1 gene IOD (r=0.669, P<0.001).
CONCLUSIONSZO-1 gene shows a hypermethylation status in children with NHL, and the methylation level is positively correlated with the number of malignant cells in bone marrow. ZO-1 may be used as a novel molecular marker in early diagnosis, outcome assessment, prognostic evaluation, and detection of minimal residual disease.
Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; DNA Methylation ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin ; genetics ; Male ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Zonula Occludens-1 Protein ; genetics
6.Relationship between methylation status in promoter region of Runx3 gene and children malignant lymphoma
Fan QU ; Jianhui MENG ; Mingjuan YANG ; Yuqiao DIAO ; Xiuli ZHU ; Mei LI
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2012;21(8):465-467
Objective To study methylation status of the Runx3 gene in occurrence and development of children malignant lymphoma.Methods The bone marrow specimens of 48 children diagnosed as malignant lymphoma were included into experimental group.20 children with non-malignancy were included into control group.Methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MS-PCR) was used to detect methylation status of Runx3 gene in bone marrow cells.The reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect mRNA expression of Runx3 gene.Results MS-PCR assay results showed that 31 cases expressed Runx3 gene methylation in experimental group,the positive rate was 64.6 % (31/48),but no one was detected in control group (20 cases),the difference between two groups was significant (x2 =15.7,P <0.05).Dynamic observation of 42 cases in experimental group showed the declining of Runx3 methylation positive rate.RT-PCR assay results showed that all 20 cases in the control group expressed Runx3 gene mRNA,all cases with methylation status of the Runx3 gene in the experimental group didn’ t expressed Runx3 gene mRNA.In experimental group,9 cases of clinical remission expressed Runx3 gene mRNA,and 1 case of relapsed didn’ t expressed Runx3 gene mRNA.Conclusion Runx3 gene shows a high methylation status in bone marrow cells of malignant lymphoma children,so that blocked the expression of Runx3 gene,which is closely related to the occurrence and development of children malignant lymphoma.
7.Research progress and application of BCR/ABL transgenic animal model.
Yu-Feng ZHU ; Yuan-Zhan WANG ; Fan-Yi MENG
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2011;19(6):1532-1535
Transgenic animal model provide a good platform to research the pathogenesis and therapy of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). To date, a number of BCR/ABL transgenic animal models have been established using different promoter or tetracycline-controlling system. Some of them appear the characteristics of human CML, which have contributed greatly to research the pathogenesis and therapy of CML. In this article, the researching progress, advantage and drawback, application of BCR/ABL transgenic animal model are reviewed.
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Animals, Genetically Modified
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Disease Models, Animal
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Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl
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genetics
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Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
8.Analgesic Effect of Jiedu Tuoyin Decoction and Its Influence on Reproduction of Morphine-dependence Rats
Guizhen MENG ; Rui LI ; Liling ZHOU ; Chengquan ZHU ; Liaoyuan XU ; Xichua FAN
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2001;0(03):-
To observe the analgesic effect of Jiedu Tuoyin Decoction (JTD) and its influence on reproduction of morphine dependence rats. JTD is composed of Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Aconiti, Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis, etc..Sixty rats were randomly allocated to six groups: normal saline group (Group A), morphine and normal saline group (Group B), morphine and clonidine group(Group C),morphine and low dosage of JTD group (Group D), morphine and moderate dosage of JTD group (Group E) and morphine and high dosage of JTD group (Group F).Content of ? endophin(? EP) in hypothalamus and plasma, substance P (SP) content in ganglion nodosum(GN) and nucleus tractus solitarii(NTS) and serum levels of sexual hormones were examined.(1) ? EP content in hypothalamus of morphine dependence rats was lower and SP content in ganglion nodosum and nucleus tractus solitarii was higher than that of normal rats (P
9.ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF XJ STRAIN OF CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS
Jun QIAO ; Qing-Ling MENG ; Xian-Zhu XIA ; Hong-Bin HE ; Quan-Shui FAN ;
Microbiology 1992;0(01):-
A canine distemper virus strain was isolated from the lung of dog coming from Aksu in Xing Jiang using lung primary M cell during the CDV molecular epidemiological study. It was demonstrated to be a virulent strain of CDV by a series of systematic identification such as morphology , serology neutralization test, canine infection test, and molecular virology test.
10.TEC promoter mediates P210(bcr/abl) gene expression in BaF3 cells.
Yu-Feng ZHU ; Yuan-Zhan WANG ; Fan-Yi MENG
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2012;20(3):769-772
P210(bcr/abl) transgene mouse is a good model to research the chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), but the P210(bcr/abl) gene has a lethal effect on embryogenesis if driven by the constitutive promoter. So, the use of promoter which induces the special expression in hematopoietic tissue is the key to construct CML transgenic mice. This study was purposed to investigate the TEC promoter mediated P210(bcr/abl) gene expression in BaF3 cells. The CMVie promotes of IRES2-eGFP vector was replaced with the -364-+22 domain of TEC promoter cloned from mouse genome, and the P210(bcr/abl) gene was inserted into the EcoR I site of TEC-IRES2-eGFP vector. Then, the constructed vector was transfected into the BaF3 cells and 293 cells respectively. The expression levels of eGFP gene and P210(bcr/abl) gene in BaF3 and 293 cells were detected. The results showed that with fluorescent microscopy and flow cytometry, the eGFP gene was found to be expressed in the BaF3 cells, the expression rate was 7.10%, 23.35%, 64.61% at 6, 24, 72 h respectively after transfection, but the fluorescence was not seen in 293 cells. A 372 bp fragment of BCR/ABL mRNA was amplified by RT-PCR in BaF3 cells, but not in 293 cells. It is concluded that the -364-+22 domain of TEC promoter can mediate high-effective and specific expression of related genes in hematopoietic tissue, which can be used to construct P210(bcr/abl) transgene mice model.
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Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl
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genetics
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Gene Expression
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Genetic Vectors
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Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
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genetics
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Mice
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Mice, Transgenic
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
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genetics