1.Injury status of community residents in Zhejiang Province
Lihua GUO ; Ming ZHAO ; Le FANG ; Xiangyu CHEN ; Fangrong FEI ; Jieming ZHONG
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2019;31(7):658-660
Objective:
To learn the current status of injury among community residents in Zhejiang Province,and to provide reference for injury prevention strategy.
Methods:
A total of 38 005 residents were recuited from 11 counties or districts in Zhejiang Province by multi-stage cluster random sampling. A retrospective questionnaire survey was conducted to collect their injury occurrence from June 1st of 2017 to May 31st of 2018,then analyzed the incidence,mortality and types of injury.
Results:
Among 38 005 respondents,2 186 injuries occurred,the incidence rate of injury was 5.75%. The incidence rate of injury in males and females were 5.67% and 5.84%,respectively. The incidence rate of injury in rural respondents(6.97%)was higher than that(4.79%)in urban respondents(P<0.05). Seven respondents died of injury and the mortality rate was 18.42/100 000. The top five types of injury were falls(2.27%),traffic accidents(1.53%),animal bites(0.69%),sharp articles(0.50%)and blunt articles(0.41%). The lowest incidence rate of injury lay in 15 to 24 years old,and the highest lay in 65 to 74 years old. The incidence rate of injury increased with age(P<0.05). The first type of injury in respondents aged 15 to 44 years old was traffic accidents,while others was falls.
Conclusion
The incidence of injury is higher in rural residents than in urban residents in Zhejiang Province,which increase with age. Falls and traffic accidents are the main threats to residents in Zhejiang Province.
2.Regulatory relationship between lncRNA KCNQ1OT1 and miR-146a-3p in preeclampsia
Fangrong CHEN ; Linmei ZHENG ; Dongcai WU ; Humin GONG ; Hui CEN ; Wenchen CHEN
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020;55(8):535-543
Objective:To observe the changes of the expression level of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) KCNQ1OT1 and microRNA (miR)-146a-3p in placenta tissues of preeclampsia (PE) patients, as well as their effect and mechanism on the biological functions of trophoblast cells.Methods:A total of 45 cases of hospitalized PE patients in Hainan General Hospital from July 2017 to July 2018 were selected as the PE group, 55 normal pregnant women during the same period were chosed as the control group. The expression level of KCNQ1OT1 mRNA and miR-146a-3p in the placenta tissues between two groups were detected by using quantitative real time (qRT)-PCR. Pearson′s test was furtherly analyzed the correlation between them. Human trophoblast cell line (HTR8/SVneo) were randomly divided into control and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) groups, and then LPS group were divide into four sub-groups,included LPS group, short hairpin RNA (sh)-KCNQ1OT1 (after silencing the expression of KCNQ1OT1), miR-146a-3p inhibitor and sh-KCNQ1OT1+miR-146a-3p inhibitor. The targeting relationship between KCNQ1OT1 and miR-146a-3p were predicted by bioinformatics software and confirmed by luciferase assay. The cell proliferation and invasion capacities were respectively detected by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and transwell assay. The expression level of KCNQ1OT1 mRNA and miR-146a-3p were detected by qRT-PCR and the protein expression level of CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) and CXC chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) were tested by western blot.Results:(1) The mRNA expression level of KCNQ1OT1 in the placenta of PE group was lower than that of control group (0.23±0.03 vs 0.51±0.04, P<0.05), and the miR-146a-3p expression level was higher than that of the control group (0.49±0.03 vs 0.31±0.03, P<0.05), there were statistical significant differences between the two groups. (2) Luciferase assay showed that there was a targeting relationship between KCNQ1OT1 and mir-146a-3p. Compared with the control group, the mRNA expression level of KCNQ1OT1 in the LPS group were significantly decreased (0.91±0.03 vs 0.35±0.03, P<0.05), and the expression level of miR-146a-3p were significantly increased (0.22±0.03 vs 0.63±0.04, P<0.05). The cell proliferation, invasion and migration capacities and the protein expression of CXCL12 and CXCR4 significantly reduced in the LPS group compared with control group (all P<0.05). The mRNA expression level of KCNQ1OT1 (0.23±0.03) in the sh-KCNQ1OT1 group were further decreased, the expression of miR-146a-3p (0.85±0.03) were further increased, and the cell proliferation, invasion and migration capacities and the protein expression of CXCL12 and CXCR4 were all further reduced compared with control group,there were significant difference between two groups (all P<0.05). Comparing the miR-146a-3p inhibitor group, and sh-KCNQ1OT1+miR-146a-3p inhibitor group with the sh-KCNQ1OT1 group, respectively, the expression level of KCNQ1OT1 mRNA (0.78±0.04 vs 0.50±0.03) increased, and the expression level of miR-146a-3p (0.42±0.03 vs 0.46±0.03) decreased, the cell proliferation, invasion and migration capacities and the protein expression of CXCL12 and CXCR4 were all increased ,there were statistically significant differences (all P<0.05). Conclusion:KCNQ1OT1 could target the regulation of miR-146a-3p through CXCL12/CXCR4 pathway in the proliferation, invasion an migration of HTR8/SVneo cells, which may be involved in the pathogenesis of PE.
3. New perspectives on the principle of intention to treat in clinical trials
Lihong HUANG ; Zhaohui WEI ; Ling WANG ; Jielai XIA ; Fangrong YAN ; Yang ZHAO ; Feng CHEN ; Lihong HUANG ; Ling WANG ; Fangrong YAN ; Zhaohui WEI ; Yang ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2021;26(4):449-453
The intention to treat (ITT) principle is widely applied in the randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which is based on the intention to treat a subject (i.e. the planned treatment regimen) rather than the actual treatment given. With the development and progress of clinical trials, ITT principle needs to be reinterpreted. In the standard definition of ITT principle, the intentional grouping of subjects does not specifically refer to randomization, but rather to planned treatment regimen. In non-randomized clinical trials, that subjects agree to be included in a certain treatment regimen is also a type of intention. ITT principles can be applied to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment regimens under patient/doctor determined intentionality in single-arm clinical trials and non-randomized RWS (real world study, RWS). In the practical application, the grouping strategy based on ITT principle should be considered comprehensively according to the research purpose.