1.Research progress of nanotechnology in circulating tumor cells
Journal of International Oncology 2015;42(1):46-48
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) play pivotal roles for monitoring the tumor metastasis and prognosis.The nanotechnology provides a favourable platform for CTCs detection,and enables CTCs to be more promising for practical application.Meanwhile,the nanoscale device by virtue of nanotechnology has broad application prospects in eliminating CTCs and offers a new direction in the field of anti-cancer.
2.Effect of lipopolysaccharide on thymocyte differentiation antigen-1 mRNA expression in mouse lung fibroblasts
Yuan GAO ; Jianping YANG ; Zhengyu HE
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2013;(3):350-352
Objective To evaluate the effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on thymocyte differentiation antigen-1 (Thy-1) mRNA expression in mouse lung fibroblasts.Methods Primary cultured mouse lung fibroblasts were seeded in 96-well plates with the density of 1 × 104/ml.After being cultured for 48 h,the cells were randomly divided into 4 groups (n =3 each):PBS control group (group C),LPS 0.01 μg/ml group (group LPS0.01),LPS 0.10 μg/ml group (group LPS0.10),and LPS 1.00 μg/ml group (group LPS1.00).PBS was added to the 96-well plates in group C.LPS with the final concentrations of 0.01,0.10 and 1.00 μg/ml were added to the 96-well plates in groups LPS0.01,LPS0.10 and LPS1.00,respectively.After being incubated for 0,6,24,48 and 72 h (T0-4),the proliferation of the cells was measured by CCK-8 assay and Thy-1 mRNA expression was detected by real-time PCR.Results Compared with group C,the proliferation of the cells was significantly increased,while Thy-1 mRNA expression was down-regulated at T3,4 in groups LPS0.01,LPS0.10 and LPS1.00 (P < 0.05).The proliferation of the cells was gradually increased,while Thy-1 mRNA expression was gradually down-regulated in groups LPS0.01,LPS0.10 and LPS1.00 at T3,4 (P < 0.05).Conclusion LPS results in abnormal proliferation of mouse lung fibroblasts through down-regulating Thy-1 mRNA expression,indicating that endoxemia-induced pulmonary fibrosis is related to the down-regulation of Thy-1 mRNA expression in lung fibroblasts.
3.Determination of 13 Kinds of Organic Phosphorus Pesticides in Water Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer with Solid-Phase Extraction
Ling GAO ; Yuan YANG ; Lu JING
Journal of Environment and Health 2007;0(08):-
Objective To develop a method for the determination of 13 kinds of organic phosphorus pesticides in the water by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with solid phase extraction(SPE).Methods The 13 organic phosphorus pesticide residues,including dichlorvos,mevinphos,phorate,diazinon,propetamphos,ddimethoate,methyl parathion,malathion,fenitrothion,parathion,phenthion,methidathion,ethion,were separated on DB-1701P elastic silica capillary column followed by SPE with carbon-amino group complicated column and analyzed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry.Methylene dichloride was elution solvent,injection inlet temperature was 280 ℃ and column flow rate was 1.2 ml/min.Results The leaner range and limit of detection was 0.05-2.5 mg/L,0.49 ?g/L for dichlorvos;0.10-2.5 mg/L,1.4 ?g/L for mevinphos;0.05-2.5 mg/L,0.96 ?g/L for phorate;0.05-2.5 mg/L,0.73 ?g/L for diazinon;0.05-2.5 mg/L,0.60 ?g/L for propetamphos;0.05-2.5 mg/L,1.8 ?g/L for ddimethoate;0.10-2.5 mg/L,2.2 ?g/L for methyl parathion;0.05-2.5 mg/L,0.34 ?g/L for malathion;0.05-2.5 mg/L,1.1 ?g/L for fenitrothion;0.10-2.5 mg/L,0.58 ?g/L for parathion;0.05-2.5 mg/L,1.2 ?g/L for phenthion;0.05-2.5 mg/L,0.77 ?g/L for methidathion;0.50-2.5 mg/L,0.26 ?g/L for ethion.For all thirteen organic phosphorus pesticides,the correlation coefficient was above 0.99.The average recovery rates were 94.40%-100.80% and RSDs were found in the range of 4.17%-14.73%.Conclusion The method is simple,rapid,sensitive,accurate and applicable to the simultaneous determination of 13 kinds of organic phosphorus pesticide residues in water.
4.Analysis of clinical features and prognostic factors of 512 cases with kidney clear cell renal carcinoma
Lingxiang LIU ; Yuan YUAN ; Wen GAO ; Yang WANG ; Yizhi ZHU
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2015;(23):3546-3548
Objective To evaluate the clinical diagnosis,treatment and prognostic factors of kidney clear cell renal carcinoma(KIRC)in international sample database.Methods From 1998 to 2012,consecutive patients with KIRC who diagnosed and treated in TCGA organizations were enrolled.Clinical characteristics,objective response and survival time were evaluated,and correlation analysis with lncRNA urothelial cancer associated 1 (UCA1)gene was performed.Results 512 patients with KIRC were enrolled.35.4% of patients were female,59.6% of stage Ⅰ -Ⅱ, 90.0% of white and 45.1% of grade 1 -2.Comprehensive treatment was consistent with the clinical guidelines. Significant correlation was found between UCA1 expression and 4 mRNA subtype,30 genes mRNA expression, mir -101 -1 expression and PBRM1 mutation.And patients with UCA1 overexpression could achieve poor prognosis. Conclusion Diagnosis and treatment of the international TCGA -KIRC research meets clinical guidelines.UCA1 overexpression is an important poor prognostic factor.Combined with the clinical relevance of other important driver genes,UCA1 may be significantly valuable for further study.
5.Overview of traditional Chinese medicine quality evaluation method based on overall research.
Hua JIANG ; Yuan GAO ; Jing-ming YANG ; Xiang-cai MENG
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2015;40(6):1027-1031
The establishment of quality evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine system that not only accords with Chinese medicine function characteristics but also is recognized as international medical circles, is an arduous task in urgent need of solving the current modernization of traditional Chinese medicine in the process of internationalization. It is difficult to evaluate atraditional Chinese medicine by detection of single active components in traditional Chinesemedicinewiththe western medicine quality controlmethod due to the overall effects of traditional Chinese drugs, the components of the overall diversity, targets, and the complexity of the interaction between components of unpredictable make the Long-term since, domestic and foreign scholars continue to explore and put forward a series of quality evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine to promote the development of traditional Chinese medicine. This article summarized the related academic ideas and developments to, providea new thought and perspective for the quality control of traditional Chinese medicine.
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6.Effects of preoperative intravenous different doses of pantoprazole on acidity of gastric fluid
Fan YANG ; Linlin GAO ; Yanxin YUAN ; Lingxin MENG
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2010;30(6):664-666
Objective To investigate the effects of preoperative iv different doses of pantoprazole on acidity of gastric fluid in patients undergoing elective surgery. Methods Sixty ASA Ⅰ -Ⅲ patients aged 38-80 yr,weighing 44-72 kg undergoing elective surgery were randomly allocated into 3 groups (n = 20 each): group Ⅰ control (group C); group Ⅱ pantoprazole 40 mg(group P1) and group Ⅲ pantoprazole 80 mg(group P2). The patients received intravenous normal saline (NS) 100 ml, pantoprazole 40 and 80 mg in NS 100 ml respectively in group C, P1 and P2 at 30 min before surgery. Gastric content was aspirated using a gastric tube on the patients'arrival in the operating room and at 1,2 h and the end of surgery. The pH of the gastric fluid was measured. The adverse effects including dizziness, diarrhea, PONV and incidence of stress ulcer were recorded. Results The pH was significantly increased in group P1 and P2 as compared with control group but there was no significant difference in pH between group P1 and P2 . There were no significant difference in the incidence of stress ulcer and pH of the gastric fluid≤2.5 among the 3 groups. Conclusion Preoperative intravenous pantoprazole 40 mg can effectively increase pH of gastric juice and is helpful in reducing the incidence of stress ulcer and the risk of acid aspiration.
7.Expression of lung keratinocyte growth factor receptor in the pulmonary edema of rats with acute spinal cord injury
Yifei GU ; Wen YUAN ; Lili YANG ; Rui GAO ; Chen WANG
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2013;29(10):996-999
Objective To investigate the expression of lung keratinocyte growth factor receptor (KGFR) in rats with acute spinal cord injury (ASCI) in different time points and its role in lung edema.Methods Thirty-two adult Wistar rats weighing 240 g to 260 g were assigned to experimental group (n =16) and control group (n =16) according to the random number table.Each group consisted of time points of 24 hours,3 days,1 week and 2 weeks after the modeling (4 rats per time point).A rat model of ASCI in experimental group was induced at C7 segment by dropping a weight of 10 g from the height of 2.5 cm (Allen' s method).In control group,laminas were removed only,leaving spinal cord at C7 intact.Rats were sacrificed at each time point for measurement of lung wet/dry weight ratio,Western blot analysis of expression of lung KGFR protein and RT-qPCR detection of lung KGFR mRNA expression.Results After ASCI in rats,the expressions of lung KGFR protein and mRNA began to drop at 24 hours (0.23 ±0.06,0,012 1 ±0.002 3),reached the trough at 3 days (0.17 ±0.04,0.008 5 ±0.001 7)and picked up at 1 week.Expression of lung KGFR mRNA in experiment group showed statistically significant difference from that in control group at 24 hours and 3 days (P < 0.05),whereas in each time point the difference of KGFR protein expression between experiment and control groups was statistically significant(P <0.05).Variation trend of KGFR expression was in parallel with the severity degree of pulmonary edema.Conclusion Lung KGFR presents significant down-regulation in ASCI rats and this may be associated with the development of pulmonary edema after ASCI.
8.Diagnostic efficiency of postprandial plasma glucose and oral glucose tolerance test in patients with metabolic disorders
Dan YU ; Yuan GAO ; Hongwen ZHOU ; Tao YANG ; Wei TANG
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2012;11(8):601-602
A total of 1342 individuals underwent physical examinations according to the criteria of metabolic syndrome of International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in 2005.And 314 patients with metabolic disorders were screened for diabetes by standard meal and methods oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).Newly diagnosed diabetics was 12 (4.1% ) vs.17 (5.8%) respectively.No significant difference existed between two methods (P =0.332).Kendall's (τ)b =0.313,Kendall's (τ)c =0.208 and Gamma coefficient =0.580 (P =0.000).The mixed meal method was correlated with OGTT,Kappa =0.258 (P =0.000) and two methods were consistent.Diabetic screening should be stressed in the subjects with metabolic abnormalities.And the detecting efficiency of postprandial plasma glucose is similar to OGTT.
9.Effects of focal cerebral ischemia on the proliferation, differentiation and migration of intrinsic neural stem cells and progenitor cells
Qionglan YUAN ; Chaoxian YANG ; Lin GONG ; Xiaoqing GAO ; Li DENG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2005;9(13):187-189
BACKGROUND: In the central nervous system(CNS) of normal adults there are neural stem cells or neural progenitor cells, which are capable of self-renewing and multiple differentiating. In normal physiological conditions, intrinsic neural stem cells are in a resting state. What state will they be in during cerebral ischemia?OBJECTIVE: To observe the distribution, proliferation and differentiation of intrinsic neural stem cells in focal transient ischemia in rats.DESIGN: A randomized controlled exploratory trial based on the rats.SETTING: Neurobiological department, histological and embryological department of a medical college.MATERIALS: The experiment was conducted in the Neurobiological Department of Luzhou Medical College from July 2001 to July 2002. Altogether 41 healthy adult SD rats of either gender, weighting 250 g - 300 g, were selected.INTERVENTIONS: The focal ischemia model was made by blocking middle cerebral artery(MCA) and reperfusing for 0.5 hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 5 days and 10 days. Sham-operation group was treated by the same method, but the filament was not long enough to block MCA, and normal rats served as control group. The rats were sacrificed at given time points, and their brains were made into cerebral slices. The single-and double-labeled immunohistochemical staining was employed to detect the proliferation, distribution and differentiation of intrinsic neural stem cells.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The distribution, proliferation and differentiation of intrinsic neural stem cells.RESULTS: Immunoreactivity of proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA)was present in most ependymal cells in ventricular zone(VZ), and PCNA-positive cells were sparsely distributed in the parenchyma in normal and sham-operation groups. At 3 hours of reperfusion, PCNA-labeled cells were first detected in rostral subventricular zone. At 12 hours of reperfusion and onward, PCNA-positive cells appeared in some choroid plexus cells in bilateral lateral VZ. At day 3 to day 10 of reperfusion, PCNA-labeled cells significantly increased in infarct boundary in preoptic area, striatum and deep layer of frontoparietal cortex. PCNA-labeled cells were first detected in subgranular zone of dentate gyrus 3 days after reperfusion, and increased with time. A very small number of double-positive cells expressed with PCNA and glial fibrillary acidic protein(GFAP) were first detected in infract boundary in preoptic area on day 3 and onward. No double-PCNA and NF-positive cells were detected within 10 days of reperfusion.CONCLUSION: Focal cerebral ischemia activates intrinsic neural stem cells, which proliferate and differentiate, and migrate toward ischemic striatum and frontoparietal cortex. This may help clarify the mechanism of functional recovery after ischemia.
10.Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and elderly individuals
Wei TANG ; Yuan GAO ; Dan YU ; Hongwen ZHOU ; Tao YANG
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2011;10(6):413-415
Totally 1136 individuals aged over 40 underwent health check up in March to May 2009. Fasting blood glucose, 2-h post-challenge blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin A1c ( HbA1c), total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and serum uric acid were measured. The diagnosis of metabolic syndrome was based on the International Diabetes Federation Criteria. The results shows that total body fat, region body fat indices, blood pressure, blood glucose and serum uric acid levels increased with the age ( P < 0.01) . The prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome in this group of individuals were 15. 1% (171/1136) , and increased with age (P<0.01). The most common combination of metabolic syndrome was central obesity-hypertension-dyslipidemia (40. 9% , 70/171). Unconditional logistic regression revealed that waist-hip-ratio, body mass index and uric acid were the risk factors for metabolic syndrome.