1.Effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide on the expressions of caspase-3 and X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein after cerebral hy0oxia-ischemia in neonatal rats
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2009;17(4):288-291
Objective To observe the effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) on the expressions of caspase-3 and X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) after hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD) in neonatal rats and to investigate its neuroprotection and effective dose. Methods Sixty neonatal rats were randomly allocated to one of three groups: sham operation, saline control and PACAP groups. The PACAP group was redivided into high (10-8 mol), medium (10-9 mol) and low (10-12 mol) dose groups. An animal model of HIBD was established. Real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain re-action method was used to detect the expressions of caspase-3 mRNA and XIAP mRNA on af-fected side of brain 24 hours after HIBD in neonatal rats, and spectrophotometry was used to detect the activities of caspase-3. Results Twenty-four hours after HIBD, caspase-3 mRNA expression and enzyme activity, as well as XIAP mRNA expression in the saline control group were increased significantly compared to the sham operation group (all P <0.01). Caspase-3 mRNA expression and enzyme activity in all the PACAP groups were significantly lower than those in the saline control group (all P <0.01), while XIAP mRNA expression was significantly higher than that in the saline control group (all P < 0.01 ). Conclusions PACAP may upregu-late XIAP mRNA expression, inhibit caspase-3 mRNA expression and enzyme activity. It has neuroprotective effect on HIBD in neonatal rats, and it is effective with high, medium and low doses.
2.Effect of the Banxia-Xiexin decoction on express of glucose homeostasis of diabetic rats
Guilan QIU ; Xiushen HUANG ; Fenghua ZHANG
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2012;34(5):413-415
Objective To study the effects of the BanxiaXiexin decoction (BD) on express of glycogen synthesis and the expression of MC4R.and to discuss the mechanism of its maintaining glucose metabolism balance.Methods Diabetic mice were induced and divided into the model group,metformin group(0.3 g/kg)and BD high dose group(1.7 g/kg),medium dose group(0.85 g/kg),and low dose group (0.425 g/kg).In addition,a normal group was set to feed normal diet.Fasting blood glucose,body weight on an empty stomach,express of MC4R and hepatic glycogen were assayed after a week of treatment.Results Body weight of BD high,medium and low dose group was (296.62 ±1.14) g,(293.83 ± 2.1 7 ) g,and (286.75 ± 1.91 ) g respectively,showing a significant increase compared with the model group (284.73± 2.91) g (P<0.01).MC4R expression of these MD groups were (29.69 ± 1.64) ng/L,(29.38±1.88) ng/L and (30.04 ±1.24) ng/L,showing a significant increase compared with the model group (25.95±2.24) ng/L (P<0.05).Liver glycogen content of these MD groups were (15.94±0.82)mg/g,(11.52±0.56)mg/g,and (10.48±0.45)mg/g respectively,also showing a significant increase than the model group (9.05±0.44)mg/g(P<0.01,P<0.01,P<0.05).Conclusion BD improves MC4R expression and rat feeding behavior by increasing by peripheral organization utilization of glucose.
3.Etiology and clinical characteristics of infectious mononucleosis-like syn-drome
Shengping XIAO ; Simao FU ; Yuling LIU ; Guilan WANG ; Xiaohong HUANG
Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2014;(7):408-410
Objective To analyze the etiology and clinical characteristics of infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome (IMLS).Methods Eighty-seven children with IMLS in a hospital from January 2006 to September 2013 were per-formed pathogenic detection,then clinical features were summarized and analyzed.Results The top 5 pathogens in IMLS were Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP,n=20 ),cytomegalovirus (CMV,n=13),simplex herpes virus(HSV, n=11),Chlamydia (CP,n=11),and parvovirus B19 (Hpv B19,n=9 ),clinical manifestations of all kinds of dis-eases were similar,but the occurrence rates were slightly different.MP infection were mainly fever,hepatospleno-megaly,and lymphadenopathy,and most were associated with respiratory complications(including laryngitis,bron-chitis,and pneumonia),CMV infection were also showed fever and hepatosplenomegaly,but the latter was more ob-vious;rubella patients didn’t appear skin rash,but the other symptoms were obvious.Conclusion Etiologies of in-fectious mononucleosis-like syndrome are varied,MP infection is most common,the next is CMV.Pathogens should be ascertained to provide theoretical basis of treatment.
4.Application value of cardiac activity index on evaluation right ventricular function after neonatal asphyxia
Wenxi LIAN ; Qiuhong ZHONG ; Lianzhi YU ; Guilan HUANG
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2013;36(24):4-6
Objective To investigate the roles of cardiac activity index(Tei index) on evaluation the right ventricular function after neonatal asphyxia.Methods Sixty neonatal asphyxia who included 35 cases of mild asphyxia(mild asphyxia group) and 25 cases of severe asphyxia(severe asphyxia group) and 30 cases of normal full-term newborns(control group) were selected.Echocardiographic examinations were performed on 24-48 h after birth,which included pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP),right ventricular ejection fraction(RVEF),tricuspid early diastolic peak(peak E) and late diastolic peak(peak A),and E/A ratio was acquired.The right ventricular cardiac activity index (RV-Tei index) was measured by Doppler spectrum.Results There was no significant difference in RVEF,E/A ratio among mild asphyxia group,severe asphyxia group and control group (P > 0.05).RV-Tei index in mild asphyxia group and severe asphyxia group was increased compared with that in control group (0.489 ± 0.090,0.625 ± 0.100 vs.0.345 ± 0.120),and there was significant difference (P< 0.05 or <0.01).There was significant difference in RV-Tei index between mild asphyxia group and severe asphyxia group (P < 0.05).RV-Tei index in neonatal asphyxia was positively correlated with PASP (r =0.950,P < 0.05),and there was no relationship between RV-Tei index and gestational age,weight,heart rate (r =-0.068,-0.280,-0.360,P >0.05).Conclusions Neonatal asphyxia can lead to disorders of the right ventricular function.Tei index can evaluate early overall changes of the right ventricular function and is better than conventional ultrasound technology in neonatal asphyxia.
5.A retrospective survey on diagnosis and treatment of the patients with lung cancer in the affiliated hospital of Hainan Medical College and its revelation
Feng LIU ; Huaping HUANG ; Xi LI ; Chang LIU ; Guilan XIONG
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2016;(1):18-21
Objective To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of the patients with lung cancer hospital-ized in affiliated hospital of Hainan Medical College.Methods A retrospective study was performed from January 1st 2005 to December 31th 2009 in the Hospital.201 patients were enrolled in this study.Results The average onset age of patients with lung cancer was 66 years old.No difference in different gender.The incidence of male was 72.1%, which was higher than of female(27.9%).Male to female ratio was 2.6:1.70.3% of male patients with lung cancer had a history of smoking.146 cases(72.6%)were diagnosed by clinical data,only 55 cases(27.4%)were diagnosed by histopathology.134 cases(66.7%)hadn′t indications for surgery.only 17 cases(25.4%)agreed to have surgery among 67 cases (33.3%)with indications for surgery,50 cases(74.6%)didn't agree to have surgery.34 cases (16.9%)had no indications for chemotherapy.40 cases(24.0%)agreed to have chemotherapy among 167 cases (83.1%)with indications for chemotherapy,but only 14 cases(35.0%)had completed 4 to 6 cycles of chemotherapy, and 26 cases(65.0%)hadn't completed 4 to 6 cycles.8 cases(4.0%)agreed to have radiotherapy.3 cases(1.5%) agreed to have targeted therapy.3 cases (1.5%)transfered to other hospital.Conclusion The ratio of lung cancer patients in male is higher than female in the hospital.smoking is closely related to male patients.Clinical diagnosis rate of patients is high,whereas histopathologic diagnosis rate is low.The rate of the intervention that patients accepted is low and many patients give up available management after the diagnosis is made.
6.Impact of Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on Reasonable Use Rate of Antihypertensive Drugs in Medical Orders
Fenglin XI ; Yi CAO ; Guilan LIU ; Fang ZHAO ; Li HUANG
China Pharmacist 2015;(1):122-124
Objective:To explore the impact of clinical pharmacists involved in the treatment team on the reasonable drug use rate in medical orders. Methods:Totally 782 medical records including hypertension and 1-3 kinds of hypertension associated diseases in our hospital from January 2011 to December 2011 were used as the pre-intervention group, and 1 061 ones with the same conditions from September 2012 to August 2013 were used as the post-intervention group. The patients of the two groups were divided into 8 dis-ease subgroups, clinical pharmacists performed timely intervention on the medical orders in the post-intervention group, and the rational drug use rate between the two groups was compared. Results:In hypertension, hypertension associated coronary heart disease, hyper-tension with heart failure and hypertension with diabetes subgroups,the difference in the rational drug use proportion before and after the intervention was statistically significant(P<0. 01), in hypertension with coronary heart disease and heart failure, hypertension associ-ated coronary heart disease and diabetes, hypertension with heart failure and diabetes subgroup, the difference in the rational drug use proportion before and after the intervention was statistically significant(P<0. 05), while in hypertension with coronary heart disease, heart failure and diabetes subgroups, the difference was not statistically significant(P>0. 05). After the medical records in the 8 sub-groups were aggregated, the difference in the rational drug use proportion before and after the intervention was statistically significant( P<0. 01). Conclusion:Clinical pharmacists should involve in the clinical treatment to intervene irrational drug use,which can signifi-cantly improve the medical record rationality, avoid the health risks as much as possible and ensure the medication safety and treatment effectiveness for patients.
7.Improving the dissolution rate of poorly water-soluble resveratrol by the ordered mesoporous silica.
Guilan QUAN ; Bao CHEN ; Zhouhua WANG ; Han WU ; Xintian HUANG ; Linna WU ; Chuanbin WU
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2012;47(2):239-43
The aim of this study is to synthesize the ordered mesoporous silica (OMS) as drug carrier to improve release property of insoluble drug and investigate the dissolution profile of insoluble drug from the porous carrier. The OMS was obtained by using cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide as the template and resveratrol was selected as the model drug. The resveratrol-loaded OMS (Res-OMS) were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), N2 adsorption-desorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and FT-IR spectroscopy. In vitro drug release behavior was also investigated. It was found that the synthesized OMS showed a large surface area, a narrow pore size distribution and an important mesoporosity associated to hexagonally organized channels. Compared with physical mixture and crystalline powder, resveratrol was in amorphous or molecular form after loading into OMS. The release rate ofresveratrol from drug-loaded OMS was significantly increased suggesting the great potential application of OMS for the formulation of poorly soluble drugs.
8.Matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression and its significance of tuberculous meningitis in a mouse model
Guilan DING ; Xiaopeng LI ; Chenghui HUANG ; Jinliang LUO ; Junjing WANG ; Chuanyou LI ; Lunli ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Infectious Diseases 2014;32(12):705-709
Objective To analyze the characteristics and significance of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) expression in the pathophysiological processes of tuberculous meningitis in mice.Methods Sixteen mice were intracerebroventricularly injected with H37RV suspension as the model group.Meanwhile,the other 16 mice were injected with 0.9% sodium chloride solution as the control group.Thirty days later,all mice were decapitated and the brain tissue were respectively used to for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tuberculosis) incubation,pathological changes observation,MMP-9 activity detection by zymography,blood-brain-barrier permeability and moisture content detection,and immunofluorescence stain of MMP-9,glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and integrin αM (OX-42).The t test was used to compare the differences between the two groups.Results Every experimental mouse was injected with (1.271±0.111) × 106 colony-forming units (cfu) M.tuberculosis.Thirty days later,the amount of M.tuberculosis in brain tissue homogenates was (4.900± 1.407) × 104 cfu/mL,and the hematoxylin and eosin staining showed dilatation of subarachnoid and ventricular and infiltration of a large number of inflammatory cells.The cumulative absorbance (A) of MMP-9 bands of brain tissue was 47 821 ± 19 932 in the model group and 10 082 ± 3 544 in the control group.The difference was statistically significant (t =3.728,P=0.010).The evans blue (EB) content of brain tissue was (11.8 ± 3.6) μg/g in model group and (4.7 ±3.4) μg/g in control group.The difference was statistically significant (t=2.887,P=0.028).The moisture of brain tissue was 0.849±0.035 in model group and 0.775±0.037 in control group.The difference was statistically significant (t=2.925,P=0.026).The immunofluorescence staining showed that the infected brain tissue expressed high degrees of MMP-9,GFAP and OX-42.And MMP-9 was overlapped with both GFAP and OX-42 obviously.Conclusions The activity of MMP-9 is significantly enhanced in brain tissue of mice suffering from tuberculous meningitis and participates in blood-brain barrier damage,tissue edema and inflammatory cells exudation.Microglia cells-astrocytes network is involved in the secretion of MMP-9.
9.Application and Discussion of Mind Mapping in Teaching of Rehabilitation
Guilan HUANG ; Yongmei PENG ; Hong ZHANG ; Ming XU ; Shuai LI ; Jie TAN ; Jiaqing LIU ; Tongyan LIU
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2017;23(8):989-992
As a new learning tool, mind mapping helps students master the learning content in a visual and radical way. This paper intro-duced the concept and method of making the mind map and analyzed the advantages of mind mapping in improving learning efficiency and its application in rehabilitation. It is pointed out that the use of mind mapping would help students to integrate new and old knowledge, to improve the ability to solve clinical problems, and to train innovative talents by stimulating students' divergent thinking. It is believed that the mind map has a broad application prospect in rehabilitation education in China.
10.The relationship between PCT,CRP and BNP levels in peripheral blood of patients with sepsis and cTn I and its clinical significance
Guilan PAN ; Chunhong HUANG ; Changshao ZHOU
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2018;39(7):812-814
Objective To investigate the relationship between serum PCT,CRP,BNP and cardiac troponin I (cTnI)and its clinical significance in patients with sepsis.Methods 112 patients with sepsis treated in our hospital were collected.Patients were divided into sepsis,severe sepsis and septic shock groups according to their degree of illness.The serum levels of cTnI and cTnI were measured in peripheral blood samples of pa-tients with sepsis,severe sepsis and sepsis shock.To analyze the correlation between serum cTnI and cTn I in patients with sepsis.The levels of BNP and cTnI were significantly higher in septic shock group than in severe sepsis group.The difference was statistically significant(P<0.01),and that in severe sepsis group was signif-icantly higher than that in sepsis group(P<0.01).The results of correlation analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between serum PCT,BNP,CRP and cTnI levels,but the correlation was PCT(r =0.831)>BNP(r=0.456)>CRP(r=0.287).Results Conclusion cTnI and serum PCT,CRP,BNP are in the serum of the patients.With the exacerbation of sepsis patients,there will be more significant myocardial injury symptoms.