1.Determination of Circulating Antigen in Neurocysticercosis Patients by Monoclonal Antibody
Zengzhu GUO ; Minjun HUANG ; Yijun AN ; Song HUANG ; Hongjie JIANG
Journal of Tropical Medicine 2005;5(2):113-115
Objective To detect circulating antigen (Cag) for diagnosing neurocysticercosis. Method ELISA was performed with monoclonal antibody 4B6 against the cyst fluid antigen of Cyticercus cellulosae for detecting Cag in serum and/or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with neurocysticercosis or with other diseases. Results In the group of 82 cases of neurocysticercosis, the positive rate of serum Cag was 79.2% (65/82) and the positive rate of CSF Cag was 100% (26/26). After chemotherapy for 20 cases with positive serum Cag, the titer of serum Cag in 17 cases dropped to zero(85% ). Cag could not be detected in specimens from patients with other diseases. Conclusion These results indicate that the determination of Cag, especially of the CSF Cag, is useful for the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis and the drop in serum Cag is a good parameter for the evaluation of the effectiveness of chemotherapy.
2.Study on the effectiveness of the self-management model for the aged patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in communities
Huimin LI ; Hongjie ZHANG ; Ye JIANG ; Li LING
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2014;33(6):619-621
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of chronic diseases self-management model for the aged patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in communities.Methods Patients with T2DM aged over 60 years and over in two communities in Baoding were selected:one as intervention community and the other as control community.The intervention community underwent the chronic diseases self management theory based education by expert,face to face consultation and patient communication,while the control community received general community management.The scores of self-efficacy were collected before the sessions and 3 months after the end of the sessions,and the effectiveness of the intervention was evaluated by the changes of scores,fasting blood-glucose and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) before and after the session.The pure increment level of scores of diabetes self-efficacy was higher in the intervention community than in the control community [(16.9 ± 5.3)scores vs.(0.4±1.3) scores,t=21.317,P<0.01].Results All dimension values were also significantly higher in the intervention group than in control community (P< 0.01).The pure decrement level of fasting blood glucose (1.8 ± 1.7) % and HbA1c (0.7 ± 1.2) % after intervention was significantly higher in the intervention than in control community (t=6.096,P<0.01 ;t=2.930,P<0.05).Conclusions The chronic diseases self-management education may significantly improve patients' self-efficacy and decrease the level of blood-glucose and HbAlc.
3.Effects of Carbon Dioxide Pneumoperitoneum on Serum Levels of IL-1,IL-6,and CD11a/CD18 and CD11b/CD18 Expression and Pancreatic Pathology in Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Hongjie HE ; Chunhong QIN ; Xuelin ZHANG ; Jiang WU
Chinese Journal of Bases and Clinics in General Surgery 2003;0(02):-
Objective To examine the effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) pneumoperitoneum on local pancreas pathological changes,serum levels of amylase,IL-1,IL-6,and the positive rate of dissolubility adhesion molecule (CD11a/CD18 and CD11b/CD18) expression in rats with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods Fifty healthy male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into 3 groups:CO2 pneumoperitoneum group (n=20):SAP was induced by injecting 5% sodium taurocholate through retrogradely common biliopancreatic ducts via duodenal papilla,and then CO2 pneumoperitoneum was established at a pressure of 12 mm Hg (1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa) for 30 min; SAP group (n=20):The rats were treated as same as CO2 pneumoperitoneum group,except CO2 pneumoperitoneum; Simple operation group (n=10):Laparotomy was performed and nothing was done to duodenum and pancreas except for moving them softly. The blood samples were collected for examining serum levels of amylase,IL-1,IL-6,and the positive rates of CD11a/CD18 and CD11b/CD18 expression,and histopathologic examination of pancreas was performed. Results Compared with simple operation group,the pancreatic pathologic histology score,serum levels of amylase,IL-1,IL-6,and the positive rates of CD11a/CD18 and CD11b/CD18 expression were significantly higher in CO2 pneumoperitoneum group and SAP group (P=0.000). The levels of IL-1 and IL-6 were significantly lower in CO2 pneumoperitoneum group as compared to SAP group (P=0.000). There was no significant difference between CO2 pneumoperitoneum group and SAP group in pancreatic pathologic histology score (P=0.294),the level of serum amylase (P=0.073),the positive rates of CD11a/CD18 (P=0.155) and CD11b/CD18 expression (P=0.201). Conclusion CO2 pneumoperitoneum has inhibitory effect on the levels of IL-1 and IL-6,rather than the positive rates of CD11a/CD18 and CD11b/CD18 expression in SD rats with SAP.
4.Assessment of coronary artery stent and radiation dose using dual source CT
Yue QIAN ; Hongjie HU ; Dan WANG ; Gaofeng WANG ; Feng JIANG ; Shizheng ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2011;31(3):366-369
Objective To compare a prospective ECG-gated high-pitch spiral technique (Flash) and conventional retrospective ECG-gated spiral technique for the image quality of coronary artery stent and radiation dose with a dual source CT.Methods One hundred and fifty five coronary stents in one hundred and twenty patients (mean age 64.9 ± 10.6 years,heart rates≤65 bpm) were examined using a dual source CT.All patients were divided in two groups,receiving either Flash or conventional coronary artery CT angiography separately.After images of coronary artery were reconstructed using both the smooth (B26) and sharp (B46) kernel,the coronary stent image quality and stent lumen were scored by two observers individually using four point scale (1 = excellent,4 = unvaluable) .The effective radiation dose of volume CT dose index (CTDIvol,mGy) and dose length product (DLP,mGy x cm) were also calculated for each patient.x2-test analysis of image quality and t-test analysis of radiation dose were used respectively for statistical difference between two groups.Results Interobserver agreement for stent image quality was good (Kappa =0.764,P<0.001).The mean scores were 1.61 ±0.77 and 1.65 ±0.82 in Flash group and conventional group respectively.There was no significant difference in image quality between the two groups (x2 = 0.865,P = 0.834).The effective radiation dose in Flash group was significantly lower than that in conventional group.The mean values of CTDIvol were 3.24 ± 1.21 in Flash group and 31.26 ± 10.79 in conventional group (t = 19.83,P < 0.001) ,and the mean values of DLP in Flash group and conventional group were 54.61 ±19.88 and 468.30 ± 174.88,respectively (t = 18.06,P < 0.001).Conclusions Compared with the conventiaonal coronary artery CT angiography,the Flash coronary artery CT angiography technique has a similar coronary stent image quality,but at a lower radiation dose in patients with heart rates lower than 65 beats per minute.
5.Effect of BRL37344 on cardiac fibroblast phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-protein kinase B signal transduction pathway
Yihui KONG ; Lina JIANG ; Yanhui GAO ; Hongjie XUE ; Li ZHANG ; Yue LI
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010;19(8):802-806
Objective To explore the effects of the β3 adrenergic receptor (β3-AR) agonist BRL37344 on cardiac fibroblast proliferation and collagen fiber hyperplasia in Wistar rats by promoting the phosphaticlylinositol 3 kinase-protein kinase B(PI3K-Akt) signal transduction pathway. Method Cardiac fibroblasts(CFbs) were isolated from 1 - 3 day-old Wistar rats under the sterile environment in the laboratory of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hasbin Medical University, by using enzyme digestion and an modified technique of differential anchoring velocity.The cultured myocardial cells were randomly (random number) divided into five groups. ① In blank group, rats were not treated with drug; ②in BRL group, rats were treated with BRL37344; ③in LY group, rats were treated with LY294002(PI3K antagonist) for one hour before treated with BRL37344;④in Akt-Ⅰ group,rats were treated with Akt-Ⅰ (Akt antagonist) for one hour before treated with BRL37344;⑤in L-A group, rats were treated with LY294002 and Akt-Ⅰ for one hour before treated with BRL37344. MTT colorimetric method and RT-PCR were used to observe the role of β3-AR agonist with or without PI3K antagonist and/or Akt antagonist in cardiac fibroblast proliferation (CFP) and collagen fiber hyperplasia (CFH). Comparisons between groups were made by one-way ANOVA and Tukey test. Results ①β3-AR was present in the CFbs. ②Compared with BRL group, the CFP and CFH in LY and Akt-Ⅰ groups were lower (P <0.01) and those in L-A group were lowest (P < 0.01). ③Compared with blank group,the expressions of type Ⅰ and type Ⅲ fiber mRNA obliviously increased in BRL group (P < 0.01),and at 48 hours,the expressionrs reached peak. At 48 hours,compared with BRL group,the expressions in LY and Akt-Ⅰ groups were lower, and were lowest in L-A group ( P <0.01). Conclusions BRL37344 promotes cardiac fibroblast proliferation and expressions of type Ⅰ and Ⅲ collagen fiber mRNA by activating the PI3K-Akt signal transduction pathway.
6.Significance of remote information exchanging platform to improve the goal attainment rate of hypertension patients
Yuanfeng ZHANG ; Xiaojiang JIANG ; Hongjie ZHOU ; Yuanyuan YE ; Ling LIN ; Xinju YANG ; Juan LIU ; Yin HU
Chinese Journal of Health Management 2016;10(4):308-312
Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of improving the goal attainment rate by management of timely feedback of hypertension patients, which is carried out by using existing communication network. Methods Totally 423 hypertension patients who were hospitalized for treatment in Daping Hospital from Jan. 2012 to Jan 2013, the random numbers table was used to randomize the patients into 2 groups: control group (212 cases) and experiment group (211cases), the conventional treatment was used in control group. Besides the conventional treatment measures, the modern way of communication and network information platform was used by patients who timely feed back the blood pressure changing, and implement the cognitive treatment of hypertension at the same time in the experiment group. The Chi square test was used to compare the patient's medication compliance, the attainment rate and so on , the t test was used to compare the blood pressure in two groups of patients after the intervention. Results At the end of the intervention, the difference of heavy salt diet (reduced to 16.59%), regularly drinking (reduced to 13.74%), heavy sugar diet (reduced to 10.43%), abnormal blood lipid (reduced to 19.91%), smoking (reduced to 27.96%), the number of people who have a stable mood (up to 91.47%), body mass index (reduced to 29.38%) and exercise at ordinary times (reduced to 36.02%) were statistically significant (P< 0.05). Hypertension patients compliance increased significantly, of which the medical behavior of 84.83%, compared with 13.21%in the control group, there was statistically significant difference (χ 2=8.54,P< 0.05). And the awareness, treatment, success rate of blood pressure control were 94.79%, 84.36%, 82.94% in experimental group and 50.94%, 40.09%, 27.83% in control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Use of the existing information interaction platform in order to strengthen the management of the blood pressure of hypertension patients and related cognitive behavioral intervention, the control of risk factors and treatment compliance have improved significantly. The remote interaction platform used to patients with hypertension management improve the attainment rate of high blood pressure.
7.The Study on Cross Validation Method for the Split Constituent of the Material fromAstragalus Sweet and Warm Property
Haiqiang JIANG ; Erdong CHEN ; Hongjie CAO ; Yong YANG ; Lili GONG ; Rong RONG
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2015;17(3):587-590
Whether there was crossing between Astragalus major split constituents was explored, and the methodology of cross validation for split constituents was studied to determine Astragalus sweet and warm property. The Astragalus was extracted by boiling water or other different solvents, and detected by HPLC-DAD or HPLC-ELSD. Finally, the similarity of each constituent was calculated by fingerprint software. Similarities of flavonoids and saponin constituents were all less than 0.31 and 0.34, respectively, compared to other constituents. The cross situation of nature-taste split components which was extracted by solvents was not serious. This method was proven to be feasible, and provided a theoretical and substantial basis for the Chinese taste pharmacological experiments and would be conductive to determine Astragalus sweet and warm property.
8.Evaluation of an automated morphological analysis system in white blood cell identificaton
Geng WANG ; Hongjie XIE ; Xianyong JIANG ; Xin WANG ; Qian CHEN ; Wei WU ; Chunmei HUANG ; Yuan HUANG ; Wei CUI
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2015;(3):168-172
Objective To evaluate the clinical performance of an automated image analysis systems named CellaVision DM96 in classifying White Blood Cells.Methods A total of 2267 peripheral blood samples (male 1 235, female 1 034, average age 46) were obtained from outpatient and inpatient in Peking Union Medical College Hospital ( PUMCH ) . These samples were selected to evaluate the precision, sensitivity, specificity and the analytical error of the system.We first evaluated the coincidence rate of reclassification and manual microscopy.On the base of favourable coincidence rate, we then evaluated the correlations between the pre-classification and reclassification of segmented neutrophil, band neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, eosinophile, basophile, blast cell, promyelocyte, myelocyte, metamyelocyte, plasma cell and reactive lymphocyte.Results The sensitivity and specificity of pre-classification of White Blood Cell were 46% -100% and 24%-92%, respectively.When studied on the cell level, the total coincidence rate of pre-classification was 88%.And the coincidence rates of pre-classification and reclassification of White Blood Cell were 6%-95% and 25%-100%, respectively.When assessed on the sample level, the coincidence rates of pre-classification and reclassification of leukocytes were 64%-98%and 84%-100%, respectively.The correlations of pre-classification and reclassification of leukocytes in order from high to low were: lymphocyte, segmented neutrophil, eosinophile, band neutrophil, monocyte, basophile, when r were 0.943 9, 0.915 2, 0.785 4, 0.775 6, 0.676 2 and 0.289 1, respectively.The correlations between reclassification and manual microscopy of White Blood Cell were higher than those between pre-classification and manual microscopy.Order from high to low was: eosinophile, segmented neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, band neutrophil, basophile.And r were 0.972 1, 0.968 5, 0.957 0, 0.831 9, 0.800 6 and 0.648 7, respectively.The ability of this automated image analysis systems at pre-classification in distinguishing between band cell and segment cell, atypical lymphocyte and normal lymphocyte was not good. Conclusion The performance of reclassification was better than pre-classification.The reclassification can be substitute for the microscopy inspection, and be used in the Clinical practice.
9.Study on Formulation Optimization and in vitro Release Characteristics of Bevacizumab Multivesicular Liposomes
Yiyun WANG ; Hongjie MU ; Hongchen HUA ; Ying JIANG ; Qingqing MENG ; Aiping WANG ; Sha LIU ; Kaoxiang SUN
China Pharmacy 2018;29(7):922-926
OBJECTIVE:To prepare Bevacizumab(BEV)multivesicular liposomes(BEV-MVLs)with sustained-effect,and to study their in vitro release characteristics. METHODS:BEV-MVLs were prepared by double emulsion method. Box-Behnken design-response surface methodology was used to optimize the prescription with the concentration of glycerol trioleate(TO)in organic phase,ratio of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine(DOPC)-cholesterol(CH)(mol/mol),the concentration of L-lysine in external water phase as factors,using encapsulation rate as index. The morphology of BEV-MVLs was observed by inverted fluorescence microscope and SEM;particle size was determined by laser particle size analyzer;the BEV content was determined by HPLC and calculate the encapsulation rate and in vitro accumulative release rate.RESULTS:The optimized prescription was as follows as TO of 2.72 mmol/L in organic phase,DOPC-CH ratio of 0.67(mol/mol)and L-lysine of 40 mmol/L in external water phase. The encapsulation rate of BEV-MVLs was(80.65±4.42)%(n=3),and relative error of it to predicted value was 2.54%. The liposomes were spherical in appearance shape and uniform in size,and they were typical non-concentric vesicle structure with average particle size of 16.80 μm. 30 d in vitro accumulative release rate was about 92%. CONCLUSIONS:Prepared BEV-MVLs show sustained-effect,and their encapsulation rate reaches the expected effect.
10.The value of combined analysis of plaque characteristics and stenosis based on coronary CT angiography in improving CT diagnostic performance for lesion-specific myocardial ischemia
Na ZHAO ; Yang GAO ; Bo XU ; Tao JIANG ; Li XU ; Hongjie HU ; Lin LI ; Wenqiang CHEN ; Dumin LI ; Feng ZHANG ; Lijuan FAN ; Bin LYU
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2021;55(1):40-47
Objective:To probe the diagnostic performance of the combined evaluation of stenosis and plaque characteristics based on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in identification of myocardial ischemic lesions, using the invasive coronary angiography (ICA)-based fractional flow reserve (FFR) as the gold standard.Methods:From November 2018 to March 2020, the patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease and scheduled for ICA at 5 clinical trials centers were enrolled in this study. All the patients underwent CCTA, ICA and FFR in turn in one week. The luminal stenosis and plaque characteristics were measured and assessed including plaque burden, volume ratios of calcification and non-calcification, lesion length and CT vulnerable features. All culprit vessels were divided into FFR≤0.8 and FFR>0.8 groups, and the parameters of plaque characteristics were compared. The correlation of ischemic lesions with CCTA stenosis and plaque characteristics was analyzed by the logistic regression analysis. The ROC curve was used to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of CCTA stenosis rate and plaque characteristics, meanwhile the area under curve (AUC) of each parameter was compared by Delong test.Results:Three hundred and sixty-six culprit vessels in 317 patients were analyzed in this study (169 vessels in ischemia group and 197 in nonischemia group). The plaque burden [34.3% (30.3%, 38.8%) vs. 32.4% (28.5%, 37.9%); Z=-2.622, P=0.009], proportion of CT vulnerable features [26.9% (45/169) vs.11.7% (23/197); χ 2=15.311, P<0.001] and lesion length [22.1 (14.4, 35.0) mm vs. 17.6 (11.0, 26.0) mm; Z=-4.388, P<0.001] in FFR≤0.8 group were higher than those in FFR>0.8 group. The results of logistic regression analysis revealed that CCTA stenosis, lesion length, and CT vulnerable features were significant predictors for myocardial ischemia (OR values: 3.794, 2.461, 1.027; P<0.001, P=0.002, P=0.002). The diagnostic performance of CCTA ≥50% stenosis alone in identification of ischemic lesions was low (AUC=0.625). When it combined high-risk plaque characteristics and lesion length, the AUC was improved to 0.714 with a statistical significance. Conclusions:CCTA stenosis, lesion length, and CT vulnerable features are major predictors in identification of myocardial ischemic lesions, and the combination will significantly improve the diagnostic performance of CCTA ≥50% stenosis.