1.Prognostic value of B-type natriuretic peptide in non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome
Wei DU ; Yunying WANG ; Xueqin DONG ; Yanchun REN ; Jian SHI
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2008;7(3):182-183
One hundred and five patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome were followed up for 1 year.They were assigned to the event group or non-event group according to the presence of endpoint events(cardiac death and nonfatM myocardial infarction).B-type natriuretic peptide level was measured at 30 days and 1 year and compared between the two groups.The results showed that the level of B-type natriuretic peptide was higher in the event group[(235±107)μg/L vs(154±49)μg/L at 30 days;(259±100)μg/L vs(143±57)μg/L at 1 year].Thus,B-type natriuretic peptide is an important prognostic factor for patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome.
2.Effect of allicin on abnormal crypt focus production in carcinogenesis Wister rat model
Jian HUANG ; Zhu ZHU ; Wenliang LI ; Ruize ZHOU ; Junyu REN ; Jian DONG
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2014;(2):65-67
Objective To study the inlfuence of the allicin on abnormal crypt focus(ACF). in Wister rat model. Methods 60 Wister rats were subcutaneous injected by dimethylhydrazine (DMH), according to 20 mg/kg weight, once a week, feeding 18 weeks continuously. All of the rats were randomly divided into allicin group and non-allicin group, each group was divided into three groups evenly, and put to death at 8, 16 and 24 weeks after medication separately. Large intestines were observed after dyeing. Results Large intestines were divided into ten equally, and all pieces were observed. ACF were almostly distributed in the middle and distal of the large intestines, about in 50%-80%.The basic situation of non-allicin group was as follows:ACF at 8 weeks was 63.97±1.22 on average per each, 16 weeks was 83.97±1.13, 24 weeks was 69.33±2.01. The basic situation of allicin group:ACF at 8 weeks was 9.4±1.12 on average per each , 16 weeks was 7.17±1.33, 24 weeks was 4.97±1.23.The occurrence of ACF in non-allicin group was higher than allicin group, the differences of incidence rate and number of ACF between two groups was significant (χ2=15.88,P<0.01).Conclusion Allicin can significantly reduce the number of ACF in Wister rats, lower the incidence of colorectal cancer, has prevention effect.
3.The cognitive development of conflict monitoring of school-age children: a behavior and ERP study
Jing CAI ; Yanling REN ; Suhong WANG ; Yili ZHANG ; Jian CAO ; Zhilong YANG ; Ling MA ; Xuan DONG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2011;20(1):22-24
Objective The present study aimed to trace the behavior results and event-related potential (ERP) of conflict monitoring from 7 ~ 12 years old to explore the development features of the conflict monitoring.Methods In six groups of 144 children aged from 7 to 12,behavior and non-target N2 amplitude were analyzed in continuous performance test (CPT) task. Results 1. Behavior results:the reaction time of target stimulus decreased ( ( 533.33 ± 66.65 ) ms, (523.91 ± 92.96 ) ms, (468.37 ± 64. 13 ) ms, ( 46 1.48 ± 98.31 ) ms, (457.57 ±84.05 ) ms, (405.02 ± 67.90) ms) and the hitting number increased ( ( 34.87 ± 4.84 ), ( 37.64 ± 3.54 ), ( 37.95± 2.92 ), (38.67 ± 1.23 ), (39.31 ± 1.08 ), ( 39.45 ± 1.00 ) ) as age increased, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.01 ). 2. ERP: ①The non-target N2 amplitude was significantly higher than the target,and the difference was statistically significant (F= 98.57, P< 0.01 ). ②The amplitude of non-target N2 amplitude decreased with age, and the difference was statistically significant (F= 5.54, P< 0. 01 ). Conclusion The non-target N2 was closely related to the monitoring conflict, and the behavior and ERP results in this study showed the development trend. 8 ~ l0 and 12 years old are the critical development period of information processing speed, attention and conflict monitoring function for children.
4.Cross-cultural differences in picture recognition memory of Chinese and Indian medical students
Yili ZHANG ; Saxena ADITYA ; Suhong WANG ; Yanling REN ; Jing CAI ; Jian CAO ; Zhilong YANG ; Xuan DONG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2010;19(12):1125-1127
Objective To investigate cross-cultural differences in picture recognition memory of medical students. Methods Picture recognition memory were assessed by the classic new-old picture recognition,and behavioral results were recorded during the test. Results For new medical picture recognition, mean accuracy of Chinese medical students( 83.21 ± 8.95 )% was considerably higher than that of Indian medical students( 75.56 ±12.63)% (P<0.05), while for old medical picture recognition, reaction time (RT) of Chinese medical students ( ( 887.57 ± 104.07 ) ms ) was longer than that of Indian medical students ( ( 840.93 ± 1 22.48 ) ms) (P<0.05).Three way ANOVA suggested that cultural background and picture type significantly affected accuracy and RT,learning experience affected RT. In addition to picture type and learning experience, the interaction of each factors is not remarkable. Conclusion Cultural background, professional background and learning experiences have affected recognition memory. Medical students of different cultural background adopted difference strategies in picture recognition memory.
5.The conflict monitoring of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder:an event-related potentials study
Jian GAO ; Suhong WANG ; Zhilong YANG ; Yili ZHANG ; Jing CAI ; Yanling REN ; Ling MA ; Xuan DONG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2010;19(11):975-977
Objective To compare the event-related potential(ERP) difference waveforms between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children and normal children in the conflict task,and to investigate the neural mechanism of conflict monitoring of ADHD. Methods ERPs elicited by performing the spatial SimonStroop task were recorded in 32 children with ADHD and 32 normal children. The differences of ERP and behavior dren with ADHD(0.80±0. 11 ,0.87 ±0.08) were less than normal children (0.88 ±0.07,0.93 ±0. 04)in Sireaction time of ADHD group( (773.03 ±99.34)ms) in the Siin were longer than the control group( (737.21 ±81.40)ms) ,the differences had statistic significance (P<0. 05). 2. ERP results:the amplitude of N2 of the children with ADHD in the four conditions were smaller than the control group, the difference in Siin had statistic sigof prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex of ADHD were weaker than the control group. Conclusions The results suggest that, due to the inadequate allocation of attention resources of the children with ADHD, they have conflict monitoring function defects compare with normal children. The function defects of conflict information processing related brain areas may be the main neural mechanism. The result of the behavior and ERP can become the reference indicator for the early diagnosis and treatment of ADHD.
6.Effect of needle-pricking in treating functional anejaculation and its influence on sex hormone levels.
Dong CHEN ; Jian ZHONG ; Shu-ren CHEN
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine 2009;29(11):1026-1028
OBJECTIVETo observe the therapeutic effect of needle-pricking (NP) for treatment of anejaculation (AE), and its influences on sex hormone levels.
METHODSOne hundred and twenty-two AE patients were randomized into the treated group (62 patients) treated with NP applied mainly on bilateral points of sacral plexus and para-vertebra L1, every 5 days; and the control group (60 patients) treated orally with L-dopa and ephedrine 1 h before sexual intercourse. The therapeutic course for both was 45 days. Changes of clinical conditions and blood sex hormones levels were observed.
RESULTSThe total effective rate was 82.3% (51/62) in the treated group, which was significantly higher than that in the control group, 58.3% (35/60, P < 0.05); levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicular stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol (E2) were improved significantly in the treated group after treatment (P < 0.01), but in the control group no significant change of FSH was shown, and the improvement of LH and FSH was inferior to that in the treated group (P < 0.01).
CONCLUSIONNP could improve the clinical symptoms and adjust the blood levels of sex hormone in patients with AE, showing an effect better than L-dopa plus ephedrine in increasing LH and FSH levels.
Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Estradiol ; blood ; Follicle Stimulating Hormone ; blood ; Gonadal Steroid Hormones ; blood ; Humans ; Infertility, Male ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prospective Studies ; Young Adult
7.Three cases of acute p-nitrochlorobenzene poisoning.
Dong-da HU ; Jian-jun REN ; Jia-yi WANG ; Gen-fu PAN ; Qian WANG
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2004;22(3):232-232
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8.Brain imaging studies in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder revealed by resting-state fMRI fALFF analysis
Zhilong YANG ; Suhong WANG ; Jian CAO ; Yanling REN ; Jing CAI ; Yili ZHANG ; Ling MA ; Xuan DONG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2010;19(10):894-896
Objective To investigate pathological mechanism of dysfunction of executive control in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ,using a new resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging(fMRI) index, fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuation (fALFF). Methods Thirty children of school age with ADHD and thirty gender, age and education-matched healthy controls were experienced restingstate fMRI scans. fALFF approach was used to analyze blood oxygen level-dependent fMRI(BOLD-fMRI) data in resting state. Results Compared with the normal controls,the ADHD showed decreased fALFF in the bilateral superior frontal gyrus( BA10, t=5. 40,4.11 ,Z =4.81,3.82),bilateral middle frontal gyrus( BA9,BA46, t=5.72,5.37, Z = 5.04,3.08 ), right medial frontal gyrus ( BA 10, t = 5.53, Z = 4.90 ) and left precuneus ( t = 3.81, Z =3.57). And the ADHD showed increased fALFF in the bilateral limbic lobe (BA36, t = 4.37,5.20, Z = 4.02,4.66 ), right brainstem ( t = 4.77, Z = 4.34) and bilateral cerebellum ( t = 4.65,4.83, Z = 4.24,4.38 ). Conclusion The results suggest that lower activition of frontal may be the core deficit of executive control with ADHD in resting state,and high activation in several brain regions may be related to compensatory effect.
9.Short-term Effect of Thrombus Aspiration Catheters Combining Tirofiban Medication for Myocardial Tissue Reperfusion Recovery in Patients With Acute ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction
Liguo JIAN ; Shichao LIU ; Pengfei WANG ; Tongbin DING ; Jiangtao ZHAO ; Dong CHENG ; Xinwei REN
Chinese Circulation Journal 2014;(7):501-504
Objective: To evaluate the short-term effect of thrombus aspiration catheters combining tiroifban medication for myocardial tissue reperfusion recovery in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Methods: A total of 105 STEMI patients with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in our hospital from 2011-05 to 2013-05 were studied, there were 73 male and 32 female with the mean age of (58.39 ± 10.37) years. The patients were randomly divided into 2 groups, Group A, the patients received thrombus aspiration catheters with intravenous tiroifban, n=53 and Group B, the patients received tiroifban and PCI, n=52. The basic clinical features, myocardial tissue perfusion level, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) at post operative and in-hospital period were recorded, the cardiac function was examined by echocardiography at 6 months after PCI in both groups.
Results: The basic clinical features were similar between 2 groups. The thrombolysis in myocardial infarction trial (TIMI) 3 lfow rate was higher in Group A than that in Group B (92.45% vs 55.77%), P=0.000. TIMI 2 and TIMI 0~1 lfow rates were lower in Group A than that in Group B (7.55%vs 26.92%), P=0.008 and (0%vs 17.31%), P=0.002. The adjusted TIMI frame was lower in Group A (27.26±5.50) vs (38.98±5.42), P<0.001. The echocardiography at 6 months after PCI indicated that Group A had higher LVEF than that in Group B (0.55±0.06) vs (0.47±0.06), P<0.001;lower left ventricular end diastolic diameter (50.77±5.45) vs (54.76±5.34), P<0.001;less angina and target vessel revascularization (16.98%vs 40.38%), P=0.008 and (9.43%vs 17.31%), P=0.008. The incidence of MI, acute heart failure, cardiac death and non-target vessel revascularization were similar between 2 groups, P>0.05.
Conclusion:Thrombus aspiration catheters combining tiroifban medication may obviously improve the myocardial tissue reperfusion and the short-term cardiac function in STEMI patients after PCI, it could reduce the incidence of no-relfow without increasing MACE.
10.Anti-scar effect of bevacizumab by multiple-time and high-dose subconjunctival administration following trabeculectomy in rabbits
Wei-zhi, CHEN ; Ze-qin, REN ; Jian-qiang, DONG ; Yu, WANG ; Xiao-xin, LI
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2011;29(6):495-500
Background Bevacizumab is primarily aimed at pathologic angiogenesis for off-label uses such as the treatment of ocular neovascular disorders.However,as a new anti-fibrotic and anti-angiogenic agent following trabeculectomy,the safety and efficacy of bevacizumab by multiple-time and high-dose subconjunctival injection are still under study.Objective This study was to assess the safety and efficacy of bevacizumab after multiple-time and high-dose subconjunctival injections.Methods Regular trabeculectomy filtration surgery was performed on both eyes of 18 clean New Zealand White rabbits 0.1ml of bevacizumab(25g/L) was subconjunctivally injected intraoperatively and 3,5,7 days postoperatively in the left eyes of rabbits,and no any intervene in the right eyes were as normal controls.Bleb morphology was examined every 2 days and graded based on Moorefield's criteria and compared between the bevacizumab-treated eyes and normal saline(NS) eyes.The animals were sacrificed at 10,20 and 30 days after surgery respectively.The histopathological changes of the blebs were detected by hematoxylin and eosin stain to evaluate the cellular element around the bleb,and Masson stain was used to assess the degree of fibroblast proliferation.The degree of vascularity of bleb was identified by anti-vWf stain.Approval of this protocol was obtained and permitted from People's Hospital Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Peking University.The use of experimental animals complied with the Regulation for the Administration of Affair Concerning Experimental Animals by State Science and Technology Commission.Results Compared to the NS-treated eyes,bevacizumab-treated eyes showed the larger and more diffusely elevated blebs with the significant difference(2.48±0.22cm2 versus 1.73±0.27cm2,t=5.194,P<0.05).The survival time of the filtration bleb in bevacizumab panel was longer in bevacizumab-treated eyes compared to control eyes,showing a significantly difference between them(21.0±1.56 days versus 12.5±1.97 days,t=3.830,P=0.005).Histological and immunohistochemical analysis confirmed that bleb and adjacent conjunctiva vascularity(A value) was significantly less in bevacizumab-treated eyes than that in control eyes at 20 days after surgery with the difference value 14320.7±4134.9(t=12.275,P<0.05),and fibroblast deposition value was evidently diminished after bevacizumab treatment at 30 days following surgery in comparison with control eyes with the mean difference 0.27±0.03(t=15.980,P<0.05=.Conclusion Repeated subconjunctival injection of bevacizumab can effectively prolong the survival time of bleb in a rabbit model of trabeculectomy and limit the degree and area of vascularization in 30 days following surgery.Bevacizumab inhibit fibroblast-meditated tissue formation significantly in the later phase of vascularization after trabeculectomy.