1.The application and advantage of half-dynamic interactive web for diagnostic teaching
Yan WANG ; Haixing JIANG ; Jijin ZHU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2006;0(10):-
The deficiency in teaching resource is becoming severer as enrolled students increased and the awareness of respecting patients’rights is enhanced.It is urgent to develop new strategy to improve our diagnostic teaching in this situation.For this purpose,the scheme of developing half-dynamic interactive web for diagnostic education is proposed,and the advantage of the web are also discussed here.The advantages include enhancing students’interest and participation in study,bettering communication between the teachers and students,utilizing the collective intelligence,and integrating education resource.Excellent half-dynamic interactive web is helpful to transform the teachers’role from implanting into guiding,supervising,and examining.
2.Angiographic features of infarct-related artery and the therapeutic efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Hanchun WEN ; Jijin ZHU ; Lang LI ; Liguang ZHU ; Zhiheng ZEN ; Kai HUANG ; Yongwei YE ; Shiwen LU
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011;20(3):283-286
Objective To evaluate the angiographic findings and the therapeutic effect of thrombolysis in AMI (acute myocardial infarction) patients. Method A retrospective study were carried out in consecutive eighty-four inpatients with AMI treated with intravenous thrombolysis and coronary angiography was taken within a week after illness onset from January 2000 to August 2007. The patients were divided into successful recanalization group and non-recanalization group. Single factor χ2 test and multi-factor logistic regression analysis were applied to observe the relationship among the angiographic features of IRA (infarct-related artery including the number of stnosis, the location of stenosis, the severity of stenosis and the morphological changes) and treatment effect of intravenous urokinase thrombolysis. Results (1) Single factor χ2 test showed that location and the extent of lesion of IRA were eligible to enter the logistic regression formula (P < 0.05),whereas the number of lesions and the severity of IRA's stenosis were not eligible to enter the logistic regression formula (P > 0. 05). (2) Multi-factor logistic regression analysis showed that the extent of lesion of IRA was the only factor that had a negative impact on the therapeutic effect of intravenous thrombolysis.Conclusions The study shows that the extent of lesion of IRA is the only factor that has a negative impact on the therapeutic effect of intravenous thrombolysis; The number, the location of lesion and the severity of stenosis of IRA have no impact on the therapeutic effect of intravenous thrombolysis in AMI.
3.c-Jun N-terminal kinase signaling pathway in acetaminophen-induced liver injury.
Wenshang CHEN ; Jijin ZHU ; Shilai LI
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2023;35(11):1223-1228
Acetaminophen (APAP) is the most common antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug, but its overdose often leads to acute liver injury, even acute liver failure, and death in some severe cases. At present, there is still a lack of specific treatments. The c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signal pathway is one of the potential therapeutic targets identified in recent years in overdose APAP-induced acute liver injury. This article reviews the JNK signaling pathway of APAP in liver metabolism, the activation of JNK signaling pathway and the amplification of oxidative stress, other pathways or cellular processes related to JNK signaling pathway, and the possible challenges of drugs targeting JNK, so as to provide direction and feasibility analysis for further research and clinical application of JNK signaling pathway targets in APAP hepatotoxicity, and to provide reference for searching for other targets.
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Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury
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Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic/metabolism*
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Signal Transduction
4.Role of thymic stromal lymphopoietin in liver diseases
Wenshang CHEN ; Jijin ZHU ; Shilai LI
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2022;38(5):1175-1178
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a type I interleukin 2 family cytokine composed of four short-chain α-helix bundles and has homology with interleukin-7. TSLP plays an important role in many allergic diseases or autoimmune diseases, such as asthma, atopic dermatitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, and inflammatory bowel disease, and promotes the development of these diseases. At present, there are some reports on TSLP in liver diseases, and some studies showed that it can promote the development and progression of liver diseases, while others showed that it plays a protective role in liver diseases. This article reviews the molecular composition and biological features of TSLP and the role of TSLP in benign liver diseases and liver tumors and elaborates on the research advances in TSLP in liver diseases.
5.Mechanism of action of thymic stromal lymphopoietin in a mouse model of acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury
Wenshang CHEN ; Mingjing YIN ; Jijin ZHU
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2025;41(1):110-117
ObjectiveTo investigate the role and mechanism of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) in a mouse model of acetaminophen (APAP)-induced acute liver injury. MethodsA total of 16 wild-type (WT) male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into control group and APAP group, with 8 mice in each group, and the mice in the APAP group were given intraperitoneal injection of APAP solution at a dose of 400 mg/kg to establish an animal model, while those in the control group were given injection of an equal volume of normal saline, with samples collected after 6 hours. An automatic chemical analyzer was used to measure the serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST); quantitative real-time PCR was used to measure the mRNA expression levels of the inflammatory factors tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in liver tissue; the kit was used to measure the content of glutathione (GSH) in liver tissue homogenate; quantitative real-time PCR and Western blot were used to measure the transcriptional level and protein expression level of TSLP. Furthermore, 22 WT male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into control group with 8 mice, APAP group with 8 mice, and APAP+recombination TSLP (rTSLP) group with 6 mice; the mice in the APAP+rTSLP group were given intraperitoneal injection of rTSLP solution, while those in the control group and the APAP group were given injection of the solvent PBS; after 30 minutes, the mice in the APAP+rTSLP group and the APAP group were given injection of APAP solution, while those in the control group were given injection of an equal volume of normal saline. The serum levels of ALT and AST were measured; HE staining was used to observe the pathological changes of the liver; kits were used to measure the levels of the oxidative stress indices malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in liver tissue homogenate; Western blot was used to measure the expression levels of the autophagy-related proteins LC3Ⅰ/Ⅱ, Beclin1, and P62 and the molecules such as nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), protein kinase B (Akt), phosphorylated Akt (p-Akt), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and phosphorylated mTOR (p-mTOR). In addition, 16 WT male C57BL/6J mice and 16 TSLP receptor-silenced (TSLPR-/-) mice were divided into WT mouse control group, WT mouse APAP group, TSLPR-/- mouse control group, and TSLPR-/- mouse APAP group, with 8 mice in each group; the mice in the WT mouse APAP group and the TSLPR-/- mouse APAP group were used for modeling by intraperitoneal injection of APAP solution at a dose of 400 mg/kg, and those in the WT mouse control group and the TSLPR-/- mouse control group were given injection of an equal volume of normal saline. The serum levels of ALT and AST and the content of MDA in liver tissue were measured for these four groups, and Western blot was used to measure the protein expression levels of LC3Ⅰ/Ⅱ, Akt, and p-Akt. The independent-samples t test was used for comparison of continuous data between two groups; a one-way analysis of variance was used for comparison between multiple groups, and the least significant difference t-test was used for further comparison between two groups. ResultsAfter the mouse model of APAP-induced acute liver injury was established successfully, there were significant increases in the mRNA and protein expression levels of TSLP compared with the control group (both P<0.01). In the study of rTSLP, compared with the control group, the APAP group had significant increases in ALT and AST (both P<0.001) and radial necrosis along the central vein observed by HE staining of liver tissue, as well as significant reductions in the protein expression levels of the oxidative stress indices SOD and Nrf2 and a significant increase in the level of MDA (all P<0.01); compared with the APAP group, the APAP+rTSLP group had significant reductions in ALT and AST, a significant reduction in necrotic area of liver tissue, significant increases in the protein expression levels of SOD and Nrf2, and a significant reduction in MDA (all P<0.05); there were significant differences in the protein expression levels of LC3Ⅰ/Ⅱ, Beclin1, P62, p-Akt, and p-mTOR between the APAP+rTSLP group and the control group (all P<0.01). In the study of TSLPR-/- mice, compared with the WT mice after modeling, the TSLPR-/- mice had significant increases in the levels of ALT, AST, and MDA and significant reductions in the expression levels of LC3Ⅰ/Ⅱ and p-Akt (all P<0.05). ConclusionTSLP can increase autophagy, reduce oxidative stress, and thus improve acute liver injury induced by APAP overdose, possibly by activating the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway and inhibiting mTOR.
6.Treatment and prognosis analysis of 205 patients with intracranial primary diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Miao XIANG ; Hanyu WANG ; Dan ZHU ; Ye CHEN ; Jijin WANG ; Han SHAO ; Yunfei XIA ; Yujing ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2023;32(4):307-312
Objective:To analyze the clinical efficacy and prognostic factors of intracranial primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).Methods:Clinical data of 205 patients pathologically diagnosed with intracranial primary DLBCL at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer center from March 2001 to September 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 101 patients were male and 104 female, the median age was 54 years old. Non-germinal center B cell (GCB) subtype accounted for 74.1%(126/170). A total of 177 patients received high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) and 91 patients received rituximab. After induction chemotherapy, 59 patients (30.4%) achieved complete response (CR), 112 patients (57.7%) achieved partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD). A total of 83 patients received consolidation or salvage radiotherapy, and only 14 patients received autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). The influence of pathological type, chemotherapy, rituximab treatment, radiotherapy and radiotherapy mode, ASCT and other factors on the overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) was evaluated. The survival rate was calculated by Kaplan-Meier method. Univariate prognostic analysis was performed by log-rank test. Multivariate prognostic analysis was conducted by COX model.Results:The median follow-up time was 34 months. The 5-year OS and PFS rates were 55.6% and 44.2%, respectively. GCB subtype, chemotherapy with HD-MTX, rituximab treatment, remission status after induction chemotherapy, and radiotherapy were favorable prognostic factors for OS or PFS, in which the last three were the independent prognostic factors. Consolidation radiotherapy in patients who obtained CR after induction chemotherapy did not significantly improve survival, while salvage radiotherapy in patients who achieved PR/SD after induction chemotherapy significantly improved both OS and PFS(both P<0.01). Consolidation radiotherapy showed no significant survival difference compared with consolidation ASCT. Conclusions:The non-GCB subtype of intracranial primary DLBCL is related to poor prognosis. The addition of rituximab to HD-MTX based induction chemotherapy can improve survival. Radiotherapy is still an important treatment for intracranial primary DLBCL, and there are limitations of ASCT in practical clinical application.