1.Superconducting magnetocardiography signal measurement technology and coronary heart disease screening
Haiming AI ; Zhe DONG ; Jingru GE ; Wang MI ; Wei LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Physics 2024;41(10):1265-1272
Objective To research superconducting magnetocardiography signal measurement technology and coronary heart disease screening for solving the difficulties in weak magnetocardiography signal measurement,and to verify the value of clinical application.Methods The principle of superconducting magnetocardiography signal measurement technology was analyzed for constructing a framework for superconducting magnetocardiography signal measurement technology.Then,the key circuits such as the host controller,magnetic flux-locked loop,and signal conditioning module were designed,and software systems and core algorithms were developed.Finally,a total of 255 volunteers with healthy hearts,mild myocardial ischemia and severe myocardial ischemia were enrolled in the study,and a comparative experiment was performed between synchronous magnetocardiography and coronary angiography(CAG).Results The peer-to-peer bipolar structure was only observed in the current density vector distribution of healthy subjects instead of myocardial ischemia subjects.The overall coincidence rate,total Kappa value,severe ischemia coincidence rate,mild ischemia coincidence rate and negative coincidence rate of magnetocardiography with CAG were 86.22%,78.21%,86.79%,84.09%and 86.67%,respectively.Magnetocardiography had a sensitivity,specificity,positive rate,negative rate,positive likelihood ratio and negative likelihood ratio of 87.16%,84.41%,86.00%,86.67%,5.98 and 0.08,respectively.Conclusion Magnetocardiography has a high coincidence rate and consistency with CAG in the diagnosis of myocardial ischemia.Superconducting magnetocardiography signal measurement technology can be served as an accurate and reliable screening method for coronary heart diseases.
2.The research of contrast on acceptance of automated breast volume scanner,digital screening mammography and handheld ultrasound
Jingru YAN ; Xican GAO ; Yan JU ; Ge ZHANG ; Yao XIAO ; Shanling YANG ; Rui SHU ; Hongping SONG
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2017;26(9):787-792
Objective To compare patients'satisfaction and comfort associated with automated breast volume scanner(ABVS),handheld ultrasound(HHUS)and mammography(MMG).Methods Five hundred and twenty-eight women who performed ABVS examination and previously had undergone MMG and HHUS were enrolled.BMI,bra size,with or without lesion,lesion size,pain score of MMG,ABVS and HHUS were documented and analyzed.Results The pain score of MMG was significantly higher than that of ABVS[4.0(2.0,6.0)vs 2.0(1.0,4.0)](P <0.05).92.4% of the cases were preferred for the ABVS examination,which was higher than that for the MMG(45.5%),and was similar to HHUS(94.7%).Bra size,BMI,with or without lesion and lesion size could affect the pain degree of ABVS.Conclusions Routine use of ABVS will be well tolerated by patients than MMG.
3.Qualitative research on digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in patients with insomnia combined with depressive and/or anxious symptoms
Fangmei GE ; Yating ZHAO ; Jingru LI ; Jing ZHANG ; Yi JU ; Qing ZHANG ; Chengmei YUAN
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2023;32(7):605-611
Objective:To investigate the physical and mental experience, treatment compliance and use barriers of patients with insomnia in using digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (dCBT-I) in order to provide qualitative evidence for the development and application optimization of the dCBT-I technology paradigm.Methods:From July to November 2021, a semi-structured interview outline was used to conduct in-depth interviews with the dCBT-I users ( n=10) to record their original feelings about the use of dCBT-I. Interpretative phenomenology's text analysis was used to explore the participants' experience and cognition of dCBT-I. Results:Text analysis and key information calibration were carried out on the verbatim transcripts of semi-structured interview recordings, and three core themes were extracted, namely stickiness factor, use barrier and optimization direction, as well as eight sub-themes, namely professionalism, accessibility, benefit experience, difficulty in task execution, instruction generalization, difficulty in software operation, enrich treatment content and personalized guidance.Conclusion:The present study showed that participants were receptive to the dCBT-I intervention and would be benefited from it.However, dCBT-I still needs to be optimized and improved to reduce the operating difficulty and explore more appropriate timing of manual intervention.
4.The mechanism of SAP overexpression in alleviating periodontitis in mice
HUANG Yinyin ; LIANG Dongliang ; ZOU Yaokun ; HAN Jingru ; GE Qing ; LIU Xueyan ; GUO Yadong ; HUANG Xinli ; YANG Lan
Journal of Prevention and Treatment for Stomatological Diseases 2025;33(8):619-630
Objective:
To investigate the mechanism by which serum amyloid P component (SAP) alleviates periodontitis in mice, providing an experimental basis to establish SAP as a novel therapeutic agent for periodontitis.
Methods:
Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee. Periodontitis models were established in wild-type (WT) mice and SAP-transgenic (SAP-Tg) mice, divided into four groups: WT control (WT group), WT periodontitis (WT+P group), SAP-Tg control (Tg group), and SAP-Tg periodontitis (Tg+P group). On day 7, the mice were euthanized, and periodontal tissues, teeth, and alveolar bone were collected. SAP protein expression was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Micro-CT and HE staining were used to measure alveolar bone resorption (distance from the cementoenamel junction to the alveolar bone crest). Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining was performed to assess osteoclast number, and immunohistochemistry (IHC) was employed to evaluate macrophage infiltration. The expression levels of inflammatory cytokines including interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were measured by qRT-PCR. Oral microorganism composition was analyzed using 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene sequencing. Additionally, macrophages from WT and SAP-Tg mice were isolated to establish an in vitro inflammation model, divided into WT+LPS and Tg+LPS groups. The expression of macrophage polarization-related genes including inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), CD86, CD163, and CD206) were assessed by qRT-PCR. After the induction of osteoclast differentiation, TRAP staining was performed.
Results:
ELISA results demonstrated that periodontal tissues from Tg+P group mice exhibited higher levels of SAP expression compared to the WT+P group. Micro-CT and HE staining analyses revealed that the Tg+P group showed reduced alveolar bone resorption, indicated by a shorter distance between the cementoenamel junction and alveolar bone crest, compared to the WT+P group. Furthermore, TRAP staining results indicated a decrease in osteoclast numbers in the Tg+P group compared to the WT+P group. IHC and qRT-PCR results indicated reduced macrophage infiltration and decreased expression of IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α in the Tg+P group. Oral microorganism sequencing showed no significant difference in periodontitis-associated pathogenic bacteria between WT+P and Tg+P groups. In vitro experiments demonstrated that compared to the WT+LPS group, the Tg+LPS group exhibited downregulated M1 macrophage markers (iNOS and CD86) and upregulated M2 macrophage markers (CD163 and CD206). TRAP staining confirmed fewer osteoclasts in the Tg+LPS group.
Conclusion
SAP overexpression effectively alleviates periodontitis severity in mice by inhibiting M1 macrophage polarization, reducing pro-inflammatory cytokine expression, and suppressing osteoclast differentiation, thereby attenuating alveolar bone resorption.