1.Zrytec drops in the treatment of allergy rhinitis in children
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2000;(10):478-479
Objective:To assess the efficacy and safety of Zyrtec drops which is a patent product of UCBpharma in treatment of allergy rhinitis in children. Method :A total of 47 children of both sexes aged between 2 to6 years with allergy rhinitis (AR) were included in this study,who were randomly selected to be treated withZyrtec (Cetirizine 2 HCL) drops 5 mg daily for 3 weeks. Investigators made a global evaluation with symptomscores before treatment and once a week for 3 weeks after treatment. Result:An improvement was shown in eachweek after treatment with statistical significance (P<0.01). Zyrtec drops provided an excellent improvement atthe end of the study. Tolerance was good. Conclusion :For acting fast ,potent ,good tolerance and convenience inuse,Zyrtec drops is a better treatment in AR in kids.
2.Analysis of species-dependent hydrolysis and protein binding of esmolol enantiomers
Yihong TANG ; Junyan WANG ; Haihong HU ; Tongwei YAO ; Su ZENG
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2012;02(3):220-225
The stereoselective hydrolysis of esmolol in whole blood and in its separated components from rat,rabbit and human was investigated.Blood esterase activities were variable in different species in the order of rat > rabbit > human.Rat plasma showed the high esterase activity and had no stereoselectivity to enantiomers.Rabbit red blood cell (RBC) membrane,RBC cytosol and plasma all hydrolyzed esmolol but with different esterase activity,whereas the hydrolysis in RBC membrane and cytosol showed significant stereoselectivity towards R-(+)-esmolol.Esterase in RBC cytosol from human blood mainly contributed to the esmolol hydrolysis,which was demonstrated with no stereoselctivity.Esterase in human plasma showed a low activity,but a remarkable stereoselectivity with R-(+)-esmolol.In addition,the protein concentration affected the hydrolysis behavior of esmolol in RBC suspension.Protein binding of esmolol enantiomers in human plasma,human serum albumin (HSA) and α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) revealed that there was a significant difference in bound fractions between two enantiomers,especially for AGP.Our results indicated that the stereoselective protein binding might play a role in the different hydrolysis rates of esmolol enantiomers in human plasma.
3.Study on ConA promoting phagocytosis, cytotoxicity and producing effectors of macrophages
Lifen GAO ; Junyan LIU ; Hongming TANG ; Xueju QU ; Zhengming JIANG
Immunological Journal 2001;(2):110-112
Objective To study how ConA actives macrophages in vivo to produce cytotoxic effectors and its phagocytic functions,and cytotoxicity. Methods ConA was intraperitoneally injected(ip). Cock red blood cells(cRBC) were used to evaluate MΦ phagocytic activity,and S180 cells as target cells to analyze MΦ dependent cytotoxicity(MTC).Nitric oxide(NO),TNF-α and IL-1 levels of MΦ cultural supernatant were measured using griess reagent,L929 cells MTT method and thymocytes proliferation test respectively. Results ConA could promote MΦ to phagocytize cRBC and kill S180 cells,enhance the production of such factors as NO,TNF-α and IL-1 by MΦ. There was significant difference compared with PBS control group(P<0.01). Conclusions ConA could stimulate MΦ to produce effectors, which mediate immune regulation of ConA to MΦ.
4.Correlation Study Between Serum Level of Soluble Semaphorin 4D and Ventricular Remodeling in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Junyan TANG ; Guojie YANG ; Dongbo LI ; Zihan WEI ; Guodong LI ; Peng QIN ; Chenkai ZHU
Chinese Circulation Journal 2017;32(1):63-66
Objectives: To study the changes of blood levels of soluble semaphorin 4D (sSema4D) and matrix metalloproteinases-14 (MMP-14);to explore the correlation between sSema4D and ventricular remodeling in patients of dilated cardiomyopathy with chronic heart failure.
Methods: Our research included in 2 groups:Dilated cardiomyopathy group, n=86 patients and Control group, n=32 healthy subjects. Blood levels of sSema4D, MMP14, Pro-BNP and hs-CRP were examined by ELISA. Left atrial diameter (LAD), right ventricular diameter (RVD), ejection fraction (EF), left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVEDD), left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS) were measured by echocardiography. Correlation analysis between blood levels of sSema4D, MMP-14 and the parameters for left ventricular remodeling was conducted.
Results: Blood levels of sSema4D and MMP14 were different between 2 groups, P<0.005. In Dilated cardiomyopathy group, sSema4D level was positively related to MMP-14 and LVEDD (r=0.462, P=0.001 and r=0.643, P<0.001) respectively.
Conclusion: Serum level of sSema4D might be related to ventricular remodeling in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy which could be used as risk factor for predicting the prognosis of heart failure in relevant patients.
5.Clinical and histologic improvements in patients with hepatitis B virus-related compensated cirrhosis ;after long-term antiviral treatment
Lingjun YING ; Huazhong CHEN ; Jianwei ZHANG ; Hui SHAO ; Qiangang CHENG ; Junyan LIU ; Yongzhi TANG ; Weiti WU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases 2016;(1):13-18
Objective To investigate the effect of long-term antiviral treatment on clinical outcome and liver histology in patients with hepatitis B virus ( HBV)-related compensated cirrhosis .Methods A total of 61 patients with HBV-related compensated cirrhosis receiving antiviral therapy were enrolled from Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province during September 2010 and March 2015, including 26 HBeAg-positive cases and 35 HBeAg-negative cases .Thirty-nine patients were treated with entecavir ( ETV ) and 22 were treated with adefovir dipivoxil ( ADV ) .Biochemical , serological and virological markers were examined every 3 months during treatment, and Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) scores were calculated.All the patients underwent liver biopsy before and 144 weeks after antiviral treatment .Metavir scoring system was used to evaluate the liver histological activity ( A) and fibrosis score ( F) .Wilcoxon rank sum test and paired t-test were used for the evaluation of liver histopathology and liver function before and after treatment , respectively.Results After 144 weeks of antiviral treatment , HBV DNA was reduced and below the lower limit of detection in 58 patients (95.1%), HBeAg disappeared in 14 patients (14/26, 53.8%), and HBeAg seroconversion was observed in 10 patients (10/26, 38.5%); alanine aminotransferase ( ALT), aspartate amino transaminase (AST), total bilirubin (TBil) and CTP score decreased (t=7.489, 8.259, 14.000 and 6.026, all P<0.01), prothrombin time (PT) was shortened (t=9.777, P<0.01), and serum albumin (Alb) increased (t=3.446, P<0.01).Improvements in both liver histologic activity and fibrosis score were observed (Z=5.716 and 6.657, all P<0.01).Liver histological activity decreased from A1 to A0 in 16 cases, from A2 to A0 in 9 cases, from A2 to A1 in 15 cases, from A3 to A0 in 1 case, from A3 to A1 in 5 cases, and from A3 to A2 in 5 cases.Fibrosis score at the baseline was F 4 for all patients, while after treatment, there were 7 patients with F1, 22 with F2, 20 with F3, and F4 remained in rest 12 patients.Conclusion Both clinical and histological improvements can be obtained after long-term antiviral treatment for patients with HBV-related compensated cirrhosis .
6.Diabetic retinopathy detection algorithm based on transfer learning
Yijin HUANG ; Junyan LYU ; Meng LI ; Honghui XIA ; Jin YUAN ; Xiaoying TANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2019;37(8):603-607
Objective To investigate a diabetic retinopathy ( DR ) detection algorithm based on transfer learning in small sample dataset. Methods Total of 4465 fundus color photographs taken by Gaoyao People ' s Hospital was used as the full dataset. The model training strategies using fixed pre-trained parameters and fine-tuning pre-trained parameters were used as the transfer learning group to compare with the non-transfer learning strategy that randomly initializes parameters. These three training strategies were applied to the training of three deep learning networks:ResNet50,Inception V3 and NASNet. In addition,a small dataset randomly extracted from the full dataset was used to study the impact of the reduction of training data on different strategies. The accuracy and training time of the diagnostic model were used to analyze the performance of different training strategies. Results The best results in different network architectures were chosen. The accuracy of the model obtained by fine-tuning pre-training parameters strategy was 90. 9%,which was higher than the strategy of fixed pre-training parameters (88. 1%) and the strategy of randomly initializing parameters ( 88. 4%) . The training time for fixed pre-training parameters was 10 minutes,less than the strategy of fine-tuning pre-training parameters ( 16 hours ) and the strategy of randomly initializing parameters (24 hours). After the training data was reduced,the accuracy of the model obtained by the strategy of randomly initializing parameters decreased by 8. 6% on average,while the accuracy of the transfer learning group decreased by 2. 5% on average. Conclusions The proposed automated and novel DR detection algorithm based on fine-tune and NASNet structure maintains high accuracy in small sample dataset,is found to be robust,and effective for the preliminary diagnosis of DR.
7.Progress of extracellular vesicles in the pulmonary inflammatory diseases
Junyan JI ; Yuqing CAI ; Lanfang TANG
International Journal of Pediatrics 2020;47(3):155-159
Extracellular vesicles are a kind of membrane structures deriving from cells, which exist widely in urine, blood, saliva, milk, cerebrospinal fluid, amniotic fluid and other body fluid.Extracellular vesicles contain nucleic acid, enzymes, proteins and other bioactive molecules, which can convey the biological information to target cells through a variety of modes and participate in the pathophysiological processes of target cells.In recent years, it is considered that extracellular vesicles are associated with the pathogenesis of inflammatory disease of pulmonary such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome, and have potential therapeutic value through a large body of research.
8.Factors influencing changes in total radioactivity in differentiated thyroid cancer patients after 131I treatment
Liuyan GAO ; Wei HE ; Yunbo LI ; Haili TANG ; Menghui YUAN ; Junyan WANG ; Qianrong BAI ; Guangming WEI
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2022;42(12):973-979
Objective:To investigate the changes in total radioactivity in patient body with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) after 131I treatment and the factors influencing its metabolism. Methods:The clinical data from 218 patients after DTC treatment in the Department of Nuclear Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University from September 2021 to April 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Based on administrated 131I dose, 171 patients were divided into low-dose group (≤ 3.7 GBq) and 47 into high-dose group (>3.7 GBq) . A whole body dynamic radiation monitoring system was used to measure the in vivo residual activity of 131I 24, 48 and 72 h after 131I administration and to explore their influencing factors. Results:24, 48 and 72 h after adimination of 131I, the residual activity of 131I in the low-dose group patients was significantly lower than in the high-dose group patients ( t= -7.46, -3.31, -2.01, P<0.05) . The discharge compliance rate at 24 and 48 h in the low-dose group was significantly higher than that in the high-dose group (21.0% vs. 4.3%, 98.2% vs. 89.4%, χ2 = 7.23, 5.91, P<0.05) , and all patients could meet the discharge criteria at 72 h. Univariate analysis showed that the residual 131I activity at 24 and 48 h was dependent on age, body mass index (BMI) , basal metabolism rate (BMR) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) . As have been shown by multiple linear regression analysis, in the low-dose group, the older age, the higher BMR and the higher TSH level at 24 h tended to the higher 131I residual activity in the body. At 48 h, the higher BMI and the higher TSH level lead to the higher 131I residual activity in patient body. Meanwhile, in the high-dose group, the higher age and BMR at 24 h, tended to the higher in vivo131I residual activity. The influencing factors were analyzed in terms that 131I residual activity reaching 400 MBq in patient body at 24 and 36 h. The result showed that at 24 h the lower TSH level leaded to the lower 131I residual activity in patient body. At 36 h, the younger age, the lower TSH level, and the smaller 131I treatment dose tended to the lower in vivo131I residual activity. Conclusions:Age, BMI, BMR and TSH levels are the influencing factors for the change in total activity in patient body after 131I treatment of DTC. Radiation dose assessment based on the above indicators can provide a reference for adjusting the length of hospitalization time.
9.Efficacy of Autogenous Tooth Bone Graft Material for Patients with Alveolar Bone Deficiency in Orthodontic Treatment
Shuai LIU ; Rui ZHAO ; Junyan WANG ; Ruping TANG ; Guangqi YAN ; Mingliang YANG ; Zhenjin ZHAO
Journal of China Medical University 2019;48(2):105-108,113
Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of alveolar bone augmentation by applying autogenous tooth bone graft material to patients with alveolar bone deficiency in orthodontic treatment. Methods Four patients with a stable periodontal condition managed with fixed orthodontic treatment were included, and the number of graft sites was 17. Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) showed labial alveolar bone deficiency. The treatment plan included extraction, and the extracted teeth were used to prepare autogenous tooth bone material. The alveolar bone width was measured at the same site at multiple heights prior to operation and at 3 and 6 months post-operation.Results The alveolar bone width was higher at both 3 and 6 months post-operatively (P < 0.05) than that pre-operatively. The alveolar bone width at 6 months post-operation was lower than that at 3 months post-operation (P < 0.05). Conclusion Applying autogenous tooth bone graft material to patients with alveolar bone deficiency in orthodontic treatment can expand the range of tooth movement and result in good clinical outcomes.
10.Clinical study of early inhalation of Budesonide in the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants
Zhifeng HUANG ; Huan LI ; Peng HUANG ; Hui TANG ; Huitao LI ; Junyan ZHONG ; Nan YE ; Sue ZHANG ; Lin ZHU ; Bingchun LIN ; Yuping SHI ; Chuanzhong YANG
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2018;33(2):117-119
Objective To investigate the preventive and adverse effects of postnatal inhalation of Budesonide in early stage on bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in very low birth weight infants.Methods A total of 105 cases of high risk premature infants with BPD,who were born in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) from Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital from July 15,2015 to December 25,2016,and their gestational age ≥ 27 weeks and < 32 weeks or birth weight ≥ 1 000 g and < 1 500 g were collected for a prospective randomized controlled trial,and were randomly divided into 3 groups:early inhalation group(34 cases),late inhalation group(34 cases) and non-inhalation group(37 cases).The oxygen time,and the incidence of BPD,periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH),retinopathy of prematurity (ROP),necrotizing enterocolitis of the newborns (NEC),patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants (PDA),sepsis and hyperglycemia of infants in 3 groups were compared.Results The average oxygen time in early inhalation group was 9 days,while in late inhalation group and the non-inhalation group was 15 days and 18 days,respectively.The average oxygen time in early inhalation group was significantly lower than that in the late inhalation group and the non-inhalation group,with the difference being statistically significant (H =6.09,P < 0.05).The noninvasive ventilation time in early inhalation group was 3 days,while both the late inhalation group and non-inhalation group were 6 days.The noninvasive ventilation time in early inhalation group was significantly lower than that in the late inhalation group and non-inhalation group,with the difference being statistically significant (H =6.17,P <0.05).The incidence of BPD in the early inhalation group,late inhalation group and non-inhalation group were 14.7% (5/34 cases),20.6% (7/34 cases) and 37.8% (14/37 cases),respectively.The incidence of BPD in non-inhalation group was significantly higher than that in the early inhalation group and late inhalation group,with the difference being statistically significant (x2 =12.017,P < 0.05).There were no significant differences in IVH,ROP,NEC,PDA,sepsis and hyperglycemia among the 3 groups (all P > 0.05).Conclusions Postnatal inhalation of Budesonide in early stage in high risk very low birth weight infants can reduce the incidence of BPD and the oxygen time,and the adverse reactions are not obvious.