1.L-Arginine-NO pathway inhibits the hypertrophic response of cultured cardiomyocytes induced by angiotensin Ⅱ
Tao YANG ; Wei ZHANG ; Lei ZHANG
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2003;0(10):-
Aim This study is designed to analyze the influence of L-arginine (L-Arg) on expression level of angiotensin Ⅱ receptors (ATR) and the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in cultured cardiomyocytes, with the intention to clarify the mechanisms relative to L-Arg's inhibitory effects on formation of cardiac hypertrophy. Methods Five groups of cardiomyocytes were established: control group, Angiotensin Ⅱ (ATⅡ) group, ATⅡ + Saralasin group, ATⅡ + L-Arg group, ATⅡ + L-Arg+L-NAME (N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester) group. After 48 hours in supplemented culture, synthetic velocity of protein, NO production, expression level of ATR and p38 MAPK in cardiomyocytes were detected through the [3H]-leucine incorporation method, colorimetry, RT-PCR and western blotting, respectively. Results L-Arg could decrease the expression level of ATR1 and phosphorylated p38 MAPK, enhance NO production and reduce the synthetic velocity of protein in cultured cardiomyocytes stimulated by ATⅡ. Both ATⅡ and L-Arg had no influence on the expression level of angiotensin receptor type 2(ATR 2). Correlation analysis revealed that the relationship of negative correlation was significant between NO production and each of following factors: ATR1 expression level and phosphorylated p38MAPK expression level; As indicated by multiple stepwise regression analysis, not ATR2 expression level, but ATR1 expression level acted as the regression predictor of expression level of phosphorylated p38MAPK. Conclusion By enhancing myocardial NO production, L-Arg-NO pathway inhibits the p38MAPK activation mediated by ATR1, leading to inhibition of the hypertrophic response of cardiomyocytes. ATR2 seems to be independent from the activation process of p38 MAPK.
2.Treatment of resectable pancreatic head cancer
Liu ZHANG ; Jianlei YANG ; Lei ZHANG
International Journal of Surgery 2017;44(6):425-428
Pancreatic cancer is the highest degree of malignancy in the digestive system tumors,longterm prognosis is poor.Pancreatic head cancer has the highest proportion of pancreatic cancer,so its treatment is the focus of the treatment of pancreatic cancer.Radical pancreaticoduodenectomy is the hope of patients with pancreatic head cancer to be cured,but also is the most important treatment for patients with long-term survival.Choosing the appropriate surgical methods and techniques can improve the rate of radical resection of the tumor and reduce the postoperative complications.Combined with timely and appropriate adjuvant therapy,it may improve the quality of life and prolong the survival of resected pancreatic head cancer patients.
3.Predictive Study on Pharmacological Effects of Herbal Medicine based on Support Vector Machine
Lei LEI ; Ce YANG ; Li ZHANG ; Yanhui XING ; Xianrong WEN
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2013;(8):1766-1770
B ased on Chinese medicine pharmacological literature data , the property , flavor , toxicity , meridian tropism, efficacy, and clinical application of Chinese herbal medicine were used as a set of attributes. The sup-port vector machine ( SVM ) was used in the establishment of predictive models of 187 pharmacological effects of Chinese herbal medicine respectively. And the cross-validation method was used to determine the accuracy of predictive models . After that , the predictive models with the predictive accuracy rate greater than 90% were used to predicate pharmacological effects of 624 herbals recorded in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia(2010 edition). It was found that the accuracy rate of 108 models was greater than 90%, and the accuracy rate of antibacterial effect predictive model was 99.76%. The highest predictive value of Chinese herbal medicine was the anti-oxi-dation effect of Menispermi Rhizoma.
4.Monitoring of Adverse Drug Reactions in Secondary or Inferior to Secondary Medical Institutions
Dongmei YANG ; Zhimin ZHANG ; Lei JIANG
China Pharmacy 2005;0(22):-
OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for the practice of monitoring on adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in secondary or inferior to secondary medical institutions.METHODS:The problems in the practice of ADR monitoring in secondary or inferior to secondary medical institutions were analyzed and the approaches to strengthen the ADR monitoring was discussed taking our hospital as an example.RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:The problems in the practice of ADR monitoring in secondary or inferior to secondary medical institutions manifested as low general technical level,lacking of advanced information network,hospital leaders' negligence,medical staff's poor consciousness,pharmacy departments' failure in bringing their role into full play,etc.Therefore,it is urgent to attach great importance to the problems to facilitate the development of ADR monitoring by enlarging publicizing,raising awareness;improving the organizational structure and the related working rules,bringing clinical pharmacists and nursing staff's roles into full play and establishing the reward and punishment mechanism,etc.
5.Roles of lipid droplets in hepatitis C virus life cycle.
Xiao-Jie YANG ; Lei-Liang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Virology 2014;30(1):91-97
Lipid droplets are the main storage organelles for intracellular neutral lipids. Many recent studies have found that lipid droplets are closely related to hepatitis C virus (HCV). Lipid droplets play important roles in the multiple processes of HCV life cycle, such as infection, replication, assembly, and secretion. In this review, we summarize the recent research progress in the roles of lipid droplets in HCV life cycle.
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6.Lung adenocarcinoma progression schema
Zhenyu YANG ; Zhiwen FAN ; Lei ZHANG
Journal of International Oncology 2013;(2):120-122
Lung adenocarcinoma is usually thought to follow a linear multistep progression schema,that is precancerous lesions progress to adenocarcinoma in situ,and progress to micro-invasive adenocarcinoma,eventually some lung adenocarcinoma happen diffusion.However,recent findings reveal that this linear progression schema might not occur in all lung adenocarcinoma subtypes,and some subtypes show a kind of non-linear progression schema.The study of these two kinds of schemas can help for early detection of lung adenocarcinoma.
7.System evaluation of methotrexate therapy and triple therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
Lei ZHANG ; Kanghua YANG ; Yong HUANG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2013;(52):9049-9054
BACKGROUND:At present, it is controversial to choose methotrexate therapy alone or triple therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
OBJECTIVE:To systemical y evaluate the efficacy and safety of methotrexate therapy and methopterin+hydroxychloroquine+sulfasalazine triple therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
METHODS:Computer retrieval was performed on the Cochrane library, PubMed, EMBASE NRR (http://www.updatesoftware.com/National), CCT (http://www.control ed-trails.com) and the Chinese biomedical literature database. Manual retrieval was performed on Chinese major orthopedic journals. Randomized control ed trials of methotrexate therapy alone and methopterin+hydroxychloroquine+sulfasalazine triple therapy treatment for rheumatoid arthritis were col ected. Methodological quality of the included studies was evaluated. The statistical software Revman 5.0 provided by the Cochrane col aboration was used.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of four literatures in a randomized control ed trial, a total of 297 cases were included;the methodological quality was al class B. Meta-analysis results showed that blood sedimentation improvements were larger in methotrexate therapy alone than in the triple therapy [mean difference=7.01, 95%confidence interval (CI) (2.82, 11.19), P=0.001). Improvements of joints were better in triple therapy than that in single therapy [OR=0.62, 95%CI (0.41, 0.95), P=0.03). There was no significant difference in adverse events. Meta analysis could not be done in ACR, because literature did not provide detailed data. Compared with the triple therapy treatment, methotrexate therapy alone obviously reduced the sedimentation of rheumatoid arthritis in adults, but in terms of joint function improvement, triple therapy was superior to methotrexate therapy alone. Moreover, on the adverse event, there was no significant difference between the two groups. Because this system evaluation included a less number of cases, it stil needs strict large-sample randomized control ed studies to increase the strength of the evidence.
8.Discussion on cultivation of scientific research ability of postgraduates in neurosurgery depart-ment
Bao YANG ; Lei WANG ; Maozhi ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2013;(12):1226-1228
Cultivation of scientific research ability for postgraduates in neurosurgery department find expression in morality education, scientific spirit culture, scientific research objective propagan-da, review writing, data analysis and thesis writing, etc. Cultivation of scientific research ability and cultivation of clinical skill supplement each other and both can improve the research ability of post-graduates in neurosurgery department.
9.Targeted surveillance on surgical site infection
Huiwen ZHANG ; Xiaolei YANG ; Jun LEI
Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2015;(2):108-110
Objective To understand the occurrence of surgical site infection (SSI)following class I incision operation in a tumor hospital,explore the continuous surveillance and improve effectiveness,so as to provide reference for further inter-vention.Methods Targeted surveillance on thyroid surgery patients undergoing classⅠincision operations in a hospital in January-June 2013 were performed by medical record review,bedside observation,dressing change observation and patient follow-up,the surveillance result was compared with that of the same period of 2010.Results There was one case of SSI in January-June 2013 and January-June 2010 respectively,SSI rate was 0.20% and 0.18% respectively,there was no significant difference(P =1.000).In January-June 2013,prophylactic perioperative antimicrobial usage rate was 0.20%,which was lower than 27.21% of 2010;the coincident rate of indication for antimicrobial use was 100%, which was higher than 6.67% of 2010,the difference was statistically different(all P <0.001).Conclusion Targe-ted surveillance on SSI is helpful for the rational perioperative use of antimicrobial agents,the reducing of antimicro-bial prophylactic use doesn’t lead to the increase of class Ⅰ incision SSI.
10.Contents in characteristic database of traditional Chinese medicine and its hierarchical analysis
Haiyan YANG ; Yuxiang ZHANG ; Lei FAN
Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science 2014;(2):53-56
The investigation of characteristic databases in 22 domestic colleges or universities of traditional Chinese medicine showed that the information resources have not been fully developed and the developed databases of tradi-tional Chinese medicine lacked of deep hierarchies.It was pointed out that updating their contents and deepening their hierarchies are the developing orientation for the characteristic databases of traditional Chinese medicine.