1.Clinical study of a novel platelet dumps count in differentiating true thrombocytopenia from pseudothrombocytopenia
Wei WU ; Wei CUI ; Wei LI ; Shuo ZHANG ; Ye GUO
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2009;32(5):557-561
Objective To study the clinical significance of a novel marker of platelet clumps count provided by hematology analyzer in differentiating true thrombocytopenia from EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia (EDTA-PTCP). Methods Samples from 65 cases of thrombocytopenia (including 15 EDTA-PCTP samples and 50 random samples of true thrombocytopenia) and 50 healthy controls were analyzed using hematology analyzers, and samples with low platelet counts were checked by replacing citric acid and using manual microscope observation to identify true thrombocytopenia from EDTA-PTCP. A novel marker of platelet clumps count was used to differentiate the two diseases for samples anficoagulated with EDTA or citric acid. Results In 65 patients with thrombocytopenia, platelet counts were (48±11)×109/L detected by automatic hematology analyzers. Fifty of 65 cases were true thrombocytopenia which showed low platelet counts [(48±10)×109/L by automated analyzer and (46±11)×109/L by manual assay]. No significance was observed between them (t=-1.26, P0.05). Platelet clumps counts were 86±15. No platelet clamps were detected under microscope. The other 15 cases were EDTA-PTCP [platelet counts were (48±12)×109/L and platelet clumps counts (840±184) were increased significantly by automated analyzer and using EDTA anticoagulant] which showed obviously platelet clumps and no less platelet counts under microscope. After replacing citric acid, platelet counts [(141±13)×109/L by automated analyzer and (134±17)×109/L by manual microscope assay] were increased significantly. No significance was observed between them (t=-1.29, P0.05). Platelet clumps counts (75±12) were decreased obviously compared with EDTA anticoagulant method (t=-6.82, P<0.001). No platelet clumps were detected under microscope. Conclusion Platelet clumps counts may be a useful clinical indicator for monitoring of platelet aggregates, especially for EDTA-PTCP caused by platelet clumping.
2.Investigation in evaluation of various capacity requirement of probationer nursing students by nurses in operation room
Li GUO ; Shuo WANG ; Hui ZHOU ; Xuan WEI ; Wei HE
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2009;25(8):14-16
Objective To investigate in evaluation of various capacity requirement of probationer nurs-ing students by nurses in operation room in order to improve clinical teaching work. Methods A self-de-signed questionnaire was applied, 191 qualified teaching nurses from nine grade three A general hospitals in Beijing were invited to fdl the questionaires. The results underwent subsequent analysis. Results The teach-ers had high expectations for various capacity of the probationer nursing students. Conclusions Clinical teachers should establish feasible teaching scheme according to the existing teaching syllabus in order to in-crease teaching quality, make students gain new insights through reviewing old materials, so that they can mas-ter various technique in operation room in short time.
3.Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma(report of 8 cases)
Shuo LIU ; Guang SUN ; Xiaoqiang LIU ; Zhanjun GUO ; Xiaodong LI
Chinese Journal of Urology 2008;29(4):232-234
Objective To discuss the clinicopathologic and imaging features of multilocular cystic renal eell carcinoma(MCRCC). Methods The data of 8 cases(5 men and 3 women)MCRCC classified according to 2004 WHO criteria were reviewed retrospectively.The tumor was incidentally found in 5 out of 8 cases.Renal ultrasound and CT scans were available in all 8 cases.CT or enhanced CT scans showed a well-defined cystid mass with irregular thickening wall or septa in 7 cases,without visible nodules found.For treatment,open or laparoscopic radical and partial nephrectomy was done in those cases. Results Postoperative pathological findings confirmed the diagnosis of MCRCC.The mean greatest diameter of the tumors was 5.6 cm.Microscopically,the wall and septa lined by one or several layers of clear cells were observed in all cases.The TNM stage of all 8 cases was T1 N0 M0.For pathologic grade,7 cases were G1 and 1 case was G2.Seven patients were followed up and remained tumor free during the average time of 8 months. Conclusions MCRCC is an uncommon subtype of RCC,it has a lower malignant potential and a better prognosis compared with other types of RCC according to the literature.Nephron-sparing surgery may be an appropriate treatment option for MCRCC.
4.Decreased c-kit and miR-21 gene expression in rat heart failure
Zhen LIU ; Shuo LI ; Lingling LIU ; Zhikun GUO ; Pengfei WANG
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2017;37(1):76-79
Objective To explore mechanism ( s) is dynamic expression and internal relations of c-kit gene and miR-21 in rat ventricular remodeling .Methods SD rats( n=140) were randomly divided into normal control group ( n=15 ) and heart failure model group ( n=125 ) .Heart failure model:4 mg/kg intraperitoneal injection of adria-mycin.To detect the cardiac function of rats in eight weeks , proving the heart failure .Then harvest the rat heart , frozen section , using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence color to detect the expression changes of miR-21 and c-kit in myocardial tissue .Results The emergence of the pathological changes of cardiac muscle cells after myocardial infarction in the heart failure groups and the control group didn't appear the myocardial infarction and heart failure .Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence show that miR-21 positive cells in normal and heart failure myocardium mainly express in vascular endothelium ,a few myocardial cells and stem cells , and endocardial expressing quantity fell more than epicardial;c-kit positive cells tend to cluster together , mainly gather in the epi-cardial and its nearby , and the expressing quantity decrease significantly after heart failure .A small number of cells exsit miR-21 and c-kit common expression in both groups ( P<0.05 ) .Conclusions The decreased expression of c-kit and miR-21 is highly related to rats heart failure and left ventricular remodeling .
5.Analysis of type C behavior in patients with oral lichen planus
Yusi GUO ; Shuo LI ; Mingyue LYU ; Di YANG ; Hong HUA
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences) 2017;49(1):120-124
Objective:To assess type C behavior in patients with oral lichen planus (OLP) in order to provide basis for clinical prevention,treatment and psychological intervention of OLP.Methods:Type C behavior scale was used on 85 OLP patients and 85 control patients,who were in accordance with the inclusion criteria,in order to investigate their type C behavior.The scale included 9 items:anxiety,depression,anger,anger toward inside (anger-in),anger toward outside (anger-out),reasoning,domination,optimism,and social support.Scores of the 9 items between OLP patients and control group were calculated under the instruction of the scale and were statistically analyzed,and OLP group was further stratified statistically by sex,reticulate-erosive-ulcerative (REU) pathological type and course of diseases,and the scores of each group were analyzed and compared.Results:Among the 85 OLP patients,there were more females,more non-erosive lesion type,and the most common site for OLP was the buccal mucosa.The scores of the type-C behavior questionnaire for anxiety,depression,anger and optimism were respectively 43.01 ± 7.47,44.02 ± 7.61,21.56 ± 5.26,22.15 ± 4.00 among the OLP patients and were 37.94 ±8.70,39.58 ±7.35,18.12 ±5.39,24.05 ±3.23 among control group,with significant differences (P < 0.05 for all) between the two groups.The female OLP patients had higher anxiety,depression,anger scores (43.21 ± 6.97,44.29 ± 7.54,21.64 ± 5.09) and lower reasoning,domination,optimism scores (39.12 ±5.66,16.29 ±3.95,22.05 ±4.12) with significant differences (P <0.05 for all) compared with those of the female controls.The scores between male patients and male controls showed no significant difference.The patients with erosive lesions had higher anger score (22.94 ± 5.26) than that of the patients without erosive lesions (20.60 ± 5.03),with a significant difference (P < 0.05).With the development of the disease,the tendency of anxiety and depression of the patients were more obvious,while optimism scores remained declining.The patients suffering more than 3 years of OLP had higher anger-toward-outside scores (17.36 ± 3.35) than the patients suffering less than 3 years of OLP (15.19±3.99),with a significant difference (P <0.05).Conclusion:OLP patients showed an obvious type C behavior characteristic,especially in anxiety,depression,anger and low optimism.This research provides the C behavior characteristic of OLP for further psychological consultation or intervention during OLP treatment.
6.Monitoring the migration of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells to intracranial glioma by sodium iodide sympoter
Shuo SHI ; Min ZHANG ; Rui GUO ; Ying MIAO ; Biao LI
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2015;35(5):346-350
Objective To construct a recombinant lentiviral expression vector containing NIS and EGFP gene,and to explore the feasibility of NIS gene for monitoring the bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) migration to the intracranial glioma.Methods The NIS and EGFP gene fragments were subcloned into lentiviral vector pLVX-puro,then packaged and amplified in HEK293T cells to obtain recombinant lentivirus pLVX-CMV-NIS-EGFP.pLVX-CMV-0-EGFP was constructed as control.BMSCs were isolated,cultured,and transfected by lentivirus.The antibiotic-resistant transfected BMSCs (BMSCs-NIS-EGFP and BMSCs-EGFP) were selected.The expression of NIS gene was examined by Western blot.Functional NIS activity was confirmed by the uptake of 125I and the inhibition effect of NaClO4.The nude mice intracranial glioma models were established.MicroSPECT was performed at 24 h post BMSCs-NIS-EGFP injection via the tail vein.Results pLVX-CMV-NIS-EGFP and pLVX-CMV-0-EGFP were successfully constructed and packaged.BMSCs were successfully isolated and cultured.Stable cell lines BMSCs-NIS-EGFP and BMSCs-EGFP were constructed after lentivirus transfection and puromycin selection.The expression of NIS gene was detected by Western blot in BMSCs-NIS-EGFP,but not in BMSCs-EGFP.BMSCs-NIS-EGFP showed significantly more uptake of 125I (nearly 10 times than the uptake in BMSCs-EGFP) and the uptake could be significantly inhibited by NaClO4.The nude mice intracranial glioma models were successfully established and the BMSCs-NIS-EGFP in glioma foci could be visualized by microSPECT imaging at 24 h post injection.Conclusions A recombinant lentivirus containing NIS gene could be successfully constructed for monitoring BMSCs migration towards intracranial glioma.It might provide evidence on the research of BMSCs and NIS gene mediated therapy for glioma.
7.Imaging manifestation of A H1N1 influenza with pneumonia
Jun YANG ; Yunliang XU ; Zhibin Lü ; Xiaojie WANG ; Shuo LI ; Lei DU ; Limin GUO ; Xingwang LI
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2010;44(2):119-122
Objective To evaluate the imaging features of pneumonia caused by A (H1N1) influenza virus. Methods Imaging data of 51 patients with pneumonia caused by A H1N1 influenza were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent mobile chest radiographs and 44 patients underwent CT as well. On the basis of the lesion degree in the lung, the patients were classified into mild, moderate and serious types. Results Mild type showed patchy consolidation at chest imaging in 4 patients. Moderate type demonstrated consolidation and(or) ground -glass opacities more than 2 lung fields in 33 patients, including 30 bilateral and 3 unilateral. Serious type displayed diffuse consolidation and ground-glass opacities, probably accompanying with interstitial lesions in the lungs in 14 patients, including 6 patients with ARDS, 2 with infection and 1 with cutaneous emphysema. Conclusion The imaging features of pneumonia caused by A H1N1 influenza mainly manifest as consolidation and ground-glass opacities, probably accompanying with interstitial changes. The imaging findings show various in patients with infection. Some serious patients even develope to ARDS.
8.Comparison of the traditional and situational choice questions in the physiological examination
Shuo LI ; Ling GUO ; Wei PANG ; Xiaoxia LI ; Man CHEN ; Demao SONG ; Shigong ZHU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2017;37(1):138-141
Objective Evaluating the effect of situational questions for qualifying the students'abilities in physiolo-gy examination .Methods Comparing the difficulty coefficients and discrimination indexes between situational and traditional choice questions .Results Compared with the traditional choice questions , the difficulty coefficient of situational questions increased , while the discrimination indexes were more reasonable .The discrimination indexes of situational understanding questions were higher than those of the traditional memory and understanding questions . There were no difference between discrimination indexes of the situational application questions and those of tradi -tional application questions .Conclusions Situational questions not only improved the quality of examinations , but also facilitate evaluating students'learning ability .
9.Pharmacokinetic Study of Baicalein and Its Major Metabolites after iv Administration in Dogs
Shuo TIAN ; Lida DU ; Shoubao WANG ; Guorong HE ; Tao YANG ; Xiaoxiu LI ; Jing GUO ; Guanhua DU
Chinese Herbal Medicines 2011;03(3):196-201
Objective To develop and validate a simple,rapid,sensitive,and reproducible HPLC method for simultaneous determination of baicalein and its metabolite baicalin in dog plasma and for the subsequent pharmacokinetic study after iv administration to dogs.Methods An accurate and reproducible HPLC-UV method was developed and validated for simultaneous determination of baicalein and baicalin in dog plasma,using luteolin as internal standard.The analytes were separated by an Agilent Zorbax SB-C<,18> column(250 mm×4.6 mm,5μm)and the column temperature was maintained at 40 ℃.The mobile phase was a binary mixture of acetonitrile and water(27:73),containing 0.05% phosphoric acid in water,with a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min.The UV detector was set al 276 nm.Results Linear relationships were validated over the range of 0.05-25 μg/mL for baicalein and 0.05-20 μg/mL for baicalin.The intra-and inter-day precision values for all samples were within 8.0%,using relative standard deviation.This method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic studies in dogs after iv administration of baicalein.Baicalein was converted to baicalin quickly.Cmax values were 21.13 μg/mL at 0.05 h for baicalein and 1.57 μg/mL at 0.5 h for baicalin,areas under the plasma concentration-time curve were 4.97 h.μg/mL for baicalein and 0.63 h.μtg/mL for baicalin,and the elimination half-life is 0.50 h for baicalein and 0.75 h for baicalin,respectively.Conclusion The method is able and sufficient to be used in drug metabolism and pharmacoklnetic studies of baicalein.
10.The application of GeXP based multiplex RT-PCR assay for respiratory viral infection in children
Le WANG ; Mengchuan ZHAO ; Zhongren SHI ; Guixia LI ; Weiwei GUO ; Shuo YANG ; Tianxiao YU
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2015;38(12):852-856
Objective To detect twenty types/subtypes of respiratory viruses with the GeXP (genomelab genetic analysis system) based mRT-PCR (multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) assay,and discuss its value in pediatric respiratory viral infection.Methods A retrospective study was conducted on a total of 1 305 inpatient children (0-6 years old) admitted to the Department of Respiratory in Children's Hospital of Hebei Province from May 2014 to November 2014.The sputum samples were collected and the viral DNA or RNA was extracted.After examining the specificity and sensitivity,the GeXP-based mRT-PCR assay was performed to test 20 types/subtypes of respiratory viruses.The obtained results were evaluated in comparison with those of fluorescence real-time PCR and direct sequencing.Chisquare test was conducted by SPSS16.0.Results Among 1 305 hospitalized children,the positive rate of respiratory virus was 58.31% (761/1 305).The positive rate of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV,17.32%,226/1 305) was the highest followed by the parainfluenza virus 3 (PIV-3,16.02%,209/ 1 305),human rhinovirus (HRV,11.95%,156/1 305),adenovirus (ADV,5.06%,66/1 305),human bocavirus (HBoV,3.14%,41/1 305) and the parainfluenza virus 1 (PIV-1,2.07%,27/1 305).Multiple virus infection was found in 92 children (7.05%).The highest positive rate of respiratory virus was observed in 1-2 years old children (83.28%,249/299);the lowest rate was found in 5-6 years old children (37.68%,26/69).Conclusions The proposed GeXP-based mRT-PCR assay possessed the advantage of high throughput,sensitivity,specificity and rapidity in the detection of twenty types/subtypes of respiratory viruses.It provided a thorough investigation of viral pathogens involved in acute respiratory infection thus could satisfy the clinic requirement and provide epidemic data on the disease prevention.