1.The clinic manifestations and the changes of electromyogram in patients with chronic N2hexane intoxication
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2010;17(z2):1-2
Objective To investigate the characteristics of the clinic manifestations and the electromyogram changes in patients with chronic N2hexane intoxication. Methods The clinic manifestations, the electromyography and nerve conduction velocities were analyzed in 9 patients with N2hexane intoxi2 cation. Results The main clinical manifestations of the disease were acroparesthesia and asthenia, especially in legs. The abnormality rate of electromyography in patients with N2hexane intoxication was 100%. The conduction velocity of the sensory nerve and the motor nerve decreased at a rate of 33.33% and 88.89% respectively. The distal latencies were prolonged( 100% ). The denervated electromyogram was 33.33%. Conclusion The main clinical manifestations of the disease were Peripheral neuropathy. The chronic N2hexane intoxication mainly led to the imparement, especially in the distal region of the motor nerve in legs,and the damages of the nerve could be related to the duration of exposure to N2hexane.
2.Current research on metabonomics detection in clinical diagnosis
Tianjin Medical Journal 2015;(8):942-945
Metabonomics is an important part of systems biology. Many research shows that metabonomics has an poten?tial incomparable advantages in clinical diagnosis. When human body was stimulated by exogenous or endogenous factor, it could respond throughalteration of low molecular weight metabolites. Therefore, researches of the dynamic changes of com?plex metabolites could explore the pathological or physiological changes in the body. With advance of modern technologies nuclear magnetic resonance and chromatography couple to mass spectrometer are widely applied to the metabonomics. Now, comprehensive analysis the dynamic changes of patients in vivo then setting up relationship between biomarkers and related diseases become possible through the application of Metabolomics in clinical. Finally, we discuss the realization of disease diagnosis by metabolome analysis.
3.Effect of the efficacy and safety of trastuzumab combined with docetaxel chemotherapy in stage Ⅲ breast cancer
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2017;37(4):34-36,39
Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of trastuzumab combined with docetaxel chemotherapy in the treatment of stage Ⅲ breast cancer.Methods 150 cases of stage Ⅲ breast cancer patients from October 2013 to September 2015 in our hospital were selected and randomly divided into experimental group and control group,75 cases in each group,the control group were treated with cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin treatment,experimental group were treated with trastuzumab combined with docetaxel chemotherapy.To 21 days for a course of treatment,all patients were treated three courses.The levels of serum C reactive protein(C-reactive protein,CRP),the total effective rate and the incidence of adverse reactions in two groups before and after treatment were compared.Results After treatment,the level of serum CRP in the two groups decreased significantly,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05),the CRP levels of serum in experimental group was significantly lower than the control group,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05),the clinical total effective rate is higher,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05),the incidence rate of adverse reaction was lower,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion Trastuzumab combined with docetaxel chemotherapy can effectively reduce the inflammatory response in patients with stage Ⅲ breast cancer,improve clinical efficacy,and effectively reduce the adverse reactions of patients.
4.The Analysis of Therapy in 3 012 Severe Acne Patients
Jue QI ; Qi ZHENG ; Wenjuan WU ; Li HE
Tianjin Medical Journal 2014;(4):366-369
Objective To analyze the current clinic application of severe acne treatment, and to provide evidences to improve its treatment. Methods Using sampling survey, a total of 3 012 severe acne patients who visited the dermato-logical department of 35 hospitals over the country for the first time were selected for this study. Each patient filled a ques-tionnaire about their acknowledgement, history of medical intervention and drug therapy of severe acne. Results Among all 3 012 patients with severe acne, 76.6%believed acne is a kind of skin disease, but only 35.2%of the patients went to see doctors at early stage of disease, while others choose interventions such as self-extrudation , topical medication or skin care products, herbal tea/folk recipes, beauty salons and application of coverture cosmetics. Among all severe acne patients, 2 388 cases (79.3%)had taken oral medications, which included 1 161(48.6%) patients who took anti-biotics. 394 cases (33.9%) took roxithromycine and 173 cases(14.9%) took other kinds of anti-biotics. 55.5%of all these patients who took oral medication less than 4 weeks in duration. 2 081 cases (69.1%) applied external drugs, in which includes 90 cases (4.3%) of using glucocorticoid, and 437 cases (21.0%) of using other kinds of external products. The adverse effects of topical treat-ments were commonly observed, such as erythema (512 cases, 24.6%), desquamation (683 cases, 32.8%), scab (73 cases, 3.5%) and hypersensitive (281 cases, 13.5%). Conclusion Severe acne is a disease need systematic treatment. but only mi-nority of the patients went to see doctors at early stage of disease. The current problems in treatment of severe acne include lack of target in choosing drugs, not long enough treatment course, and adverse effects of cutaneous administration.Early , safe and targeted medical attention with sufficient treatment course is encouraged.
5.Effect of plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 on transforming growth factor-beta 1 , hyaluronic acid and tissue inhibitor Of metalloproteinase-1 of hepatic stellate cells
Clinical Medicine of China 2011;27(3):232-235
Objective To study the effect of plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 ( PAI-1 ) on the protein expression of transforming growth factor-beta 1 ( TGFβ1 ), hyaluronic acid ( HA ) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) of hepatic stellate cells(HSC). Methods Methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT)was performed to detect the effect of PAI-1 on the proliferation of LX-2 ,and to determine the perfect intervention concentration of PAI-1. After incubation with PAI-1 in LX-2 culture solution for 12 h,24 h,48 h,the protein expression of TGFβ1 ,TIMP-1 and HA was observed with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results A492 in the negative control was 0. 473 ± 0. 353, and 1. 249 ± 0. 440, 1. 636 ± 0. 315,1.283 ± 0. 413,0. 938 ±0. 263 and 0. 303 ±0. 125 when the concentration of PAI-1 was 5,10,20,40 and 80 μg/L,respectively,a concentration of 10 μg/L of PAI-1 showed the strongest stimulation remarkablely ( F = 11. 697, P < 0. 01 ).After incubation with PAI-1 for 12 h,24 h,48 h,the protein expression of HA,TGFβ1 and TIMP-1 in the LX-2 supernatant significantly increased compared to negative control (F = 1566. 752,235. 632 and 67. 359,respectively,P < 0. 01 or < 0. 05 ). Conclusion PAI-1 may influence the development of hepatic fibrosis through promoting the protein expression of HA ,TGFβ1 and TIMP-1 of HSC.
6.Study of community nursing intervention on medication compliance of hypertension patients
Li HU ; Qi ZUO ; Yanping WU
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2010;26(14):53-54
Objective To discuss the effect of community nursing intervention on medication compliance and control rates of blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension.Methods Community nursing intervention was conducted to 73 community patients with essential hypertension. The patients' medication compliance was compared before and after intervention and their control of blood pressure was also observed. Results The difference was statistically significant in the comparison of patients' knowledge of antihypertension and the proper use of antihypertensive drugs before and after intervention. Blood pressure control rate was 80.82%.Conclusions Community nursing intervention can improve patients' medication compliance and effectively control the blood pressure of the patients.
7.Axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer patients with negative sentinel node biopsy:a sys-temic review
Qi WU ; Juanjuan LI ; Shengrong SUN
Journal of Clinical Surgery 2015;(2):128-131
Objective To systematically evaluate the effectiveness and safety of axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer patients with negative sentinel node biopsy.Methods Literatures in CNKI,PubMed,EMBASE and CBMwere searched from their establishment to December 1,2013.Accord-ing to the inclusion and exclusion criteria,trials of axillary lymph node dissection and sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer were strictly screened and extracted for quality assessment and result analysis.Meta-anal-ysis was conducted by using Revman 5.1 software.Results A total of 10 studies involving 7731 patients were eligible for the final analysis.Because of the large differences in research type,measurement indica-tor,follow-up period and statistical index,subgroup analysis was adopted.Meta-analysis was applied for homogeneous researches and the remaining studies were analyzed with qualitative descriptive analysis.The results showed no significant differences in disease-free survival,overall survival,local recurrence rate,and distant metastasis rate in different follow-up periods.Conclusion For breast cancer patients with single invasive lesion,axillary lymph node dissection is not necessary.More high-quality random control trials and long-term follow-up are required to confirm the conclusions of this systematic review.
8.Study on the mechanism of curcumin on the apoptosis and radiosensitivity of human chordoma cell line CM-319
Jie YAO ; Li QI ; Xuejian WU
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2021;41(1):33-42
Objective:To investigate the effects of curcumin on apoptosis and radiosensitivity of human chordoma cell line CM-319 and its mechanism.Methods:CM-319 cells were cultured in vitro and divided into curcumin 0 μmol/L group, curcumin 5 μmol/L group, curcumin 10 μmol/L group, curcumin 20 μmol/L group, si-NC group, si-UHRF1 group, curcumin+pcDNA group, curcumin+pcDNA-UHRF1 group.Flow cytometry was usedtodetect cell apoptosis, Western Blot was used to detectthe protein expression of Bcl-2, Bax, Cleaved Caspase-3 and UHRF1, qRT-PCR was used to detect the expression of UHRF1 mRNA, and clone formationexperiment was used to detect the sensitivity of CM-319 cells to radiation.Results:Compared with the curcumin 0 μmol/L group, the apoptosis rate of CM-319 cellsinthe curcumin 5 μmol/L group, curcumin 10 μmol/L group and curcumin 20 μmol/L groupincreased 12.61%±1.57%, 18.42%±1.54%, 29.37%±2.65% vs 7.24%±0.73% ( t=9.305, 19.680, 24.153; all P<0.05), and the protein expression of Bcl-2 decreased 0.62±0.06, 0.51±0.05, 0.33±0.03 vs 0.76±0.07 ( t=4.556, 8.719, 16.939; all P<0.05), while the protein expression of Bax 0.41±0.04, 0.55±0.05, 0.69±0.06 vs 0.26±0.03 ( t=9.000, 14.920, 19.230; all P<0.05) and Cleaved Caspase-3 0.37±0.04, 0.49±0.05, 0.62±0.06 vs 0.24±0.03 ( t=7.800, 12.862, 16.994; all P<0.05) increased, and the expression of UHRF1 mRNA decreased 0.82±0.08, 0.67±0.07, 0.42±0.04 vs 1.01±0.09 ( t=4.734, 8.946, 17.972; all P<0.05), the protein expression of UHRF1 decreased 0.61±0.06, 0.48±0.05, 0.31±0.03 vs 0.83±0.08 ( t=6.600, 11.130, 18.258; all P<0.05), and were dose-dependent, and the sensitization ratios were 1.433, 1.708, and 2.183, respectively. Compared with the si-NC group, the protein expression of UHRF1in CM-319 cells in the si-UHRF1 group decreased 0.35±0.04 vs 0.79±0.08 ( t=14.758, P<0.05), the apoptosis rate of CM-319 cells increased 21.49%±2.11% vs 8.24%±0.83% ( t=17.531, P<0.05), the protein expression of Bcl-2 decreased 0.34±0.03 vs 0.71±0.07 ( t=14.575, P<0.05), while the protein expression of Bax 0.62±0.06 vs 0.25±0.03 ( t=16.547, P<0.05) and Cleaved Caspase-3 0.58±0.05 vs 0.23±0.03 ( t=18.007, P<0.05) increased, and the sensitization ratio was 1.727. Compared with the curcumin+pcDNA group, the apoptosis rate of CM-319 cells in the curcumin+pcDNA-UHRF1 groupreduced 13.59%±1.25% vs 28.31%±3.01% ( t=13.549, P<0.05), the protein expression of Bcl-2 increased 0.63±0.06 vs 0.31±0.03 ( t=14.311, P<0.05), while the protein expression of Bax 0.42±0.04 vs 0.71±0.07 ( t=10.791, P<0.05) and Cleaved Caspase-3 0.38±0.04 vs 0.65±0.05 ( t=12.650, P<0.05) decreased, and the sensitization ratio was 0.539. Conclusion:Curcumin can induce apoptosis of CM-319 cells and enhance the radiosensitivity of CM-319 cells, , and the mechanism is related to the down-regulation of UHRF1 expression.
9.Effect of intravenous injection of levosimendan on acute heart failure after cardiac surgery
Yujuan QI ; Zhenhua WU ; Peijun LI
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2017;37(9):166-167
Objective To investigate and analyze the efficacy of intravenous levosimendan in the treatment of acute cardiac failure after cardiac surgery. Methods The study of the 80 cases of acute heart failure in patients undergoing cardiac surgery after treatment in March 2014 to March 2017, the patients were monitored in the treatment before and after treatment of 24 h heart rate, left ventricular ejection fraction, mean arterial pressure and central venous pressure and other related indicators. Results Of all patients, 58 survived after treatment, and 22 died during or after treatment. Compared with before treatment, after treatment of 24 h in left ventricular ejection fraction in patients, mean arterial pressure, central venous and changes in heart rate were significantly improved, data between the two groups had significant difference compared with statistical significance(P<0.05). In 8 patients, transient blood pressure reduction occurred during treatment, but symptoms disappeared after taking appropriate measures, and other patients had no more severe adverse reactions. Conclusion According to the method of intravenous levosimendan in treatment of acute heart failure in patients undergoing cardiac surgery after treatment can make the patient's cardiac function improved, has a significant effect on the prognosis of patients, should have a relatively high value.
10.Ovarian insulin resistance and regulation of traditional Chinese medicine cryptotanshinone in mice
Jing CHEN ; Wei LI ; Qi WU ; Hongying KUANG ; Xiaoke WU
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2015;(5):475-479
Objective The insulin pathways within ovary are in close relationship with female reproductive ability .The arti-cle was to observe the effects of ovarian insulin resistance on ovarian function and the effects of cryptotanshinone (CRY) on ovarian in-sulin resistance. Methods All mice were randomly divided into saline group (isotonic saline), DEX a group (isotonic saline plus DEX), CRY a group(isotonic saline plus DEX plus cryptotanshinone ), 10 in each group.The degree of insulin resistance was tested on each rat, along with the measurement of disintergrations per minute (DPM), ovulation rate and serum hormone level .After 20 fe-male mice were put to death , their ovaries were randomly divided into 4 groups:blank control group ( blank culture solution ) , DEX b group (DEX), CRY b group(DEX plus cryptotanshinone ), and WT group (DEX plus cryptotanshinone plus wortmannin ), 8 in each group. Murine ovaries in each group were cultured in vitro to test the number of ovarian glucose and the serum hormone level . Results After in-
sulin resistance took place in murine ovaries , significant statistical difference was found between DEX a group and saline group as to 2-deoxy-D-[1,2-3H]-glucose, liver, adipose and ovarian tissues (P<0.05).Ovaries in CRY a group increased significantly compared with DEX a group([2805.2 ±921.5]DMP/mg vs [1183.2 ±382.2]DMP/mg, P<0.01 ).Compared with DEX a group(37.5 ± 7.0, 5.0 ±1.8), the ovulation rate and the average corpus luteum in saline group (26.3 ±5.9, 3.5 ±1.6) and CRY group (27.2 ± 6.3,3.8 ±0.9) decreased (P<0.05).In comparison to DEX a group, the estrogen and progestogen levels in saline group and CRY a group decreased significantly(P<0.05).The expression level of AKT2 protein in DEX a group was much lower than that in saline group([0.39 ±0.01] vs [0.77 ±0.03], P<0.05).The glucose uptake in ovarian tissues cultured in vitro in blank control group , DEX b group, CRY b group and WT group was respectively (3447.2 ±1245.2)DMP/mg, (1183.2 ±382.2) DMP/mg, (2805.2 ± 921.5) DMP/mg, and (1364.2 ±292.3) DMP/mg.DEX b group decreased significantly compared with blank control group , DEX b group and WT group decreased significantly in comparison to CRY b group (P<0.05).In comparison to blank control group, the me-dium testosterone level increased and the protesteron level decreased significantly in DEX b group (P<0.05). Conclusion Tradi-tional Chinese medicine cryptotanshinone can relieve ovarian insulin resistance in vitro and in vivo , and it may exert insulin sensitivza-tion through PI3K pathway.