1.Ethical Issues in the Teaching of Forensic Medicine
Ang LIU ; Limei XU ; Zhenyu HOU ; Yuanyuan DONG ; Junbang FANG
Chinese Medical Ethics 1994;0(05):-
Forensic science is a cross discipline,involving both the subjects of natural sciences and the humanities & social sciences.It needs not only the application of forensic techniques and other theoretical results of natural sciences,but also be bounded by moral and ethical guidance.This paper discusses ethical issues involved in the teaching of forensic medicine in medical colleges,exploring the relationship between the teaching of forensic medicine and ethics,so as to promote the development of forensic science education.
2.Laparoscopic radical cholecystectomy vs open surgery for T2 gallbladder cancer
Lingfu ZHANG ; Chunsheng HOU ; Zhi XU ; Limei GUO ; Liyuan TAO ; Xiaofeng LING ; Lixin WANG ; Dianrong XIU
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2017;32(5):389-392
Objective To evaluate laparoscopic radical cholecystectomy for T2 gallbladder cancers.Methods A retrospective analysis was made on 44 patients with pathology confirmed T2 gallbladder cancer undergoing laparoscopic vs open radical cholecystectomy.The clinicopathological and follow-up data were compared.Results Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed in 32 patients,the implantation metastasis rate of this approach has no statistical differences compared with the open cholecystectomy (P =1.000).26 patients underwent laparoscopic radical resection and the remaining 18 patients underwent open radical resection.There was no statistical difference in operation time (P =0.953),blood loss (P =0.193)and postoperative complications (P =1.000),but the laparoscopic radical resection group is superior to the open group on postoperative pain grading (P =0.022),ambulation time (P =0.000),nothing per mouth time (P =0.000) and length of hospital stay (P =0.048).The mean number of lymph nodes retrieved was 5 ±4 (range 1-12) in the laparoscopic radical group and 6 ± 3 (range 1-12) in the open group (P =0.983);the 1,3,5 year survival rates was 92.3%,70.3%,61.5% and 92.3%,76.3%,69.3%,respectively(P =0.473).Conclusions Initial laparoscopic cholecystectomy does not increase the rate of seeding metastasis in the context of intact gallbladder carcinoma.Totall laparoscopic radical resection is feasible in selected T2 gallbladder cancer patients.
3.Expression and purification of lysin B in mycobacteriophage D29 and analysis of its enzymatic properties.
Lili HOU ; Limei HAO ; Jiancheng QI ; Ge YANG
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2010;26(4):517-522
LysinB (LysB) in mycobacteriophage D29 was cloned and expressed and its enzymatic properties were analysed. The lysB gene was amplified by PCR from mycobacteriophage D29 genomic DNA and inserted into pET22b vector. The constructed recombinant plasmid was transformed into Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) to express fusion protein, which was purified by Ni-NTA column and enzymatic activity detected. The results showed that expression plasmid pET22b-lysB was constructed successfully. Highly purified recombination protein (His-LysB) was obtained 33.2 mg from 1 L LB culture medium. A screening for His-LysB activity on esterase and lipase substrates confirmed the lipolytic activity. With p-nitrophenyl butyrate as substrate, the thermal stability of the enzyme was poor when the temperature was above 30 degrees C. The enzyme exhibited higher stability at pH 5.0-9.5. The optimum temperature and pH for the lipolytic activity of His-LysB were 23 degrees C and 7.5 respectively. Under the optimum conditions, the specific activity of His-LysB was 1.3 U/mg. Zn2+, CU2+, Mg2+, Mn2+ and phenylmethane sulfonyl fruoride severely inhibited the lipolytic activity of His-LysB. The result provides a new option for tuberculosis drug research and development.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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drug effects
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4.Survey on the first-aid capability of primary general practitioners in southern Zhejiang province
Ruonan HOU ; Sonam DEKYI ; Xiaoming ZHOU ; Wei ZHOU ; Limei LEI ; Minwu ZHANG ; Xiyi XU ; Jie WENG ; Liping WU ; Zhiyi WANG ; Daqing CHEN
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2021;20(1):67-72
Objective:To survey the first-aid ability of general practitioners (GPs) and the emergency service capacity of primary health institutions in southern Zhejiang province.Methods:The questionnaire of first-aid ability of GPs in primary care institution was developed on the basis of the Delphi method during August to October 2018. The questionnaire was employed in a survey on the first-aid ability among 480 GPs from 169 community health service centers of three regions in southern Zhejiang province. The survey covered basic information and first-aid skills and emergency response ability of GPs, and the emergency facilities of primary health institutions.Results:A total of 480 questionnaires were distributed and 447 were retrieved with an recovery rate of 93. 1%(447/480). Among the 447 responders, 55.9% (250/447) were males, 70.9% (317/447) had bachelor′s degree or above, and 60.2% (269/447) had middle and senior professional titles. There were 99.6% (445/447), 86.6% (387/447), 76.1% (340/447) and 69.8% (312/447) responders considered cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR), electrical defibrillation, respiratory balloon and endotracheal intubation as important first-aid skills, and corresponding mastery rates were 84.3% (377/447), 32.0% (143/447), 55.2% (247/447) and 12.9% (58/447), respectively. The 92.4% (413/447) responders thought that the rescue ability of common emergency and critical illness was the most important, while only 32.4% (145/447) responders mastered it. Least responders [41.4%(185/447)] thought that ability of using bedside ultrasound was important, and the corresponding mastery rate was only 3.8%(17/447); 77.4%(346/447) of general practitioners believed that CPR machines was important, while the available rate of CPR machines in primary health care institutions was only 16.0%(27/169).Conclusion:The GPs in southern Zhejiang province have a good grasp of cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills, but have a low mastery rate of first-aid skills such as electrical defibrillation, tracheal intubation, and emergency rescue capabilities, which are quite different from their perceived importance evaluation.
5.Recent advance in recurrence risk prediction of ischemic stroke
Wenli ZHENG ; Renli DENG ; Yeyin QIU ; Liu YANG ; Limei HOU ; Hen LIANG
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2020;19(4):408-412
Ischemic stroke is prone to recurrence, which is the leading cause of death and disability in stroke. Using predictive model to assess the recurrence risk in patients with ischemic stroke, stratifying risk, and formulating corresponding interventions to reduce the recurrence rate are the core contents of secondary prevention. In this paper, research progress on the prediction of recurrence risks of ischemic stroke recently is summarized from the predicting content or factors, including clinical factors, imaging factors, biological markers and traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome differentiation, and the methods of constructing prediction models about traditional statistical methods and machine learning, in order to provide a reference for clinical work.
6.Relation between dysfunctional attitude and depressive symptoms in adolescents: the acting path of negative automatic thoughts and positive coping style
Yating HOU ; Danfeng YAN ; Limei JIANG ; Zhenjie SUN ; Long NA
Sichuan Mental Health 2024;37(2):125-130
BackgroundThe prevalence of depressive disorder in adolescents is on the rise. There have been studies on the pairwise relations between dysfunctional attitude, negative automatic thoughts, positive coping style and depressive symptoms in the past. However, the impact of the intrinsic relations among dysfunctional attitude, negative automatic thoughts and positive coping style on depressive symptoms is still unclear. ObjectiveTo explore the influence of dysfunctional attitude on adolescent depressive symptoms and examine the action path of negative automatic thoughts and positive coping style on it, in order to provide references for intervention for adolescent patients with depressisve disorder. MethodsThis study involved 162 adolescent patients with depressive disorder, who met the diagnostic criteria for depressive episodes in the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10) and received treatment in Taiyuan Psychiatric Hospital from October 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023. These patients were evaluated using Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Dysfunction Attitude Scale (DAS), Positive Coping Style Subscale in Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire(SCSQ) and Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ). Pearson correlation analysis was adopted to examine the correlation among scores of scales above. Model 6 in Process 3.4.1 was adopted to test the acting path of negative automatic thoughts and positive coping style between dysfunctional attitude and adolescent depression symptoms. ResultsA total of 148 adolescent patients with depressive disorder completed an effective questionnaire survey, with a response rate of 91.36%. The direct effect value of dysfunctional attitude on depressive symptoms was 0.423 and the effect size was 63.32%. Negative automatic thoughts and positive coping style affected as acting path between dysfunctional attitude and depressive symptoms, with effect values of 0.156 (accounting for 23.35% of the total effect) and 0.045 (accounting for 6.74% of the total effect) respectively. Meanwhile, negative automatic thoughts and positive coping style affected as a chain reaction pathway between dysfunctional attitude and depressive symptoms, with an effect value of 0.044, accounting for 6.59% of the total effect. ConclusionDysfunctional attitude can not only directly affect the depressive symptoms of adolescent patients with depressive disorder, but also affect the depressive symptoms of adolescent patients with depressive disorder through the independent path or chain path of negative automatic thoughts and positive coping style.
7. Laparoscopic treatment for incidental gallbladder cancer: a retrospective 10 years study from a single institution
Lingfu ZHANG ; Chunsheng HOU ; Zhi XU ; Limei GUO ; Xiaofeng LING ; Lixin WANG ; Dianrong XIU
Chinese Journal of Surgery 2019;57(4):277-281
Objective:
To explore the feasibility of laparoscopic treatment for incidental gallbladder cancer(IGBCA) and analyze the factors influencing prognosis.
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A retrospective study of 71 patients with IGBCA received laparoscopic treatment at Department of General Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital from January 2007 to December 2016 was conducted,the clinicopathological data and prognosis were analyzed. There were 18 males and 53 females,aged 23 to 81 years. They were divided into two groups based on the presence of intraluminal mass in the gallbladder. Sixty-five of the 71 patients received laparoscopic radical resection, the prognosis of them were compared with 14 patients with open radical resection.
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Among the 71 patients,65 patients received radical resection,3 patients simple gallbaldder resection and 3 patients palliative resection. Postoperative complications occurred in 6 patients. IGBCA were detected by frozen section in 57 patients,with the accuracy of 96.5%,while the accuracy of T stage is 43.8% in the 48 patients received T stage evaluation during frozen section examination. The T stages based on final pathology were Tis(
8.Overview of epigenetic degraders based on PROTAC, molecular glue, and hydrophobic tagging technologies.
Xiaopeng PENG ; Zhihao HU ; Limei ZENG ; Meizhu ZHANG ; Congcong XU ; Benyan LU ; Chengpeng TAO ; Weiming CHEN ; Wen HOU ; Kui CHENG ; Huichang BI ; Wanyi PAN ; Jianjun CHEN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2024;14(2):533-578
Epigenetic pathways play a critical role in the initiation, progression, and metastasis of cancer. Over the past few decades, significant progress has been made in the development of targeted epigenetic modulators (e.g., inhibitors). However, epigenetic inhibitors have faced multiple challenges, including limited clinical efficacy, toxicities, lack of subtype selectivity, and drug resistance. As a result, the design of new epigenetic modulators (e.g., degraders) such as PROTACs, molecular glue, and hydrophobic tagging (HyT) degraders has garnered significant attention from both academia and pharmaceutical industry, and numerous epigenetic degraders have been discovered in the past decade. In this review, we aim to provide an in-depth illustration of new degrading strategies (2017-2023) targeting epigenetic proteins for cancer therapy, focusing on the rational design, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, clinical status, and crystal structure information of these degraders. Importantly, we also provide deep insights into the potential challenges and corresponding remedies of this approach to drug design and development. Overall, we hope this review will offer a better mechanistic understanding and serve as a useful guide for the development of emerging epigenetic-targeting degraders.