1.Automated breast volume imaging with color doppler ultrasound in evaluating effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer
Jianna SUN ; Ruizhen LUO ; Lingjun KONG ; Feng GAO ; Hua XU ; Hongyu SONG ; Mei HUANG
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2014;(14):913-916
Objective: To explore automatic breast full volume imaging (ABVS) and color doppler ultrasound (CDFI) for breast cancer neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) in the evaluation of curative effect. Methods:The application of a CDFI and ABVS 42 cases of breast cancer patients receiving NCT lesions imaging characteristics before and after observation and analysis. Results:ABVS from coronal distribution and audio-visual change according to the primary tumor, and CDFI images showing the primary tumors and blood flow changes within all have significant difference in patients with complete remission after NCT (P<0.01);ABVS from coronal distri-bution and audio-visual change according to the primary tumor, and CDFI showed lesions in blood flow changes, etc. in patients with the absence of change and easing some lesions have no significant difference (P>0.05). Conclusion:We use ABVS and CDFI for breast cancer before and after the NCT curative effect evaluation of great clinical significance and value.
2.Impact of extracorporeal shock waves on physiological function of bone microvascular endothelial cells
Wei ZUO ; Fuqiang GAO ; Peiyao LI ; Wei SUN ; Zirong LI ; Lingjun SHI
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2016;20(37):5504-5510
BACKGROUND:Extracorporeal shock wave has been shown to influence the physiological function of endothelial cel s via the activation of mechanoreceptors and specific signal transduction system, and gene expression regulation.
OBJECTIVE:To explore the impact of different energy flow densities and numbers of shots of extracorporeal shock waves on the new vessel formation ability, migration capability and apoptosis of bone microvascular endothelial cel s.
METHODS:Bone microvascular endothelial cel s isolated from the femoral head of patients undergoing arthroplasty were subcultured in vitro, and then were immunofluorescently evaluated with endothelial cel marker antibodies to CD31 and von Wil ebrand factor (vWF), and grouped according to different energy flow densities (low, 0.03 mJ/mm2;high, 0.11 mJ/mm2) and numbers of shots (400 and 800). Capil ary-like tube formation, migration capability and apoptosis of bone microvascular endothelial cel s were determined by 3-D culture in vitro, scratch test, and flow cytometry, respectively.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:vWF and CD31 were positively expressed in approximately 100%of bone microvascular endothelial cel s, which indicates the cultured cel s had characterization of microvascular endothelial cel s. Extracorporeal shock wave enhanced angiogenesis and migration capability of bone microvascular endothelial cel s derived from the femoral head, and especial y low-energy flow density of extracorporeal shock wave exerted more superior effects. Angiogenesis of bone microvascular endothelial cel s was decreased with the increased shot number in the low-energy flow density group. In addition, extracorporeal shock wave inhibited bone microvascular endothelial cel apoptosis induced by steroids. Our results suggest that energy flow density and number of shots of extracorporeal shock waves impact the physiological function of bone microvascular endothelial cel s derived from the femoral head.
3.Effects of paeonol on the tyrosinase activity and melanogenesis in co-culture model of human melanocytes and keratinocytes
Shihai XIE ; Zhiqiang CHEN ; Jin BU ; Jianming GAO ; Wuqing ZHOU ; Lingjun LI ; Pengcheng MA
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2003;0(11):-
Objective To study the effects of paeonol on the tyrosinase activity and melanogenesis in co-culture model of human melanocytes and keratinocytes. Methods Melanocytes and the co-culture model of human melanocytes and keratinocytes were cultivated and the proliferation of melanocytes and the co-cultures was measured by MTT colorimetric assay. The tyrosinase activity and melanin level were measured by enzymic method. Results The melanin synthesis and tyrosinase activity were markedly suppressed by paeonol in a dose-dependent manner at the concentrations of 50?mol/L, 100?mol/L, and 200?mol/L in both melanocytes and co-cultures. The significant stronger suppression was observed with 100?mol/L and 200?mol/L of paeonol than that with controls (P
4.Correlation between essential hypertension with serum adiponectin and lipoprotein associated phospholipase A 2
Lingjun GAO ; Xiangmei XIE ; Fengping HE ; Zhi HUANG ; Xin XU ; Zhihong HUANG
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2015;(8):1026-1027,1031
Objective To investigate the relations between adiponectin(APN) and lipoprotein associated phospholipase A2 (LP‐PLA2) with the development and progress of essential hypertension .Methods 60 patients with essential hypertension were collect‐ed and divided into 3 groups of the hypertension grade 1 ,2 ,3 groups according to the levels of blood pressure ,20 cases in each group .Contemporaneous 20 healthy controls were selected .The peripheral venous blood samples were collected from the cubital vein and the serum levels of APN and LP‐PLA2 were measured by ELISE .The related biochemical indicators were simultaneously detected .Results The serum APN levels in the hypertension grade 1 ,2 ,3 groups were significantly lower than that in the control group ,moreover which in the hypertension grade 3 group was significantly lower than that in the hypertension grade 1 group(P<0 .05);on the contrary ,serum levels of LP‐PLA2 in the hypertension grade 1 ,2 ,3 groups were significantly higher than that in the healthy control group ,moreover which in the hypertension grade 3 group was obviously higher than that in the hypertension grade 1 group(P<0 .05);serum APN was significantly negatively correlated with LP‐PLA2(r= -0 .772 ,P<0 .05) .Conclusion Serum levels of APN and LP‐PLA2 are closely related with the development and progress of essential hypertension .
5.Potential medical applications of nanoscale particles of viruses.
Kai LI ; Jinling ZHANG ; Qian WANG ; Jun SUN ; Guoning TIAN ; Yan GAO ; Lingjun FANG
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2014;31(3):718-722
The study of viruses traditionally focused on their roles as infectious agents and as tools for understanding cell biology. Recently, however, with the development of structural biology, viruses have now been receiving particular attention in nanotechnology. By chemical methods or by gene modification, viruses have been functionalized as potential building blocks for several applications, such as drug/gene delivery vehicles, advanced vaccine vehicles, and special inorganic or organic nanomaterials. Here we highlight some of the recent progresses in the medical applications of viruses.
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6.Analysis of cortical thickness in children with concomitant strabismus
Xiaohui YIN ; Lingjun CHEN ; Mingyue MA ; Yanjun GAO ; Ming ZHANG ; Xiaoping WU ; Wenfeng NING ; Junjian ZHANG ; Junle YANG
Journal of Practical Radiology 2017;33(8):1252-1255
Objective To analyse the changes of cerebral cortical thickness and explore the connectivity of cortical thickness and the clinical syndrome of concomitant strabismus using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging.Methods Participants were 26 children with primary strabismus and 28 healthy children strictly matched for sex, age, education and socioeconomic level.By using Freesurfer software, the whole-brain-based analysis was perfomrmed to compare the cortical thickness between the two groups.Results Compared with the healthy control group the children with strabismus were found that the cerebral cortex became thinner, including these brain regions related with stereovision,advanced visual-attention,attention and executive control function,as well as brain areas in insula and cingulate circuit.Conclusion Concomitant strabismus in children are not only caused by pathological changes of extraocular muscles,but anatomical changes of the central nervous system, especially the brain areas involved in the advanced visual processing related with visual-motor and visual-attention, and the advanced cognitive brain regions associated with attention and executive control, as well as the anatomical changes in insula and cingulate cortex circuit, which can explain the clinical syndrome of children with concomitant strabismus.
7.Advances in the research of HPV and cervical cancer and precancerous lesions
Lingjun TIAN ; Suhui WU ; Xue LI ; Yimin GAO
Journal of Chinese Physician 2017;19(9):1437-1440
High-risk Human papilloma virus (HR-HPV) has been identified as a necessary factor for the development of precancerous lesions and invasive carcinoma of the genital tract,among which cervical cancer is the most common cancer in the female genital tract.The molecular biological mechanism of HPV leading to malignant transformation of cervix and the epidemiological information of HPV provide us with many strategies for early detection and early intervention of cervical lesions.In recent years,the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in our country had the trend of increasing.This article reviews the research progress of HPV and cervical cancer and precancerous lesion.
8.Optimization of the Purification Technology of Total Triterpenoids of Ligustrum lucidum by Box-Behnken Re- sponse Surface Methodology
Shuang GAO ; Yuzhen WANG ; Fumin BO ; Li ZHANG ; Yue SUN ; Shanjing YANG ; Anjie FENG ; Lingjun LI
China Pharmacy 2020;31(18):2196-2201
OBJECTIVE:To i mprove the transfer rate and purity of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid in total triterpenoids from Ligustrum lucidum ,so as to optimize the purification technology. METHODS :Oleanolic acid and ursolic acid were used as representative components of total triterpenoids ,and their contents were determined by HPLC. The determination was performed on Thermo BDS Hypersil C 18 column with mobile phase consisted of methanol- 0.02% ammonium acetate solution (80∶20,V/V)at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The detection wavelength was set at 210 nm,and column temperature was 30 ℃. The sample size was 20 μ L. In single factor tests,using transfer rate of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid as index ,the effects of water precipitation temperature and time ,the amount of redissolved ethanol on the purification technology was investigated ;using transfer rate and purity of two components as indexes ,the effects of the amount of activated carbon and volume fraction of crystallization ethanol were investigated. Based on it ,using the amount of redissolved ethanol and activated carbon ,volume fraction of crystallization ethanol as factors ,Box-Behnken response surface methodology was used to optimize the purification technology ,and validation tests were performed. RESULTS :The optimal purification technology was adding 4-fold(mL/g,the same below )water in L. lucidum concentrated solution ,placing for 2 hours at 0 ℃(water precipitation );adding 1-fold ethanol to dissolve (redissolution); adding 4% activated carbon (edulcoration);finally adding water to adjust the volume fraction of ethanol to 80%,placing at 4 ℃ for 12 hours(crystallization),centrifuging and drying. The results of 3 times of validation tests showed that the transfer rates of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid in total triterpenoids prepared by optimized technology were 61.11% and 65.78%,the purities of them were 53.44% and 19.79%,and RSDs were both lower than 3%. CONCLUSIONS :The optimized purification technology has high extraction efficiency and simple operation ,which can be used for industrial production of purification of total triterpenoids from L. lucidum and the development of corresponding preparations.
9.Effect of standardized lymph node sorting on surgical treatment of gastroesophageal junction malignant tumors
Huihu He ; Kaiji Gao ; Jiahe Sun ; Qiyang Yao ; Shijie Zhang ; Lingjun Geng
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2024;59(8):1465-1470
Objective :
To investigate the effect of standardized lymph node sorting on postoperative results of gas- troesophageal junction malignant tumors.
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The data of all patients with malignant gastroesophageal junc- tion in gastric cancer database were analyzed retrospectively.Lymph nodes were sorted according to whether sur- geons were present immediately after surgery.Patients were divided into lymph node sorting group (sorting group) and lymph node unsorting group (unsorting group) .General data included gender,age,body mass index (BMI) , carcinogenic antigen ( CEA) ,postoperative albumin level,preoperative hemoglobin,etc.Perioperative and patho- logical data included operation time,intraoperative blood loss,postoperative hospital stay,tumor differentiation, distance from superior incisal margin,total number of lymph nodes,number of positive lymph nodes,etc.Kaplan- Meier curve and Log-rank test were used for survival analysis,and propensity score matching analysis adjusted for confounding factors between groups.
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A total of 386 patients were included,including 133 in lymph node sorting group and 253 in non-sorting group.The median follow-up time was 40. 18 months.The total number of lymph nodes and the number of positive lymph nodes in the sorting group were (26. 38 ± 12. 18) and (6. 63 ± 10. 14) ,respectively,while the total number and the number of positive lymph nodes in the non-sorting group were ( 12. 25 ± 7. 06) and (3. 07 ± 3. 77) ,respectively.There were statistically significant differences in the total num- ber of lymph nodes and the number of positive lymph nodes between the sorting group and the non-sorting group (P <0. 05) .There was no statistically significant difference in survival between the sorting group and the non-sorting group before matching.There were 112 and 203 patients with advanced gastric cancer in the two groups,respec- tively.The overall survival curve of patients in the sorting group was better than that in the non-sorting group,and the difference in median survival time was statistically significant (P<0. 05) .The caliper value was set to 0. 02, and 94 pairs of patients were preferentially matched.After matching,the total number of lymph nodes and the num- ber of positive lymph nodes in the sorting group were (24. 71 ± 12. 03) and (5. 70 ± 9. 95) ,respectively,while the total number and the number of positive lymph nodes in the non-sorting group were ( 13. 05 ± 7. 63) and (3. 37 ± 4. 32) ,respectively.The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0. 05) .The overall survival curve of patients in the sorting group was better than that in the non-sorting group,and the median survival time was statistically significant (P<0. 05) .
Conclusion
Postoperative lymph node sorting for gastric cancer can significantly increase the number of total lymph nodes and positive lymph nodes,reduce lymph node migration,and improve postoperative survival time.
10.Early antiviral therapy of abidol combined with lopinavir/ritonavir and recombinant interferon α-2b for patients with COVID-19 in Zhejiang: A multicenter prospective study
Runan WEI ; Nanhong ZHENG ; Xiangao JIANG ; Chunlian MA ; Xiaowei XU ; Shourong LIU ; Yongping CHEN ; Kaijin XU ; Hainv GAO ; Jiansheng ZHU ; Qiang SHU ; Jifang SHENG ; Xiaoqiang ZHANG ; Minghui LI ; Yan ZHANG ; Mengjie MA ; Xuan ZHANG ; Shibo LI ; Qiujing WANG ; Lingjun YING ; Yongjun ZHANG ; Yunzhen SHI ; Lingyan FAN ; Wanjun YU ; Huaying WANG ; Dandan SUN ; Xiaodong WANG ; Jichan SHI ; Yinghu CHEN ; Xinsheng XIE ; Yunqing CHEN ; Weihong WANG ; Zhaowei TONG ; Lingling TANG ; Mengfei ZHU ; Lingjian ZHANG ; Lanjuan LI
Chinese Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020;13(1):9-15
Objective:To compare the efficacy of the combination of abidol, lopinavir/ritonavir plus recombinant interferon α-2b (rIFNα-2b) and the combination of lopinavir/ritonavir plus rIFNα-2b for patients with COVID-19 in Zhejiang province.Methods:A multicenter prospective study was carried out to compare the efficacy of triple combination antiviral therapy and dual combination antiviral therapy in 15 medical institutions of Zhejiang province during January 22 to February 16, 2020. All patients were treated with rIFNα-2b (5 million U, 2 times/d) aerosol inhalation, in addition 196 patients were treated with abidol (200 mg, 3 times/d) + lopinavir/ritonavir (2 tablets, 1 time/12 h) (triple combination group) and 41 patients were treated with lopinavir/ritonavir (2 tablets, 1 time/12 h) (dual combination group). The patients who received triple combination antiviral therapy were further divided into three subgroups: <48 h, 3-5 d and >5 d according the time from the symptom onset to medication starting. The therapeutic efficacy was compared between triple combination group and dual combination group, and compared among 3 subgroups of patients receiving triple combination antiviral therapy. SPSS 17.0 software was used to analyze the data.Results:The virus nucleic acid-negative conversion time in respiratory tract specimens was (12.2±4.7) d in the triple combination group, which was shorter than that in the dual combination group [(15.0±5.0) d] ( t=6.159, P<0.01). The length of hospital stay in the triple combination group [12.0 (9.0, 17.0) d] was also shorter than that in the dual combination group [15.0 (10.0, 18.0) d] ( H=2.073, P<0.05). Compared with the antiviral treatment which was started within after the symptom onset of in the triple combination group, the time from the symptom onset to the viral negative conversion was 13.0 (10.0, 17.0), 17.0 (13.0, 22.0) and 21.0 (18.0, 24.0) d in subgroups of 48 h, 3-5 d and >5 d, respectively ( Z=32.983, P<0.01), while the time from antiviral therapy to viral negative conversion was (11.8±3.9), (13.5±5.1) and (11.2±4.3) d, respectively( Z=6.722, P<0.05). Conclusions:The triple combination antiviral therapy of abidol, lopinavir/litonavir and rIFNα-2b shows shorter viral shedding time and shorter hospitalization time, compared with the dual combination antiviral therapy; and the earlier starting triple combination antiviral therapy will result in better antiviral efficacy.