1.THE DISTRIBUTION OF NEURONS CONSTITUTING THE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC PLEXUS OF THE CAT—A HRP STUDY
Lixin WANG ; Weiyi MA ; Luxi XU ; Peilin ZHANG
Acta Anatomica Sinica 1953;0(01):-
The origin of nerves innervating the small intestine and oral part of the colon of the cat was studied by means of the retrograde axonal transport of HRP. Twelve adult cats were used in this experiment. The proximal cut end of the superior mesenteric plexus was immersed in HRP solution, in order to localize the neurons which contribute fibers to this plexus. Neurohistochemical procedures were processed according to Mesulam's tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) method. HRP labeled cells or fibers can be identified bilaterally in the following places: 1. The dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve; about 80% of the labeled cells were found in a region from 0.4mm below to 2.0 mm above the obex, approximately at the rostral two-thirds of the middle segment of this nucleus. 2. The reticular formation of medulla; only a few cells labeled and 92% of them were located in an area from 0.2, mm to 2.7 mm above the obex. 3. The coeliac-superior mesenteric ganglion complex; almost all of the labeled cells were concentrated in the caudal part of it, near the origin of the superior mesenterie plexus. 4. The nodose ganglion; most of the oval or round labeled cells were of medium or small size, their diameters vary from 30 to 40?m, and the average total numbers of the labeled cells were 661 in the left and 695 in the right ganglion respectively. 5. The spinal ganglia; small round or oval labeled cells (25~45 ?m in diameter) were found in the left T_2 to L_5 and right T_2 to L_4 ganglia, with the most heavily labeled segments at T_(13) and L_1 (left, mean 365; right, mean 34% of all labeled cells). The average total number of the labeled Cells were 1872 in the left and 1698 in the right side. 6. Transganglionic labeled fibers were seen in the gracile nuclei of one cat, suggesting that HRP molecules are transported retrogradely in the peripheral process and anterogradely in the centrally projecting process of the same neuron of spinal ganglia.
2.Multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis with diabetes insipidus as the first symptom: a case report and literature review
Luxi SONG ; Cha GUO ; Yao ZHANG ; Shuang HAN ; Qingxia ZHANG ; Jin HUANG ; Chunkang CHANG
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2014;23(12):743-745
Objective To study the clinical features and differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH).Methods A case of LCH was reported and the literatures were reviewed.Results The of multisystem LCH patient,presented with a diabetes insipidus (DI) and panhypopituitarism,was 44 years old,and developed costal,tibial and femoral multiple lesions.The final diagnosis as LCH was made based on biopsy of tibia and lymph nodes.The biopsy specimen showed that the cells were infiltrated exhibiting the characteristic morphologic features of Langerhans cell (LC) with a convoluted shape,elongated nuclei exhibiting longitudinal grooves,and immunohistochemistry results revealed positive LC for the S-100,CD1a and Langerin immunostaining.Conclusions LCH may range from a solitary lytic bone lesion (for example eosinophilic granuloma) with a favorable course to a fatal disseminated leukaemia-like form.LCH typically involves the bone,lesions almost can be found in all organs.DI and CNS involvement often present as a puzzling syndrome,which renders the diagnosis problematicly,and often delays the diagnosis of LCH.The damage to the pituitary/hypothalamus axis results in life-long hormonal replacement therapy.
3.An aptamer-based biosensor for colorimetric detection of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
Wenhe WU ; Yong CHEN ; Luxi JIANG ; Xiaoyang CUI ; Xiaobo NIE ; Jie ZHANG ; Jianxin Lü
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2010;33(7):587-593
Objective To develop and evaluate an aptamer based biosensor (aptasensor) for rapid colorimetric detection of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC). Method The aptasensor was fabricated by modifying the truncated LPS-binding aptamer on the surface of nanoscale polydiacetylene vesicles using peptide bonding between the carboxyl group of the vesicle and the amine group of the aptamer. Molecular recognition between EPEC and aptamer at the interface of the vesicle led to blue-red transition of polydiacetylene which was readily visible to the naked eyes and could be quantified by colorimetric responses (CR). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to confirm the specific interactions between EPEC and polydiacetylene vesicles. Result Truncated aptamer showed the similar LPS-binding activity. The aptasensor could detect the target bacteria in a range of 105-108 colony-forming units (CFU)/ml within less than 30 minutes and its specificity was 100% for detection of EPEC O111. The sensor reproducibiliry obtained at 106 CFU/ml was 6. 08% R. S. D. The results of TEM confirmed that the specific interactions between EPEC and polydiacetylene vesicles. Conclusion A new aptasensor was developed successfully for rapid colorimetric detection of EPEC.
4.Effects of Vibrio vulnificus cytolysin on the numbers of mitochondria and the expression of CD62L in murine liver CD4+T cells
Ting ZHANG ; Hui GAO ; Luxi LI ; Mengmeng ZHENG ; Danli XIE ; Yi ZHENG ; Yongliang LOU
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2016;36(2):126-131
Objective To understand how Vibrio vulnificus hemolysin (VvhA) affects the viability of murine liver CD4+ T cells as well as its effects on the numbers of mitochondria and the expression of CD62L. Methods The primary murine liver monocytes (MNs) were isolated from C57BL/ 6 mice and then treated with recombinant VvhA (rVvhA) for 6 hours in vitro. The viability of murine liver CD4+T cells and the expression of CD62L were measured by staining with anti-mouse CD4, CD8, CD44, CD62L and cell via-bility fluorescent dye or fluorescent antibody. Moreover, the cells were simply incubated with MitoTracker or JC-1 probes to label mitochondria and mitochondrial membrane potential, which were further analyzed by using flow cytometry analysis. Results With the increase in the doses of rVvhA, the viability of murine liv-er CD4+T cells was decreased from 81. 5% to 15. 8% . The expression of CD62L on the surface of murine liver CD4+T cells was dramatically decreased. Both the murine liver na?ve and effector CD4+ T cells were sensitive to the cytotoxicity of rVvhA. Moreover, treating murine liver CD4+ T cells with rVvhA resulted in significantly decreased numbers of mitochondria and lower mitochondrial membrane potential. Conclusion The cytotoxicity of rVvhA to murine liver CD4+T cells might be achieved through inhibiting the expression of CD62L, decreasing the numbers of mitochondria and lowering mitochondrial membrane potential.
5.Genetic analysis of a Chinese family with congenital aniridia and detection of PAX6 mutation locus
Luxi, ZHANG ; Ge, YANG ; Jing, JIA ; Wencui, WAN ; Xin, YANG ; Xuemin, JIA
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2017;35(8):721-725
Background Congenital aniridia is a rare bilateral hereditary ophthalmopathy which impact panocular.Researches showed that congenital aniridia can be caused by different mutation locus of PAX6 genes,and the mutations are multifarious.Objective This study was to detect and anaiyze the mutations of a Chinese family with congenital aniridia by using targeted sequence capture sequencing and direct Sanger sequencing.Methods This study was approved by Ethic Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University and followed Declaration of Helsinki.Written informed consent was obtained from subjects or their custodians before any related medical examination.A cross-sectional study was performed.A Chinese congenital aniridia family was included at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in March,2016.All the family members received systemic medical examinations including nervous system and oral glucose tolerance test and then the ocular examinations were carried out.The periphery blood of 10 ml was collected from the members for genomic DNA extraction.Targeted sequence capture sequencing was performed on the DNA of proband to screen out the suspicious mutant locus.The mutation was verified by comparing the Sanger direct sequencing results from all family members.Results A total of 3 generations of 9 members were included in this congenital aniridia pedigree,and the Ⅰ 1 was dead without eye abnormality.Three patients (Ⅱ2 and her children Ⅲ1,Ⅲ2) and 5 normal family members were determined,showing an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern.No abnormal signs were found in nervous system and oral glucose tolerance test in the families.The reduce of visual acuity,ocular hypertension (21 mmHg),absence of biocular iris,opacification of corneal stroma,horizontal nystagmus,hapoplasia of fovea were found in all the sufferers.In addition,the ptosis of the left eye,congenital cataract of the right eye in Ⅱ 2 patient as well as biocular cataract and subluxation of lenses also were exhibited.The c.183C>A mutation of the PAX6 gene was screened out to be a possible pathogenic mutation.The result of Sanger direct sequencing in the families verified a co-segregation of this mutation with mutant phenotypes.Conclusions PAX6 gene c.183C >A,a rare mutation in Chinese population,is a virulence mutation site in this aniridia family.
6.Study on the factors related to not attempting resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Nan HU ; Sijia TIAN ; Luxi ZHANG ; Shengmei NIU ; Xuqin KANG ; Huixin LIAN ; Jing LOU ; Jinjun ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2023;32(9):1195-1199
Objective:To explore the epidemiological factors of patients with OHCA who did not attempt CPR, and analyze the reasons and clinical features of non resuscitation.Methods:Data from OHCA patients who did not undergo CPR were collected from January 2020 to December 2020 at Beijing Emergency Medical Center. The registration form was designed according to the Utstein model, and the data were analyzed retrospectively by the chi-square test.Results:A total of 5 977 patients were enrolled and divided into two groups according to age: 2 349 patients aged ≤ 80 years old and 3 628 patients aged ≥ 81 years old. Compared with the younger group, the proportion of patients in the older group who did not undergo CPR due to disease (97.0%) and family desertion (99.4%) were higher, and the difference was statistically significant (both P<0.01). Conclusions:Elderly people over 80 years old with underlying diseases have a high probability of developing OHCA at home. Most of the witnesses at the scene were family members and could not implement CPR in time. After the emergency personnel arrived at the scene, they found that the patient had been in cardiac arrest for too long and had apparently died. Family members would choose to give up treatment.
7.Application of radial arterial puncture cannulation under ultrasonic guidance in patients with critical diseases
Lan CAO ; Lina ZHANG ; Meilin AI ; Li LI ; Dun TIAN ; Yang SUN ; Luxi DENG
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2018;43(4):447-451
Objective:To explore the clinicaleffect of radial arterial puncture cannulationunder ultrasonic guidance in patients with critical diseases.Methods:From December 2016 to May 2017,120 patients under critical conditions in Department of Intensive Care Unit,Xiangya Hospital,Central South University,who received arterial cannulation,were randomly divided into 2 groups:a control group (traditional blind puncture method) and an observation group (ultrasound-guided radial arterial cannulation) (60 cases in each group).The success ratio of radial arterial puncture cannulation by one time,total success ratio of radial arterial puncture cannulation,numbers of puncture,the rate of complications and the time of consumption were compared between the 2 groups.Results:There was no statistically significant difference in the total success ratio of radial arterial puncture cannulationin the 2 groups (P>0.05).The success ratio radial arterial puncture cannulation by one time was significantly greater in the observation group than that in the control group (P<0.05);the numbers of puncture,the rate of complications and the time of consumption in the observation group were lower than those in the control group,with statistically significant (all P<0.05).Conclusion:The application of ultrasound-guided radial arterial puncturecannulation can improve the success ratio of radial arterial puncturecannulation by one time,decrease the numbers of puncture,reduce the incidence of complications and save operation time.
8.Observation of the curative effect of conbercept in the treatment of different types of diabetic macular edema
Luxi LI ; Zhao JIANG ; Lian CHEN ; Xiaoqing LI ; Peng ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases 2021;37(9):702-708
Objective:To observe the efficacy of conbercept in the treatment of different types of diabetic macular edema (DME).Methods:A retrospective clinical study. From March 2019 to March 2021, 136 eyes of 136 patients with DME diagnosed in Department of Ophthalmology of Xi'an No.3 Hospital were included in the study. Among them, there were 65 males and 71 females; the average age was 56.65±8.65 years. All patients underwent best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), optical coherence tomography (OCT) examination, and glycosylated hemoglobin level (HbA1c) examination. Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study visual acuity chart was used for BCVA examination, which was converted into the logarithmic minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) visual acuity during statistics. An OCT instrument was used to measure the central retinal thickness (CRT) of the macula. According to the characteristics of OCT, DME was divided into diffuse retinal thickening (DRT) type, cystoid macular edema (CME) type, serous retinal detachment (SRD) type, mixed type, and grouped accordingly, respectively, about 30, 38, 33, 35 eyes. There was no significant difference in age ( F=1.189), sex ratio ( χ2=1.331), and HbA1c level ( F=3.164) of the four groups of patients ( P>0.05). All eyes were treated with intravitreal injection of 10 mg/ml conbercept 0.05 ml (including conbercept 0.5 mg) once a month for 3 consecutive times, and then treated as needed after evaluation. BCVA and OCT examinations were performed 1, 3, and 6 months after treatment with the same equipment and methods as before treatment. The changes of BCVA and CRT before and after treatment were compared and observed. For measurement data subject to normal distribution, one-way analysis of variance was performed for comparison between groups; χ2 test was performed for comparison of count data. Results:Before treatment, the logMAR BCVA of the eyes in the DRT group, CME group, SRD group, and mixed group were 0.68±0.11, 0.69±0.15, 0.71±0.12, 0.73±0.14, and CRT was 631.4±50.7, 640.6±55.7, 652.3±63.4, 660.4±61.8 μm. Compared with before treatment, 1, 3, 6 months after treatment, DRT group (BCVA: t=8.139, 11.552, 11.672; CRT: t=16.163, 21.653, 25.855), CME group (BCVA: t=8.923, 9.995, 13.842; CRT: t=16.163, 21.653, 25.855), SRD type group (BCVA: t=5.171, 7.315, 6.051; CRT: t=9.099, 13.731, 21.306), mixed type group (BCVA: t=5.072, 6.939, 7.142; CRT: t=6.920, 15.352, 17.538) The BCVA of the affected eyes was significantly increased, and the CRT was significantly decreased, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). At 6 months after treatment, the differences in logMAR BCVA and CRT of the 4 groups of eyes were statistically significant ( χ2=58.478, 64.228; P<0.05). The average number of injections in the eyes of the DRT group, CME group, SRD group, and mixed group were 3.37±1.35, 3.68±1.38, 4.18±1.40, 4.13±1.50 times, respectively. Compared with the average number of injections in the eye, the difference was statistically significant ( χ2=9.139, P=0.028). Conclusions:Conbercept can effectively reduce CRT and increase BCVA in eyes with different types of DME. Compared with SRD type and mixed type, DRT and CME type eye are more effective in improving vision, CRT reduction degree is greater, and the number of injections is less.
9.Interaction of occupational and non-occupational noise exposure leads to high frequency hearing loss
Luxi BAI ; Ying XIAO ; Danping DUAN ; Jinwei ZHANG ; Huidong SONG ; Zhi WANG
China Occupational Medicine 2024;51(2):163-167
ObjectiveTo explore the impact of the interaction between occupational and non-occupational noise exposure on the risk of high-frequency hearing loss (HFHL) in noise-exposed workers. Methods A total of 602 male workers with normal hearing, engaged in an automobile manufacturing company between 2016 and 2018, were selected as the study subjects using the retrospective cohort study method. Pure-tone audiometry and questionnaire surveys were conducted on the workers. The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression model were used to analyze the interaction between occupational and non-occupational noise exposure and the risk of HFHL in these workers. Results The prevalence of HFHL of the workers was 34.1% in 2020, without any cases of speech frequency hearing loss. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis result showed that the risk of HFHL increased in workers with excessive national occupational noise exposure intensity, self-reported noisy living environments, and both excessive national occupational noise exposure intensity and self-reported noisy living environments (all P<0.01). The results of the Cox proportional hazards model showed that the combined effect of excessive national occupational noise exposure intensity and self-reported noisy living environments [relative risk (RR)=2.40, P<0.01] was higher than the individual effects of excessive national occupational noise exposure intensity (RR=2.09, P<0.01) and self-reported noisy living environments (RR=2.39, P<0.01). There was an antagonistic effect between excessive national occupational noise exposure intensity and self-reported noisy living environments (interaction index <1.00). Conclusion Both occupational and non-occupational noise exposure can increase the risk of HFHL in noise-exposed workers, and there is an interaction between them.
10.Comparative study on clinical characteristics of cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic cardiac arrest patients out-of-hospital based on Utstein style
Wei ZHANG ; Sijia TIAN ; Luxi ZHANG ; Xuqin KANG ; Shengmei NIU ; Yang LIU ; Jinjun ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2024;33(1):28-32
Objective:To analyze the causes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and the differences in outcomes of pre-hospital first-aid measures and cardiopulmonary resuscitation for different etiologies, improved the success rate of rescue.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted on OHCA patients admitted to Beijing Emergency Medical Centre from January to December 2021. The pre-hospital emergency medical records and rescue results within medical institutions were collected. Compared the basic situation between patients with cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic cardiac arrest, the differences of rescue measures and CPR outcomes between the groups were compared by non-parametric test and χ 2 test. Results:A total of 7 517 patients were included in this study. Cardiogenic arrest patients were older, more underlying diseases (84.2%), and cardiac arrest mainly occurred at home. The cause of non-cardiogenic arrest included disease (85.1%), trauma (2.9%), suicide (5.0%), traffic accidents (1.7%), poisoning (1.1%), and so on. In terms of first-aid measures, after the emergency doctor arrived at the scene, the proportion of first-aid measures used for cardiogenic patients was high (22.3%), and the first aid measures include cardiopulmonary resuscitation, tracheal intubation, defibrillation, oxygen inhalation, injection of adrenaline and use of other drugs. All the proportions of first-aid measures for cardiogenic patients were significantly higher than non-cardiogenic patients (all P<0.001). In terms of clinical outcomes, there were no statistical differences in return of spontaneous circulation ( P=0.072) and 24-hour survival ( P=0.093) between cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic patients. Conclusions:Cardiogenic cardiac arrest was the main cause of OHCA. Cardiogenic arrest patients were more underlying diseases, and older in age, the main clinical feature was onset at home. The comprehensive treatment measures for pre-hospital first-aid cardiac arrest should continue to be strengthened to improve the success rate of rescue for OHCA.