1.Study on the inhibitory effects of arsenic trioxide on the growth of endometrial cancer cells in vitro and in vivo
Meili HU ; Li LI ; Xiaoling WANG ; Guoqin GU ; Runhui QI ; Shan KANG
Tumor 2009;(7):616-619
Objective:To explore the inhibitory effect of arsenic troixide (ATO) on the growth of human endometrial cancer HEC-1-A cells in vitro and in vivo. Methods:Tetrazolium salt assay (MTT) was used to compare the inhibitory effect of ATO on HEC-1-A cells with that of progesterone, medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) and cisplatin (CDDP). Flow cytometry and DNA electrophoresis were used to determine the effects of ATO on cell cycle and apoptosis. Human endometrial cancer xenografted model was established in nude mice. The tumor-bearing nude mice were randomly divided into the experimental groups: ATO low dose group (4 mg·kg-1·d-1), medium dose group (6 mg·kg-1·d-1), high dose group (8 mg·kg-1·d-1), CDDP positive control group (3 mg·kg-1·d-1) and saline negative control group. The drugs were administered intraperitoneally for 14 consecutive days, and then the tumor volume and tumor inhibition rate were calculated. Results: ATO 1-20 μmol/L and CDDP markedly inhibited the cell growth. The inhibitory effect of ATO was higher than that of CDDP. ATO 5 μmol/L treatment induced apoptosis and arrested cells at S and G2/M phase. ATO 4, 6, and 8 mg·kg-1·d-1 and CDDP 3 mg·kg-1·d-1 inhibited tumor volume by 50.97%, 75.58%, 56.92%, and 52.23%, respectively; and inhibited the tumor weight by 10.15%, 29.33%, 16.67%, and 14.69%, respectively. The difference was significant compared with negative control group (P<0.05). Conclusion:ATO inhibited the growth of endometrial cancer cells HEC-1-A in vitro and in vivo. It may become a novel therapeutic reagent for the treatment of endometrial cancer.
2.Comparative Study for Clinical Characteristics Between the Patients With TakoSTubo Cardiomyopathy and Acute Anterior ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Bin LIANG ; Rongchong HUANG ; Meili KANG ; Xiaoli SHI ; Zhi LI ; Jun LIU ; Hao ZHU ; Xuchen ZHOU
Chinese Circulation Journal 2015;(6):534-539
Objective: To analyze the information of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in a single center during last 6 years, and to distinguish the clinical differences of patients between TakoSTubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods: A total of 1042 consecutive patients with primarily diagnosed acute anterior ST-segment elevation (STEMI) admitted in our hospital from 2008-01 to 2014-04 were retrospectively enrolled. The relevant patients were studied in 2 groups:TTC group, the patients with coronary angiography (CAG) and the contrast study of left ventricle corrected TTC diagnosis, n=10, and STEMI group, the patients received CAG within 6 hours of on set with conifrmed left anterior descending singlevessel disease at the same period of time as TTC patients,n=32. The basic clinical characteristics, levels of blood lipids, MI related biomarkers, the incidence rate of pathological Q wave, QTc interval and negative T wave in 12-lead ECG were compared between 2 groups. Results: The percentage of corrected TTC diagnosis in patients with primarily diagnosed STEMI was 1.06%. The female gender in TTC group and STEMI group was 100% vs 9%,P<0.01, TTC group had more patients with stress history before on set than that in STEMI group (70% vs 22%,P=0.02), lower levels of MI related biomarkers as CK (486 ± 249) U/L vs (716 ± 132) U/L, CK-MB (13.5 ± 17.1) mg/L vs (47.5 ± 21.9) mg/L, cTnI (22.8 ± 16.3) ng/mL vs (56.4 ± 24.0) ng/mL, allP<0.01. The age of morbidity, the ratios of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and blood lipids were similar between 2 groups. The frequency of abnormal Q-wave in ECG was similar between 2 groups, while the QTc interval was different in TTC group and STEMI group (630 ± 117) ms vs (540 ± 62) ms,P=0.001, the negative T waves in ECG leads II, III, aVF, aVR and V6 were as (100.00% vs 3.13%), (60.00% vs 6.25%), (90.00% vs 3.13%), (100.00% vs 21.88%), (100.00% vs 46.88%), allP<0.05. Conclusion: TTC patients with the main presentation as ST-segment elevation are usually having emotional or physical stress before on set, with obviously prolonged QTc interval and more frequency of negative T waves in ECG.
3.Cognition, attitude and abuse tendency for new type drugs and influencing factors in middle school students in Hainan Province
Li ZHANG ; Xue WANG ; Meili KANG
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2023;44(9):1414-1420
Objective:To investigate the cognition, attitude, abuse tendency for new type drugs and influencing factors in middle school students in Hainan Province, and evaluate the effect of health education about drug use prevention in teenagers.Methods:A cross-sectional survey design and stratified cluster random sampling method were used to select 36 middle schools in Hainan to conduct an anonymous questionnaire survey in students of all grades. The estimated sample size was 1 680.The information collected by the questionnaire included students' basic information, attitude to new drugs, abuse tendency and acceptance of prevention education. EpiData 3.1 software was used for data entry and sorting, and SPSS 22.0 software was used for statistical analysis.Results:A total of 45 919 students were surveyed, averagely, they knew 2.87 kinds of new type drugs. The students' cognition of traditional drugs was higher than that of new type drugs. Friends or close friends using new type drugs, the low cognition level of new drug types were the risk factor for new type drug abuse. The acceptance rate of health education against drug use was 90.33% (41 480/45 919), and averagely, the students participated in 3.36 kinds of health education activities against drug abuse. The main channel for the students to acquire anti-drug knowledge was anti-drug lectures (80.00%, 33 186/41 480).Conclusions:Middle school students have low cognition level of new type drugs in Hainan. Health education can effectively curb the tendency of substance abuse in Hainan Province. It is necessary to further improve the health education activities in aspects of stage, form and timeliness to help more students to recognize the harm of drugs.
4.Masticatory performance and assessment of life quality of children with ectodermal dysplasia after prosthetic rehabilitation
Meili DING ; Junxia ZHU ; Yuming ZHAO ; Yanfeng KANG ; Man QIN
Chinese Journal of Stomatology 2015;50(6):369-372
Objective To evaluate masticatory performance and life quality of children with ectodermal dysplasia(ED) after prosthetic rehabilitation.Methods Six children with ED received denture restoration and 18 healthy children were involved in this study.The surface electromyography(EMG) of masseter(MM) and anterior temporalis(TA) during clenching and chewing movement were recorded.The EMG amplitude,area,asymmetry index of total and activity index of MM/TA were compared at each stage.The masticatory efficiency was measured with spectrophotometer.The life quality was assessed using visual analogue scale questionnaire.Results The EMG amplitude of MM and TA during chewing in ED Group were 41.7% and 45.6% of the control group respectively,the area were 35.9% and 36.0% respectively.Significant difference in asymmetry index of total during clenching was observed between the two groups (P<0.05) but not during chewing(P>0.05).The differences of activity index of MM/TA during clenching and chewing between the two groups were not detected(P>0.05).The masticatory efficiency of ED group was 67.2% of the control group.The score of chewing function in children with ED after prosthetic rehabilitation was three times higher than before,and no difference was present between the two groups (P>0.05).Conclusions Early prosthetic rehabilitation can significantly improve the masticatory performance and life quality of children with ED.
5.Genome Warehouse: A Public Repository Housing Genome-scale Data
Chen MEILI ; Ma YINGKE ; Wu SONG ; Zheng XINCHANG ; Kang HONGEN ; Sang JIAN ; Xu XINGJIAN ; Hao LILI ; Li ZHAOHUA ; Gong ZHENG ; Xiao JINGFA ; Zhang ZHANG ; Zhao WENMING ; Bao YIMING
Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics 2021;19(4):584-589
The Genome Warehouse (GWH) is a public repository housing genome assembly data for a wide range of species and delivering a series of web services for genome data submission, storage, release, and sharing. As one of the core resources in the National Genomics Data Center (NGDC), part of the China National Center for Bioinformation (CNCB;https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn), GWH accepts both full and partial (chloroplast, mitochondrion, and plasmid) genome sequences with different assembly levels, as well as an update of existing genome assemblies. For each assembly, GWH collects detailed genome-related metadata of biological project, biological sample, and genome assembly, in addition to genome sequence and annotation. To archive high-quality genome sequences and annotations, GWH is equipped with a uniform and standardized procedure for quality control. Besides basic browse and search functionalities, all released genome sequences and annotations can be visualized with JBrowse. By May 21, 2021, GWH has received 19,124 direct submissions covering a diversity of 1108 species and has released 8772 of them. Collectively, GWH serves as an important resource for genome-scale data management and provides free and publicly accessible data to support research activities throughout the world. GWH is publicly accessible at https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/gwh.