1.The expression of pre-B-cell leukemia homeobox 3and phosphatase and tensin homology deleted on chromosome 10in cervical cancer and its relationship with clinicopathologic features and prognosis
Mengjie JIANG ; Li JIANG ; Ke HAN
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2021;44(4):302-306
Objective:To investigate the expression of pre-B-cell leukemia homeobox 3 (PBX3) and the phosphatase and tensin homology deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) in cervical cancer and its relationship with the clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis.Methods:Cervical cancer tissues and adjacent tissues of 85 patients with cervical cancer admitted to Xianlin Gulou Hospital from June 2014 to December 2018 were collected and the expression levels of PBX3 and PTEN were detected by immunohistochemistry. The univariate analysis and Logistic regression model were used to analyze the relationship between the expression levels of PBX3, PTEN and clinicopathologic features. Kaplan-Meier survival curve was used to analyze the relationship between the expression levels of PBX3, PTEN and prognosis.Results:The positive expression rate of PBX3 protein in cervical cancer tissues was higher than that in adjacent tissues: 38.82%(33/85) vs. 25.53%(20/85); the positive expression rate of PTEN protein was lower than that in adjacent tissues: 36.47%(31/85) vs. 98.82%(84/85), and there were significant differences ( P<0.05). The univariate analysis showed that the expression levels of PBX3 and PTEN were associated with clinical stages, degree of tumor differentiation, lymph node metastasis, vascular invasion, and degree of tumor invasion ( P<0.05). The multiple Logistic regression model showed that the clinical stages, tumor differentiation and lymph node metastasis were independent influencing factors for the positive expression of PBX3 or PTEN in cervical cancer tissues ( P<0.05). While 45.45%(15/33) of patients with positive PBX3 expression died, with a median survival of 31 months, and 25.00% (13/52)of patients with negative expression died, with a median survival of 38 months. Kaplan-rank test showed that the survival time in the patients with positive PBX3 expression and in the patients with negative expression had significant difference ( P=0.025). While 22.58%(7/31) of patients with positive PTEN expression died, with a median survival of 39 months, and 38.89%(21/54) of the patients with negative expression died, with a median survival time of 33 months. Kaplan-rank test showed that the survival time in the patients with positive PTEN expression and in the patients with negative expression had significant difference ( P=0.035). Conclusions:The expression of PBX3 is up-regulated and PTEN is down-regulated in cervical cancer. The expression levels of PBX3 and PTEN are related to clinical stage, tumor differentiation and lymph node metastasis. The prognosis of the patients with positive PBX3 expression is worse than that of the patients with negative expression, and the prognosis of the patients with positive PTEN expression is better than that of the patients with negative expression.
2. HIV infection rate in people aged 50 years and older in China: a Meta-analysis
Hanxi ZHANG ; Mengjie HAN ; Yu ZHOU ; Xiangfei XIU ; Fang XU ; Lu WANG
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2020;41(1):96-102
Objective:
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in people aged ≥50 years is increasing in China, resulting in another focus for AIDS prevention and control. A Meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the HIV infection, its area and time distributions in people aged ≥50 years in China to provide evidence for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS.
Methods:
Information on HIV infection rate in people aged ≥50 years in China were collected from Wanfang digital database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), PubMed and Embase. The R Studio1.1.456 software was used to calculate the pooled infection rate, and assessed the publication bias.
Results:
A total of 30 studies which covered 13 provinces were selected. From 2010 to 2018, the pooled HIV infection rate in people aged ≥50 years was 1.68
3. Effect of intraperitoneally injected dexmedetomidine on abdominal adhesions in rats and the role of cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway
Mengjie ZHANG ; Yufang LENG ; Li MA ; Ning MENG ; Xin LIU ; Yanfei HAN
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2019;39(9):1076-1080
Objective:
To evaluate the effect of intraperitoneally injected dexmedetomidine on abdominal adhesions in rats and the role of cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway.
Methods:
Forty clean-grade healthy adult male Sprague-Dawley rats, weighing 220-250 g, were divided into 4 groups (
4.Forty years of fighting AIDS, we are on the road to ending the AIDS epidemic
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2021;35(2):121-123
We human beings have been fighting against AIDS for four decades. With the dramatic increasing number of people receiving antiretroviral treatment for AIDS, the number of new infections and deaths decreased significantly, but the phased goal of 2020 has not been achieved as scheduled. In the absence of effective vaccine and cure, the goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 faces new difficulties and challenges. China has been continuously strengthening the AIDS response and achieved remarkable result . During the 13th Five Year Plan period, new achievements have been made. Facing the situation of sexual transition dominant the epidemic with extensive and complex influencing factors, it is quite necessary to innovate strategies and measures, continue to increase prevention and intervention, expand testing and treatment, strengthen the commitment and responsibility of the four parties as local governments, departments, societies and individuals, perform high-quality services of AIDS prevention and treatments and improve effectiveness, to curb the rising trend of AIDS sexual transmission, and maintain the AIDS epidemic at low level in China.
5.Summary of best evidence for clinical use of closed tracheal suction systems devices in adults
Ke LI ; Zhennan YANG ; Shuyu HAN ; Jianxia ZHANG ; Mengjie ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2022;28(23):3154-3160
Objective:To search, evaluate and summarize the evidence of the safety and application of closed tracheal suction systems and to provide reference for clinical nursing work.Methods:BMJ Best Practice, UpToDate, Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence-based Health Care Center, Guidelines International Network, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, American Assocition for Respiratory Care, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Medlive, Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, CNKI, Wanfang Database, China Biology Medicine disc were searched for related guidelines, system reviews, expert consensus, best practices, etc. The retrieval time was from the database construction to February 28, 2021. Two researchers independently evaluated the quality of the included literature and extracted and summarized the evidence of the literature that met the quality standards.Results:A total of 20 literatures were included, including 3 clinical decisions, 2 guidelines, 11 systematic reviews and 4 expert consensuses. A total of 27 pieces of best evidence were compiled from five aspects, including indications for use, clinical effects, safety, methods of use and replacement.Conclusions:This study summarizes the best evidence on the clinical application of closed sputum suction devices in adults. When applying the evidence, clinical nurses need to select the best evidence in combination with the clinical environment to standardize the clinical application of closed tracheal suction systems.
6.Lunch supply in public primary school canteens in Zhejiang Province
Chinese Journal of School Health 2021;42(8):1152-1155
Objective:
To investigate lunch supply of public primary school canteens in Zhejiang Province, and to provide a basis for the scientific guidance of school lunch.
Methods:
During May to Jun. and Sept. to Oct. in 2019, lunch food supply was weighed and recorded and the number of diners in 44 public primary school canteens were summarized. Each investigation lasted for one week.
Results:
Food was mainly based on the taste of the students (40.91%) in the school canteen. About 45.45% of the schools referred to the Nutrition Guidelines of School Meals for students meals when making recipes in the school canteen. The supplies of cereals, vegetables, fruits, livestock and poultry meat, fish and shrimp, eggs, milk, soybean nuts, vegetable oil and salt were 109.05, 118.01, 0, 63.96, 9.25, 11.31, 0, 10.68, 10.47, 2.54 g. The supply of vegetable oil was basically the same as the recommended amount ( P >0.05). The supplies of energy, protein, calcium, iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B 2, vitamin C, dietary fiber were 820.84 kcal, 32.79 g, 164.18 mg, 7.84 mg, 4.71 mg, 23.07 μgRAE, 0.41 mg, 0.35 mg, 20.47 mg, 2.34 g, 37.56% of energy from fat and 48.47% of energy from carbohydrate. The supply of vitamin B 1 was basically the same as the recommended amount ( P >0.05). There were no significant differences in all kinds of food and nutrients between urban and rural primary schools ( P >0.05).
Conclusion
Lunch supply is not optimistic in public primary school canteens in Zhejiang Province, with unreasonable structure and fails to agree with current nutritional recommendations. It is suggested that the scientific guidance of students meals should be carried out according to the survey results combined with the characteristics of local diet.
7.Clinical application and mechanism research progress of Wuling Powder in the treatment of brain edema
Han BO ; Xiaoping ZHAO ; Xiaoxuan FAN ; Juan YU ; Mengjie ZHANG ; Wen SUN
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;45(2):243-247
Brain edema belongs to the category of "stroke" and "true headache", while Traditional Chinese Medicine mostly understands its core disease mechanisms from the perspectives of stasis, deficiency, and heat, and mostly treats the disease by using warming yang to induce diuresis and eliminating stasis to remove water. Wuling Powder has been lauded as the "first party to typhoid and relieving diuresis", which is used to cure clearing damp and promoting diuresis and warming yang and transforming qi, and has been clinically used in the treatment of brain edema caused by various causes such as head trauma, intracerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, and intracranial space occupying, all with remarkable efficacy. Wuling Powder improves cellular energy supply, scavenges excess oxygen radicals and calcium ions in brain tissue, and reduces the damage to brain tissue caused by vascular inflammatory factors and regulates aquaporins and vascular endothelial growth factor, thereby achieving therapeutic effects.
8.Multicenter post-marketing clinical evaluation on the clinical performance of the five domestic fast nucleic acid detection reagents for 2019-nCoV
Yonghui FENG ; Fei YU ; Yanjun LU ; Mengjie YANG ; Jing ZHANG ; Xiaoxu HAN ; Hong SHANG
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2022;45(10):1045-1048
Objective:This multicenter clinical evaluation analyzed the clinical performance of five fast nucleic acid detection systems for 2019-nCoV.Methods:Clinical performance of the five fast nucleic acid detection reagents approved in China was evaluated in the present study. Fifty-seven throat swabs samples from COVID-19 patients and fifteen throat swabs samples from healthy people were collected from the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University school of Medicine, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of HUST, and National Institute of Viral Disease Control and Prevention of CDC to evaluate the positive coincidence rate, negative coincidence rate, total coincidence rate, the detection time and retest rate as well as the relation between positive intensity and positive coincidence rate of the five fast nucleic acid detection systems in November 2020.Results:The positive coincidence rates of the five kits were 92.59% (50/54), 83.64% (46/55), 98.25% (56/57), 94.44% (51/54) and 98.18% (54/55); and the negative coincidence rates were 93.33% (14/15), 93.33% (14/15), 86.67% (13/15), 100% (14/14) and 93.33% (14/15); and the total coincidence rates were 92.75% (64/69), 85.71% (60/70), 95.83% (69/72), 94.20% (65/69) and 97.14% (68/70), respectively. The positive coincidence rate of the five kits reached 100% for the strong-positive (90/90) and medium-positive samples (84/84), but only 82.18% (83/101) for weak-positive samples (cycle threshold value>33), and the retest rate of two kits were 15.28% (11/72) and 12.50% (9/72), which were both higher than 10%. Total time from sample extraction to amplification was between 32.33-65.33 minutes for these five kits.Conclusion:The five fast nucleic acid detection reagents have good performance and can be used as a supplement to routine nucleic acid detection reagents.
9.Study on effects of Jianpi Qinghua Decoction on hepatocyte apoptosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease model mice
Xu HAN ; Mengjie CAI ; Qingguang CHEN ; Jing TIAN ; Hao LU
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;45(11):1382-1385
Objective:To study the effects of Jianpi Qinghua Decoction on hepatocyte apoptosis under non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and to discuss its mechanism.Methods:Totally 29 C57 mice were randomly selected and fed a 60% high fat diet for 16 weeks, while the remaining 6 mice were given regular feed as the normal group. After successful modeling, 12 mice with larger body weight were divided into TCM group and model group using a random number table method, while continuing to receive high-fat feed. The TCM group was orally administered Jianpi Qinghua Decoction 20.961 g/kg. The normal group and model group were orally administered an equal volume of distilled water once a day, with continuous intervention for 4 weeks. The levels of GOT and GPT in blood were detected by ELISA, the deposition of triglyceride in liver was detected by oil red O, and the apoptosis of liver cells was detected by TUNEL fluorescence staining. Western blot was used to detect the expressions of cleaved Caspase-3, Caspase-3, Bax, Bcl-2, JNK and p-JNK.Results:Compared with the model group, the body weight and GPT in the TCM group significantly decreased ( P<0.05), TG deposition was significantly reduced, apoptosis range of liver cells was significantly reduced, and cleaved Caspase-3/Caspase-3, p-JNK/JNK and the expression of Bax significantly decreased ( P<0.05). The expression of Bcl-2 increased ( P<0.05). Conclusion:Jianpi Qinghua Decoction can inhibit JNK protein phosphorylation and effectively reduce liver cell apoptosis in NAFLD mice, which may delay the progression of NAFLD towards cirrhosis and liver cancer.
10.Progress in research of HIV testing services between 2020 and 2022
Yi LIU ; Dongmin LI ; Mengjie HAN
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2023;44(11):1831-1836
As a key measure for the diagnosis of HIV infection, HIV testing is essential for AIDS prevention and control. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of HIV testing provided through medical health institutions and social organizations was significantly decreased. The demand for HIV self-testing increased rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and HIV self-testing has become an important supplement to HIV testing in medical institutions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, HIV testing was mainly affected by medical services, COVID-19 prevention and control measures, individual's willingness to undergo testing, the number of sex partners and other factors in terms of both supply and demand. This article summarizes the overall impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV testing, including different testing methods, the related factors and strategies for the improvement of HIV testing. The goal is to provide evidence-based insights for strengthening HIV testing services during infectious diseases pandemic.