1.Research progress in diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
Hao QIN ; Mengxi ZHAO ; Yilong WANG
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2021;20(4):498-503
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder characterized by hyperarousal, flashback and avoidance behavior after experiencing traumatic events. This article reviews the diagnostic criteria, pathogenesis and treatment options of this disease.
2.Relationship between FRAS1 protein and brain metastases of NSCLC
Ling QIN ; Mengxi GE ; Xinli ZHOU ; Ruofan HUNAG ; Qiong ZHAN ; Xiaoyu JI ; Yuehua ZHAO ; Xiaohua LIANG
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2016;32(10):1892-1895
[ ABSTRACT] AIM: To explore the relationship between FRAS 1 protein and brain metastases of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).METHODS:The mRNA expression of FRAS1 in the brain metastatic tumor tissues and primary tumor tissues of NSCLC was detected by qPCR .The protein expression of FRAS 1 in the tumor tissues and normal tissues adjacent to tumor tissues of NSCLC was measured by SP method of immunohistochemistry .The protein expression of FRAS 1 in NSCLC primary tumor tissues with or without brain metastases was also determined .RESULTS:The mRNA expression of FRAS1 in the brain metastatic zone was nearly 10 times higher than that in the primary tumor tissues , and there was sig-nificant difference between the 2 groups (P<0.05).FRAS1 protein was expressed in the NSCLC primary tumor tissues , but was not found in the normal tissues adjacent to primary tumor tissues .The protein expression of FRAS 1 in the NSCLC with brain metastases was significantly higher than that without brain metastases ( P<0.01 ) .CONCLUSION: FRAS1 protein may be associated with the occurrence of NSCLC .The over-expression of FRAS1 protein may be related to brain metastases with NSCLC .
3.New progress in animal models of osteosarcoma
Cegang FU ; Hongwei ZHAO ; Yang LIU ; Lujiao HE ; Mengxi HE ; Haidan CHEN
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica 2015;(2):216-220
Osteosarcoma ( OS) is the most common primary malignant bone tumor in children and adolescents. Currently, the combination of surgical resection and chemotherapy is the main method of treatment for OS in the clinic.Al-though, the survival rate has been greatly improved in OS patients with localized disease, the 5-year survival rate has re-mained <20%.It is very important to understand the cause of disease, to develop novel drugs or therapeutics, and to learn the disease through animal models.This review will introduce the progress of animal models of osteosarcoma over the last years.
4.A novel mutation in the LSS gene caused congenital hypotrichosis type 14 in a Chinese family
Xiangqian LI ; Yongping ZHAO ; Mengxi ZHAO ; Cheng ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2023;56(7):672-676
Objective:To report a patient with congenital hypotrichosis 14 complicated by hypergonadotropic hypogonadism, and to analyze LSS gene mutations in his family.Methods:Peripheral blood samples were collected from the proband and his parents with normal phenotypes, and genomic DNA was extracted from these samples. Second-generation sequencing was performed to screen suspected mutations among hereditary hair disorder-associated genes. Possible causative genes were identified from the screened suspected variants based on clinical phenotypes, and verified using Sanger sequencing. The identified variants were also verified in healthy controls, and searched in the Human Gene Mutation Database, 1000 Genomes Project database, and ExAC database.Results:The patient harbored a homozygous missense mutation c.812T>C (p.Ile271Thr) in exon 8 of the LSS gene, and his parents were the mutation carriers. The variant was not present in healthy controls and databases.Conclusion:The homozygous mutation c.812T>C in the LSS gene may be the causative mutation for congenital hypotrichosis 14 in this family, which was a novel mutation that had not been reported before.
5.Epidemiology of overweight and obesity among high school seniors in Beijing
ZHAO Mengxi, TAO Lixin, LIU Xiangtong, KANG Xiaoping, ZHANG Jingbo, GUO Xiuhua
Chinese Journal of School Health 2022;43(7):1066-1069
Objective:
To analyze the prevalence and changing trend of overweight and obesity among high school seniors in Beijing from 2009 to 2018, and to provide scientific basis for health and education departments to work out effective measures to prevent and control overweight and obesity among adolescents.
Methods:
The physical examination data of 700 588 high school seniors in Beijing from 2009 to 2018 were selected to describe the distribution characteristics of the detection rate of overweight and obesity, and to analyze whether there are differences in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among different genders and regions.
Results:
From 2009 to 2018, the prevalence rate of total overweight and obesity of high school seniors in Beijing showed an increasing trend by year ( χ 2=3.58, P <0.01). After 2016, the rising trend was more stable, and it declined for the first time in 2018. The prevalence of overweight ( χ 2=6 681.34, P <0.01) and obesity ( χ 2=15 663.08, P <0.01) were higher in male than in female. The prevalence of overweight and obesity in urban students was higher than that in suburban students (29.55%,27.95%; χ 2=211.43, P < 0.01 ), the prevalence of obesity in urban students was higher than that in suburban students from 2009 to 2013, and the prevalence of obesity in suburban students was higher than that in urban students from 2014 to 2018. The districts and counties with the highest detection rates of overweight and obesity are Shijingshan District (overweight: 19.06%, obesity: 13.99%), and the districts and counties with the lowest detection rates of overweight and obesity are Yanqing District (overweight: 13.48%, obesity: 7.18%).
Conclusion
From 2009 to 2018, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among high school seniors in Beijing has been increasing by year, and tends to be stable after 2016. Significant upward trend in obesity prevalence in suburban areas of Beijing has been observed.
6.Analysis of eye movement characteristics in newly diagnosed drug-naive Parkinson′s disease
Yin LIN ; Mengxi ZHOU ; Chunyan JIANG ; Li WU ; Qing HE ; Lei ZHAO ; Yourong DONG ; Wei CHEN
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2023;56(9):976-985
Objective:To explore eye movement characteristics in newly diagnosed, drug-naive Parkinson′s disease (PD) patients and their correlation with motor and non-motor symptoms.Methods:Seventy-five newly diagnosed, drug-naive PD patients and 46 healthy controls (HCs) were included in this cross-sectional study. Patients were recruited from the Department of Neurology, Shanghai Ninth People′s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine from November 2017 to December 2021, while HCs were recruited from the local community during the same period. For PD patients, motor severity was measured with the modified Hoehn and Yahr stage, Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson′s Disease Rating Scale part Ⅲ and the Freezing of Gait questionnaire. Non-motor symptoms were evaluated by serial scales such as Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire, 16-item odor identification test from Sniffin Sticks, 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Chinese version of Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment Basic and REM Behavior Disorder Screening Questionnaire. All subjects underwent oculomotor test including pro-saccade task and smooth pursuit eye movement (SPEM) task in the horizontal direction via videonystagmography. Visually guided saccade latency, saccadic accuracy and gain in SPEM at three frequencies (0.1, 0.2, 0.4 Hz) of the horizontal axis were compared between the 2 groups. The association between key oculomotor parameters and clinical phenotypes was explored in PD patients. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses of eye movement parameters as independent factors were also performed for detecting PD from HCs, then combining the saccadic latency, saccadic accuracy and the most significant SPEM gain (0.4 Hz) as the model to distinguish PD from HCs.Results:Relative to HCs, newly diagnosed, drug-naive PD patients showed prolonged saccadic latency [(210.4±41.3) ms vs (191.3±18.9) ms, t=-3.445, P=0.001] and decreased saccadic accuracy (88.4%±6.8% vs 92.2%±6.1%, t=3.064, P=0.003). SPEM gain in PD was uniformly reduced at each frequency(0.1 Hz: 0.68±0.15 vs 0.74±0.14, t=2.261, P=0.026; 0.2 Hz: 0.72±0.16 vs 0.79±0.16, t=2.704, P=0.008; 0.4 Hz: 0.67±0.19 vs 0.78±0.19, t=2.937, P=0.004). The ROC analyses of saccade latency, saccadic accuracy and gain in SPEM at 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 Hz as independent factors for detecting PD from HCs showed that the area under the curve (AUC) of each parameter was lower than 0.7: the AUC of saccade latency was 0.641 ( P=0.010), the AUC of saccadic accuracy was 0.681 ( P=0.001), the AUC of gain in SPEM at 0.1 Hz was 0.616 ( P=0.032), at 0.2 Hz was 0.652 ( P=0.005), at 0.4 Hz was 0.660 ( P=0.003). Combining the saccadic latency, saccadic accuracy and the most significant SPEM gain (0.4 Hz) revealed that the model could significantly distinguish PD from HCs with an 80.4% sensitivity and a 73.3% specificity (AUC=0.780, P<0.001). Prolonged saccadic latency was correlated with long disease duration ( β=0.334, 95% CI 0.014-0.654, P=0.041), whereas decreased SPEM gain was associated with severe motor symptoms in newly diagnosed drug-naive PD patients (0.1 Hz: β=-0.004, 95% CI -0.008--0.001, P=0.036; 0.4 Hz: β=-0.006, 95% CI -0.011--0.001, P=0.012). Conclusions:Ocular movements are impaired in newly diagnosed, drug-naive PD patients. These changes could be indicators for disease progression in PD.
7.Correlations of quality of life with optimisms and sense of coherence in adult kidney transplant recipients
Han WANG ; Hongxia LIU ; Chunyan DU ; Yingxin FU ; Jie ZHAO ; Mengxi HAN ; Shasha WANG ; Sisi WU ; Yue HU ; Jiaqi LI
Modern Clinical Nursing 2019;18(1):16-22
Objective To explore the relationship of quality of life with optimisms and sense of coherence in adult kidney transplant recipients. Method A total of 295 kidney transplant recipients participated in the study by a self-designed general questionnaire, revised life orientation test (LOT-R), sense of coherence (SOC-13) and the MOS 36-item short form health survey (MOS SF-36). Results The mean score of mental health scale (PCS) was 47.02±7.30, which differed with different age, employment status and transplant vintage (P <0.01). The mean score of phyical health scale (MCS) was 46.87 ±11.14, which differed with education, economic burden and transplant vintage (P <0.05). PCS and MCS were positively correlated with the total score of sense of coherence (52.05%) and optimism (23.45%) (P<0.001). Optimism played a partially mediating role in the relationship between sense of coherence and quality of life. Conclusions The quality of life of kidney transplant recipients needs to be improved, which was at a low level.Optimism (medium to high level) and sense of coherence (medium to low level) are influencing factors of the quality of life. Improving accessment of mental state of patients with kidney transplant receients, paying more atentent and support to their mental change can improve their optimism and sense of coheherce and then life quiality.
8.Changes in expression of artemin in skin around incision during remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia in rats with incisional pain
Lin SU ; Ruichen SHU ; Qi ZHAO ; Suqian GUO ; Chengcheng SONG ; Mengxi SHEN ; Yonghao YU ; Guolin WANG
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2018;38(3):339-342
Objective To evaluate the changes in the expression of artemin in skin around the inci-sion during remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia in the rats with incisional pain. Methods Thirty-two healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats, aged 10-12 weeks, weighing 250-280 g, were divided into 4 groups (n = 8 each) using a random number table: control group (group C), incisional pain group (group I), remifen-tanil group (group R) and incisional pain plus remifentanil group (group I+R). Remifentanil was intrave-nously infused for 60 min at a rate of 1 μg·kg-1 ·min-1 in group R. In group I, the model of incisional pain was established, and the equal volume of normal saline was infused for 60 min via the tail vein at the same time. In group I+R, the model of incisional pain was established, and remifentanil was infused for 60 min via the tail vein at a rate of 1 μg·kg-1 ·min-1 at the same time. The equal volume of normal saline was infused for 60 min via the tail vein in group C. Mechanical paw withdrawal threshold (MWT) and ther-mal paw withdrawal latency (TWL) were measured at 24 h before infusion of remifentanil or normal saline and 2, 6, 24 and 48 h after the end of infusion (T0-4 ). Rats were sacrificed following the last measurement of pain threshold, and ipsilateral plantar skin was removed for detection of the expression of artemin protein and mRNA (by fluorescent quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction or Western blot). Results Compared with group C, MWT was significantly decreased and TWL was shorten at T1-4 , and the expression of artemin protein and mRNA in plantar skin was up-regulated in R, I and I+R groups (P<0. 01). Compared with R and I groups, MWT was significantly decreased and TWL was shorten at T1-4 , and the ex-pression of artemin protein and mRNA in plantar skin was up-regulated in group I+R (P<0. 01). Conclu-sion The peripheral mechanism by which remifentanil induces hyperalgesia may be related to up-regulated expression of artemin in skin around the incision in the rats with incisional pain.