1.Obesity and cancer
Mingyue LIU ; Fucai ZANG ; Wei TANG
Journal of International Oncology 2013;40(7):501-503
In recent studies,obesity is a risk factor for a variety of cancers,including breast cancer and colorectal cancer.Obesity can regulate the tumorigenesis and development of cancer by some factors,such as insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1),leptin,fat cytokines and hormones.Understanding the relationship between obesity and cancer can provide a new perspective for the prevention and treatment of cancer.
2.Diversity-oriented synthesis and its application in drug discovery.
Lei ZHANG ; Mingyue ZHENG ; Hong LIU
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2015;50(4):419-33
Diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) aims to efficiently generate collections of small molecules with diverse appendages, functional groups, stereochemistry and skeletons, thus yielding diverse biological activities capable of modulating a wide variety of biological processes. In this review, we discussed the common strategies employed in DOS with specific examples from recent literature, including reagent-based approach, substrate-based approach, build-couple-pair strategy and privileged substructure-based DOS. The application of some DOS libraries in drug discovery is also presented.
3.Controlled Study on Behavior Problems,Family Factors and Parental Rearing Styles in Students with Poor Academic Achievement
Mingyue SHU ; Rengang LIU ; Jian WANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 1988;0(06):-
Objective:To study behavior problems,family factors an d parental rearing styles in students with poor academic achievement.Meth od:Through stratified cluster sampling,488 primary or middle school studen t s were identified as study group(below 5th percentile in their classes),while th e controls were 599 students whose academic achievement were above 95th percent ile in their classes.All subjects completed EMBU,CBCL(children behavior checkli st).Results:Higher boy/girl ratio was pound in study group(326/162) than in control(291/308,? 2=36.4,p
4.Expression of HSP70 mRNA Induced by Chlorpyrifos in Rat Hepatic Tissue
Jing ZHANG ; Keming LIU ; Mingyue ZHANG
Journal of Environment and Health 1992;0(04):-
Objective To understand the expression of heat shock protein(HSP70)mRNA induced by chlorpyrifos in the hepatic tissue of rats.Methods Wistar rats aged 6 weeks were divided into 4 groups,12 in each including 6 male and 6 female,the rats in the experimental groups were treated with chlorpyrifos by gavage once a day at the doses of 17 mg/kg?bw,8.5 mg/kg?bw and 4.25 mg/kg?bw respectively for 14 consecutive days,one group was the negative control.After the exposure,the hepatic tissue was sampled to examine the expression of HSP70 mRNA by polymerase chain reaction(PCR).Results The expression of HSP70 mRNA in the hepatic tissue in the groups of 17 mg/kg?bw,8.5 mg/kg.bw was significantly up-regulated with a dose-response relationship compared with the negative control group.Conclusion The expression of HSP70 mRNA is a sensitive parameter for early exposure assessment of chlorpyrifos.
5.Ramus colli nervi facialis dissect in the surgical management of benign parotid tumor
Mingyue LI ; Wei ZHANG ; Ning LIU
Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2006;0(06):-
OBJECTIVE To study the feasibility and security of parotidectomy for parotid benign tumor by tracing cervical branch to expose facial nerve. METHODS Parotid benign tumor of 87 patients were studied.We exposed facial nerve by tracing main facial nerve branch、buccal branch、marginal mandibular branch and cervical branch in parotidectomy for parotid benign tumor and observed the function of facial nerve after operation.RESULTS The number of patients traced by main facial nerve branch- buccal branch、marginal mandibular branch and cervical branch group were 10、8、28 and 41 respctively,and the percentage of facial nerve injury after operation were 30%、37.5%、46.4%and 24.3%.The percentage of facial nerve injury was statistically different between the marginal mandibular branch group and the cervical branch group(P
6.Investigation and Analysis of Influential Factors on Junior Adolescent Depression
Mingyue SHU ; Jintao WANG ; Rengang LIU
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2002;0(07):-
Objective: To explore the prevalence of depression in junior school students and its relationship with potential psychological and environmental factors. Method:Depressive symptoms, self-esteem, life events, social support, family cohesion and conflict were investigated with self-report questionnaire in 300 junior school students, the relationship between depression and other psychological or environmental factors were analyzed through stepwise regression. Results:The prevalence of depression in junior high school students was 11%. Among the 5 investigated psychological and environmental factors, self-esteem and social support were negatively related with depression (standardized regression coefficient were -0.59 and -0.14), while life events positively related with it(standardized regression coefficient was 0.26). Only "academic pressure" and another factors covering the item "do not want to go to school" showed a negative association with the students' self-esteem among the 6 factors included in the life events questionnaire (standardized regression coefficient were -0.149 and -0.13).Conclusion: Depression is common among junior school students. Poor self-esteem, lack of social support and negative life events are currently related with the development of adolescent depression. The pressure and failing experiences coming from academic activities are the most influential life events to the development of adolescents' self-esteem.
7.Etiology and clinical characteristics of 26 critically ill children with severe hand foot and mouth disease in Shanxi province
Xiaoqing LI ; Xiaoli YAN ; Yanping SHI ; Mingyue DUAN ; Xiaoquan LIU
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2011;18(6):521-524
Objective To analyse the etiology and clinical characteristics of 26 critically ill children with severe hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) of Shanxi province in 2010.Methods We retrospectively analysed the clinical data of 26 children with severe HFMD from Mar to Sep 2010.Nucleic acid of enterovirus 71 ( EV71 ) and Coxsackie virus A 16 ( CoxA16) were detected in 20 out of 26 children with HFMD by reversed real time polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR),and the whole VP1 gene of EV71 deriving from 6 different areas of Shanxi province was amplified,sequenced,and compared with strains from other areas in china.Results EV71 nucleic acid were positive in 18 out of 20 children,while the other two were negative for EV71 and CoxAl6.Among all the critical cases,20 cases (76.9%) occurred in Weinan area,four in Xianyang area,and two in Xi'an urban area.Compared with those of Fuyang Anhui,Hong Kong China,Guangzhou,Shenzhen,Shandong,Beijing,the homology of the whole VP1 gene sequence from 6 strains of Shanxi area was 96% ~ 100%.Most of the critical children were under 3-year-old,and the incidence rate of male children was higher than that of female children.All affected children had persisted fever,poor energy,hyperarousal,hypersomnia,and limb shaking.Meanwhile their peripheral blood leukocytes,C-reactive protein and blood glucose were markedly increased,but renal injuries were rare.Eighteen children clinically recovered on discharge,among which 2 cases had sequelae of limb activity obstacle,and 8 cases died.Conclusion Weinan is the area with the highest incidence rate of critical HFMD cases in Shanxi Province,and the major etiological organism is EV71,which is highly homologous to EV71 found in other regions of mainland China.As many cases are in dangerous condition,thus early identification and intervention could inhibit the disease progression,and play a key role in reducing the mortality.
8.Organ dose modulation in chest CT scan in female: protection of breasts
Mingyue WANG ; Junqiang DONG ; Jianbo GAO ; Jie LIU ; Ping HOU
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2016;36(7):530-533
Objective To study the effects of organ dose modulation (ODM) technique on dose reduction of the breasts and the related thoracic image quality in female chest CT.Methods One hundred and twelve female patients with chest CT were enrolled in this study and divided into two groups according to the order:control group (n =56,using conventional scan) and experimental group (n =56,using ODM technique).The tube currents in different directions (A/L/P/R) were analyzed in the two groups.The effects of ODM on the radiation dosage and image quality were assessed.Results The tubc currents in anterior and posterior direction were both (128 ± 43)mA in the control group.However,the tube current in the anterior was lower than that in the posterior in experimental group (t =-18.701,P <0.01).The tube currents in all direction in the experimental group were all lower than those in the control group (t =11.71-20.22,P <0.01).The CTDIvol and E in the experimental group were lower than those in the control group(t=3.58,3.55,P <0.05).There were no significant differences for the objective and the subjective scores between two groups (P > 0.05).Conclusions ODM technique could protect the female breasts by reducing the radiation dose without image quality degrading during chest CT scan.
9.Spectral CT monochromatic imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma: effect of image fusion on image quality
Peijie LYU ; Mingyue WANG ; Jie LIU ; Yonggao ZHANG ; Jianbo GAO
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2015;49(3):168-172
Objective To assess the effects of image fusion of CT spectral monochromatic imaging on image quality in small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods Thirty patients with 40 pathologically proven small HCCs (≤3 cm) underwent upper abdominal plain CT and dual-phase enhanced spectral CT scan were analyzed retrospectively.Conventional 140 kVp polychromatic images (group A) and monochromatic images with energy levels from 40 to 140 keV were reconstructed by using spectral imaging viewer.Monochromatic images with highest CNR (group B)and 70 keV images with lowest noise (group C) were fused to generate fused images (group D) with image fusion software.Objective evaluation of 40 HCCs [contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of lesion,image noise in HU] and subjective rating score of 30 patients (image noise score,overall image quality score,and lesion conspicuity score) among the four groups were compared by using One-way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis H test.Results CNR (1.3±0.6,2.1±0.6,1.5±0.6 and 2.4± 1.3 respectively) and image noise [(20±7),(32±9),(18±3) and (24±6) HU respectively] among group A,B,C and D all had statistical differences (F =5.724 and 13.619,both P values < 0.01).CNR in group D was higher as compared with group A and C (both P values < 0.05),but was similar to group B (P > 0.05).Image noise in group D was lower than group B and higher than group C,but showed no difference from group A (all P values > 0.05).Image noise scores [(3.5±0.5),(3.3±0.4),(3.6±0.5)and(3.5±0.4)point,respectively],overall image quality scores [(3.2 ± 0.4),(3.3 ± 0.3),(3.1 ± 0.3) and (3.7 ± 0.4) point respectively] and lesion conspicuity scores [(3.3 ±0.4),(3.9±0.4),(3.2±0.4) and (3.7 ±0.4) point,respectively] among the four groups all had statistical differences (Z =9.581,37.495 and 43.436,all P values < 0.05).Scores of the four groups were all greater than 3 and met the clinical diagnostic level.Group D was higher than group B in image noise score,higher than the other three groups in overall image quality score,higher than group A in lesion conspicuity score (all P values < 0.05).Conclusion Combined use of CT spectral monochromatic imaging and image fusion can improve overall image quality while maintaining or increasing CNR in small HCC.
10.Optimization and in vitro characterization of resveratrol-loaded poloxamer 403/407 mixed micelles.
Jinfeng LI ; Mingyue GAO ; Huimin WANG ; Qiaoyu LIU ; Shirui MAO
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2015;50(8):1045-51
The objectives of this study are to prepare resveratrol loaded mixed micelles composed of poloxamer 403 and poloxamer 407, and optimize the formulation in order to achieve higher drug solubility and sustained drug release. Firstly, a thin-film hydration method was utilized to prepare the micelles. By using drug-loading, encapsulation yield and particle size of the micelles as criteria, influence of three variables, namely poloxamer 407 mass fraction, amount of water and feeding of resveratrol, on the quality of the micelles was optimized with a central composite design method. Steady fluorescence measurement was carried out to evaluate the critical micelle concentration of the carriers. Micelle stability upon dilution with simulated gastric fluid and simulated intestinal fluid was investigated. The in vitro release of resveratrol from the mixed micelles was monitored by dialysis method. It was observed that the particle size of the optimized micelle formulation was 24 nm, with drug-loading 11.78%, and encapsulation yield 82.51%. The mixed micelles increased the solubility of resveratrol for about 197 times. Moreover, the mixed micelles had a low critical micelle concentration of 0.05 mg · mL(-1) in water and no apparent changes in particle size and drug content were observed upon micelles dilution, indicating improved kinetic stability. Resveratrol was released from the micelles in a controlled manner for over 20 h, and the release process can be well described by Higuchi equation. Therefore, resveratrol-loaded poloxamer 403/407 mixed micelles could improve the solubility of resveratrol significantly and sustained drug release behavior can be achieved.