1.Exploring the Correlation between Left Coronary Bifurcation Angle and Coronary Plaques Forming in Left Anterior Descending by Dual-source CT Angiography
Journal of Medical Research 2017;46(5):91-94
Objective To explore the potential relationship between left coronary bifurcation angle and plaques forming in left anterior descending artery by dual-source CT angiography.Methods One hundred patients who underwent dual-source CT angiography in our hospital from January to May during 2016 and had plaques in left anterior descending artery were retrospectively studied,while 100 patients with normal image were as negative controls.There were 57 male and 43 female at the mean age of (57.54 ±-8.38) years in negative controls,and 64 male and 36 female at the mean age of (62.08 ± 13.94) years in patients with left anterior descending artery plaques.The left coronary bifurcation angle was measured by multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) and maximum density projection (MIP) techniques.Results The left coronary bifurcation angle in negative control group were range from 41.25°to 112.14°,at the mean age of 69.45 ° ± 18.71 °,while range from 54.14 ° to 128.12 o,at the mean age of 85.65 °-± 15.96 ° in plaque group.The bifurcation angle in plaque group was larger than those in negative control group(P < 0.05).Conclusion Dual-source CTA could objectively evaluate left coronary bifurcation angle and plaque character.The left coronary bifurcation angle had an important influence on the formation of left anterior descending artery plaque.
2.Application of fecal rotavirus antigen rapid detection in diagnosis of children patients with diarrhea
Rongfang LI ; Rui ZHOU ; Lanxiang HE
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2016;37(14):1975-1976
Objective To observe the application effect of fecal human rotavirus (HRV) antigen rapid detection in the diagnosis of children patients with diarrhea .Methods The stool specimens in 200 children cases of diarrhea from January 2014 to December 2015 were collected for detecting HRV antigen by using the gold standard immunochromatographic method .Results Among 200 cases of diarrhea ,129 cases were stool HRV positive with the positive rate of 64 .5% .Among 129 cases of HRV infection ,the ma‐jority were the children patients aged 6 months to 2 years old .The tools in the children patients with HRV infection were egg flow‐er soup like .Conclusion The fecal HRV antigen rapid detection has an important clinical significance for the early diagnosis and early treatment of HRV diarrhea ,so which is worth being promoted in primary hospitals .
3.Effects of the metabotropic glutamate receptor ligands on the induction of brain ischemic tolerance in rats
Rongfang FENG ; Wenbin LI ; Huiqing LIU ; Qingjun LI ; Aimin ZHOU ; Honggang ZHAO ; Jie AI
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2005;9(21):236-239
BACKGROUND: Metabotropic glutamate receptor(mGluR) is G-protein coupled membrane receptors, which participate in various physiology or pathology process in brain, but how it induce brain ischemic tolerance(BIT)is unclear.OBJECTIVE: To study roles of mGluR2/3 and mGluR1/5 in the BIT induction.DESIGN: Randomized controlled study based on experimental animals.SETTING: Neurological department of provincial hospital and pathophysiological department of basic institute in a university.MATERIALS: The study was conducted at the Pathophysiological Department, Institute of Basic Medicine, Hebei Medical University from May 2002 to May 2003. Totally 64 healthy male SD rats were selected from the Experimental Animal Center of Hebei Medical University. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) antibody, MTPG and(s)-4C3HPG were got from Sigma Company.INTERVENTIONS: 4 vessel occlusion(4VO) brain ischemic models in rats stained with thionine staining and GFAP immunohistochemistry staining. were used. Sixty-four rats, of which bilateral vertebral arteries were occluded permanently by electrocautery, were divided into the following 8groups: sham operation group, cerebral ischemic preconditioning(CIP)group, ischemic insult group; BIT group; MTPG + sham operation group;MTPG+BIT group; MTPG+ischemia group and(s) -4C3HPG+BIT coup. All the rats were killed 7 days after the operation or the final ischemic treatment. Cerebral sections were selected and stained with thionine staining and GFAP immunohistochemistry staining.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The changes of the morphologic hippocampal pyramidal cell and GFAP expression of astrocyte.RESULTS: ① The 8 minutes ischemic insult increased the histological grade(HG) in CA1 area, decreased the pyramidal neuronal density(ND)and increased the expression of GFAP significantly( P < 0.05) . ② The above changes were not observed in the BIT group, indicating that the CIP could protect pyramidal neurons against the 8-minute ischemic insult. ③The protective effects of the CIP were blocked by MTPG or(s)-4C3HPG, as manifested by significant increases in HG and decreases in ND in the groups of MTPG + BIT, MTPG + ischemia and(s)-4C3HPG + BIT( P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: MTPG or (s) -4C3HPG could block the induction of BIT induced by CIP, but mGluR2/3 or mGluR1/5 could participate in the induction of BIT by which protect effect of mGluR is further induced.
4.Clinical study of local oxygen therapy in combination with Houfengsan and vitamin AD mixture in the treatment of red breech
Shangdi LI ; Rongfang LI ; Xia YAO ; Yueqiong ZHOU ; Xiaojie LI ; Feiyan ZENG
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2010;26(36):1-3
Objective To explore the curative effect of local oxygen therapy in combination with external application of Houfengsan and vitamin AD mixture in the treatment of red breech. Methods 100children with red breech were divided randomly into the treatment group and the control group with 50 cases in each group. The treatment group was treated with direct local oxygen blowing for 10~15 minutes and applying mixture of Houfengsan and vitamin AD, the control group was treated with 3% zinc oxide unguent.The treatment effect and cure time were compared between the two groups. Results The total efficient rate of the treatment group was 100% ,which was higher than that of the control group. The cure time of the treatment group was (3.92±0.98) days ,and (6.66t1.46) days in the control group, and the difference was significant between the two groups. Conclusions Local oxygen blowing with external application of mixture of Houfengsan and vitamin AD is easy to accept by children, safe, economical and simple to operate. It is an effective method to treat red breech.
5.Effect of cerebral ischemic preconditioning on NOS activity and NO content in the CA1 region of the hippocampus in rats
Huiqing LIU ; Wenbin LI ; Qingjun LI ; Rongfang FENG ; Aimin ZHOU ; Honggang ZHAO ; Min ZHANG ; Jie AI
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 1986;0(01):-
AIM: To explore the role of NO in the induction of brain ischemic tolerance (BIT) by observing changes of NOS activity and NO_2-/NO_3- content following a transient cerebral ischemia. METHODS: The rat 4-vessel occluding brain ischemic model was used. 140 male Wistar rats were divided into sham, cerebral ischemic preconditioning (CIP), ischemic insult and CIP+ischemic insult groups. An occlusion of the 4 vessels for 3 min was normally used as CIP, and a relative long one for 10 min was used as ischemic insult. When CIP was followed by ischemic insult, the interval between them was 3 d. The CA1 region of the hippocampus of rats was dissected out at 0 h, 2 h, 16 h, 24 h, 36 h, 72 h and 7 d after the last time of ischemia to assay its NOS activity and NO_2-/NO_3- content. RESULTS: The NOS activity and NO_2-/NO_3- content began to increase at 16 h, peaked at 24 h and decreased to basal level at 36 h of reperfusion after CIP. The duration of the up-regulation of NOS activity and NO_2-/NO_3- content was much shorter than that of BIT, which usually takes place 1-7 d after CIP. The pattern of upregulation of the NOS activity and NO_2-/NO_3- content was similar to the CIP group, but the maximum (24 h) was much more than that in CIP group (P
6.The relationship between the muscles edema and skeleton involvement surrounding sacroiliac joint of axial seronegative spondyloarthropathy patients with functional magnetic resonance imaging
Rongfang GUO ; Jianjun ZHOU ; Haitao SUN ; Lindi JIANG ; Qiang YU ; Caixia FU ; Xiaolin WANG
Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences 2017;44(2):168-174
Objective To observe the muscles and skeleton involvement surrounding sacroiliac joint (SIJ) of axial seronegative spondyloarthropathy (SPA) patients with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),and to analyze the relationship between them.Methods A prospective study of 38 patients who meet the 2009 axial SpA diagnostic criteria was conducted.We carried out MRI of the SIJ for these patients to evaluate the muscles and skeleton involvement.Those cases were divided into muscles differences between the two groups of image scores,including Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) scores and Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada MRI Sacroiliac Joint Structural Score (SPARCC SSS).The extent of muscles edema in patients with sacroiliac joints was ranked into twelve grades from 0-12,and we did Spearman rank correlation test of muscles edema scope and two indexes.Results We found that 28 cases (73.68%) of the 38 patients had significant muscle involvement by analyzing the STIR sequence,and found erector spinae in 22 cases (57.89 %)gluteal muscles in 13 cases (34.21 %),iliacus muscle in 11 cases (28.95 %),obturator muscle in 5 cases (13.16%),piriform muscle in 5 cases (13.16%) and other 4 cases (10.53%).SPARCC (t =2.28,P =0.03) and SPARCC SSS (t =3.37,P =0.00) were statistically different between the two groups.SPARCC (P =0.00,r =0.67) and SPARCC SSS (P-0.01,r =0.47) were positively correlated with the extent of muscles edema.Conclusions The muscles edema around sacroiliac joint is an important sign of axial SpA magnetic resonance imaging.Patients who had muscles edema tended to have more serious skeleton changes.
7.An analysis on viral prevalence of acute lower respiratory tract infection in children
Juan WANG ; Niguang XIAO ; Qionghua ZHOU ; Rongfang ZHANG ; Lili ZHONG ; Han HUANG ; Saizhen ZENG ; Bing ZHANG ; Zhaojun DUAN ; Zhiping XIE ; Hanchun GAO
Journal of Chinese Physician 2011;13(1):29-32
Objective To investigate the viral prevalence of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI)in children. Methods Totally 1165 children with clinical diagnosis of ALRTI during the period from August 2007 to September 2008 were involved in our study. The nasopharyngeal aspirate specimen was collected from each patient. RT-PCRs were performed to detect common respiratory tract viruses including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinovirus (HRV), parainfluenza virus (PIV, type 1 -3 ), influzenza virus type A and B (IFA,IFB), and PCR was used to detect adenovirus (ADV). Results 783 patients were identified to have at least one kind of viral pathogens and the overall positive rate was 67.2%. The most common virus was RSV (27%), followed by HRV ( 17.4% ) and PIV3 ( 13. 9% ). The peak infection seasons were winter and autumn. The etiological spectrum of ALRTI varied in different age groups. Two or more viruses were identified in 284 out of 783 cases ( 36. 3% ). The mixed infection rate was high in infants under 1 year old (63.7%) while it decreased to 8. 5% in children older than 3 years of age. Conclusion RSV, HRV and PIV3 were the most predominant pathogens in children less than 1 year old. The peak infection seasons were winter and autumn. The infection rate and mixed infection rate in infants under 1 year old were highest. The most common style was RSV and HRV mixed infection.
8. Role of histological evaluation of periprosthetic tissue in diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection
Lihua GONG ; Xi CHEN ; Rongfang DONG ; Hongyi SHAO ; Tao BIAN ; Yixin ZHOU ; Yi DING
Chinese Journal of Pathology 2019;48(12):940-944
Objective:
To evaluate the role of histologicalpathology in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection.
Methods:
A total of 145 cases of joint arthroplasty during October 2017 and October 2018 from Beijing Jishuitan Hospital were collected. There were 23 cases of infection, including knee joint arthroplasty (12 cases) and hip arthroplasty (11 cases). There were 17 females and 6 males. Patients′ age ranged from 39 to 76 years (mean 63 years). The infection was diagnosed if there were >5 neutrophils per high power field in at least 5 high power field. The permanent sections were examined twice separately by two pathologists, and the interval time of histologic examination was at least two weeks. Sensitivity (SE), specificity (SP), positive predictivevalue (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated. The consistency evaluation of histologic examination of two pathologists was calculated by Kappa analysis.
Results:
The neutrophil cells could locate scattered or focally in the synovium tissue of periprosthetic joint infection. Somewhere, the infiltration of vessel and the perivascular distribution could also exist. Opportunity coincidence rate between two pathologists was 91.3% (Kappa=0.817). The results showed that SE was 60.9%, SP was 100.0%, NPV was 93.1%, PPV was 100.0%.
Conclusions
The presence of polymorphonuclear cells in histologic examination is correlated with infection. There was high consistency between histologic examination and clinical diagnosis of joint arthroplasty.
9. Clinicopathological and ALVAL score analysis of pseudotumor-like tissue around aseptic joint arthroplasty
Lihua GONG ; Hongyi SHAO ; Jianming GU ; Rongfang DONG ; Yixin ZHOU ; Yi DING
Chinese Journal of Pathology 2019;48(7):510-514
Objective:
To analyze the clinicopathological features of pseudotumor-like tissue around aseptic joint arthroplasty and aseptic lymphocytic vasculitis-associated lesions (ALVAL) scores. The characters of wear granules were observed.
Methods:
Total 122 cases were retrieved from the surgical pathology files between May 2015 and August 2018 in the department of pathology in Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, which included the knee joint arthroplasty (10 cases) and hip arthroplasty (112 cases). There were 62 females and 60 males. Patients′ age ranged from 29 to 86 years (mean 56 years). The pseudotumor-like tissue around aseptic joint arthroplasty were stained with HE and analyzed by two ALVAL score systems. The characters of wear granules were observed by light microscope and polarized light.
Results:
The cohort included 62 females and 60 males. Patients′ age ranged from 29 to 86 years (mean 56 years). Compbell-ALVAL system includes synovial lining,inflammatory infiltrate and tissue organization. The scores were: low (0-4): 18cases; moderate (5-8): 101 cases; high (9-10): 3 cases. Oxford-ALVAL system only evaluated the inflammatory infiltrate,and the scores were:0 grade:56 cases; 1 grade:51 cases; 2 grade: 12 cases; 3 grade:3 cases. Cases with high score in the Compbell-ALVAL system were concordant with the 3 grade of the Oxford-ALVAL system. Under light microscope,the metal particles were small black granules; the polyethylene fibers were needle-like and easily visible in polarized light. The polymethylmethacrylate showed clear spaces because of particle melting.
Conclusions
The Compbell-ALVAL scoring system is based on the histologic analysis of pseudotumor-like tissue around aseptic joint arthroplasty, and the Oxford-ALVAL scoring systems is based on lymphocytic response. The wear particles could be differentiated by the features in the light microscope.
10.The role of SENP-1 in chronic intermittent hypoxia induced myocardial injury in rats
Yuanhang Jia ; Xiaowu Tan ; Lin Chen ; Rongfang Tu ; Fang Zhou
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2023;58(10):1666-1672
Objective :
To investigate the effects and mechanism of small ubiquitin-like modifier ( SUMO) specific proteinase-1 (SENP-1) on chronic intermittent hypoxia ( CIH) induced myocardial injury in rats.
Methods :
32 male SD rats were randomly divided into : control group,CIH group,negative control adeno-associated virus interven- tion group (AAV-shNC) and SENP-1 shRNA adeno-associated virus intervention group (AAV-shSENP-1) ,with 8 rats in each group.After 6 weeks of CIH induction,echocardiography was performed.The levels of cardiac troponin I (cTNI) ,creatine kinase MB isoenzyme ( CKMB) ,myoglobin (Mb) ,lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in serum and malondialdehyde (MDA) ,uperoxide dismutases ( SOD) ,glutathione ( GSH) ,interleukin( IL) -1 β , IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) in myocardial tissue were detected by ELISA.The pathological changes of myocardial tis- sue was observed by HE staining.The reactive oxygen species ( ROS) level in myocardial tissue was detected by DCFH-DA fluorescence probe labeling.The small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) level of hypoxia inducible factor- 1 α (HIF-1 α) protein in myocardial tissue was detected by kit.The mRNA and protein levels of SENP-1 and HIF- 1 α in myocardial tissue were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blot.
Results :
Compared with the control group, the pathological damage of myocardial tissue in CIH group was serious,the levels of left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVEDD) ,left ventricular end systolic dimension (LVESD) and serum cTNI,CKMB,Mb and LDH signif- icantly increased (P<0. 05) ,and the levels of ROS,MDA,IL-1 β , IL-6,TNF-α and the mRNA and protein levels of SENP-1 and HIF-1α in myocardial tissue also significantly increased (P <0. 05 ) ,while the levels of LVEF, LVFS,serum GSH and SOD significantly decreased (P <0. 05) ,and the SUMOylates level of HIF-1α protein in myocardial tissue also significantly decreased (P <0. 05 ) .Compared with CIH group,AAV-shSENP-1 group had less myocardial pathological damage,the levels of LVEDD,LVESD and serum cTNI,CKMB,Mb and LDH signifi- cantly decreased (P<0. 05) ,and the levels of ROS,MDA,IL-1 β, IL-6,TNF-α and the mRNA and protein levels of SENP-1 and HIF-1α in myocardial tissue also significantly decreased (P<0. 05) ,the levels of LVEF,LVFS,serum GSH and SOD significantly increased (P<0. 05) ,and the SUMOylates level of HIF-1α protein in myocardial tissue also significantly decreased (P<0. 05) .
Conclusion
Inhibition of SENP-1 expression can alleviate CIH induced myocarditis and oxidative stress in rats,improve myocardial injury and cardiac dysfunction,and its mechanism may be related to the improvement of HIF-1α SUMOylates level,thus inhibiting HIF-1α expression.