1.Expression of recombinant human lysozyme-tachyplesin I (hLYZ-TP I) in Pichia pastoris and analysis of antibacterial activity.
Yu GAO ; Hong Lei ZHAO ; Xin FENG ; Rui Dong ZHAI ; Seng ZHU ; Chong Tao DU ; Chang Jiang SUN ; Lian Cheng LEI
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2013;26(4):319-322
Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
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biosynthesis
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genetics
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DNA-Binding Proteins
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biosynthesis
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genetics
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Humans
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Muramidase
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biosynthesis
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genetics
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Peptides, Cyclic
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biosynthesis
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genetics
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Pichia
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metabolism
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Recombinant Proteins
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biosynthesis
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genetics
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isolation & purification
2.Progress of single-cell sequencing in lymphoma
Jiapeng YANG ; Rui DONG ; Xiaowen ZHAI
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2023;32(7):435-438
Single-cell sequencing (SCS) sequences the genetic information of a single cell to better understand the differences amongst cells and reveal the unique changes of each cell type. The specific analysis of cell subsets at the single-cell level can accurately evaluate tumor cells and microenvironment cells to reveal the complexity of molecular components and the difference from the corresponding components in non-malignant tissues. Lymphoma is highly heterogeneous, some have unknown pathological types, etiology and poor prognosis. SCS is helpful to clarify the molecular mechanisms of lymphomagenesis and pathological staging, and guide clinical practice. This article reviews SCS and its application in lymphoma.
3.Pilot study of the effect of WeChat medication education on patients using warfarin
Zai-Wei SONG ; Zhi-Yuan TAN ; Shu-Jie DONG ; Rong-Sheng ZHAO ; Rui TIAN ; Suo-Di ZHAI ; Li YANG
The Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2018;34(1):60-62
Objective To explore the method of WeChat medication education for patients used by pharmacists,and to investigate the effect of WeChat medication education at Peking university third hospital.Methods Totally 30 patients who used warfarin at Peking university third hospital were enrolled.A series of subscriptions concerning warfarin medication education were sent to patients and/or their caregivers by WeChat regularly.The medication knowledge score after/before the intervention were assessed.Results The score of patients' warfarin medication knowledge before intervention was (14.20 ± 1.97) points,and after that the score was (16.63 ± 1.74) points,showing an improvenent with significance (P < 0.001).Questions about adverse events of warfarin were most likely to be answered by mistake and the score of relevant questions was only (0.97 ± 0.80) points and (1.07 ± 0.81) points,respectively (P > 0.05) before and after intervention.Conclusion It is of great significance for pharmacists to provide warfarin medication education.It is proved effective to improve patients' recognition of warfarin medication by means of WeChat subscriptions.
4.Analysis monitoring on data and quality evaluation of Japanese encephalitis laboratory network in Guizhou.
Xu-fang YE ; Su-ye ZHAO ; Chun-ting LIU ; Shi-hong FU ; Xiao-yan GAO ; Huan-yu WANG ; You-gang ZHAI ; Feng JIANG ; Li-ping RUI ; Ming LIU ; Guo-dong LIANG
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2012;33(1):122-123
5.Survey on blood pressure and serum lipids in Hei Yi Zhuang Chinese living in Guangxi.
Rui-xing YIN ; Shang-ling PAN ; Wei-xiong LIN ; Feng-ping HE ; De-zhai YANG ; Yu-ming CHEN ; Li-mei YAO ; Jia-qiang DENG ; Rong-shan LI ; Qi BI ; Tang-wei LIU ; Mu-yan LI ; Jing SHEN ; Guang-qing YE ; Jian-dong HUANG ; Xiu-yan LONG ; Zhen-biao NONG
Chinese Journal of Cardiology 2005;33(8):754-758
OBJECTIVETo investigate the levels of blood pressure and serum lipids, and examine the relationship between hypertension and hyperlipidemia in Hei Yi Zhuang Chinese living in Guangxi.
METHODSA total of 1056 people of Hei Yi Zhuang ethnicity were studied. Blood pressure, body height, body weight, and serum levels of lipids and apolipoprotein were measured. The data were compared with those in 925 people of Han ethnicity, who live in the same region.
RESULTSSystolic blood pressure and pulse pressure were significantly higher in Hei Yi Zhuang than Han Chinese (P < 0.001). The prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension and hypertension was also significantly higher in Hei Yi Zhuang than Han Chinese (P < 0.001). Serum concentrations of total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and apolipoprotein (Apo) B, and the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipidemia were significantly lower in Hei Yi Zhuang than Han Chinese (P < 0.05). Serum concentrations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and the Apo A1 to Apo B ratio were significantly higher in Hei Yi Zhuang than Han Chinese (P < 0.001). The prevalence of hypertension in Hei Yi Zhuang Chinese was positively associated with triglycerides (r = 0.425, P < 0.05), whereas the prevalence of hypertension in Han Chinese was positively correlated with total cholesterol (r = 0.623, P < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONThe present study revealed a significant difference in blood pressure and serum lipids between Hei Yi Zhuang and Han ethnic groups, and an association between hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
Adult ; Aged ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; ethnology ; Blood Pressure ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Hyperlipidemias ; epidemiology ; ethnology ; Hypertension ; epidemiology ; ethnology ; Lipids ; blood ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prevalence ; Sampling Studies ; Young Adult
6.Integrated health service in Canada:Practice and implications
Dong YIN ; Zhen WANG ; Chun-Cheng ZHAI ; Jia-Rui ZHANG ; Yu SHI ; Feng-Zhe XIE ; Jing-Hui WANG ; Shu-E ZHANG ; Tao SUN
Chinese Journal of Health Policy 2018;11(6):40-46
This paper systematically reviews the latest and relevant literatures and policy documents on the in-tegrated health services in Canada in recent years. Therefore, it summarizes the practice and mode of integrated serv-ice delivery in Ontario, Alberta and Quebec wherein the integration among health organization, health service team, and a series of health services are included. The contributing factors and impeding factors ( the barriers) of organiza-tional integration and specific integration strategy were summarized. Finally, according to the actual practical situa-tion, it is proposed that China should adhere to the government-led approach in promoting the integration of health services, and give a full play to the positive role of the market mechanism. Through strengthening the network man-agement and group service of primary health services, emphasis will be put on health services of population groups and specific diseases. Therefore, integration will be regarded as a strategic priority, increasing incentives and boos-ting promotion of nursing personnel on the process of Integrated Service Delivery, building the health information sys-tem that is conducive to integration in order to continuously advance Hierarchical Diagnosis and bridge the fragmented service system. This will help in providing residents with personalized, convenient, comprehensive, and continuous health services.
7.Research Progress of Single-cell Transcriptome Sequencing Technology in Physiological Hematopoiesis--Review.
Zi-Ping XING ; Rui DONG ; Xiao-Wen ZHAI
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2022;30(6):1912-1916
Hematopoiesis starts from the embryo and runs through the entire life of a living body, which is a multi-stage and complex dynamic process that is regulated by multiple pathways, involving a variety of cells and hematopoietic anatomical locations. During the development of the mammalian hematopoietic system, the currently known hematopoietic anatomical locations mainly include yolk sac, aorta-gonad-mesonephros, fetal liver, bone marrow, and thymus. The first three are mainly responsible for hematopoiesis during the embryonic and fetal period, while bone marrow is the main place for postnatal hematopoiesis, and thymus is mainly responsible for the differentiation of T lymphocytes. Integrating flow cytometry, in vitro cell culture and in vivo animal transplantation models, early researchers conducted an in-depth analysis of the differentiation pathways of hematopoietic cells. However, due to technical limitations, it is difficult to track the single-cell hematopoietic activity of hematopoietic organs. Transcriptome sequencing at the single-cell level provides researchers with a unique perspective, making it possible to draw the most detailed cell fate transition maps of the hematopoietic development of living organisms, and providing new ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of hematological tumors. In this article, we reviewed the research progress in the use of large-scale single-cell transcriptome sequencing in the field of physiological hematopoiesis in recent years.
Technology
8.Study on Preparation of Triptolide-glycyrrhetic Acid Compound Microemulsion and Its Physicochemical Properties and in vitro Release Characteristics
Heng ZHENG ; Xiaodong LI ; Xiaoying ZHAI ; Shuying DONG ; Duo ZHANG ; Rui YANG
China Pharmacy 2019;30(12):1655-1660
OBJECTIVE: To establish content determination method of Triptolide-glycyrrhetic acid compound microemulsion, optimize the formula and investigate its physicochemical properties and release rate in vitro. METHODS: The content of Triptolide- glycyrrhetic acid compound microemulsion was determined by UPLC. The determination was performed on ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column with mobile phase consisted of 0.1% formic acid aqueous solution-acetonitrile (gradient elution) at the flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. The column temperature was 40 ℃. The detection wavelength was set at 218 nm, and sample size was 5 μL. Pseudo-ternary phase diagrams were drawn by water titration method. Using oil phase, surfactants and co-surfactants as index, the formula was optimized, and in intro release characteristics was investigated by in vitro release test. RESULTS: The linear range of triptolide and glycyrrhetinic acid were 1-40 μg/mL(r=0.999 7) and 10-400 μg/mL(r=0.999 8), respectively. The limits of quantitation were 0.5 and 0.8 μg/mL; the limits of detection were 0.1 and 0.2 μg/mL. RSDs of precision, stability and reproducibility tests were all less than 2%. Average recoveries were 100.32%-101.15% (RSD=0.36%, n=6), 99.78%-101.42% (RSD=0.59%,n=6). The optimal formula included that medium chain triglyceride as oil phase, polyethylene glycol hydroxy stearate as surfactants, ethanol as co-surfactants, water as water phase, the proportion of them was 8 ∶ 28 ∶ 14 ∶ 50. The obtained microemulsion was O/W type, being transparent and clear, with average diameter, average polydispersity index and average viscosity of (62.38±3.44) nm, 0.096±0.001 and (26.84±1.10) mPa·S. Within 24 h, cumulative release rates of triptolide and glycyrrhetinic acid in obtained microemulsion were 99.8% and 99.7% (in PBS pH 2.0), 99.3% and 99.4% (in PBS pH 7.4), 98.9% and 98.4% (in PBS pH 9.0), respectively. Triptolide and glycyrrhetinic acid released faster in the single microemulsion than in the compound microemulsion. CONCLUSIONS: Established content determination method is simple and stable. The optimized formula is stable and feasible. Obtained iriptolide-glycyrrhetinic acid compound microemulsion show better sustained-release effect than sigle microemulsion.
9.Effects of Different Sequential Enzymatic Cleavage of Trypsin and LysC on Proteomic Sample Preparation
Rui-Dong LI ; Min WANG ; Lu-Lu WANG ; Ming-Ya ZHANG ; Yuan GAO ; Min-Jia TAN ; Fang GUO ; Lin-Hui ZHAI
Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2024;40(11):1618-1626
In mass spectrometry-based proteomics experiments,achieving high-throughput and efficientproteolytic digestion is crucial to ensure optimal protein cleavage and enhance the depth of protein identi-fication (including the number of identified proteins and the coverage of protein amino acid sequences) .Trypsin is the most widely used protease in mass spectrometry-based proteomics due to its ability to spe-cifically cleave the carboxyl terminus of arginine and lysine.However,it was found that Trypsin has some missed enzymatic efficiency for the cleavage of lysine residues.Therefore,in actual proteomics sample preparation,a combination of Trypsin and LysC will be used to ensure adequate cleavage of lysine resi-dues.Our study revealed that the commonly employed LysC-Trypsin tandem cleavage method exerts an impact on the enzymatic cleavage of protein samples by Trypsin due to the subsequent cleavage of Trypsin by initially added LysC.Consequently,we adjusted the order of LysC and Trypsin tandem digestion,with Trypsin cleavage being performed first followed by the addition of LysC to target any missed lysine resi-dues.We comprehensively compared and analyzed three distinct sequential digestion methods,namely Trypsin-Trypsin (T-T),LysC-Trypsin (L-T),and Trypsin-LysC (T-L),in terms of their effects on pro-tein sample preparation quality.The results demonstrated that the Trypsin-LysC sequential digestion ap-proach not only minimizes missed protein lysine/arginine cleavage sites without increasing experimental costs,at the same time yielding peptides with a moderate amino acid sequence length.The use of Tryp-sin-LysC digestion enhances the adsorption and separation of peptide samples in RP-HPLC,as well as improves the depth of protein detection and amino acid sequence coverage during tandem mass spectrome-try analysis.This research work offers a novel technical solution and serves as a valuable reference for proteome sample preparation.
10.Preparation and characterization of salvianolic acids-tanshinones composite powder for inhalation via co-micronized method.
Wen-Wen ZHAI ; Jun-Dong DAI ; Le-Huan LIU ; Rui-Xue HUANG ; Yi-Jun LI ; Yu-Wei MAO ; Qiao-Li JIANG
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2016;41(4):659-665
Salvianolic acids and tanshinones are main hydrophilic and lipophilic extracts from Salvia Miltiorrhiza with significant anti-pulmonary fibrosis effects. The aim of this study was to prepare a co-micronized salvianolic acids-tanshinones composite powder for inhalation using a planetary ball mill. The micronization process parameters were optimized by central composite design (CCD) and response surface methodology (RSM). Treatment time, rotation speed and the ball/sample weight ratio were selected as the independent variables, and the volume fraction of particle size in 1-5 μm was taken as the dependent variable. The powder properties were evaluated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), laser diffraction and X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD). The powder flow and hygroscopicity were determined with repose angle, compressibility index and critical relative humidity(CRH). According to the results, the salvianolic acids-tanshinones composite powder produced in optimal conditions had a narrow and unimodal particle size distribution and a smaller D₅₀ of 2.33 μm. The volume fraction of particle size in 1-5 μm was 80.82%. The repose angle was (50.60±1.13) °, and the critical relative humidity is about 77%. After being micronized, the particle size significantly reduced, and the number of amorphous substances slightly increased, with no significant changes in powder flow and hygroscopicity. These findings indicate that the grinding method with a planetary ball mill can be used to co-micronize various components with different properties and prepare composite drug powders for dry powder inhalation.