1.Relationship between regulation effect of salvia miltiorrhiza on AQP2 in kidney and promoting blood circulation and diuresis.
Xiao-Jing DONG ; Liang-Feng GUO ; Rui YAO ; Song-Yan XUE ; Feng LI
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2014;39(16):3162-3165
Partial nature of "promoting blood circulation and dieresis" of Salvia Miltiorrhizain was initially demonstrated by investigating the regulation effect of AQP2 expression in kidney of trauma blood stasis model rats with the Salvia Miltiorrhizain so as to provide guidance for its clinical deployment of administration. Random allocation was taken to averagely divide 30 SD rats into two groups: 10 rats in normal group and 20 rats in blood stasis syndrome group. Trauma blood stasis rat model was established by quantitatively beating. Then the rat model group was divided into model group and salvia group. After 7 days of treatment, the rat kidney AQP2 expression was detected, the content of urine AQP2 was compared and the damaged local muscle and kidney pathological changes were observed by immunohistochemical method and western blot method. Compared with that of the normal group, rats in model group had inflammatory cells infiltration, blood stasis and edema of the injured local muscles and up-regulated AQP2 expression, decreasing urinary output, and kidney tissues blood stasis and edema (P < 0.05). On the other hand, compared with that of the model group, those parameters of rats in salvia group were all decreasing except urine output (P < 0.05). Such result indicated that Salvia Miltiorrhiza can reduce trauma blood stasis rat content of urine AQP2 and down-regulated AQP2 expression in kidney tissue, so as to reduce the reabsorption of water by renal tubular and increase urine output. The promoting blood circulation effect of Salvia Miltiorrhizain can alleviate the degree of the damaged tissue edema and encourage urine drainage. This therapy is closely related to the effect of regulating AQP2 in kidney by salvia, so the purpose of this study by verifying "promoting blood circulation and diuresis" as the mechanism for the regulation effect of the salvia on AQP2 expression.
Animals
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Aquaporin 2
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genetics
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metabolism
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Blood Circulation
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drug effects
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Diuresis
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drug effects
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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administration & dosage
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Humans
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Kidney
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blood supply
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drug effects
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metabolism
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physiopathology
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Kidney Diseases
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drug therapy
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genetics
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metabolism
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physiopathology
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Male
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Rats
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Salvia miltiorrhiza
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chemistry
2.Echocaridiographic evaluation on early left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction: experimental study
Jian, WANG ; Chun-song, KANG ; Yan-ping, ZHENG ; Ji-ping, XUE ; Rui, ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Ultrasound (Electronic Edition) 2008;5(2):229-234
Objective To investigate the onset of left ventricular remodeling (LVRM) after acute myocardium infarction (AMI) and its changes within 6 hours in dogs on echocardiography. Methods AMI was induced in 14 dogs by ligating the left anterior descending arteries. Eight myocardium infarcted models were successful and were sacrified for pathological study. The indices of LVRM: wall infarction thickness (WIT), the wall motion score index (WMSI), left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were evaluated before and 1 h, 2 h, 3 h, 4 h, 5 h and 6 h after operation. Results Compared with the pre-operation, WIT and LVEF were decreased (P<0.01), LVESV and WMSI were increased (P<0.01), and LVEDV was increased (P<0.05 or P<0.01) at every time point after operation. WIT had no significant difference at 1 h, 2 h, 3 h, 4 h, 5h and 6h after operation (P>0.05). LVEDV, LVESV were higher (P<0.05) and LVEF was lower (P<0.05 or P<0.01) at 4 h, 5 h, and 6 h than at 1 h, and 2 h after operation. WMSI was higher at 3 h, 4 h, 5 h, and 6 h than at 1h (P<0.05). Conclusions In our experiment, LVRM occurred at 1 h after AMI in dogs. Thus echocardiography may evaluate early LVRM.
3.Investigation on the career motivations and professional self-concept of nurses in nurses of gynecology and obstetric department in a three-level general hospital
Dong-Hong SONG ; Xue-Mei GOU ; Rui HOU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2012;18(2):132-134
Objective To explore the difference of the professional self-concept in nursing staff of gynecology and obstetric department with the different career motivations in a three-level general hospital.Methods A total of 97 nurses were selected and investigated with professional self-concept scale and career motivation questionnaire.Results Among 97 nurses,44 nurses voluntarily chose the nursing job and their score of professional self-concept and job satisfaction was ( 3.04 ± 0.36),(2.91 ± 0.53 ),respectively.Fifty-three nurses passivity chose the nursing job by external factors and their score of professional self-concept and job satisfaction was(2.89 ± 0.29),(2.49 ± 0.53 ),respectively,and the difference between the two group was statistically significant (t =2.295,3.868,respectively ; P < 0.05 ).Scores of two groups except job satisfaction score in 53 nurses group were more than 2.5 and 2.5 was a level boundary value.Conclusions Nurses with different career motivation have different professional self-concept.It is important for nursing educator to pay attention on cultivating nurse students' professional interest and career motivation.
4.Identification and analysis of Corydalis boweri, Meconopsis horridula and their close related species of the same genus by using ITS2 DNA barcode.
Rong-kun DOU ; Zhen-fei BI ; Rui-xue BAI ; Yao-yao REN ; Rui TAN ; Liang-ke SONG ; Di-qiang LI ; Can-quan MAO
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2015;40(8):1453-1458
The study is aimed to ensure the quality and safety of medicinal plants by using ITS2 DNA barcode technology to identify Corydalis boweri, Meconopsis horridula and their close related species. The DNA of 13 herb samples including C. boweri and M. horridula from Lhasa of Tibet was extracted, ITS PCR were amplified and sequenced. Both assembled and web downloaded 71 ITS2 sequences were removed of 5. 8S and 28S. Multiple sequence alignment was completed and the intraspecific and interspecific genetic distances were calculated by MEGA 5.0, while the neighbor-joining phylogenetic trees were constructed. We also predicted the ITS2 secondary structure of C. boweri, M. horridula and their close related species. The results showed that ITS2 as DNA barcode was able to identify C. boweri, M. horridula as well as well as their close related species effectively. The established based on ITS2 barcode method provides the regular and safe detection technology for identification of C. boweri, M. horridula and their close related species, adulterants and counterfeits, in order to ensure their quality control, safe medication, reasonable development and utilization.
Base Sequence
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China
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Corydalis
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chemistry
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classification
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genetics
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DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic
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methods
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DNA, Plant
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chemistry
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genetics
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
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chemistry
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genetics
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Nucleic Acid Conformation
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Papaveraceae
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chemistry
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classification
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genetics
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Phylogeny
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Plants, Medicinal
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chemistry
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classification
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genetics
5.Implementation effect of the continuity health fullow-up management in diabetic patients through network hospital
Jie ZENG ; Yan WU ; Hong TAO ; Meng XUE ; Rui SONG ; Rui PEI ; Quping DU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2014;20(23):2919-2922
Objective To explore the establishment of the health management platform through network hospital, and to investigate the effect of the implementation of the continuity health management after discharge on the type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with the use of insulin .Methods Forty-eight type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with the use of insulin received the continuity health management , and individualized education of the use of insulin during the hospital and the continuity health follow-up management through network hospital after discharge.The scores of the compliance , knowledge and injection practice of the use of insulin , the comprehensive ability of management diabetes , and the levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG) and HbA1c were compared in patients 3 months after the intervention .Results The scores of the compliance , knowledge and injection practice of the use of insulin , the comprehensive ability of management diabetes were respectively (7.35 ±0.95), (82.52 ±8.54), (117.47 ±12.42) after the intervention, and were higher than (6.49 ± 1.52), (56.54 ±10.93), (80.86 ±15.71) before the intervention, and the differences were statistically significant (t=4.955 9, 14.003 8, 13.639 6, respectively;P<0.01).The levels of FBG and HbA1c were respectively (6.20 ±0.85) mmol/L, (6.56 ±0.91) % after the intervention, and were lower than (8.53 ± 2.16)mmol/L, (8.73 ±1.72)% before the intervention, and the differences were statistically significant (t=5.985 7,9.003 9, respectively;P <0.01 ) .Conclusions The implementation of the continuity follow-up management through network hospital after discharge in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with the use of insulin can significantly improve the compliance , knowledge and injection practice of the use of insulin in patients , and establish patients ’ self-management action well so as to help them control glucose .
6.Correlation between tobacco use and health literacy among adults in Putuo District, Shanghai City
Yun-xue SONG ; Rui-long WU ; Chang SHU ; Yu ZHANG
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2020;32(6):473-
Objective To explore the relationship between adult tobacco use and health literacy, and to provide evidence for tobacco control intervention and health promotion. Methods By combining PPS method and KISH table method, the 2018 National Residents′ Health Literacy Monitoring Questionnaire was used to investigate the health literacy level and tobacco use, and the correlation between current smoking behavior and health literacy among residents aged 15-69 was analyzed by logistic regression. Results A total of 3 200 people were surveyed, and 3 185 valid questionnaires were recovered, with an effective rate of 99.53%.The current smoking rate of people with scientific health literacy, infectious disease prevention literacy, safety and first aid literacy, basic medical literacy and health information literacy was lower than those without (
7.Brucella meningoencephalitis in children with status epilepticus A case report and literature review
SU Xue-wen ; PENG Wan-yu ; LI Jun-li ; SONG Rui-xia ; WU Ri-han ; ZHU Hua
China Tropical Medicine 2023;23(3):319-
Abstract: Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics and incidence of Brucella encephalitis and meningitis in children. Methods We report the clinical data of a child with Brucella melitensis meningitis in children, and summarize the incidence, diagnosis methods and treatment of Brucella encephalitis or meningitis in children, taking into account the relevant domestic and foreign literature from January 2014 to December 2020. Results A 4-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with status epilepticus on March 15, 2021 because of interrupted right limb numbness for 16 hours and convulsions for 2 hours. She had 2 non-febrile convulsions three months before admission and was diagnosed with epilepsy. This incident was acute, accompanied by low fever, with epilepsy as the main manifestation. Cerebrospinal fluid test suggested central nervous system infection, but the nature of infection could not be determined by routine and biochemistry of cerebrospinal fluid.The cerebrospinal fluid next generation sequencing confirmed that the pathogen of the infection was B. melitensis, which was further verified by the peripheral blood antibody test. After effective antibiotics combined with a full course of treatment, the patient recovered after six months of treatment. A total of 60 articles were retrieved in the database, including 29 in Chinese. During this period, a total of 7 cases of brucellosis in children with nervous system involvement were reported, one of which was a case report, and the other 6 cases were mentioned in the comprehensive analysis of children with brucellosis. Conclusions Brucella encephalitis or meningitis in children has a low incidence and various clinical features, which are easy to be misdiagnosed or missed.
8.The effect of the Mongolian medicine modified Tabusen-2 on kidney-yang deficiency in rats based on metabolomics
Zhi WANG ; Pei-feng XUE ; Cai-meng XU ; Kun WANG ; Rui DONG ; Qing-xiang SONG ; Bi QU ; Xin DONG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2022;57(11):3378-3386
We used metabolomics to investigate the ability of a traditional Mongolian medicine called modified Tabusen-2 (MT-2) to improve kidney yang deficiency (KYD) in rats. All animal experiments were conducted under the guidance and standards of the Medical Ethics Committee of Inner Mongolia Medical University. SD rats were divided into 6 groups of six rats: a normal group, a model group, Jinkuishenqi pill administration group (1.26 g·kg-1), and MT-2 administration in high-, medium- and low-dose groups (1.512, 0.756, and 0.378 g·kg-1). KYD was established by intramuscular injection of hydrocortisone (HC) and biochemical indicators and clinical characterization was used to confirm that KYD was established. All groups received intragastrically administered drug (Jinkuishenqi pill or MT-2) or saline. Serum from each group was collected after 8 weeks and analyzed by UPLC-Q-exactive-MS to measure various biochemical indicators. The biomarkers affected by MT-2 were identified and the metabolic pathways of KYD regulated by MT-2 were analyzed by metabolomic analysis. The results show that MT-2 can decrease serum creatinine (Cr) in KYD rats and significantly increase (
9.Modified super-long down-regulation protocol improves fertilization and pregnancy in patients with poor ovarian responses.
Hui-Juan ZHANG ; Xue-Ru SONG ; Rui LÜ ; Feng-Xia XUE
Chinese Medical Journal 2012;125(16):2837-2840
BACKGROUNDThe successful end-point of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment is for a woman to give live birth. This outcome is based on various factors including adequate number of retrieved eggs. Failure to recruit adequate follicles, from which the eggs are retrieved, is called a "poor response". How to improve the clinical pregnancy rates of poor responders was one of the tough problems for IVF.
METHODSThe study involved 51 patients who responded poorly to high dose gonadotropin treatment in their previous cycles at our reproductive center, between April 2010 and February 2012. The previous cycle (group A) received routine long protocol; the subsequent cycle (group B) received modified super-long down-regulation protocol. The primary outcome of the study was the number of oocytes fertilized. The increase in the pregnancy rate was the secondary outcome. Differences between the groups were assessed by using Student's t test and c(2) test where appropriate.
RESULTSThe patients' average age was (36.64 ± 3.85) years. The mean duration of ovarian stimulation cycles of the group A patients was longer than those of the group B patients. The total dose of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) was significantly lower in the subsequent cycle. The peak value of serum estradiol on human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) day was lower in group A as compared with group B. The number of metaphase II oocytes recovered was significantly higher in group B. The cleavage rate in group A was significantly lower than in group B, 49 patients in group B reached embryo transfer stage, while 46 patients in group A reached this stage. Patients in group B received significantly more embryos per transfer as compared with group A. More pregnancies and more clinical pregnancies with fetal heart activity were achieved in group B.
CONCLUSIONSThis comparative trial shows that poor responder women undergoing repeated assisted reproduction treatment using modified super-long down-regulation protocol achieve more oocytes, leading to higher fertilization rate, compared to women receiving routine long protocol. Our study also showed that clinical pregnancy rate was significantly improved.
Adult ; Chorionic Gonadotropin ; therapeutic use ; Embryo Transfer ; Estradiol ; blood ; Female ; Fertilization in Vitro ; methods ; Follicle Stimulating Hormone ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Male ; Ovulation Induction ; methods ; Pregnancy
10.Effects of the combination of musk and olibanum on the expressions of tight junction proteins in the prostate epithelial cells of rats.
Qun-fang LIN ; Pei HUANG ; Xue-fei TIAN ; Xue-jun SHANG ; Yang-peng WU ; Ping HAN ; Rui-song GAO ; Qing ZHOU
National Journal of Andrology 2015;21(12):1110-1115
OBJECTIVETo investigate the effects of the combination of musk and olibanum on the tight junction protein expressions in prostatic epithelial cells of normal and chronic prostatitis (CP) rats.
METHODSEighty male SD rats were randomly divided into 8 groups of equal number: normal control, normal musk, normal olibanum, normal musk + olibanum, CP model control, CP model musk, CP model olibanum, and CP model musk + olibanum. At 60 days after modeling, the rats in the control, musk, olibanum, and musk + olibanum groups were treated intragastrically with normal saline, musk (0.021 g per kg body weight per day), olibanum (1.05 g per kg body weight per day), or musk + olibanum respectively, all for 3 days. Then, all the rats were sacrificed and their prostate tissues harvested for detection of the expressions of the tight junction proteins Claudin-1, Claudin-3, Occludin, and ZO-1 in the prostatic epithelial cells by immunohistochemical staining.
RESULTSIn the CP models, only the expression of Claudin-1 was significantly increased. In the normal rats, the expression of Claudin-1 was remarkably upregulated after treated with musk (824.6 ± 393.3, P < 0.05), olibanum (982.0 ± 334.0, P < 0.05), and musk + olibanum (1088.1 ± 640.2, P < 0.01); that of Claudin-3 was elevated markedly by olibanum (1 009.5 ± 243.6, P < 0.05) and insignificantly by musk (597.5 ± 80.7), but the increasing effect of olibanum was reduced by musk + olibanum (678.4 ± 255.1). No statistically significant differences were found in the expression of Occludin among the rats treated with musk (693.0 ± 424.8), olibanum (732.1 ± 302.0), and musk + olibanum (560.2 ± 202.3), or in that of ZO-1 in the animals treated with musk (290.0 ± 166.8) and olibanum (419.7 ± 108.1), but the latter was markedly decreased in the musk + olibanum group (197.7 ± 98.2, P < 0.05). In the CP rat models, both the expressions of Claudin-1 (823.0 ± 100.1, P < 0.01) and Occludin (1160.0 ± 32.2, P < 0.05) were significantly increased. The expression of Claudin-1 was remarkably down-regulated by musk (764.9 ± 179.0), olibanum (468.4 ± 220.4), and musk + olibanum (335.1 ± 204.0) (all P < 0.05), but that of Claudin-3 up-regulated by musk (744.6 ± 94.5) and olibanum (700.1 ± 223.7) (both P < 0.05). The expression of Occludin was reduced by musk (615.0 ± 221.0), olibanum (749.6 ± 321.7), and musk + olibanum (505.8 ± 523.7), while that of ZO-1 increased by olibaum (443.2 ± 44.9) and decreased by musk + olibanum (213.5 ± 24.9, P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONIn physiological and pathological conditions, the combination of musk and olibanum acts on the expressions of tight junction proteins in prostate epithelial cells in a selective and dual-targeting manner, promoting their permeability by down-regulating the expression of ZO-1 and maintaining their structural stability by regulating the expressions of Claudin-1, Claudin-3, and Occludin.
Animals ; Claudins ; metabolism ; Down-Regulation ; Epithelial Cells ; drug effects ; Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated ; chemistry ; Frankincense ; chemistry ; Male ; Occludin ; metabolism ; Prostate ; cytology ; Prostatitis ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Tight Junction Proteins ; metabolism ; Up-Regulation