1.Effects of Fluoride and Aluminum Alone and in Combination Exposure on Proliferation and Cell Cycle of MC3T3-E1 Cells
Ruoxin CAI ; Xiaoying GUO ; Xin ZHAO
Journal of Environment and Health 2007;0(12):-
Objective To explore the effects of different concentrations of fluoride, aluminum alone and in combination exposure on mice parietal bone cell subclone 14 (MC3T3-E subclone 14), and to elucidate the pathogenesis of endemic fluorosis. Methods The proliferation of MC3T3-E1 cells exposed to 10-9 -10-3 mol/L NaF alone, 50 ?mol/L NaF and 5 ?mol/L AlCl3 alone and in combination ,was measured by CCK-8, and the change of cell cycle was measured by flow cytometry after treatment with various concentrations of fluoride and aluminum. Results Fluoride alone did not promote osteoblast MC3T3-E1cells proliferation, higher concentration fluoride inhibited MC3T3-E1 cells proliferation. Fluoride and aluminum combined exposure (50 ?mol/L NaF +5 ?mol/L AlCl3) stimulated proliferation of MC3T3-E1 cells (P
2.Gaze stabilization exercises can improve balance after a stroke
Ruoxin ZHAO ; Jun LU ; Xinrong LIU ; Yu WANG ; Yue XIAO ; Dianhuai MENG ; Guangxu XU
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2022;44(8):690-694
Objective:To observe the effect of gaze stabilization exercises on the balance of stroke patients.Methods:Forty stroke patients were randomly divided into an experimental group ( n=20) and a control group ( n=20). Both groups were given conventional rehabilitation therapy, while the experimental group was additionally provided with gaze stabilization exercises, once a day, five days a week, for a total of four weeks. Each session lasted 30 minutes. Before and after the four weeks, both groups were evaluated in terms of their envelope ellipse area and the plantar pressure distribution on the affected side in static standing and using the anterior-posterior center of pressure displacement velocity (AP-COPV). They were also assessed using the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), the timed up-and-go test (TUGT), and the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC). Results:After the gaze stabilization exercises, the average envelope ellipse area, the plantar pressure distribution of the affected side with the eyes open and closed, AP-COPV, BBS score, TUGT time and ABC score of the experimental group were significantly superior to the control group′s averages and to the results four weeks previously.Conclusions:Gaze stabilization exercises can improve balance, weight shifting and one-leg standing after a stroke. That should enhance balance confidence and reduce the risk of falling.
3.Clinical effect of power peripherally inserted central catheter and central venous catheter in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Jing WANG ; Ying ZHANG ; Lili JIANG ; Qiang FU ; Yanjie BI ; Ruoxin ZHAO ; Huimin BAI ; Ti ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2018;26(2):110-114
Objective To observed the clinical efficacy and safety of high pressure-resistant double-lumen peripherally inserted central catheter (Power PICC) and central venous catheter (CVC) in patients with stem cell transplantation.Methods This was a matched cross-sectional study with 60 patients with leukemia who were treated with catheterization of central venous (30 cases receiving Power PICC vs.30 cases receiving CVC) during stem cell transplantation in the First Affiliated Hospital of Chinese PLA General Hospital.Indwelling time,success rate of catheterization,complications,velocity and stem cell engraftment time were recorded and compared between the Power PICC group and CVC group.Results There were significant differences between the two groups on indwelling time [(18.47±4.44) min vs.(14.43± 1.72) min,t =3.719,P<0.001],complications [6.67% (2/30) vs.30% (9/30),x2 =48.445,P=0.002] and velocity.However,no significant difference was found in success rate of catheterization and stem cell engraftment time (P>0.05).Conclusion Power PICC performed better than CVC with well tolerability and satisfactory efficacy,which is worthy of promotion and application in the future.
4.Causality between hypertension and malignant tumors:A Mendelian randomization study
Ruoxin MAO ; Xiya ZHAO ; Yudan CHEN ; Xinyi CHEN ; Xiya YANG ; Jiajing GU ; Wenming HE
China Modern Doctor 2024;62(25):40-46
Objective To assess the causality between 14 malignant tumors and hypertension.Methods Publicly available datasets from genome-wide association study were used,from which independent genetic variants strongly associated with hypertension and 14 malignant tumors were extracted as instrumental variables for bidirectional Mendelian randomization(MR)analysis,including random effect inverse variance weighted(IVW),simple mode,weighted median,weighted mode and MR-Egger to evaluate the causal effect.Sensitivity analysis was used to test the validity and robustness of the analytical results,and multivariate MR method was used to further control for the effects of confounding factors.Results In the MR analysis of malignant melanoma and hypertension,the study included a total of 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)strongly associated with malignant melanoma.After Bonferroni correction,the IVW-based results showed a causal relationship between malignant melanoma and hypertension(OR=1.67,95%CI:1.27-2.21,P<0.001).Cochran's Q test,Mendelian randomization pleiotropy residual sum and outlier test and MR-Egger intercept test showed that there were no outliers and no horizontal pleiotropy among the instrumental variables,and the sensitivity analysis of the leave-one-out method showed that there was no single SNP that had a significant impact on the overall results.In the analysis of hypertension and leukemia,the preliminary analysis results showed that there may be a relationship between the two,but after adjusting for confounders,the effect of hypertension on the risk of leukemia was no longer significant.Conclusion Malignant melanoma may be a risk factor in the development of hypertension.
5.Development of rehabilitation medical resources in Jiangsu during Thirteenth Five-year Plan
Xinrong LIU ; Guangxu XU ; Lin LI ; Yu WANG ; Xu LI ; Ruoxin ZHAO ; Yuanbiao LIU ; Yuhui GU ; Jie YAO ; Min ZHANG ; Lijuan WANG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2022;28(4):407-414
Objective To investigate the development of rehabilitation medical resources in Jiangsu during Thirteenth Five-year Plan.Methods The electronic questionnaire was issued uniformly to the medical and health institutions in 13 prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu Province through the Health Commission system, to survey the rehabilitation medical resources data from 2015 to 2019.Results Compared with those in 2015, the secondary and above general hospitals with rehabilitation medicine departments increased 3.42 percentage points and community-level medical and healthcare institutions providing rehabilitation medical services increased 5.67 percentage points at the end of 2019; while, the authorized beds increased 127 and actual beds increased 142 in the rehabilitation department per million population; the early rehabilitation intervention increased 4 326 person-times per million population; there were 91 more rehabilitation professionals per million population, including 25 rehabilitation physicians, 31 rehabilitation therapists, 29 rehabilitation nurses and six other rehabilitation practitioners; the practitioners with associate senior titles and above increased 1.65 percentage points, and those with master-degree or above increased 1.27 percentage points.Conclusion The allocation of various rehabilitation resources has been improved in Jiangsu province during Thirteenth Five-year Plan.