1.Serotypes and antimicrobial resistance profile of the Group B Streptococcus isolates in perinatal pregnant women during the period from 2013 to 2014
Lihua ZHANG ; Zhusheng GUO ; Weiqing YANG ; Shujin XIE ; Junjian CHEN ; Jiamin WANG ; Zhiqin CHENG ; Xin WANG ; Xuehai ZHU
Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2017;17(5):527-531
Objective To analyze the serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in perinatal pregnant women.Methods The vaginal and rectal specimens were collected from pregnant women at 35 to 37 weeks of pregnancy for culture and identification.The serotypes were analyzed using agglutination assay.Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was conducted by using Kirby-Bauer method,and interpreted according to 2009 CLSI breakpoints.The data were analyzed via WHONET 5.6 software.Results The prevalence of GBS was 10.4% (264/2 533) in the 2 533 perinatal pregnant women.Serotype Ⅲ,Ⅰa and Ⅰb was identified in 54.9% (84/153),17.6% (27/153) and 13.1% (20/153) of the GBS,respectively.All the GBS isolates were susceptible to penicillin,cefiriaxone and vancomycin.But 32.9%,68.1% and 62.1% of the isolates were resistant to levofloxacin,erythromycin and clindamycin,respectively.The antibiotic resistance rate of serotype Ⅲ isolates to the above three antibiotics was significantly higher than the other serotypes.Conclusions GBS may colonize both vagina and rectum of pregnant women.Vaginal and rectal secretions should be sampled simultaneously for better screening GBS.GBS serotype Ⅲ was the predominant serotype.Penicillin can be used as the first-choice treatment for GBS infections in pregnant women and newborns.GBS-positive pregnant women should be given the intervention treatment immediately to ensure the health of perinatal infants.
2.Quantitative analysis of telomerase reverse transcriptase gene expression in goat reprogramming cells.
Shujin ZHANG ; Shuyan MENG ; Lei LEI ; Xiang CHENG ; Huayan WANG
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2010;26(12):1660-1667
Currently, animal somatic cell reprogramming into the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) is one of the hottest research target in the field of cell biology. We focused on the analysis of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene expression during goat somatic fibroblasts reprogramming, and investigated the relationship between the expression of TERT and the pluripotency of reprogrammed cells. RNA samples of fetal tissues isolated from Guanzhong milk goat fetus, and the induced goat reprogramming cell clones were used to determine the relative expression levels of TERT by the real-time RT-PCR method. Goat embryonic fibroblasts (GEF) collected from the Guanzhong milk goat with normal karyotype were induced by 4 transcription factors to become reprogramming cells. The expression of TERT in reprogramming cells was detected by Real-time RT-PCR. The results showed that the expression of TERT in testis tissue was higher than that in epithelial tissues (P < 0.01). The expression level of TERT was higher in AP staining positive cells than that in AP staining negative cells (P < 0.01). This result indicated that TERT activity played an important role in cell reprogramming.
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Cellular Reprogramming
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Fibroblasts
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cytology
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Goats
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cytology
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metabolism
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RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
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genetics
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Telomerase
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metabolism
3.The effect of a mobile health intervention model based on self-determination theory on subthreshold depression in breast cancer patients
Guofeng WU ; Xinrui LI ; Meirong ZHONG ; Lin YANG ; Shujin CHENG ; Yan CHEN ; Jingjing ZHONG ; Rui SUN
Chinese Journal of Nursing 2024;59(2):142-148
Objective To explore the effect of a mobile health intervention model based on self-determination theory on subthreshold depression in breast cancer patients.Methods By convenience sampling method,74 patients with breast cancer subthreshold depression who received chemotherapy in the breast department of a tertiary hospital in Guangxi from July 2021 to August 2022 were selected as the research subjects.According to the order of admission time,the patients admitted from February 2022 to August 2022 were taken as an experimental group,and the patients admitted from July 2021 to January 2022 were taken as a control group,with 37 cases in each group.On the basis of routine nursing,the experimental group implemented a mobile health intervention model based on self-determination theory.The control group received routine nursing,with every 21 days for 1 cycle and a total of 4 cycles of intervention.Before and after the intervention,the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale(CES-D),Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression(HAMD-17),Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale(BPNS)and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast(FACT-B)were used to evaluate the intervention effect.Results 34 patients in the experimental group and 36 patients in the control group completed the study.After intervention,the CES-D score and HAMD-17 score of the 2 groups were lower than those before intervention(P<0.05);the CES-D score and HAMD-17 score of the experimental group were lower than those of the control group,and the difference was statistically significant(t=7.748,P<0.001;t=8.150,P<0.001).The BPNS scores of the 2 groups were higher than those before the intervention,and the BPNS score of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group(t=-6.534,P<0.001).The scores of FACT-B in the 2 groups were higher than those before the intervention,and the scores of FACT-B in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group(t=-4.579,P<0.001).Conclusion The mobile health intervention model based on self-determination theory can improve the subthreshold depression,self-determination and quality of life of breast cancer patients.