1.Hyaluronidase with α - lipoic acid and Chinese medicine in the treatment of diabetic vitreous hemorrhage
Cai, CHENG ; Tian-Sheng, SI ; Shu-Juan, LIANG
International Eye Science 2014;(6):1168-1170
AIM: To study the effectiveness of hyaluronidase periocular injection combined with α - lipoic acid and Chinese medicine in the treatment of diabetic vitreous hemorrhage.
METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 67 patientswith proliferative diabetic retinophathy ( PDR ) and vitreous hemorrhage, were divided into two groups: treatment group and control group. There were 32 cases in every group, the treatment group were giving hyaluronidase periocular injection combined with α - lipoic acid intravenously and with traditional Chinese medicine in promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, control group were only given Chinese medicine treatment in promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis.
RESULTS: Followed up 2-3mo, the total efficiency of treatment group ( 78%) was better than control group (57%), there was statistically significant difference ( P<0-05 ) . The efficiency of the two groups' patients with vitreous hemorrhage more than 2wk time was 22% and 25% respectively, there was no statistically significant difference in the two groups (P>0. 05).
CONCLUSION: Hyaluronidase periocular injection combined with α-lipoic acid and Chinese medicine in the treatment of PDR combined with vitreous hemorrhageis more effective than only use Chinese medicine. But it only has effect for the early, over 2wk, it has no significant effect.
2.Effects of Perinatal Exposure to Low-dose Tributyltin on Development and Estrogen Level of Female Offspring Mice
Cheng-En WANG ; Ji-Liang SI ; Miao ZHANG ; Al ET ;
Journal of Environment and Health 2007;0(10):-
Objective To explore the effects of perinatal exposure to low dose tributyltin (TBT) on development and estrogen level of female offspring KM mice.Methods The CL healthy adult pregnant KM mice were randomly divided into 4 groups,6 in each group,they were given doses of TBT (100,10 and 1 ?g/kg) by gavage from days 6 of gestation to the end of lactation,1 time each day,at a volume of 1 ml/kg.On postnatal day (PND) 49,10 female offspring mice were randomly selected in each group and killed after weighed and the blood was collected.The uterus and ovary were weighed for account of viscera coefficient.The concentrations of estrogen in serum were measured with radioimmunoassay.Results Compared with the control group the time of eye opening was significantly delayed and the vagina opening was significantly ahead in treatment groups (P0.05).The weight of ovary and its coefficient increased significantly in 10 ?g/kg group (P
3.Proliferation of retinal pigment epithelial cells induced by (R,R)-XY-10 and (S,S)-XY-10 and their action mechanisms
Yu-Wen, CHENG ; Yu-Liang, WANG ; Yi-Hua, ZHANG ; Si-Xun, PENG ; George C Y CHIOU
International Eye Science 2009;9(9):1641-1645
AIM: To investigate the mechanism of proliferation effect induced by (R,R)-XY-10 and (S,S)-XY-10 on retinal pigmented epithelial cells(ARPE-19).METHODS: Human retinal pigmented epithelial cells(ARPE-19) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were used to investigate the effect of (R,R)-XY-10 and (S,S)-XY-10 on cell growth,and their mechanisms of proliferative action by using ERK、 AKT、PI3K、Protein kinase C (PKC)and Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors.RESULTS: (R,R)-XY-10 and (S,S)-XY-10 dose-dependently increased ARPE-19 cell proliferation,but not on HUVECs. When treated with proliferative inhibitors,H7(5μmol/L)、hypericin(20μmol/L)、PD98059(2μmol/L)、LY294002(50μmol/L)、SH-5 (10μmol/L) and L-NAME (100μmol/L),the proliferative effect was reduced by H7、hypericin、PD98059 and LY294002,but not by SH-5 and L-NAME.CONCLUSION: (R,R)-XY-10 and (S,S)-XY-10 can induce cell proliferation through MAPK and PI3K dependent pathway. KEYWORDS: age-related macular degeneration; (R,R)-XY-10; (S,S)-XY-10; ARPE-19 cells; human umbilical vein endothelial cells; proliferation
4.Biomechanical evaluation and optimal design of two parameters of dental implant with arbitrarily adjusted angles
Siyuan CHENG ; Hailin WEN ; Jingqiu SI ; Rui LIANG ; Jing NIE ; Hang WANG ; Jie LONG ; Wei TANG ; Yongtao WEI ; Weidong TIAN
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2014;(34):5473-5479
BACKGROUND:Oversize stress of a dental implant and its surrounding tissue is the main factor to affect the
long-term use of dental implants. So, the reasonable and precise design of implant shape is one of the important methods of prolonging the life span of dental implants.
OBJECTIVE:To make the optimal analysis and design of the diameters of connector screw and central screw of the adjustable-angle dental implant invented in the earlier stage.
METHODS: The finite element analysis model of the edentulous mandible with adjustable-angle dental implant was established by software Pro/E 5.0, Mimics 10.0 and ANSYS Workbench 14.5. The maximum equivalent
stress of dental implant-edentulous mandibular model was analyzed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The maximum equivalent stress of dental implant-edentulous mandibular model
5.Coumarins from Leonurus japonicus and their anti-platelet aggregative activity.
Huai YANG ; Qin-mei ZHOU ; Cheng PENG ; Lu-si LIU ; Xiao-fang XIE ; Liang XIONG ; Zhao-hua LIU
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2014;39(22):4356-4359
Chemical constituents of Leonurus japonicus were isolated and purified by a combination of various chromatographic techniques including column chromatography over silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, MCI, and Rp C18. Structures of the isolates were determined by spectroscopic analysis as 10 coumarins: bergapten (1), xanthotoxin (2), isopimpinellin (3), isogosferal (4), imperatorin (5), meransin hydrate(6), isomeranzin(7), murrayone(8) , auraptenol(9), and osthol(10). In addition to compound 9, the others were isolated from the genus Leonurus for the first time. In the in vitro assay, compounds 4 and 8 significantly inhibited the abnormal increase of platelet aggregation induced by ADP.
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6.Establishment of the method to induce and measure human IL-2 in vitro.
Zhen LI ; Wen-Lin ZHANG ; Si TANG ; Xi CHENG ; Liang-Hong CHENG ; Yin-Ze ZHANG
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2008;16(5):1162-1164
This study was aimed to establish the quantitative analysis of hIL-2 in culture supernatant by multifunctional Luminex 100. The lymphocytes were separated from ACD-anticoagulated peripheral blood by density gradient method. The lymphocytes were stimulated with PHA for 48 hours, and frozen at -20 degrees C The relative fluorescence units of standard preparations and samples were detected by multifunctional Luminex 100, and the sample concentrations were calculated by standard curve. The results indicated that the regression equation of standard preparation is Lg (RFU) = 1.547 + 0.867 LgC. ANOVA F = 301.7427, p < 0.05 (nu = 6). The analysis of variance showed F = 301.7427, p < 0.05 (nu = 6). The test of regression coefficient showed t = 17.3707 (nu = 6), p < 0.05. It is concluded that method for induction and measurement of human IL-2 in vitro is established. The standard curve established by this way is statistically significant. There is linear relationship between the concentration of hIL-2 and fluorescence intensity.
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7.Soluble expression and characterization of disulfide bond-rich subdomains of membrane protein p185 in Escherichia coli.
Liang-Wei LI ; Hai-Bo LIU ; Si-Yi HU ; Dun LIANG ; Lian-Sheng CHENG ; Jing LIU
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2005;21(4):590-596
Transmembrane protein p185 (the product of Her2/c-erbB-2 gene) is a member of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family. Its overexpression was found in about 30% of breast cancer. It is essential to obtain soluble extracellular domain (ECD) of p185, especially disulfide bond rich domains, for identifying the epitopes of anti-p185 antibodies and researching the interrelationship between the antigen and antibody. The disulfide bond rich domain I-II and domain IV of p185 ECD were amplified from plasmid pBabe/erbB-2 by PCR respectively. These two fragments were inserted into pGEX/4T-1 vector, transfected into E. coli Origami B (DE3) pLysS and expressed inductively by low concentration of IPTG and low temperature overnight. After the pressure lysis of cells, the supernatants were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and the result demonstrated that this GST-fusion protein was expressed solubly in the amount of 10-15 mg/L. By the ELISA, Western blot and other immunological assays, the fusion proteins and their GST cut-off derivates both showed binding activities with several anti-p185 antibodies respectively. These results indicated that it was a feasible and effectual method to express disulfide bond rich domain I-II and domain IV of p185 ECD and this method may also be used to express other disulfide bond rich proteins.
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8.Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of Personal and Social Performance Scale in Patients with Schizophrenia
Tianmei SI ; Liang SHU ; Chenghua TIAN ; Yunai SU ; Jun YAN ; Jia CHENG ; Xueni LI ; Qi LIU ; Yantao MA ; Weihua ZHANG ; Weimin DANG ; Hongyan ZHANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2009;23(11):790-794
Objective:To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Personal and Social Performance scale (PSP-CHN) in patients with schizophrenia.Methods:Totally 165 out-patients and in-patients meeting the DSM-IV-TR criteria for schizophrenia were entered in the study.Ten of subjects was included the intra-rater reliability training.The Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF) was regarded as the' gold standard' to investigate the validity of PSP-CHN,and the Positive and Negative Rating Scale was used to assess the severity of disease to explore the correlative validity,in the other 155 subjects.Five to seven days after the first PSP-CHN interview,the second PSP-CHN was evaluated by another investigator to assess the test-retest reliability among 66 subjects.Twenty-seven subjects with the score of Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) more than 60 were followed up for 8 weeks of standardized pharmacotherapy.By the end of 8 week of treatment,the PANSS and PSP-CHN were assessed again to explore the sensitivity of PSP-CHN.Results:The internal consistency (Cronbach α=0.84) and the inter-rater reliability (κ value=0.56,ICC=0.94 for PSP-CHN total score) were good.The test-retest reliability was high [intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of 0.95].The scale showed good construct validity with statistically significant correlations with the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF) (ICC of 0.95).The PSP-CHN score had a good negative correlation with the PANSS total score(r=-0.79,-0.57,-0.63 and -0.71,respectively,P<0.01).After 8 week treatment,PSP-CHN total score was increased with the improvement of PANSS,and the responder showed higher increasing of PSP-CHN total score (21.2) than those partial responder(10.2),significantly.Conclusion:The Chinese version of the PSP-CHN is a convenient and valid instrument to assess the personal and social functions of stabilized and acute patients with schizophrenia.
9.Effects of yixintong on regulating cellular calcium channels.
Si-cheng LI ; Hua HUANG ; Fei-ming ZHENG ; De-liang WEN ; Shang-wu MO
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2003;28(8):754-756
OBJECTIVETo explore the protecting mechanism of Yixintong for heart ischemia-reperfusion injury at cellular and subcellular levels, by observing the effects of Yixintong on three kinds of calcium channels.
METHODThe effects of Yixintong on Ca2+ influx on leak calcium channel, receptor-operationg calcium channel (ROC) and pulse-dependent calcium channel (PDC) were observed respectively, by using rat aortic smooth muscle cell and radioactive 45Ca technique.
RESULTYixintong has no effects on leak calcium channel, but can inhibit the Ca2+ influx in ROC and PDC significantly.
CONCLUSIONYixintong can inhibit the Ca2+ influx in slow channel in a dose-dependent manner.
Animals ; Aorta ; cytology ; Calcium Channels ; drug effects ; Crataegus ; chemistry ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Female ; Flavonoids ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Male ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular ; cytology ; Myocytes, Smooth Muscle ; drug effects ; Plant Leaves ; chemistry ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar
10.Preliminary study on genotype of hepatitis B virus detected from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China.
Yong-liang FEI ; Cheng YUE ; Lei LI ; Yao YI ; Si-yong CHEN ; Zhi-yuan JIA ; Sheng-li BI
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2009;23(5):346-348
OBJECTIVETo determine the main genotype of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Xinjiang.
METHODS200 HBsAg positive serum specimens were detected from more than 2000 serum of Xinjiang inhabitants, and HBV S gene was detected by using nPCR amplifying, and compared with the standard S region HBV nucleotide sequences of genotypes A-H retrieved from GenBank, then analyzed and drawn the polygenetic tree by MEGA3 software.
RESULTGene in 127 (63.5%) serum specimens was detected from 200 samples. Among 127 serum specimens, 10 (7.8%) was genotype B, 58 (45.7%) was genotype C, and 59 (46.5%) was genotype D.
CONCLUSIONGenotype B, C and D have been found in Xinjiang.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Child ; China ; Female ; Genotype ; Hepatitis B ; ethnology ; virology ; Hepatitis B virus ; genetics ; isolation & purification ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Rural Health ; Young Adult