1.Retinal toxicity of repeated intravitreal injection with bevacizumab in diabetic rats
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases 2011;27(3):240-244
Objective To observe the retinal toxicity of repeated intravitreal injection with bevacizumab(Avastin)in diabetic rats.Methods Forty male Sprague Dawley(SD)rats were randomly divided into normal group(Group A,10 rats)and diabetes mellitus group(30 rats).The rats in diabetes mellitus group were induced with streptozotocin injection for diabetic retinopathy model.And then randomly divided into diabetic retinopathy(DR)group(Group B,10 rats),the rats were not intervened;the left eyes of the other 20 rats were intravitreal injected with bevaeizumab 3 μ1(25 mg/m1)for 3 times as experimental group(Group C);the right eyes of the 20 rats were not intervened as experimental control group(Group D),20 days after last intravitreal injection,retinal function was measured by Flicker Electroretinogram (F-ERG);retinal vascular pattern was determined by fluorescence microscopy of ethidium bromide(EB)stained retinal flat mounts;retinal morphological changes were determined by light microscope on hematoxylin-eosin (HE) stained sections;Thy-1 and VEGF expression was measured by immunohistochemistry staining.Results F-ERG showed that-the differences of a-and b-waves-the b-wave amplitude and the Ops-wave amplitude in the implicit time between group A,B,C and D were significant (F=33.165,36.162,19.955,23.243;P=0.000);the differences of a-wave amplitude between group A,B,C and D was not significant(F=0.097,P=0v961).Retinal blood vessel pattern was normalin Group A;retinal vascular vessels were tortuous and irregularly expanded in Group B:retinal vascular vessels of Group C were regular and thinner than Group A;microaneurysm were showed in Group D.Light microscope displayed that the layers of the rat retina of Group A were regular,the retinal architectures of Group B were irregular,the retinal layers were regular in Group C,the retinal layers were irregular in Group D.Immunohistochemistry staining discovered that Thy-1 and VEGF were mainly expressed in ganglion cell layer(GCL).Conclusion Repeated intravitreal injection of bevacizumab iS toxic tO retina of diabetes mellitus rats.
3.The effects on morphology of middle turbinate and olfaction after endoscopic sinus surgery and conventional technique in sinus surgery
Chunhua XU ; Yan ZHONG ; Ruohui SONG
Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2001;8(2):71-75
Objective: To observe the effects on morphology of middle turbinate and olfaction in trasnasal endoscopic sinus surgery and conventional technique in surgery in chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps (stage Ⅰ,Ⅱ)。 Methods: Two groups patients (85 cases, 163 sites) from September 1979 to September 1999 were examined by coronal CT scans of sinus, nasal endoscopy and olfctory test preoperative and postoperative. Of these patients, 52 cases (101 sites) were operated by transnasal endoscopic sinus surgery, 33 cases (62 sites) were operated by conventional technique in surgery respectively. Management of middle turbinate was divided into reserving and resecting two way. Results: In group of endoscopic sinus surgeries (52 cases, 101 sites), the rates of cure, improved and ineffective were 64.4% (65/101), 29.7%(30/101), 5.9%(6/101) respectively by following 6 months; and returning to normal rates of middle turbinate were 63.1% (41/65), 30.0% (9/30), 0.0% (0/6) respectively; and the returning to normal rates of olfaction were 66.2% (43/65), 36.7% (11/30),0.0%(0/6) respectively; the returning to normal of middle turbinate were 47.4%( 9/19),3.3%(1/13),0.0%(0/13) respectively; the returning to mormal rates of olfaction were 63.2%(12/19),23.3%(7/30),0.0%(0/13) respectively.Conclusion: Endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps can solve ostiomeatal complex anomalism more effectively and raise the cure rates of sinusitis (stage Ⅰ,Ⅱ) than conventional technique in surgery. The morphology middle turbinate and olfaction returned to normal affected directly sinusitis curative rate.
4.Purification and characterization of the human high-molecular-weight salivary mucin
Yan XU ; Jinqiu YUE ; Song LI
Journal of Practical Stomatology 1996;0(02):-
砄bjective:To purify and characterize human high molecular eight salivary mucin(MG1).Methods: MG1 was purified by 10%(w/v) cetyltrimethylammonium bromid precipitation, CM Sephadex ion exchange chromatography and sephadax G 200 gel filtration chromatography. The protein content was studied with Folinin Lowrys analysis and characterized by PAGE and SDS PAGE electrophoresis.Results:The data of PAGE showed that the purified glycoprotein was free of contaminating proteins;those SDS PAGE showed that the melocular weight of the glycoprotein was between Mr 500 000 and 1 000 000.Protein quantitative analysis showed that it contained 14.17% of protein.Amino acid analysis revealed that it contained 17 kinds of amino acid;Thr,Ser,Pro and ALa were the dominant amino acid(45.6% of the total).Conclusion: The data indicate the applied technique is reliable for purification MG1 from saliva.
5.Analysis on correlation between SNCA gene polymorphism and cognitive disorders of Parkinson's disease
Tianqi SONG ; Yang BAI ; Xu YAN
Chongqing Medicine 2016;45(33):4650-4652
Objective To study a-synuclein(SNCA)rs356200 and rs356165 loci polymorphism in the patients with Parkin son's disease(PD)and to investigate the correlation between SNCA gene polymorphism and PD cognitive impairment.Methods One hundred and twenty cases of PD in our hospital from June 2014 to December 2015 and 120 heaalthy people were selected as the research subjects.The PD cases served as the PD group and 120 healthy subjects as control group.The PD cases were also divided into the cognitive impairment group and non-cognitive impairment group according to the cognitive impairment.The rs356200 and rs356165 allele frequencies and genotype in each group were studied.Results The rs356200 allele frequency had statistical difference between the PD group and control group(P<0.05),the rs356200 G/G,A/A and A/G genotype had statistical difference between the PD group and control group(P<0.05).The rs356165 allele frequency had no statistical difference between the PD group and the control group(P>0.05),the rs356165 G/G,A/A and A/G genotype had statistical difference between the PD group and control group(P<0.05).The rs356200 and rs356165 allele frequencies and genotype had no statistical difference between the cognitive impairmentgroup and non-cognitive impairment group(P>0.05).Conclusion The morbidity of PD is related to SNCA gene rs356200 and rs356165 sites polymorphism.PD cognitive dysfunction has no significant correlation with SNCA gene rs356200 and rs356165 loci polymorphism.
6.Diagnostic value of 128-slice spiral CT angiography for bypass grafts in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting
Ritai HUANG ; Song XUE ; Genxing XU ; Yan YIN ; Wei SONG
Clinical Medicine of China 2012;28(5):469-471
Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of 128-slice spiral CT angiography( MSCTA)for bypass grafts in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting(CABG).Methods One hundred and thirty-three bypass grafts (44 IMA grafts,89 saphenous veins grafts) of 46 patients after CABAG operation for 12 to 76 months were examined by MSCTA.Then the coronary angiography(CAG) was performed on those patients 3 - 10 days after MSCTA examination.The MSCTA results were compared with the angiography results.Results Among the 133 bypass grafts,MACTA examination showed that 17 grafts were occluded and 20 grafts were severe restenosis( restenosis degree > 50% ).There was also 17 occluded grafts showed in CAG examination as in MSCTA results.But 21 restenosis ( restenosis degree > 50% ) bypass grafts were identified by CAG.Compared with the CAG results,there was 1 false positive and 2 false negative in the MSCTA results.The overall sensitivity and specificity of MSCTA on evaluating the bypass grafts were 94.7% and 98.9%.The positive predictive value and the negative predictive value were 97.3% and 97.9%,respectively.Conclusion As a noninvasive examination,128-slice spiral CT could accurately identify and evaluate the bypass grafts lesions after CABG.
7.Effects of different cutting centers on LASIK surgery in myopic patients
Yan-Wei, LIU ; Wei, SONG ; Xing-Yan, XU
International Eye Science 2017;17(7):1320-1322
AIM:To investigate the effect of different cutting centers on the visual acuity, refractive diopter and visual quality of patients undergoing laser assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).METHODS: A total of 80 patients (160 eyes) with myopia treated by elective LASIK were divided into two groups.Thirty-six cases (72 eyes) with visual axis corneal reflection point (VACRP) as the cutting center were included into the VACRP group while 44 cases (88 eyes) with pupil center (PC) as the cutting center were included into the PC group.The uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), refractive diopter, corneal aberration [total corneal and anterior corneal surface higher-order aberrations (HOA), spherical aberration (Z40), vertical coma (Z3-1), horizontal coma (totZ31) and offset of cutting centers were determined before surgery and 1mo after surgery.RESULTS: There was no difference in the probability of UCVA ≥ 0.1, BCVA and refractive diopter between the two groups at 1mo after surgery (P>0.05).The astigmatism and cutting center deviation of VACRP group were lower than those of PC group (P<0.05).The totHOA, totZ40, totZ3-1, totZ31, froHOA, froZ3-1、froZ31 and froZ40 were lower in VACRP group than PC group at 1mo after surgery (P<0.05).CONCLUSION: The UCVA of patients treated with both cutting centers for LASIK is good but VACRP has more advantages in reducing the offset of cutting center and improving postoperative visual quality.
8.Effect of cysteine-rich protein 61 on proliferation and cell cycle in human renal tubular epithelial cells
Yan XU ; Xuefei SHEN ; Nianhua SONG ; Daoxu WU
Chinese Journal of Nephrology 2013;(4):273-276
Objective To investigate the effect of cysteine-rich protein 61 (Cyr61) on proliferation and cell cycle in human renal tubular epithelial cells (HK-2).Methods Cyr61 cDNA was cloned into pEGFP-N2,then HK-2 cells were transfected with the recombinant plasmid pEGFP-N2-Cyr61 by Lipofectamine.The cell proliferation was measured by MTT.The expression level of Cyr61,p-FAK and cyclin dependent cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) protein were detected by Western blotting.The cell cycle and cell apoptosis were analyzed by flow cytometry.Results The recombinant plasmid pEGFP-N,-Cyr61 could be transfected into HK-2 efficiently.After transfection,the proliferative activity was significantly increased,the proportion of HK-2 cells in G1 phase decreased and in S-phase increased significantly,the level of cell apoptosis decreased markedly (all P < 0.01).The expressions of Cyr61,p-FAK and CDK2 in Cyr61-transfected group were all amplified significantly (all P < 0.01).Conclusions Cyr61 protein over-expressed in HK-2 cells can increase CDK2 expression throngh FAK pathway,resulting in the promotion of HK-2 cells entering into S phase,cell proliferation and the reduction of cell apoptosis.
9.MRI manifestations of dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum
Yan SONG ; Hongwei XU ; Jingliang CHENG ; Hui JIN ; Yanzhao TAN
Journal of Practical Radiology 2014;(8):1275-1278
Objective To discuss MRI characteristics of dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum.Methods MRI manifesta-tions of 13 cases with dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum verified by operation and pathology were analyzed retrospectively. Results All of 13 cases were located in the cerebellar hemisphere and vermis.The lesions presented striated pattern of iso-intensity signal and hypo-intensity signal on T1-weighted images.The sign of tiger stripes was the feature in dysplastic gangliocytoma on T2-weighted and FLAIR images.All of the tumors showed slightly striated enhancement after intravenous administration of contrast agent.The mass effects of dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum along with the forth ventricle and brain stem oppressed were seen in all cases.NAA was mildly reduced on magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)in 7 cases of dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum.Conclusion There are distinctive manifestations in MRI images for dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum,which has crucial diagnostic value before operation.
10.Collation and digitalization of health-promoting Qigong in formulas or rhymes
Hong LIU ; Yan XU ; Min JING ; Yu SONG ; Zhikun ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science 2013;(12):29-32
After the history of health-promoting Qigong was described, the collation and digitalization plan of Qigong in formulas or rhymes was put forward, then a Qigong in formulas or rhymes database was constructed based on their indexing, the health preserving and cultural value of Qigong in formulas or rhymes was mined.