1.A Study on the Immune Function of Cedar Pollinosis
Lijuan XU ; Songyu ZHANG ; Qiang YANG
Journal of Chinese Physician 2001;0(08):-
Objective To Study on the immune function of Cedar pollinosis.Methods The radioimmunosorbent test was used to measure IgE and the nephelometry was used to measure serum IgG,IgM,IgA,C3 and C4 levels.Results Total IgE leve in the patients serum was obviously higher than that in the control group,the serum IgG,IgM levels were also higher than those of control group,but the IgA level was no evident difference between two groups,and the serum C3 and C4 levels were lower than that of the control group.Conclusion Combination of a rising serum IE,IgG,IgM and a decreasing serum C3,C4 levels may be a diagnostic marker of cedar pollinosis,periodical determination of immune function for patients with cedar pollinosis could dynamic observe the change of the patients' condition.
2.Overexpression of microRNA-32 weakens the inhibition of polychlorinated biphenyls to the differentiation of P19 cells into cardiomyocytes
Songyu ZHANG ; Yan LI ; Jiangbo LIU ; Gang LI
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2016;20(23):3464-3469
BACKGROUND:Polychlorinated biphenyls inhibit the differentiation of P19 cels into cardiomyocytes. In the meanwhile, microRNAs play an important role in regulating cel differentiation.
OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of microRNA-32(miR-32) on the polychlorinated biphenyls-inhibited differentiation of P19 cels into cardiomyocytes.
METHODS:P19 cels were co-cultured with 2.5 μmol/L polychlorinated biphenyls and 1% dimethyl sulfoxide. Afterwards, α-actinin, desmin, cTnI and GATA4 were identified by western blot assay.Wddwxrof polychlorinated biphenyls on the expression of miR-32 was evaluated by real-time PCR. Mouse eukaryotic vector expressing miR-32 was constructed by gene recombination technology,andtransfected into P19 celsfolowed byco-culturedwith2.5 μmol/Lpolychlorinated biphenylsand1% dimethyl sulfoxide. Then, expressions of differentiation-related proteins were detected by western blot assay.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Polychlorinated biphenylsinhibited the differentiation of P19 cels into cardio myocytes anddecreased the miR-32 expression. Cel lines overexpressing miR-32 was successfuly established in mice.Furthermore, we found thatoverexpression of miR-32 weakens the inhibition of polychlorinated biphenyls to the differentiation of P19 cels into cardiomyocytes.
3.A preliminary study on the incidence of cedar pollinosis in district of Wuhan
Lijuan XU ; Songyu ZHANG ; Qiang YANG ; Lei CHENG ; Min YIN ; Akira MIYOSHI
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2000;(11):505-506
Objective:To investigate the incidence of cedar pollinosis in district of Wuhan. Method..A surveyrelative to cedar pollinosis was carried out in 309 students in Hubei Medical University in 1999,including ques-tionnaire investigation, nasal inspection and scratch test. From February to April of 2000,a clinical investigationof cedar pollinosis was adopted anong 205 patients of allergic rhinitis including scratch test and nasal mucosatest. Result:①The positive rate of cedar pollen scratch test of 309 students was 7.8%. ②59 cases (28.8%00) washypersensitive to cedar pollen clinically in allergen test. Conclusion : Cedar pollinosis is one kind of importantpollinosis in district of Wuhan and should be paid high attention to.
4.A chain mediating model of rumination and depression between non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal ideation in adolescents with depressive disorder
Wenqing ZHANG ; Ting ZHANG ; Songyu YANG ; Lili ZHENG ; Juan PENG ; Zhi WANG ; Yingping YANG ; Wei OU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2022;31(5):425-430
Objective:To explore the effects of non-suicidal self-injury on suicidal ideation in adolescents with depressive disorder, and the mediating role of rumination and depression between them.Methods:A sample of 397 depressive disorder adolescents were recruited to complete the adolescent non-suicidal self-injury behaviour questionnaire, ruminative responses scale (RRS), self-rating depression scale (SDS), and Beck scale for suicide ideation-Chinese version(BSI-CV). All data processing and analysis were performed using SPSS 23.0.The mediating effect was tested by correlation analysis and Bootstrap analysis.Results:The non-suicidal self-injury score was (29.192±11.281), the rumination score was (65.036±12.284), the depression score was (75.770±11.278), and the suicidal ideation score was (40.681±11.626). Non-suicidal self-injury was significantly and positively correlated with suicidal ideation( r=0.403, P<0.01), rumination and depression( r=0.332, 0.470, both P<0.01). Rumination was significantly and positively correlated with depression and suicidal ideation( r=0.549, 0.181, both P<0.05). Depression was significantly and positively correlated with suicidal ideation( r=0.313, P<0.01). The direct effect value of non-suicidal self-injury on suicidal ideation was 0.341(95% CI=0.238-0.444), the indirect effect of non-suicidal self-injury on suicidal ideation through two pathways, the separate mediating effect value of depression was 0.057(95% CI=0.077-0.114), and the chain mediating effect value of rumination and depression was 0.026(95% CI=0.004-0.057). Conclusion:Non-suicidal self-injury can directly affect suicidal ideation of depressive disorder adolescents and indirectly through rumination and depression.
5.A DNA-based nanocarrier for efficient cancer therapy
Abbas MUHAMMAD ; Mirza Muhammad Faran Ashraf Baig ; Zhang YALIANG ; Yang YU-SHUN ; Wu SONGYU ; Hu YIQIAO ; Wang ZHONG-CHANG ; Zhu HAI-LIANG
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2021;11(3):330-339
The study aimed to achieve enhanced targeted cytotoxicity and cell-internalization of cisplatin-loaded deoxyribonucleic acid-nanothread (CPT-DNA-NT),mediated by scavenger receptors into HeLa cells.DNA-NT was developed with stiff-topology utilizing circular-scaffold to encapsulate CPT.Atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization of the DNA-NT showed uniformity in the structure with a diameter of 50-150 nm and length of 300-600 nm.The successful fabrication of the DNA-NT was confirmed through native-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis,as large the molecular-weight (polymeric) DNA-NT did not split into constituting strands under applied current and voltage.The results of cell viability confirmed that blank DNA-NT had the least cytotoxicity at the highest concentration (512 nM) with a viability of 92% as evidence of its biocompatibility for drug delivery.MTT assay showed superior cyto-toxicity of CPT-DNA-NT than that of the free CPT due to the depot release of CPT after DNA-NT inter-nalization.The DNA-NT exhibited targeted cell internalizations with the controlled intracellular release of CPT (from DNA-NT),as illustrated in confocal images.Therefore,in vitro cytotoxicity assessment through flow cytometry showed enhanced apoptosis (72.7%) with CPT-DNA-NT (compared to free CPT;64.4%).CPT-DNA-NT,being poly-anionic,showed enhanced endocytosis via scavenger receptors.