1.The pathogenesis of dry eye disease was explored based on the Wnt/β-catenin pathway
Hui Dong ; Jia Liu ; Tianqi Zhao ; Haixia Zhao
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2024;59(12):2246-2251
Abstract
Dry eye disease is a chronic ocular surface inflammatory disease caused by abnormal tear quality or quantity and decreased tear film stability due to various reasons, and often accompanied by ocular discomfort such as itching, dryness, foreign body sensation, and visual dysfunction, which can seriously affect the patient′s quality of life and visual quality if not intervened in time. With the change of social lifestyles, the increase of environmental pollution and the trend of population aging, dry eye disease has become the most common ocular surface disease besides refractive error. Currently, dry eye disease is widely recognized as a non-infectious immune-related inflammatory disease, but the signaling pathways involved in dry eye disease are poorly understood. Whether dry eye disease is caused by excessive tear evaporation, insufficient tear production, or mucin deficiency, the ocular surface tissues(cornea/conjunctiva) inevitably undergo pathological processes such as aberrant proliferation, squamous epithelial hyperplasia, initiation of corneal damage repair mechanisms, and reduction in the number of conjunctival goblet cells, whereas the Wnt/β-catenin pathway is known to have a wide range of biological functions and plays an important role in cell proliferation, differentiation, and stemness maintenance. Therefore, this review describes the pathogenesis and potential experimental therapeutic options of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in dry eye disease from this perspective, aiming to provide new targets for the treatment of dry eye disease and achieve the goal of controlling the disease progression from the root.
2.A case of levofloxacin-induced anaphylactic shock in a patient with oral and maxillofacial space infection
Zhigang GUO ; Xiumei FANG ; Jiansen YANG ; Tianqi JIA ; Liguang ZHENG
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2024;40(4):584-586
Oral and maxillofacial space infection(OMSI)as a mostly mixed infection,often requires the combination of anti-aerobe and an-ti-anaerobe antibiotics.The use of third-generation quinolones,such as levofloxacin,is limited in OMSI due to the tendon rupture and other serious adverse drug reactions(ADR).In the treatment of a case with OMSI and anaphilactic shock induced by levofloxacin,the association evaluation method of ADR and literature review method participated by clinical pharmacists were used.Suggestions on rational drug use and ADR treatment were gained,the patient was timely rescued from anaphylactic and cured of OMSI.
3.Expression of miR-155 in peripheral blood of type 2 diabetes patients associated with diabetic foot ulcer and its clinical significance
Tianqi Zhao ; Xiaotong Zhao ; Murong Xu ; Yin Tang ; Zeguo Jia ; Li Luo ; Songtao Tang ; Qiu Zhang ; Mingwei Chen
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2022;57(4):659-663
Objective:
To investigate the expression of miR-155 in peripheral blood of type 2 diabetes patients(T2 DM) associated with diabetic foot ulcer(DFU) and its relationship with the onset of DFU.
Methods:
Sixty newly diagnosed T2 DM patients without DFU(T2 DM group), 112 T2 DM patients with DFU(DFU group), and 60 healthy controls with normal glucose tolerance(NC group) were included. MiR-155 levels were determined by quantitative real-time PCR, while clinical features and risk factors of DFU were explored.
Results:
A significant decrease in the expression level of miR-155 in peripheral blood was observed in T2 DM group compared with NC group(P<0.05), and a markedly increased miR-155 expression level was noted in DFU group compared with T2 DM group(P<0.01). Moreover, there was a positive correlation between the expression level of miR-155 in peripheral blood and the course of foot ulcer and Wagner grade of foot ulcer(P=0.02,P=0.01) while a negative correlation in the expression level of miR-155 with healing rate of DFU after eight weeks(P=0.04). The multiple stepwise logistic regression analysis confirmed that a high expression of miR-155 was an independent risk factor for DFU(OR=3.98,P=0.002).
Conclusion
An increased expression of miR-155 in peripheral blood of T2 DM patients is an independent risk factor for DFU and is closely related to the prognosis of DFU.