1.The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and microvessel density in patients with liver cancer
Wenli ZHAO ; Qingxu YANG ; Tongtong WU
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2006;0(09):-
Objective To discusse the expression and clinic opathologic significance of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and microvessel density(MVD) in primary liver cancer,an immunohistochemical staining.Methods The expressions of VEGF and Ⅷ factor were determined in 60 selected operation specimen from patients with primary liver carcinoma.Results It showed that the positive expression rate of VEGF in primary liver cancer was 63.3%,the MVD was (30.76?11.56).Among them,the MVD in positive VEGF expression was (46.37?15.85),and the MVD in negative expression was (18.97?8.68),there were great statistical difference between them(P0.05).Conclusion This study indicates that VEGF can facilitate the formation of microvessel of the tumor and has correlation with the growth,infiltration and metastasis of primary liver cancer.
2.To study the influence of Madopar for serotonin in platelet of Parkinson's disease patients
Yongchun WANG ; Zhao WANG ; Tongtong LIU
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2015;38(z1):27-28
Objective To study the influence of madopar for 5-HT in platelet of Parkinson's disease patients.Methods To observe 5-HT in platelet of 35 PD cases in our hospital who take Madopar in one year.At the same time,to observe the mental symptoms change of every case before and after the treatment.Result Madopar can significantly lower the 5-HT of platelet in one year treatment,and HAMD score results show that Madopar significantly higher before treatment.Conclusion Madopar can damage serotonin neurons in the brain,which may enhance the patients with depressive symptoms.
4.Study on the approaches and institutional guarantee of scientific research achievements classified transformation in medical universities
Yu BAI ; Bei CAO ; Tongtong ZHENG ; Xingcun ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Medical Science Research Management 2016;29(6):452-455
This study researched the results transformation problem in medical universities,sorted the current situation in this filed,analyzed the causes of the low transformational rate.Then by referring to the domestic and overseas experience,the author designed the classified transforma tional path of medical research results according to their respective features,finally put forward policy suggestions for institutional guarantee policy to promote the transformation of medical universities.
5.Effect of Soft Tissues Injury around Atlantoaxial Joint on Memory Abilities of Mice
Tongtong ZHU ; Xiangbei HAN ; Yaxiong GUO ; Delong LI ; Lijuan ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2008;14(10):930-931
Objective To observe the effect of the soft tissues injury around atlantoaxial joint on memory abilities of mice.Methods 44 mice were divided into the model group and control group with 22 animals in each group.The soft tissues around atlantoaxial joint were injured in the model group by surgery between the first and the second cervical vertebrae.The changes of learning and memory of mice were observed with step-down avoidance test,water-maze test and hole-board test;the expression of caspase-3 in hippocampus was observed by immunohistochemical staining.Results Compared with the control group,escape latency was longer and wrong times were more in water-maze test of the model group(P<0.01). In step-down avoidance test of the model group,the reaction period prolonged and wrong times increased obviously(P<0.01).In hole-board test,the latency period prolonged and the times of extending the holes decreased significantly(P<0.01).Degenerated or dead neuron in hippocampus of surgery-treated mice was found scatteredly or continuously with HE staining,the expression of caspase-3 protein was showed positive with immunohistochemical staining.Conclusion The soft tissues injury arround atlantoaxial joint can induce abnormality of the stability of cervical vertebra,which aggravated the aging process of the mice and decreased abilities of learning and memory.
6.Protective effect of icariin on osteoporosis in ovariectomized rats and its mechanism
Tongtong ZHU ; Liandi HUANG ; Junwei LI ; Benzheng ZHAO ; Mengyang JIANG ; Na LI ; Fan ZHAO
Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) 2016;42(5):915-919
Objective:To observe the effect of icariin on the osteoporosis of the ovariectomized rats,and to explore the mechanism.Methods:Fifty female rats aged 6 months were randomly divided into sham operation group, model group,positive drug group,low dose of icariin group and high dose of icariin group (n= 10).The rats in positive drug group were given with 1 mg· kg-1 nilestriol every week;the rats in low and high doses of icariin groups were given with 50 and 100 mg · kg-1 icariin every day.The bilateral ovaries of rats were excised by operation to establish the osteoporosis models.2 weeks after operation,the rats were treated with icariin for 12 weeks,and then they were sacrificed by drawing blood from abdominal aorta under anesthesia condion.The bone mineral density (BMD),serum biochemical indicators,bone histomorphology and the expressions of apoptosis-related proteins were detected.Results:Compared with sham operation group,the BMD of the rats in model group was decreased (P <0.01),the serum calcium level was decreased (P <0.05),and the serum phosphorus level was increased (P <0.05),and the serum BGP,ALP,NO and NOS levels were significantly decreased (P <0.05 or P <0.01).Compared with model group,the BMD of the rats in positive drug group and high dose of icariin group were obviously increased (P < 0.01 ), the serum calcium levels were increased, the phosphorus levels were decreased (P <0.05),and the BGP and ALP levels were increased significantly (P < 0.05 ). Compared with control group,the cortical in model group was thinned,the width of bone trabecula was reduced,the Bax and Caspase-3 expression levels in bone tissue were increased,and the Bcl-2 expression level was decreased.Compared with model group,the cortical in icariin group was thicked,the width of bone trabecula was increased,the Bax and Caspase-3 expression levels were decreased,and the Bcl-2 expression level was increased (P <0.05 or P <0.01). Conclusion:Icariin can protect the osteoporosis of ovariectomized rats,the function may be related to the inhibition of apoptosis.
7.Systematic evaluation of the correlation between serum metabolites and tinnitus
Yuping ZUO ; Hui XIE ; Tongtong ZHAO ; Xinyue ZHANG ; Hui JIANG
Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2024;59(10):1054-1063
Objective:We performed a Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis to explore the relationship between serum metabolites and tinnitus.Methods:In this study, 486 serum metabolites were considered as exposure factors, and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) significantly associated with them were used as instrumental variables (IV). The serum metabolite data were obtained from a public database ( http://metabolomips.org/gwas/index.php), while the genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary association statistics for tinnitus were obtained from a Finnish database ( https://r10.finngen.fi/pheno/H8_TINNITUS). The inverse variance weighting (IVW) method was employed as the primary determination method for MR analysis, with corrections for multiple comparisons made using the false discovery rate (FDR). Sensitivity tests were conducted using the MR-Egger regression, Mendelian random polymorphism residuals and outliers (MR-PRESSO) methods. The identified serum metabolites were subjected to chained disequilibrium regression analysis (LDSC) and metabolic pathway analysis. Reverse MR analysis was performed to investigate the possibility of reverse causality. Analyses were performed in R software (version 4.3.1). Results:A total of 17 serum metabolites (including 10 known and 7 unknown metabolites) associated with tinnitus were identified. The known metabolites included protective metabolites such as acetylcarnitine, hydroxyisovaleryl carnitine, glycine, monounsaturated glycerol ester, and glycine-L-valine, and hazardous metabolites such as allantoin, glycerylphosphorylcholine 1-eicosatrienoate, myo-inositol, 15-methylpalmitate, and pseudouridine; the strongest causally protective metabolites were acetylcarnitine, the followed by hydroxyisopentanoyl carnitine and glycine; the hazardous metabolite with the strongest causal effect was pseudouridine, followed by inositol and 15-methylpalmitate; and only hydroxyisopentanoyl carnitine ( PFDR=0.04) and glycerol monooleate ( PFDR=0.04) reached significance values after FDR correction. The findings were free of heterogeneity, pleiotropy and reverse causal associations. The metabolic pathways were mainly enriched in pathways such as ascorbic acid and aldolac metabolism. Conclusions:The study suggests a causal relationship between serum metabolites and tinnitus risk. Serum metabolite levels may influence tinnitus-related metabolic pathways.
8.The clinical value of shear wave elastography and salivary gland ultrasound scoring in salivary gland lesions of Sj?gren′s syndrome
Yiyong TANG ; Yanyun SHI ; Guanglei FAN ; Tongtong DUAN ; Ning FANG ; Tong ZHAO ; Xiaoqin LI
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2021;30(8):709-714
Objective:To evaluate the value of shear wave elastography (SWE) and salivary gland ultrasound scoring(SGUS) system in the diagnosis of salivary glands lesions in patients with Sj?gren′s syndrome(SS) and to compare the diagnostic efficiency of the two methods.Methods:From June 2019 to November 2020, Fifty-eight patients with suspected SS were selected from the Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People′s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. According to the 2002 American-European Consensus Group classification standard, the enrolled patients were divided into two groups: SS group (47 cases) and non-SS group(11 cases). According to symptom duration, SS group was divided into the ≤5 years group (29 cases) and the >5 years group (18 cases). Meanwhile, 40 healthy volunteers were enrolled in this study as normal control group. The diagnostic value of salivary gland ultrasound scoring system and Young′s modulus in SS were analyzed.Results:The differences in Young′s modulus of parotid gland and submandibular gland between SS group and non-SS group (or control group) were statistically significant (all P<0.05). The ultrasound score of SS group was significantly higher than that of non-SS group and control group (all P<0.05). SGUS and Young′s modulus were not significantly different between different course groups (all P>0.05). The areas under ROC curve of the mean Young′s value in parotid and submandibular gland and the SGUS were 0.801, 0.829 and 0.676, respectively. The comparison of the area under the curve between the Young′s modulus of the parotid and submandibular glands and the ultrasound score was statistically significant (all P<0.05). Conclusions:SWE and Ultrasonography scoring system have certain value in the diagnosis of salivary gland lesions in SS, and can provide important reference information for clinical diagnosis from different perspectives. The diagnostic efficiency of SWE for salivary glands lesions in patients with SS is better than that of SGUS scoring system.
9.Comparison of pulmonary pathological changes in mice infected with H7N9 influenza virus and pandemic H1N1 influenza virus
Shihui SUN ; Xiaohong WU ; Chenfeng LIU ; Tongtong GAO ; Yang ZENG ; Yan GUO ; Jian TANG ; Ting PAN ; Hong YU ; Zhihua KOU ; Guangyu ZHAO ; Yusen ZHOU
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica 2014;(3):1-6
Objective To analyze and compare the pathological changes of lung tissue in mice infected with the novel H7N9 influenza virus and 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, respectively, and to preliminarily study the mecha-nisms of acute lung injury induced by those virus infection .Methods SPF 6-week old BALB/c mice ( body weight 18-20 g, male∶female=1∶1) (n=3 in each subgroup) were intranasally infected with H7N9 virus and H1N1 virus, respec-tively.The behavior and survival time of mice after virus infection were observed and the survival rates were analyzed .The heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, intestines, and brain were collected at indicated time points for histopathological exami-nation using H&E staining .The distribution of virus antigen was detected by immunohistochemistry .The neutrophil infiltra-tion was also observed .The correlation of lung injury with virus replication and host immune responses was analyzed .Re-sults The lung and spleen injury of mice infected with H 7N9 virus was slighter and their survival rate (100%) was high-er than those of mice infected with H1N1 virus.The damages of the lung and spleen in H1N1virus-infected mice were more severe than that in H7N9 virus-infected mice, and all the 10 mice in this group died within 9 days after virus inoculation . The distributions of both the virus antigens were mainly in the bronchial epithelial cells , a few stromal cells and alveolar ep-ithelial cells .The levels of virus replication in the two groups were not significantly different .There were more intense neu-trophil infiltration in the lung and inflammatory response in the H 1N1 virus-infected mice than those in the H7N9 virus-in-fected mice .Conclusions There are some differences of the pathological characteristics and extent of lung injury in the mice infected with H7N9 virus and H1N1 virus, respectively.The virus replication is a precipitating factor but not the deci-sive factor of the lung injury , and there is a close relationship between the host immune responses and acute lung injury .
10. The effects of long-term exposure to silica dust on serum CC16 and KL-6 levels
Jing LIU ; Rong ZHANG ; Haiyan SONG ; Qing XIA ; Tongtong ZHAO ; Liping PAN ; Xiaolian QIAN
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2019;37(8):567-570
Objective:
To investigate the effects of long-term exposure to silica dust on serum CC16 and KL-6 levels.
Methods:
The patients with stage I silicosis who were hospitalized in our hospital from April 2016 to April 2017 were treated as silicosis group. The silica dust exposed workers without silicosis who were taken the physical examination in our hospital were taken as a dust-exposed group. The healthy control group comes from in the same period of community physical examination did not touch the dust. The levels of CC16 and KL-6 in serum of all subjects were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) , and the levels of CC16 and KL-6 in serum were compared in three groups.
Results:
Compared with the control group, the serum levels of CC16 in the silicosis group (