1.Rational thinking of precision medicine from the perspective of syndrome differentiation and treatment of Chinese medicine
Hewei LI ; Qifan WANG ; Yu FU ; Congyue WANG ; Peng XIAO
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;39(7):577-579
To a certain extent, precision medicine based on individualized medical treatment process, like syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine. This paper mainly analyzed the similarities and differences of theory, practice and development between precision medicine and TCM syndrome differentiation. After the analysis, we found that these two medicine body could be integrated to improve the progress of medicine albeit some differences.
2.Diffusion weighted imaging combined with magnetic resonance imaging to diagnose the T-staging of rec-tal cancer
Qifan WANG ; Xiushi ZHANG ; Youtao YU ; Hongxia ZHANG ; Qiujie YU
Practical Oncology Journal 2015;29(5):400-403
Objective To assess the efficacy of diffusion weighted imaging( DWI) with Magnetic Reso-nance Imaging to predict the T-staging in rectal cancer.Methods One hundred and seven cases confirmed by pathology of rectal adenocarcinoma patients were retrospectively analyzed.T-staging was determined by MRI and DWI combined with MRI.All the patients were underwent surgery within one week after MRI.We compared the results with the pathological T-staging after surgery,and compared the two methods of the preoperative T-stag-ing rectal cancer diagnosis accuracy.Results The accurate rates for T-staging of rectal cancer using MRI was 84.11%(90/107) .There was a correlation between the result of preoperative MRI and postoperative pathological T-staging(kappa=0.652,P<0.001);The accurate rates for T-staging of rectal cancer using combined MRI with DWI was 90.65%(97/107).There was a better correlation between the result of MRI with DWI and postop-erative pathological T-staging(kappa=0.732,P<0.001).Conclusion Compared with the conventional MRI sequences,the accuracy of MRI combined with DWI for diagnosis of T-staging in rectal carcinoma is higher.It can provide a more reasonable treatment.
3.The analysis about the level of inflammatory factors in transfusion-ralated neonatal necrotizing ;enterocolitis
Baiye XU ; Qifan WANG ; Wanzhu ZHUANG ; Shishan LIANG
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2017;40(2):145-148
Objective To observe the change of serum inflammatory factors such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-6 before and after blood transfusion, and analyze the possible pathogenesis of transfusion-associated neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Methods One hundred and sixty-two patients who needed blood transfusion in NICU from Janury 2014 to Octorber 2015 were enrolled in this study. Among them, 13 patients had transfusion-ralated neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (TRNEC, test group A), and 149 patients didn′t have TRNEC (test group B). In the mean time, 45 NEC patients without blood transfusion in 1 292 patients was as control group A, 30 patients who didn′t receive blood treatment and had NEC was as control group B. The levels of TNF-α, IL-6 in four groups were compared. Results The rate of TRNEC was 8.02% (13/162). The rate of NEC was 3.48%(45/1 292), and there was significant difference (χ2=7.79, P<0.01). The levels of serum TNF-α, IL-6 at 24 h and 48 h after blood transfusions in test group A and test group B were increased compared with those in control group B (P<0.01 or<0.05). The levels of serum TNF-α, IL-6 at 24 h and 48 h after blood transfusions in test group A were increased compared with those in test group B and control group A (P<0.01 or<0.05). The levels of serum TNF-α, IL-6 at 24 h and 48 h after blood transfusions in test group B were decreased compared with those in test group A (P<0.05). The levels of serum TNF-α, IL-6 at 24 h and 48 h after NEC in control group A were increased compared with those in control group B (P<0.05). Conclusions The pathogenesis of TRNEC may have connection with the inflammatory factors such as TNF-α, IL-6, which are produced in the processing of handling whole blood and the storage of red cell.
4.The expression of MMR、p53、Bax、PCNA and microsatellite instability in multiple primary colorectal cancer
Yanl REN ; Qifan ZHANG ; Zhiwei YU ; Kuan WANG ; Jiahong ZHAO
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 1993;0(01):-
Objective To study microsatellite instability(MSI) in multiple primary colorectal carcinoma(MPCC) and solitary colorectal tumor(SCT), and to explore the relationship between the expression of mismatch repair(MMR)、p53、Bax、PCNA and MSI. Methods The expression of MMR、p53、Bax、 PCNAwere detected by immunohistochemical staining, and MSI at five microsatellite loci were examined by PCR-SSLP in 51 tumors from 38 MPCC patients and 35 SCT cases. Results The replication errors positive phenotype was observed in 27 of 51(53%) tumor foci from MPCC cases, and in 6 of 35(17%) SCT cases. There was an inverse correlation between replication errors (RER) positive and expression of p53; the PCNA labeling index of RER positive tumors were significantly lower than of RER negative tumors; RER positive related strongly with poor differentiation, the proclivity for proximal colon. Conclusions MSI may play an important role in the development of MPCC and may be used as a tumor marker of MPCC.
5.Apoptosis-inducing effect of vp3 gene on human breast carcinoma
Chunmei YU ; Jie DU ; Xishan WANG ; Qifan ZHANG
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2001;0(10):-
Objective To construct recombinant plasmid pcDvp3 and observe the apoptosis-inducing effect of vp3 gene on human breast cancer cell line-435. Methods (1) vp3 gene was cloned into the plasmid pcDNA3.1 to form the recombinant plasmid pcDvp3. Then the nucleotides sequencing was processed. (2) 48h after transfection of pcDvp3 and pcDNA3.1 into breast cancer cell lines-435,optical microscopy, electric-microscopy, agarose electrophoresis and flow cytometry were used to verify apoptosis of tumor cells.(3)Nude mouse model of human breast cancer cells -435 was established to observe the tumor-inhibiting rate and TUNEL was adopted to identify apoptosis. Results (1) Sequence analysis justified the recombination of plasmid pcDvp3. (2) 48h after transfection into breast cancer cells-435, distinct morphological transformation and typical apoptosis bodies were observed, agarose electrophoresis of genomic DNA showed typical ladder-like pattern and flow cytometry analysis showed apoptosis peaks with the percentage of 14.42%. (3) Tumor-inhibiting rates in pcDvp3 groups were 65.52% and 68.23%, much higher than that in pcDNA3.1 group(t=4.06,P
6.The protective effect of cessation of enteral feeding on transfusion-related necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn
Qifan WANG ; Baiye XU ; Suxian LAI ; Shishan LIANG
Chinese Journal of Neonatology 2017;32(3):176-179
Objective To study the protective effect of cessation of enteral feeding on transfusionrelated necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (TRNEC).Method Newborns who need blood transfusion in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) from January 2015 to February 2016 were randomly assigned to the cessative feeding group (fasting for 6 h when blood transfusion) and the feeding group according to the method of random number table.The abdominal perimeter,the level of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6),and the incidence of NEC within 48 hours after transfusion in these newborns were analyzed and compared.Result A total of 106 newborns with blood transfusion were included in this study,54 in the cessative feeding group and 52 in the feeding group.There were no significant differences between the two groups in gender,gestational age,birth weight,underlying diseases and abdominal perimeter before transfusion (P < 0.05).The incidence of TRNEC in the cessative feeding group was significantly lower (3.7%) than that in the feeding group (17.3%) (P < 0.05).The abdominal perimeters at 6 h and 12 h a fter blood transfusion in the cessative feeding group were both significantly lower than that in the feeding group (P < 0.05).Within 48 h after blood transfusion,the incidence of vomiting,abdominal distention and bloody stools in the cessative feeding group were all significantly lower than that in the feeding group (P <0.05).Furthermore,at 6 and 12 h after receiving blood transfusion,the cessative feeding group both showed lower levels of the serum TNF-α and IL-6 than the feeding group (P < 0.05).However,the levels of the serum TNF-α and IL-6 at 6 h after blood transfusion and 12 h after blood transfusion in both groups were all showed no significant differences (P > 0.05).Conclusion Cessation of enteral feeding for 6 h during blood transfusion is a positive protective measure that can reduce the incidence of TRNEC.
7.Ribosome Profiling Reveals Genome-wide Cellular Translational Regulation upon Heat Stress in Escherichia coli
Zhang YANQING ; Xiao ZHENGTAO ; Zou QIN ; Fang JIANHUO ; Wang QIFAN ; Yang XUERUI ; Gao NING
Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics 2017;15(5):324-330
Heat shock response is a classical stress-induced regulatory system in bacteria, character-ized by extensive transcriptional reprogramming. To compare the impact of heat stress on the tran-scriptome and translatome in Escherichia coli, we conducted ribosome profiling in parallel with RNA-Seq to investigate the alterations in transcription and translation efficiency when E. coli cells were exposed to a mild heat stress (from 30 ?C to 45 ?C). While general changes in ribosome foot-prints correlate with the changes of mRNA transcripts upon heat stress, a number of genes show differential changes at the transcription and translation levels. Translation efficiency of a few genes that are related to environment stimulus response is up-regulated, and in contrast, some genes func-tioning in mRNA translation and amino acid biosynthesis are down-regulated at the translation level in response to heat stress. Moreover, our ribosome occupancy data suggest that in general ribosomes accumulate remarkably in the starting regions of ORFs upon heat stress. This study provides additional insights into bacterial gene expression in response to heat stress, and suggests the presence of stress-induced but yet-to-be characterized cellular regulatory mechanisms of gene expression at translation level.
8.The ethical risks and regulatory strategies of medical artificial intelligence algorithm decision-making
Chinese Medical Ethics 2024;37(9):1080-1086
Algorithms are the operational key for medical artificial intelligence(AI)to optimize the patients seeking medical treatment.With the gradual implementation and application of medical AI algorithms,their decision-making presents the main characteristics of the data-driven,algorithmic black box,and probabilistic paradigms in generating patterns.These characteristics have driven the transformation from artificial diagnosis and treatment to intelligent diagnosis and treatment,but have also simultaneously spawned corresponding practical problems such as"algorithms"replacing doctor decision-making,"algorithmic Leviathan"resolving patients'basic rights,and doctor-patient trust crisis.To effectively prevent ethical risks arising from medical AI algorithm decision-making,it is necessary to call for a return to the subject-centered approach with doctors as the main body and algorithm technology as the wings,strengthen the doctor's decision-making ability,respect patients'basic rights,promote algorithm optimization,train technology to improve,anchor risk keys,and strengthen doctor-patient trust construction.
9.Next generation sequencing-based precision STR genotyping of mixed samples
Min RAO ; Peng ZHAO ; Chi ZHANG ; Bo WU ; Qifan SUN ; Jingbo PANG ; Anquan JI ; Le WANG ; Shengjie NIE
Chinese Journal of Forensic Medicine 2018;33(1):22-25,30
Objective To genotype mixed samples with next generation sequencing and evaluate its prospects in forensic DNA application. Methods Three mixed biological samples from rapes cases and their reference samples were collected. DNA was extracted using the MagAttract M48 DNA Manual Kit(200). The ForenSeqTMDNA Signature Prep Kit was used for library preparation, and next generation sequencing was performed on the MiSeq FGx system. The ForenSeqTMUniversal Analysis v1.2.1 software was used for data analysis. NGS-based STR results were compared with CE-based genotypes. Results A single length polymorphic STR allele in the mixed profile could be recognized as two sequence polymorphic STR alleles from different donors, which would assist mixed profile analysis. Such phenomenon was observed in D3S1358, D9S1122 and D13S317 in this work. Conclusion Our results suggested that precision STR genotyping of mixed samples based on NGS can provide more information and hints for mixed STR profile separation.
10.The Intrinsic Mechanism and Practical Path of Digitization Enabling Medical Education
Journal of Medical Informatics 2024;45(2):98-101
Purpose/Significance To grasp the technological advantages of digitization empowerment,and to explore the effective path of digitization enabling medical education.Method/Process From the three aspects of experience enhancement,content enrichment and process coordination,the function mode of digitization enabling medical education is clarified.Result/Conclusion To achieve digitization enabling medical education,it's necessary to deepen digital sharing,promote the reconstruction of digital scenes of medical education,op-timize the presentation of digital content of medical education,and coordinate the operation of digital process of medical education.