2.Clinical value of fetal biomarkers for detecting endoscopic activity and postoperative recurrence of Crohn disease
Xiaohan JIANG ; Naizhong HU ; Mingtong WEI
Chinese Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2017;34(5):326-331
Objective To evaluate the value of fecal calprotectin (FC) and stool lactoferrin (SL) for detecting endoscopic activity and monitoring postoperative recurrence of Crohn disease.Methods Publications in Pubmed,Embase,Science Direct,Springer Link,CBM,Cnki,Wan fang and VIP database before January 1 st 2016 were searched manually.Papers were screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria.Quality assessment was conducted by QUADAS-2 scale.Meta-Disc 1.4 was used to analyze the heterogeneity of included articles.The pooled sensitivity,specificity,positive likelihood,negative likelihood were calculated respectively and the SROC curve was drawn.Stata 12.0 was used to assess the publication bias.Results A total of 19 papers in English language were included.The pooled sensitivities of FC,SL in detecting endoscopic activity and FC in monitoring postoperative recurrence of Crohn disease were 86% (95% CI:84%-88%),72% (95 % CI:66%-79%),80% (95% CI:75%-84%),respectively.The specificities were 71% (95%CI:67%-75%),84% (95% CI:74%-91%),65% (95% CI:59%-70%),respectively.The areas under the SROC curve were 0.865 6,0.834 6,0.811 0 respectively.The cut-off values of FC in detecting endoscopic activity of Crohn disease were set to < 100 μg/g,100-<200 μg/g or ≥ 200 μg/g with the area under the SROC curve being 0.898 7,0.788 8,0.888 8,respectively.The cut-off values of FC in monitoring postoperative recurrence of Crohn disease were set to 100-< 150 μg/g,150-<200 μg/g or ≥ 200 μg/g with the areas under the SROC curve being 0.677 4,0.859 4 and 0.759 5,respectively.Conclusion FC and SL have higher diagnostic efficiency than C-reaction protein and are worthy of clinical promotion in detecting endoscopic activity and monitoring postoperative recurrence of Crohn disease.However,endoscopy cannot be replaced.
3.Effect of Ketamine on c-fos Gene Expression in Neuronal PC12 Cells Line Induced by Glutamate
qian, HU ; li, WANG ; wei, JIANG
Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Medical Science) 2006;0(02):-
Objective To investigate the effect of ketamine on c-fos gene expression in the glutamate induced injury of neuronal PC12 cells line. Methods The differentiated PC12 cells were seeded in 6-well plates(2?10~6/well) and incubated for 18 h,and then were randomly allocated to receive fresh medium(group C)or(10 mmol/L) glutamate(group G) or 0.1 mmol/L ketamine plus 10 mmol/L glutamate(group K1) or 0.5 mmol/L ketamine plus 10 mmol/L glutamate(group K2) or 1.0 mmol/L ketamine plus 10 mmol/L glutamate(group K3).At 5,15,30,60,120,240 and 360 min after administration of these drugs,the cells were collected respectively.(Total) cellular RNA was extracted.Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was applied to determine cDNA amplification products with GAPDH mRNA as an internal control.Densities of DNA bands were quantified using the image analysis system.(Results)c-fos mRNA increased at 15 min,peaked at 30 min and 60 min,decreased at 120 min,reco-(vered) to the base level at 360 min among group G,K1 and K2.The c-fos mRNA levels were markedly elevated in group G as compared with the control levels(P
4.Application value of homocysteine detection in diagnosing acute myocardial infarction
Wei HU ; Anhui SHI ; Jiang CHEN ; Xiaobin HU
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2014;(15):2006-2007,2010
Objective To analyze the clinical application value of serum homocysteine(Hcy) detection in diagnosing acute myo-cardial infarction .Methods 78 cases of acute myocardial infarction in the hospital from January to December 2013 were selected as the acute myocardial infarction group ,69 cases of unstable angina as the unstable angina group and contemporaneous 78 healthy per-sons undergoing the physical examination as the control group .The serum Hcy ,myoglobin and creatine kinase isoenzyme were de-tected and the detection results were performed the statistical analysis .Results The serum Hcy levels and the positive rate in the a-cute myocardial infarction group were significantly higher than those in the unstable angina group (P<0 .05) ,but serum myoglobin and creatine kinase isoenzyme had no statistical differences in the concentration and positive rate between these two groups (P>0 .05) .The serum Hcy concentration and the positive rate in the acute myocardial infarction group and the unstable angina group were higher than those in the control group(P<0 .05) .The ROC curve analysis showed that the efficiency for diagnosing acute my-ocardial infarction from high to low in turn was MYO ,Hcy and CK-MB .Conclusion Serum Hcy may be used as a routine index for diagnosing acute myocardial infarction ,which has certain clinical value for the condition monitoring and prognosis of the disease ,and also has certain clinical significance for the differential diagnosis between acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina .
5.Distribution and risk factors of cerebral artery stenosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke
Wei WEI ; Zhongwen HU ; Qinghong ZENG ; Aixia ZHUANG ; Jiandong JIANG
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2014;22(7):528-534
Objective To investigate the distribution characteristics of cerebral artery stenosis and its risk factors in patients with acute ischemic stroke.Methods The patients with acute ischemic stroke examined with MRI and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) were divided into either a stenosis group or a non-stenosis group according to whether they had cerebral artery stenosis or not.The patients in the stenosis group were redivided into a simple intracranial stenosis,simple extracranial stenosis,and intracranial + extracranial stenosis subgroups according to their stenotic sites; they were redivided into either a young and middle-aged subgroup (<60) or an elderly subgroup (≥60) according to their age; they were redivided into either a single-branch lesion subgroup or multibranch lesion subgroup according to the number of vascular stenosis.The distribution characteristics and influencing factors of cerebral artery stenosis were analyzed.Results A total of 232 patients with acute ischemic stroke were enrolled,and 114 of them (62.0%) were simple intracranial stenosis,30 (16.3%) were simple extracranial stenosis,and 40 (21.7%) were intracranial+ extracranial stenosis.The patients with anterior circulation stenosis (76.6%) were more common than those with posterior circulation stenosis (33.7%).They were mainly in the middle cerebral artery (64.4%) and posterior cerebral artery (53.8%) respectively.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age (odds ratio [OR] 1.049,95% confidence interval [CI] 1.015-1.084; P =0.005),hypertension (OR 10.063,95% CI 4.402-23.004; P < 0.001),diabetes (OR 3.873,95% CI 1.141-13.147; P =0.030),smoking (OR 3.311,95 % CI 1.112-9.855; P =0.031),and fibrinogen (OR 6.085,95% CI 1.396-26.533; P=0.016) were the independent risk factors for cerebral artery stenosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke; hypertension (OR 10.779,95% CI 4.468-26.007; P< 0.001),diabetes (OR 3.593,95% CII.018-12.685; P =0.047),and smoking (OR 4.408,95% CI 1.403-13.826; P =0.011) were the independent risk factors for simple intracranial artery stenosis; hypertension (OR 6.143,95% CI 1.838-20.537; P=0.003),diabetes (OR 8.179,95% CI 1.844-36.287; P=0.006),and fibrinogen (OR 2.410,95% CI 1.046-5.551; P =0.039) were the independent risk factors for simple extracranlal artery stenosis.C reactive protein (CRP) level of the intracranial + extracranial stenosis group was significantly higher than that of the simple intracranial stenosis (P=0.001) and simple extracranial stenosis (P =0.018) groups.There was no significant difference between the two groups,but the mean level of the 3 groups was higher than that of the normal value.The simple intracranial stenosis and the simple extracranial stenosis were most common in the young and middle-aged group,and the simple intracranial stenosis and the intracranial + extracranial stenosis were more common in the elderly group.The age (P=0.036) and uric acid level (P=0.006) in the subgroup of multiple branches stenosis were significantly higher than those in the subgroup of single branch stenosis,but only age (OR 1.030,95% CI 1.003-1.057; P =0.028) was significantly independent correlated with the multiple branches stenosis.Conclusions Intracranial artery stenosis is common in cerebral artery stenosis of patients with acute ischemic stroke.The proportion of intracranial + extracranlal stenosis increases sfightly with age.Age,hypertension,diabetes,smoking,and fibrinogen are the independent risk factors for cerebral artery stenosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke.Hypertension and diabetes are the common independent risk factors for simple intracranial and extracranial artery stenosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke.Smoking is an independent risk factor for simple intracranial artery stenosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke.Fibrinogen is a simple independent risk factor for extracranial artery stenosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke.CRP and uric acid may be the inflammatory predictive factors associated with the patients with acute ischemic stroke and cerebral artery stenosis.
6.2D-PAGE Analysis of Chinese Rose Leaf Protein Under Heat Shock Stress
Rui JIANG ; Yong-Hong HU ; Chang-Hua JIANG ; Hong-Wei ZHAO ; Shang-Lian HU ; Feng MING ;
China Biotechnology 2006;0(04):-
Proteins extracted from two varieties of Chinese roses leaves were separated by two- dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE) with immobilized pH gradient (IPG). Many difference proteins were isolated with molecular weights ranging 10-30 kDa and pI5-6. Three proteins of high levels observed in a gel were excised and identified using peptide mass fingerprinting and MS-MS. A summary of the identified proteins and their putative functions are presented. They are identified as eIF-5A、LEA protein and Hsp17. 5. Functions of these proteins in plant tolerance to high temperature were discussed.
8.Effect of transfer factor on immunity and its efficacy in patients with varruca plana
Hu PAN ; Mei SHI ; Jiang WEI ; Lingdi MA
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology 2009;15(1):42-45
Objective To observe the effect of transfer factor on immunity in patients with varruca plana and the clinical effect of treatment. Methods Sixty patients with varruca plana were randomly divided into a treatment group (treated with transfer factor) and a control group (treated with routine therapy). Before and after the treatment, T-lymphocyte subgroups in peripheral blood of all the patients were determined by flow cytometry and serum levels of interleukin-10 (IL-10)and in-terferon-gamma (INF-γ)were detected by ELISA. The same detections were done to the twenty healthy volunteers as healthy controls. Results Effective rates in the treatment group and control group were 76.67 % and 43. 33 %, respectively (x2=5. 63,P<0.05). Decrease of CD3+ cells, CD4+ cells, CD4+/CD8+ ratio and increase of CD8+ cells were found in varruca plana group as com-pared with the healthy controls(P<0.01 ). After the treatment of transfer factor, increase of CD3+ cells ,CD4+ cells (P<0.05), CD4+/CD8+ ratio (P<0. 01)and decrease of CD8+ cells(P<0.01)were found in the treatment group as compared with those before treatment, while there were no significant difference in the control group before and after the treatment. Higher IL-10 and lower INF-γ in serum were found in varruca plana group as compared with the healthy controls (P<0.05). After the treat-ment of transfer factor, decrease of IL-10 and increase INF-γ in serum (P<0. 05)were found in the treatment group as compared with those before treatment, while there were no significant difference in control group before and after the treatment. Conclusion The results reveal that immunity is im-paired in patients with varruca plana. Transfer factor can enhance the immunity of the patients. Therefore, varruca plana patients treated with transfer factor receive better effects.
9.Effects of acupuncture in combination with exercise on learning, memory and the expression of microtubuleassociated protein-2 in the hippocampal CA3 region after experimental focal cerebral infarction in rats
Wei JIANG ; Min YANG ; Yanzhen BI ; Kehui HU ; Qian YU
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2011;33(7):484-487
Objective To study the expression of microtubule-associated protein-2 (MAP-2) in the CA3 region of the hippocampus and any effect of acupuncture combined with exercise training on the recovery of learning and memory after experimental cerebral infarction.Methods Eighty Wistar rats were randomly divided into a sham-operation group (n = 8 ) and an operation group (n = 72 ) subdivided randomly and equally into a model group, an exercisetraining group and an acupuncture plus exercise training group, with 24 rats in each group. After right middle cerebral artery occlusion or a mock operation, the expression of MAP-2 in the CA3 region of the hippocampus was detected with immunohistochemistry 1, 3 and 5 weeks after the operation. Learning and memory function was assessed at the 5th week post operation.Results MAP-2- positive fibers were arranged in an orderly way and distributed densely in the shamoperation group. After cerebral infarction, number of MAP-2 positive neurons and dendrite fibers decreased in the CA3 region of the affected side. A week after the operation, MAP-2 positive fibers had increased significantly in the acupuncture plus exercise group compared with the model group and the exercise group. At the 3rd and 5th week post operation, expression of MAP-2 and optical density had increased significantly compared with the model group and the exercise training group. At the 5th week post operation, Y maze discrimination and learning tests showed that learning and memory had improved significantly more in the acupuncture plus exercise training group compared with the model group and the exercise training group.Conclusions Exercise training combined with acupuncture can promote changes in dendritic plasticity and increase MAP-2 expression in the CA3 region after cerebral infarction. This may be correlated positively with the recovery of learning and memory after cerebral infarction, at least in rats.
10.Dynamic expression changes of Smad3 and type Ⅰ collagen in sclera of progressive myopia in guinea pigs
Bo, JIANG ; Zhangyou, WU ; Zicheng, ZHU ; Wei, HU ; Xin, ZHAN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2017;35(6):491-497
Background Sclera remodeling process in axial elongation is one of the main pathological mechanisms of axial myopia progression.Studies confirmed that transforming growth factor-β1(TGF-β1) participates in the sclera remodeling process,and Smad3 is one of TGF-β1 downstream signal gene transcriptive factors,so to explore its role in sclera remodeling process of myopic eyes is of great significance for pathogenesis and prevention research of myopia.Objective This study was to investigate the expressions of type Ⅰ collagen and Smad3,a TGF-31 downstream target,in sclera of form deprivation myopic (FDM) eyes and explore the impact of TGF-β1-Smad3-type Ⅰ collagen signaling pathway on collagen remodeling in myopic sclera.Methods Seventy-five 1-week-old guinea pigs were randomly divided into normal control group (25 guinea pigs) and FDM group (50 guinea pigs).Monocular FDM was induced by occluding the left eyes of guinea pigs in FDM group with translucent latex balloons for 2,4,6 weeks,respectively,and consecutive occluding for 4 weeks followed by uncovering for 1 week (4/-1 weeks).The refractive power was detected by retinoscopy and axial length was measured with A-type ultrasound.Immunohistochemistry and reverse transcription-PCR were employed to detect the dynamic expressions of type Ⅰ collagen and Smad3 protein ad mRNA in the sclera of guinea pigs with emmetropia and experimental myopia,ard the relationship between collagen Ⅰ and Smad3 levels was analyzed.Results The refraction was hypermetropic in both normal control group and FDM group before occluding of eyes (P>0.05),and the hypermetropic power was gradually reduced over time in the normal control group.In the FDM group,the refractive power was gradually changed from (+2.09 ± 0.31)D before occluding to (-1.23±0.69),(-4.17±0.59),(-7.07±0.56) and (-4.30±0.58)D,and the axial length was increased from (5.93-±0.39)mm to (6.62±0.36),(7.30±0.34),(7.99--0.32),and (7.21 ±0.36) mm at weeks 2,4,6,and 4/-1 after occluding,respectively,indicating significant differences in refractive power and axial length over time in the FDM group from normal control group and self-control group (all at P<0.05).The expressions of Smad3 and type Ⅰ collagen protein and mRNA in the sclera of the FDM group was significantly lower than those of the control group and self-control group in various time points (all at P<0.05).The positive correlation were found in the expression of Smad3 on the myopic sclera with that of type Ⅰ collagen in both protein and mRNA levels (protein:r=0.993,P<0.05;mRNA:r=0.954,P<0.05).Conclusions The myopic power and ocular axis increase dependent upon occluding time,and the expressions of Smad3 and type Ⅰ collagen in the sclera are correspondingly weakened in FDM eyes.A consistent expression trend is found between Smad3 and type Ⅰ collage,suggesting Smad3 and type Ⅰ collagen participate in the regulation of sclera remodeling in myopia by TGF-β1-Smad3-Collagen Ⅰ signaling pathway.