1.Further improve the quality of epidemiological survey of eye diseases
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2013;31(10):905-907
Public Health Ophthalmology is a population-,region-or country-based as a whole object,and is committed to improving the eye health of the whole population.Epidemiological investigation of the eye was named to the region from a single disease to variation of diseases from cross-sectional survey to a longitudinal cohort study.Epidemiological investigations is the most important way which can reflect the pathogenic factors for public health policy-making,early diagnosis and prevention and treatment of eye disease,and Research to Prevent Blindness.Imaging Diagnosis,quality control,improve the reliability of the epidemiological investigation,and to strengthen the study of disease,race,and molecular levels and create a unique epidemiological study.
2.Inhibition of LPS-induced expression of myeloid differentiation factor 88 by fenoterol is associated with its anti-inflammatory effect
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2014;(18):2890-2893
Objective To explore the molecular mechanism of inhibition of LPS-induced inflammation by fenoterol, a β2 adrenoceptor agonist in monocyte. Methods Concentrations of interleukin 1β (IL-1β), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) and MCP-1 from cell supernatants from THP-1 cells and wild type or MyD88- / - mice peritoneal macrophages stimulated by LPS in the presence or absence of fenoterol were determined by use of an ELISA system. Expression of MyD88 (myeloid differentiation factor 88) stimulated by LPS in the presence or absence of fenoterol were determined by Western blot. Results Fenoterol inhibited LPS-induced activation of MyD88 and secretion of inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, MCP-1, and IL-1β). The reaction of MyD88- / - mice peritoneal macrophages to LPS was much lower than that of the wild type mice peritoneal macrophages. Conclusions MyD88 plays an important role in inflammation induced by LPS. The inhibition of LPS-induced expression of MyD88 by fenoterol is associated with its anti-inflammatory effect.
3.Roles of cell signaling pathways in thyroid carcinoma
Yingkai XU ; Jie HU ; Wei LIU
Journal of International Oncology 2015;42(12):911-915
The intracellular signal transduction pathways play an important role in the occurrence and development of thyroid cancer.Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction pathway,phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-AKT pathway,NF-κB pathway and RASSF1-MST1-FOXO3 pathway affect the occurrence and development of thyroid cancer by modulating the activity and expression of specifical proteins,and determine the growth and apoptosis of thyroid cancer cells.
4.Role of AMP-activated protein kinase in regulating LPS-induced secretion of inflammatory cytokines in mouse alveolar macrophages
Wei WANG ; Xiaoguang LI ; Jie XU
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2015;35(7):502-505
Objective To investigate the mechanism of 5′adenosine monophosphate-activated pro-tein kinase ( AMPK) in the regulation of LPS-induced secretion of inflammatory cytokines in mouse alveolar macrophages.Methods Alveolar macrophages were isolated from wild type and AMPKα1-/-C57BL/6J mice.ELISA was used to measure the concentrations of IL-1βand TNF-αin the culture supernatants of LPS treated alveolar macrophages with or without 5-amino-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-imidazole-4-carboxamide ( AICAR ) stimulation.Western blot assay was performed to analyze the expression of AMPKα1 and AMPKα2 in alveolar macrophages isolated from wild type and AMPKα1-/-mice as well as the LPS-induced changes of p-AMPKαactivity in wild type mice.Results The LPS-induced secretion of inflammatory cyto-kines in alveolar macrophages isolated from AMPKα1-/-mice were significantly higher than that of wild type mice.The activities of p-AMPKαin wild type mice were suppressed by LPS treatment.Treatment of AICAR inhibited the LPS-induced secretion of TNF-αand IL-1β.Conclusion The LPS-induced secretion of in-flammatory cytokines was enhanced in AMPKα1-deficient mice, but could be suppressed upon the treatment of AICAR, an agonist of AMPK.AMPK was involved in the regulation of LPS-induced secretion of inflamma-tory cytokines by alveolar macrophages in mice.
5.Expression of Twist in Middle and Advanced Stages Cervical Cancer and Its Clinical Significance
Jie WEI ; Qin XU ; Lihua YANG
Journal of Kunming Medical University 2014;(1):25-27
Objective The purpose of this study was to research the expression of Twist in cervical cancer tissues and the relationship between its expression and clinicopathologic characteristic, and to investigate the role of twist in cervical cancer invasion, metastasis and progress. Methods Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of the Twist in 78 cases of middle and advanced stages cervical cancer tissue microarray chip. The relationship between its expression and clinicopathological characteristic was analyzed. Results (1) The positive expression of twist in cervical cancer was 56/78 (71.8%);(2) The expression of Twist in cervical cancer was significantly related to tumor histology type, FIGO stage, lymph node metastasis and differentiation degree. With the increase of FIGO stage, the emergence of lymph node metastasis and the decrease of differentiation degree, the expression of Twist increased gradually ( <0.05) . Conclusion The expression of Twist may be closely related to the invasion, metastasis and progress of cervial cancer.
6.Medical Ethics Education for Clinical Interns in Minorities Area
Shihua XU ; Leban NONG ; Jie WEI
Chinese Medical Ethics 1995;0(04):-
Clinical practice is an important process for the formation of the clinical skills and decent medical ethics of medical students.This paper clarifies various issues arising in the current medical ethics education,and proposes relevant countermeasures from the perspectives of medical colleges,training hospitals,guidance teachers,and so on.
8.Au@PVP Core-Shell Nanoparticles Used as Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Substrate to Detect Malachite Green
Ningning XU ; Qin ZHANG ; Wei GUO ; Qintao LI ; Jie XU
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2016;44(9):1378-1384
The core-shell nanopaticles of Au@polyvinyl-pyrrolidone ( PVP) with uniform size and controllabe shell-thickness were prepared by hydrothermal method. The core-shell nanoparticles could be assembled to be the monolayer array on Si substrate relying on the dispersion of core-shell nanoparticles arising from PVP shell. The malachite green ( MG ) absorbed by H-bond could be detected on the array under the electromagnetic enhancement of inner-core Au nanoparticles. Under the conditions of the optimum shell-thickness of Au@PVP and the appropriate absorbed time of MG, the detection of MG could be realized in the linear range from 1 × 10-10 mol/L to 1 × 10-5 mol/L with the correlation coefficient ( R2 ) of 0. 98. The detection limit was 10-12 mol/L. This method was applied to the determination of MG in tilapia fish fillets of Xiagang market. No MG was found in this real sample. The spiked recoveries of the sample ranged from 70. 8% to 126. 0%. This method is simple and accurate, and can be used for detection of MG in the fish.
9.Clinical practice of multidimensional strategy to reduce neonatal ventilator-associated pneumonia
Heng SHU ; Hong WEI ; Jie LI ; Chuanlong ZHANG ; Qiong XU
Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2015;33(5):445-449
Objective To investigate the interventional effect of multidimensional strategy to reduce the incidence of neonatal ventilator-associated pneumonia.Methods The patients who were admitted to the NICU department and received mechanical ventilation (MV) for more than 48 hours from October 2012 to September 2014 were recruited. The control group received the experienced interventions from October 2012 to September 2013, neonates from October 2013 to September 2014 were recruited as the intervention group receiving multidimensional controlling strategy, including bundle care, education, pro-cess and outcome surveillance and feedback on the practices. The compliance of before-after implementation of interventions were quantitatively evaluated,and the rate of VAP was compared between the two groups.Results The compliance rate of hand hygiene and the qualiifed rate of sputum suction, oral care, drain condensation from ventilator circuit, semi-recumbent posi-tion, and preventing of stress-ulcers were increased 17.0%, 11.4%, 14.7%, 18.2%, 37.5% and 56.3% respectively after implemen-tation of multidimensional strategy, and had statistical difference (χ2=36.47-294.36,P<0.01). But the qualiifed rate of antibiotic use only was 66.1% in the post-VAP bundle phases, and showed no statistical difference before and after(P>0.05). The VAP rate was 41.7 cases per 1000 MV-days during control group and 19.7 cases per 1000 MV-days during intervention group, had statis-tical signiifcance (P<0.05). But the rate of ventilator application showed no statistical difference between two group (P>0.05). ConclusionThe multidimensional strategy can effectively prevent the incidence of VAP.
10.Effect of endostar combined with radiotherapy on expression of integrin αvβ3 mRNA and MVD in lung cancer of Lewis rats
Pingpo MING ; Wei GE ; Fangfang JIE ; Changhu LI ; Huilin XU
Practical Oncology Journal 2014;(1):1-6
Objective To observe the MVD and integrin αvβ3 mRNA expression changes in tumor -bearing rats by using endostar combined with radiotherapy ,and to explore the potential synergy mechanism .Meth-ods We randomly divided the tumor -bearing rats into four groups:control group(NC),endostar group(ES), radiation treatment group ( RT) and endostar combined radiotherapy group ( ES +RT) .Tumor inhibition rate was calculated every other day .Microvessel density and αvβ3mRNA were texted by immunohistochemical or real time PCR in each group.Results (1)ES+RT group showed the most obvious inhibition rate;(2)Compared with NC group,microvessel density of RT was increased ,but decreased in ES group and ES +RT group significantly ( P<0.05);(3)Compared with NC group,αvβ3 mRNA expression of RT group was increased,while decreased in ES group and ES+RT group,and ES +RT group displayed a greater decrease when compared to ES group ( P<0.05).Conclusion Endostar combined radiotherapy can inhibit the growth of cancer and the expression ofαvβ3mRNA,improve the disorders of tumor vascular network .It may be one of the mechanisms of increasing radi-osensitization.