1.Effect of sailuotong capsule on Glu and GABA levels as well as NMDA receptor subtypes expression in recovery period of rat multiple cerebral infarction.
Li XU ; Wenting SONG ; Chengren LIN ; Jianxun REN ; Jianxun LIU ; Mingjiang YAO ; Guangrui WANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2012;47(7):870-7
The rat model of multi-infarct was adopted in this study to elucidate the protective mechanism of Sailuotong capsule (Sailuotong) in recovery period of multiple cerebral infarction. The effects of Sailuotong on levels of Glu, GABA and the expression of NMDA receptor subtypes including NR1, NR2A and NR2B, were detected. The multi-infarct model rats were established by injecting embolizing microsphere via internal carotid artery, and were given Sailuotong treatment (16.5 and 33.0 mg x kg(-1)) for 60 days. The pathological changes in brain ultrastructure were observed by transmission electron microscope. The levels of Glu and GABA in brain tissue were measured with high performance liquid chromatography. The expression of NMDA receptors including NR1, NR2A and NR2B in neurons was evaluated by immunohistochemical staining. Compared with the sham rats, abnormal changes were observed in ultrastructures of neurons, neuroglia cells and synapses of model rat brains. Moreover, significant decrease of Glu and GABA, as well as the elevated expression of NR1, NR2A and NR2B were detected in brain tissues. Sailuotong (16.5 and 33.0 mg x kg(-1)) could improve ultrastructure of cerebral tissue, facilitate synthesis of Glu and GABA, and down-regulate expression of NR1, NR2A and NR2B in neurons. The results demonstrated that Sailuotong could exert neuroprotective effects to some extent in the recovery phase of multiple cerebral infarction by promoting expression of NMDA receptors and synthesis of Glu and GABA.
2.Therapeutic Observation of Comprehensive Acupuncture for Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration
Jia ZHENG ; Wenting LIU ; Zhijie MIN ; Chengyu QU ; Ren ZHANG ; Hong XU
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 2015;(4):335-337
ObjectiveTo systematically and objectively evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of comprehensive acupuncture treatment in managing wet age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), and to seek a standard acupuncture protocol for this disease, for promoting the application in clinic.MethodTotally 37 patients (67 eyes) were observed to compare the vision, Amsler grid and rating scale of quality of life for visual impairment before and after the 3-month treatment. The clinical efficacy was then evaluated. ResultThe vision and score of quality of life were significantly changed after intervention (P<0.05); according to Amsler grid, the total improved rate was 79.2% and the total effective rate was 77.6%; age and disease duration were negatively correlated with the therapeutic efficacy (P<0.05).ConclusionComprehensive acupuncture treatment can significantly improve the vision and quality of life in patients with wet ARMD, and the younger the patients and the shorter the disease duration, the higher the therapeutic efficacy.
3.Selection, installation, and acceptance test of MRI simulator
Xinyuan CHEN ; Wei HAN ; Yixin SONG ; Kuo MEN ; Chuanmeng NIU ; Lijing ZUO ; Wenting REN ; Jianrong DAI
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2017;26(5):603-606
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) simulator (MRI-Sim) can provide superior images for radiotherapy.Due to the complexity of MRI technology and the safety problem caused by strong magnetic field, the acquisition and implementation of MRI simulation is more complicated than CT simulation.In order to ensure the introduction of MRI-Sim, this paper reviews the selection, installation, and acceptance test of MRI-Sim, including the selection of host and auxiliary equipment, installation site preparation, and safety precautions,as well as MRI-Sim acceptance test and commissioning.
4.Therapeutic Observation of Comprehensive Acupuncture Treatment for Primary Open-angle Glaucoma
Weijie YANG ; Tianyi Lü ; Wenting LIU ; Ruolin CUI ; Dekang GAN ; Ren ZHANG ; Hong XU
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 2017;36(4):427-431
Objective To observethe clinical efficacy of comprehensive acupuncture treatment in treating primary open-angle glaucoma, and to objectively evaluate the therapeutic efficacy.Method Twenty-eight patients (53 eyes) who received acupuncture treatment were recruited. By adopting a self-control design, the changes of intraocular tension, mean defect (MD) of vision field, mean sensitivity (MS), vision, and score of Quality of Life Scale for Patients with Visual Impairment (QLSPVI) were observed after 3-month acupuncture treatment.ResultThe intraocular tension of the 28 patients declined obviously after the treatment (P<0.01); MD, MS and vision didn't show significant improvements after the treatment (P>0.05); the QLSPVI score dropped significantly after the treatment (P<0.01);the total effective rate was 86.8%; the therapeutic efficacy wasn't correlated with age, disease duration, and treatment duration (P>0.05).Conclusion Acupuncture treatment can effectively reduce the intraocular tension, control the deterioration of MD and MS, maintain the level of vision, and enhance the quality of life of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma; with the same disease duration, the longer the treatment, the better the therapeutic efficacy.
5.Effect ofRong-ShuanCapsule on Rodent Tolerance against Cerebral Ischemia, Hypoxia and Cerebral Reserve Capacity
Li XU ; Wenting SONG ; Jianxun REN ; Guangrui WANG ; Sheng ZHU ; Mingjiang YAO ; Jianxun LIU
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2015;(7):1386-1391
This study was aimed to observe the effect ofRong-Shuan (RS) capsule on rodent tolerance against cerebral ischemia, hypoxia and cerebral reserve capacity, which was related to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Acute cerebral ischemia and anoxia models were established by permanent left carotid artery ligation on C57 BL/6 mice and hypoxia inhalation (O2?N2 = 8?92) for 15 min. Duodenal administration of RS capsule at different doses (100, 200 or 400 mg·kg-1) or saline were given 10 min after ischemia onset. The local brain blood circulation changes and neurobehavioral function were evaluated 24 h after ischemia onset. SD rats were given RS capsule at different doses (75, 150, 300 mg·kg-1) or saline. The effect of RS capsule on improvement of microcirculation disturbance induced by high molecular dextran was observed. The results showed that compared with the sham operation group, the brain blood circulation in the model group was significantly decreased; the cerebral infarction area increased; and the behavioral score after cerebral hypoxia was significantly increased (P < 0.05, orP < 0.01). Meanwhile, after the injection of high molecular dextran among rats in the model group, the cerebral leptomeninx microcirculation was obviously slowed down at 3 timepoints, which were 10, 20 and 30 min. Compared with the model group, RS capsule (400 mg·kg-1) can significantly increase the local blood circulation in the brain of mice, improve behavioral disturbance, reduce cerebral ischemia area (P< 0.05, orP < 0.01). RS capsule can also improve blood flow velocity and flow pattern in cerebral leptomeninx microcirculation disturbance induced by high molecular dextran at different timepoints (P < 0.05, orP < 0.01). It was concluded that RS capsule can increase the tolerance against cerebral ischemia, hypoxia and cerebral reserve capacity in order to protect the neural tissues to promote neuronal recovery.
6.Study on Effect ofQi-supplementing and Depression-relieving ofJie-Du Tong-LuoCapsule on Post-stroke Depression Rat Model
Wenting SONG ; Li XU ; Jianxun REN ; Mingjiang YAO ; Guangrui WANG ; Jianxun LIU
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2015;(7):1380-1385
This study was aimed to observe behavioral changes of post-stroke depression (PSD) rats, and to assess effect ofJie-Du Tong-Luo(JDTL) capsule onqi-supplementing and depression-relieving. Microspheres were injected from external carotid artery of rats under anesthesia to prepare the multiple cerebral infarction. Aftermid long term feeding, PSD rat model was established. Then, open-field test (OFT), tail suspension test (TST), forced swimming test (FST) and glucose preference test were employed to study behavioral changes of rats. The results showed that rats suffered multiple cerebral infarction after mid long term feeding formed PSD, which were indicated by reduced food consume, slow body weight increasing, reduction of spontaneous movement and inquiry activity, prolonged accumulative immobility time in TST, FST and lowered glucose preference, compared with rats in the normal group. Compared with the model group, rats in the JDTL capsule group andBu-Chang Xin-Nao-Tonggroup showed larger body weight increase, higher scores in OFT, reduced immobility time in TST, FST, and elevated glucose preference. It was concluded that JDTL capsule had significant efficacy on rats’ body weight, behavior and glucose preference, which might be its pharmacological basis onqi-supplementing and depression-relieving.
7.A new method of extracting FECG by BSS of sparse signal.
Wenting SHAO ; Bin FANG ; Pu WANG ; Mingrong REN ; Yi SHEN
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2009;26(6):1206-1210
The electrocardiograph signal presents the sparseness. In this paper, a new method of extracting the Fetal Electrocardiograph (FECG) is proposed, which uses the Blind Source Separation(BSS) of Sparse Signal. Both the Wavelet Analysis method and a new scheme named Vanish Circle are also involved in order to avoid the influence on the signal separation, because the ECG signals are not completed sparse signals. Some experiments show that the new method is effective.
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Algorithms
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Electrocardiography
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methods
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Female
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Fetal Heart
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physiology
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Fetal Monitoring
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methods
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Humans
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Pattern Recognition, Automated
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methods
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Pregnancy
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Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
8.Analysis of the clinical and epidemiological changes, treatments, and prognoses of pri-mary esophageal small cell carcinoma
Tangjuan ZHANG ; Yin LI ; Weili HAN ; Hailing WANG ; Tao JIANG ; Jingli REN ; Jianxue YANG ; Haizhou GUO ; Hui MENG ; Hui MENG ; Jianliang LU ; Xi CHEN ; Wenting FU ; Lidong WANG
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2016;43(13):571-576
Objective:To characterize the clinical and epidemiological changes, treatments, and prognoses of primary esophageal small cell carcinoma (PESC). Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted using the clinical epidemiology data of 529 PESC patients se-lected from the clinical databases of 500,000 esophageal and gastric cardiac carcinomas of the Henan Key Laboratory for Esophageal Cancer Research (1992-2015). Among these patients, 241 cases were included in the survival analysis. The five-year survival rate was calculated using Kaplan-Meier analysis, and the differences in survival rates were compared using the Log-rank analysis model. Re-sults:All 529 PESC cases were analyzed, which accounted for 0.2%of esophageal cancers diagnosed in the same period. The incidence of PESC increased annually (R2=0.574). The survival rates for 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-year of 241 PESC patients were 55%, 40%, 29%, and 9%, respectively, and the median survival time was 21.9 months. On the basis of the VALSG criteria of lung small cell carcinoma, a statisti-cal difference was observed in the overall survival rates for limited and extensive diseases (P=0.003), with the median survival time of 24.3 and 17.5 months, respectively. Furthermore, significant differences were observed on survival with various treatment modalities (P=0.004). The median survival time of PESC patients treated with combined surgery and radiochemotherapies (28.8 months) was lon-ger than those with either chemotherapy (17.8 months, P=0.015) or chemoradiotherapy (14.5 months, P=0.004). In limited disease pa-tients, the median survival time was longer in patients treated with surgery (27.7 months) than in those without surgery (16.2 months, P=0.007). Notably, the biopsy diagnosis before surgery for PESC was only 40.8%. Conclusion:PESC is a rare malignant carcinoma with increasing incidence. PESC presents poor prognosis, and the survival rate can be improved through combined therapies based on sur-gery. A high misdiagnosis rate for PESC is observed before surgery with biopsy.
9.Construction of Sirtl shRNA interfering vector and its effects on cell proliferation and apoptosis.
Wenting DU ; Sichong REN ; Qifeng SUO ; Mingming YANG ; Dan HE ; Ji LIU
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2011;28(5):972-975
This study was aimed to construct Sirt1 shRNA interfering vector and to analyze the effects of Sirtl on cell proliferation and apoptosis in HepG2, A549 and 293T cell lines. To design and synthisize Sirtl shRNA sequence then recombinate it to pGenesil-1.0 plasmid, the positive pGenesil-1.0-Sirtl vector clone was screened by effective detections and sequencing. The vectors were transfected into HepG2, A549, 293T cell lines, and Sirtl expression levels in these clones were detected by RT-PCR and Western-blot. These clone cell proliferation activities were detected by MTT, and these cells apoptosis incidences were detected by MTT experiment after treated with DOX. The results showed that Sirt1 shRNA interfering vectors were successfully screened. The levels of Sirtl expression in HepG2-sh, A549-sh and 293T-sh cells were significantly reduced compared with their control cells. It was indicated that the proliferation activities of these cells were impaired and anti-apoptosis capabilities of HepG2-sh, A549-sh and 293T-sh were also impaired notably. Sirt1 took an important role in maintaining cell proliferation and resisting cell apoptosis caused by DNA damage, and this result also provided theoretical information for the further research.
Apoptosis
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genetics
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Cell Proliferation
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Genetic Vectors
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Humans
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RNA Interference
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RNA, Small Interfering
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genetics
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Sirtuin 1
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genetics
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Transfection
10.Hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy combined with bevacizumab for treatment of malignant ascites or pleural effusion: a meta-analysis of efficacy
Mingquan ZANG ; Jianlin REN ; Wenting CHEN ; Lin JING ; Lingjia TAO
Cancer Research and Clinic 2018;30(7):481-486
Objective To make a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy (HPC) combined with bevacizumab for malignant ascites or malignant pleural effusion,and to provide the references for further practice and studies.Methods VIP,Wanfang data,PubMed and CNKI were searched from inception to January 2018.HPC combined with bevacizumab or HPC alone for malignant ascites or pleural effusion were collected for controlled clinical trial (CCT).According to inclusion and exclusion criteria,two reviewers checked studies,extracted data and assessed quality of the included studies.RevMan 5.3 software was used to make a meta-analysis.Results A total of 4 CCT involved 226 patients.Meta-analysis showed that compared with the HPC alone,HPC combined with bevacizumab had a higher rate in clinical efficiency (OR =4.82,95 % CI 2.45-9.49,P < 0.000 01),malignant ascites or pleural effusion control rate (OR =4.06,95 % CI 1.09-15.11,P < 0.05),quality of life improvement rate (OR =6.79,95 % CI 3.53-13.08,P < 0.000 01),and the difference was statistically significant.Conclusion HPC combined with bevacizumab can improve the clinical effective rate,effusion control rate and quality of life improvement rate of the patients with malignant ascites or pleural effusion.