1.Retrospective analysis of association between human papilloma virus infection and antisperm antibodies in male infertile patients in Xinjiang area
Xiaofang YANG ; Ying ZHANG ; Xin WANG
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2015;(13):1910-1912
Objective To explore the association between human papilloma virus(HPV)infection and antisperm antibodies(As-Ab)in male infertile patients in Xinjiang area.Methods A total of 127 cases of infertile male patients were selected as experimental group,other 130 cases of normal male were enrolled in the control group.HPV sperm infection was detected by using reverse dot blot hybridization kit.The levels of AsAbs in semen specimen were measured by using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Results The infection rate of male infertile patients(67.7%)was higher than that of normal male(1 6.2%),with signifi-cant differences(P <0.05).The positive rate of AsAb of male infertile patients with HPV infection(38.4%)was higher than that of male infertile patients without HPV infection(1 7.1%),with significant differences(P <0.05).Compared with male infertile pa-tients without HPV infection,the percentages of sperm motility and grade (a+b)sperm motility were decreased in male infertile pa-tients with HPV infection,wihile the sperm malformation rate was increased in male infertile patients with HPV infection,with sig-nificant differences(P <0.05).Conclusion The HPV infection rate of male infertile patients is relatively high in this area.HPV sperm infection could be associated with AsAb that may further reduce male fertility.
2.Progress in evolution and molecular typing of Leptospira
Yinghua XU ; Xiaofang XIN ; Qiang YE
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2017;37(8):624-627
Leptospirosis is recognized as an important emerging zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic Leptospira spp.and has a serious impact on people′s health and animal husbandry.Therefore, it has attracted more and more attention.With the development of biotechnology, major breakthroughs have been made in the fields of pathogenicity, molecular epidemic features and evolution mechanism of Leptospira.In this review, we summarize progress in evolution and molecular typing of Leptospira at home and abroad in order to provide a reference for further research on molecular epidemiological surveillance and new vaccine development.
3.Application of storage virtualization technology in storage management of library
Xin SONG ; Juntao MA ; Ye SU ; Xiaofang XUE
Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science 2015;(4):56-60
After the concept, features and implementation types of storage virtualization technology were described, its application in storage management of library was studied.Storage virtualization technology can simplify the management of storage system, improve the utilization rate of storage equipments, and effectively solve the problems in storage management of library.
4.Quality evaluation for immunological diagnosis kits of schistosomiasis
Xiaofang XIN ; Jin ZHANG ; Shuying BO ; Guozhu WANG ; Guozhi WANG
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 1989;0(02):-
Objective To evaluate the quality of immunological diagnosis kits of schistosomiasis. Methods The national reference IgG serum of schistosomiasis was applied for evaluating eight immunological diagnosis kits of schistosomiasis. Results All eight diagnosis kits had no National Production Certificate issued by State Food and Drug Administration. Six kits had good quality with high precision. After the physical examination, two kits did not meet the quality standards. Conclusions The good and bad quality of immunological diagnosis kits of schistosomiasis used in market is intermingled. The quality of these kits should be monitored.
5.Study on stability of dipstick dye immunoassay kit forschistosomiasis diagnosis
Wei HE ; Yinchang ZHU ; Guoqun CAO ; Xiaofang XIN
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 1989;0(04):-
Objective To evaluate the stability of dipstick dye immunoassay (DDIA) kit forschisitosomiasis diagnosis. Methods By means of detection of the sera from infected people withSchistosoma japonicum and healthy people, the stability of the DDIA kit, which stored at 37℃,room temperature or 4 ℃ respectively, was evaluated depending on the detective results ofsensitivity, specificity, detectable minimum and coefficient variation ( CV). Results Thesensitivity, specificity, detectable minimum and coefficient variation of the DDIA kit were invariableafter the kits stored at 37 ℃ for 180 days, and at room temperature or 4 ℃ for 360 days.Conclusion The DDIA kit is stable while it stores at 37℃ for 180 days, and at room temperatureor 4℃ for 360 days at least.
6.Cross-sectional study of hearing loss among freshmen in university.
Haihong LIU ; ZHU XIAOFANG ; Lingyan MO ; Xiaoxia PENG ; Xin NI
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2015;29(18):1636-1640
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of hearing loss by studying the current status of hearing loss, risk factors of hearing loss, exposure level of noise, and everyday habit of hearing in a group of university students, so as to provide information for hearing loss prevention in university students.
METHOD:
According to the purposive sampling method, 642 freshmen students participated in the study. Pure tone audiometry, and exposure level of noise scale were performed in all participants.
RESULT:
(1) According to the hearing loss criterion of WHO/PDH97.3, high frequency hearing loss, and noise induced threshold shifts, the hearing loss prevalence was 0.36%, 20.91% and 6.73%, respectively. (2) Multivariant Logistic regression analysis of high-frequency hearing loss indicated that traffic noise exposure and ear infection were risk factor of high frequency hearing loss.
CONCLUSION
There is a high prevalence of high frequency hearing loss in university students (20.91%), which was high related with traffic noise exposure and ear infection.
Audiometry, Pure-Tone
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Hearing Loss, High-Frequency
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epidemiology
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Humans
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Noise
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adverse effects
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Prevalence
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Risk Factors
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Universities
7.Low-dose β-glycerophosphate induced differentiation of dental pulp stem cells into odontoblasts and expressions of relevant factors
Mingyue LIU ; Weiping HU ; Xiaofen WANG ; Ning LI ; Xiaofang CAO ; Xin SHI ; Xiaofeng WANG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2015;(41):6688-6693
BACKGROUND:The induced concentration for osteoblasts is often introduced as reference to induce odontoblast differentiation. However, there are no reports on other concentrations. OBJECTIVE: To observe the expression of dentin matrix protein-1, dentin sialoprotein and matrix extracelular phosphoglycoprotein during low-dose β-glycerophosphate-induced differentiation of dental pulp stem cels into odontoblasts. METHODS:Human dental pulp stem cels were isolated and cultured, and then induced by different concentrations of inducing solution to differentiate into adipocytes and osteoblasts, which could verify the multi-directional differentiation ability of human dental pulp stem cels. Under 5 mmol/L β-glycerophosphate, dental pulp stem cels differentiated into odontoblasts. At 7, 14, 21, 28 days of culture, RNA samples were extracted from dental pulp stem cels in each group, and reverse-transcription PCR was used to detect the expression of dentin matrix protein-1, dentin sialoprotein and matrix extracelular phosphoglycoprotein. Mineralized nodules were detected by alizarin red S staining to show the successfuly osteogenesis induction. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Human dental pulp stem cels could be induced to adipocytes and osteoblasts. The results of reverse-transcription PCR showed that the dental pulp stem cels under 5 mmol/L β-glycerophosphate could increase the expression of dentin matrix protein-1 and dentin sialoprotein, but downregulate the expression of matrix extracelular phosphoglycoprotein at 7, 14, 21 days. At 28 days of culture, dental pulp stem cels were al successfuly mineralized detected by alizarin red S. There were some red mineralized nodules. These findings indicate that the 5 mmol/L β-glycerophosphate can induce the differentiation of dental pulp stem cels into odontoblasts successfuly, up-regulate the mRNA expression of dentin sialoprotein and dentin matrix protein-1, and meanwhile down-regulate the mRNA expression of matrix extracelular phosphoglycoprotein.
8.Analysis on result of genetic screen and gene types of 10854 cases with thalassemia
Li HE ; Xiaofang ZHU ; Wei WANG ; Chan HUANG ; Xin ZHU ; Hongjie LV ; Jing QIAN ; Haiyan ZHANG
Chongqing Medicine 2017;46(23):3251-3253,3257
Objective To investigate the gene carrying rate,gene type and composition ratio of thalassemia among pre-pregnant population in Chongqing area.Methods A total of 1054 people were enrolled in the hospital from April 2014 to March 2016 for thalassemia screening.The content of screening included mean corpuscular volume (MCV),mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and hemoglobin electrophoresis.Thalassemia gene was examined in people with any abnormal term of screening result.Results In 10854 cases,1117 cases showed positive in thalassemia primary screening,and the positive rate was 10.29%.458 cases were tested positive of thalassemia gene,the carrying rate of thalassemia was 4.21%.In which,253 cases of pure a-thalassemia were tested.The carrying rate of α-thalassemia was 2.33%.The most common kind in α-thalassemia was--SEA whose constituent ratio were 52.17 %.197 cases of pure β-thalassemia were tested,the carrying rate of β-thalassemia was 1.81%.The most common kind in β-thalassemia was CD17 (A→T),whose constituent ratio were 31.47 %.11 cases were diagnosed with αβ-thalassemia.Conclusion Chongqing is high-prevalence area of thalassemia.It is important to conduct thalassemia genetic screen before pregnancy which plays a vital role in improving population quality and achieving prepotency.
9.Comparison of Acute Toxicity Effects of Ethanol Extract from Different Processed Products of Miao Medi-cine Wikstroemia indica on Mice
Guo FENG ; Wei LI ; Xin HE ; Chuanqi ZHENG ; Anbi LENG ; Xiaofang TIAN
China Pharmacy 2017;28(25):3536-3540
OBJECTIVE:To compare the acute toxicity of ethanol extract from raw product and different processed products of Wikstroemia indica on mice,and provide basis for optimizing the processing technology of perspiration method for W. indica and medication safety. METHODS:Perspiration method was used to process the W. indica pieces for 30 d to get processed product 1 and process its coarse powder for 14,7 d to get processed product 2,processed product 3,respectively. Then using 70% ethanol as solvent,percolation method was used to extract the raw W. indica and its different processed products,and acute toxicity test was conducted on mice for different ethanol extracts. RESULTS:The median lethal dose(LD50)of ethanol extracts from raw W. in-dica and processed product 1 were 4.05 and 6.65 g/kg,equivalent to 19,32 times of the clinical daily dose of a 70 kg adult,re-spectively. While the LD50 of ethanol extract from processed product 2 and processed product 3 can not be measured,the maximum tolerated dose(MTD)were measured as 20.0,15.0 g/kg,equivalent to 95,71 times of the clinical daily dose of a 70 kg adult,re-spectively;the maximum dose(MLD)were measured as approximately 30.0,20.0 g/kg,equivalent to 143,95 times of the clini-cal daily dose of a 70 kg adult,respectively. CONCLUSIONS:The toxicity of processed products of W. indica is obviously lower than that of raw products,and its toxicity after processing the coarse powder for 14 d is lower than that after processing the coarse powder for 7 d.
10.Prenatal education increases breastfeeding rate of preterm infants in neonatal intensive care unit
Xiaofang HUANG ; Qi FENG ; Xifang RU ; Ying WANG ; Xing LI ; Xin ZHANG ; Yan ZHENG
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2017;20(7):493-500
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of maternal prenatal education on promoting breastfeeding rate for preterm infants in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).Methods Gravidas who were admitted to Peking University First Hospital for any risk of preterm delivery from November 2013 to December 2014 and preterm infants admitted to the NICU (length of stay ≥ 5 d) of the same hospital during the same period were involved.All the gravidas received prenatal education and completed questionnaires.Two hundred and ninety-five preterm infants who met the inclusion criteria were divided into two groups including education group (n=125) and non-education group (n=170) according to whether their mothers received prenatal education or not.Conditions of the preterm infants during hospitalization and after discharge and breastfeeding rates were comparatively analyzed between the two groups.T test,Chi-test and Wilcoxon rank-sum test were used for statistical analysis.Results (1) There were 380 gravidas received questionnaires.Among them,346 (91.1%)completed the questionnaires and were recruited in this study.Only 31.8% (110/346) of these gravidas were active in learning more about breastfeeding and 46.2% (160/346) of them lacked confidence in breastfeeding after the appearance of preterm delivery signs.There were significant improvements in their attitudes towards considering breastfeeding seriously and discussing with their family,confidence in breastfeeding,the importance of colostrum and how to breastfeed a preterm infant in hospital after maternal prenatal education (all P<0.001).Prenatal education was thought to be helpful in 77.5% (268/346) of the gravidas.(2) The two groups of preterm infants showed good homogeneities in gestational age,gender,birth weight and other basal conditions as well as in incidences of in-hospital complications and conditions after discharge (all P>0.05).Proportions of breast milk intake (breast milk intake over total dairy intake) in preterm infants were higher in education group than those in non-education group within 5 d after birth [0.0 (0.0-16.5)% vs 0.0 (0.0-2.5)%,Z=-3.422],>5-≤ 7 d [33.7 (0.0-82.8)% vs 0.0 (0.0-50.3)%,Z=-3.070],>7-≤ 14 d [75.2(23.5-96.4)% vs 47.6(0.0-92.2)%,Z=-2.345] and during hospitalization [58.4 (21.0-78.8)% vs 31.9 (0.0-71.7)%,Z=-3.902] (all P<0.05).Breastfeeding rates were higher in education group than those in non-education group at the age of 5 d [47.2%(59/125) vs 27.1% (46/170),x2=12.747],7 d [70.4% (88/125) vs 51.2% (87/170),x2=11.031],three months [83.3%(65/78) vs 56.1% (60/107),x2=15.297] and six months [64.5% (49/76) vs 49.1% (53/108),x2=4.282] (all P<0.05).Exclusive breastfeeding rates in the first,third and sixth months after birth were higher in education group [45.7%(53/116),42.3% (33/78) and 36.9% (28/76)] than those in non-education group [21.3% (32/150),28.0% (30/107)and 22.2% (24/108)] (22=17.847,4.091 and 4.703,all P<0.05),respectively.Conclusions Most gravidas with risk factors of preterm delivery have no confidence on breastfeeding.Prenatal maternal education is an effective and feasible intervention to improve breastfeeding rate for preterm infants in NICU from early hospitalization till six months after birth.