1.Content Determination of Ferulic Acid in Baidianfeng Pill by HPLC
Xingui PAN ; Yang WANG ; Xiaodong FENG
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2006;0(09):-
Objective To establish a HPLC method for determining the ferulic acid in Baidianfeng Pill. Method ODS column (4.6 mm?250 mm, 5 ?m) was used, the mobile phase consisted of methanol-1% acetic acid aqueous solution(1∶1). The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min and column temperature was at 30 ℃. The detecting wave length was at 320 nm. Results The method was linear with the range of 11.20~84.0 ?g/mL for ferulic acid (r =0.9 998). The average recovery was 98.45%. Conclusion The method is simple, rapid and accurate. It can be used for quantitative deternination of ferulic acid in Baidianfeng Pill.
2.Real-time Monitoring System for Heart Rate and Movement during Rehabilitation Exercises
Peiyong WANG ; Xingui ZHANG ; Lanying FU
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2016;22(1):23-26
Objective To integrate a real-time remote monitoring device for movement and heart rate load during rehabilitation exercis-es. Methods Polar heart rate sensor was used, and assisted with a wireless relay to transmit the heat rate signals to 100 meters away. The vid-eo overlay device combined and superimposed the synchronized movement video to heart rate data. It completed the simultaneous acquisi-tion of heat rate signal and movement video, as well as the real-time recording and analysis of data and images with a customized software. Results and Conclusion This system provides a platform for the real-time movement and heart rate monitoring and analysis of rehabilita-tion exercise on the Windows.
3.Impairment memory monitoring in patients with Wilson's disease
Jing REN ; Xingui CHEN ; Yongsheng HAN ; Huijuan MA ; Kai WANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2014;23(5):420-422
Objective To investigate the memory monitoring ability in patients with hepatolenticular degeneration(HLD) and explore the mechanism of their memory impairment.Methods The feeling-of-knowing (FOK) paradigm of episodic memory(EM) and semantic memory(SM)were established and subsequently applied to 30 HLD patients and 30 healthy control(HC) participants who were matched in age and educational level.Results Compared with healthy control group (FOK-EM recall (64.17 ± 29.21) % ; FOK-SM recall (84.72 ± 11.44)%),the FOK-EM recall((26.55±20.92)%) and FOK-SM recall((53.93±28.42)%) in HLD patients were significantly lower(t=-5.140,P<0.01 ; t=-5.123,P<0.01).The positive judgment and correct recognition of FOK-EM ((50.64±29.43) %) and the negative judgment and correct recognition of FOK-EM((12.80± 18.32) %) in the HLD group were significantly different from the HC group (the positive judgment and correct recognition of FOK-EM:(75.15±31.73)% and the false judgment and correct recognition of FOK-EM:(1.81±5.41)%; t=-2.693,P<0.05 ; t=3.026,P<0.01).Most importantly,the stroop effect was positively correlated with the negative judgment and correct recognition of FOK-EM in HLD group(r=0.601,P<0.01).Conclusion The results show that the HLD group underestimate their memory performance on episodic FOK,and the impairment of memory monitoring is positively correlated with the deficit of executive function,indicating that the prefrontal impairment can be an influential factor of memory disorder in HLD,whereas the unimpaired semantic metamemory FOK indicates the episodic and semantic metamemory monitoring may depend on different neural network.
4.Preliminary study on apraxia of Alzheimer's disease patients
Juluo CHEN ; Xingui CHEN ; Panpan HU ; Changlin YIN ; Kai WANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2013;22(10):889-891
Objective To understand the capacity of application,and discuss the types as well as the mechanism of these dysfunctions.Methods A battery of neuropsychological tests including tool naming,tool naming by function,using of transitive tools,novel task test and naming photographs (living and inanimate) were applied in this study.20 AD patients and 20 healthy controls were enrolled in the study.Results The AD patients performed worse than the controls on the tool naming,tool naming by function,application of transitive tool,novel task test,naming tasks of living and inanimate pictures.The results represented significance in all of the tests (t =-6.54,-5.94,-4.16,-4.81,-2.17,-2.08 ; P < 0.05).There were significant correlations between the performances in application the tasks and the ADAS-cog,MMSE and ADL scores (P < 0.05).Conclusion The findings indicate that AD patients have apraxia,mainly impairment in ideomotor apraxia and ideational apraxia.Additionally,the patients have significantly decreased performance in ideational apraxia.The result suggests that AD patients' apraxia might result from the semantic processing disorder.
5.Predictive value of four different scoring systems for septic patient's outcome: a retrospective analysis with 311 patients
Shengbiao WANG ; Tao LI ; Yunfeng LI ; Jianwen ZHANG ; Xingui DAI
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2017;29(2):133-138
Objective To study the predicting value of four different scoring systems such as the acute physiology and chronichealth evaluation Ⅱ (APACHE Ⅱ) score, sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, quick SOFA (qSOFA) score and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) score for the prognosis of septic patients. Methods A retrospective analysis were conducted. Septic patients in intensive care unit (ICU) of the First People's Hospital of Chenzhou form July 1st, 2012 to June 30th, 2016 were enrolled.Patients were divided into survival group and death group according to 28-day outcome. The difference of clinic data, the worst clinical index value within 24 hours, whether mechanical ventilation performed on first day, length of stay in ICU, APACHE Ⅱ score, SOFA score, qSOFA score and SIRS score were compared between the two groups. The significant different factors of sepsis outcome in univariate analysis were analyzed by multiple logistic regression, and the ability of four scoring systems was tested by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.Results 311 patients were enrolled in this study (221 survivals, 90 deaths, 28-day mortality rate 28.9%). Univariate analysis showed age, mechanical ventilation ratio, urine output, length of stay in ICU and the fastest heart beat rate (HR), the lowest systolic blood pressure (SBP), the lowest mean arterial pressure (MAP), HCO3-, minimum arterial blood oxygen partial pressure (PaO2), minimum oxygenation index (PaO2/FiO2), the maximum fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2), Na+, the highest concentration of blood urea nitrogen (BUN), the highest concentration of serum creatinine (SCr), minimum concentration of plasma albumin (Alb), Glasgow coma score (GCS) score, APACHE Ⅱ score, SOFA score, qSOFA score, within 24 hours after diagnosis were significantly different between two groups (allP < 0.05). Multiple logistic regression showed age [odds ratio (OR) = 1.388, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) = 1.074-1.794,P = 0.012], PaO2/FiO2 (OR = 0.459, 95%CI = 0.259-0.812,P = 0.007), concentration of plasma Alb (OR = 0.523, 95%CI = 0.303-0.903,P = 0.020), GCS score (OR = 0.541, 95%CI = 0.303-0.967,P = 0.038) and SOFA scores (OR = 3.189, 95%CI = 1.813-5.610,P = 0.000) were independent risk factors for sepsis outcome. ROC curve test showed the APACHE Ⅱ score, SOFA score and qSOFA score had the ability to predict the outcome in critical ill patients with sepsis, the SOFA score of the most powerful, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was 0.700,when the cut-off value was 7.5 points, the sensitivity was 73.3% and specificity was 58.8%.Conclusions APACHE Ⅱ score, SOFA score and qSOFA score have the predictive properties for septic patients. SOFA score is an independent prognostic risk factor of sepsis, while qSOFA score can be widely used in clinical practice as the advantage of quick evaluating.
6.Role of SphK1 in renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis and its mechanism
Chunyang DU ; Xia XIAO ; Xingui WANG ; Jiao FU ; Yiping FENG ; Fengli HU ; Enli CHEN ; Yunzhuo REN
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2017;33(2):212-217,218
Aim To investigate the effect of sphingo-sine kinase 1 (SphK1 )on unilateral ureteral obstruc-tion(UUO)-induced tubulointerstitial fibrosis and ex-plore the possible mechanism.Methods The CD-1 mice were randomly divided into four groups:sham-op-eration group(Sham),PF-543 treatment control group (Sham +PF-543),model group(UUO)and PF-543 treatment group(UUO +PF-543).On 1 ,3,7 and 1 4 d after operation,eight mice were selected randomly from each group and sacrificed.The protein expressions of SphK1 ,mature TGF-β1 ,FN,ColⅠ,LC3,Beclin1 ,Atg5 and Atg1 2 were observed by Western blot.The histo-logical changes were examined by Masson′s trichrome stain.Immunhistochemistry was performed to measure the levels of expression of SphK1 ,FN and Col Ⅰ. Transmission electron microscope was used to observe the autophagic body.Results SphK1 expression and autophagy were both upregulated in a mouse model of kidney fibrosis induced by UUO. Meanwhile, in-creased mature TGF-β1 and deposition of extracellular matrix(ECM)were observed in tubulointerstitial areas compared with sham-operated mice.After intraperito-neal injection with the SphK1 specific inhibitor PF-543 in UUO mice,enhanced expression of SphK1 and acti-vated autophagy were significantly abrogated.Howev-er,aggravation of renal fibrosis was detected when SphK1 inhibitor PF-543 was applied to suppress SphK1 expression in UUO mice.Conclusion SphK1 activa-tion is renoprotective through the induction of autoph-agy in the pathogenesis of kidney fibrosis.
7.A study of cognitive impairment induced by chemotheraphy in breast cancer patients
Xingui CHEN ; Jingjing LI ; Chunyan ZHU ; Fengqiong YU ; Linlin QIU ; Jingjie ZHANG ; Kai WANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2013;(4):308-310
Objective To explore the neuropsychological features of cognitive impairment induced by chemotherapy for breast cancer patients.Methods A neuropsychology battery was applied in this study.Seventy six breast cancer patients were enrolled in the test and classified as chemotherapy treatment patients(CT,n =38),and non-chemotherapy treatment patients(non-CT,n =38).Forty normal female people were also evaluated as healthy control(HC).Results Compared with HC and non-CT groups,the correct number of backward(CT:4.42±1.11,non-CT:5.18 ± 1.16,HC:5.13 ± 1.22),delayed recall (CT:8.55 ± 1.75,non-CT:9.58 ± 1.50,HC:10.13 ± 1.92) and recognition (CT:7.68 ± 1.90,non-CT:8.97 ± 1.62,HC:9.08 ± 2.09) were low in the CT group (P < 0.01).The reaction time of Stroop test B (CT:(21.54 ± 5.02) s,non-CT:(19.37 ± 4.26) s,HC:(18.82 ± 3.05) s),Stroop test C (CT:(34.85 ± 8.46) s,non-CT:(31.02 ± 7.38) s,HC:(30.61 ± 7.83) s) and TMT test B(CT:(102.79± 11.90)s,non-CT:(96.22 ± 12.07) s,HC:(97.21 ± 11.64)s) were long in the CT group (P < 0.05).There were no significant differences in the Forward,Immediate Recall,Stroop test A,TMT test A and VFT among three groups(P> 0.05).Conclusion Breast cancer patients with chemotherapy treatment have cognitive impairment in the domains of memory,attention and executive functions.
8.Decision-making under risk in patients with antisocial personality disorder
An YAN ; Xingui CHEN ; Liangshuang YIN ; Long ZHANG ; Xudong ZHANG ; Kai WANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2013;(1):18-20
Objective To investigate decision making under risk in patients with antisocial personality disorder(ASPD).Methods The game of dice task (GDT) was a commonly used measure of decision making under risk.31 ASPD patients and 33 healthy controls (HC) were investigated by GDT with explicit probability.Results ASPD patients performed poorly in the entire task.ASPD selected more risky options (ASPD:10.06 ±5.26,HC:5.42 ± 3.29,t =4.201,P < 0.01) compared with healthy controls.The most frequent choice made by ASPD patients was two numbers.Accordingly,the most frequent choice made by HC group was three numbers(one number:the median of ASPD patients was 1 (1-8),the median of HC was 1 (0-2.5),Z =-2.295,P =0.022) ;three numbers:ASPD:4.77 ±4.23;HC:6.79 ±3.43; t=-2.100,P=0.04;four numbers:ASPD:3.06 ±3.53;HC:5.82 ± 3.41 ; t =3.176,P=0.002).The frequency of choosing the risky options had correlation with the rate of using negative feedback(r =-0.613,P < 0.01),impulsiveness (r =0.481,P =0.006) and the results of Stroop test (r =0.566,P < 0.01).Conclusion Main results reveal that patients with ASPD make risky decisions significantly more often than the HC.Moreover,they show lack of capacity to advantageously utilize feedback,and correlation with executive function,impulsiveness,and negative feedback.
9.The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on memory function
Feifei XU ; Xingui CHEN ; Lu WANG ; Xiaoling WU ; Guixian XIAO ; Kai WANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2019;28(4):380-384
Memory function is the core component of human brain cognition.Memory impairment significantly affects people's daily life and social ability,but existing cognitive training or drug therapy can not effectively improve memory function.In recent years,new techniques and methods have been emerging in brain science research,especially neural regulation techniques,such as transcranial electrical / magnetic stimulation,which can significantly regulate cognitive ability and effectively promote memory function.Transcranial direct current stimulation is a kind of noninvasive and safe technique.It can regulate cerebral cortex activity by changing the cerebral cortex excitability,and play a role in regulating brain function.At present,there have been reports at home and abroad that transcranial direct current stimulation can promote memory function and improve memory effectively.This technique is applied to the diagnosis and treatment of clinical diseases,but its mechanism is not clear.This article reviews the mechanism and application of transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) in promoting different types of memory function in order to provide evidence for early intervention and treatment of memory impairment.
10.Clinical efficacy of miniplates anchorage between the maxilla and the mandible for maxillary hypoplasia in cleft patients
Xingui LI ; Jinmei YE ; Yingqiu CUI ; Hongtao WANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology 2018;24(4):264-267
Objective To investigate the effects of titanium miniplates used for anchorage between the maxilla and the mandible for maxilly hypoplasia in cleft patients.Methods Miniplates were inserted into the infrazygomatic crests and between the canine and lateral incisor in the mandible on both the right and left sides in 6 subjects (mean age,11.3 years).Maxillomandibular elastics were attached between the upper and lower miniplates on each side.Cephalometric radiographs of each patient were evaluated at the beginning of treatment and at the end of active protraction treatment.Results A-point movement was increased mean 3.67 mm,SNA angle and ANB angle were increased by 2.75° and 3.1° respectively.Wit's appraisal was increased by 4.52 mm,and upper lip to E-plane was decreased mean 2.8 mm in a mean of 15 months and the significant difference was found (P<0.05).Miniplates stability was excellent in all patients throughout treatment.Conclusions Remarkable advancement in the middle face and consequent fullness in the soft-tissue profile can be achieved by using titanium miniplates protraction for maxilly hypoplasia in cleft patients in the late mixed-dentition and initial stage of permanent dentition period.