1.The physical activity level during leisure time among junior high school students in Jinshan District is most affected by individual factors, followed by interpersonal factors and residence. The time spent on physical activity at weekends is insufficient, and the influence of residence is behind individual factors.
WANG Xingzhou ; ZHAO Yan ; WANG Han
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2020;32(1):31-36
Objective:
To evaluate the effects of community health education on the quality of life of diabetic patients.
Methods:
The databases of CNKI,Wanfang,CBMdisc,VIP,PubMed,Embase and Google Scholar were searched for the literatures about the effects of community health education on the quality of life of diabetic patients published from the time the databases established to August 1st,2019. Standardized mean difference(SMD)was used as a indicator for the meta-analysis.
Results:
A total of 739 articles were retrieved,and 20 articles were finally included,with 1 727 cases in the experimental group and 1 645 cases in the control group. The results of the meta-analysis showed that compared with the traditional intervention methods and no intervention,community health education had obviously better effects on physiological function(SMD=0.67,95%CI:0.29-1.05,P<0.05),psychological function(SMD=0.73,95%CI:0.40-1.06,P<0.05)and social relationship(SMD=0.69,95%CI:0.33-1.04,P<0.05). The results were stable according to sensitivity analysis. No publication bias was found by Egger's test.
Conclusion
Community health education can effectively improve the quality of life of diabetic patients in physiological function,psychological function and social relationship.
2. The value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18F-FDG PET-CT) in evaluating the stability of atherosclerotic plaques
Yunhuan ZHANG ; Peng TIAN ; Jinpeng XU ; Zhizun WANG ; Xingzhou ZHAO ; Maoxiao NIE ; Mingduo ZHANG ; Quanming ZHAO ; Bote ZHAO ; Shujiang SONG
Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine 2019;58(11):808-813
Objective:
Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) has been used to quantify inflammatory response in the body. The aim of the present study was to explore the possibility of using this method to evaluate the stability of atherosclerotic plaques and the efficacy of atorvastatin in stabilizing atherosclerotic plaques.
Methods:
Twenty New Zealand male white rabbits were included and divided into the atorvastatin intervention group and the control group, with 10 rabbits in each group. Rabbits in both groups were fed with a high fat diet for 20 weeks, and treated with thoracoabdominal aortic balloon-pulling to establish atherosclerosis model at the end of the 2nd week. Rabbits in atorvastatin intervention group was given atorvastatin intragastrically once a day. At the 8th week, thoracoabdominal aortic ultrasound was used to detect plaques in all rabbits. Blood was drawn at the 3rd and the 20th week, respectively, to measure blood lipids, high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9). At the end of experiment, survival animals were scanned by 18F-FDG PET-CT, and the average and maximum standard uptake values (SUVmean, SUVmax) of aortic segments were measured. Thereafter, the animals were sacrificed and aortic specimens of rabbits were taken and examined by immunohistochemistry. The pathological indexes were measured and compared.
Results:
At the end of experiment, the total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), hs-CRP [ (4.58±0.51) ng/ml vs.(5.87±0.66) ng/ml,
3.Novel small molecule retrograde transport blocker confers post-exposure protection against ricin intoxication.
Xu ZHAO ; Haixia LI ; Jia LI ; Kunlu LIU ; Bo WANG ; Yuxia WANG ; Xingzhou LI ; Wu ZHONG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2020;10(3):498-511
Ricin is a highly toxic type 2 ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) which is extracted from the seeds of castor beans. Ricin is considered a potential bioterror agent and no effective antidote for ricin exists so far. In this study, by structural modification of a retrograde transport blocker Retro-2, a series of novel compounds were obtained. The primary screen revealed that compound has an improved anti-ricin activity compare to positive control. pre-exposure evaluation in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cells demonstrated that is a powerful anti-ricin compound with an EC of 41.05 nmol/L against one LC (lethal concentration, 5.56 ng/mL) of ricin. Further studies surprisingly indicated that confers post-exposure activity against ricin intoxication. An study showed that 1 h post-exposure administration of can improve the survival rate as well as delay the death of ricin-intoxicated mice. A drug combination of with monoclonal antibody mAb4C13 rescued mice from one LD (lethal dose) ricin challenge and the survival rate of tested animals is 100%. These results represent, for the first time, indication that small molecule retrograde transport blocker confers both and post-exposure protection against ricin and therefore provides a promising candidate for the development of anti-ricin medicines.