1.Evaluation of major methods of hemoglobin analysis
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2013;36(10):950-953
Hemoglobinopathy is a kind of hereditary hematonosis caused by the disproportion among normal hemoglobins or formation of abnormal hemoglobins.Hemoglobin analysis plays an important role in screening and diagnosing hemoglobinopathy.Emerging methods have been applied continuously to hemoglobinometry since the early 20th century.Nowadays,agarose gel electrophoresis,high performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis are widely used with mass spectrometry as the latest applied method.All these methods have their own features.Appropriate combination of these methods will lead to more scientific and reliable results.
2.Advances of death-associated protein kinase in tumor
International Journal of Surgery 2008;35(8):559-561
Death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) is a muhidomain calcium/calmodulin (CaM)-de- pendent Ser/Thr protein kinase with an important role in apoptosis regulation and tumor suppression. DAPK may serve as a diagnostic and prognostic tool to evaluate disease severity, progression, metastatic rate, and re- currence, and may serve as a target for therapeutic intervention.
3.Observation of the Efficacy of Astragalus Injection in Skin of Aging Mice Induced by D-galactose
Journal of China Medical University 2015;44(8):721-724
Objective To investigate the efficacy of acupoint injection of Astragalus on contents of SOD,HYP and MDA in skin of aging mice in-duced by D-galactose. Methods The mice were randomly divided into normal group,model group,Astragalus group,and saline group(n=15). Except for the normal control group,the mice of other groups were treated with continuous subcutaneous injection of D-galactose to establish mice ag-ing model. The Astragalus group mice was injected with 0.01mL Astragalus in Sanzuli acupoint per day,The saline group mice received an injection of same amount of saline. SOD,HYP and MDA changes in the skin tissue and serum were evaluated after 21 days. Results All the index in the skin tissue and serum showed significant difference(P<0.01)between model group mice and normal control group. Compared with model group,SOD activity and MDA content in the skin tissue and serum of the Astragalus group mice were significantly raised,HYP content was significantly reduced (P<0.01). There also were significant differences of these index between the saline group mice and the model group(P<0.05),but the effect was not as good as the Astragalus group mice. Conclusion Acupoint Injection of Astragalus can prevent and protect against skin aging induced by D-galactose.
4.The expression of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen in patients with common skin diseases
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2015;(6):622-624
Objective There is a significant increase of squamous cell carcinoma antigen ( SCCA) in patients with common skin diseases .The aim of this study was to investigate the difference expression of serum SCCA in patients with common skin diseases . Methods A total of 497 patients with 14 kinds of common skin diseases from the Department of Dermatology were recruited , and the serum SCCA was measured . Results The positive rates of SCCA in 116 patients with psoriasis and 37 patients with erythroderma were 90 .5% and 100%, respectively .The common skin diseases with positive rate of SCCA greater than 60% includes eczema (61.7%), generalized dermatitis (65.1%),pemphigus (61.1%), bullous pemphigoid (62.2%).The SCCA values in pustulosa (1.76 ±1.22 ng/mL) and arthropathica psoriasis (1.69 ±1.05 ng/mL) were decreased compared with pustular (2.86 ±1.46 ng/mL) and arthropathica psoriasis (3.56 ±1.84 ng/mL) (P<0.05). Conclusion The SCCA value may have a relationship with the increase of the performance of keratinization and desquamation in the skin diseases , and it could be used as a valuable indicator for the diagnosis and treatment in patients with cutaneous diseases .
5.Research on the teaching reform of physiology experiment to enhance the research capacity of the eight-year program medical students
Jianxia XIA ; Jiaxiang XIONG ; Ying XIONG ; Zhian HU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2011;10(2):239-241
Eight-year medical education is to train medical personnel with high research abi lity and innovative ability, while the experimental teaching, as an important part of physiology teaching, plays an important role in training students in observation, problem-solving skills and practical ability. This article mainly discusses our exploration and practice of teaching in physiology experiment for eight-year program medical students from teaching contents and organization of class teaching, in order to fully increase the studying enthusiasms and meet the scientific mind of these students.
6.Voltage-gated potassium channel in a human skin squamous cell carcinoma cell line A431
Yuheng LIANG ; Xia XIONG ; Shihua ZENG
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2011;44(6):430-433
Objective To investigate the role of voltage-gated potassium channel in the human skin squamous cell carcinoma A431 cells and human keratinocyte HaCaT cells. Methods MTT assay was performed to detect the effect of different concentrations of tetraethylammonium (TEA) on the proliferation of cultured A431 cells and HaCaT cells. Besides, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was conducted to detect the expression of HERG channel protein in A431 cells, HaCaT cells and normal human skin tissue.Results TEA inhibited the proliferation of A431 cells and HaCaT cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner.After treated with TEA (≥ 10 mmol/L) for 24 or more hours, the proliferation of A431 cells and HaCaT cells was obviously suppressed. A significant difference was observed in the average concentration of HERG channel protein between A431 cells, HaCaT cells and normal human skin tissue (49.7114 ± 3.55696 pg/ml, 35.7471 ±4.14696 pg/ml, 36.8857 ± 3.47810 pg/ml, all P < 0.05). Conclusions The block of voltage-gated potassium channel could inhibit the proliferation of A431 cells and HaCaT cells, and the expression of voltage-gated potassium channel seems to be higher in human skin squamous cell carcinoma cells.
7.Expression of KAI1 gene in cervical cancer and its clinical significance
Xia LIN ; Xiaoying XIONG ; Lihua FU
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2006;0(06):-
Objective To study the expression of KAI1mRNA in cervical carcinoma and its clinical significance.Methods The transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) method was applied to detect the expression of KAI1mRNA in 53 fresh freezing cervical tissues.The findings were compared with the clinicopathological data.Results The expression of KAI1mRNA was (0.309?0.093) in normal cervix,(1.608?0.289) in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia(CIN),(0.948?0.910) in cervical carcinoma respectively.The relative densitometric value of KAI1mRNA decreased in late stage of cervical cancer in local cervical cancer with lymphatic metastasis(P
8.Investigation on medicine taking in rural schizophrenia patients
Zheng-ping CHEN ; Wen-xiong XIA
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2006;12(1):79-80
ObjectiveTo investigate the status medicine taking in rural schizophrenic patients.MethodsThe families of 217 schizophrenic patients in a town of Shaoxing rural area were investigated with self-made questionnaire.Results and Conclusion125 cases routinely took medicine(57.6%). The main reason caused patients to resist taking medicine was absence of family or family's care. The medicine were obtained from hospital, drugstore, free drugs from mental preventing organization, mail-order, half or more of them were free. Only 53.46% of the objects would like to receive free drugs. The most of the others want to give up. The objects suggested mental preventing organization to provide more kinds and costly free drugs, simplify procedures of obtaining drugs, permit to receive more drugs at a time and be more kindly.
9.Photodynamic reaction affects the production of certain cytokines derived from keratinocytes in vitro
Jiabin YANG ; Yumin XIA ; Layuan XIONG
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology 2010;16(6):394-397
Objective To investigate the effects of photodynamic reaction on cytokines production of HaCat keratinocytes treated with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). Methods The HaCat cells were cocultured in vitro with different concentrations of ALA. Three hours later PpIX levels in HaCat cells were detected, and phtotodynamic reaction was induced by 632.8 nm laser radiation on cells. The cell death was analyzed using a flow cytometer to evaluate reactive intensity. The cytokines contents in supernatant were determined, including interleukin (IL)- lα, IL-6, basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), endothelin (ET)-1 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α. Results Different cellular PpIX levels and cell death rates were seen according to ALA concentrations. The cell death rate did not exceed 10% and showed a positive linear relationship with ALA concentration (P<0.05), when the later was at 0.0-1.6 mmol/L interval. The levels of IL-1α, bFGF and TNF-α increased as ALA concentration ascended at this interval (P<0.05). No significant correlation was found between ALA concentration and IL-6 or ET-1 level (P>0.05). Conclusion The photodynamic reactive intensity could be enhanced by increasing ALA concentration. And at certain scope, higher reactive grade might induce higher levels of keratinocyte-derived cytokines.
10.Efficacy and safety of aescin combined with laser photocoagulation in the treatment of diabetic macular edema
Ling ZHAN ; Xia XIONG ; Lin WANG
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2016;29(3):286-289
Objective Diabetic macular edema( DME) is a common complication of diabetic patients.Laser photocoagula-tion therapy is effective in the treatment of DME despite of some patients with unsatisfactory curative effect or recurrence.This study was to explore efficacy and safety of aescin combined with laser photocoagulation in DME treatment. Methods A total of 102 pa-tients with diabetic macular edema in our hospital were randomly divided into control group(51 cases of 67 eyes) and combined treat-ment group (51 cases of 69 eyes).Aescin combined with laser photocoagulation were applied in observation group, and laser photoco-agulation was applied in control group.Observation was made on the changes of intraocular pressure, best corrected visual acuity( BV-CA), central macular thickness(CMT) and the leakage in macular area between the two groups before and after he treatment, along with detection on adverse reactions during the treatment. Results Com-pared with pre-treatment, there were no significant differences be-
tween the two groups in intraocular pressure at 1, 2, 3, 6 months after therapy(P>0.05), and compared with control group in the same time point, the intraocular pressure showed no change significantly in combined treatment group(P>0.05).Compared with con-trol group after therapy, the average value of BVCA in observation group showed significantly decreased at 2, 3, 6 months(Z=2.130, 1.932, 2.283;P=0.037, 0.028, 0.005) while the average value of CMT showed significant increase( Z=1.979, 2.315, 3.08;P=0.045, 0.031, 0.000).Compared with control group at the same time point, the number of patients who suffered from the leakage in macular area significantly decreased in combined treatment group at 2, 3, 6 months(χ2 =4.213, 5.074, 6.625; P=0.040, 0.024, 0.010) .7 patients(13.7%) in combined treatment group suffered from stomach and nausea during the treatment, without any observation of serious adverse reaction. Conclusion Conclusion Aescin combined with laser photocoagulation is effective for the rehabilitation of patients and chconsolidate effect with high safety, which is of great clinical application.