1.The effect of sciatic nerve injection of dexmedetomidine on the nociceptive behavior and spinal c-fos expression in formalin mice
Jingru WU ; Xiujing DANG ; Shiyu SU ; Jie WANG
Chongqing Medicine 2013;(33):4053-4055
Objective To investigate the effect of sciatic nerve injection of dexmedetomidine on the nociceptive behavior and spi-nal c-fos expression in formalin mice .Methods Adult male Kunming mice ,20-25 g ,were divided into 4 groups randomly :mice in group A and D were given an injection of NS (10 μL) and 0 .1 μg dexmedetomidine in 10 μL adjacent to the right sciatic nerve , sepretely .Mice in group B received intacutaneous injection of 10μL formalin(5% ) in the right hindpaws .Mice in group C were giv-en an injection of 0 .1 μg dexmedetomidine in 10 μL adjacent to the right sciatic nerve 15 min before formalin injection in the right hindpaws .Paw licking/biting time was counted every 5 min for an hour after hindpaw injections ,calculated pain score .1 hour after behavior tests ,the L4-5 of spinal cord were harvested to immunofluorescence for c-fos expression in the dorsal corn of spinal cord . Results Mice in group A、C and D showed no obvious foot licking/biting behaviors and a low level of c-fos expression in the dorsal corn of spinal cord .Compared with group A ,mice in group B displayed obvious two phases foot licking/biting behaviors(P<0 .05 , both in Phase Ⅰ and Phase Ⅱ) and a significant increasing expression of c-fos(P<0 .05) .Compared with group B ,dexmedetomi-dine injected to the adjacent of right sciatic nerve decreased the pain score and spinal c-fos expression in goup C(P<0 .05) .Conclu-sion Injection of dexmedetomidine to the right sciatic nerve alleviated intraplantar injected formalin-induced acute inflammatory pain ,and reduced the expression of spinal c-fos protein .
2.Inhibition Effect of Ki67 AS-ODN and Its Combination with Paclitaxel on PC-3 Cells
Xiujing YANG ; Yan DONG ; Lian ZHOU ; Song WU ; Haibiao LAI ; Peixun WANG
Traditional Chinese Drug Research & Clinical Pharmacology 1993;0(04):-
Objective To investigate the inhibition effect of Ki67 AS-ODN on pr ostate carcinoma PC-3 cells,and its possible synergism existing in combination of Ki67 AS-ODN and paclitaxel.Methods Ki67 AS-ODN were transfected into PC-3 cells by lipofectamine. Cell proliferation was measured by CCK8 method,and Ki6 7 mRNA expression was detected by RT-PCR. The synergetic effect of Ki67 AS-ODN combined with paclitaxel was evaluated by Zhengjun Jin Q method. Results AS-OD N at the concentration of 31.25 nmol /L can significantly inhibit PC-3 cells pr oliferation(P
3.Current status of cigarette and electronic cigarette use among adults in Zhejiang Province
Yue XU ; Xiujing HU ; Heni CHEN ; Xuehai ZHANG ; Qingqing WU ; Dingming YAO ; Shuiyang XU
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2022;34(5):439-444
Objective:
To investigate the prevalence of cigarette and electronic cigarette ( e-cigarette ) use among adults in Zhejiang Province, so as to provide insights into tobacco control.
Methods :
Thirty study sites were randomly sampled from Zhejiang Province in 2020 using a multi-stage stratified random sampling method, and permanent residents at ages of 15 to 69 years were selected as study subjects. A questionnaire was designed based on the questionnaire for the China Adult Tobacco Survey to collect subjects' demographic characteristics, cigarette and e-cigarette use, smoking cessation and exposure to secondhand smoke ( SHS ). The weighted prevalence of smoking, current smoking, current e-cigarette smoking, smoking cessation and exposure to SHS was estimated based on the Seventh National Population Census in 2020.
Results :
A total of 19 200 questionnaires were recovered, and 19 180 were valid, with an effective recovery rate of 99.90%. The respondents had a mean age of ( 50.30±12.90 ) years, with a male to female ratio of 1∶1.06 and an urban/rural population ratio of 1∶1.31. Among all the respondents, there were 6 033 smokers ( 31.45% ), 4 163 current smokers ( 21.70% ), 201 current e-cigarette users ( 1.05% ), 146 cigarette and e-cigarette dual users ( 0.76% ), 1 870 respondents quitting smoking ( 31.00% of smokers ) and 7 189 respondents with exposure to SHS ( 47.87% of non-smokers ). The weighted prevalence of smoking, current e-cigarette use, cigarette and e-cigarette dual uses, smoking cessation and exposure to SHS was 20.49%, 1.34%, 0.94%, 29.56% and 49.53% in Zhejiang Province, respectively, and the prevalence of current smoking, current e-cigarette use, cigarette and e-cigarette dual uses and exposure to SHS was 40.39%, 2.39%, 1.86% and 55.31% among males and 0.35%, 0.28%, <0.01% and 46.02% among females, respectively. The highest prevalence of current smoking was seen among respondents at ages of 55 to 64 years ( 24.24% ), while the highest prevalence of current e-cigarette use and cigarette and e-cigarette dual uses was seen in adults at ages of 25 to 34 years ( 2.18% and 1.58% ).
Conclusions
The prevalence of current e-cigarette use was higher among adults in Zhejiang Province in 2020 than the nationwide level in China. The prevalence of cigarette use was lower among adults in Zhejiang Province in 2020 than the nationwide level in China; however, improving the management of tobacco control in public places and the capacity building of smoking cessation services is still required to reduce the use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
4.Undercover investigation on the smoke-free environment in medical and healthcare institutions in Zhejiang Province
Qiaohong LÜ ; Xuehai ZHANG ; Qingqing WU ; Shuiyang XU ; Yue XU ; Yu HUANG ; Xiujing HU
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2022;34(5):475-478
Objective :
To investigate the establishment of smoke-free environments in medical and healthcare institutions in Zhejiang Province, so as to provide the evidence for improving the implementation of the tobacco control policy in medical and healthcare institutions.
Methods:
Health administrative sectors and public health institutions at provincial, city and county levels, secondary and tertiary medical institutions, and community health service/township health centers in Zhejiang Province were enrolled. The status of institutional establishment of smoke-free environments was investigated through concealed photography and consulting medical service guides by the assigned the third-party professional investigation company in 2021. The layout of smoke-free environments and indoor smoking were assessed according to the Criteria for Scoring Smoking-free Medical and Healthcare Institutions.
Results:
Totally 547 medical and healthcare institutions were enrolled in this undercover investigation, including 102 health administrative sectors, 209 public health institutions, 146 secondary and tertiary medical institutions, and 90 community health service/township health centers. The gross mean scores of establishment of smoke-free environments were 83.41±12.19 among all medical and healthcare institutions, 82.02±10.73, 85.56±9.70 and 83.18±12.59 among province-, city- and county-level medical and healthcare institutions, respectively, and the gross mean scores of establishment of smoke-free environments were 82.60±12.27, 85.79±10.74, 80.89±13.85, 82.27±11.62 scores among health administrative sectors, public health institutions, secondary and tertiary medical institutions and community health service/township health centers, respectively. There were 315 institutions with no smoking signs at entrances (57.59%), 255 institutions posting no smoking signs ( 46.62% ), 245 institutions assigning two and more types of health education materials for tobacco control ( 44.79% ), 110 institutions with outdoor smoking areas ( 51.16% ), 66 secondary and tertiary medical institutions with smoking cessation clinics ( 45.20% ) and 354 institutions with carpet smoking bans in indoor places ( 64.72% ).
Conclusions
The overall establishment of smoke-free environments is satisfactory among medical and healthcare institutions in Zhejiang Province. Nevertheless, improving the coverage of no smoking signs and health education of tobacco control, promoting the standardized construction of smoking cessation clinics and establishing a long-action tobacco control mechanism are still needed.
5.Health literacy among rural residents in Zhejiang Province from 2016 to 2021
Xiaotong YAN ; Yue XU ; Dingming YAO ; Xiujing HU ; Xuehai ZHANG ; Qingqing WU ; Jinhang XU
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2022;34(10):1053-1058
Objective:
To investigate the changing trends in the prevalence of health literacy among rural residents in Zhejiang Province from 2016 to 2021, so as to provide the evidence for formulating the health promotion strategy in rural areas.
Methods:
Rural residents' health literacy surveillance data were retrieved in Zhejiang Province from 2016 to 2021. The prevalence of health literacy was evaluated among rural residents according to the criteria defined by Chinese Center for Health Education, and standardized by Zhejiang Provincial population data captured from the national population census in China. The 6-year cumulative increase from 2016 to 2021 was estimated to investigate the changing trends in the prevalence of health literacy.
Results:
Totally 55 568 rural residents were monitored in Zhejiang Province from 2016 to 2021, including 26 893 men (48.40%) and 28 675 women (51.60%) and 32 156 residents at ages of 45 to 65 years (57.87%). The prevalence of health literacy was 18.00%, 21.52%, 25.53%, 27.54%, 30.85%, and 34.32% among rural residents in Zhejiang Province from 2016 to 2021, appearing a tendency towards a rise (χ2trend=661.376, P<0.001), and a 16.32% 6-year cumulative increase was seen. The prevalence of basic knowledge and concept, healthy lifestyle and behaviors and basic skills all appeared a tendency towards a rise (P<0.05), with 6-year cumulative increase rates of 24.48%, 11.08% and 8.11%, respectively. Among six categories of health issues, the prevalence of chronic disease prevention, scientific health outlook and health information literacy showed a tendency towards a rise year by year (P<0.05), with 6-year cumulative increase rates of 29.73%, 21.07% and 15.98%, respectively, and the prevalence of basic medical care, safety and first aid, and infectious disease prevention literacy appeared a fluctuation (P<0.05), with 6-year cumulative increase rates of 12.85%, 6.36% and -0.47%, respectively. The prevalence of health literacy appeared an overall tendency towards a rise in rural residents with different genders, age groups, educational levels and occupations (P<0.05), with a minor 6-year cumulative increase in residents at ages of 55 years and older and farmers, while a tendency towards a decline was seen among illiterate rural residents, with a 6-year cumulative rise of -3.16%.
Conclusions
The prevalence of health literacy appeared a tendency towards a rise among rural residents in Zhejiang Province from 2016 to 2021; however, the rate of increase reduced year by year. Health education and promotion should be enhanced targeting the elderly, individuals with low educational levels and farmers.
8.Difference in lymphocyte heat shock protein 71 (HSP71) expression in soldiers of armed police forces from different climatic zones.
Huasong ZENG ; Chengfeng XIAO ; Xiujing JING ; Miao YANG ; Lei KE ; Qian XU ; Hao TAN ; Fangze LI ; Tangchun WU
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2002;20(4):282-284
OBJECTIVETo analyze the difference between basal and heat-inducible levels of lymphocyte heat shock protein 71 (HSP71) expression in soldiers from Beijing, Zhengzhou and Guangzhou.
METHODSFlow cytometry and Comet assay were used to detect the level of HSP71 and DNA damage respectively.
RESULTSComet assay showed that there was no significant DNA damage before and after heat stress at 41 degrees C for 1 h, and also no difference found among the 3 climatic zones(P > 0.05). HSP71 of all soldiers in the 3 zones elevated after stress (P < 0.05). The basal and heat-inducible levels of HSP71 in Beijing soldiers(845.87 +/- 135.60 and 1254. 47 +/- 239.05 mean fluorescence intensity respectively) were higher than those in Guangzhou soldiers(702.73 +/- 184.70 and 861.72 +/- 225.12 mean fluorescence intensity respectively) (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONThe differences of lymphocyte HSP71 expression before and after heat stress among the soldiers from Beijing, Zhengzhou and Guangzhou suggest that basal and heat-inducible levels of lymphocyte HSP71 expression may be considered as a valuable index to evaluate heat tolerance of soldiers in different climatic zones.
Climate ; Comet Assay ; DNA Damage ; Flow Cytometry ; Heat Stress Disorders ; metabolism ; Heat-Shock Proteins ; biosynthesis ; Humans ; Lymphocytes ; metabolism ; Military Personnel ; Police
9.Construction of a model for assessing the malignant risk of patients with gastric disease based on conventional laboratory indi-cators
Mengmeng WANG ; Xiujing HAN ; Shuyi WU ; Jiaqing HU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science 2024;42(9):653-658
Objective To construct a model for predicting the benign and malignant risk of the patients with gastric diseases using con-ventional laboratory indicators such as tumor markers,blood routine,and coagulation indicators,and validate its predictive value.Methods The medical records of patients with gastric diseases who visited the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical Univer-sity from January 2018 to January 2023 were analyzed retrospectively.According to the pathological results,the patients were divided into the gastric cancer(GC)group(n=134)and chronic non-atrophic gastritis(CNAG)group(n=298).Their routine test data such as serum and whole blood tests were collected.The statistical analysis was conducted using the R 4.2.3 software,and a model for pre-dicting the risk of GC was constructed and validated.Results A model for predicting the risk of GC was constructed successfully using the Logistic regression analysis,which included D-dimer,carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA),carbohydrate antigen 72-4(CA72-4)and hemoglobin(Hb).A visual nomogram was plotted as the final prediction model.The areas under the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve(AUCROC)of the model in the training and testing sets were 0.809(95%CI:0.754-0.864)and 0.808(95%CI:0.724-0.892),respectively.The sensitivity and specificity of the model were 58.5%and 93.3%,respectively,indicating that it had good pre-dictive ability.Conclusion The model for predicting the malignant risk of patients with gastric diseases constructed using routine tes-ting indicators has good accuracy and can effectively predict the risk of gastric disease transforming into gastric cancer.It helps to find early gastric cancer patients in clinical practice and take targeted prevention and intervention measures.
10.Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for failure to separate from bypass after arterial switch operation
Lifen YE ; Yong FAN ; Zewei ZHANG ; Xiujing WU ; Qiang SHU ; Ru LIN
Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018;34(8):457-460
Objective To summary the clinical experience of ECMO for failure to separate from bypass after arterial switch operation of TGA.Methods 8 TGA patients (6 boys and 2 girls,aged 1 day to 3.5 years and weighing 2.7-11.0 kg,3 VSD intact and 5 with VSD,others complicated malformation including COA,left ventricular outtract stenosis) were treated with VA ECMO owing to failure to separate from bypass caused by low output syndrome after ASO between July 2007 and June 2016.We collected the medical records and analyzed the indication,management and complication of ECMO for this patient population.There were two stages of ECMO supporting for low output after ASO,The first stage was to improve tissue perfusion and correct inner environment by high flow supporting,and the second stage was ventricular function training.ECMO was weaned when the blood pressure was more than 60 mmHg and the difference value of systolic pressure and diastolic pressure was 15-20 mmHg under medium dose inotropics supporting.Volume infusion was limited strictly during ECMO.Results The running time were 22-300 h.5 patients were weaned from ECMO successfully and 4 patients discharged to home.The long-term follow-up of echocardiography indicated normal cardiac function in 3 patients.1 older child had left cardiac failure again after weaning from ECMO 12 days later;he was supported by LVAD subsequently.LVAD was weaned after 236h supporting,unfortunately,He died from cardiac failure 50 days after LVAD weaning.3 patients could not wean from ECMO and died.The main complications were bleeding and pericardial tamponade.Conclusion VA ECMO was effective treatment for failure to separate from bypass after switch operation of TGA.The high mortality was seen in patients with intramural coronary arterial.The myocardial structure perhaps changed secondary in older TGA children,ECMO and LVAD can be used as short-term circulatory transition to artificial heart or transplant.Bleeding was the main complication of this population;surgical hemostasis and accurate coagulation management were the guarantee for successful ECMO running.