1.Effect of c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase Signal Transduction Pathway on Hyperoxia-Induced Lung Injury in Rats
Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 1992;0(06):-
Objective To explore the effect of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase(JNK)signal transduction pathway on hyperoxia-induced lung injury in rats.Methods Twenty-four Wistar rats aged 3 weeks were randomly divided into 3 groups(n=8):room-air control group,7 d hyperoxia exposure group,and 7 d hyperoxia exposure with inhibitor of JNK intervention group.The rats in hyperoxia exposure group were exposed to high concentration of oxygen [fractional concentration of inspired oxygen(FiO2)≥950 mL?L-1] at normal pressure.The rats in room-air control group were placed in room air(FiO2=210 mL?L-1)at normal pressure.The rats in JNK inhibitor intervention group were intraperitoneally injected 30 mg?kg-1 SP600125 and exposed to hyperoxia 2 h later.The histopathological changes of lung tissues were observed by means of light microscope,therefore the changes of lung W/D weight ratio,total protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF)and lung permeation index were detected.The extent of lung cells apoptosis was analyzed by terminal deoxynucleotidyltrans-ferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assay.The protein level of p-JNK was measured by Western blotting analysis.Results Compared with room-air control group,conspicuous hyperaemia,edema,hemorrhage and extensive inflammation cells infiltration in the lung tissues were significantly observed in 7 d hyperoxia exposure group.The lung W/D weight ratio,total protein in BALF,lung permeation index,cell apoptotic index and the p-JNK protein levels of lung tissues all significantly increased in 7 d hyperoxia exposure group compared with those in room-air control group(Pa
2.A Study of Adverse Drug Reactions of Durogesic
Ying GUAN ; Lijuan HU ; Feng XU
China Pharmacy 2001;0(07):-
OBJECTIVE:To study the incidence of adverse drug reactions(ADRs) and the rational use of Durogesic in in-patients METHODS:37 in-patients treated with Durogesic in Department of Oncology in our hospital were prospectively observed,and its analgesic efficacy and incidence,severity and the outcome of ADRs were evaluated RESULTS:The alleviating effect of Durogesic on carcinomatous pain was 100% Of 37 patients,ADRs were found in 4 cases with a ADR rate of 10 8% CONCLUSION:Durogesic is effective in clinical use,but attention should be paid to monitoring ADRs and avoiding irrational use of drug
3.Effect of miR-181d on chemo-sensitivity in human small cell lung cancer
Yuntao WANG ; Yifeng BAI ; Honglin HU ; Feng XU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2015;(6):345-350
Objective:To investigate the possible role of miR-181d in regulating the multidrug resistance (MDR) of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and its clinical significance. Methods: Quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR) and Western blot were used to investigate the differential expression of miR-181d and BCL2 from mRNA and protein levels in the chemo-sensitivity cell H69 and the chemo-resistance cell H69AR. The miR-181d expression in H69AR was then upregulated. More-over, CCK8 assay was employed to detect the sensitivities of the cells to chemotherapy drugs, such as ADM, DDP, and VP-16. Mean-while, the expression of miR-181d in the specimens of 87 cases with SCLC were detected using QRT-PCR. All patients received the chemotherapeutic regimen of EP (etoposide+cisplatin). Correlation of the miR-181d expression with clinicopathological features, prog-nosis, and survival time of the patients was studied. Results:miR-181d was downregulated in the SCLC multidrug-resistant cell line H69AR and chemo-resistant patients. Moreover, miR-181d was concurrent with the upregulation of BCL2 protein compared with the parental H69 cell line and chemo-sensitive patients (P<0.001). miR-181d expression in H69 cells resistant to chemotherapy drugs (ADM, DDP, and VP-16) was inhibited (P<0.01). Enforced miR-181d expression reduced the BCL2 protein level and sensitized H69AR cells to chemotherapy drugs (P<0.01). miR-181d expression was associated with tumor stage, sensitivity of chemotherapy, and survival time (all P<0.001). Patients with high miR-181d expression had longer overall survival and progress-free survival time com-pared with those with low miR-181d expression (P<0.001). Conclusion: miR-181d may play a role in the development of MDR in SCLC and may be a potential predictive factor for treatment efficacy.
4.Time-varying source analysis of auditory-visual stimuli evoked event-related potentials
Li FENG ; Xiaobo XIE ; Hongyan CUI ; Shengpu XU ; Yong HU
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2014;37(4):197-200
Objective Dipole source analysis was employed to investigate the transient changes in brain mechanisms at earlier latencies.Methods Fourteen healthy volunteers were recruited in this research and evoked event-related potentials (ERPs) of unimodal and bimodal visual auditory stimuli were recorded by 64-electrodes electroencephalograph (EEG) recording system.All these earlier phases of the stimuli were divided into several subphases by specific time window for source analysis.Results The results showed that ERPs sources were mainly generated from visual and audio cortex,and there were changes in the location and strength of the dipole sources in each sub-phase.Conclusions The result of this study implies a serial processing of sensory information in human cortices in early phase of visual and auditory stimuli.
5.Expression and identification of ANO1 in mouse cardiomyocytes
Yiju HOU ; Huijing XU ; Yunqiao ZHANG ; Xihong HU ; Feng HAO
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2015;(3):539-542
AIM:To explore the expression of anoctamin 1 (ANO1), one of calcium-activated chloride chan-nels ( CaCCs) , in mouse cardiomyocytes and its functional properties.METHODS:The cardiomyocytes from the myocar-dial tissues of C57BL/6 mice were isolated with enzyme and purified by the differential adherent method.The cells were stained with monoclonal anti-sarcomeric actin and Cy3 to evaluate the purity of the myocardial cells.RT-PCR was used to detect the mRNA expression of ANO1 in the mouse cardiomyocytes.The protein expression of ANO1 in the mouse cardio-myocytes was determined by Western blotting analysis.The fluorescence quenching kinetics experiment was used to identify the ion transport properties of ANO1 in the mouse cardiomyocytes.RESULTS: The results of RT-PCR confirmed that ANO1 was expressed in freshly isolated myocardial cells.The results of Western blotting clearly demonstrated the protein expression of ANO1 in primarily cultured myocardial cells.Fluorescence quenching kinetics experiment on freshly isolated single myocardial cell revealed a pronounced outward rectifying property of the ANO1.The functional properties were simi-lar to the classic CaCCs.CONCLUSION:ANO1 expression was identified in the mouse myocardial cells.The function of CaCCs was generated by ANO1, suggesting that ANO1 is the molecular basis of CaCCs.
6.Analysis of the Patterns and Types of Consonant Errors in Adults with Functional Articulation Disorders
Lina XU ; Feng LI ; Ziyuan LV ; Nan GAO ; Mingfang HU
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology 2017;25(2):149-153
Objective To explore the clinical characteristics of consonant errors in adults with functional ar-ticulation disorders (FAD) .Methods Speech evaluations were carried out on 42 adult subjects with FAD .Then the articulation patterns and types of erroneous consonants were classified and analyzed .Results The main erroneous articulation patterns of the adults were substitution ,distortion ,followed by omission .The abnormal consonants which were classified according to the place of articulation were found as follows :blade-palatal(39 cases) ,supra-dental(31 cases) ,lingua-palatal(22 cases) ,velar(19 cases) ,blade-alveolar(18 cases) ,labiodental(6 cases) and bi-labial consonant(6 cases) .Erroneous consonants which were sorted according to the error frequency by descending order lied in/sh/,/zh/,/ch/,/r/,/z/,/c/,/s/,/q/,/x/,/j/,/g/,/k/,/h/,/t/,/l/,/d/,/f/ and /p/.The error types were fronting of tongue(22 cases) ,unaspiration(12 cases) ,lateralization(12 cases) ,omission(9 cases) ,back-ing of tongue (8 cases) ,replacement by lingua-palatal(4 cases) ,bilabial(4 cases) and labiodental consonant(3 ca-ses) .Conclusion The main erroneous articulation patterns of adults with FAD are substitution and distortion .The erroneous consonants are blade -palatal ,supradental ,lingua-palatal ,velar and blade-alveolar .The error types are fronting of tongue ,unaspiration ,lateralization and omission .
7.Treating substitution and distortion among adults with functional articulation disorders
Lina XU ; Feng LI ; Nan GAO ; Mingfang HU
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2017;39(3):175-179
Objective To explore the clinical characteristics of adults with functional articulation disorders (FADs) and suitable speech training methods.Methods Phonological evaluation was carried out for 37 adults with functional articulation disorders whose clinical characteristics were analyzed,then targeted speech training was established.Results The main erroneous articulation patterns of the adults were substitution,followed by distortion and omission.The erroneous articulation types included forward movement of the tongue (19 cases),insufficient aspiration (11 cases),lateralization (10 cases),backward movement of the tongue (7 cases),omission of consonants (7 cases),conprehensive errors (4 cases),and replacement by labiodental and lingua-palatal phonemes (3 and 2 cases respectively).Twenty-eight adults were cured,8 adults were improved,and 1 adult showed unsatisfactory effects after 1 to 5 courses of speech training.The average speech intelligibility score increased significantly from (56.03±14.71)% before speech training to (91.22±10.10)% afterward.Conclusion The main erroneous patterns of adults with functional articulation disorders are substitution and distortion.Targeted speech training was shown to be significantly effective.
8.Phonological Characteristics and Rehabilitation Training of Bilabial Consonant Articulation Disorders in Patients Repaired Cleft Palate
Mingfang HU ; Feng LI ; Lina XU ; Yanyun ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2017;23(2):211-216
Objective To investigate phonological characteristics and rehabilitation training approaches of bilabial consonant articula-tion disorders in patients after repaired cleft palate. Methods From January, 2012 to January, 2016, 51 patients with velopharyngeal incom-petence (VPI) and 57 patients with velopharyngeal competence (VPC) after cleft palate repaire were enrolled. Their phonological character-istics of bilabial consonants articulation disorders were analyzed. They accepted specific rehabilitation training. The correlation between bila-bial consonants articulation disorders and age was analyzed. Results/b/ showed mainly weak pressure in both VPI and VPC patients,/p/showed mainly weak pressure in VPI patients,/p/was mainly substituted by/b/in VPC patients. 46 cases were cured and 2 cases improved in VPI patients after 1-6 weeks of rehabilitation, and the overall cure rate was 90.20%(46/51), and was respectively 100%(13/13), 93.74%(15/16), 77.27%(17/22) in those with mild, moderate and severe disorder. 53 cases were cured and 4 cases improved in VPC patients after 1-5 weeks of rehabilitation, the overall cure rate was 92.98%(53/57), and was respectively 100%(17/17), 90.48%(19/21), 89.47%(17/19) in those with mild, moderate and severe disorder. The number of incorrect words negatively correlated with age in VPC patient (r=-1.000, P<0.001). Conclusion Bilabial consonant articulation disorders occurs mainly on/b/and/p/in patients repaired cleft palate,/b/shows main-ly weak pressure,/p/shows mainly weak pressure and substitution. Specific speech rehabilitation training is significantly effective.
9.Influence of Different Extraction and Purification Methods on Astragalus Polysaccharides and Pharmacological Evaluation
Yifang YANG ; Jingqian FENG ; Haiyan XU ; Danming PENG ; Jianping HU
Chinese Herbal Medicines 2010;2(1):54-61
Objective To clarify the influence on component and pharmacological action of Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) as complementary therapeutic agents prepared by different extraction and purification techniques. Methods Components of APS prepared by different extraction and purification techniques were analyzed, and these APS were used for synergy and attenuation of chemotherapy, radiotherapy treatment with H22 liver cancer and Lewis lung cancer of tumor-bearing mice, and also used for the regulation of immune function to immunosuppression mice. Results Experimental data were analyzed by means of statistical method to get pharmaco-result: A3 (extracted by microwave assistance and purified by membrane separation) > A4 (extracted by refluxing and purified by membrane separation) > A1 (extracted by refluxing and no purification)≈ A2 (extracted by microwave assistance and no purification). There were no significant differences on pharmacodynamic action between A1 and A2. However, compared with A1 and A2,it was worth noting that A3 and A4 exhibited good pharmacodynamic action. Then A3-in and A4-in, the samples in dialyzer after dialysis, were separated and purified to get homogeneous APS, which were the principal constituents of APS in dialyzer, with the molecular weight (Mw) of 7669 and 14 142 determined by HPGPC, respectively. The average Mw of APS outside of the dialyzer, A3-out was 3102 and A4-out 3256, which were the main compositions of A3 and A4, accounted for 79.63% and 53.92%, respectively. Conclusion APS with Mw about 5000 Da exhibit better antitumor effect and immunological activity. Refluxing, microwave assistance extractions, and membrane enrichment techniques bring different cases on Mw distribution, components and pharmacodynamic action, and obviously exhibit relationship among component, Mw distribution, and pharmacological action.
10.Reliability of extravascular lung water index and pulmonary vascular permeability index in assessing severity of acute respiratory distress syndrome in critically ill patients
Xuezhen HU ; Yuqiang GONG ; Peng YANG ; Laifang SUN ; Feng XU
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2016;36(1):88-91
Objective To investigate the reliability of extravascular lung water index (EVLWI) and pulmonary vascular permeability index (PVPI) in assessing the severity of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in critically ill patients.Methods Forty-six patients with ARDS,who were admitted in our emergency intensive care unit,aged 18-72 yr,weighing 46-72 kg,of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation Ⅱ score 11-25,were divided into 3 groups:PaO2/FiO2 ≤ 100 mmHg severe group (n =16);100 mmHg <PaO2/FiO2 ≤ 200 mmHg moderate group (n =14);200 mmHg <PaO2/FiO2 ≤ 300 mmHg mild group (n=16).Before treatment,and at 24 and 72 h after diagnosis of ARDS,PVPI,EVLWI,cardiac index (CI),and intrathoracic blood volume index (ITBVI) were measured,and blood gas analysis was performed.PaO2/FiO2 was calculated.The 28 day fatality after admission to hospital was recorded.Person correlation of PVPI and EVLWI with PaO2/FiO2,ITBVI and CI was analyzed.Results The PVPI,EVLWI and fatality rate were significantly higher at each time point in moderate group and severe group than in mild group,and in severe group than in moderate group (P<0.05).The correlation coefficient between PVPI and PaO2/FiO2 was 0.778,and between EVLWI and PaO2/FiO2 was-0.437 (P<0.05).There was no correlation between CI and ITBVI (P>0.05).The correlation coefficient between EVLWI and PaO2/FiO2 was-0.448,and between EVLWI and ITBVI was 0.347 (P<0.05).There was no significant difference between the correlation coefficient between PVPI and PaO2/FiO2 and the correlation coefficient between EVLWI and PaO2/FiO2 (P<0.05).Conclusion PVPI and EVLWI both can assess the severity of ARDS in critically ill patients,showing a consistent reliability.