1.Expression of MMP-2, c-erbB-2 and clinical significance in non-small cell lung cancer
Tao ZHOU ; Suqin LIU ; Yajie GAO
Cancer Research and Clinic 2006;0(11):-
Objective To investigate the expression of MMP-2 and c-erbB-2 and evaluate the correlation of clinical pathological parameters in non-small cell lung cancer. Methods Forty-five paraffin-embedded specimens of radical postoperative non-small cell lung cancer was detective for MMP-2 and c-erbB-2 using immunohistochemical method. Results The positive rates of MMP-2 and c-erbB-2 are 57.8 %, 75.6 %, there is a significance between the expression of MMP-2 and lymph node metastases(P =0.006), the expression of c-erbB-2 is related to clinical stage and lymph node metastases (P =0.015, P =0.032), The expression of MMP-2 and c-erbB-2 are related to 5-year survival rate (P =0.002, P =0.003). Conclusion The expression of MMP-2 and c-erbB-2 is significantly related to some clinical parameters and 5-year survival rate.
2.Levels and values of serum uric acid in patients with multiple system atrophy
Yajie ZHOU ; Long WANG ; Ming YAO ; Xia ZHOU ; Zhongwu SUN
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2015;48(12):1074-1078
Objective To investigate the level and value of serum uric acid (UA) in patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA).Methods One hundred and one MSA patients were selected as the MSA group and 101 age and sex-matched healthy controls as control group.The UA concentrations and other biochemical indexes were measured by an enzymatic method and carefully analyzed.By comparing the UA concentrations for different genders, subtypes, and different levels of certainty of the MSA group with their counterparts in the control group, we obtained the differences between these two groups and also discussed possible reasons and factors.Results The serum UA levels of MSA patients ((283.74 ± 87.76) μmol/L) were significantly lower than the controls ((317.86 ± 76.95) μmol/L;t =-2.94, P < 0.05).In addition, when the male and female groups were investigated separately, the decrease of serum UA was more significant in the male group compared to the female group (t =-3.88, P < 0.01).Furthermore, by comparing different subtypes of the MSA patients with the control group, we found that the serum UA levels in both P-type or C-type MSA patients were significantly lower than in controls (t =2.92, 2.02;all P < 0.05).By comparing different levels of MSA with the control group, we obtained that UA levels in both probable MSA patients and possible MSA patients were significantly lower than in controls (t =3.13, 2.09;all P < 0.05).By adjusting for the confounding factors, such as age, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, urea nitrogen, creatinine, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, the multiple Logistic regression analysis showed that the numbers of MSA patients in the lowest level UA group (UA < 263.0 μmol/L) were higher than the high level UA group (UA > 370.5 μmol/L), though the difference did not reach statistical significance (P > 0.05).Nevertheless, the numbers of male MSA patients in the lowest level and the lower level UA groups (UA =263.0-309.0 μmol/L) were 11.5 and 10.8 times that in the high level UA group (P =0.001, P =0.003).No obviously linear relation between the level of UA and disease progression was found.Conclusions The level of serum UA is significantly decreased in MSA patients, especially in the male patients.The UA, as an antioxidant, may be beneficial to the neurodegenerative diseases.
3.Clinical effect of endovascular stent placement on intracranial internal carotid artery dissection therapy
Sixin WANG ; Wu ZHOU ; Xiongjun HE ; Kaifeng LI ; Yajie LIU
Clinical Medicine of China 2013;29(z1):104-107
Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of endovascular stent placement to the treatment of intracranial internal carotid artery dissection.Methods Two patients with intracranial internal carotid artery dissection received the treatment of stent placement,and 1 patient with a dissection of the supra clinoid internal carotid artery received conventional anticoagulation treatment.Results Two patients with intracranial internal carotid artery dissection were given treatment of Apollo stent placement,of which 1 patient had improvement of left limb paresis,the score of NIHSS from 3 before operation to 2 after operation; the other one with episodic left limb weakness was not seen any attack after stent placement.Another one patient without stent placement receiving conventional anticoagulation treatment had some improvement of right limb paralysis.Conclusion The treatment of endovascular stent placement to the intracranial internal carotid artery dissection has better clinical efficacy and especially used for those patients with no effect to the conventional anticoagulation treatment.
4.Changes of inflammatory factors and insulin resistance index in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated by depression and its clinical significance
Yajie CHENG ; Jianyan WEN ; Xiaoli TIAN ; Wencong ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2017;37(6):72-73
Objective To investigate the characteristics and significance of inflammatory factors and insulin resistance index in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with depression.MethodsThe patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with depression were treated with IL-2, TNF-α and HOMA-IR in control group.The patients in type 2 diabetes mellitus had no complication and depression., Record the above indicators of test results.ResultsIL-2, TNF-α and HOMA-IR were the highest in the study group (P<0.05).The levels of IL-2, TNF-α and HOMA-IR in control group 1 and control group 2 were significantly higher than those in control group (P<0.05).There was no significant difference between the two groups.ConclusionThere is a high level of insulin resistance index and inflammatory factor in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with depression.Therefore, it is suggested that the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus can be treated with anti-inflammatory and insulin resistance.The.
5.Clinical observation on the differences of liver function indexes in acute left heart failure and congestive heart failure
Jianyan WEN ; Xiaoyan WU ; Yajie CHENG ; Wencong ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2017;37(3):298-300
Objective To compare the differences of liver function indexes in patients with acute left heart failure and congestive heart failure , and to provide the basis for the diagnosis of heart failure .Methods 142 cases of heart failure from March 2014 to December 2015 in our hospital were selected and divided into 68 cases of acute left heart failure group and 74 cases of congestive heart failure group.The differences in liver function tests were compared between the two groups by comparing the differences in the indexes of heart failure, liver blood biochemistry, general biochemical indexes and late follow-up data.Results Compared with the indexes of heart failure, there were no significant differences in ejection fraction, NT-proBNP, history of heart failure>one years, and the number of patients with right heart failure, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Comparison of liver blood biochemistry: patients with acute left heart failure were alanine aminotransferase, aspartate amino transferase, albumin increased, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), and glutamyl aminotransferase, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, indirect bilirubin decreased, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).There was no significant difference between the two groups of patients with alkaline phosphatase and total protein.Compared with the general biochemical indexes, increased triglyceride levels in patients with congestive heart failure group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), there was no significant difference in other indexes.Conclusion AHF patients with ALT, AST increased, CHF with GGT, TBIL, DBIL, IBIL increased, ALB decreased mainly.
6.Evaluation of the diagnostic value of 99mTc-MIBI SPECT positive tumor imaging and MRI in the recurrence or postoperative residual lesions of glioma
Weixiao ZHANG ; Xiaofei XU ; Dandan SHENG ; Cheng WANG ; Lingling ZHOU ; Yajie LIU
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2015;(18):2997-3000
Objective To evaluate the value of 99mTc-MIBI SPECT positive tumor imaging and MRI in the diagnosis of recurrence and postoperative residual of glioma. Methods Of 30 cases of glioma, 21 cases were residual or recurrent of glioma, while 9 cases were not, confirmed by pathology or follow-up. 99mTc-MIBI SPECT positive tumor imaging and MRI were performed on all patients. Results The sensitivity of 99mTc-MIBI SPECT positive tumor imaging (80.1%)was lower than that of MRI (90.5%) (χ2 = 0.006 4,P = 0.035), while the specificity of 99mTc-MIBI SPECT(88.9%) was much higher than that MRI(77.8%)(χ2= 3.827,P = 0.006). The accuracy in diagnosing residual or recurrent glioma between the two imaging has no significant difference. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were 95.2%, 100% and 93.3% when the two imaging methods were combined. Conclusions 99mTc-MIBI SPECT positive tumor imaging has higher specificity in the diagnosis of recurrence and postoperative residual of glioma. The combination of 99mTc-MIBI SPECT positive tumor imaging and MRI has great clinical significance.
7.A comparative study on the inhibitory effects of commonly used clinical drugs on in vitro fibroblasts from recurrent pterygium
Yajie, SUN ; Tingting, LIN ; Yanjin, HE ; Limin, ZHU ; Yang, GAO ; Bo, ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2017;35(6):512-519
Background Pterygium is one of the common ocular surface disorders,and the main drugs for pterygium include dexamethasone (DXM),interferon α-2b (IFN-α2b),mitomycin C (MMC),5-fluorouracil (5-FU),cyclosporin A (CsA) and tacrolimus (FKS06).However,the efficacy of these drugs on the fibroblasts from recurrence pterygium is unelucidated.Objective This study was to compare the efficacy of DXM,IFN-o2b,MMC,5-FU,CsA and FK506 on proliferation and apoptosis of recurrent pterygium-derived fibroblasts in vitro.Methods The specimens of recurrence pterygium were collected during surgery in Tianjin Medical University Ophthalmological Hospital from May 2015 to July 2016 under the written informed consent.Fibroblasts were isolated and cultured by explant culture method and identified by immunochemistry.DXM,IFN-α2b,MMC,5-FU,CsA and FK506 were added into the medium for 48 hours,respectively,and the cells cultured without drug were used as the control group.The inhibitory efficiency of different concentrations of DXM,IFN-α2b,MMC,5-FU,CsA and FK506 on the cell proliferation was assayed by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8),and 50% inhibiting concentration (IC50) of the drugs was calculated.The cells were treated by the IC50 dose of drugs for 48 hours,and cell apoptotic proportion and cell cycle were assessed by flow cytometry analysis.The expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in the cells after treated by drugs was detected by immunochemistry.Results Cultured cells grew well with the fusiform shape and radial arrangement.Vimentine showed the positive expression and keratin was absently expressed in the cells.The IC50 to the cells was (3.5×103±2.83×10-2)mg/L,(6.1×102±3.6×10-3)mg/L,(3.2×10-1±1×10-4)mg/L,(2.2× 101 ± 1.2× 10-3) mg/L,(6.3 × 101 ±2.5 × 10-3) mg/L and (6.0× 101 ± 0.0× 100) mg/L in the DXM,IFN-α2b,MMC,5-FU,CsA and FK506,respectively.In the 48 hours after treated by the IC50 drugs,the apoptotic ratio was (35.00± 3.21)%,(30.37±1.67)%,(26.11±0.75)%,(22.01±0.07)%,(20.95±1.68)% and (19.85±0.52)% in the IFN-α2b group,CsA group,MMC group,FK506 group,DXM group and 5-FU group,which was significantly higher than (11.38±2.18) % in the control group (all at P<0.05).The cell proportion of G0/G1 phase,S phase and G2/M phase was (85.64±2.62)%,(5.29±1.56)% and (2.73-±2.66)% in the control group,and the cell proportion of G0/G1 phase was reduced,while that of S phase or G2/M phase was considerably increased in various drug groups (all at P<0.05),with the blocking efficiency of cell cycle was in turn MMC,CsA,5-FU,DXM,IFN-α2b and FK506.The expressional rate of PCNA in the cells was (95.00 ± 2.00) %,(82.67 ± 5.04) %,(80.00 ± 2.78) %,(64.00± 6.55)%,(38.00±3.00)%,(32.00±4.36)% and (29.67±3.02)% in the control group,FK506 group,DXM group,5-FU group,IFN-α2b group,CsA group and MMC group,showing a significant difference among the groups (F=25.995,P<0.01),and the expressional rate of PCNA was significant lower in various drug groups than that in the control group (all at P<0.05).Conclusions DXM,IFN-α2b,MMC,5-FU,CsA and FK506 are all able to inhibit the proliferation and promote the apoptosis of recurrent pterygium-derived fibroblasts in vitro,and MMC and CsA appear to have a stronger effect.
8.Application of 18F-FDG/99mTc-MIBI dual-isotope SPECT and gated myocardial imaging in early diagnosis of diabetes-induced myocardial damage
Weixiao ZHANG ; Dandan SHENG ; Xiaofei XU ; Cheng WANG ; Lingling ZHOU ; Yajie LIU
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2016;32(20):3303-3306
Objective To explore the diagnostic value of 18F-FDG/ 99mTc-MIBI dual-isotope SPECT and gated myocardial imaging in early diagnosis of diabetes-induced myocardial damage. Methods 32 patients with diabetes and 26 healthy volunteers received 18F-FDG/ 99mTc-MIBI dual-isotope SPECT and gated myocardial imaging for assessing myocardial ischemia, viability status, and cardiac function. Results Myocardial perfusion abnormalitieswere observed in 47 regions on myocardial perfusion imagingin 21 of 32 (65.6%)patients with diabetes, showing perfusion/metabolism mismatched and suggesting viable myocardium. All the volunteers were normal on DISA. As compared with the normal control group, the positive rate of DISA in diabetic patients was significantly higher (P < 0.01). Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was (54.3 ± 7.2%) and (67.3±4.9%) respectively, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusions 18F-FDG/ 99mTc-MIBI dual-isotope SPECT and gated myocardial imaging can assess myocardial ischemia ,viability and cardiac function in diabetic patients, and it is helpful for the early diagnosis of cardiac damage in patients with diabetes mellitus.
9.Diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging combined with transvaginal color doppler sonography on early-stage cervical cancer
Yijun GAO ; Yajie ZHANG ; Hongping ZHOU ; Yun LIU ; Jian WANG ; Jingwang LIU
Journal of Practical Radiology 2016;32(8):1242-1245
Objective To evaluate the predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)and transvaginal color doppler sonography (TVCDS)for the early-stage cervical cancer.Methods MRI and TVCDS images data of thirty-five patients with early-stage cervical cancer in Kailuan general hospital were retrospectively analyzed.The clinical stage of cases wereⅠb andⅡa.All patients were performed with MRI and TVCDS pre-operation.The accuracy rate of different methods and combined application were statistically analyzed.Results There were significant difference between MRI,TVCDS,MRI combined with TVCDS for tumor diameter,cervical stromal invasion,vaginal invasion,parametrial invasion,lymph node metastases(P<0.05),which accuracy rates were 88.4%,79.2%,89.4%,97.4%, 92.3% respectively for MRI combined with TVCDS.The MRI combined with TVCDS was the best method.Conclusion MRI combined with TVCDS has key value for early diagnosis of cervical cancer pre-operation.It can help to completely understand the situation of early stage cervical cancer and to select the suitable treatment.
10.Changes in serum levels of stress factors before and after laser therapy for retinopathy of prematurity
Wanhua XIE ; Yajie LI ; Daoman XIANG ; Feng CHEN ; Zhengshan CHEN ; Peizhen LIU ; Wei ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2014;29(10):765-768
Objective To investigate the alterations of dopamine,norepinephrine,cortisol,C-reactive protein (CRP),heart rate (HR),respiratory rate (RR) and mean artery pressure (MAP) before and after the laser photoeoagulation for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) with topical anesthesia and to provide the guideline for improving its routine management and interventions.Methods Thirty children with ROP who received ROP laser photocoagulation in Guang zhou Women and Children's Medical Center from May to Dec.2012 were selected.The blood of the 30 cases of infants were collected at 4 time points:before laser therapy,the end of laser therapy,1 hour and 24 hours after laser therapy.The concentrations of dopamine,norepinephrine,cortisol and CRP in plasma were measured at each time point with radio immunoassay,and the values of HR,RR and MAP of infants were recorded as well.Results The levels of dopamine,norepinephrine and cortisol at the end and 1 hour after therapy were higher than those in the quiet state before therapy,and the differences were statistically significant (t =6.39,2.55 ; t =7.74,2.91 ; t =8.87,2.15 ; all P < 0.05) ; the levels of CRP at the end of therapy,1 hour and 24 hours after therapy had no statistical difference in comparison with those in quiet state before therapy (t =0.06,0.89,1.16; all P > 0.05) ; the levels of HR and RR at the end of therapy,1 hour and 24 hours after therapy had statistical difference in comparison with those in the quiet state before therapy (t =4.33,3.84,3.38 ; t =6.81,4.42,2.96 ; all P < 0.05).The level of MAP at the end of therapy had statisti cal difference in comparison with that in the quiet state before therapy (t =6.10,P < 0.001).Conclusions Infantswho experieneed ROP laser photocoagulation had stress response.Clinicians should pay more attention to monitoring HR and RR of preterm infants receiving retinal laser photocoagulation under topical anesthesia and take active intrvventions in order to relieve the stress response.