1.Investigation and Analysis on the Label Information of Package Inserts of Pediatric Applicable Drugs of Our Hospital
Dan ZHANG ; Gen LI ; Xiajing CHEN ; Li LI ; Jia YANG
China Pharmacy 2015;(22):3153-3155,3156
OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for regulating pediatric clinical drugs. METHODS:Package inserts of pediatric drugs used by the outpatient,inpatient and emergency pharmacies of our hospital during January and March in 2015 were collected. The information about pediatric drugs in the package inserts,including drug name,indications or functions,specification,adminis-tration and dosage,was calculated and analyzed. 815 kinds of drugs applicable to adults and children in our hospital were studied to summarize and analyze the dosage form,specification and dose of pediatric applicable drugs. RESULTS:438 package inserts were collected,including 327 related to chemicals and biologicals among which those imported or produced by sino-foreign joint venture were labeled with more complete information about drug use for children compared to those made in China,and 111 rele-vant to Chinese patent medicines and natural medicines for which there were significantly insufficient information about drug use for children. The applicable drugs with the dosage form for children and those with the specification therefor respectively accounted for 51.17% and 31.65% of the above-mentioned 815 kinds of drugs,and were mainly available as injections,tablets or capsules, granules and oral liquid. The drugs labeled with the dose based on the age group of children such as infant,preschooler,school child and adolescent(1-18 years old)accounted for 61.24% of those with the specification for children,the drugs labeled with the dose for babies (28 d-1 year old) accounted for 26.74% thereof,and the drugs labeled with the dose for neonatus (younger than 28 d)accounted for 12.02% thereof. CONCLUSIONS:The label information and variety of pediatric applicable drugs are marked-ly insufficient. It is suggested that our country should formulate relevant policies,strengthen the development of pediatric drugs and improve the data for clinical use thereof to ensure the safety of clinical use for children.
2.Hepatitis B virus X protein induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition through c-Src activation in liver cancer cells
Shizhong YANG ; Zhiyuan ZHAO ; Weisheng YUAN ; Gen CHEN ; Yujun ZHANG ; Aiqun ZHANG ; Jiahong DONG
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2015;21(3):200-203
Objective To examine the role of c-Src activation in hepatitis B virus X (HBx) protein induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in liver cancer.Methods SMMC-7721 liver cancer cells were transfected with HBx gene to induce EMT and the activated c-Src expression was evaluated by Western blot.Both the morphological changes and the epithelial and mesenchymal markers expression (real-time PCR,western blot and immunocytochemistry) of HBx-transfected SMMC-7721 cell treated by c-Src kinase inhibitor PP2 and negative control PP3 were observed and compared,respectively.Results The activated c-Src expression in HBx gene transfected SMMC-7721 cells was significantly increased compared to that in mock transfected cells,c-Src kinase inhibitor PP2 could enable the HBx-transfected SMMC-7721 cells to transmit from spindle-like shape to original epithelial morphology.Western blot and immunocytochemistry confirmed that the expression of epithelial markers and mesenchymal markers almost returned to the levels of parental cells,indicating the mesenchymal-epithelial transition.Conclusions c-Src activation plays a key role in the process of EMT induced by HBx protein in SMMC-7721 cells.
3.Clinical and anatomic analysis of children with congenital bridging bronchus malformation
Senqiang ZENG ; Huifeng FAN ; Gen LU ; Dongwei ZHANG ; Xiaofei XIE ; Li HUANG ; Diyuan YANG ; Mingjie ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2017;32(16):1262-1266
Objective To analyze the clinical and anatomic characteristics of bridging bronchus (BB) malformation in children,and to explore its diagnostic strategy,treatment and risk factors.Methods A retrospective study was performed in 23 pediatric patients with BB who were admitted to Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center form May 2010 to October 2016.All their clinical features,imaging examination,treatment and prognosis were reviewed and analyzed.Results (1) Among the 23 patients with BB,15 were males and 8 were females.The age range of onset was 0 to 4 years old with a median age of 3.17 months.(2)The main clinical manifestations were cough (23/23 cases,100.0%),recurrent wheezing (20/23 cases,87.0%),cyanosis (8/23 cases,34.8%) and feeding diffficulty/slow body weight growth (6/23 cases,24.6%).(3) There were 17 cases of type Ⅰ and 4 cases of type Ⅱ according to Wells,and the other 2 cases were anterior BB.There were 2 cases with atypical anatomical morphology in type Ⅰ and type Ⅱ respectively.(4) Twenty-one cases were associated with bronchial stenosis in which the origin of left main bronchus complicated with BB stenosis was the most common(5 cases).Bronchoscopy revealed bronchomalacia in 5 of the 16 patients.Sixteen patients associated with cardiac or vascular anomalies,11 of whom were compound anomalies,and the most common type was sling left pulmonary artery (SLPA) (12 cases).(5) Nine of 12 patients with SLPA received surgical management,ages ranging from 1 month to 8 years old.The respiratory symptoms remitted gradually or disappeared from 4 to 17 months after surgical management.Two died and one has been lost to follow-up among the remaining 3 patients with SLPA.Conclusions BB is a rare tracheobronchial malformation that is often associated with stenosis or bronchomalacia,and cardiac or vascular anomalies.The severity of the disease mainly depends on whether there is airway stenosis or malacia and its extent.The definitive diagnosis of BB requires the combination of different imaging modalities.The combination with simple SLPA could get better curative effect.
4.The protective effect of high density lipoprotein on the cardiac function of rats with severe burns.
Qing-yi ZHENG ; An-gen HU ; Shao-fu CAI ; Jing-he CHEN ; Min-feng ZHANG ; Yang-gen ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Burns 2005;21(6):442-444
OBJECTIVETo investigate the protective effect of high density lipoprotein on the cardiac function of rats with severe burns.
METHODSOne hundred and thirty-five Wistar rats were employed in the study and were randomly divided into control (n = 15, without treatment), burn (n = 60, with 30% TBSA full-thickness burn on the back) and experimental (n = 60, with the injection of HDL (80 mg/kg) via the caudal vein immediately after burns) groups. The rats in the groups with burn injury were resuscitated with intraperitoneal isotonic saline (50 ml/kg) 30 minutes after burn (PBM). The serum contents of CK, ICAM-1 and TNF-alpha of the rats of all the three groups were determined with corresponding methods. The histological changes in the cardiac muscle tissue of the rats in all groups were observed under light microscope and electronic microscope.
RESULTSThe serum contents of CK, ICAM-1 and TNF-alpha in the control group were obviously lower than those in burn group (P < 0.01), while those in experimental group were also markedly lower than those in control group (P < 0.05 or 0.01). The average reduction rate was 36.5%, 32.0% and 12.6%, respectively. The size and the structure of the cardiac muscular fiber in the control group were even and normal. Compared with the burn group, degeneration, inflammatory infiltration and mitochondrial swelling were found to be less marked in the experimental group at 48 PBH, and no focal lysis and necrosis were found, which were observed in the burn group.
CONCLUSIONHigh density lipoprotein can be beneficial to the protection of cardiac tissue in protecting from secondary injury in rats with severe burns.
Animals ; Burns ; blood ; physiopathology ; Creatine Kinase ; blood ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; blood ; Lipoproteins, HDL ; blood ; Myocardium ; cytology ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; metabolism
5.Operation for the treatment of radial head fracture with collapse of anterior articular surface.
Li-yuan PING ; Wei WANG ; Min WANG ; Guo-biao PAN ; Fang-lin ZHANG ; Bao-gen YANG
China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014;27(8):694-696
OBJECTIVETo evaluate clinical outcomes of fixation for the treatment of radial head fracture with collapse of anterior articular surface.
METHODSFrom March 2006 to January 2013,17 patients with radial head fractures with collapse of anterior articular surface were analysed. According to the Mason classification, there were 12 cases with Mason type II fractures and 5 cases with Mason type III fractures. All the patients were treated with open reduction through posterolateral entrance of elbow joint and Herbert or titanium cannulated screw internal fixation.
RESULTSAll the patients were followed up, and the duration ranged from 6 to 18 months, with a mean of 11.3 months. According to the Broberg and Morrey score system, 2 patients got an excellent result, 12 good and 3 fair. There were no complications such as infection of elbow joint, nerve injury, non-union, traumatic osteoarthritis, heterotopic ossification and elbow instability. However, the postoperative activity range of elbow in the injuried side was less than that in the normal side.
CONCLUSIONRadial head fracture with collapse of anterior articular surface is easily misdiagnosed, and it can be treated with open reduction and internal fixation through posterolateral entrance.
Adult ; Aged ; Elbow Joint ; physiopathology ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Fracture Fixation, Internal ; methods ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Radius Fractures ; physiopathology ; surgery ; Range of Motion, Articular
7.The expression and prognostic significance of tumor suppressor gene ING1 in colorectal cancer
Weinan XUE ; Gan ZHANG ; Yanmei YANG ; Yuyan MA ; Gen SUN ; Binbin CUI
Practical Oncology Journal 2014;(5):385-390
Objective Inhibitor of growth 1 ( ING1 ) gene has been identified as a novel candidate of tumor suppressor gene .Over-expression of ING1 plays well-established roles in numerous cell processes ,inclu-ding DNA repair and cell apoptosis .Our study is to investigate the clinical significances of expression of ING 1 in colorectal cancer ( CRC) .Methods The mRNA level of ING1 in 82 matched samples comprising primary CRC and paired non-cancerous mucosa were detected and compared by quantitative RT -PCR.Then the correlations of mRNA level of ING1 with the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of patients with CRC were ana -lyzed.Results (1)In the same matched tissues,the expression level of ING1 was significantly higher in normal tissues than that in cancer tissues.(2)mRNA expression of ING1 was associated with certain clinical -pathologic variables such as tumor infiltrating level ,lymphatic metastasis,distant metastasis and advancing TNM stage .(3) We obtained the expression levels ratio of cancer tissue and normal tissue and found the lower ratio has a lower Disease-Free Survival(DFS)(P<0.0001).(4)ING1,as a candidate of tumor suppressor gene ,remained a sta-tistically-significant prognostic marker in the Cox regression analysis .Conclusion Down-regulation of ING1 may be correlated tightly with the occurrence and progression of sporadic colorectal cancer .Its expression level can be used to predict prognosis of CRC .
8.Impact of male reproductive tract infection on semen quality.
Yong-gen WU ; Xu YANG ; Huan ZHANG ; Jiu-jia ZHENG ; Xue-feng HUANG
National Journal of Andrology 2015;21(12):1082-1086
OBJECTIVETo investigate the association of male reproductive tract infection (RTI) with semen parameters and sperm DNA damage.
METHODSWe classified 1 084 males attending the infertility clinic into an RTI group (n = 300) and a non-RTI control group (n = 784). According to the WHO standards, we obtained routine semen parameters, detected sperm morphology, and determined the sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) by sperm chromatin structure assay.
RESULTSThere were statistically significant differences between the RTI and control groups in the semen volume ( [2.58 ± 1.20] vs [3.00 ± 2.10] ml), grade a + b sperm ([50.6 ± 17.2] vs [53.2 ± 15.8]%), grade d sperm ( [39. 8 ± 17.8] vs [36.5 ± 16.2]%), and total sperm count ([218.5 ± 185.0 ] vs [278.5 ± 375.5 ] x 10(6)/ejaculate) (all P < 0.05), but not in the males' age, sperm concentration or pH value (P > 0.05). The percentage of morphologically normal sperm was significantly lower ([3.46 ± 2.90] vs [4.61 ± 3.60%, P < 0.05) but the DFI was markedly higher in the RTI group than in the control ([19.4 ± 11.4] vs [15.2 ± 8.8]% , P < 0.01). The percentage of the cases with DFI > 30% was remarkably higher (13.0 vs 5.74% ) while that of the cases with DFI < 10% dramatically lower in the former than in the latter (16.0 vs 28.0%). The level of seminal plasma elastase was correlated negatively to sperm concentration, sperm count, and the percentage of morphologically normal sperm (P < 0.05) but positively to DFI and grade d sperm (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01).
CONCLUSIONMale reproductive tract infection not only affects semen parameters and sperm morphology but also causes serious sperm DNA damage.
DNA Fragmentation ; Humans ; Infertility, Male ; physiopathology ; Male ; Reproductive Tract Infections ; physiopathology ; Semen ; chemistry ; Semen Analysis ; Sperm Count ; Spermatozoa ; pathology
9.Blocked MyD88 signaling prevents OB after tracheal transplantation in mice
Min YANG ; Xue ZHANG ; Gen CHEN ; Zuochuan DING ; Ping ZHOU ; Sheng CHANG
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 2017;38(7):385-389
Objective To explore the role of MyD88 in heterotopic tracheal transplantation in mice and its relationship with histopathological changes.Methods The mouse model of hetemtopictracheal transplantation was used.The mice were divided into three groups:(1) tracheal isograft of C57BL/6 to C57BL/6 mice;(2) tracheal allograft of BALB/c to C57BL/6 mice;(3) tracheal graft of BALB/c to C57BL/6 mice with MyD88 inhibitor treatment.The tracheal grafts were collected at indicated time points.Histological sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin.The pathological changes were observed and their semi-quantitative measurement was done with Image J software.Results (1) Pathological results showed that the structure of the trachea with MyD88 inhibitor treatment was clear and the loss of epithelial cells was significantly reduced as compared with the positive control group at the time of 7 and 14 days.(2) The results of semi-quantitative measurement showed that luminal occlusion rate of MyD88 inhibitor treatment group was significantly reduced as compared with the positive control group (P<0.01).However,the loss of epithelial cells was not improved 7 days after transplantation.Both of lumen occlusion rate (P<0.05) and epithelial cells loss (P<0.01) in MyD88 inhibitor treatment group were significantly reduced.Conclusion Inhibition of MyD88 molecule could significantly alleviate pathological changes of the transplanted trachea.Both of luminal occlusion rate and loss of epithelial cells were significantly ameliorated.
10.Summery of treatment of large segmental bone defect by massive allograft combined with autogeneic vascularization
Jianli WANG ; Wuzhou WANG ; Yongqiang GUO ; Huashan YANG ; Xinliang QU ; Jing ZHANG ; Gen WANG ; Shengliang SUN
Chinese Journal of Microsurgery 2010;33(5):371-374,后插5
Objective To study the method of solving the complications of large allograft including resorption, nonunion and refracture by means of vascularization and the way of improving bone healing. Methods The bone defect longer than 10 cm of limbs were found in 21 cases, plate or external fixator were used to fix allograft bone, and then vascularied autologous bone or periosteum were transplanted or inserted to the massive allograft In order to vascularizate allograft, improve bone healing and prevent complications of bone resorption and osteolysis. 4 cases were implanted by local vascular bondle in one end. 4 cases were transplanted vascular iliac bone into middle part the allograft bone, 2 cases were into one end. 2 cases were transplanted by vascular fibular bone. 6 cases were used vascular periosteum. 3 cases were used combined methods. Results Twenty-one cases with 10 cm or more bone defect in this group were treated by the method above. 14 cases were achieved primary healing, 6 were healing by farther operation, 1 failure. Complications were found in 7 cases, 4 occur infection in all. All were achieved satisfactory function and outlook by follow-up. Conclusion The method of vascularied autologous bone or periosteum combined with massive allograft are effective to improve bone union, reduce the complication of bone resorption and osteolysis,which proved usefull to treat large bone defect.