1.Determination of Lanthanide in Human Feces by ICP-MS
Yaqiong LIU ; Li OUYANG ; Qingfen LIU
Journal of Environment and Health 2007;0(10):-
Objective To establish a method for the determination of 14 kinds of lanthanide (La) series elements in human feces at the same time by ICP-MS.Methods In January 2009,human feces were collected for three consecutive days from 30 subjects in Tianjin area,the fecal samples for the three-day period were weighed and homogenized;then dried;grinded and ashed,the samples were digested by HNO3 before determination.The solution was directly analyzed by ICP-MS to determine the concentrations of the 14 kinds of La series elements in human faces with rhenium (Re) internal standard calibration.Results The linear ranges were 0-10 ?g/L with a correlation coefficient for each element of more than 0.999.The detection limits of 139La,140Ce,141Pr,143Nd,147Sm,151Eu,158Gd,159Tb,163Dy,165Ho,166Er,169Tm,174Yb and 175Lu in human feces were 0.48,0.49,0.47,1.6,1.9,0.46,0.79,0.18,0.65,0.39,0.38,0.17,0.09 and 0.09 ng/L respectively.The recoveries of this method were 93.42%-108.21%,and RSDs were 2.91%-9.20%.The analytical values of the certified reference material of human hair GBW 09101a by this method showed closed agreement with the reference values.Conclusion This method has relatively higher sensitivity and less interference,and is applicable to the rapid determination of 14 kinds of La series elements in human faces at the same time.
2.The value of MSCT in diagnosing bowel ischemia of small-bowel obstruction
Yaqiong HE ; Jingjiang YAO ; Jianbin LIU
Journal of Practical Radiology 2015;(7):1125-1128
Objective To investigate the value of MSCT in assessing bowel ischemia of small-bowel obstruction .Methods CT images and electronic medical records of 40 patients with small-bowel obstruction were retrospectively evaluated.Patients were treated by surgery.The CT signs of bowel ischemia were recorded.Relationship between CT signs and bowel ischemia were tested by Fisher exact andχ2 test.Sensitivity and specificity of MSCT for ischemia were also assessed.Results Bowel ischemia was confirmed at surgery and/or pathological examination in 21 of 40 patients.Diminished enhancement after contrast agent injection was the most common sign in bowel ischemia patients.The signs of increased bowel-wall attenuation on non enhanced images and diminished enhancement after contrast agent injection were significantly associated with ischemia (P <0.000 1).The signs of increased bowel-wall attenuation on non enhanced images and pneumatosis intestinalis had high sensitivity(100%).The sign of diminished enhancement after contrast agent injection had high sensitivity(95.2%)and specificity(94.7%).Conclusion MSCT is accurate in assessing bowel ischemia of small-bowel obstruction, and improves the timeliness and diagnosis for this disease.
3.Research on the application of value of tubal bolt blocking techniquein the pretreatment hydrosalpinx
Jinghui WANG ; Yaqiong ZHAO ; Haiou GUO ; Yuxia LIU ; Jun LIU
Journal of Practical Radiology 2014;(4):653-655,663
Objective To explore the difference of the impact with different hydrosalpinx pretreatment methods in vitro fertiliza-tion-embryo transfer ﹝ IVF-ET ﹞.Methods 160 patients with routine IVF-ET’s hydrosalpinx were random divided into two groups :the first 80 patients undergoing routine bolt blocking the fallopian tubes for the study group;the other 80 patients with rou-tine salpingectomy as control group patients,after treatment,compare the difference on ovarian function between the two groups.Re-sults In the study group,although these difference,the average number of oocytes,fertilization rate,clinical pregnancy rate and other indicators,were not statistically significant (P>0.05),they were higher than the control group;early abortion rate was no significant difference either (P>0.05),but the tubal pregnancy rate was lower than the control group,and the difference was statis-tically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion Tubal bolt blocking technique is an effective method for hydrosalpinx pretreatment,and partly superior than gynecological surgery for keeping ovarian function and IVF-ET treatment targets.So,it has a broad application prospects in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer.
4.Investigation of relationship between schizophrenia and ten kinds of elements in serum
Lailai YAN ; Chao LV ; Jinyun QIU ; Yaqiong LIU ; Jingyu WANG
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2015;(6):55-58
Objective To study the relationship between the changes of ten elemental contents in serum and schizophrenia.Methods Calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), aluminum (Al), arsenic (As), selenium (Se), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), manganese (Mn) in serum in the of schizophrenic patients and normal subjects are measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer and inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometer, compared the content of elements between the schizophrenia and normal.Results There were significant differences ( P<0.05) in other elements between two groups except lead.The contents of Ca,Fe,Mg,Zn,As,Se,Cu in the patients with schizophrenia were significantly lower than those in control, while Al, Mn were significantly higher than those in control.Most of elements in serum between case and control groups were correlated (P<0.05).Some of element ratios which have physiological significance were significant statistically (P<0.05), such as: Ca/Mg, Ca/Fe and so on.Conclusion These findings suggest that the patients with schizophrenia might have an abnormal elemental metabolism.Given the relationship among the elements, the element ratios are more valuable in reflecting the relationship between schizophrenia and elements.
5.Porhyromonas endodontalis liopolysaccharide regulates interleukin-23 expression in mouse osteoblasts
Liu QU ; Yaqiong YU ; Lihong QIU ; Nan MA ; Ming ZHONG
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2016;32(4):453-456
Objective:To investigate the effects of Porhyromonas endodontalis(P.e)liopolysaccharide(LPS)on the expression of IL-23mRNA and protein in mouse osteoblasts MC3T3-E1 and the role of phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases (PI3K)signaling pathway in this process.Methods:MC3T3-E1 cells were treated with different concentrations of P.e LPS for different hours,or pretreated with LY294002,a special PI3K inhibitor.The IL-23 mRNA and protein expression levels were detected by real-time PCR and Western blot respectively.Results:The level of IL-23 mRNA increased in MC3T3-E1 cells with the increase of concentration and the treatment time of P.e LPS(P <0.05).The IL-23 protein expression was increased by P.e LPS in a time dependent manner(P <0.05).The mRNA and protein of IL-23 decreased(P <0.05)after pretreatment with LY294002.Conclusion:P.e LPS can induce the expression of IL-23 mRNA and protein in MC3T3-E1 cells,and the PI3K signaling pathway may play a part in this process.
6.Clinical value of human papillomavirus genotyping testing in the diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Guozhong LIU ; Liming YU ; Haiyan SONG ; Ruoran MI ; Yaqiong CHEN
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2014;49(6):446-450
Objective To Investigate the value of HPV genotyping in diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia(CIN).Methods From July 2012 to February 2013,200 women from Tianjin Medical University General Hospital and 244 women from Affiliated Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Forces Logistics College were selected to be HPV genotyping test and thin liqid-based cytology test.Consequently,132 samples were performed colposcopy test and cervical biopsy.Results HPV prevalence was 26.4% (117/444) in this study.The infection of one type HPV was more common.The top 5 of HPV types were HPV16,58,33,18,and 52.The top 5 of the risk for CIN Ⅱ and above followed HPV16,33,39,52 and 18.There was no significant difference between age and HPV positive rate (x2 =0.948,P > 0.05).Multiple infection and cervical lesions rank correlation analysis(r =0.132,P >0.05).For CIN Ⅱ and above disease,cytology positive rate was 90% (44/49),and HPV positive rate was 96% (47/49) cytology combine HPV positive rate was 98% (48/49,x2 =0.063,P > 0.05).Conclusions HPV infection should increasing trends with age.Cytology test and HPV genotyping test had good consistency.The combination of them can improve the sensitivity for high-grade lesions.
7.Revision of the Chinese-version of the individual adaptability measure and its application and analysis in college freshmen
Ning LI ; Yaqiong HOU ; Haihua LIU ; Zheng HUANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2015;24(2):181-184
Objective To revise the individual adaptability measure (I-ADAPT-M) developed by Ployhart & Bliese,and analyze the reliability and validity of its application in college freshmen.Methods Revise the I-ADAPT-M,One thousand and seven hundred freshmen were asked to complete the test,one month later,two hundred and seventy-seven freshmen were simple randomly chosen to report their General Life Satisfaction.Then,the data were analysis by SPSS 18.0 and Amos 4.0.Results The exploratory factor analysis showed that,the Chineseversion of the I-ADAPT-M consisted of 23 projects and 4 dimensions (crisis and creativity adaptability,interpersonal adaptability,stress tolerance adaptability,and resistant learning adaptability),which could account for over 45.344% of total variance.The Cronbacha coefficient of the Chinese-version of the I-ADAPT-M was 0.82.The confirmatory factor analyzed further revealed the structure of four-dimensional scale(x2=708.80,x2/df =3.16,CFI =0.95,NNFI =0.94,RMSEA =0.051,SRMR =0.053).Male had significant high core in crisis and creativity adaptability and resistant learning adaptability than female.Female had significant high core in interpersonal adaptability than male.Colleges-leader had significant high core in 4 dimensions than general students,it suggested that the Chinese-version of the I-ADAPT-M had good discriminant validity.General Life Satisfaction of the subjects had significant positive correlation with crisis and creativity adaptability,stress tolerance adaptability and interpersonal adaptability,had little correlation with resistant learning adaptability.Conclusion The Chinese-version of the I-A-DAPT-M has good reliability and validity to measure the individual adaptability of the freshman.
8.Application of cognitive estimation tests in clinical patients
Yaqiong LIU ; Jie ZHANG ; Jing LENG ; Jiwei SI
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2016;25(9):860-864
Cognitive estimation is a process in which correct answers can be reasonably estimated by relevant information,instead of be obtained in a direct manner.The cause of cognitive estimation disorder is relevant to executive function and frontal lobe damage.The assessment of cognitive estimation disorder is mainly based on texts such as CET,BCET and TKS,and clinical symptoms are also taken into consideration in this assessment.Future studies include several aspects.Firstly,more efforts should focus on improving diagnostic standard and assessment tools and expanding the related studies.Secondly,it is necessary to focus on the specific brain areas of clinical patients with cognitive estimation disorder,and to strengthen the clinical rehabilitation of cognitive functions.
9.Effect of high glucose on expression of human brain microvascular endothelial cellular adhesion molecule and formation of endogenetic toxins
Yaqiong LIU ; Lingqun ZHU ; Shuoren WANG ; Yunling ZHANG ; Hong ZHENG
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy 2005;0(06):-
Objective:To explore the effect of high glucose on formation of endogenetic toxins and expression of intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1(ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1(VCAM-1) of human brain microvascular endothelial cells.Methods:Cultured HBMEC was used as target cells,anhydrous glucose was added to the cell medium to prepare the injury model of human endothelial cell.Methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium method was used to examine the cell activity in a high glucose environment.Immunocytochemistry method was used to detect the expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 of HBMEC.Results:The expressions of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1of HBMEC were enhanced by high glucose after pretreating HBMEC for 24,48 and 72h(P
10.Physical, intellectual and genetic characteristics of 53 neonates with phenylketonuria
Liying LIU ; Wenjuan KANG ; Qin DONG ; Xiaogang ZHANG ; Yaqiong YAN
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2022;34(9):955-958
Objective:
To investigate the physical and intellectual development and mutation characteristics of the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene among 53 newborns with phenylketonuria (PKU), so as to provide insights into the management and genetic counseling of PKU
Methods:
The medical records of 54 children with definitive diagnosis of PKU and standardized therapy until 2 years at the Center for Neonatal Disease Screening of Shanxi Children' s Hospital from 2018 to 2021 were collected. Newborns' body weight and height developments were evaluated using the World Health Organization growth chart (2006 version), and the intellectual development was assessed using the national criteria of Development Behavior Assessment Scale among Children at Ages of 0 to 6 Years (WS/T 580-2017). The gene mutations were detected among neonates and their children, and the physical, intellectual developments and genetic characteristics of neonates with PKU were descriptively analyzed.
Results:
The 53 PKU cases included 29 male children and 24 female children, 36 cases with classic PKU and 17 cases with mild PKU, and 30 cases from rural areas and 23 cases from urban areas. The study subjects had a median age of 30 (10) d at initial therapy, and a mean blood phenylalanine concentration of (1 507±685) μmol/L at definitive diagnosis. There were 52 cases with normal height developments (98.11%), and all cases had normal weight and intellectual developments. The mean developmental functional quotient (DFQ) was significantly greater among urban children with PKU than among rural children [(94.92±8.57) vs. (87.65±6.57); t=-3.498, P=0.001], and the mean DFQ was significantly higher among children with mild PKU than among those with classic PKU [(95.55±8.76) vs. (88.57±7.11); t=-3.095, P=0.003]. There were 37 mutations detected in the PAH gene, which were mainly distributed in exons 3, 6, 7, 11, 12 and intron 4. Three high-frequency mutation sites were detected, including c.728G>A, c.611A>G and c.1197A>T, including three novel mutations (c.674C>G, c.1316-2A>C and c.1069T>C).
Conclusions
Following standardized treatment, the children with PKU have comparable physical and intellectual developments as compared to normal children. c.728G>A, c.611A>G and c.1197A>T were predominant mutations in the PAH gene among these 53 children with PKU, and three novel mutations were identified, including c.674C>G, c.1316-2A>C and c.1069T>C.