1.Synchronous left axillary artery and vein with volume CT: effect of different high-pressure injections on image quality
Zhenzhang WANG ; Aimin WANG ; Yiyi JIANG ; Caiyun WEN ; Guoquan CAO ; Yunjun YANG
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2015;49(4):293-296
Objective To study the effects of two different methods of high-pressure injections on imaging quality of synchronous left axillary artery and vein by using volume CT.Methods Forty seven patients who underwent left axillary vein and artery CTA examination study were analyzed retrospectively according to the contrast agent injection scheme and was divided into two groups A and B.Group A of 25 patients used protocol A,adopted clinical routine delay scanning method,via right elbow vein inject contrast medium.Group B of 22 patients used protocol B,adopted artery delayed imaging combined with vein direct imaging method,via right elbow vein,left radial vein inject contrast agent,respectively.Both values of CT and contrast to noise ratio (CNR) of two groups were compared,objective image quality was compared by two blinded readers.Mann Whiteny U test was used.Results The median of CT values for left axillary artery in group A was 151.9 HU.The median of CNR values for left axillary artery in group A was 7.4.The median of CT values for left axillary vein in group A was 116.0 HU.The median of CNR values for left axillary vein in group A was 3.83.The median of CT values for left axillary artery in group B was 348.8 HU.The median of CNR values for left axillary artery in group B was 25.3.The median of CT values for left axillary vein in group B was 497.0 HU.The median of CNR values for left axillary vein in group B was 35.4.Both values of CT and CNR in two groups showed significant difference (Z=-5.735,-5.799,-5.863 and-5.863,P<0.01).All of the median scores in group B were greater than in group A(P<0.01).Conclusion The enhancement effect of protocol B in the left axillary arteriovenous synchronous imaging is significantly higher than those of protocol A,and demonstrates clear image quality and clearer anatomic relationship.
2.Schistosomiasis control effect of measures of replacing cattle with machine for cultivation and forbidding depasturage of livestock on marshlands in marshland and lake regions
Chunli CAO ; Ziping BAO ; Pengcheng YANG ; Zhao CHEN ; Jun YAN ; Guanghui REN ; Yiyi LI ; Shunxiang CAI ; Jianbing LIU ; Jing XU ; Shizhu LI ; Jiagang GUO ; Xiaonong ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2014;(6):602-607
Objective To evaluate the schistosomiasis control effect of the measures of replacing cattle with machine for cul?tivation and forbidding depasturage of livestock on marshlands in marshland and lake regions. Methods The retrospective re?view and field survey were implemented in the Jiangling and Gongan counties of Hubei Province where were implemented with the measure of replacing cattle with machine for cultivation,and Yuanjiang and Huarong counties of Hunan Province where were implemented with the measure of forbidding the depasturage of livestock on marshlands. The schistosome infection status of hu?man,cattle,and Oncomelania hupensis snails,and schistosome?infested field excreta were surveyed from 2007 to 2013. The ef?fects of the interventions were compared before and after their implementations. Results The 6 villages of Hubei Province were implemented with the measure of replacing cattle with machine for cultivation,and 7 villages of Hunan Province were imple? mented with the measure of forbidding the depasturage of livestock on marshlands. From 2007 to 2013,the schistosome infection rates of residents declined from 3.95%to 0.70%(χ2 =128.376,P<0.05),with the descend range of 82.53%. The descend ranges of the measures of replacing cattle with machine for cultivation and forbidding the depasturage of livestock on marshlands were 83.081%and 81.62%respectively,and there was no significant difference between the two measures(χ2 =0.132,P>0.05). The infection rate of cattle decreased from 3.66%in 2007 to 0.65%in 2013,and the descend range was 82.24%(χ2=13.692,P<0.05). The field excreta was surveyed in the snail breeding place in 2013. The investigated area was 157.435 hm2, and 625 samples of field feces of cattle were collected with the density of field excreta of 3.97/hm2,and the positive rate was 1.12%(7/625). The schistosome infection rate of snails and the density of infected snails decreased successively from 2007, and no infected snails were detected from 2011 to 2013. Conclusions The schistosomiasis endemic situation are decreased sig?nificantly after the interventions of replacing cattle with machine for cultivation and forbidding the depasturage of livestock on marshlands. Therefore,schistosomiasis control effect of these measures is notable in the marshland and lake regions.
3.Best evidence audit and analysis to the medication management for patients with dysphagia
Yi LIU ; Liqun ZHU ; Ruo ZHUANG ; Yiyi NI ; Songmei CAO ; Sheng SUI ; Yingchun HUAN ; Hongfeng XIE
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2024;40(5):357-364
Objective:To review the clinical status based on the best evidence of drug administration in patients with dysphagia, systematically analyze the obstacle factors and promoting factors in the process of evidence transformation, and formulate reform strategies.Methods:Based on the evidence-based nursing research method and the guidance of the Ottawa Model of Research Use (OMRU), the review indicators were developed based on the best evidence. The current status of clinical practice behaviors of 223 patients and 75 nurses in the Neurology, Neurosurgery and Geriatric departments of the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University were reviewed from July to December 2021.Based on the results of the review, qualitative interviews were conducted with 32 potential adopters, and content analysis was used to assess the barriers and contributing factors to the clinical translation of evidence in three aspects: evidence-based change, potential adopters and practice environment, so as to develop effective strategies.Results:Based on the 22 best evidence selected, the evidence-based team developed 25 review indicators to carry out clinical review, showing that the compliance rate of 16 indicators were less than 60%. By analyzing and summarizing the interview results of potential adopters, the main obstacles leading to the low compliance rate of nurses were analyzed as follows: evidence-based reform changed the traditional work mode, and the application of evidence was not convenient; at the level of potential adopters, nurses had poor knowledge and practice, heavy work burden, and low awareness of patients and caregivers; at the level of practice environment, there was lack of nursing norms and procedures for clinical transformation of evidence, and the channels of multi-disciplinary collaboration and communication were not smooth. The main promoting factors were the perfect supervision mechanism of evidence-based nursing projects, the evidence-based group had rich experience in evidence transformation, the management was willing to change, and the practitioners were good at innovation.Conclusions:There is still a large gap between the clinical practice and the best evidence of drug administration in patients with dysphagia. The promoting factors should be fully utilized to overcome the obstacles and implement improvements to promote the effective transformation of evidence into clinical practice.
4.Human AKR1A1 involves in metabolic activation of carcinogenic aristolochic acid Ⅰ
Zhenna GAO ; Xinyue YOU ; Weiying LIU ; Jiaying WU ; Jing XI ; Yiyi CAO ; Xiaohong ZHANG ; Xinyu ZHANG ; Yang LUAN
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2024;38(9):641-651
OBJECTIVE To investigate whether aldo-keto reductases(AKRs)can act as a nitrore-ductase(NR)and bioactivate aristolochic acid Ⅰ(AA-Ⅰ)to produce AA-Ⅰ-DNA adducts.METHODS① Human-induced hepatocytes(hiHeps)and human bladder RT4 cells were used as tool cells and treated with AA-Ⅰ0,0.5,1.0 and 2 μmol·L-1 for 24 h.Cell viability was detected using the CCK-8 method,and the half maximal inhibition concentration(IC50)was calculated using the CCK-8 method and the level of DNA adduct production was calculated.②hiHeps and RT4 cells were treated with AKR inhibitor luteotin(0,5,10 and 25 μmol·L-1)+AA-Ⅰ 0.2 and 1.0 μmol·L-1 for 24 h,respectively,and the levels of DNA adducts were detected by a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometer(LC-MS/MS).③hiHeps cells were incubated with 80 nmol·L-1 small interfering RNAs(si-AKRs)for 48 h and treated with AA-Ⅰ1.0 μmol·L-1 for 24 h.Real-time qualitative PCR(RT-qPCR)method was used to detect the mRNA expression of AKRs gene and LC-MS/MS technology was used to investigate the effect of specific AKR gene knockdown on DNA adduct levels.④500 nmol·L-1 human AKR recombinant proteins AKR1A1 and AA-Ⅰwere incubated in vitro under anaerobic conditions and the formation of AA-Ⅰ-DNA adducts was detected.RESULTS ①The IC50 of AA-Ⅰto hiHeps and RT4 cells was 1.9 and 0.42 μmol·L-1,respec-tively.The level of DNA adduct production of the two cell lines was significantly different(P<0.01).② Luteolin≥5 μmol·L-1 significantly inhibited the production of AA-Ⅰ-DNA adducts in both cells(P<0.05),and there was a concentration-dependent effect in hiHeps cells(P<0.01,R=0.84).③In the AKR family,the knockdown of AKR1A1 gene up to 80%inhibited the generation of AA-Ⅰ-DNA adducts by 30%-40%.④The AA-Ⅰ-DNA adducts were detected in the incubation of recombinant protein AKR1A1 and AA-Ⅰ under anaerobic conditions in vitro,approximately 1 adduct per 107 nucleotides.CONCLU-SION AKR1A1 is involved in AA-Ⅰ bioactivation,providing a reference for elucidation of the carcino-genic mechanism of AA-Ⅰ.
5.Investigation on compliance of forbidden depasturing livestock on marshland with Oncomelania snails in schistosomiasis endemic areas
Chunli CAO ; Jing WANG ; Ziping BAO ; Hongqing ZHU ; Shunxiang CAI ; Yiyi LI ; Dong LI ; Jiachang HE ; Leping SUN ; Xianhong MENG ; Bo ZHONG ; Xiguang FENG ; Zhengming SU ; Jun LI ; Xiaonan GU ; Hao WANG ; Weiwei RU ; Weisheng JIANG ; Shizhu LI ; Qiang WANG ; Xiaonong ZHOU ; Jiagang GUO ; Gengming ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2009;21(6):482-485
Objective To study the compliance of forbidden depasturing livestock on the marshland with Oncomelania snails in schistosomiasis endemic areas. Methods According to 3 levels of human infection rates as > 10% ,5%-10% and <5% , 2 204 residents selected randomly from the schistosomiasis endemic villages were sampled with the stratified cluster sampling method in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, and investigated by questionnaire. The contents of the questionnaire included the recognition and implementation of forbidden depasturing livestock on marshland with Oncomelania snails and breeding livestock in bam. Results A total of 78.4% residents agreed forbidden depasturing livestock on marshland with snails, but 3. 7% residents disagreed it. A total of 83. 9% residents considered the relationship between breeding livestock in bam and schistosomiasis control, but 3. 1% residents thought that it was no relationship. The main reasons of depasturing livestock on marshland with Oncomelania snails were the high cost of breeding livestock in bam (36. 2% ) , unaccustomed (26.4% ) and no room for breeding livestock in bam (25.4% ). Conclusion Forbidden depasturing livestock on the marshland with Oncomelania snails should be strengthened according to the local economic, nature environment, agriculture, residents'culture degree and agriculture habit.
6. Study on Expression of LncRNA MEG3 in Gastric Cancer and its Correlation With Glycolysis
Yunrong LI ; Hong LI ; Yiqun LI ; Yanmin HAN ; Yalong ZHANG ; Yiyi ZHANG ; Zhang CAO ; Qingyong CHEN
Chinese Journal of Gastroenterology 2022;27(6):328-335
Background: Abnormal glucose metabolism is one of the malignant characteristics of tumors. LncRNA plays an important role in the process of aerobic glycolysis of tumors. Aims: To investigate the expression of LncRNA MEG3 in gastric cancer and its correlation with glycolysis. Methods: RT-qPCR was used to detect the mRNA expression of MEG3 in gastric cancer and paracancerous tissue. Immunohistochemical EnVision method was used to detect the protein expressions of PKM2, LDHA, mTOR, HIF-1α in gastric cancer and paracancerous tissue. Relationship between expressions of above-mentioned indices and clinicopathological features of gastric cancer were analyzed. The correlation between MEG3 and glycolysis level of gastric cancer was analyzed by Spearman correlation analysis, and its possible mechanism was explored. Results: The expression of MEG3 in gastric cancer tissue was significantly lower than that in paracancerous tissue (P< 0.05), and was correlated with lymph node metastasis (P<0.05). The positivity rates of expression of PKM2, LDHA, mTOR and HIF-1α in gastric cancer tissue were significantly higher than those in paracancerous tissue, and were correlated with the depth of tumor invasion, lymph node metastasis and pTNM stage (P<0.05). Spearman correlation analysis showed that the expression of MEG3 was negatively correlated with the expressions of PKM2, LDHA, mTOR and HIF-1α (r=-0.346,r= -0.306,r=-0.389, r=-0.338; P<0.05). The expression of MEG3 in HIF-1α