1.Integrin-linked kinase and diabetic nephropathy
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2004;0(01):-
Cellular functions like proliferation,differentiation,migration,morphogenesis and apoptosis are modulated by the extracellular matrix.Integrins are the prototypic heterodimeric transmembrane matrix receptors with competing affinities for individual extracellular matrix ligands.The intracellular integrin domain clusters cytoplasmic proteins into focal adhesion plaques for bidirectional(outside-in and inside-out) signaling.Integrin-linked kinase(ILK) is an intracellular serine/threonine protein kinase that interacts with the cytoplasmic domains of ?-integrins.ILK organizes the connections of the extracellular matrix via integrins to the cytoskeleton and is involved in adhesion plaque signaling,and it plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of chronic renal fibrosis.High glucose induces the upregulation of the synthesis and activity of ILK in cultivated mouse podocytes and mesangial cells.The ILK protein level is significantly increased in diabetic glomeruli.ILK activity is likely to provide the basis for an effective therapeutic method for diabetic nephropathy.This review gives an introduction of ILK structure and function,followed by a summary of our current understanding of ILK in diabetic nephropathy with a special focus on glomerular cell-matrix interaction.
2.New problem and progress of transient tachypnea of the newborn
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2014;29(9):713-715
Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) is the most common cause of respiratory distress.TTN is a self-limiting disease which has a good prognosis but sometimes severe cases may cause pulmonary edema,respiratory distress,pulmonary air leak or persistent pulmonary hypertension.Researchers have many studies about pathogenesis,clinical features,treatment of TTN at home and abroad,and they have new progress.This article will summarize recent research progress on TTN.
3.Study on positive rate of blocking antibody in women with recurrent spontaneous abortion administered by route and frequency of paternal lymphocyte immunotherapy
Hongling YU ; Xiaohui DENG ; Lan CHAO ; Chao CHEN ; Yilong HAN
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2013;48(12):903-906
Objective To investigates factors affecting the positive rate of blocking antibody treated by paternal lymphocyte immunotherapy in patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA).Methods From January 2008 to August 2012,326 RSA cases undergoing treatment in Infertility Center of Qilu Hospital were studied retrospectively.Those patients were divided into 2 groups randomly:260 cases in intradermal injection group were administered via bilateral forearm intradermal injections for immunotherapy once 21 days,then the blocking antibody was determined after 2 (23 cases),3 (73 cases),4 (74 cases),5(90 cases) times respectively,while in subcutaneous injection group,the 66 cases were administered via subcutaneous injection once 21 days,the blocking antibody measured after 3 times; In both cases,the blocking antibody was all determined 2 weeks later.The positive rate of blocking antibodies and the rate of successful pregnancy was recorded,and then followed up after the blocking antibody turning positive.Results (1)Positive rate of blocking antibodies:the positive rate of blocking antibodies were 17% (4/23),58% (42/73),72% (53/74) and 84% (76/90) in the 2,3,4,and 5 times of intradermal injection group,respectively (P < 0.05).In subcutaneous injection group,the positive rate of blocking antibodies was 38 % (25/66),which was significantly lower than that in group intradermal injection receiving 3 times immunotherapy (P <0.05).(2) The rate of pregnancy:the 176 patients out of 200 patients were pregnant when antibody was positive after immunotherapy,with 71.6% (126/176)of patients gained successful pregnancy(the length of pregnancy more than 5 months).Conclusions The route and frequency of administration of immunotherapy could influence the positive rate of blocking antibody.The rate of successful pregnancy will be increased after blocking antibody turning positive.
4.Discussion on quality control of dissertation review and oral defense of medical science degree postgraduates
Huali CHEN ; Zhu YANG ; Chao YU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2015;(2):123-126
The dissertation review and defense process of medical science degree graduate stu-dents has become a mere formality because of the manner of postgraduates cultivation, cultural factors and objective factors, resulting in poor quality of degree dissertation. This paper deeply analyzed the reasons for the above problems, and proposed five aspects of adjustment through the reviewer choosing, review process, evaluation scale, evaluation content and evaluation opinions to perfect the eval uation system. It also proposed four aspects of adjustment through strengthen the significance, thesis defense, defense supervision content development process and the detalled reply results to perfect defense system.
5.Design and application of quality improvement checklist of catheter-related blood stream infection in the intensive care units
Lian FANG ; Jianning XU ; Jiehui FENG ; Chao YU ; Yu CHEN
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2013;(13):46-49
Objective To design quality improvement checklist of catheter-related blood stream infection (CRBSI),in order to improve the nursing quality of ICU and ensure nursing safety.Methods A new ICU quality improvement checklist of CRBSI was designed and applied for the quality control of the patients with central venous catheter from April to June 2012.The using rate of central venous catheter and incidence of CRBSI were observed.Results After application of the checklists,the using rate of central venous catheter was decreased and the incidence of CRBSI was decreased.Conclusions The checklist may help improve the prevention and control of CRBSI in ICU.
6.Effects of different fibrin glue combination modes on the proliferation and viability of dental follicle cells.
Hong LIU ; Chao YANG ; Guoqing CHEN ; Weidong TIAN ; Yu CHEN
West China Journal of Stomatology 2015;33(2):135-140
OBJECTIVEThis study explores the effects of different fibrin glue combination modes on the survival, proliferation, and apoptosis of dental follicle cells (DFCs), as well as to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of fibrin glue as transplantation material.
METHODSThe membranes of surviving DFCs were marked using 3,3'-dioctadecyloxa carbocyanine perchlorate (DIO), and the cell number was counted by using ImageJ2x software. The apoptotic cells were marked with prodium iodide (PI).
RESULTSCompared with that of the 3D-2 and 2D-1 groups, the degradation speed of the 3D-1 group was the slowest. DFCs could survive and grow well in fibrinogen with a concentration of 15 mg · mL⁻¹ supplemented with thrombin with a concentration of 2 U · mL⁻¹. In particular, the 3D-1 combination mode was significantly conducive to cell proliferation and stretching.
CONCLUSIONFibrin glue can be used as an effective cell transplantation material. The different combination modes have certain effects on cell proliferation. The 3D-1 combination mode is more conducive to the survival and proliferation of DFCs than other modes.
Apoptosis ; Cell Proliferation ; Cell Survival ; Dental Sac ; cytology ; Fibrin Tissue Adhesive ; pharmacology ; Fibrinogen ; Humans ; Thrombin
7.Expression and clinical significance in pancreatic cancer of transcriptional intermediary factor 1β
Chao YU ; Jianxin JIANG ; Ling CHEN ; Chengyi SUN
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2015;21(1):14-17
Objective To investigate transcription intermediary factor 1β (TIF1β) expression in paracancerous pancreatic tissue and pancreatic tumor tissue by using tissue microarray.The relationship between TIF1β expression and clinicopathological factors in patients with pancreatic cancer was discussed.Method Tissuc microarray and immunohistochemical assay were utilized to detect expression of TIF1β protein in pancreatic cancer tissues and the corresponding non-tumor tissues from 91 cases.Results TIF1β protein were present in pancreatic cancer tissues as well as corresponding non-tumor tissues with varying degrees of expression,and was located in the nucleus.TIF1β expression in pancreatic cancer tissue was significantly higher than that of adjacent tissues (P < 0.05).And it was noted that there was close correlations between TIF1β expression and clinical pathological staging,lymph node metastasis and TNM grading (P < 0.05).Conclusions TIF1β is highly expressed in pancreatic cancer,clinically correlated with pathological staging,lymph node metastasis and TNM grading.TIF1β may play an important role in development of pancreatic cancer.
8.miR-100 regulates cell growth through targeting FGFR3 in patients with pancreatic cancer
Meiyuan CHEN ; Chengyi SUN ; Chao YU ; Zhipeng LI ; Jianxin JIANG
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2016;22(2):116-120
Objective To investigate the effects of miR-100 on the proliferation of MIA PaCa-2 and CFPAC-1 cells through targeting fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3).Methods miR-100 expression levels in 17 cancer tissues and 17 nonmalignant tissues were examined by Real-time PCR.The effect of miR-100 overexpression on cell proliferation was examined by CCK-8 assay in vitro.Luciferase assay was used to confirm that miR-100 could directly target FGFR3.Real-time PCR and Western blot were used to examine the expression of FGFR3 in miR-100 overexpressing pancreatic cancer cells.The predicted target gene of miR-100,FGFR3,was downregulated by siRNA,and its effect on cell proliferation was also examined.Cell proliferation was analyzed using CCK-8 and Edu assay.Results miR-100 was lowly expressed in pancreatic cancer tissues (P < 0.05).In pancreatic cancer cells,the transfection of lv-miR-100 was able to upregulate the endogenous expression of miR-100 and inhibit the cell proliferation (P <0.05).Luciferase assay showed FGFR3 was the direct target of miR-1O0.FGFR3 was significantly downregulated by overexpressing miR-100 in pancreatic cancer cells (P <0.05),and FGFR3 knockdown by specific siRNA exerted the similar effect as miR-100 overexpression (P < 0.05).Conclusions Our study identified a new miRNA regulator,miR-100,and clarified a novel mechanism of how miR-100 regulates cell proliferation in pancreatic cancer.The strategy of overexpressing the tumor suppressor miR-100 may provide a new therapeutic approach for treating patients with pancreatic cancer.
9.Progress of gait analysis in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Yanhui WANG ; Xueming CHEN ; Zhenshan YU ; Chao KONG
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2016;36(5):307-313
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a three-dimensional deformity of the spine,which not only affects spinal anatomy,mobility and trunk symmetry,but also leads to the changes of human locomotion through pelvic.During the past 30 years,though great progress has been made in the treatment of AIS,the pathogeny of AIS is still uncertain.Most scholars believe that many factors contribute to the pathogeny of AIS,however,some studies have shown that poor posture during walking and poor manage of balance could lead to the progress of scoliosis.Gait is a behaviour characteristic during walking,and normal gait is the result of nervous system,musculoskeletal system,proprioception and vision.Any disease of the system above may cause abnormal gait.Gait analysis can spot the key links and impact factors of abnormal gait by observing and measuring the testers' walking,reflect the abnormal gait objectively and quantitatively,and provide reference opinions for the recovery and treatment of patients.At present,gait analysis has been mostly applied in hemiplegia,cerebral palsy and knee osteoarthritis.In recent years,gait analysis has been increasingly used in AIS patients.There have been many researches about the kinematics and kinetics of gait analysis in adolsecent idiopathic scoliosis abroad and some positive results have been reported..But in China,it's still in the initial stage.We reviewed the published papers about gait analysis in AIS patients,and summarized the kinematics,kinetics and different means of intervention on gait in AIS patients.We hope it will provide references for our researches.
10.Effect ofTougu XiaotongCapsule and itsdisassembled recipeson chondrocyte degenerationof ratsviaWnt/beta-catenin signalingpathway
Zhuile WU ; Xingqiang CHEN ; Chao YU ; Xiaoqin ZHU ; Zhiqiang ZHUANG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2016;20(24):3568-3573
BACKGROUND:Previous studies have showed thatTougu XiaotongCapsule (TGXTC) exertsbetter effects on osteoarthritis, byregulatingRho/Rock signaling pathway, inhibitingsignal transduction of chondrocyte mitochondrial apoptosis pathway,varyingthe rate and pattern of subchondral bone remodeling and improving the arrangement of subchondral bone colagen fibers and calcium-phosphate crystalization. OBJECTIVE:To observe the effects of the serum containing TGXTC and itsdisassembled recipeson chondrocytedegenerationof ratsviaWnt/β-cateninsignal pathway, and to explore the maintherapeutic method forosteoarthritis in theTGXTC. METHODS:FortySprague-Dawley rats were randomlyassigned to receivethe treatment ofTGXTC,Bushen Rougan(BSRG),Huoxue Qufeng(HXQF) and normal saline, respectively, according tothe dose conversion methods ofanimaltoanimal and animaltohuman. Thenvarious drug-containing serums wereprepared for thefolowingcelular experiment.After culture and passage, chondrocytesfromSprague-Dawley ratsat passage 3 were divided into five groups: blank control, model, TGXTC, BSRG, HXQF groups. Cels in the latter four groups wereculturedin appropriate drug-containing serums(normal salineserumfor the model group) for 72 hours, folowing intervention with interleukin-1β for 24 hours.Cels in the blank control group were cultured innormal saline serum.Afterwards, cels in al the five groups were colected for detecting expression ofWnt 4, β-cateninandmatrix metaloproteinase 13at mRNA and proteinlevels using real-time PCR and western blot assay, respectively. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with theblank control group, the expressionof Wnt 4,β-catenin, matrix metaloproteinase 13 wassignificantly increasedin the model group. Compared with the model group, the expression of Wnt 4, β-catenin, matrix metaloproteinase 13 in the TGXTC, BSRG and HXQF groups were decreasedsignificantly, sequenced as TGXTC group