1.Apoptosis and expression of relative genes in early pregnant chorionic villi and decidua
Yuelian ZHANG ; Guian CHEN ; Yixun LIU ; Guoqiang FU
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2001;0(04):-
Objective To investigate the effects of mifepristone on apoptosis and expression of relative genes in early pregnant chorionic villi and decidua Methods The specimen of early pergnant chorionic villi and decidua obtained from 10 cases of requesting temination of pregnancy by curettage, 20 cases of mifepriston contragestation The paraffin sections were used to determine apoptotic cells by TdT mediated dUTP biotin nick end labeling method, to identify bcl 2, bax, fas, fasL and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) by immunohistochemistry, to demonstrate fas and fasL mRNA by in situ hybridization Results In normal early pregnant specimens, apoptotic cells were mainly observed in syncytiotrophoblast, but not in cytotrophoblast cells, occationally seen in decidua cells The antigen of bax, fas, fasL were present in syncytiotrophoblast cells and decidua with lower amount While bcl 2 antigen staining was strong in cytotrophoblastic cells and in decidua PCNA protein was present in cytotrophoblastic and decidual cells only In the specimens treated with mifepristone, apoptotic cells were increased in syncytiotrophoblastic cells of villi and visualized in decidua cells The expression of fas, fasL and bax was also higher than that of nomal Conclusions Mifepristone increased apoptosis in syncytiotrophoblastic and decidua cells, but had no effect on the expression of bcl 2 and PCNA
2.Distribution of Human CYP3A Activity in 544 Children at School Age in Shanghai
Jian ZHANG ; Xiaodong ZHU ; Min'Gang WEI ; Yuenian TANG ; Yuelian JIANG ; Lun CHEN ; Haitao LIU
China Pharmacy 2005;0(20):-
OBJECTIVE:To establish a scientific evidence for evaluation of individualized administration among children.METHODS:Hydrocortisone probe was used for determination of CYP3A activity in children with quantitative method.RESULTS:CYP3A activity in the health children volunteers showed Gaussian distribution in the form of natural logarithm,the average value was1.69?1.04,with the value of1.63?0.99in males and1.75?1.09in females.CONCLUSION:There is no significant difference in CYP3A activity between the two sexes.
4.Cost-utility analysis of budesonide/formoterol powder inhalation versus salmeterol/fluticasone powder inhalation for asthma in adolescents
Anle SHEN ; Bin WU ; Dan LIU ; Yuelian JIANG ; Juan WU ; Yong YIN ; Shunguo ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology 2024;33(1):60-67
Objective To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of budesonide/formoterol powder inhalation(BF)versus salmeterol/fluticasone powder inhalation(SF)for the treatment of persistent asthma in adolescents,and to provide economic evidence and reference for clinical medication and decision-making.Methods From perspective of Chinese healthcare,a Markov model was established based on a prospective cohort study conducted by Shanghai Fudan University Affiliated Minhang Hospital.The cycle length was 7 days,and the time horizon was 6 years.A discount rate of 5%per year was applied.Clinical parameters including asthma acute exacerbation,treatment costs,and health utility values were obtained from relevant literature.The primary outcomes were direct medical costs,quality-adjusted life-years(QALYs),and incremental cost-utility ratio(ICUR).Cost-utility analysis was performed using TreeAge Pro 2022.The one-way sensitivity analysis and probabilistic sensitivity analysis were conducted to validate the robustness of the basic analysis results.Results Compared with SF group,BF group contributed to an incremental QALYs of 0.002 5 and reduced the cost by 7 043.93 yuan,which implied that BF group was a dominating treatment.Results of one-way sensitivity analysis showed that SF price,BF price and Hazard ratio of asthma acute exacerbation(BF vs.SF)were the main sensitivity factors of model.Probabilistic sensitivity analysis demonstrated the probability of BF being cost-effective was about 80%within the willingness to pay threshold of 257 100 yuan/QALY.Conclusions It was found out in this study that BF was a more cost-effective option for the adolescents with persistent asthma compared with SF.