1.Study on antioxidant activity of Clematis chinensis Osbeck polysaccharide
Yan CHEN ; Yujun SUN ; Wei FANG
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy 2005;0(03):-
Objective: To study the antioxidant activity of Clematis chinensis Osbeck polysaccharide(CCP).Methods:① To assay the scavenging activity of CCP on hydroxyl radical and superoxide anion in vitro.② To analyze the effect of CCP on red blood cell autoxidation hemolysis induced by H2O2 by colorimetry.③ To study the effect of CCP on acute hepatic injury of the mice induced by carbon tetrachloride.Results: CCP could eliminate the hydroxyl free radical and the superoxide anion free radical,reduce red blood cell autoxidation hemolysis induced by H2O2,raise the activities of SOD and GSH-Px in hepatic injury mice's serum and liver apparently,reduce the content of MDA and liver index notably.Conclusion: CCP has the significantly action of anti oxidation activity in vitro and in vivo which relates to removing oxygen free radical.
3.Development of web-based literature database for Yersinia pestis
Xiaofei YAN ; Yanfeng YAN ; Ruifu YANG ; Yujun CUI
Military Medical Sciences 2017;41(6):474-477
Objective To build a literature database that systematically sorts out and integrates related knowledge of Yersinia pestis researches, which will improve the efficiency of future researches on Y.pestis.Methods EndNote X5 software was used as a literature collection tool in this research.Computer languages, including Perl and PHP, were employed to standardize the text data, establish the entity relationship model, code the webpage and build the basic literature database.The tool combination of Apache+PHP+MySQL that is usually used in development of small or medium-scale websites was selected to build a dynamic website.Results and Conclusion The Y.pestis literature database(YPKD) was constructed (accessed by http://101.201.51.148/ypkd/.), from which users can quickly search or browse the required literature, download the required full text, and obtain the latest online information on Y.pestis.The database can serve as a model for establishing literature databases of other crucial pathogens.
4.VEGF enhances serum levels of HGF and IL-6 in rats following 50 percent partial liver transplantation
Xiaoling DONG ; Shuguang WANG ; Yujun ZHANG ; Yan JIANG
Journal of Third Military Medical University 2003;0(11):-
Objective To determine the effects of exogenous VEGF on the serum levels of HGF and IL-6 in rats following partial liver transplantation.Methods Totally 180 SD rats were subjected to 50 percent partial liver transplantation,then each 60 rats were treated either with VEGF,anti-VEGF or normal saline.HGF,IL-6 and hepatic biochemical markers were assessed at 0,12,24,72,168 h after operation.Results In the VEGF group,the serum levels of HGF and IL-6 were significantly increased as compared with those of anti-VEGF group or control group.Blockage of endogenous VEGF led to a marked increase of ALT and AST.Conclusion VEGF can markedly increase the secretion of HGF and IL-6,which may be related to its enhancing liver regeneration and improving liver function.
5.A Clinical Study onBushen Gujing Recipe in Treating Early Diabetic Nephropathy with Yin-Yang Deficiency Syndrome
Shunxin YAN ; Xiaozhou GUO ; Yujun ZHANG ; Jinling WANG
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2015;(1):33-35
Objective To investigate the effects ofBushen Gujing Recipe in treating early diabetic nephropathy (DN).Methods Sixty patients of early DN with Yin-Yang deficiency syndrome were randomly divided into treatment group and control group, 30 cases in each group. The control group was treated with conventional western medicine treatment, and the treatment group was treated withBushen Gujing Recipe combined with the conventional therapy. The treatment course was three months. The clinical efficacy, integral of TCM syndrome, and urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER) of the two groups were compared.Results After the treatment, the integral of TCM symdrome of the treatment group was lower than control group, showed a statistically significant difference (P<0.05). The total effective rates of clinical efficacy were 81.48% (22/27) in treatment group, and 64.00% (16/25) in control group. The therapeutic effect of treatment group was better than control group (P<0.05). UAER showed a statistically significant difference between two groups (P<0.05).Conclusion Based on the western medicine treatment,Bushen Gujing Recipe can improve the symptoms of patients, alleviate the injury of kidney, and has good efficacy on DN.
6.Establishment of TaqManˉBHQ probe realˉtime fluorescence RTˉPCR for quantitative detection of Soul virus
Chuncheng LIU ; Pengfei YANG ; Qingli YAN ; Yujun SHI
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2014;(24):3332-3333
Objective To establish a rapid method of real-time fluorescence RT-PCR to quantify Soul virus.Methods The pro-fessional software was adopted to design the primer and the TaqMan-BHQ probe.With artificially synthesized L gene segment as the template of Soul virus,the real-time RT-PCR for detecting Soul virus was researched.Results The Ct value of templates had a good linear relationship with the log value of the template diluted concentration.The standard curve was Y =-3.607X +41.84, r2 =0.998,the PCR amplification efficiency was 108.1%,its lowest detection limit was 53.2 copies/μL.Conclusion Applying the real-time fluorescence RT-PCR by the TaqMan-BHQ probe for detecting nucleic acid of Seoul virus has the characteristics of short time-consuming and high sensitivity.
7.Pathology, ultra-structure and immunohistochemistry analysis of kidney oncocytoma
Wei ZHANG ; Yujun LI ; Wenjuan YU ; Yan LIU ; Yanxia JIANG
Chinese Journal of Urology 2012;33(4):254-258
Objective To study the pathological,ultrastructural and immunohistochemical features of kidney oncocytoma (RO). Methods The clinical and histological features of 13 patients (5 men and 8 women;mean age,58 years,age 44 -78 years) with RO were observed.Immunohistochemical staining was performed on paraffin-embedded tissues with a panel of antibodies including vimentin,EMA,ckpan,CK7,CK18,E-cadherin,CD10,RCC,CD117,34βE12,HMB45,s-100 and Ki-67.Of the 13 cases,10were found incidentally during a health examination while the other three cases presented with lumbago and discomfort of the lumber.Four cases were analyzed by electron microscopy.Eleven were treated with radical nephrectomy and 2 with partial nephrectomy. Results Histologically,the tumor cells were mainly arranged in closely packed nests,aciniform or tubule with an occasional microcystic pattern in loose edematous hypocellular fibrous stroma.Tumor cells had moderate to abundant granular eosinophilic cytoplasm with a small,round and uniform nucleus containing finely and evenly dispersed chromati.However,focal nuclear atypia were observed with no mitotic activity.Immunohistochemically,all cases were diffusely positive for CK18 and showed variable immunoreactivity for E-cadherin,CD117,CD10 and CK7.Twelve cases were positive for EMA. All cases were negative for vimentin,34βE12,HMB45 and s-100.The proliferative index (Ki-67) was very low in all cases,with less than 1% of the nuclei labeled.Electronic microscopy showed the cytoplasm had abundant mitochondria with lamellar cristae.Follow-up on 10 patients ( range from 2 to 67months) showed no recurrence or metastasis. Conclusions Tumor cells arranged in nests with loose hypocellu]ar and edematous stroma is the most important histological feature of RO.The immunohistochemical features could be helpful for both diagnosis and differential diagnosis.
8.Effects of cold preservation and reperfusion injury on the regeneration of donor liver and associated mechanisms
Jin ZHU ; Xiaowu LI ; Yujun ZHANG ; Yan XIONG ; Jiahong DONG
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2009;8(6):445-448
Objective To investigate the effects of cold preservation and reperfusion injury on the regen-eration of donor liver and to study the mechanisms. Methods Male SD rats were divided in to sham group (6 rats), UW 1 h group (48 rats) and UW 12 h group (48 rats). Liver tissue specimens were collected at different time points after orthotopic liver transplantation or sham operation. The morphology of liver tissue was observed via light microscope and transmission electron microscope. Proliferation of hepatocytes and sinusoidal endothelial cells (SECs) were assessed by a double immunostaining technique using antibodies against rat endothelial cell antigen-1 and bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors, fins-like tyrosine kinase-1 (flt-1) and fetal liver kinase-1 (flk-1) was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. The mRNA expression of flt-1 was detected by a RT-PCR method. Mean comparison in groups was conducted by one-way ANOVA or t test. Results BrdU labeling indexes of hepatocytes and SECs in UW 12 h group was significantly higher than those in UW 1 h group (F = 61.45,41.4, P < 0.05). The proliferation of hepatocytes peaked at 48 h after operation in both UW 1 h group and UW 12 h group. However, the proliferation of SECs was fallen behind compared to hepatocytes, with a peak appeared at 72 h in UW 1 h group and at 96 h in UW 12 h group, respec-tively. The expression of VEGF was up-regulated in both UW 1 h group and UW 12 h group compared to sham group. Furthermore, expression of flt-1 and flk-1 was found to be mainly limited in SECs, with a peak in expres-sion occurring between 72 h and 96 h, coinciding with the peak in SECs proliferation in UW 1 h group. Conversely, flt-1 was found to be reduced significantly on mRNA level at any time throughout the experiment in UW 12 h group compared to sham group (F = 141.67, P < 0.05). Conclusion Reduced expression of flt-1 results in a retarded regeneration of SECs, and then the recovery of rat donor liver function is delayed after cold-preserved transplantation.
9.An investigation on binocular summation response of visual evoked potential in children with hyperopia amblyopia
Chunhong YU ; Yujun, LIAO ; Yang, YANG ; Yan, DENG ; Xiaowei, PENG ; Tao, YAN ; Xiaolong YIN
Chinese Ophthalmic Research 2009;27(12):1133-1136
Objective Conventional examination for vision function adopts subjective psychophysics methods.Pattern visual evoked potential (P-VEP) binocular summation response is a new objective way for the test of vision function.But its clinical value in evaluating vision function of amblyopia children is still in controversy.This study was to explore the binocular vision and the feature of P-VEP binocular summation in children with amblyopia and evaluate the significance of P-VEP binocular summation in binocular vision.MethodsThis is a case-controlled study.P-VEP binocular summation response and single ocular P-VEP response was respectively recorded in 151 hyperopia amblyopia children and 80 age- and gender-matched normal children.P-VEP response from children with hyperopia amblyopia was recorded under the corrected vision.The hyperopia amblyopia was diagnosed based on the standard of National Children Amblyopia and Strabismus Prevention and Treatment Working Group.The feature of P-VEP binocular summation was further analyzed and compared with monocular VEP response.Informed consent was obtained from each subject or custodian prior to the trail.ResultsNo significant difference was found in latency between P-VEP binocular summation response and monocular P-VEP response whether amblyopia children or normal children(P>0.05).Binocular response/monocular response value in amblyopia children was lower than that in normal children(P<0.05).Binocular response/monocular response value in mild or moderate amblyopia children was higher than that in severe amblyopia children(P<0.05).Binocular response/monocular response value was significantly reduced in the children with binocular vision than in the children without binocular vision (P<0.05).ConclusionP-VEP binocular vision,acting as an evaluation factor,could impartially reflect the function of binocular vision of amblyopia children.
10.Clinicopathologic characteristics of membranous nephropathy with crescents
Yujun QIAN ; Ke ZUO ; Shijun LI ; Xiaomei LI ; Caihong ZENG ; Zhihong LIU ; Yan WU
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2015;(12):1262-1267
Objective Membranous nephropathy ( MN) is rarely complicated by crescents.This study was to observe the clinicopathologic characteristics of MN with crescents. Methods This retrospective study included 53 cases of biopsy-proven idiopathic MN with crescents in the absence of immunologic and clinical etiologic factors and another 100 MN patients without histological crescents as controls.The clinicopathologic features, treatment response, and out-comes were analyzed and compared between the two groups of pa-tients. Results Significantly higher percentages of hypertension and decreased eGFR were observed in the MN +crescents group than in the control (47.2%vs 19.0%, P<0.05;28.3%vs 40.%, P<0.05).Circulating autoantibodies against the M-type phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) were found in 66.7%(30/45) of the patients.The glomeruli exhibited a median of 4.6%(1.8%-35.3%) involvement of crescents.Compared with the controls, the MN +crescents group showed remarkably higher rates of segmental glomer-ulosclerosis lesions (16.0%vs 49.1%, P<0.05), capillary loops necrosis (0.0%vs 11.3%, P<0.05), interstitial fibrosis/tubu-lar atrophy (IFTA) (54.0%vs 86.8%, P<0.05) and afferent arterial lesions (65.0%vs 92.5%, P<0.05).No significant differ-ences were found in the outcomes of the two groups of patients. Conclusion MN with crescents is rare, and secondary MN and cres-centic glomerulonephritis should be considered.Crescentic MN usually presents with hypertension and renal dysfunction clinically and high rates of severe segmental and global glomerulosclerosis, capillary loops necrosis, and IFTA histologically.The condition has a fa-vorable short-term prognosis.