1.A detailed criterion of BI-RADS assessment category based on US-BI-RADS: a preliminary study
Haina ZHAO ; Yulan PENG ; Honghao LUO ; Yushuang HE ; Ya JIN ; Pan YANG
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2015;24(3):242-245
Objective To set up an objective criterion for BI-RADS assessment.Methods The breast sonograms of 1 938 female cases were retrospectively studied which had been confirmed by pathology from January to September 2011 and 2012 January.1 660 cases during 2011 were model cases,and the importance of each single feature in distinguishing between benign and malignant was obtained with Chi square and OR value.A detailed criterion of BI-RADS assessment category was set up based on US-BI-RADS.Results Eighteen of 24 lexicons were statistically significant distinguished between benign and malignant breast masses(P < 0.05).The lexicons were divided into major suspicious signs,middle ones and minor ones assigned 3 points,2 points and 1 point,and a scoring model was established as follows:Score =3 * (X1 + X2 + … + X6) + 2 * (X7 + X8 + … + X12) + (X9 + X10 + … + X18).Based on BI-RADS,the positive predictive value of model cases was 1.5%,6.9%,22.1%,62.5%,96.1% followed by category 3,4A,4B,4C and 5,and it was 1.4%,3.4%,21.1%,69.4%,92.7% in test cases.Conclusions The scoring model could be useful for BI-RADS final assessment more objectively,and could make it more convenient to predict the risk of breast cancer.
2.Therapeutic effects and mechanisms of quercetin on pain responses in a mouse model of paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy
Ting JIN ; Piyi LI ; Huimin NIE ; Chengyu YIN ; Yushuang PAN ; Zhihui ZHU ; Boyi LIU ; Boyu LIU
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica 2024;32(9):1105-1113
Objective To observe the effect of quercetin on mechanical allodynia,astrocyte activation,and upregulation of pain-related transient receptor potential vanilloid 1(TRPV1)and P2X purinoceptor 3(P2X3)in mice with paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy.Methods Twenty-four C57BL/6 mice were divided randomly into control,model,and model+quercetin groups(n=8 mice per group).Paclitaxel(total dose 8 mg/kg)was injected intraperitoneally into mice in the model and model+quercetin groups to establish the model.Mice in the control group were injected intraperitoneally with the same volume of vehicle.On day 8 after the first injection,mice in the model+quercetin group were injected with 60 mg/kg quercetin solution orally and mice in the other groups were injected with the same volume of vehicle.Mechanical pain was measured by the von Frey test.Activation of astrocytes in the spinal dorsal horn was detected by immunofluorescence.Expression levels of TRPV1 and P2X3 in dorsal root ganglia were detected by immunofluorescence and Western Blot.Results(1)Compared with model group,the mechanical pain of mice in model+quercetin group were relieved.(2)Compared with model group,the activation of astrocytes and the expressions of TRPV1 and P2X3 in mice of model+quercetin group were alleviated(P<0.05).Conclusions Quercetin can significantly reduce mechanical pain in mice with paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy.This mechanism maybe related to alleviating the activation of astrocytes in the spinal dorsal horn and reducing expression of TRPV1 and P2X3 in the dorsal root ganglia.