1. Effects of compatible herbs and pH value conditions on change rule of anthraquinones in Rhei Radix et Rhizoma
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 2013;44(24):3476-3481
Objective: To study the effects of various compatible herbs and pH value conditions on the change rule of anthraquinones in Rhei Radix et Rhizoma (RRR). Methods: The pH value of the extracted solution from seven compatible herbs[vinegar Kansui Radix (vKR), Moutan Cortex (MC), Scutellariae Radix (SR), Coptidis Rhizoma (CR), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (ALRP), Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (AFI), and Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (MOC)] were determined, then RRR was added into hydrochloric acid solution with the same pH value as the above solutions and boiled, in which the contents of anthraquinones were determined by UV-Vis and HPLC. The contents of anthraquinones were compared with those in the decoction of compatible herbs and single RRR. Results: The results of UV-Vis showed that total anthraquinones got the lowest amount when RRR and CR were boiled together while the highest appeared when RRR and SR were boiled together; the contents of total anthraquinones were increased when the pH value was increased. The results of HPLC showed that the five anthraquinones got the lowest dissolving-out quantity when RRR and CR were boiled together while the highest appeared when RRR and ALRP were boiled together. Under the conditions of different pH values, the highest dissolving-out quantity was got when the pH value reached 5.6. Conclusion: Both the compatible herbs and pH value could affect the dissolution of anthraquinones during the extraction. However, the effects of various compatible herbs and different pH value conditions adjusted by hydrochloric acid are different, and the pH value conditions have greater effects.
2.Correlation Between Apparent Diffusion Coefifcient Value on MR Diffusion-weighted Imaging and Prognostic Factors in Breast Invasive Ductal Carcinomas
Zongyu XIE ; Liuquan CHENG ; Zhen YANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging 2015;(3):183-187
PurposeTo explore the correlation between apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value on MR diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and prognostic factors in breast invasive ductal carcinomas.Materials and Methods 103 patients with pathology-proven invasive breast ductal carcinomas underwent DWI MR scan using b=1000 s/mm2. The minimum ADC values of the lesions were determined. Histopathological specimens were analyzed for tumor size, lymph node metastasis, pathological grade (traditional prognostic factors) and the expression of prognostic factors including Ki-67, ToPo-IIα, P53 and CyclinD1. The correlations between ADC values and these prognostic factors were evaluated.Results In 103 breast invasive ductal carcinomas, there was no significant relationship between tumor size, lymph node metastasis, pathological grade and mean ADC values (P>0.05). The correlations between mean ADC values and the biological prognostic factors were not significant (P>0.05). However, positive correlations were observed between pathological grade and the expression of Ki-67 as well as ToPo-IIα(P<0.05).Conclusion ADC values cannot serve as a prognostic factor for invasive ductal breast carcinomas. However, the expression of Ki-67 and ToPo-IIα in breast invasive ductal carcinomas may be important in evaluating prognosis of the tumor and guiding clinical therapy.
4.Effects of rehabilitation on the regeneration of nerve cells after experimental cerebral hemorrhage in rats
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2011;33(10):731-735
Objective To study the effects of rehabilitation training on the regeneration of nerve cells in rats after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).Methods A total of 75 male SD rats were randomized into a training group,a control group and a sham operated group,25 rats/group.The ICH models were induced by stereotactical injection of collagenase type Ⅶ into the globus pallidus.The training group was trained with grasp,balancing and rotating exercise every day,the control group was restricted to their cages,and the sham operated group received normal saline injections.Each group was further subdivided into 1,4,7,14 and 28 day subgroups.Neurological function was measured in each group.Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) was used to label S phase cells,immunohistochemical single and double staining with antibodies against BrdU,microtubal-associated protein (MAP) and neuronal nuclei (NeuN) were used to determine neuronal proliferation,migration and differentiation in the subventricular zone ( SVZ ) and subgranular zone (SGZ) in the training and control groups.Results The motor function scores of the animals in the rehabilitation group were significantly lower than those of the control group.Proliferative BrdU + cells of the SVZ and SGZ in the control group rats were clearly less than those in the rehabilitation training rats at all time points.The results of the immunohistochemical double staining indicated that one week after ICH BrdU +/MAP + cells in the SVZ had increased significantly in the training group compared to the control group,and then decreased two weeks later.At the same time,BrdU +/MAP cells were found in the striatal boundary on the hemorrhage side,in numbers up to 8 times that in the control group.In the rehabilitation group striatal neuron differentiation on the hemorrhage side was 2 to 3 times that in the control group.Conclusion Rehabilitative training can enhance nerve cell proliferation,regeneration and neuron migration after ICH.
5.Association between Human Leukocyte Antigen DR gene polymorphisms and total IgE levels in children with asthma
Qingling XIE ; Hong ZHEN ; Ling QIN
Clinical Medicine of China 2012;28(6):597-600
Objective To investigate the association between Human Leukocyte Antigen DR (HLADR) gene polymorphisms and total IgE levels in children with asthma.Methods This study involved 84 unrelated children with asthma and 168 healthy controls without asthma.All participants had their serum total IgE levels measured with UniCAP Pharmacia system,and skin-prick test with ten kinds of inhalant allergens were taken among them.HLA oligonucleotide array was used to determine twenty-one gene frequencies of HLADR.Results ( 1 ) The frequencies of HLA-DRB1 * 070X allele and HLA-DRB1 * 11XX allele among the asthmatic were significantly higher than those in the healthy controls (HLA-DRB1 * 070X allele:2.98%vs.0.30%,x2 =6.915,P < 0.05 ; HLA-DRB1 * 11XX allele:13.69% vs.5.95%,x2 =9.478,P < 0.01 ),Odds ratios( OR)for the two groups were 10.57(95% CI:1.215 -91.986)and 2.79(95% CI:1.429 -5.449)respectively.HLA-DRB3( 52 ) * 010X allele were significantly decreased in asthmatics compared to healthy controls(13.99%,x2 =5.854,P <0.05),OR was 0.429(95% CI:0.214 -0.862).(2) Significant correlation between HLA-DRB1 * 160XX,HLA-DRB1 * 3 (17)alleles and the level of total IgE were found in asthmatic children(P <0.05).OR were 0.145(95% CI:0.027 -0.781 )for HLA-DRB1 * 160XX allele and 1.667(95%CI:1.367-2.033)for HLA-DRB1 * 3(17)allele.Conclusion HLA-DRB1 *070X allele and HLA-DRB1 * 11XX allele were implicated in susceptibility to asthma,HLA-DRB3 (52) * 010X allele might conferring protection effects against asthma.There were association between HLA-DRB1 * 160XX,HLA-DRB1 * 3 ( 17 ) alleles and the level of total IgE in asthmatic children.Protective effects of HLA-DRB1 * 160XX allele against high level IgE response was noted,while HLA-DRB1 * 3(17)allele might be associated with high level of IgE in patients with asthma.
6.Survey on biochemistry study situation in clinical medicine undergraduates
Shuyang XIE ; Ying MA ; Zhen YUE ; Yanjun YIN
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2012;11(5):546-549
Objective To understand biochemistry study situation in clinical medicine undergraduates and to improve biochemistry teaching quality.Methods Totally 120 clinical medicine undergraduates were enrolled randomly to receive investigation on problems related to biochemistry.Corresponding statistic analysis was made using softwares of Excel and SPSS 16.0 in view of the main problems.Results One hundred and twenty copies of survey questionnaires were finished.There were 114 effective copies and the effective rate was 95% after checking on these questionnaires.61.4% of the students neither liked nor disliked biochemistry course; 56.1% of the students thought that learning biochemistry was difficult; students thought that chapter 4 sugar metabolism,chapter 5 lipid metabolism and chapter 6 biological oxidation to be very difficult.Only 11% of the students did preview,further analysis found positive relation between preview and understanding (rj =0.288,P < 0.01 ).Conclusion Clinical medicine undergraduates like biochemistry insufficiently with few doing preview.It suggests that teachers should pay attention to the cultivation and stimulation of students' interest in biochemistry course,improve teaching method for the difficult sections,strengthen experiment teaching and try combination and separation teaching mode.
7.A survey on the effect of the quality monitoring system for the medical English major's probation
Hong XIE ; Liping GUO ; Na ZHEN ; Xinliang YU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2011;10(7):841-843
This paper is to survey two groups of medicine-oriented English major undergraduates who have their probation either before or after the Quality Monitoring System is introduced to them about their degrees of learning satisfaction through questionnaires and seminar discussions. As a result, it proves that the implementation of the Quality Monitoring System in student probation helps to raise the degrees of student learning satisfaction, which clearly promotes the probation quality and secures the fulfillment of the mission in practice.
9.Breeding of Zmu-1:DHP inbred strain guinea pig and preliminary analysis of molecular genetic structure of the strain
Diwen LIU ; Min XIE ; Yanhong CHEN ; Zhen WEI
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica 2017;25(1):90-96
Objective To breed a guinea pig inbred strain and set up a method for detection of the microsatellite markers of genetic structure in guinea pigs. Method Using inbreeding methods we try to breed the Zmu-1:DHP inbred strain. With 15 pairs of polymorphism microsatellite primers, the genetic homozygosity of Zmu?1:DHP inbred strain,Zmu?1:DHP outbred strain and Zmu?2:DHP inbred strain ( as control) were examined by PCR. Results After breeding for 13 years, 8 sublines of Zmu?1:DHP inbred strain ( >20 generations) were bred. After identification, the gene frequency of the second subline of Zmu?1:DHP inbred strain was 86. 7%,higher than Zmu?1:DHP outbred strain (6. 7%) and Zmu?2:DHP inbred strain (66. 7%). The average number of loci of Zmu?1:DHP inbred strain was 1. 13,lower than that of Zmu?1:DHP outbred strain (2. 47%) and Zmu?2:DHP inbred strain (1. 33%). The genotypic frequency of Zmu?1:DHP in?bred strain was also higher than that of the other strains. The gene types of Zmu?1:DHP inbred strain were included in the genes of Zmu?1:DHP outbred strain, but Zmu?1:DHP inbred strain was short of 2 characteristic genes. The gene homozy?gous rates of 8 sublines of Zmu?1:DHP inbred strain were different with each other,among them, those of the 2nd and 8th sublines were higher than others. Conclusions There are both homozygosity and specificity in the Zum?1:DHP inbred strain and Zum?1:DHP outbred strain. The second Zum?1:DHP subline becomes a new inbred strain guinea pig. It is es?sential that the subline with the characteristic property is screened from these sublines. The guinea pigs of black Zmu?2:DHP inbred strain carrying microsatellite markers not present in the white strains, may carry optimal genes related with hair color properties.
10.Research advances in toxic keratopathy
Zhen WANG ; Xiaojun TAN ; Jun CHENG ; Lixin XIE
Recent Advances in Ophthalmology 2017;37(2):192-196
The incidence of toxic keratopatby is increasing yearly.Due to the shortage of specific clinical manifestations,the diagnosis and treatment of the disease are relatively difficult,hence toxic keratopathy has received extensive attention of the domestic and abroad scholars.In recent years,with the development of ophthalmic examination technology and progress of instruments,its mechanism,diagnosis and treatment have been newly cognized.These three aspects will be reviewed in this article.