1.Effects of luteolin on CaM-CaMPK signaling pathway in hippocampus in epileptic rats
Junli ZHEN ; Yingna CHANG ; Tao FU ; Zhenzhen QU ; Jianqun LIU ; Weiping WANG
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2016;38(3):232-237
Objective To explore the effects of luteolin on cognition function in pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced epileptic rats and related mechanism.Methods Fifty male SD rats were randomly divided into a normal control group(n=8), a model group(n=12), and groups of 25, 50 mg/kg luteolin(both ofn=11), as well as 100 mg/kg luteolin group(n=8). Those rats were given different doses of luteolin (25, 50 and 100 mg/kg, daily, intragastric administration) for 36 consecutive days. Similarly, rats of the normal control group and the model group were given 0.5% sodium carboxymethyl cellulose suspension liquid via intragastric administration. Thirty minutes later, a model of epilepsy was induced using PTZ (40 mg/kg, daily) via intraperitoneal injection except the control group. Learning and memory of rats were evaluated by Morris water maze and novel objective recognition trials(including escape latency and recognition index). The levels of CaM and CaMPK were determined by ELISA methods, and expression of Ras proteins in the hippocampus were detected by Western Blot.Results Compared with the model group, luteolin treatment groups significantly shorten the escape latency(28.51 ± 3.84 s, 19.77 ± 5.41 s, 14.86 ± 2.76 svs. 37.08 ± 5.18 s) in the Morris water maze, and increased recognition index(18.77% ± 2.02%, 25.06% ± 4.32%, 31.92% ± 2.65%vs. 13.87% ± 2.14%) in the novel objection trial(P<0.05 orP<0.01). Meanwhile, CaM(140.33 ± 13.52 ng/L, 124.26 ± 9.97 ng/L, 113.52 ± 11.57 ng/Lvs. 158.36 ± 10.68 ng/L) and CaMPK(8.25 ± 1.37 ng/ml, 7.69 ± 0.84 ng/ml, 6.74 ± 0.93 ng/mlvs. 9.87 ± 1.02 ng/ml) were significantly decreased(P<0.05 orP<0.01). What’s more, the expression of Ras proteins(0.99 ± 0.08, 0.76 ± 0.07, 0.52 ± 0.07vs. 1.58 ± 0.12) was obviously decreased compared with the model group(P<0.05 orP<0.01).Conclusion Luteolin could effectively improve the cognition dysfunction of epileptic rats, and the mechanism might be relevant to regulate the CaM-CaMPK signaling pathway via down-regulation of CaM, CaMPK, as well as Ras protein.
2.Difference in proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 levels between premenopausal and postmenopausal women
Wen GUO ; Zhenzhen FU ; Qin CUI ; Kunlin WANG ; Yan SUN ; Yina CHANG ; Hongwen ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2013;(1):46-49
Objective To compare proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) levels between premenopausal and postmenopausal women,and to investigate the relationship between serum PCSK9 and metabolic factors.Methods Totally 515 women were enrolled from the study on diabetes of prediction,prevention,and intervention in Nanjing in 2009.Survey,physical examinations,and determination of related metabolic indexes were performed.Serum PCSK9 level was measured by sandwich ELISA.Results Serum PCSK9 level was positively correlated with low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C),total cholesterol (TC),triglyceride,fasting plasma glucose,body mass index,waist-hip ratio,and age in women (all P<0.01).PCSK9 level was significantly lower in premenopausal women than that in postmenopausal women [(58.18 ± 25.44 vs 80.91 ± 33.74) ng/ml,P <0.01].Conclusion Higher level of PCSK9 exists in postmenopausal women compared with premenopausal women.The level of PCSK9 is closely correlated with age,TC,and LDL-C.
3.A prospective cohort study on effects of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system for adenomyosis with severe dysmenorrhea
Lei LI ; Jinhua LENG ; Yi DAI ; Junji ZHANG ; Shuangzheng JIA ; Xiaoyan LI ; Jinghua SHI ; Jiaren ZHANG ; Ting LI ; Xiaoxuan XU ; Zhenzhen LIU ; Shanshan YOU ; Xiaoyan CHANG ; Jinghe LANG
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2016;51(5):345-351
Objective To investigate treatment effects of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) for adenomyosis with severe dysmenorrhea in a prospective cohort study. Methods From December 2006 to December 2014, patients of symptomatic adenomyosis diagnosed by transvaginal ultrasound in outpatient or inpatient clinics of Peking Union Medical College Hospital were given the treatment of LNG-IUS. Before and after placement of LNG-IUS, all the patients′parameters were recorded prospectively, including symptoms and scores of dysmenorrhea, menstruation scores, biochemical indicators, physical parameters, carrying status of LNG-IUS, menstruation patterns and adverse effects. Changes of scores and patterns of pain during follow-up were analyzed. Results Totally 1 100 women meets inclusion criteria, among which 640 cases (58.18%, 640/1 100) had severe dysmeorrhea, with median follow-up period of 35 months (range 1-60 months), and accumulative carrying rate of 65% at 60 months follow-up. After placement of LNG-IUS, scores of pain and ratio of severe dysmenorrhea had decreased significantly compared with baselines (all P<0.01), the scroes of visual analog scale (VAS) were 8.1 ± 0.9, 5.5 ± 2.4, 4.6 ± 2.4, 3.3 ± 2.2, 2.2 ± 2.1, 2.2 ± 1.8, 1.4 ± 1.6 and 1.3 ± 1.3 at 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months respectively. During 36 months after placement of LNG-IUS, scores of pain had improved significantly compared with preceding period (all P<0.01). We found no universal dependent factors predicting improvement of pain, which was neither relevant with simultaneous changes of menstruation patterns nor adverse effects (all P>0.05). Conclusion LNG-IUS is effective for adenomyosis of severe dysmenorrhea. Improvement of pain is independent on patients characters, menstruation patterns or adverse effects.
4.Changes of menstruation patterns and adverse effects during the treatment of LNG-IUS for symptomatic adenomyosis
Lei LI ; Jinhua LENG ; Junji ZHANG ; Shuangzheng JIA ; Xiaoyan LI ; Jinghua SHI ; Yi DAI ; Jiaren ZHANG ; Ting LI ; Xiaoxuan XU ; Zhenzhen LIU ; Shanshan YOU ; Xiaoyan CHANG ; Jinghe LANG
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2016;51(9):657-662
Objective To investigate the changes of mestruation patterns and adverse effects during the treatment of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) for symptomatic adenomyosis in a prospective cohort study. Methods From December, 2006 to December, 2014, patients of symptomatic adenomyosis diagnosed by transvaginal ultrasound in Peking Union Medical College Hospital were given LNG-IUS. Before and after placement of IUS, all patients′ parameters were recorded, including carrying status of IUS, symptoms and scores of dysmenorrhea, menstruation scores, biochemical indicators, physical parameters, menstruation patterns and adverse effects. Risk factors for changes of menstruation patterns and adverse effects, and their impact on treatment effects were analyzed. Results Totally 1 100 cases met inclusion criteria, with median age 36 years (range 20-44 years), median follow-up 35 months (range 1-108 months). During follow-up changes of menstruation patterns increased significantly with amenorrhea and shortened-menstruation being the most common manifestations. On 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months after the placement of LNG-IUS, 0, 5.8%(43/744), 6.9%(47/682), 10.1%(60/595), 17.3%(87/502), 27.2%(104/383) and 29.6%(82/277) patients achieved amenorrhea respectively (P<0.01). Total and subclassification of adverse effects decreased significantly (P<0.01). Within 12 months and >12 months after placement, abdominal pain and body weight increasing ≥5 kg/year were the most common adverse effects. Changes of menstruation patterns, total and subclassifications of adverse effects were neither dependent on patient parameters, treatment modes and treatment effects, nor could predict future LNG-IUS carrying status (all P>0.05). After taking out of LNG-IUS, most changes of menstruation and adverse effects disappeared. Conclusions During the treatment of LNG-IUS for symptomatic adenomyosis, changes of menstruation patterns increase gradually with amenorrhea and shortened-menstruation being the most common manifestations, while adverse effects decrease significantly. Changes of menstruation patterns or adverse effects neither have any risk factor nor have impact on treatment effects.
5.A prospective study on the effects of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system for adenomyosis with menorrhagia
Lei LI ; Jinhua LENG ; Jinghua SHI ; Junji ZHANG ; Shuangzheng JIA ; Xiaoyan LI ; Yi DAI ; Jiaren ZHANG ; Ting LI ; Xiaoxuan XU ; Zhenzhen LIU ; Shanshan YOU ; Xiaoyan CHANG ; Jinghe LANG
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2016;51(6):424-430
Objective To investigate treatment effects of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) for adenomyosis with menorrhea in a prospective study. Methods From December 2006 to December 2014, patients of symptomatic adenomyosis diagnosed by transvaginal ultrasound in outpatient or inpatient clinics of Peking Union Medical College Hospital were given the treatment of LNG-IUS. Before and after placement of LNG-IUS, all the patients′parameters were recorded prospectively, including scores of menstruation blood loss, carrying status of IUS, symptoms and scores of dysmenorrhea, biochemical indicators, physical parameters, menstruation patterns and adverse effects. Changes of pictorial chart scores of menstruation and distribution of anemia during follow-up were analyzed. Results Totally 1 100 women meets inclusion criteria, among which 618 cases (56.18%, 618/1 100) had severe menorrhea, with median follow-up period of 28 months (range 1-60 months), and accumulative carrying rate of 66% at 60 months follow-up. After placement of LNG-IUS, compared with baselines, pictorial chart scores and ratio of menorrhea had decreased significantly (all P<0.01), the scroes of menstruation were 157±34, 94±35, 70±33,67 ± 18, 67 ± 20, 65 ± 19, 66 ± 19, 65 ± 21 at 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months respectively. During 24 months after placement of LNG-IUS, pictorial chart scores and distribution of anemia had improved significantly compared with preceding period (all P<0.01). We found no dependent factors predicting improvement of pictorial chart scores of menorrhea, which was neither relevant with simultaneous changes of menstruation patterns nor adverse effects (all P>0.05). Conclusions LNG-IUS is effective for adenomyosis of menorrhea. Improvement of menstruation blood loss is independent on patients characters, menstruation patterns or adverse effects.
6.A study of nursing model: establishment of green channel and independent of orthopedics unit for elderly patients with hip fracture
Shaomin CHEN ; Chang LYU ; Zhenzhen CHEN ; Jiaozhen WU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2018;24(35):4309-4312
ObjectiveTo establish a green passage for elderly patients with hip fracture, and explore the feasibility and nursing mode of establishing an independent orthopedics unit for elderly patients with hip fracture. Methods? From January 2017 to June 2018, a total of 391 cases of elderly patients with hip fracture in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University were selected. The patients were divided into two groups according to their admission to the ward. The 213 patients in the elderly hip fracture independent orthopedics unit group were admitted to the emergency green channel; 178 patients in the general orthopedics ward were given routine treatment and nursing. The time interval from admission to operation and the prognosis were compared between the two groups. Results? 77.46% of the elderly patients in the independent orthopedics unit group received operation within 36 hours after admission, while only 29.21% in the general orthopedics ward group, with statistical significance (P< 0.01). Rehabilitation and discharge rate of independent orthopaedic unit group was 89.20% and 77.53% in control group within one week after operation. The difference was statistically significant (P=0.009). Conclusions? The establishment of independent orthopedics unit with green channel in geriatric orthopedics reduces the waiting time, bed rest and hospitalization time of patients, and saves medical and nursing resources.
7.Construction and reliability and validity test of Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Scale of Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Zhenzhen WU ; Rui ZHANG ; Yan CHANG ; Hongyan LU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2021;27(14):1821-1827
Objective:To construct a knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) scale for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pulmonary rehabilitation for nurses, and evaluate its reliability and validity.Methods:Based on the theoretical framework of KAP model, the initial scale was developed through literature review, research group discussion and Delphi expert letter consultation. From October to December 2019, a total of 304 respiratory nurses from 17 ClassⅡ and ClassⅢ hospitals in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region were selected as the research subjects by convenient sampling method. Formal scale was formed through item analysis and exploratory factor analysis, and the reliability and validity of the scale were tested.Results:The initial Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Scale of Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD included 54 items. After screening, it finally included 3 dimensions of knowledge, attitude and practice and 38 items. The content validity index at the scale level was 0.930, and the content validity index at the item level was 0.830 to 1.000. Cronbach's α coefficient of the scale was 0.972, Cronbach's α coefficient of dimensions of knowledge, attitude and practice were respectively 0.957, 0.943 and 0.965, and the test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.893. Three common factors were extracted by exploratory factor analysis, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 63.918%.Conclusions:Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Scale of Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD has good reliability and validity, which can objectively and effectively evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice level of nurses in COPD pulmonary rehabilitation and provide a reference for formulating pulmonary rehabilitation specialist training plans.
8.The cases of twins with sialidosis type 1
Dongchu LI ; Jianwen WANG ; Zhenzhen WANG ; Zihan REN ; Tiantian LAN ; Le CHANG ; Tao GU ; Guisheng CHEN
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2023;56(5):543-549
Sialidosis is a rare lysosomal storage disease caused by NEU1 gene mutation at 6p21.33. It is characterized by myoclonic, ataxia, epilepsy, and decreased vision. A pair of twins with sialidosis type 1 are reported to enrich clinicians ′ understanding of the disease, so as to improve the diagnosis and treatment. The proband was a 16-year-old male. The main symptom was intermittent limb involuntary trembling for 2 years, with paroxysmal loss of consciousness. Fundus examination showed cherry-red spots. His twin brother had similar symptoms, but the overall performance was mild. Whole exome sequencing results showed that both patients carried compound heterozygous mutations of c.239C>T (p.P80L) and c.803A>G (p.Y268C) in NEU1 gene, which were from their normal phenotype mother and father.
9. Changes in peripheral blood during the antiviral treatment with Peg-IFNα-2 a and ribavirin for patients with chronic hepatitis C and the relationship between the changes and effect
Zhenzhen LI ; Hongxiao HAO ; Lu ZHANG ; Yao LU ; Weihua CAO ; Xingyue WANG ; Chongping RAN ; Tianlin QI ; Shuling WU ; Ge SHEN ; Ru LIU ; Min CHANG ; Leiping HU ; Minghui LI ; Yao XIE
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2017;31(6):545-548
Objective:
To observe the changes of peripheral blood image of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients treated with pegylated interferon (Peg-IFN) and ribavirin, and explore the relationship between the changes and serum virological respose (SVR).
Methods:
Patients with CHC treated with Peg-IFN α-2 a and ribavirin in the Second Division of Liver Disease in Beijing Ditan Hospital were monitored for peripheral blood cells routine examination and Liver function, kidney function, thyroid function at baseline and week 2, 4, 8, 12, 24, 36, 48, and week 12, 24, 48 after the end of treatment for chronic hepatitis C, and HCV RNA.
Results:
The decrease of peripheral blood cell counts began to appear at week 2 of treatment. For CHC patients without cirrhosis, white blood cells, lymphocyte, hemoglobin and platelets at week 2, while minimum values were seen at week 36, and the neutrophils reached the minimum value to at week 24. Significant recovery of the peripheral blood changes was seen at the end of treatment (48 weeks), and reached pre-treatment levels at week 48 after the end of treatment. For CHC patients with cirrhosis, white blood cells, lymphocytes, hemoglobin and platelets significantly decreased at week 2, while neutrophils reached a minimum value at 2 weeks. And hemoglobin and platelets reached a minimum value at 24 weeks, and the white blood cells reached the minimum value at weeks 24-36 besides lymphocyte reached the minimum value at week 36. Significant recovery was seen at the end of treatment (48 weeks), and the blood cell counts reached pre-treatment levels at 48 weeks after the end of treatment. For patients with CHC, hemoglobin decreased by more than 27.47% at week 4, which means that the patient would have a predictive significance for SVR, as well as the of PLT reduction by more than 36.96% at week 8.
Conclusions
During the treatment with Peg-interferon and ribavirin, the variation of blood picture has some predicting effect, which predicts the result of antiviral treatment.
10. Changes of peripheral blood during the antiviral treatment with Peg-IFNα-2 a for patients with chronic hepatitis B and the relationship between the changes and effect
Zhenzhen LI ; Shuling WU ; Lu ZHANG ; Yao LU ; Weihua CAO ; Xingyue WANG ; Chongping RAN ; Tianlin QI ; Hongxiao HAO ; Ge SHEN ; Hongyu LIU ; Min CHANG ; Leiping HU ; Minghui LI ; Yao XIE
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2017;31(5):446-449
Objective:
To observe the changes of peripheral blood picture of CHB with Peg-IFN, and explored the relationship between the changes and decline of HBV DNA, clearance of HBsAg.
Methods:
Patients with CHB treated with Peg-IFN α-2 a in the Second Division of Liver Disease in Beijing Ditan Hospital were monitored for blood routine examination and Liver function, kidney function, thyroid function of baseline and weeks 2, 4, 8, 12, 24, 36, 48, and weeks 12, 24, and 48 after the end of treatment for chronic hepatitis B, and HBV DNA, HBsAg.
Results:
The decrease of peripheral blood cells began to occur at week 2 of treatment. For CHB with HBeAg negative patients, white blood cells, lymphocyte, neutrophils, hemoglobin and platelets significantly decreased at 2 weeks, while a minimum value occurred at 48 weeks. The recovery was obvious at the end of treatment (48 weeks), and reached pre-treatment levels at 48 weeks after the end of treatment. For CHB with HBeAg positive patients, white blood cells, neutrophils, hemoglobin and platelets significantly decreased at 2 weeks, while a minimum value was found at 36-48 weeks. The recovery was obvious at the end of treatment (48 weeks), and reached pre-treatment levels at 48weeks after the end of treatment. For patients with CHB, hemoglobin declined by more than13.64% at 36th week, which means that the patient would have a predictive significance for decrease of HBV DNA, and drops of more than 0.33% at 2nd week means that the patient would have a predictive significance for clearance of HBsAg.
Conclusions
During the treatment with interferon, the variation regularity of blood picture for predicting result have a certain effect, which may help predict and monitor the change of blood picture in clinical work.