1.The expression and clinical significance of Paxillin and CA Ⅸ in the benign and malignant lesions of gallbladder
Song JIANG ; Zhulin YANG ; Zhi YANG
Chinese Journal of Digestion 2011;31(1):24-29
Objective To study the expression and clinicopathological significance of Paxillin and CAⅨ in the benign and malignant lesions of gallbladder.Methods The surgical resected specimens of 108 cases of gallbladder adenocarcinoma, 46 cases of peritumoral tissue, 15 cases of adenomatous polyp and 35 cases of chronic cholecystitis were routinely made paraffin embedded sections.The expressions of Paxillin and CAⅨ were stained with Envision immunohistochemistry.Results The positive rates of Paxillin and CAⅨ expression was significantly higher in gallbladder adenocarcinoma (60.2% and 49.1%) than those in peritumoral tissues (26.1%, x2 =15.00, P <0.01 and 23.9%,x2=8.41,P <0.01), adenomatous polyp (20.0%,x2=8.60,P<0.01 and 20.0%,x2 =4.49,P<0.05) and chronic cholecystitis(14.3% ,x2 =22.89, P<0.01 and 11.4%,x2 =15.63,P <0.01).All the gallbladder epithelia of the benign cases with Paxillin and CA Ⅸ positive expression showed moderate to severe atypical hyperplasia.The positive expression rates of Paxillin and CA Ⅸ were significanctly lower in the cases of well-differentiated, maximal diameter of mass less than 2 cm, no lymph nodes metastasis and no surrounding tissues invasion than those of the cases with poorly differentiated, maximal diameter of mass over 2 cm, lymph nodes metastasis and surrounding tissues invasion.With Kaplan-Meier analysis, it suggested that the survival period after the surgery in Paxillin and CAⅨ positive expression cases was shorter than that of negative expression cases (x2 = 5.65,P<0.05,5.65=5.92, P<0.01).With multivariate Cox regression analysis, it indicated that both Paxillin and CAⅨ positive expression was an important indicator of the poor prognosis in gallbladder adenocarcinoma.Conclusion The expression of Paxillin and CA Ⅸ may be closely related to the carcinogenesis, tumor biological behaviors, and prognosis of gallbladder adenocarcinoma.The positive expression of Paxillin and/or CAⅨ is associated with poor prognosis.
3.Clinical effect of AcrySof Toric intraocular lens implantation for corneal astigmatism correction
Cheng, JIANG ; Zhi-Yi, WEI ; Qin, YANG
International Eye Science 2014;(8):1481-1483
AIM: To evaluate the clinical effect and the rotational stability of AcrySof Toric intraocular lens ( IOL ) implantation to correct preexisting corneal astigmatism in cataract surgery.
METHODS: Twenty-three patients ( 28 eyes ) were enrolled from the department of ophthalmology in the first Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. All patients underwent similar phacoemulsification procedure combined with AcrySof Toric IOL implantation from June 2012 to December 2013. The uncorrected visual acuity ( UCVA ) , best corrected visual acuity ( BCVA ) , anticipated residual astigmatism, postoperative residual astigmatism, and Toric IOL axis were detected and measured.
RESULTS:Three months after operation, the UCVA of all eyes were 0. 75±0. 16 and the BCVA were 0. 84±0. 15, there was no significant difference between UCVA and BCVA ( t = 1. 036, P>0. 05 ). The anticipated residual astigmatism was ( 0. 28±0. 12 ) D. The actual residual astigmatism after 3mo of the operation was (0. 42±0. 17) D. There was no significant difference between anticipated and actual residual astigmatism (t=1. 259, P>0. 05). The mean axis rotation of Toric IOL was 3. 02o±1.56o (0o-7o) after 1d of operation and 3. 28o±1. 85o (0o-7o) after 3mo. Among all the eyes, 25 eyes ( 89%) rotated <5o, in 3 eyes (11%) rotated 5o-7o.
CONCLUSION: The AcrySof Toric IOL implantation shows good effectiveness, predictability and stability in correcting pre-existing astigmatism in cataract patients.
4.Family Resilience: Concept and Application in Families with a Cancer Patient (review)
Wenhui WANG ; Zhe JIANG ; Zhi YANG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2015;21(5):534-538
Family resilience explores the positive resources of a family under adversity. This paper expounded the origin, concept, related factors, framework and implications of family resilience, especially the family resilience in families with a cancer patient.
6.Expression of ABCG2, SFRP2, BRMS1 and HPA in benign and malignant lesions of the gallbladder and their clinicopathological significances
Xiongying MIAO ; Zhi YANG ; Song JIANG ; Zhulin YANG ; Leping YANG
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2011;26(9):743-746
ObjectiveTo study the expression of ABCG2, SFRP2, BRMS1 and HPA and detect their clinicopathologicalsignificancesinthebenignandmalignatntlesionsofthegallbladder.MethodsEnVisiom immunohistochemical method for determining the expressions of ABCG2, SFRP2,BRMS1 and HPA was used in paraffin-embedded sections of surgical resected specimens from gallbladder adenocarcinoma (n =108), peritumoral tissues (n =46 ), adenomatous polyp (n =15 ), and chronic cholecystitis ( n =35 ).ResultsThe positive rates of ABCG2 and HPA expression were significantly higher in gallbladder adenocarcinoma than that in peritumoral tissues, adenomatous polyp and chronic cholecystitis (P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01 ) ; The positive rates of SFRP2 and BRMS1 expression were significantly lower in gallbladder adenocarcinoma than that in peritumoral tissues, adenomatous polyp and chronic cholecystitis(P <0. 05 or P <0. 01 ). The positive cases of ABCG2 and/or HPA as well as negative ones of SFRP2 and/or BRMS1in the benign lesions showed moderately-or severely-atypical hyperplasia of gallbladder epithelium. The frequency of samples with positive staining for ABCG2 and/or HPA in cases with small tumor volume (diameter < 2 cm), no lymph node metastasis, and no invasion into surrounding tissues was significantly lower than that in cases with larger tumor volume (diameter> 2 cm ), lymph node metastasis, and invasion into surrounding tissues ( P < 0.05 or P < 0. 01 ). However, compared with ABCG2 and/or HPA, the expression of SFRP2 and/or BRMS1 showed an opposite correlation in these cases ( P < 0. 05 or P <0. 01 ). Unitivariate Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that increased expressions of ABCG2 (P =0. 019) and HPA ( P =0. 016) or decreased expression of SFRP2 ( P =0. 019) and BRMS1 ( P =0. 008 )were associated with poorer overall survival, respectively. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that increased expression of ABCG2 (P =0. 018 ) and HPA ( P =0. 019) and/or decreased expression of SFRP2 (P =0. 015 ) and BRMS1 ( P =0. 011 ) were independently poor-prognostic predictors in gallbladder adenocarcinoma.ConclusionsThe expression of ABCG2, SFRP2, BRMS1 or HPA might be closely related to the carcinogenesis, clinical biological behaviors, and prognosis of gallbladder adenocarcinoma.
7.Clinical analysis of 62 cases of convulsion associated with acute purulent meningitis of children
Zeshu NING ; Jie ZHANG ; Liming YANG ; Zhi JIANG ; Bo CHEN
Journal of Chinese Physician 2013;(5):636-639
Objective The study was conducted to investigate the acute phase of convulsion related problem on the clinical manifestations,imaging and electroencephalograph (EEG) examination of purulent meningitis.Methods Cluster sampling method was employed to select children in our hospital,a total of 301 cases with purulent meningitis was analyzed retrospectively.Among them,62 cases had convulsion.The incidence of convulsion in the acute phase of the purulent meningitis,risk factors,and prognosis were analyzed.Results The convulsion incidence rate of acute purulent meningitis was 20.60%.The partial seizure was eight cases (12.90%).The secondarily generalized seizure following partial seizure was 15 cases (24.19%).The generalized seizure was 32 cases (51.61%).The convulsive status was 7 cases (11.29%).The EEG abnormality was significantly different between the convulsion group and the no convulsion group (P < 0.05).The incidence of brain organic damage was significantly different between two groups (P <0.05).The multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis showed,cause of disease,first symptom,disturbance of consciousness,obvious signs,and cerebrospinal fluid culture with convulsion were the relevant factors (P < 0.01).Conclusions The most common seizure of purulent meningitis was the generalized seizure.Brain organic damage easily resulted in convulsion of purulent meningitis.The days of hospitalization,cause of disease,first symptom,disturbance of consciousness,obvious signs,and cerebrospinal fluid culture with convulsion were the positively relevant factors.Those positively relevant factors in combination of the clinical manifestations,imaging,and EEG examination in children would play an important role in diagnosis,treatment,and prognosis evaluation of convulsion derived from purulent meningitis.Moreover,convulsion affects the disease recovery in children with purulent meningitis.
8.METHOD FOR ULTRASTRUCTURAL LOCALIZATION OF N ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR
Zhi CHEN ; Zun ZHENG ; Luli JIANG ; Yushan YANG
Academic Journal of Second Military Medical University 1981;0(03):-
A method by using ?-BT-HRP conjugate to localize N-acetylcholinc receptor of neuromuscular junction was described.Thin strips of fresh muscle were incubated with ?-BT-HRP conjugate at a concentration of 1?10-7 M in Tyroid's solution and then reacted with Karnovsky's DAB medium.There were obviously brownish red positive deposits to constitute various vesicular forms seen under a light microscope. Under an electron microscope we can see positive deposits that were localized both on the presynaptic and postsynaptic membra-nes. The binding activity and reliability of a-BT-HRP were discussed.
9.Clinical features of the variants of benign childhood epilepsy with central temporal spikes: 12 cases report
Zeshu NING ; Liming YANG ; Zhi JIANG ; Bo CHEN ; Jie ZHANG
Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2015;33(5):470-472
Objective To study the clinical features of the variants of benign childhood epilepsy with central temporal spikes (BECT).Methods The clinical data of 12 hospitalized pediatric patients with BECT from Jan 2007 to Jan 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. Results There were 7 boys and 5 girls in 12 patients. The age of onset was from 3 to 9 years old. Two cases were dizygotic twins. The atypical symptoms included atypical absence of 10 cases, negative myoclonic seizure of 8 cases, speech expression disorders and oral-pharynx apraxia of 4 cases. The electroencephalography (EEG) of all 12 patients showed abundance of spike and waves (SW) in rolandic areas during wake-up and sleep. The SW index was 50%-85% during slow sleep in all patients.Conclusions The variants of BECT are often associated with EEG deterioration. Understanding the clinical featuress and EEG characteristics can help the diagnosis of BECT variants.
10.Relationship between contrast-enhanced ultrasound of renal cortical blood perfusion and SCr, BUN in rabbits with acute renal failure
Zhi JIANG ; Xiaoling HUANG ; Hong YANG ; Bo TU ; Liping LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2010;26(4):597-600
Objective To evaluate the renal cortical blood perfusion changes in rabbits with acute renal failure (ARF) with gray scale contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and to explore the relationship between these changes and the blood creatinine (SCr), as well as the blood urea nitrogen (BUN). Methods Rabbit ARF models were established with 50% glycerin injected into the rabbits' thighs. Gray scale contrast-enhanced ultrasound was performed on the day before injection (T_0) and 1, 4, 8, 12 days (T_1, T_4, T_8, T_(12)) after injection. The renal cortex perfusion time-intensity curve (TIC) was analyzed, including parameters like arrival time (AT), time to peak intensity (TTP), amplitude of peak intensity (A) and slope rate of TIC (β) of renal cortex. Meanwhile the SCr and BUN were measured, the correlation between SCr, BUN and parameters were analyzed. Results Compared with the value of T_0, the value of TTP, A, β after injection (T_1, T_4, T_8) were statistically different, respectively (P<0.05), but the differences among T_1, T_4 and T_8 were various. No linear correlation between above parameters and SCr, BUN was found. Conclusion The renal cortical blood perfusion changes can be early observed with gray scale contrast-enhanced ultrasound, but there is no linear correlation between the changes of parameters and SCr, BUN.