1.A retrospective analysis of complications during hospitalization in twins with birth weight discordance
Xue LI ; Xiaohua TAN ; Bijun SHI ; Qian CHEN ; Yong ZHANG ; Zhen PAN ; Zicong CAI ; Chunhong JIA ; Qiliang CUI
Chinese Journal of Neonatology 2023;38(11):655-659
Objective:To study the incidences of complications in twins with birth weight discordance (BWD) during hospitalization.Methods:From January 2011 to December 2020, twins born in the Department of Obstetrics and hospitalized in NICU of our hospital were retrospectively studied. Twins with BWD>15% were assigned into BWDT group and BWD≤15% into twins with birth weight concordant (BWCT) group. Complications during hospitalization were compared between the two groups.Results:A total of 1 546 pairs of twins were enrolled, including 486 (31.4%) in BWDT group and 1 060 (68.6%) in BWCT group. Compared with BWCT group, BWDT group had significantly higher incidences of pulmonary surfactant (PS) utilization (47.7% vs. 42.2%), continuous positive airway pressure ≥ 24 h (40.5% vs. 35.0%), high-flow nasal cannula ≥ 24 h (22.8% vs. 16.3%), neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (52.9% vs. 47.1%), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) (15.6% vs. 11.1%), persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (3.1% vs. 1.4%) and anemia (79.6% vs. 70.1%) (all P<0.05). After adjusting for confounding factors, the risks of pulmonary hemorrhage ( OR=2.036, 95% CI 1.119-3.703, P=0.020) and BPD ( OR=2.960, 95% CI 1.656-5.219, P=0.010) in BWDT group were higher than BWCT group. Conclusions:BWD twins has higher incidences of complications during hospitalization than BWC twins.
2.House dust mite disrupts the airway epithelial barrier by affecting the expression of thymic stromal lymphopoietin through inducing Atg5.
Zicong ZHOU ; Shixiu LIANG ; Zili ZHOU ; Jieyi LIU ; Xiaojing MENG ; Laiyu LIU ; Fei ZOU ; Changhui YU ; Shaoxi CAI
Chinese Medical Journal 2023;136(17):2128-2130
3. Decoding Cortical Glial Cell Development
Xiaosu LI ; Guoping LIU ; Lin YANG ; Zhenmeiyu LI ; Zhuangzhi ZHANG ; Zhejun XU ; Yuqun CAI ; Heng DU ; Zihao SU ; Ziwu WANG ; Yangyang DUAN ; Haotian CHEN ; Zicong SHANG ; Yan YOU ; Qi ZHANG ; Miao HE ; Zhengang YANG ; Bin CHEN
Neuroscience Bulletin 2021;37(4):440-460
Mouse cortical radial glial cells (RGCs) are primary neural stem cells that give rise to cortical oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and olfactory bulb (OB) GABAergic interneurons in late embryogenesis. There are fundamental gaps in understanding how these diverse cell subtypes are generated. Here, by combining single-cell RNA-Seq with intersectional lineage analyses, we show that beginning at around E16.5, neocortical RGCs start to generate ASCL1