1.Efficacy analysis of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization combined with conventional percutaneous ethanol injection therapy in the treatment of 40 cases of primary liver cancer
Zhaomin SONG ; Jiali YANG ; Zifeng LIU ; Chenghui YIN ; Damin ZHOU
Clinical Medicine of China 2016;32(8):723-725
Objective To study the curative effect of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization( TACE) combined with conventional percutaneous ethanol injection therapy ( PEIT) in the treatment for primary liver cancer?Methods Forty cases patients with primary liver cancer(the diameter was equal or more than 8 cm) who were treat in the Third Hospital of Qinhuangdao from January 2007 to May 2013 were selected,and randomly divided into treatment group(20 cases) and control group(20 cases)?The control group underwent TACE,the treatment group were given TACE combined with PEIT, the clinical effect of the two groups were observed?Results The effective rate of the treatment group was 80%,significantly higher than that of the control group( 50%) ,the difference was statistically significant( P=0?04)?During the follow?up of 3 years,there were 3 cases of portal vein tumor thrombus,5 cases of hepatic metastasis,1 case of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and 2 cases of liver failure in the control group;there were 1 case of liver metastasis,1 case of liver failure and death in the treatment group?Conclusion The test of the curative effect of patients with huge hepatocellular carcinoma after combination therapy with TACE and PEIT proved combination therapy can increase the curative effect, decrease impairment of liver funvtion?It was a palliation road to treat huge hepatocellular carcinoma.
2.Advances in brain network model of Parkinson's disease tremor mechanism
Yujie BIAN ; Yuqi ZHOU ; Yishuang CUI ; Guolong ZHOU ; Zifeng WEI ; Yuxin ZHANG ; Qian WANG
Clinical Medicine of China 2016;32(8):749-753
Objective Parkinson's disease( PD) is a common chronic neurodegenerative disease,with four major symptoms of resting tremor, muscle rigidity, slow motion and postural balance disorder?The pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease is still unknown?A large number of studies suggested that may be the result of the interaction of genetic factors,environmental factors,aging,immune factors,specifically involved in oxidative stress,mitochondrial damage,and other mechanisms?There were 50% patients characterized by tremors,tremor is the most difficult symptoms to treat of PD, but the mechanism is still under controversial, so it ’ s of great significance to understand the generation of PD tremor, which helps to promote the clinical treatment and diagnosis.
3.Morphological analysis of meibomian glands in patients with meibomian gland cyst under in vivo confocal microscope
Jianhao CAI ; Cangeng XU ; Lingling ZHOU ; Zifeng ZHAO ; Zeyi LI ; Yuansheng ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2021;39(2):139-143
Objective:To analyze the morphological changes and features of meibomian gland in patients with meibomian gland cyst under in vivo confocal microscope (IVCM). Methods:A cross-sectional study was performed.A total of 34 patients (34 eyes) with meibomian gland cysts and 18 control subjects (18 eyes) in the outpatient department without meibomian gland cysts treated in Shantou International Eye Center from September 2018 to April 2019 were included into the meibomian gland cyst group and control group accordingly.All the subjects underwent routine ophthalmologic examination and IVCM examination.IVCM test indicators included the opening area of meibomian gland, the longest diameter and the shortest diameter of meibomian gland opening, the morphology of glandular tube and acinus adjacent to the meibomian gland opening.The measurement indexes of the meibomian gland cyst group and the control group were compared and analyzed.This study followed the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (No.EC20171103[6]-P01). Written informed consent was obtained from each patient before examination.Results:The opening of the meibomian glands of the 34 subjects in the meibomian gland cyst group were all enlarged irregularly with smooth boundaries, and emboli in the openings were observed in 70.59% (24/34) of patients.The longest diameter, the shortest diameter and the area of meibomian gland openings were (148.12±70.16)μm, (114.77±52.38)μm and 9 239.11(5 506.96, 24 111.36)μm 2 in the meibomian gland cyst group, respectively, while (59.35±16.78)μm, (41.98±11.77)μm and 2 094.19 (1 432.28, 2 945.65)μm 2 in the control group, respectively.Compared with the control group, the longest diameter and shortest diameter in the meibomian cyst group were longer, and the area of meibomian gland openings in the meibomian cyst group was larger, and the differences were statistically significant (all at P<0.01). Adjacent to the opening, there was cystic dilation of glandular tube containing accumulated secretion of different characteristics detected in the 61.76% (21/34) of patients in the meibomian gland cyst group, and the dilated glandular tubes were with flat edges.The boundaries between the dilated glandular tubes and surrounding acini were clear. Conclusions:In vivo confocal microscope can detect the morphological changes of meibomian glands in patients with meibomian gland cyst, including enlarged opening with embolus, cystic dilation of glandular tube with clear boundary and accumulated secretion.
4.Expression and significance of TLR4 and NF-κB on inflammatory injure after intracerebral hemorrhage in rats
Shasha YANG ; Qingyou TIAN ; Hongxia ZHOU ; Lingli MENG ; Zuofeng ZHANG ; Qian WANG ; Zifeng WEI
Chongqing Medicine 2014;(5):584-586
Objective To evaluate expression and significance of TLR4 and NF-κB on inflammatory injure after intracerebral hemorrhage in rats .Methods 60 Sprague Dawley maleness rats were randomly divided into Sham group ,12 h ,24 h ,72 h and 7 d af-ter ICH group(12 s) .The ICH was induced by injection of autologous blood in rats .The behavioral changes were detected by neu-rologic deficit score .The water content of the brain was used to evaluate brain edema changes .Number of TLR4 and NF-κB positive cells by Nissl staining and the expression of protein determined by immunohistochemistry and Western blot .Results After ICH 12 h ,expression of TLR4 and NF-κB positive cells around the hematoma were expressed ,with the extension of the time ,expression was gradually increasing ,and after ICH 72 h the expression of protein were the highest .Cerebral edema and severe neurological damage occurred .Western blot shows the amount of TLR4 expression and NF-κB were in line with the result .Conclusion After in-tracerebral hemorrhage in rat causing inflammatory injure of brain tissue around the hematoma .TLR4 may activate the expression of NF-κB involved in the secondary inflammatory injure after intracerebral hemorrhage in rats .
5.Evaluation of respiration-induced target volume motion in three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy(3D-CRT)for mid-thoracic esophageal carcinoma
Junjie HUO ; Xueying QIAO ; Yankun CAO ; Zhiguo ZHOU ; Yuzhi SONG ; Zifeng CHI ; Xin LIU ; Jing WANG
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2010;30(3):295-298
Objective To evaluate the respiration-induced target volume motion in 3D-CRT for mid-thoracic esophageal carcinoma in order to guide the radiation oncologist to choose the expansion marginfor ITV.Methods Ten patients with mid-thoracic esophageal carcinoma were scanned by multi-spiral CTsimulator respectively in free breathing(FB),breath.hold after normal inspiration and expiration(IBH and EBH)with the same scanning range.Then the CT images of three series were transfefred to the treatmentplanning system.The target volume was outlined following the same standard.The motion of the centerpoint of GTV,the center point of each slice of GTV and the edge of the GTV in selected slice weremeasured respectively to obtain the comprehensive value of GTV motion。in order to find the appropriate IMvalue according to the 95%confidence interval of the GTV motion.Results①The GTV motion betweenIBH and EBH was(0.19±0.16)cm in the left.right direction,(0.54±0.19)cm in the cranial andcaudal irection.and(0.16±0.14)cm in anterior.posterior directions for the center of GTV,.For thecenter point of each slice of GTV.they ere(0.19±0.15)cm,(0.54±0.16)cm,(0.16±0.13)cm in three directions above.respectively.For the edge of the GTV in selected slice.they were(0.26±0.19)cm,(0.54±0.18)cm,(0.24±0.19)cm,respectively.The comprehensive value of GTV motion between IBH and EBH was(0.23±0.17)cm,(0.54±0.17)cm,(0.21±0.17)cm.respectively.The 95%confidence interval was 0.21-0.25 cm.0.53-0.56 cm and 0.19-0.22 cm in three directions.②The direction of GTV motion:No motion was noticed in 8.2%.while 73.3%to the right side and 18.5%to the left side in the left-right direction when IBH were compared with EBH.100%were moved to caudal in the the cranial and caudal direction[(0.54±0.17)cm].In the anterior-posterior direction,no motion was noticed in 8.2%,while 16.6%to the posterior and 75.2%to the anterior when IBH were compared with EBH.③The GTV motion was correlated with the vafiance of 1ung volumes in IBH-EBH(r=0.683,P=0.032)and not with GTV volume and length.Conclusions Respiration can induce target volume motion in 3 DCRT for mid-thoracic esophageal carcinoma.Compared to EBH.the GTV tends to move to the caudal,the anterior and the ight side in IBH.
6.Serumal Metabonomic Study on Mechanism of Schisandra Chinensis in Rat Diabetic Nephropathy
Zifeng PI ; Lihui MEN ; Jing ZHANG ; Yuan ZHOU ; Fengrui SONG ; Zhiqiang LIU
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2015;(2):169-175
A serumal metabonomics method based on UPLC/Q-TOF-MS was established to investigate the mechanism of Schisandra chinensis to treating diabetic nephropathy. The diabetic model was established by feeding with high-fat and high-sucrose chow and streptozotocin intraperitoneal injection. After intragastric administration for 12 weeks, the content of protein and creatinine in rat urine was detected. The results showed that Schisandra chinensis could reduce the content of protein in urine of diabetic rat ( p<0 . 05 ) and ameliorate the condition of diabetic nephropathy. The serum metabolic profiling was analysed by using UPLC/Q-TOF-MS and partial least squares-discriminated analysis ( PLS-DA) was used for data analysis. The score of PLS-DA showed that there was significant difference among the metabolic profile of control group, model group and Schisandra chinensis group ( WWZ ) . Potential biomarkers of Schisandra chinensis ameliorating diabetic nephropathy were selected by orthogonal partial least squares ( OPLS)-DA model. According to the results of OPLS-DA, the MS/MS data of each compound which provided greater contribution to separation of each group were searched from the HMDB databases. Seven endogenous metabolites were identified as potential biomarkers such as xanthurenic acid, palmitic amide, oleamide, uric acid, 5-hydroxyhexanoic acid, p-cresol sulfate, and p-cresol glucuronide. The results revealed that Schisandra chinensis mainly affected the pathways of tryptophan metabolism, gut microbiota metabolism, purine metabolism and fatty acid metabolism to treating type 2 diabetes mellitus. The gut microbiota metabolism and purine metabolism was an important pathway on diabetic nephropathy.
7.The expressions and clinical significances of HOXB1 and miR-3175 in human glioma
Haixia ZHOU ; Liang HAN ; Zifeng ZHU ; Jun WEI ; Yu TIAN ; Zhaohui LI
Journal of International Oncology 2016;43(11):817-821
Objective To explore the relationship and the clinical significance of homeobox gene B1 (HOXB1 )and microRNA-31 75 (miR-31 75)expressions in human glioma.Methods The expression levels of HOXB1 and miR-31 75 in 60 glioma tissues and 1 5 normal brain tissues were analyzed by real-time fluores-cent quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR).Spearman rank correlation analysis was performed to explore the relation-ship between HOXB1 and miR-31 75 in human glioma tissues.The relationship between HOXB1 (or miR-31 75)and clinical pathological characteristics of glioma patients was analyzed.The correlation of HOXB1 (or miR-31 75)and survival rate was calculated by Kaplan-Meier.And COX regression models were used to assess the prognostic factors.Results Compared with normal brain tissues,the expression of HOXB1 was significant-ly decreased in glioma tissues (1 .498 ±0.323 vs.0.946 ±0.588,t =-5.680,P =0.000);and the expre-ssion of miR-31 75 was obviously increased in glioma tissues (1 .008 ±0.355 vs.2.076 ±0.841 ,t =4.274, P =0.000),and HOXB1 expression was negatively correlated with miR-31 75 expression in glioma tissues (r =-0.601 ,P =0.000).HOXB1 expression was related with histologic grade (χ2 =4.848,P =0.028), and miR-31 75 expression was related with histologic grade (χ2 =5.640,P =0.01 8)and Karnofsky score (χ2 =4.785,P =0.029).The results of Kaplan-Meier revealed that there were significant differences in median survival time between HOXB1 (or miR-31 75)high-expression group and HOXB1 (or miR-31 75)low-expression group [HOXB1 :(21 .0 ±4.0)months vs.(7.0 ±0.8)months;χ2 =7.495,P =0.006;miR-31 75:(6.0 ±0.6)months vs.(1 6.0 ±5.8)months;χ2 =9.591 ,P =0.002].COX regression models showed that tumor degree (RR =6.556,95% CI:1 .1 96-35.952,P =0.002),HOXB1 (RR =0.01 8, 95%CI:0.001 -0.31 2,P =0.006)and miR-31 75 (RR =2.098,95%CI:1 .663-7.51 3,P =0.037)were independent prognostic factors for prognosis.Conclusion The HOXB1 expression may be negatively correlated with miR-31 75 in human glioma tissues,and the expression levels of HOXB1 and miR-31 75 are associated with the glioma malignant degree,survival time and prognosis of glioma patients.
8.Clinical features of ocular anomalies in infants with incontinentia pigmenti
Liang WANG ; Manhong LI ; Zifeng ZHANG ; Hongxiang YAN ; Lei WU ; Yi ZHOU ; Jing FAN ; Kaili GOU ; Yusheng WANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2021;39(1):34-41
Objective:To investigate the ocular clinical manifestations in pediatric patients with incontinentia pigmenti (IP).Methods:A case series study was carried out and a retrospective analysis was performed.Clinical data of 13 pediatric patients with IP treated from January 2013 to December 2019 in Xijing Hospital were collected.All the patients underwent regular ophthalmologic examination.Three patients accepted fundus fluorescein angiography and six eyes of five patients were treated with retinal photocoagulation or anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) intravitreal injection according to severity of the condition.The follow-up period ranged from 6 months to 6 years.The medical history, family history, systemic manifestations, ocular characteristics, diagnosis, treatment as well as ocular and systemic changes during follow-up were recorded and analyzed.This study followed the Declaration of Helsinki and the study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University (No.KY20203287-1).Results:All the 13 patients were female aged from 5 days to 42 months at first visit, with the average age of 2.0 (1.0, 8.5) months.As for the main skin lesions at first visit, there were 4 cases in erythematous vesicle stage, 3 cases in verrucous exanthema stage, and 6 cases in hyperpigmented stage.There were 7 cases in shrinkage stage during follow-up.Among the 26 eyes of 13 patients, 18 eyes of 10 patients showed ocular anomalies, accounting for 76.9% of total patients (69.2% of total eyes). Among the 13 patients, 8 patients presented bilateral ocular involvement, 2 patients showed unilateral anomalies, and 3 patients had no ocular lesions.The retina was involved in all patients with ocular manifestations.The typical retinal lesions included avascular zone of peripheral retina in 13 eyes, tortuous and dilated retinal vessels in 10 eyes, increased vascular branch in 7 eyes, white linear retinal arteries and partial vascular occlusion in 4 eyes, retinal neovascularization in 3 eyes, total retinal detachment in 2 eyes, and retinal fold with macular lamellar hole in 1 eye.In addition, there was retinal hemorrhage in 11 eyes, retinal pigment changes in 4 eyes, grey ridge lesions in 3 eyes, macular dysplasia in 2 eyes, choroidal atrophy in 1 eye, optic gliosis in 1 eye and yellowish-white retinal exudate in 1 eye.There were also 4 patients with other ocular manifestations, such as strabismus and eyeball atrophy.Retinal photocoagulation was performed in 4 eyes of 3 patients and anti-VEGF intravitreal injection in 2 eyes of 2 patients.The retinal lesions regressed and the condition of patients kept stable during follow-up.Conclusions:The ocular clinical manifestations in patients with IP are usually typical and diverse, and the retinal vascular lesion is the main type.Early diagnosis and timely treatment are of great significance.
9.Detection of respiratory viruses from patients with influenza like illness in Guangzhou using centrifugation-enhanced shell vials method between January and June, 2009
Zifeng YANG ; Yutao WANG ; Sheng QIN ; Yi WO ; Wenda GUAN ; Jiqiang LI ; Yangqing ZHAN ; Xue ZHANG ; Rong ZHOU ; Ziyao MO ; Jingxian CHEN ; Rongchang CHEN
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2010;33(2):132-137
Objective To evaluate the application of high-throughput shell vial assay in a clinical laboratory for detection of respiratory viruses from patients with ILI in Guangzhou between January and June, 2009. Methods Six hundred and fifty-two pharyngeal swab specimens were taken from ILI patents. Centrifugation-enhanced shell vials including 4 cell lines (MDCK, Hep-2, LLC-MK2 and MRC-5) were used for culture of respiratory viruses for 2-3 days. The cultures were identified by observation of cytopathic effect (CPE) , hemmaglution or hemmadsorption test as well as immunofluorescence staining. Results A total of 161 swab samples (24.69% ,161/652) were shown to have any one of the 5 common respiratory viruses including influenza A viruses ( 38. 51% , 62/161 ), influenza B virus ( 54. 65% , 88/161 ), parainfluenza viruses (4. 96% , 8/161 ) , adenovirus ( 1. 24% , 2/161 ), and respiratory syncytial virus (0. 62% ,1/161). The turnaround time was 2d for influenza viruses, 3d for adenovirus and parainfluenza viruses respectively. Conclusions (1) The shell vial method was effective, rapid and high throughout for the detection of respiratory viruses in clinical laboratories.(2)Influenza viruses were dominant in the swab samples from patients with ILI in Guangzhou between January and June with the highest appearance in the summer influenza B vires was the most common pathogen in patients with ILI in this study.
10.Erucic acid from Isatis indigotica Fort. suppresses influenza A virus replication and inflammation in vitro and in vivo through modulation of NF-kB and p38 MAPK pathway
Xiaoli LIANG ; Yuan HUANG ; Xiping PAN ; Yanbing HAO ; Xiaowei CHEN ; Haiming JIANG ; Jing LI ; Beixian ZHOU ; Zifeng YANG
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2020;10(2):130-146
Isatis indigotica Fort. (Ban-Lan-Gen) is an herbal medicine prescribed for influenza treatment. However, its active components and mode of action remain mostly unknown. In the present study, erucic acid was isolated from Isatis indigotica Fort., and subsequently its underlying mechanism against influenza A virus (IAV) infection was investigated in vitro and in vivo. Our results demonstrated that erucic acid exhibited broad-spectrum antiviral activity against IAV resulting from reduction of viral polymerase transcription activity. Erucic acid was found to exert inhibitory effects on IAV or viral (v) RNA-induced pro-inflam-matory mediators as well as interferons (IFNs). The molecular mechanism by which erucic acid with antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties was attributed to inactivation of NF-kB and p38 MAPK signaling. Furthermore, the NF-kB and p38 MAPK inhibitory effect of erucic acid led to diminishing the transcriptional activity of interferon-stimulated gene factor 3 (ISGF-3), and thereby reducing IAV-triggered pro-inflammatory response amplification in IFN-β-sensitized cells. Additionally, IAV- or vRNA-triggered apoptosis of alveolar epithelial A549 cells was prevented by erucic acid. In vivo, erucic acid administration consistently displayed decreased lung viral load and viral antigens expression. Meanwhile, erucic acid markedly reduced CD8+cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) recruitment, pro-apoptotic signaling, hyperactivity of multiple signaling pathways, and exacerbated immune inflammation in the lung, which resulted in decreased lung injury and mortality in mice with a mouse-adapted A/FM/1/47-MA(H1N1) strain infection. Our findings provided a mechanistic basis for the action of erucic acid against IAV-mediated inflammation and injury, suggesting that erucic acid may have a therapeutic potential in the treatment of influenza.