1.Effect of highly selective nerve injury on skin wound healing in rats
Xuekai ZHAO ; Ziqian LIANG ; Xianfa ZHANG ; Huarong DLNG ; Jun WEI ; Xingao HUANG
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2012;28(3):277-281
ObjectiveTo establish a rat model of pure sensory nerve injury or pure motor nerve injury combined with skin defect to examine the effect of highly selective nerve injury on skin wound healing.MethodsA total of 90 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly and equally divided into three different groups including Group A (posterior rhizotomy + cutaneous excision wounding group),Group B (anterior rhizotomy + cutaneous excision wounding group) and Group C ( sham operation + cutaneous excision wounding group).The wound healing rate was detected at days 2,7,14 and 21 after injury.The CGRP mRNA expression was determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) at days 1,3,7 and 14 after injury.The Bcl-2 protein expression was determined by immunohistochemistry at days 3,7,14 and 21 after injury.ResultsThe wound healing rate in the Groups A and C was significantly higher than that in the Group B at day 2 ( P < 0.05 ),with no statistical difference between Group A and Group C (P > 0.05 ).The wound healing rate in the Group C was higher than that in the Groups A and B at days 7 and 14 (P <0.05),with no statistical difference between Group A and Group B (P >0.05).The wound healing rate in the Groups B and C was higher than that in the Group A at day 21 ( P < O.05 ),with no statistical difference between Group B and Group C ( P > 0.05 ).The CGRP mRNA was expressed in three groups and the expression was up-regulated after wound.The CGRP mRNA expression in the Groups B and C was significantly higher than that in the Group A at days 1,3 and 7,with no statistical difference between Group B and Group C ( P > 0.05 ).The CGRP mRNA expression was distributed as Group C > Group B > Group A at day 7 ( P < 0.05 ) and Group B > Group A > Group C at day 14 (P < 0.05 ).Immunohistochemistry indicated that there was no statistical difference in Bcl-2 protein expression at day 3 after injury in all groups; that the Bcl-2 protien expression in the Group C was significantly higher than that in the Groups A and B at day 7 ( P < 0.05 ),with no statistical difference between Group A and Group B ( P > 0.05 ) ; that the Bcl-2 protien expression was distributed as Group C > Group B > Group A at day 14 ; that the Bclo2 protien expression in the Group B was higher than that in the Groups A and C at day 21 (P <0.05),with no statistical difference between Group A and Group C (P > 0.05).ConclusionsIn wound healing process,the sensory nerve plays a more important role than the motor nerve.Denervation of the nerves ( especially the sensory nerves) is not conducive to wound healing,and complete innervation is necessary for normal wound healing.
2.The value of electron beam computed tomography in tumor staging and evaluating resectability of ovarian carcinoma
Hong SU ; Ning ZHENG ; Wei HUANG ; Jinxia LIU ; Ziqian CHEN ; Guangming LU
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2003;0(10):-
Objective: Evaluating ovarian carcinoma diagnosis,staging and resectability with EBCT. Methods: 25 cases of ovarian carcinoma were performed in total abdominal including pelvic with EBCT one week before operation.CT findings were compared and analysed with surgical and pathological results. Results: Of 25 patients,11 were serous cyst adenocarcinoma,six mucinous cyst adenocarcinoma,three malignant teratoma,two metastases,and each have only one for clear cell carcinoma,embryo carcinoma and undifferentiated carcinoma.Clinical staging of carcinoma were seven in stageⅠ,seven in stage Ⅱ,nine in stage Ⅲ,two in stage Ⅳ.Invaded vessels and nearby organs around ovarian carcinoma,and the status of peritoneum metastases,were main factors that influenced the difficulties of operation.Compared with conventional CT,EBCT has the virtues of ultrafast scanning,excellent quality of image,and displaying focus detail fine.Conclusion: EBCT scanning is very valuable in diagnosis,tumor staging and evaluating resectability of ovarian carcinoma.
3.Using self media platforms to create hospital cultural brands with"micro"characteristics:a case study of a class a tertiary hospital
Binghua PAN ; Kai HUANG ; Baolong LAN ; Ziqian HUANG ; Aiyu NONG ; Lihua LI
Modern Hospital 2024;24(1):30-33,37
The dissemination of culture requires carriers.The construction of hospital characteristic culture and hospital brand culture that highlights hospital characteristics needs to be recognized by medical staff and patients.A good hospital culture is one of the important factors to enhance hospital competitiveness,and can also enhance the hospital's reputation among the pub-lic.As a very common way of information circulation in China,self media and integrated media are rapidly developing and inno-vating in the field of healthcare.Hospitals should actively build their own"micro"cultural platforms.Using self media platforms to tell micro stories,popularize micro knowledge,shoot micro movies,publish micro books,hold micro forums,and micro mu-sic,to enrich patients'cultural lives and create an exclusive hospital culture.
4.Engineering a folic acid-decorated ultrasmall gemcitabine nanocarrier for breast cancer therapy: Dual targeting of tumor cells and tumor-associated macrophages.
Pearl MOHARIL ; Zhuoya WAN ; Apurva PARDESHI ; Jiang LI ; Haozhe HUANG ; Zhangyi LUO ; Sanjay RATHOD ; Ziqian ZHANG ; Yuang CHEN ; Bei ZHANG ; Christian A FERNANDEZ ; Jingjing SUN ; Song LI
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2022;12(3):1148-1162
Combination of passive targeting with active targeting is a promising approach to improve the therapeutic efficacy of nanotherapy. However, most reported polymeric systems have sizes above 100 nm, which limits effective extravasation into tumors that are poorly vascularized and have dense stroma. This will, in turn, limit the overall effectiveness of the subsequent uptake by tumor cells via active targeting. In this study, we combined the passive targeting via ultra-small-sized gemcitabine (GEM)-based nanoparticles (NPs) with the active targeting provided by folic acid (FA) conjugation for enhanced dual targeted delivery to tumor cells and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). We developed an FA-modified prodrug carrier based on GEM (PGEM) to load doxorubicin (DOX), for co-delivery of GEM and DOX to tumors. The co-delivery system showed small particle size of ∼10 nm in diameter. The ligand-free and FA-targeted micelles showed comparable drug loading efficiency and a sustained DOX release profile. The FA-conjugated micelles effectively increased DOX uptake in cultured KB cancer cells that express a high level of folate receptor (FR), but no obvious increase was observed in 4T1.2 breast cancer cells that have a low-level expression of FR. Interestingly, in vivo, systemic delivery of FA-PGEM/DOX led to enhanced accumulation of the NPs in tumor and drastic reduction of tumor growth in a murine 4T1.2 breast cancer model. Mechanistic study showed that 4T1.2 tumor grown in mice expressed a significantly higher level of FOLR2, which was selectively expressed on TAMs. Thus, targeting of TAM may also contribute to the improved in vivo targeted delivery and therapeutic efficacy.