1.Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Derivatives, Tetrabromobisphenol A, Hexabromocyclododecane in Egg Samples by Gel Permeation Chromatography and Dispersive Solid Phase Extraction
Minjie LI ; Fen JIN ; Lili YANG ; Rina WU ; Hua SHAO ; Maojun JIN ; Jing WANG
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2014;(9):1288-1294
A stimulate method for determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers ( PBDEs) and derivatives (OH-PBDEs and MeO-PBDEs), tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in egg samples was developed by gel permeation chromatography ( GPC) and dispersive solid phase extraction ( DSPE) combined with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometric ( HPLC-MS/MS) and gas chroma-tography-negative chemical ionization mass spectrometry ( GC-NCI/MS ) . The analytes were extracted with mixture of hexane and dichloromethane (1∶1, V/V) by accelerated solvent extraction (ASE), and purified by 100 mg C18 dispersive solid phase extraction ( SPE) sorbents followed with gel permeation chromatography (GPC) , and then analyzed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometric (HPLC-MS/MS) and gas chromatography-negative chemical ionization mass spectrometry (GC-NCI/MS), respectively. The quantita-tion was carried out external standard method. The recoveries of objects were 64. 5%-97. 2% and 65. 6%-109 . 2% ( except BDE85 was 54 . 8%, OH-BDE-137 was 47 . 4%) spiked at 1 . 0 μg/kg or 5 . 0 μg/kg in egg white and egg yolk, respectively. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) were less than 20. 2%. The limits of quantitation (LOQ) for the object were 0. 01-0. 2 μg/kg.
3.Effect of sevoflurane pretreatment on renal ischemia-reperfusion-induced apoptosis in kidney in rats
Jing WANG ; Jianbo YU ; Lirong GONG ; Haidong LI ; Man WANG ; Yue ZHANG ; Fen ZHOU ; Jin XU
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2011;31(3):360-363
Objective To investigate the effects of sevoflurane pretreatment on renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)-induced apoptosis in kidney in rats. Methods Thirty pathogen-free male SD rats weighing 220-260 g were randomized into 3 groups (n=10 each):group control (group C);group I/R and group sevoflurane(group S). Renal I/R was induced by clamping the left renal pedicle for 45 min in I/R and S groups. In group S inhalation of 2.2% sevoflurane in O2 was started at 30 min before operation and maintained throughout the experiment.Venous blood samples were taken at 3 h of reperfusion for determination of serum BUN and Cr concentrations. The animals were then sacrificed and the left kidneys were removed for microscopic examination, detection of apoptosis(by TUNEL)and determination of heme oxygenase-1(HO-1) mRNA and protein expression (by RT-PCR and Western blot).Results Renal I/R significantly increased serum BUN and Cr concentrations, apoptotic index(percentage of apoptotic cells) and the severity of necrosis of renal proximal convoluted tubules (0=normal,4=necrosis of whole segment of proximal convoluted tubules).Sevoflurane inhalation attenuated the I/R-induced changes mentioned above.HO-1 mRNA and protein expression was up-regulated by I/R and HO-1 mRNA expression was further up-regulated by sevoflurane inhalation.Conclusion Sevoflurane pretreatment can protect kidney against I/R injury by attenuating cell apoptosis.Up-regulation of HO-1 mRNA expression may be involved in the mechanism.
4.Efficacy observation on navel-warming therapy combined with western medication for yang-deficiency tympanites.
Jing-Dong XUE ; Fen-Ping LI ; Jin-Yu HE ; Yue-Qing YANG
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2014;34(5):495-498
OBJECTIVETo observe the effects of navel-warming therapy on clinical efficacy in patients with yang-deficiency tympanites based on regular treatment of western medication.
METHODSOne hundred and twenty cases of yang-deficiency tympanites were randomly divided into a navel-warming therapy group and a western medication group, sixty cases in each one. The regular treatment of western medicine was applied in the western medication group, including oral administration of antiviral drug and diuretics as well as intravenous drip of hepatic protector. Based on western medicine treatment, the navel-warming therapy was applied in the navel-warming group. A medical cake was laid on Shenque (CV 8), and then a medical cylinder was placed above the medical cake and ignited. The treatment was given once daily. One month was considered as a treatment session in both groups and totally one session was required. The TCM symptom score, B-ultrasound ascites and temporary use of diuretics before and after treatment were observed in both groups; also the efficacy was evaluated.
RESULTSThe total effective rate was 81.7% (49/60) in the navel-warming therapy group, which was superior to 56.7% (34/60) in the western medication group (P < 0.05). After the treatment, the TCM symptom score and ascites were improved in both groups (all P < 0.05), which was more significant in the navel-warming therapy group (all P < 0.05). The temporary use of diuretics was statistically different between the two groups (P < 0.05), indicating the navel-warming therapy group could obviously reduce or stop the use of diuretics.
CONCLUSIONBased on regular treatment of western medication, the navel-warming therapy could significantly improve therapeutic efficacy, effectively relieve clinical symptoms and ease ascites.
Acupuncture Points ; Adult ; Aged ; Diuretics ; administration & dosage ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; chemistry ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Moxibustion ; Yang Deficiency ; drug therapy ; Young Adult
5.Prediction of motor recovery after ischemic stroke using diffusion tensor imaging: A meta-analysis
Jing-Fen JIN ; Zhi-Ting GUO ; Yu-Ping ZHANG ; Yuan-Yuan CHEN
World Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017;8(2):99-105
BACKGROUND:This systematic review aims to investigate the prediction value of diffusion tensor imaging for motor function recovery of ischemic stroke patients. METHODS:Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (the Cochrane Library 2016, Issue 9), PubMed, Embase, Clarivate Analytics, Scopus, CINAHL, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Google Scholar were searched for either motor recovery or corticospinal tract integrity by diffusion tensor imaging in different stroke phase from January 1, 1970, to October 31, 2016. The study design and participants were subjected to metrological analysis. Correlation coefficient (r) was used for evaluating the relationship between fractional anisotropy (FA) and motor function outcome. Correlation coefficient values were extracted from each study, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by Fisher's z transformation. Meta-analysis was conducted by STATA software. RESULTS:Fifteen studies with a total of 414 patients were included. Meta-analysis showed that FA in the subacute phase had the significant correlation with motor function outcome (ES=0.75, 95%CI 0.62-0.87), which showed moderate quality based on GRADE system. The weight correlation coefficient revealed that an effect size (ES) of FA in acute phase and chronic phase was 0.51 (95%CI 0.33-0.68) and 0.62 (95%CI 0.47-0.77) respectively. CONCLUSION:This meta-analysis reveals that FA in the subacute phase after ischemic stroke is a good predictor for functional motor recovery, which shows moderate quality based on the GRADE system.
6.Recordings of long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal CA1 area with an electrodes-binding technique in vivo.
Fen GUO ; Mei-Na WU ; Wei JING ; Jin-Shun QI
Chinese Journal of Applied Physiology 2007;23(3):381-384
AIMTo study the feasibility of long-term potentiation(LTP) recording in the CA1 area of the rat in vivo with electrodes-binding technique.
METHODSAnesthetizing Wistar rats with urethane and fixing the animal on the stereotaxic device for acute surgery; implanting cannula into lateral cerebral ventricle; inserting self-made bound stimulating/recording electrodes into hippocampal CA1 area; recording basal field excitatory postsynaptic potential (fEPSP) and tetanus-induced long term potentiation (LTP).
RESULTSfEPSPs were reliably induced by using the stimulating/recording electrodes-binding technique, and the appearance rate of fEPSP was nearly 100%; basal fEPSP recording was very stable, lasting for long time enough to finish all experiment; high frequency stimulation (HFS) successfully induced LTP, which maintained more than three hours, the inductivity is about 67%; paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) recording was also stable; intracerebroventricular (i c v) injection of amyloid beta suppressed HFSinduced LTP evidently.
CONCLUSIONThe electrodes-binding technique for recording hippocampal LTP in vivo is quite simple and convenient. The experimental resource can be saved, and the rates of fEPSP appearance and LTP induction are kept high. Therefore, it is promising for this technique to be one electrophysiological auxiliary method in the research of learning and memory.
Animals ; Electric Stimulation ; methods ; Electrodes ; Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials ; physiology ; Feasibility Studies ; Hippocampus ; physiology ; Long-Term Potentiation ; physiology ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar
7.Protoplast culture and plant regeneration of the methionine resistant variant of Astragalus melilotoides Pall.
Hong JIN ; Jing-Fen JIA ; Jian-Guo HAO
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2004;20(2):221-226
An efficient protocol for plant regeneration from protoplasts of the methionine resistant variant of Astragalus melilotoides was established. The friable calli induced from internode segments of variant plants were used for protoplast preparation. The protoplasts were isolated through enzyme digestion. Calli were formed after sustained divisions of protoplasts. High frequency of shoot differentiation was obtained from the protocalli on differentiated medium. The effects of different media, culturing methods and plating densities on protoplast divisions and plant regeneration were studied. The results show that agarose-beads culture method, KM8p medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/L 2,4-D, 0.5mg/L 6BA, 0.3 mol/L mannitol, 2% (W/V) sucrose and 500 mg/L casein hydrolysate at a plating density of 3 x 10(5)/mL are the appropriate conditions for protoplast division of the methionine resistant cell line. The division frequency is over 38%. The protoplast-regenerated plants still preserve resistance to methionine and ethionine.This research builds up the foundation for the resistant cell line as a parent of somatic hybridization.
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physiology
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Protoplasts
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cytology
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Regeneration
8.Experiment on pruning of Cistanche deserticola inoculated in artificial Haloxylon ammodendron forest.
Bing-wen LI ; Zhong-liang ZHANG ; Gui-fen WANG ; Jing WANG ; Yong-zhi QIU ; Sheng-yu LI ; Zheng-zhong JIN ; Cong-juan LI ; Bo XU
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2015;40(6):1086-1090
At present, the objective of cutting and pruning Cistanche deserticola is to harvest in successive years and enhance the harvesting yield and quality of C. deserticola in the process of the artificial cultivating C. deserticola. An experiment was conducted focusing on cutting and pruning C. deserticola in artificial forests of Haloxylon ammodendron drip-irrigated with saline water at the hinter-land of the Taklimakan desert, according to different growth stages and lengths. The results were following: (1) The effect of cutting on C. deserticola was similar to that of pruning, which resulted in three kinds of morphological types, not related to the bloom and size of C. deserticola. (2) The growth forms were diversified after pruning. Among them, there had sprouting new body, died or maintaining life with no sprouting, mildewed on its surface layer, etc. However, some of new bodies were sprouting from the lower part of the old body. The death rate of bloomed C. deserticola was higher than that of the underground, and the death rate of the 40 cm in stubble height for C. deserticola was higher than those with the stubble height of 20 cm and 5 cm. (3) Most of the diameter of living C. deserticola after pruning was increasing, but some of them changed little. (4) The mildew and rot of C. deserticola and the broken of the roots of the H. ammodendron and the fallen of the point of the inoculated when it was dug, which would cause the death of the C. deserticola. On the other, the yield-increasing effect and the economic benefit of the techniques of the pruning of Cistanche would need further research and evaluate. Therefore, the application of this technique needs to be cautious.
Amaranthaceae
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growth & development
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Cistanche
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Forests
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Fruit
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growth & development
9.Severe viral hepatitis complicated with pleural aspergillus infection treated with itraconazole and amphotericin B.
Hui-fen WANG ; Hai-bin SU ; Han-wei LI ; Bo JIN ; Jing CHEN ; Ai-min ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2006;14(9):690-691
Adult
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Amphotericin B
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therapeutic use
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Antifungal Agents
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therapeutic use
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Aspergillosis
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virology
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Aspergillus
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Hepatitis, Viral, Human
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drug therapy
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microbiology
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Humans
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Male
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Pleurisy
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10.Clinical analysis for 3 cases of HLA-matched between father and son and 1 case of post-hematopoietic stem cell transplant efficacy.
Hong-Yan WANG ; Hong-Shi JIN ; Yuan-Yuan XU ; Yi DING ; Jing-Fen SUN ; Li-Li WANG ; Li YU
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2012;20(2):416-420
Getting a HLA-matched donor is a key factor for successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. People are almost semi-matched with their parents, while a person HLA-matched with his/her father or mother was rarely seen, if so, usually whose father and mother are genetically related. HLA-low resolution for patients and their relatives were performed using PCR-SSP technique and three patients were found HLA-matched with their father in these results. One of them accepted hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using his HLA-matched father as his donor. The results showed that the chimerism was detected as stable complete donor chimerism, fusing gene of MLL-ENL was detected all negatively in the post-transplant period. This case got well hematopoietic reconstruction and GVHD didn't occur, so far he has survived for two years in health conditioning. It is concluded that people HLA-matched with his/her father or mother can be found when there is one identical haplotype of high frequency and strong linkage disequilibrium between father and mother. This case is valuable for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation development.
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HLA Antigens
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genetics
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immunology
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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Histocompatibility Testing
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Humans
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Living Donors
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Male
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Pedigree
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Transplantation Conditioning
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Young Adult