1. Apigenin inhibits liver fibrosis through PDK1/AKT signaling pathway in mice
Xin-Dong CHEN ; Pei-Yao YAN ; Jia-Ni KUANG ; Tao SUN ; Biao HUANG ; Yuan QIN ; Wei-Long ZHONG ; Kai-Liang QIAO
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2022;38(7):1010-1016
Aim To evaluate the therapeutic effect of apigenin on liver fibrosis in mice anrl the pharmacologi¬cal mechanism.Methods Carbon tetrachloride ( CC14) -induced liver fibrosis mouse model was estab¬lished.The mice were divided into six groups of con¬trol, model, silibinin(55 mg • kg 1 • d 1 ) , apigenin in high dosage (60 mg • kg 1 • d 1 ) , apigenin in mid¬dle dosage( 30 mg • kg 1 • d 1 ) and apigenin in low dosage( 15 mg • kg 1 • d 1 ).The general life status, body weight and liver coefficient of the mice in every group were recorded.HE staining, Masson staining, immunohistochemistry and Western blot were used to e- valuate the effect of apigenin on the pathological chan¬ges, the markers related to epithelial-mesenchymal transition and signaling pathways of liver tissues.Re¬sults In CCI4-induced liver fibrosis mice, middle and high-dosage of apigenin could improve the general life status, increase body weight, decrease liver coeffi¬ cient, and significantly improve liver lesions.Middle and high-dosage of apigenin significantly increased the expression of the epithelial marker protein E-cadherin and significantly decreased the expression of the mes¬enchymal marker protein Vimentin in liver tissues of mice with the disease.The further results showed that middle and high-dosage apigenin could significantly in¬hibit the expression of phosphorvlated PDK1 and phos- phorvlated AKT protein in liver tissues of model mice.Conclusions Apigenin can inhibit EMT by inhibiting PDK1/AKT signaling pathway, which plays an anti-fi- brosis role.The apigenin has the potential to be further developed as a drug to protect the liver and treat liver fibrosis.
2.Application effect of local tailoring technique of stoma bag combined with leak-proof tape ring in outpatient children with intestinal parastomal fistula
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2021;27(3):365-368
Objective:To explore the application effect of ostoma bag tailoring techniques combined with leak-proof tape ring in outpatients children with parastomal fistula and irritant dermatitis after enterostomy.Methods:Using the convenient sampling method, a total of 21 children with home care difficulties after enterostomy complicated with parastomal fistula and irritant dermatitis who visited the stoma specialist nursing clinic of Shenzhen Children's Hospital from May 2017 to November 2019 were selected as the research objects. Ostoma bag tailoring techniques (partial fistulas were slightly enlarged and tailored with a width of 1 to 2 mm) combined with leak-proof tape ring were used for intervention. Discoloration, Erosion and Tissue Overgrowth (DET) score, the interval between stoma bag replacement and SAS score of the main caregivers were compared before and after intervention.Results:DET score of 21 children at the first visit was (8.29±1.15) , and the DET score at the return visit after 1 week of intervention was (5.14±1.80) , and the difference was statistically significant ( t=11.65, P<0.01) . The interval between replacement of stoma bag before intervention was (0.45±0.10) d, and the interval of replacement after intervention was (1.06±0.29) d, and the difference was statistically significant ( t=-10.67, P<0.01) . The SAS score of main caregivers of 21 children at the first visit was (66.05±5.29) , and the SAS score after 1 week of intervention was (49.10±3.35) , and the difference was statistically significant ( t=21.59, P<0.01) . Conclusions:For children with home care difficulties complicated with parastomal fistula and irritant dermatitis after enterostomy, the use of local tailoring technique of stoma bag combined with leak-proof tape ring can reduce the scope of irritant dermatitis, reduce the severity of irritant dermatitis, prolong interval between replacement of stoma bag and effectively improve the anxiety symptoms of main caregivers.
4.Transitional Percentage of Minute Volume as a Novel Predictor of Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure
Ya-Ru LIANG ; Mei-Chen YANG ; Yao-Kuang WU ; I-Shiang TZENG ; Pei-Yi WU ; Shiang-Yu HUANG ; Chou-Chin LAN ; Chin-Pyng WU
Asian Nursing Research 2020;14(1):30-35
Purpose:
Some patients with respiratory failure fail initial weaning attempts and need prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV). Prolonged MV is associated with many complications and consumption of heathcare resources. Objective weaning indices help staffs to identify high-potential patients for weaning from the MV. Traditional weaning indices are not reliable in clinical practice. Transitional percentage of minute volume (TMV%) is a new index of the work of breathing. This study aimed to investigate the utility of TMV% in the prediction of weaning potential.
Methods:
This study was prospectively performed including all patients with prolonged MV. Researchers recorded their demographics, TMV%, respiratory parameters, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, and laboratory data upon arrival at the respiratory care center. The factors associated with successful weaning were analyzed.
Results:
Out of the 120 patients included, 84 (70.0%) were successfully weaned from MV. Traditional weaning indices such as rapid shallow breathing index could not predict the weaning outcome. TMV% was a valuable parameter as patients with a lower TMV%, higher tidal volume, higher hemoglobin, lower blood urea nitrogen, and lower Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores had a higher rate of successful weaning. TMV%, tidal volume, and HCO3- levels were independent predictors of successful weaning, and the area under the curve was .79 in the logistic regression model.
Conclusion
TMV% is a novel and effective predictor of successful weaning. Patients with lower TMV% had a higher MV weaning outcome. Once patients with a high potential for successful weaning are identified, they should be aggressively weaned from MV as soon as possible.
5.Investigation and Analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes with 144 Cases of COVID-19 Patients in Anhui Province
Jing ZHOU ; Jing-jing CHEN ; Nian-zhi ZHANG ; Xiao-xiao ZHU ; Jing LI ; Shi-qing WANG ; Yun-dong LI ; Ming-xiang HAN ; Wei CHEN ; Mei DONG ; Ling LIU ; Hao-bin HOU ; Zhen DING ; Xin-kuang LIU ; Li YAO
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2020;26(12):28-34
Objective:To analyze the general situation and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome characteristics in patients with coronavirus disease-2019(COVID-19) in Anhui province, and to provide a basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment. Method:The 144 cases of COVID-19 patients in Anhui province were collected from designated hospitals by means of multi-center cross-sectional epidemiological survey. The TCM syndrome information collection table of patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia was created to collect the general data, etiology and pathogenesis, pulse and signs, syndrome type and frequency statistics of the patients, and then summarize and analyze the main symptoms and syndrome distribution characteristics of patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia. Result:The mean age of 144 patients with COVID-19 infection was (43.54±15.91) years old, and the number of males was larger than the number of females (9/7). The age distribution and gender difference of the patients were statistically significant (
6.Biallelic mutations in CDC20 cause female infertility characterized by abnormalities in oocyte maturation and early embryonic development.
Lin ZHAO ; Songguo XUE ; Zhongyuan YAO ; Juanzi SHI ; Biaobang CHEN ; Ling WU ; Lihua SUN ; Yao XU ; Zheng YAN ; Bin LI ; Xiaoyan MAO ; Jing FU ; Zhihua ZHANG ; Jian MU ; Wenjing WANG ; Jing DU ; Shuai LIU ; Jie DONG ; Weijie WANG ; Qiaoli LI ; Lin HE ; Li JIN ; Xiaozhen LIANG ; Yanping KUANG ; Xiaoxi SUN ; Lei WANG ; Qing SANG
Protein & Cell 2020;11(12):921-927
7.Transitional Percentage of Minute Volume as a Novel Predictor of Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure
Ya-Ru LIANG ; Mei-Chen YANG ; Yao-Kuang WU ; I-Shiang TZENG ; Pei-Yi WU ; Shiang-Yu HUANG ; Chou-Chin LAN ; Chin-Pyng WU
Asian Nursing Research 2020;14(1):30-35
Purpose:
Some patients with respiratory failure fail initial weaning attempts and need prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV). Prolonged MV is associated with many complications and consumption of heathcare resources. Objective weaning indices help staffs to identify high-potential patients for weaning from the MV. Traditional weaning indices are not reliable in clinical practice. Transitional percentage of minute volume (TMV%) is a new index of the work of breathing. This study aimed to investigate the utility of TMV% in the prediction of weaning potential.
Methods:
This study was prospectively performed including all patients with prolonged MV. Researchers recorded their demographics, TMV%, respiratory parameters, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, and laboratory data upon arrival at the respiratory care center. The factors associated with successful weaning were analyzed.
Results:
Out of the 120 patients included, 84 (70.0%) were successfully weaned from MV. Traditional weaning indices such as rapid shallow breathing index could not predict the weaning outcome. TMV% was a valuable parameter as patients with a lower TMV%, higher tidal volume, higher hemoglobin, lower blood urea nitrogen, and lower Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores had a higher rate of successful weaning. TMV%, tidal volume, and HCO3- levels were independent predictors of successful weaning, and the area under the curve was .79 in the logistic regression model.
Conclusion
TMV% is a novel and effective predictor of successful weaning. Patients with lower TMV% had a higher MV weaning outcome. Once patients with a high potential for successful weaning are identified, they should be aggressively weaned from MV as soon as possible.
8.Association between functional network connectivity and suicidal behavior in young patients with depression disorder
Jun CAO ; Xiaorong CHEN ; Li KUANG ; Jianmei CHEN ; Ming AI ; Yao GAN ; Wo WANG ; Zhen LYU ; Jinglan HE
Chinese Journal of Psychiatry 2020;53(4):300-306
Objective:To investigate the functional connectivity of resting-state networks in young depressed patients with suicide attempts and its association with suicide attempt as well as to better understand the underlying neural mechanism of suicide.Methods:Hamilton Depression Scale-17 items (HAMD 17),Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Suicide Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) and Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI)were used to assess the severity of depressive symptoms and suicidal characteristics in 35 young depressed patients with suicide attempts (SU group), 18 patients with non-suicide attempt (NSU group) and 47 gender, age, and education matched healthy controls (HC group). The alterations of intra-and internetwork connectivity among SU, NSU and HC group were analyzed with functional magnetic resonance imaging and independent component analysis(ICA). Pearson correlation was adopted to analyze the association between functional network connectivity and clinical psychological scales .Results:(1)There were significant differences in functional network connectivity within the default mode network (DMN),salience network (SN) and bilateral frontal-parietal network (FPN) among three groups. Compared with NSU group, SU showed significantly decreased internetwork connectivity between anterior default mode network (aDMN), salience network (SN)( t=-2.63, P=0.036), and right frontal-parietal network (rFPN)( t=-3.42, P=0.048). However, enhanced internetwork connectivity between the SN and the right fronto-parietal network (rFPN) was found in SU group ( t=3.07, P=0.038). In addition,decreased aDMN-rFPN connectivity was negatively correlated with BHS scores ( r=-0.353; P=0.037), and the differences in SN-rFPN and aDMN-pDMN connectivity were negatively associated with the HAMD score in the SU group ( r=-0.369, P=0.029; r=-0.372, P=0.028). Conclusions:These findings suggest that SU experience reorganization at the level of large-scale brain networks. Suicide attempt is correlated with abnormal functional network connectivity within and among these RSNs.
9.Association between functional network connectivity and suicidal behavior in young patients with depression disorder
Jun CAO ; Xiaorong CHEN ; Li KUANG ; Jianmei CHEN ; Ming AI ; Yao GAN ; Wo WANG ; Zhen LYU ; Jinglan HE
Chinese Journal of Psychiatry 2020;53(4):300-306
Objective:To investigate the functional connectivity of resting-state networks in young depressed patients with suicide attempts and its association with suicide attempt as well as to better understand the underlying neural mechanism of suicide.Methods:Hamilton Depression Scale-17 items (HAMD 17),Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Suicide Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) and Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI)were used to assess the severity of depressive symptoms and suicidal characteristics in 35 young depressed patients with suicide attempts (SU group), 18 patients with non-suicide attempt (NSU group) and 47 gender, age, and education matched healthy controls (HC group). The alterations of intra-and internetwork connectivity among SU, NSU and HC group were analyzed with functional magnetic resonance imaging and independent component analysis(ICA). Pearson correlation was adopted to analyze the association between functional network connectivity and clinical psychological scales .Results:(1)There were significant differences in functional network connectivity within the default mode network (DMN),salience network (SN) and bilateral frontal-parietal network (FPN) among three groups. Compared with NSU group, SU showed significantly decreased internetwork connectivity between anterior default mode network (aDMN), salience network (SN)( t=-2.63, P=0.036), and right frontal-parietal network (rFPN)( t=-3.42, P=0.048). However, enhanced internetwork connectivity between the SN and the right fronto-parietal network (rFPN) was found in SU group ( t=3.07, P=0.038). In addition,decreased aDMN-rFPN connectivity was negatively correlated with BHS scores ( r=-0.353; P=0.037), and the differences in SN-rFPN and aDMN-pDMN connectivity were negatively associated with the HAMD score in the SU group ( r=-0.369, P=0.029; r=-0.372, P=0.028). Conclusions:These findings suggest that SU experience reorganization at the level of large-scale brain networks. Suicide attempt is correlated with abnormal functional network connectivity within and among these RSNs.
10.β2GP/anti-β2GP complex inhibits oxLDL-mediated lipid accumulation and FAK activation in THP-1 macrophages
Chao He ; Hong ZHOU ; Guiting ZHANG ; Yudan CHEN ; Peng ZHANG ; Ren WANG ; Qianqian WU ; Yuye YAO ; Ming KUANG
Chinese Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science 2019;37(6):401-406
Objective:
To investigate the effects of β2 glycoprotein Ⅰ/anti-β2 glycoprotein Ⅰ complex (β2/aβ2) on oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL)-mediated lipid accumulation and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) activation in THP-1 macrophage, as well as the role of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) during the process.
Methods:
THP-1 cells were differentiated into THP-1 macrophage by PMA (100 ng/mL). THP-1 macrophages were treated with RPMI 1640 medium, oxLDL, oxLDL+β2/aβ2 or oxLDL+lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The mRNA expressions of lipid transportation molecules, ACAT1, ABCA1 and ABCG1 were detected by RT-qPCR. Intracellular total cholesterol (TC) and free cholesterol (FC) in THP-1 macrophages were evaluated by Trinder assay, then the content and proportion of intracellular cholesteryl ester (CE) were calculated. The expression and phosphorylation of FAK were detected by immune fluorescence, RT-qPCR and western blot. To evaluate the role of TLR4, THP-1 macrophages were pre-treated with or without TLR4 inhibitor TAK-242 (1 μg/mL).
Results:
β2/aβ2 treatment significantly inhibited oxLDL-mediated lipid accumulation and FAK expression and phosphorylation in THP-1 macrophages, which could be reversed by TLR4 blockage.
Conclusion
β2/aβ2 inhibits the oxLDL-mediated lipid accumulation and FAK activation of THP-1 macrophage, which is related to the function of TLR4.

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