1.A cohort study of maternal smoking during pregnancy, offspring genetic risk, and overall cancer mortality
Guanlian PANG ; Zhimin MA ; Mingxuan ZHU ; Wenjing GE ; Yuanlin MOU ; Guoqing WANG ; Zhaopeng ZHU ; Qiao LI ; Meng ZHU
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2024;45(8):1045-1051
Objective:To investigate the independent and combined effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring genetic susceptibility on overall cancer mortality.Methods:Based on the United Kingdom Biobank ( n=419 228) data, the Cox proportional hazard regression model was used to estimate the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on offspring overall cancer (including 16 cancers in men and 18 in women) mortality and its combined effect and interaction with offspring genetic factors. Results:Maternal smoking during pregnancy was significantly associated with a 13% increased risk of overall cancer mortality in men [hazard ratio( HR)=1.13, 95% CI: 1.06-1.20] and 19% increased risk in women ( HR=1.19, 95% CI: 1.11-1.27). Participants with high genetic risk had the highest overall cancer mortality than those with low genetic risk (men: HR=1.42, 95% CI: 1.30-1.55; women: HR=1.38, 95% CI: 1.25-1.52). Compared with participants without maternal smoking during pregnancy and low genetic risk, those with maternal smoking during pregnancy and high genetic risk were associated with a 56% increased risk of overall cancer mortality in men ( HR=1.56, 95% CI: 1.37-1.77) and 59% in women ( HR=1.59, 95% CI: 1.39-1.83). Conclusion:Maternal smoking during pregnancy may increase offspring overall cancer mortality and more severe harm in individuals with high genetic risk.
2.Meta-analysis on the effects of exercise training-based respiratory rehabilitation therapy in pneumoconiosis patients
Jianwen GE ; Ting XUE ; Zhimin LI ; Xingxing MA ; Yan DONG ; Wenjuan DAI ; Dongyan LI
China Occupational Medicine 2024;51(3):285-291
Objective To comprehensively analyze the effectiveness of exercise training-based respiratory rehabilitation therapy on patients with occupational pneumoconiosis (hereinafter referred to as "pneumoconiosis"). MethodsLiterature on randomized controlled trials of exercise training-based respiratory rehabilitation therapy for pneumoconiosis patients published from the establishment of the database to July 2023 was retrieved from academic systems such as the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform, VIP Database, and China Biology Medicine using bibliometrics method. The RevMan 5.4 software was used for meta-analysis of the selected literatures. Subgroup analysis was conducted to explore the source of study heterogeneity. The funnel plot method was used to test publication bias. Results A total of 55 articles were included, involving 2 436 pneumoconiosis patients in the experimental group and 2 405 pneumoconiosis patients in the control group. The result of random or fixed effect model showed that the six minutes walking distance, the total score of Short from Health Survey-36, forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), FEV1/FVC, arterial partial pressure of oxygen of pneumoconiosis patients increased after respiratory rehabilitation therapy (all P<0.05), while the total score of the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire and arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide decreased compared with the conventional treatment (all P<0.05). The result of subgroup analysis showed that the total score of the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire, FEV1, and the index of arterial partial pressure of oxygen of pneumoconiosis patients was better in the rehabilitation treatment for ≥six months compared with those
3.Efficacy and safety of Omalizumab for the treatment of pediatric allergic asthma: a retrospective multicenter real-world study in China
Li XIANG ; Baoping XU ; Huijie HUANG ; Mian WEI ; Dehui CHEN ; Yingying ZHAI ; Yingju ZHANG ; Dan LIANG ; Chunhui HE ; Wei HOU ; Yang ZHANG ; Zhimin CHEN ; Jingling LIU ; Changshan LIU ; Xueyan WANG ; Shan HUA ; Ning ZHANG ; Ming LI ; Quan ZHANG ; Leping YE ; Wei DING ; Wei ZHOU ; Ling LIU ; Ling WANG ; Yingyu QUAN ; Yanping CHEN ; Yanni MENG ; Qiusheng GE ; Qi ZHANG ; Jie CHEN ; Guilan WANG ; Dongming HUANG ; Yong YIN ; Mingyu TANG ; Kunling SHEN
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2023;38(1):64-71
Objective:To assess the clinical effectiveness and safety of Omalizumab for treating pediatric allergic asthma in real world in China.Methods:The clinical data of children aged 6 to 11 years with allergic asthma who received Omalizumab treatment in 17 hospitals in China between July 6, 2018 and September 30, 2020 were retrospectively analyzed.Such information as the demographic characteristics, allergic history, family history, total immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels, specific IgE levels, skin prick test, exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) levels, eosinophil (EOS) counts, and comorbidities at baseline were collected.Descriptive analysis of the Omalizumab treatment mode was made, and the difference in the first dose, injection frequency and course of treatment between the Omalizumab treatment mode and the mode recommended in the instruction was investigated.Global Evaluation of Treatment Effectiveness (GETE) analysis was made after Omalizumab treatment.The moderate-to-severe asthma exacerbation rate, inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) dose, lung functions were compared before and after Omalizumab treatment.Changes in the Childhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT) and Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) results from baseline to 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, and 52 weeks after Omalizumab treatment were studied.The commodity improvement was assessed.The adverse event (AE) and serious adverse event (SAE) were analyzed for the evaluation of Omalizumab treatment safety.The difference in the annual rate of moderate-to-severe asthma exacerbation and ICS reduction was investigated by using t test.The significance level was set to 0.05.Other parameters were all subject to descriptive analysis.A total of 200 allergic asthma patients were enrolled, including 75.5% ( n=151) males and 24.5% ( n=49) females.The patients aged (8.20±1.81) years. Results:The median total IgE level of the 200 patients was 513.5 (24.4-11 600.0) IU/mL.Their median treatment time with Omalizumab was 112 (1-666) days.Their first dose of Omalizumab was 300 (150-600) mg.Of the 200 cases, 114 cases (57.0%) followed the first Omalizumab dosage recommended in the instruction.After 4-6 months of Omalizumab treatment, 88.5% of the patients enrolled ( n=117) responded to Omalizumab.After 4 weeks of treatment with Omalizumab, asthma was well-controlled, with an increased C-ACT score [from (22.70±3.70) points to (18.90±3.74) points at baseline]. Four-six months after Omalizumab administration, the annual rate of moderate-to-severe asthma exacerbation had a reduction of (2.00±5.68) per patient year( t=4.702 5, P<0.001), the median ICS daily dose was lowered [0 (0-240) μg vs. 160 (50-4 000) μg at baseline] ( P<0.001), the PAQLQ score was improved [(154.90±8.57) points vs. (122.80±27.15) points at baseline], and the forced expiratory volume in one second % predicted (FEV 1%pred) was increased [(92.80±10.50)% vs. (89.70±18.17)% at baseline]. In patients with available evaluations for comorbidities, including allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis or eczema, urticaria, allergic conjunctivitis and sinusitis, 92.8%-100.0% showed improved symptoms.A total of 124 AE were reported in 58 (29.0%) of the 200 patients, and the annual incidence was 0(0-15.1) per patient year.In 53 patients who suffered AE, 44 patients (83.0%) and 9 patients (17.0%) reported mild and moderate AE, respectively.No severe AE were observed in patients.The annual incidence of SAE was 0(0-1.9) per patient year.Most common drug-related AE were abdominal pain (2 patients, 1.0%) and fever (2 patients, 1.0%). No patient withdrew Omalizumab due to AE. Conclusions:Omalizumab shows good effectiveness and safety for the treatment of asthma in children.It can reduce the moderate-to-severe asthma exacerbation rate, reduce the ICS dose, improve asthma control levels, and improve lung functions and quality of life of patients.
4.Development and application of a follow-up checklist for postoperative patients with cervical cancer
Yue SUN ; Zhimin WANG ; Ying HU ; Jingling GE
Chinese Journal of Nursing 2023;58(24):2989-2995
Objective To formulate a scientific and standardized follow-up checklist for postoperative patients with cervical cancer,and provide a scientific tool to support the follow-up work.Methods The first draft of the follow-up checklist was constructed through literature review and semi-structured interviews,and the final draft of the follow-up checklist was formed by conducting 2 rounds of correspondence with experts using the Delphi method from October to December 2022,screening experts'opinions and revising and improving the checklist.The convenience sampling method was adopted to select 8 nurses and 15 patients with cervical cancer after surgery from a tertiary A hospital in Liaoning Province from February to March 2023 as the research subjects.The nurses made telephone follow-up visits to the patients with the postoperative follow-up list and evaluated the follow-up list.Results The positive coefficients of the experts in the 2 rounds of correspondence were 88.89%and 100%,respectively;the authoritative coefficients were 0.88 and 0.89,respectively;the Kendal harmony coefficient of the primary,secondary and tertiary indicators were 0.177,0.245 and 0.179 in the first round and 0.170,0.118 and 0.107 in the second round,respectively(P<0.05).The final follow-up checklist for postoperative patients with cervical cancer included 4 primary indicators of physical and daily life support,information support,psychological support,and social support,12 secondary indicators,and 45 tertiary indicators.Both nurses and patients believed that the follow-up list was comprehensive with strong professional and clinical practicability.Conclusion The follow-up checklist is reasonable in structure,comprehensive in content,and reliable,specialized and practical,which can provide a scientific and standardized tool to support post-discharge follow-up of patients with cervical cancer.
5.A qualitative study on the career development path of general practitioners in the community
Ping LU ; Zhimin LU ; Lili WENG ; Zhilong QIAN ; Yuanyuan GE
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2022;21(2):121-127
Objective:To analyze the career development path and related problems of general practitioners (GPs)in the community.Methods:In October 2019, general practitioners with different positions working in Malu Town Community Health Service Center of Shanghai Jiading district were selected by typical sampling to participate in a focus group interview. Based on the saturation principle, 5 general practitioners were invited for in-depth interviews on their career development and related issues. The original data were analyzed with Colaizzi′s seven-step analysis method.Results:The career development of the general practitioners working in the community was divided into three stages: start stage, experience-accumulation stage and career-differentiation stage. In the start stage (the first 0-24 months), the GPs mainly got familiar with the community health service center through community rotation. In the experience-accumulation stage (1-5 years after entering the community health service center), GPs accumulated clinical experience from outpatient clinic, ward, and being family doctor, etc; at the same time, they accumulated management experience through part-time public health management, research and education management, secondment in district health committee. In the professional differentiation stage (5 years or more after entering the community health service center), GPs may take a position of full-time management, or department head. The three respondents had confusion in certain career development stages, including confusion in clinical skills upgrading and balance between clinical and management duties.Conclusions:The study suggests that general practitioners in the entry stage need to be given timely clinical rotation as well as research and teaching training; in the career differentiation stage, it is necessary to incorporate upgrading clinical service and management capability with policy development directions and institutional development needs to promote the successful career differentiation of general practitioners.
6.Effect of up-regulating the expression of microRNA-613 on biological behavior of human renal cell carcinoma cells
Bin WANG ; Zhimin ZHANG ; Dong WANG ; Feng JIN ; Wanli MAO ; Wenyan ZHU ; Ge WANG
Journal of Chinese Physician 2018;20(7):1017-1020,1024
Objective To observe the effect of microRNA-613 (miR-613) on the biological behavior of human renal cell carcinoma cells and explore its molecular mechanism.Methods The synthesized miR-613 mimics and miR-NC were respectively transferred into 786-0 cells by Lipofectamine 3000 and divided into experimental group and control group.Real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used to detect the expression of miR-613 in cells of two groups to verify the transfection success.The proliferation of 786-0 cells was detected by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay and the migration of 786-0 cells was detected by Transwell migration assay.Bioinformatics predicts the target gene of miR-613.Dual luciferase reporter assay validates the targeted relationship between miR-613 and target genes,and their binding sites.qPCR and Western blot were used to detect the expression of target genes.Results qPCR test results showed that the expression of miR-613 in the experimental group (16.22 ± 1.08) was significantly higher than that in the control group (1.06 ± 0.20),with statistically significant difference (P < 0.01).The results of MTT showed that the cells in the experimental group showed a decrease in absorbance value at the d-th point after transfection (P < 0.05).Transwell cell migration test results showed that the cells in the control group and experimental group migrated from the upper chamber of Transwell to the lower chamber of the cells were respectively (95.55 ± 17.88) and (199.10 ± 22.74),with statistically significant difference (P < 0.05).Bioinformatics predicts that the target gene of miR-613 is Cortactin (CTTN).Dual luciferase reporter assay confirmed that miR-613 can target CTTN gene (P < 0.05).miR-613 can significantly inhibit the CTTN gene expression in renal cell carcinoma cells (P < 0.01).Conclusions Upregulation of miR-613 expression can inhibit the proliferation and migration of renal cell carcinoma cells,and its possible molecular mechanism is that miR-613 inhibits the expression of CTTN gene.
7.Effect of metabolic syndrome in the bone mineral density in elderly male type 2 diabetics
Jingyi LI ; Zhimin LIU ; Jun GE ; Jian MENG ; Qing GU ; Chunfang YU
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2016;32(3):399-401
Objective To explore the impact of metabolic syndrome (MS)in bone mineral density (BMD) in elderly male type 2 diabetics (T2DM). Methods One hundred and fourty cases were divided into MS group and non-MS(NMS)group according to with or without MS. Height,weight were measured, body mass index(BMI) were calculated and the total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c)were tested. The bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). The differences among these groups were compared and the risk factors for MS were analyzed. Results The MD, BMI, TC,TG in MS group was higher than that in NMS group (P < 0.05 vs. P < 0.01),and HDL-C was lower than NMS group (P < 0.05). Correlation analysis showed that BMD was negatively correlated with age , TG , HDL-C , and was positively correlated with BMI.The results of multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that age ,HDL-C,BMI were independent risk factors for BMD. Conclusion The BMD significantly increases in T2DM with MS.Obesity and low HDL-C have positive effects in bone mass.
8.A novel surface molecularly imprinted polymer as the solid-phase extraction adsorbent for the selective determination of ampicillin sodium in milk and blood samples$
Ningli WU ; Zhimin LUO ; Yanhui GE ; Pengqi GUO ; Kangli DU ; Weili TANG ; Wei DU ; Aiguo ZENG ; Chun CHANG ; Qiang FU
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2016;6(3):157-164
Surface molecularly imprinted polymers (SMIPs) for selective adsorption of ampicillin sodium were synthesized using surface molecular imprinting technique with silica gel as a support. The physical and morphological characteristics of the polymers were investigated by scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), elemental analysis and nitrogen adsorption–desorption test. The obtained results showed that the SMIPs displayed great adsorption capacity (13.5μg/mg), high recognition ability (the imprinted factor is 3.2) and good binding kinetics for ampicillin sodium. Finally, as solid phase extraction adsorbents, the SMIPs coupled with HPLC method were validated and applied for the enrichment, purification and determination of ampicillin sodium in real milk and blood samples. The averages of spiked accuracy ranged from 92.1%to 107.6%. The relative standard deviations of intra-and inter-day precisions were less than 4.6%. This study provides a new and promising method for enriching, extracting and determining ampicillin sodium in complex biological samples.
9.Parathyroid hormone on the adipogenic potential of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
Fei GAO ; Zhimin GE ; Zhonghao GUO ; Jing YANG
Chinese Journal of Rheumatology 2015;19(4):249-253,封3
Objective To observe the effect of different concentrations of parathyroid hormone 1-34 on the adipogenic potential of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs).Methods ① Rat bone marrow mesenchymal cells were separated and expanded by adherent culture.The morphology of cells was observed and cell surface markers were examined by flow cytometry.② The multi-lineage differentiation capability of cells was examined by culturing cells under conditions favorable for adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation.③ Taken P3 of BMSCs for test,different concentrations of PTH1-34 (0,10-10,10-9,10-8 mol/L) were used to stimulate BMSCs respectively,14 days later,lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity were measured by enzyme linked immuno-sorbent assay (ELISA),mRNA expression of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and PPARγ-2 were measured by realiime polymerase chain reaction (PCR).④ Statistical analysis:data were presented as x±s.All statistical analysis was performed with windows Statistical Praduct and Serice Solutions (SPSS) 13.0.One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to determine the difference between groups.Least signisicant difference (LSD) was used to determine the difference between the two randomized groups.Differences were considered significant at a value of P<0.05.Results The cells expressed CD44,CD29 but without expression of CD45.By culturing in adipogenic medium for 3 weeks and in osteogenic medium for 4 weeks respectively,and then identified by oil red O and Alizarin red,the cells were successfully induced to adipocytes and osteogenesis.Expressions of LPL were 11.20±0.16,7.62±0.48,5.84±0.57,5.32±0.52,mRNA expressions of PPARγ-2 were 2.80±0.05,1.36±0.23,0.94-±0.11,0.78±0.04,ALP activity were 0.191 ±0.016,0.333±0.024,0.549±0.025,0.684±0.021 respectively.Compared with the control group,different concentrations of PTH1-34 groups could decrease mRNA expression of LPL and PPARγ-2.ALP activity were increased(P<0.05).Conclusion PTH1-34 inhibits BMSCs of adipogenic differentiation and promotes osteogenic differentiation in a dose-dependent manner.
10.Efficacy of itopride in functional dyspepsia patients overlapping constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome
Huimin CHEN ; Xiaobo LI ; Zhimin JIANG ; Yunjia ZHAO ; Zhizheng GE
Chinese Journal of Digestion 2010;30(2):102-105
Objective To assess the efficacy of itopride on treatment of patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) overlapping constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (C-IBS). Methods Patients who met criteria for FD and FD overlapping C-IBS were randomly assigned into FD treatment group (group A), FD control group (group B), FD overlapping C-IBS treatment group (group C) and FD overlapping C-IBS control group (group D). The patients in group A and group C received 100 mg of itopride 3 times daily for 8 weeks. Dyspeptic symptoms including abdominal pain, bloating, early satiety and constipation, were evaluated before and after treatment. Ultrasonic monitoring of gastric emptying function was performed in group A and group C before and two weeks after treatment.ResultsThe symptoms of FD were relieved in both group A and group C (P<0.05), while better results were shown in group C. The significant improvement of constipation was seen in group A and group C. Besides, after medication, gastric emptying was improved in group A and group C in comparison with group B and group D. Conclusion Itopride is an effective therapeutic option in the treatmentping of patients with overlapping of FD and C-IBS.

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