1.Inhibition of subicular seizure-labeled c-fos+ neurons alleviates cognitive deficit in epilepsy
Lin YANG ; Qi ZHANG ; Xueqing WU ; Xiaoyun QIU ; Fan FEI ; Nanxi LAI ; Yuyi ZHENG ; Mengdi ZHANG ; Qingyang ZHANG ; Yu WANG ; Fei WANG ; Cenglin XU ; Yeping RUAN ; Yi WANG ; Zhong CHEN
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2023;37(7):482-483
OBJECTIVE Cognitive deficit is a com-mon comorbidity in temporal lobe epilepsy(TLE)and that is not well controlled by current therapeutics.Currently,how epileptic seizure affects cognitive performance remains largely unclear.The subiculum is the major out-put of the hippocampus,which projects to entorhinal cor-tex and other more distinct brain regions.Physiologically,the subiculum codes spatial working memory and naviga-tion information including place,speed,and trajectory.Importantly,prior studies have noted the importance of the subiculum in the beginning,spreading,and generaliz-ing process of hippocampal seizure.How seizure-activated neurons in subiculum participate in cognitive impairment remains largely elusive.METHODS In this study,we sought to label the subicular seizure-activated c-fos+ neu-rons with a special promoter with enhanced synaptic activity-responsive element E-SARE in the subiculum,combined with chemogenetics and designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs(DREADDs),Ca2+ fiber photometry approaches,and behavioral tasks,to reveal the role of these neurons in cognitive impairment in epilepsy.RESULTS We found that chemogenetic inhibi-tion of subicular seizure-tagged c-fos+ neurons(mainly CaMK Ⅱ α+ glutamatergic neurons)alleviates seizure generalization and improves cognitive performance in the hippocampal CA3 kindling TLE model.While inhibition of seizure-labeled c-fos+ GABAergic interneuron shows no effect on seizure and cognition.As a comparison,che-mogenetic inhibition of the whole subicular CaMK Ⅱ α+ neuron impairs cognitive function in na?ve mice in basal condition.Notably,inhibition of subicular seizure-tagged c-fos+ neurons enhances the recruitment of cognition-responsive c-fos+ neurons via increasing neural excitability during cognition tasks.CONCLUSION Our results dem-onstrate that subicular seizure-activated c-fos+ neurons contribute to cognitive impairment in TLE,suggesting sei-zure-tagged c-fos+ neurons as the potential therapeutic target to alleviate cognitive impairment in TLE.
2.Utility of microcytic anemia factor and low hemoglobin density in the diagnosis of iron deficiency in blood donors
Wenjuan ZHONG ; Jinying CHEN ; Yeping ZHOU ; Yingchun CHEN ; Qiufang ZHANG ; Jia ZENG
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2023;46(3):304-309
Objective:The study was planned to evaluate the clinical utility of microcytic anemia factor (MAF) and low hemoglobin density (LHD%) in the screening of iron deficiency in blood donors.Methods:A total of 400 blood donors, 200 male and 200 female, were randomly admitted to Fujian Blood Center from January1, 2022 to February 28, 2022 by the way of stratified sampling. According to the fourth edition of Diagnostic and therapeutic criteria for hematological diseases, the patients were divided into three groups: normal group (N=299), iron depletion group (ID, n=54) and iron deficient erythropoiesis group (IDE, n=47), Blood routine indexes including hemoglobin (HGB), mean corpuscular volume hemoglobin (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin content (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and iron metabolism indexes including serum ferritin (SF), serum iron (SI), total iron binding capacity (TIBC), transferrin saturation (TS) and unsaturated iron binding capacity (UIBC) were measured, MAF and LHD% were calculated by formula.One-way ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis H tests were used to analyze the differences among three groups. Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between MAF and LHD% and iron metabolism indexes.The Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluated the diagnostic value of MCH, MCHC, MAF and LHD% for iron deficiency in blood donors. Results:MAF in ID group which was 11.81±0.81 were higher than the IDE group which was 10.69±0.95 and lower than the healthy group which was 13.17±1.24, the total difference among the three groups was statistically significant ( F=110.784, P<0.001), the difference between two groups was statistically significant ( P<0.01); LHD% in ID group which was 2.61 (1.87, 3.91)% were lower than the IDE group which was5.60(2.99, 8.02)% and higher than the healthy group which was1.74 (1.22, 2.73)%, the total difference among the three groups was statistically significant ( H=62.166, P<0.001), the difference between two groups was statistically significant ( P<0.01).In 101 iron deficiency blood donors, Spearman correlation analysis showed that MAF was positively correlated with SF, SI and TS ( r=0.426, P<0.01; r=0.547, P<0.01; r=0.566, P<0.01);contrarily, LHD% was negatively correlated with SF, SI and TS ( r=-0.397, P<0.01; r=-0.400, P<0.01; r=-0.479, P<0.01).The areas under the ROC curve of MCH, MCHC, MAF and LHD% diagnostic ID were 0.745, 0.646, 0.819 and 0.646, respectively;the cut-off value of MAF was 12.56, with a sensitivity of 67.90% and a specificity of 83.30%.While the areas under the ROC curve of MCH, MCHC, MAF and LHD% diagnostic IDE were 0.901, 0.834, 0.941 and 0.834, respectively; the cut-off value of MAF was 11.73, with a sensitivity of 87.60% and a specificity of 87.20%. Conclusions:MAF performed a high diagnostic value of iron deficiency, especially IDE, and can be used as a marker in the diagnosis of iron deficiency in blood donors.
4. Value of Oxford classification and ISKDC classification in the prognosis of children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis
Xueqian LI ; Xiaorong LIU ; Xingfeng YAO ; Nan ZHANG ; Jianfeng FAN ; Zhi CHEN ; Qiang SUN ; Nan ZHOU ; Qun MENG ; Chen LING ; Yeping JIANG ; Lei LEI ; Mengmeng TANG ; Hejia ZHANG ; Yetong LI
Chinese Journal of Nephrology 2020;36(1):26-33
Objective:
To analyze the Oxford classification (MESTC) and the International Study of Kidney Disease in Children (ISKDC) classification for evaluating the clinical manifestations, histological lesion and short-term prognosis of children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (HSPN).
Methods:
According to the Oxford classification and ISKDC classification, the histological lesions of children with HSPN diagnosed by renal biopsy from Beijing Children's Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University from January 2018 to December 2018 were re-evaluated. The renal biopsy specimens of the selected subjects were scored according to the Oxford classification and the ISKDC classification. According to whether the first symptom was combined with renal performance, MESTC score and ISKDC classification, children were grouped. The differences in clinicopathological manifestations between the groups were compared. Correlation between MESTC and ISKDC grades was analyzed by nonparametric test rank correlation. Kaplan-Meier survival curve and Log-rank test were used to compare the difference of proteinuria remission rate between the two groups. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression equations were used to analyze the influencing factors of the proteinuria remission rate.
Results:
A total of 78 children with HSPN were enrolled. There were 37 male patients (47.4%) with age of (10.4±2.9) years. When the patients were divided according to MESTC scores and ISKDC classification, the results showed that the proportion of children with nephrotic-range proteinuria in the group of endocapillary hypercellularity (E1,
5. Clinical observation of 43 cases of acute poisoning caused by herbicide marked diquat
Yuxuan WU ; Jinsong ZHANG ; Li QIAO ; Hao SUN ; Jianrong CHEN ; Lijun LIU ; Jiyang XU ; Hong SUN ; Yeping DU ; Zhiguang TIAN ; Rushan YANG
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019;28(10):1287-1291
Objective:
To analyze the relationship between clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with acute herbicide poisoning marked diquat.
Methods:
A multi-center, retrospective clinical study of patients with acute diquat poisoning admitted into Emergency Department was conducted from June 2015 to August 2018 in 8 hospitals in Jiangsu Province.
Results:
A total of 43 patients (22 males and 21 females) were collected and the peak age of poisoning ranged 20-39 years old. The only route of poisoning was ingestion. Among these cases, suicide was the most common cause of poisoningaccounting for 90.70%. In emergency treatment, the constituent ratios of gastric lavage, hemoperfusion and glucocorticoid were 87.50%, 72.50% and 42.50%, respectively. The total mortality increased to 60.00% after follow-up, while the in-hospital mortality was 18.60%. The mortality of patients with toxic dose < 50 mL was 11.11%.
Conclusions
The incidence of acute herbicide poisoning with "diquat" as commercial component is gradually increasing. At present, the mortality is very high. Ingestion poisoning dose is the key factor affecting prognosis, and the prognosis of patients with oral dose > 50 mL is poor.
6.The effect of comprehensive geriatric assessment on the therapeutic decision-makingin elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Jiangtao LI ; Hui LIU ; Jiefei BAI ; Ming GAO ; Yun FAN ; Yeping ZHANG ; Ru FENG ; Yuan TIAN
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2017;36(3):269-273
Objective To evaluate the feasibility of using comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in estimating if standard dose treatment is fit for the elderly patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma.Methods.Comprehensive geriatric assessments including three assessments of activity of daily living,instrumental activity of daily living and comorbidity scoring according to Cumulative Illness Rating Score for Geriatrics were adopted to assess if standard dose treatment is fit for the elderly patients in our prospective study.Thirty seven patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma,aged >70 years were enrolled in the study,and grouped into fit,unfit and frail groups according to comprehensive geriatric assessment scoring and their age.The treatment protocolswere not determined by comprehensive geriatric assessment scores,but by clinical judgments made by clinicians based on their clinical experience and disease features.The clinically effective response and overall survival (OS) were analyzed in the three groups.Results According to CGA scores,patients were grouped into fit [21 cases (56.8%)],unfit [7 (18.9%)] and frail [9 (24.3%)].37 cases received 213 courses of treatment at average 5.76 courses per case.The overall response (complete / partial remission) rates were [85.7%(18/21) vs.28.6% (2/7) vs.44.4% (4/9),x2=9.69,P=0.008] and median survival times were (44 months vs.10 months vs.9 months;x2 =7.03,P=0.03) among fit,unfit and frail groups with statistically significant differences.Total effective rate (achieving all clinical targets) in fit group of 21 cases were 100 % (12/12)with receiving standard dose therapy,and 66.7% of(6/9)with low dose therapy(P=0.06).Overall response rate(total/partial remission) [85.7%(18/21) vs.28.6%(2/7) vs.44.4%(4/9),x2=9.69,P=0.008] and median survival (44 months vs.10 months vs.9 months;x2 =7.03,P=0.03) amongfit,unfit and frail groups.In fit group,the two-year overall survival was higher in patients receiving standard dose treatment than receivingpalliativetreatment,with statistical significance [83.3 % (10/12) vs.33.3 % (3/9),P =0.032],without significant hematologic toxicity observed between the subgroups.Conclusions Comprehensive geriatric assessment can identify if elderly patients diffuse large B cell lymphoma can acquire a satisfactory curative effect from a standard dose treatment ofimmunochemotherapy.
7.Formulation and clinical application of integrated prevention and control guide for multidrug-resistant organism in ICU
Jiaqi ZHANG ; Yeping ZHENG ; Dongmei LIU ; Shengchun ZHU ; Yeli DONG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2017;23(20):2658-2661
Objective To establish the integrated prevention and control guide for multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO), guide nursing staff to strengthen prevention and control for MDRO and to compare the rate of implementation in preventive and control measures along with the discovery rate of MDRO before and after implementing guide.Methods The main problems of prevention and control management for MDRO were analyzed and induced with the methods of literature search, interviews with medical staff in ICU, referring to relevent clinical data and so on. The prevention and control guide was formulated according to expert consensus on MDRO, hospital infection management system of MDRO, clinical practice demand and so on. The prevention and control guide was implemented involving carrying out evidence-base training, building up prevention and control process, quality control and so on from July 2015 to June 2016. All patients of ICU in the Second Hospital of Jiaxing between July 2014 and June 2016 were divided into two groups before (n=622) and after (n=604) implementing prevention and control guide by purposive sampling. The discovery situation of MDRO was investigated. Besides, the implementation situation of preventive and control measures was evaluated by selecting 380 patients and 375 patients from two groups separately.Results After implementing prevention and control guide for MDRO, the rate of implementation in preventive and control measures (90.40%) significantly improved compared to that before implementation (70.00%) along with the discovery rate of MDRO (8.77%) decreased compared to that before implementation (16.08%) with significant differences (P<0.05). Conclusions The application of prevention and control guide for MDRO can effectively decrease the discovery rate of MDRO in ICU, make prevention and control work of MDRO more scientific, standardized, systematized and have a good clinical guidance role for prevention and control for MDRO of critical patients.
8.Application effects of continuity of care in reducing domestic symptomatic hypoglycemia of children with type 1 diabetes
Yan ZHAO ; Yeping ZHANG ; Honghua LIN ; Huijuan YUAN
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2017;23(36):4615-4617
Objective To explore the effect of continuity of care in reducing domestic symptomatic hypoglycemia of children with type 1 diabetes. Methods A total of 50 first diagnosed type 1 diabetic children who were admitted in a classⅢgrade A hospital from May 2014 to December 2015 were selected and divided into observation group and control group randomly with 25 cases in each. The two groups were given the same clinical nursing, while the observation group was given continuity of care after discharge. The observation period last for 12 months from the time of discharge. Observed the average weekly incidence of symptomatic hypoglycemia, admission, HbA1c. Results A total of 45 cases completed the research, 21 of which were from the control group, and the last were from the observation group. Compared with the control group, the occurrence of domestic symptomatic hypoglycemia in observation group was significantly reduced (P< 0.05). Meanwhile, the number of readmission in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P< 0.05). Conclusions Continuity of nursing can effectively reduce the symptomatic hypoglycemia occurrence of type 1 diabetic children who were first diagnosed within 12 months. It can also reduce readmission rate, medical expenses and family financial burden.
9.Clinical analysis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in children with nephrotic syndrome
Jianfeng FAN ; Xiaorong LIU ; Qun MENG ; Guiju ZHANG ; Nan ZHOU ; Zhi CHEN ; Yeping JIANG
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2015;30(11):848-850
Objective To explore the clinical feature of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in children with nephrotic syndrome (NS).Methods Eleven cases of SBP in children with NS from Department of Nephrology,Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital University of Medical Science between January 2010 and June 2014 were analyzed retrospectively.The clinical features,laboratory data and efficacy of therapy were reviewed.Results In this study,12 episodes of primary peritonitis were detected in 11 patients.One patient had 2 attacks.There were 11 cases including 9 boys and 2 girls.The age of the patients ranged from 2 years and 11months to 14 years and 11 months.Nine cases of them received steroid therapy and/or cytotoxic drugs.Peritonitis was characterized by abdominal pain,mild abdominal pain occurred in 7 cases with slow onset.Ten cases had fever of varying degrees,8 cases had abdominal distention,5 cases had diarrhea and 4 cases had nausea and vomiting.Shock signs were present suddenly in 2 cases before therapy of antibiotics.Apparent edema and severe ascites were present in all cases.Five of them were presented with increasingly rapid severe ascites and showed no response to diuretic drugs.Blood investigation showed leukocytosis and high C-reactive protein.Serum albumin levels and IgG and CD4 ratio were very low in all cases.Ascites were like cloudy pus with raised neutrophil cells.Streptococcus pneumonia was positive in both blood culture and ascites culture in 2 cases.Cephalosporin was used empirically to all cases for 7 to 10 days in 9 cases and 4 weeks in 2 cases with positive blood culture.Paracentesis to release ascites fluid was performed in 5 cases with constant ascites.Eleven cases recovered from peritonitis completely.The proteinuria was negative in 2 cases after they recovered from peritonitis.Conclusions SBP was atypical in children with NS and sometimes patients might have to abdominal pain and rebound tenderness,which may be ignored and may induce deterioration suddenly and clinicians should be aware of it clearly.SBP could lead to relapse of NS and the cure of SBP by treatment could help the children recover from NS.
10.Values of the integrated visual and auditory continuous performance test in diagnosing children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in clinic and school in China
Wei ZHANG ; Yeping JIANG ; Shuliang MO ; Hongli LIN ; Shanyu KE
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2015;24(10):935-938
Objective To explore the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of integrated visual and auditory continuous performance test (IVA-CPT) ,and to assess the diagnosis value of the Chinese version of IVA-CPT in two samples of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in clinic and school.Methods 112 participants were divided into 4 groups:clinic group, clinic control group, school group and control group from school.The participants were measured by IVA-CPT and the results were compared.Results ①The integrated quotients of IVA-CPT had concordance with the dimensions of the DSM-ⅣV and ASRS.Each integrated quotients of IVA-CPT and each dimension of the DSM-ⅣV and ASRS were negatively correlated(school: r=-0.277, P<0.05;clinic: r=-0.423, P<0.05).The score of HI dimension was negatively correlated with integrated attention quotient and integrated inhibition quotient of IVA-CPT (r=-0.480, P<0.01;r=-0.452, P<0.01).② The results of the IVA-CPT and the comprehensive assessment had consistency for diagnosis of children with ADHD from the total subjects,the clinic ,and the school.And there were no difference between the sensitivity, the specificity, the coincidence rate, the missed diagnosis rate and the misdiagnosis rate of IVA-CPT when used to diagnose children with ADHD in clinic and school(x2=3.396, P>0.05).③The IVA-CPT evaluation system had good stability according to the retest of a random sample of 25 subjects(P<0.01).The pretest and posttest results of each full quotients of IVA-CPT were significantly correlated (P<0.01).Conclusion The IVA-CPT not only can be used as auxiliary diagnostic tools to diagnose children with ADHD in clinic,it can be used as auxiliary diagnostic tools to diagnose children with ADHD in the community.

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