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Peng HM, Zhou ZK, Zhao JN, Wang F, Liao WM, Zhang WM, Jiang Q, Yan SG, Cao L, Chen LB, Xiao J, Xu WH, He R, Xia YY, Xu YQ, Xu P, Zuo JL, Hu YH, Wang WC, Huang W, Wang JC, Tao SQ, Qian QR, Wang YZ, Zhang ZQ, Tian XB, Wang WW, Jin QH, Zhu QS, Yuan H, Shang XF, Shi ZJ, Zheng J, Xu JZ, Liu JG, Xu WD, Weng XS, Qiu GX. [Revision rate of periprosthetic joint infection post total hip or knee arthroplasty of 34 hospitals in China between 2015 and 2017: a multi-center survey]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 103:999-1005. [PMID: 36990716 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20221108-02351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the rate of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) revision surgeries and clinical information of hip-/knee- PJI cases nationwide from 2015 to 2017 in China. Methods: An epidemiological investigation. A self-designed questionnaire and convenience sampling were used to survey 41 regional joint replacement centers nationwide from November 2018 to December 2019 in China. The PJI was diagnosed according to the Musculoskeletal Infection Association criteria. Data of PJI patients were obtained by searching the inpatient database of each hospital. Questionnaire entries were extracted from the clinical records by specialist. Then the differences in rate of PJI revision surgery between hip- and knee- PJI revision cases were calculated and compared. Results: Total of 36 hospitals (87.8%) nationwide reported data on 99 791 hip and knee arthroplasties performed from 2015 to 2017, with 946 revisions due to PJI (0.96%). The overall hip-PJI revision rate was 0.99% (481/48 574), and it was 0.97% (135/13 963), 0.97% (153/15 730) and 1.07% (193/17 881) in of 2015, 2016, 2017, respectively. The overall knee-PJI revision rate was 0.91% (465/51 271), and it was 0.90% (131/14 650), 0.88% (155/17 693) and 0.94% (179/18 982) in 2015, 2016, 2017, respectively. Heilongjiang (2.2%, 40/1 805), Fujian (2.2%, 45/2 017), Jiangsu (2.1%, 85/3 899), Gansu (2.1%, 29/1 377), Chongqing (1.8%, 64/3 523) reported relatively high revision rates. Conclusions: The overall PJI revision rate in 34 hospitals nationwide from 2015 to 2017 is 0.96%. The hip-PJI revision rate is slightly higher than that in the knee-PJI. There are differences in revision rates among hospitals in different regions.
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- H M Peng
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, General Hospital of Eastern War Zone, People's Liberation Army, Nanjing 210002, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510008, China
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- Department of Joint Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350009, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Central South Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wuhan Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430032, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the Southwest Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730030, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 920th Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Kunming 650032, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Xi'an Red Cross Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130031, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Hospital of Xiangya, Central South University, Changsha 410016, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, First Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150000, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750010, China
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- Xijing Hospital of Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Urumqi 830002, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (Anhui Provincial Hospital), Hefei 230001, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Southern Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the First Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the First Bethune Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130000, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Shanghai 200082, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Cui JG, Jin QH, Wu X, Yang X, Qian G, Chen YD. [Protection of side-branch ostium by the jailed balloon technique validated by three-dimensional optical coherence tomography]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2023; 51:136-142. [PMID: 36789592 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20220927-00751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the protective effect of jailed balloon technique on side branch (SB) ostium using three-dimensional optical coherence tomography(OCT). Methods: This is a retrospective study. Consecutive coronary disease patients with coronary artery bifurcation lesions who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and completed pre-and post-procedural OCT examinations at the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital from September 2019 to March 2022 were enrolled. Patients were divided into the jailed balloon technique group and the unprotected group according to the options applied for the SB. The SB ostium area difference was calculated from OCT images (SB ostium area difference=post-PCI SB ostium area-pre-PCI SB ostium area). The SB ostium area differences were compared between the two groups and compared further in the subgroup of true bifurcation lesions and non-true bifurcation lesions. In the jailed balloon group, the SB ostium area difference was compared between the active jailed balloon technique and the conventional jailed balloon technique, between the jailed balloon>2.0 mm diameter and the jailed balloon≤2.0 mm diameter, and between the higher balloon pressure (>4 atm, 1 atm=101.325 kPa) and the lower balloon pressure (≤4 atm). Multivariate linear regression analysis was used to explore the correlation between the technical parameters of the jailed balloon technique and the SB protection effect. Results: A total of 176 patients with 236 bifurcation lesions were enrolled, aged (60.7±9.3) years, and there were 128 male patients (72.7%). There were 67 patients in the jailed balloon technique group with 71 bifurcation lesions and 123 patients in the unprotected group with 165 bifurcation lesions. Fourteen patients had 2 to 3 lesions, which were treated in different ways, so they appeared in the unprotected group and the jailed balloon technique group at the same time. The area difference in SB ostium was greater in the jailed balloon group than in the unprotected group (0.07 (-0.43, 1.05)mm2 vs.-0.33 (-0.83, 0.26)mm2, P<0.001), and the results were consistent in the true bifurcation lesion subgroup (0.29 (-0.35, 0.96)mm2 vs.-0.26 (-0.64, 0.29)mm2, P=0.004), while the difference between the two groups in the non-true bifurcation lesion subgroup was not statistically significant (P=0.136). In the jailed balloon technique group, the SB ostium area difference was greater in patients treated with the active jailed balloon technique than in those treated with the conventional jailed balloon technique ((0.43±1.36)mm2 vs. (-0.22±0.52)mm2, P=0.013). The difference in SB ostium area was greater in those using>2.0 mm diameter jailed balloons than in those using≤2.0 mm diameter jailed balloons (0.25 (-0.51, 1.31) mm2 vs.-0.01 (-0.45, 0.63) mm2, P=0.020), while SB ostium area difference was similar between those endowed with higher balloon pressure (>4 atm) compared to those with lower balloon pressure (≤4 atm) (P=0.731). Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between jailed balloon diameter and SB ostium area difference (r=0.344, P=0.019). Conclusions: The jailed balloon technique significantly protects SB ostium, especially in patients with true bifurcation lesions. The active jailed balloon technique and larger diameter balloons may provide more protection to the SB.
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- J G Cui
- School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China
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- Chinese People's Liberation Army Medical School, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China
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Wan P, Wang S, Zhang Y, Lv J, Jin QH. Involvement of dopamine D1 receptors of the hippocampal dentate gyrus in spatial learning and memory deficits in a rat model of vascular dementia. Pharmazie 2014; 69:709-710. [PMID: 25272945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We investigated the involvement of dopamine (DA) and its D1 receptors of the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) in spatial learning and memory deficits in a rat model of vascular dementia (VD) established by permanent bilateral carotid occlusion. Spatial learning and memory abilities of rats were measured by Morris water maze, and extracellular concentrations of DA in the DG were determined by in vivo microdialysis. The DA concentrations in the DG decreased in the VD rats compared with sham-operated group. Microinjection of SFK38393 (D1 receptor agonist) into the DG attenuates spatial learning and memory deficits in the VD rats.
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A mouse model of acute lung injury (ALI) was chosen in this study to explore the key genes and pathways involved in the process of ALI with microarray technology. Gene expression microarray data were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Mice from the experimental group were further divided into 6 subgroups, which received octadecenoate treatments for 1, 1.5, 3, 4, 18, and 24 h. Differentially co-expressed genes were screened to uncover the pathogenesis of ALI. Almost all of the differentially co-expressed genes were identified at two times: 1.5 and 3 h. Functional analysis revealed that several inflammation-related pathways were significantly enriched. Ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, hematopoietic cell lineage, and leukocyte transendothelial migration were enriched at 1.5 h. The B cell receptor signaling pathway, T cell receptor signaling pathway, natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity, Fc epsilon RI signaling pathway, and ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis were significantly enriched at 3 h. It could be inferred that ALI initiated at 1.5 h and lasted through 3 h. However, co-expression patterns were not found from 4 h onward. In conclusion, several key genes and pathways implicated in the development of ALI were found in this study using the mouse model, among which ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis appears to play an important role in the process.
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- Q H Han
- Department of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Internal Medicine, Longhua Community Health Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Sun SX, Guo HH, Zhang J, Yu B, Sun KN, Jin QH. BMP-2 and titanium particles synergistically activate osteoclast formation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 47:461-9. [PMID: 24820069 PMCID: PMC4086172 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20132966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A previous study showed that BMP-2 (bone morphogenetic protein-2) and wear debris can
separately support osteoclast formation induced by the receptor activator of NF-κB
ligand (RANKL). However, the effect of BMP-2 on wear debris-induced osteoclast
formation is unclear. In this study, we show that neither titanium particles nor
BMP-2 can induce osteoclast formation in RAW 264.7 mouse leukemic monocyte macrophage
cells but that BMP-2 synergizes with titanium particles to enhance osteoclast
formation in the presence of RANKL, and that at a low concentration, BMP-2 has an
optimal effect to stimulate the size and number of multinuclear osteoclasts,
expression of osteoclast genes, and resorption area. Our data also clarify that the
effects caused by the increase in BMP-2 on phosphorylated SMAD levels such as c-Fos
expression increased throughout the early stages of osteoclastogenesis. BMP-2 and
titanium particles stimulate the expression of p-JNK, p-P38, p-IkB, and P50 compared
with the titanium group. These data suggested that BMP-2 may be a crucial factor in
titanium particle-mediated osteoclast formation.
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- S X Sun
- Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
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- Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
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- Institute of Pathology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an Shaanxi, China
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- Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
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Guo HH, Yu CC, Sun SX, Ma XJ, Yang XC, Sun KN, Jin QH. Adenovirus-mediated siRNA targeting TNF-α and overexpression of bone morphogenetic protein-2 promotes early osteoblast differentiation on a cell model of Ti particle-induced inflammatory response in vitro. Braz J Med Biol Res 2013; 46:831-8. [PMID: 24141610 PMCID: PMC3854310 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20133092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Wear particles are phagocytosed by macrophages and other inflammatory cells,
resulting in cellular activation and release of proinflammatory factors, which
cause periprosthetic osteolysis and subsequent aseptic loosening, the most
common causes of total joint arthroplasty failure. During this pathological
process, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) plays an important role in
wear-particle-induced osteolysis. In this study, recombination adenovirus (Ad)
vectors carrying both target genes [TNF-α small interfering RNA (TNF-α-siRNA)
and bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2)] were synthesized and transfected into
RAW264.7 macrophages and pro-osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells, respectively. The
target gene BMP-2, expressed on pro-osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells and silenced by
the TNF-α gene on cells, was treated with titanium (Ti) particles that were
assessed by real-time PCR and Western blot. We showed that recombinant
adenovirus (Ad-siTNFα-BMP-2) can induce osteoblast differentiation when treated
with conditioned medium (CM) containing RAW264.7 macrophages challenged with a
combination of Ti particles and Ad-siTNFα-BMP-2 (Ti-ad CM) assessed by alkaline
phosphatase activity. The receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand was
downregulated in pro-osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells treated with Ti-ad CM in
comparison with conditioned medium of RAW264.7 macrophages challenged with Ti
particles (Ti CM). We suggest that Ad-siTNFα-BMP-2 induced osteoblast
differentiation and inhibited osteoclastogenesis on a cell model of a Ti
particle-induced inflammatory response, which may provide a novel approach for
the treatment of periprosthetic osteolysis.
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- H H Guo
- Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yinchuan, China
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Zhang S, Wang F, Lu ZD, Li YP, Zhang L, Jin QH. Effect of Single-Injection versus Continuous Local Infiltration Analgesia after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. J Int Med Res 2011; 39:1369-80. [PMID: 21986137 DOI: 10.1177/147323001103900423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-centre study, 80 patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I — III) received postoperative single-injection local infiltration analgesia (SLIA), continuous local infiltration analgesia (CLIA) or placebo (control group). Intravenous patient-controlled morphine was used as rescue analgesia. The CLIA group showed lower postoperative visual analogue scale (VAS) pain scores from 8 to 48 h at rest and from 16 to 48 h during activity compared with the SLIA group. The CLIA group also had significantly lower consumption of morphine from 24 to 48 h postoperatively versus the SLIA group. Patient satisfaction was higher, and maximum flexion of the knee on postoperative days 7 and 90 was greater, in the CLIA group compared with the SLIA group. CLIA provided prolonged superior analgesia and was associated with more favourable functional recovery and patient satisfaction compared with SLIA.
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- S Zhang
- Postgraduate Education College, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
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Wu WZ, Zheng ZR, Liu WL, Zhang JP, Yan YX, Jin QH, Yang YQ, Su WH. Upconversion luminescence of CdTe nanocrystals by use of near-infrared femtosecond laser excitation. Opt Lett 2007; 32:1174-6. [PMID: 17410273 DOI: 10.1364/ol.32.001174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We study the steady-state and time-resolved luminescent properties of CdTe nanocrystals by one- and two-photon excitation with a femtosecond laser. We observe that 1208 nm excitation causes a shift of the emission peak of about 20 nm to the infrared compared with 400 nm laser excitation. It is found that upconversion luminescence is composed of a photoinduced trapping and a band edge excitonic state and produces the observation of biexponential decay kinetics. We conclude that the redshift of the emission peak is caused by the relative change in luminescence intensity between excitonic and trapping states.
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- W Z Wu
- Center for Condensed Matter Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
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G418 is used extensively in transfection experiments to select eukaryotic cells that have acquired neomycin resistance genes, but the mechanism is still elusive. To investigate this, we treated normal rat kidney cells with G418 for 3 days and found that the cells presented typical apoptotic features such as cell shrinkage, nuclear fragmentation, and caspase-3 activation. However, there was no low-molecular DNA ladder. The pan caspase inhibitor z-VAD-fmk completely inhibited this type of apoptosis, suggesting a caspase-dependent mechanism. Caspase cascades in apoptosis induced by G418 were initiated by at least two pathways: the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, which was observed under confocal microscopy, and endoplasmic reticulum stress, demonstrated by the increase in Ca2+ concentration and the cleavage of m-calpain and procaspase-12. Both pathways activated caspase-9. Inhibition of caspase-9 activity by z-LEHD-fmk prevented most of the cells from apoptosis, and E-64d, an inhibitor of calpain accentuated this block. The cleavage of caspase-9 and caspase-12 was blocked only by simultaneous application of z-VAD-fmk and E-64d, but not by either alone. E-64d did not prevent the release of cytochrome c. These results indicated that these two pathways were independent of each other.
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- Q H Jin
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 YueYang Road, 200031
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Zhang XJ, Yang L, Zhao Q, Caen JP, He HY, Jin QH, Guo LH, Alemany M, Zhang LY, Shi YF. Induction of acetylcholinesterase expression during apoptosis in various cell types. Cell Death Differ 2002; 9:790-800. [PMID: 12107822 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2001] [Revised: 01/22/2002] [Accepted: 01/28/2002] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) plays a key role in terminating neurotransmission at cholinergic synapses. AChE is also found in tissues devoid of cholinergic responses, indicating potential functions beyond neurotransmission. It has been suggested that AChE may participate in development, differentiation, and pathogenic processes such as Alzheimer's disease and tumorigenesis. We examined AChE expression in a number of cell lines upon induction of apoptosis by various stimuli. AChE is induced in all apoptotic cells examined as determined by cytochemical staining, immunological analysis, affinity chromatography purification, and molecular cloning. The AChE protein was found in the cytoplasm at the initiation of apoptosis and then in the nucleus or apoptotic bodies upon commitment to cell death. Sequence analysis revealed that AChE expressed in apoptotic cells is identical to the synapse type AChE. Pharmacological inhibitors of AChE prevented apoptosis. Furthermore, blocking the expression of AChE with antisense inhibited apoptosis. Therefore, our studies demonstrate that AChE is potentially a marker and a regulator of apoptosis.
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- X J Zhang
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 YueYang Road, Shanghai 200031, China.
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Shirasaka T, Miyahara S, Kunitake T, Jin QH, Kato K, Takasaki M, Kannan H. Orexin depolarizes rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus neurons. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2001; 281:R1114-8. [PMID: 11557617 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.281.4.r1114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Orexins, also called hypocretins, are newly discovered hypothalamic peptides that are thought to be involved in various physiological functions. In spite of the fact that orexin receptors, especially orexin receptor 2, are abundant in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), the effects of orexins on PVN neurons remain unknown. Using a whole cell patch-clamp recording technique, we investigated the effects of orexin-B on PVN neurons of rat brain slices. Bath application of orexin-B (0.01-1.0 microM) depolarized 80.8% of type 1 (n = 26) and 79.2% of type 2 neurons tested (n = 24) in the PVN in a concentration-dependent manner. The effects of orexin-B persisted in the presence of TTX (1 microM), indicating that these depolarizing effects were generated postsynaptically. Addition of Cd(2+) (1 mM) to artificial cerebrospinal fluid containing TTX (1 microM) significantly reduced the depolarizing effect in type 2 neurons. These results suggest that orexin-B has excitatory effects on the PVN neurons mediated via a depolarization of the membrane potential.
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- T Shirasaka
- Department of Anesthesiology, Miyazaki Medical College, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889 - 1692, Japan
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Jin QH, Ueda Y, Ishizuka Y, Kunitake T, Kannan H. Cardiovascular changes induced by central hypertonic saline are accompanied by glutamate release in awake rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2001; 281:R1224-31. [PMID: 11557631 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.281.4.r1224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To elucidate neurochemical mechanisms responsible for cardiovascular responses induced by central salt loading, we directly perfused the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus region with hypertonic saline (0.3 or 0.45 M) by using an in vivo brain microdialysis technique. We then measured the extracellular concentrations of glutamate in the PVN region in conscious rats along with the blood pressure and heart rate. Blood pressure, heart rate, and glutamate levels were increased by perfusion of 0.45 M saline; however, they did not change by perfusion of 0.3 M saline. Next, we examined the possible involvement of glutamate in the cardiovascular responses induced by hypertonic saline. Dizocilpine, a noncompetitive antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, attenuated the increases of blood pressure and heart rate, although 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, an antagonist of the non-NMDA receptor, did not affect the blood pressure and heart rate. Our results show that local perfusion of the hypothalamic PVN region with hypertonic saline elicits a local release of glutamate, which may act via NMDA-type glutamate receptors to produce cardiovascular responses.
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- Q H Jin
- Department of Physiology, Miyazaki Medical College, Miyazaki 889 - 1692, Japan
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Each Eu3+ ion in the title compound, catena-poly[europium(III)-tri-mu-4-methylbenzoato-O:O,O';O:O,O';O,O':O'], [[Eu(C8H7O2)3]3]n, is coordinated by nine O atoms, and three Eu atoms form a trimeric unit. These trimeric units are linked by bridging-chelating carboxylates to form an infinite one-dimensional polymer chain.
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- Q H Jin
- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, People's Republic of China
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Jin QH, Kunitake T, Ishizuka Y, Kannan H. Increase in norepinephrine but not nitric oxide metabolite levels in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus region in response to air jet and swing rotation in freely moving conscious rats. Brain Res 2000; 876:205-10. [PMID: 10973611 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(00)02650-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chronically instrumented, conscious rats were used to examine whether mild exteroceptive stress produces differential neurochemical changes in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) region. We constructed systems for stress experiment of air jet and swing rotation that were conducted on freely moving conscious rats in a computer-controlled home cage. Concentration of extracellular norepinephrine (NE) and nitric oxide metabolites (NO(X)(-)), nitrite (NO(2)(-)) and nitrate (NO(3)(-)), in the PVN region was then measured by high-performance liquid chromatography with the respective detector; blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) were also measured. Both stressors increased NE concentration in the PVN region as well as BP and HR. Neither stressor altered NO(X)(-) in the PVN region. Cardiovascular and NE changes showed reproducibility in intensity-dependent manner in response to repeated stressors. This finding demonstrated that exteroceptive stress produced different effects on the neurochemical mediators, NE and NO, in the PVN region.
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- Q H Jin
- Department of Physiology, Miyazaki Medical College, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake-cho, Miyazaki-gun, 889-1692, Miyazaki, Japan
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Ishizuka Y, Ishida Y, Jin QH, Mitsuyama Y, Kannan H. GABA(A) and GABA(B) receptors modulating basal and footshock-induced nitric oxide releases in rat prefrontal cortex. Brain Res 2000; 872:266-70. [PMID: 10924707 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(00)02508-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Using an in vivo brain microdialysis technique, we measured extracellular levels of nitric oxide (NO) metabolites (NO(x)(-)) in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) upon perfusion of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor antagonists as well as agonists, and also examined the effects of GABA receptor agonists on mild intermittent footshock-induced NO releases in the mPFC in conscious rats. Perfusion of either bicuculline methiodide, a GABA(A) receptor antagonist, or saclofen, a GABA(B) receptor antagonist, through a microdialysis probe resulted in dose-dependent increases in NO(x)(-) levels. Higher-dose perfusion of either muscimol (50 microM), a GABA(A) receptor agonist, or baclofen (250 microM), a GABA(B) receptor agonist resulted in a significant decrease in NO(x)(-) levels. The elevated levels of NO(x)(-) after mild intermittent footshock were attenuated by perfusion of either muscimol (10 microM) or baclofen (50 microM), either of which alone did not affect basal NO(x)(-) levels. These findings are likely to provide helpful clues to our understanding of the inhibitory modulation of basal and footshock-induced NO metabolites releases by GABA(A) and GABA(B) receptors in the mPFC.
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- Y Ishizuka
- Department of Psychiatry, Miyazaki Medical College, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake-cho, Miyazaki-gun, 889-1692, Miyazaki, Japan
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Shi YH, Peng ZH, Yang WJ, Cao YB, Yu AM, Jin QH. [Studies on response characteristics of Cl, Br, I of microwave plasma torch atomic emission detector for gas chromatography]. Se Pu 2000; 18:237-40. [PMID: 12541563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023] Open
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The present paper deals with a microwave plasma torch atomic emission detector for gas chromatography. Argon is used as support gas, carrier gas and make-up gas. The effect of oxygen scavenger gas on the detection performance for chlorine, bromine and iodine is discussed. Detection limits, dynamic ranges, relative standard deviations and response characteristics of GC-MPT-AED for chlorine, bromine and iodine in organic compounds were studied. The results are favorable in comparing with GC-ICP-AED.
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- Y H Shi
- Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China
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Ishizuka Y, Ishida Y, Jin QH, Shimokawa A, Saita M, Kato K, Kunitake T, Hanamori T, Mitsuyama Y, Kannan H. Abdominal vagotomy attenuates interleukin-1 beta-induced nitric oxide release in the paraventricular nucleus region in conscious rats. Brain Res 1998; 789:157-61. [PMID: 9602105 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00037-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) has recently been shown to modulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta). We measured levels of nitrite (NO2-) and nitrate (NO3-) in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) region using an in vivo brain microdialysis technique in conscious rats. Intraperitoneally administered IL-1 beta produced a significant increase in both NO2- and NO3- levels in the PVN region. We also examined the possible involvement of the abdominal vagal afferent nerves in this effect. In abdominal-vagotomized rats, the increase was significantly attenuated compared to that in sham-operated rats. Our results suggest that the abdominal vagal afferent nerves are involved in intraperitoneally administered IL-1 beta-induced NO release in the PVN region.
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- Y Ishizuka
- Department of Psychiatry, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan
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Shimokawa A, Jin QH, Ishizuka Y, Kunitake T, Takasaki M, Kannan H. Effects of anesthetics on norepinephrine release in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus region of awake rats. Neurosci Lett 1998; 244:21-4. [PMID: 9578135 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(98)00119-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The effects of pentobarbital sodium, chloralose and urethane on norepinephrine (NE) release in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) region were examined in awake rats. An in vivo microdialysis method was used. Extracellular NE concentrations in the PVN region were measured by high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Pentobarbital sodium (30 mg/kg, intravenously [i.v.]) and chloralose (50 mg/kg, i.v.) caused a 30-40% decrease in NE release while urethane (800 mg/kg, i.v.) caused a 50% increase. Plasma NE concentration was not altered after pentobarbital sodium and chloralose administrations, except for its increase in chloralose at 5 h, while the concentration increased significantly (P < 0.01) after urethane. These results suggest that, in the rat, these anesthetic agents have different effects on noradrenergic activity in the PVN region as well as on plasma NE.
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- A Shimokawa
- Department of Anesthesiology, Miyazaki Medical College, Kiyotake, Japan
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