Publications by authors named "Zhuo-qiang Wang"
This study examined the effects of perioperative dexmedetomidine treatment on physiological modulators of surgical stress response. The quality of the included studies was assessed prior to performing meta-analyses of the weighted mean differences in the changes from baseline of stress hormones and interpreted in the light of statistical heterogeneity between the studies. Nineteen studies (844 surgical subjects) data were used for this meta-analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In epidural analgesia, synthetic opioids increase the potency of amide local anesthetics by modifying their analgesic properties. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to compare the efficacy and safety of bupivacaine with ropivacaine and levobupivacaine in combination with sufentanil (BUPI-, ROPI-, and LBUPI-SUF respectively) in epidural analgesia for labor.
Methods: A literature search was made in multiple electronic databases for original research papers published between 1995 and 2014.
Objective: To observe the effect of propofol on the transcription activity of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (heNOS) gene promoter in human umbilic vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
Methods: heNOS gene promoter sequence (from-1 to -1600 bp) was subcloned into the Bgl II/Hind III sites of the firefly luciferase reporter gene vector, pGL2-Basic, to obtain the recombinant plasmid peNOS-Luc. peNOS-Luc, pGL2-Basic and pCMV-beta were cotransfected into HUVECs, which were treated subsequently with LPS, LPS+propofol and LPS+transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF beta 1), respectively.