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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the clinical efficacy of dexamethasone vitreous cavity implants (Ozurdex) for the treatment of macular edema (Irvine-Gass Syndrome) after cataract surgery.@*METHOD@#Eight patients (eight eyes) with Irvine-Gass syndrome were enrolled for vitreous injections with Ozurdex. The patients included six men (six eyes) and two women (two eyes) with a mean age of 67.12 ± 11.92 years. Changes in the patients best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central macular thickness (CMT), and intraocular pressure were compared before and after treatment.@*RESULT@#The mean visual acuity BCVA of the patients was 0.81 ± 0.26 before implantation, which improved to 0.20 ± 0.12, 0.13 ± 0.09, and 0.15 ± 0.13 at 2 weeks, 1 month, and 3 months after implantation, respectively ( P < 0.001). The patient's mean CMT before implantation was 703.00 ± 148.88 μm, and it reduced to 258.87 ± 37.40 μm, 236.25 ± 28.74 μm, and 278.00 ± 76.82 μm at 2 weeks, 1 month, and 3 months after implantation, respectively ( P < 0.001).@*CONCLUSION@#The dexamethasone vitreous cavity implant (Ozurdex) is a safe and effective treatment, which can effectively improve patient's visual acuity and reduce macular edema associated with cataract surgery.
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Male , Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Aged , Macular Edema/etiology , Dexamethasone/therapeutic use , Intraocular Pressure , Prostheses and Implants , CataractABSTRACT
Genetics has become one of the most important factors in the etiology of pediatric pancreatitis with advances in technology and clinical studies.Variations in these genes may increase the risk of acute recurrent and chronic pancreatitis in children, accelerate progression to endocrine and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and increase the risk of pancreatic cancer in adulthood.This review summarized the clinical research on the relationship between gene variations and pancreatitis, elaborated on the mechanisms, risks, and clinical phenotypes of pancreatitis caused by different gene variations, and analyzed the significance of related gene sequencing in children with pancreatitis.It aims to help pediatricians know the indications of gene sequencing in pediatric pancreatitis and do much better in relevant diagnosis, prognosis evaluation, and genetic counseling.
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OBJECTIVES@#To study the serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their association with the core symptoms of ASD.@*METHODS@#A total of 150 ASD children aged 2-7 years (ASD group) and 165 healthy children matched for age and sex (control group) who were recruited at the outpatient service of Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children were enrolled as subjects. Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC) and Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) were used to evaluate the core symptoms of the ASD children. Chemiluminescence was used to measure the serum levels of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 in both groups.@*RESULTS@#The ASD group had a significantly lower serum level of IGF-1 than the control group (P<0.05). The children with severe ASD had significantly lower serum levels of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 than those with mild-to-moderate ASD (P<0.001). For the children aged 2-3 years, the ASD group had a significantly lower serum level of IGF-1 than the control group (P<0.05). Boys had a significantly lower serum level of IGF-1 than girls in both ASD and control groups (P<0.05). The serum levels of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 were negatively correlated with the total score of CARS (r=-0.32 and -0.40 respectively, P<0.001).@*CONCLUSIONS@#The reduction in serum IGF-1 level in early childhood may be associated with the development of ASD, and the serum levels of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 are associated with the core symptoms of ASD children.
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Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Male , Autism Spectrum Disorder , Autistic Disorder , Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 , Insulin-Like Growth Factor IABSTRACT
Glucocorticoid is an important treatment for many pediatric diseases and it often leads to osteoporosis, osteonecrosis of the femoral head, and growth retardation. Among them, glucocorticoid-induced growth retardation has been a particular focus in the treatment of children patients, which leads to a decrease in final height. The mechanism of glucocorticoid-induced growth retardation is complex, and there is no safe and effective treatment.This article summarized the mechanisms underlying glucocorticoid-inhibited longitudinal bone growth and reviewed the potential therapeutic targets discovered in recent years.
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Objective:To develop a new management system based on the transformation of technological innovation or cultural creative achievements in universities. It is a beneficial supplement to the university governance system and a sign of the governance capacity improvement. This enables universities to better leverage their own advantages, integrate Technological /Cultural innovation and creative resources, promote the transformation of achievements, improve the ability of self-financing, tap the potential of "independent development" , and enhance the functioning stability and anti-risk capability of universities.Methods:Statistical analysis was performed based on the published financial data on final accounts of 68 universities under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Education in 2019 and the data on patent applications by universities during the past three years.Results:For the top 15% universities in terms of total annual income, income from scientific research undertaking accounts for over 50% of the total number, from which, the patent applications account for about 30% of the total. Some universities file a large number of applications for patents, however, the transfer rate is not high. It shows that the transformation of scientific and Technological /Cultural innovation achievements is an important growth point of university funding. Therefore, building a new management system for universities is an available solution to improve the university governance capacity, diversify funding channels, improve the ability to funding rising, increase the technology transfer rate.Conclusions:The new management system for universities is built from the perspective of resource allocation, with a spirally upward development pattern of university research/teaching teams →Technological/Cultural innovation centers → government, entity enterprises, financial investment institutions → university R&D and innovation teams. A sustainable development management system is formed under this open concept of serving and benefiting from society. On one hand, better support is secured in terms of policies, funds and environment; sources of funding for universities are diversified, and a sustainable management system is formed. On the other hand, universities have more opportunities to bear their responsibility and fulfill the value of serving society. More entrepreneurial incubation and employment opportunities will be provided for teachers and students through the new management system.
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External attentional focus strategy (EFs) is wildly used for athletes and healthy people to learn motor skills, and is also useful for motor function rehabilitation in patients with neurological disorders. This paper reviewed the concept, theoretical basis and application of EFs in stroke rehabilitation, which is effective on motor function. However, the timing of intervention remains to be further clarified.
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Objective:To investigate the long-term effects of GnRHa treatment on final height gain, gonadal function, and body mass index(BMI) in children with central precocious puberty(CPP) or early and fast puberty(EFP), and to explore the influencing factors of height gain and early predictors.Methods:Fifty patients with CPP and 44 patients with EFP who were treated with GnRHa for more than 2 years were enrolled(80 females and 14 males). Body height, bone age, BMI, gonads hormone, uterus and ovarian volumes(female), testicular volume(male), and other parameters before and after treatment were measured.Results:(1)For girls: GnRHa plus GH treatment gained more final height compared with GnRHa treatment [(10.69±5.73) cm vs (7.42±5.76) cm, P<0.05]. Height lost >5cm at the initial treatment benefited much more for the final height compared with height lost<5cm [(10.65±3.32) cm vs (6.51±3.40) cm, P<0.01]. The proportion of overweight/obesity decreased when reaching the final height compared with the initial treatment and stopping the treatment. Serum LH level, uterine and ovarian volume were significantly decreased after stopping treatment compared with before treatment, and increased half a year to 1 year after stopping treatment.100% of girls had menarche and 95% reached the regular cycle 3 years after stopping treatment.(2)For boys: GnRHa plus GH treatment and GnRHa treatment gained height by(8.78±5.2) and(7.99±4.82) cm, respectively. Serum LH level and testicular volume were significantly decreased after stopping treatment as compared with those before treatment, and increased for half a year to 1 year after stopping treatment. Conclusion:GnRHa treatment can significantly improve the final height for girls with CPP and EFP. The patients with more height lost could gain more height, which can be used as a predictor of height gain.
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Objective:To detect the known hotspot mutations of GNAS in children with McCune-Albrigtht syndrome(MAS) by droplet digital PCR, and to explore its application value in the diagnosis of MAS.Methods:A total of 122 children with MAS were enrolled in the pediatric department of Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Shanghai Jiaotong University. For the known mutation hotspot of GNAS gene (R201H/C), dd-PCR, real-time fluorescent pyrophosphatic activation polymerase reaction (PAP) and second-generation sequencing were used to detect the presence of gene mutation and to analyse the relevance with the clinical features.Results:GNAS gene mutation was detected in 89 out of 122 children with MAS and 57 cases were found to have mutations. The positive rates of ddPCR, PAP, and second generation sequencing were 77.42%, 29.03%, and 56.25%, respectively. The GNAS gene mutation was detected in all classical triad patients. Among them, the positive rates of ddPCR in peripheral blood of typical and atypical children were 100% and 73.1% respectively, which were significantly higher than those of the other two methods. The detection rate of GNAS mutation in precocious puberty with bone lesions was higher than that in precocious puberty with skin lesions, suggesting that fibrous dysplasia with precocious puberty is an important basis for clinical diagnosis of MAS in children.Conclusion:Precocious puberty is the most common endocrine manifestation of MAS in children. Bone fibrous dysplasia with precocious puberty is an important factor in clinical diagnosis. ddPCR has high sensitivity, which can be helpful for molecular diagnosis of MAS.
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Objective:From the perspective of medical university management, this paper analyzes the forms and challenges of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, discusses possible strategies to improve the transformation ability of medical scientific and technological achievements.Methods:This paper analyzes and summarizes the transformation mode, challenges, influence factors and possible solutions.Results:The transformation methods include transfer, license, pricing investment, joint development, technical consultation/service, etc. the identified problems include the lack of industrialization awareness of scientific and technological research and development, the lack of assessment and incentive mechanisms, and the serious lack of professional institutions for medical intellectual property protection and achievement transformation.Conclusions:Medical colleges and universities should improve the transformation and application effect of medical scientific and technological achievements by building an ecosystem of scientific and technological achievements transformation with the ability of recycling, strengthening the protection and cultivation of intellectual property rights, improving the ability of risk management and control, focusing on the construction of professional service institutions and personnel training, etc.
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Objective@#To investigate the long-term effects of GnRHa treatment on final height gain, gonadal function, and body mass index(BMI) in children with central precocious puberty(CPP) or early and fast puberty(EFP), and to explore the influencing factors of height gain and early predictors.@*Methods@#Fifty patients with CPP and 44 patients with EFP who were treated with GnRHa for more than 2 years were enrolled(80 females and 14 males). Body height, bone age, BMI, gonads hormone, uterus and ovarian volumes(female), testicular volume(male), and other parameters before and after treatment were measured.@*Results@#(1)For girls: GnRHa plus GH treatment gained more final height compared with GnRHa treatment [(10.69±5.73) cm vs (7.42±5.76) cm, P<0.05]. Height lost >5cm at the initial treatment benefited much more for the final height compared with height lost<5cm [(10.65±3.32) cm vs (6.51±3.40) cm, P<0.01]. The proportion of overweight/obesity decreased when reaching the final height compared with the initial treatment and stopping the treatment. Serum LH level, uterine and ovarian volume were significantly decreased after stopping treatment compared with before treatment, and increased half a year to 1 year after stopping treatment.100% of girls had menarche and 95% reached the regular cycle 3 years after stopping treatment.(2)For boys: GnRHa plus GH treatment and GnRHa treatment gained height by(8.78±5.2) and(7.99±4.82) cm, respectively. Serum LH level and testicular volume were significantly decreased after stopping treatment as compared with those before treatment, and increased for half a year to 1 year after stopping treatment.@*Conclusion@#GnRHa treatment can significantly improve the final height for girls with CPP and EFP. The patients with more height lost could gain more height, which can be used as a predictor of height gain.
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The study aims to investigate whether there is difference in pre-treatment white matter parameters in treatment-resistant and treatment-responsive schizophrenia. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was acquired from 60 first-episode drug-naïve schizophrenia (39 treatment-responsive and 21 treatment-resistant schizophrenia patients) and 69 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. Imaging data was preprocessed via FSL software, then diffusion parameters including fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD) and radial diffusivity (RD) were extracted. Besides, structural network matrix was constructed based on deterministic fiber tracking. The differences of diffusion parameters and topology attributes between three groups were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). Compared with healthy controls, treatment-responsive schizophrenia showed altered white matter mainly in anterior thalamus radiation, splenium of corpus callosum, cingulum bundle as well as superior longitudinal fasciculus. While treatment-resistant schizophrenia patients showed white matter abnormalities in anterior thalamus radiation, cingulum bundle, fornix and pontine crossing tract relative to healthy controls. Treatment-resistant schizophrenia showed more severe white matter abnormalities in anterior thalamus radiation compared with treatment-responsive patients. There was no significant difference in white matter network topological attributes among the three groups. The performance of support vector machine (SVM) showed accuracy of 63.37% in separating the two patient subgroups ( = 0.04). In this study, we showed different patterns of white matter alterations in treatment-responsive and treatment-resistant schizophrenia compared with healthy controls before treatment, which may help guiding patient identification, targeted treatment and prognosis improvement at baseline drug-naïve state.
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To study the clinical effect of oral sirolimus in the treatment of children with blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) in the gastrointestinal tract, a retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data and follow-up results of two children with BRBNS treated by sirolimus. The two children with BRBNS had gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia and were treated with sirolimus at a dose of 1 mg/day as part of treatment. The plasma concentration of the drug was maintained between 2.5-12.0 ng/mL. The children showed disappearance of gastrointestinal bleeding and improvements in anemia and coagulation function, and blood transfusion could be stopped during treatment, with no obvious adverse drug reactions. PubMed, Wanfang Data, and CNKI were searched for related articles on sirolimus in the treatment of BRBNS. A total of 26 cases of children with BRBNS, aged 0-18 years, were obtained. With the addition of the 2 cases in this study, sirolimus treatment achieved a satisfactory clinical effect in all 28 cases. Sirolimus may be effective and safe in the treatment of children with BRBNS, and further prospective studies are needed to evaluate the long-term efficacy of this drug.
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Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Gastrointestinal Neoplasms , Drug Therapy , Nevus, Blue , Drug Therapy , Prospective Studies , Retrospective Studies , Sirolimus , Therapeutic Uses , Skin Neoplasms , Drug TherapyABSTRACT
Objective@#To investigate eye care behaviors among primary students in Wenzhou during Novel Coronavirus epidemic(COVID-19),and to provide a basis for eye care education and myopia prevention strategy.@*Methods@#A total of 1 127 students from grade one to grade six of six primary schools in Wenzhou were selected to participate in an on-line invistigation regarding class attendance and eye care behaviors during the epidemic, March 6-9, 2020.@*Results@#During the epidemic period, the primary school students in Wenzhou mainly took classes on the Internet (936, 83.1%), and the main learning tools were computers (391, 34.7%) and mobile phones (344, 30.5%), with an average of 3.00 h of online class. On average, students needed 2.00 h to complete homework and 1.00 h of extracurricular reading every day. In addition to learning, the daily use of mobile phone or ipad, computer and TV was 1.00,0.50,1.00 h respectively. Limited by the epidemic situation, the average daily exercise time of students was 0.81 h, including 0.00 h of outdoor activities; the average daily sleep was 9.00 h . During the epidemic period, 553 pupils (49.1%) reported eye discomfort, of which the most common was dry eyes (379, 47.4%). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that the main learning tools of non-electronic products, reading distance > 30 cm or not reading, exercise time >0.5 h and outdoor activity time > 0.5 h were the protective factors of ocular discomfort (P<0.05). More than 2 h homework and recreational screen time higher than 0.5 h were risk factors for ocular discomfort(P＜0.05).@*Conclusion@#During the epidemic period, online learning increasedeye strain.Time of electronic devices usage,correct posture for reading,moderate level of ourdan physical activity,as well as prevention and treatment of eye strain should be strictly monitored.
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This article aims to illustrate how to integrate "online + offline" teaching resources and organize and implement the student-centered online blended clerkship teaching under the COVID-19 epidemic. Taking the eight-year clerkship course in Xiangya Hospital of Central South University as an example, the clerkship includes autonomous learning based on online teaching platform (ICC), debriefing online discussion, CBL online discussion, and online practical operation of diagnostic skills teaching based on video feedback. According to the questionnaire survey, it suggests a high rating in student satisfaction for on-line blended teaching clerkship courses, with excellent theoretical knowledge, and remarkable improvement in clinical operation skills. It is certain that professionals in medical education would invest much more in the future to improve medical students' clinical reasoning skills and clinical operation techniques by applying and blending teaching resources.
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The myodural bridge (MDB) is confirmed that connecting the most of suboccipital muscles to the cervical dura mater through the posterior intervertebral spaces and widely exists in mammals and birds. In order to reveal whether the MDB is universally existing in amniota of vertebrates, we explored the existence and the morphological features of the MDB in the Trachemys scripta elegans. Twenty fresh red-eared slider specimens were observed by the gross anatomy dissection and histological analysis. In the results, three kind of muscles in the postoccipital region of the red-eared slider were found. The rectus capitis dorsum minor muscle originated from the posterior margin of the occiput (C0) and terminated at the spinous process of the atlas (C1). The transversospinales muscle was attached to the vertebral arch and the postzygapophysis of the atlas and extended to the spinous process of the axis (C2). The C2-C3 intertransversales muscle were extended from the postzygapophysis of C2 and the one of C3. The three muscles covered the dorsal interspaces among C0-C3, and meantime they were closely connected with dense connective tissues, which filled in these interspaces. Each of these thick dense connective tissue membranes sent off several short and strong fibrous bundles ventrally to merge with the cervical spinal dura mater. Furthermore the connective tissues connecting these muscles with cervical spinal dura mater directly were revealed under the microscopy and they consisted of parallel and intensive collagen fibers with orientation from dorsal to ventral. In conclusion, this study for the first time demonstrated the existence of the MDB in the testudines, in all of the dorsal atlantooccipital, atlantoaxial and C2-C3 intervertebral spaces. Based on our results and comparative anatomical evidences in recent year, it could be inferred that the MDB might be its highly conserved structure in the evolution of amniota.
Se confirma que el puente miodural (PMD) conecta la mayoría de los músculos suboccipitales con la duramadre cervical a través de los espacios intervertebrales posteriores y existe ampliamente en mamíferos y aves. Para revelar si el MDB existe universalmente en la amniota de vertebrados, exploramos la existencia y las características morfológicas del PMD en Trachemys scripta elegans. Veinte muestras se observaron mediante disección anatómica y análisis histológico. En los resultados, se encontraron tres tipos de músculos en la región occipital. El músculo recto capitis dorsum minor se originó en el margen posterior del occipital (C0) y terminó en el proceso espinoso del atlas (C1). El músculo transverso espinal se unió al arco vertebral y el proceso del atlas y se extendió al proceso espinoso del axis (C2). El músculo intertransversario C2-C3 se extendió entre los procesos transversos de C2 y el de C3. Los tres músculos cubrían los espacios intermedios dorsales entre C0-C3 y, mientras tanto, estaban estrechamente conectados con tejidos conectivos densos, que rellenaban estos espacios. Cada una de estas membranas densas de tejido conectivo envían varios haces fibrosos cortos y fuertes ventralmente para fusionarse con la duramadre espinal cervical. Además, los tejidos conectivos que conectan estos músculos con la duramadre cervical y espinal se revelaron directamente bajo microscopía y consistían en intensas fibras de colágeno, paralelas, con orientación desde dorsal a ventral. En conclusión, este estudio demostró por primera vez la existencia del PMD en los estudios de prueba, en todos los espacios dorsales atlantooccipital, atlantoaxial e intervertebral C2-C3. Sobre la base de nuestros resultados y las evidencias anatómicas comparativas de los últimos años, se podría inferir que el PMD podría ser una estructura altamente conservada en la evolución de la amniota.
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Animals , Turtles/anatomy & histology , Dura Mater/anatomy & histology , Biological Evolution , Head/anatomy & histology , Neck/anatomy & histologyABSTRACT
Objective@#To investigate the incidence and risk factors of extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs) in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).@*Methods@#The clinical data of 161 children with IBD was collected from the electronic medical records in the Department of Pediatrics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine from January 2012 to December 2017. These patients were divided into Crohn′s disease (CD) group and ulcerative colitis (UC) group, accounting for 82.0% (132 cases) and 18.0%(29 cases), respectively. The incidence of EIMs in each group was analyzed. The potential risk factors of EIMs including the IBD phenotype, gender, age, location of the CD lesion, disease activity of CD, and the presence of perianal lesion were analyzed with logistic regression model.@*Results@#Eighty-eight patients (54.7%) had EIMs. The main EIMs were immune-mediated EIMs and growth retardation, accounting for 41.0% (66/161) and 24.2% (39/161), respectively. Aphthous ulcer (39/161, 23.0%) was the most common symptom among immune-mediated EIMs, followed by arthropathy (20/161, 12.4%) and skin lesions (19/161, 11.8%). Forty-three patients (26.7%) had EIMs before being diagnosed as IBD. Fifty-eight (65.9%) patients had only one EIM during the whole course of IBD. By logistic regression analysis, CD (OR=5.536, 95%CI:1.825-16.788) and perianal disease (OR=1.969, 95%CI:1.035-3.746) were the risk factors of immune-mediated EIMs. Meanwhile, CD (OR=11.319, 95%CI: 1.487-86.179), younger than six-year-old at diagnosis (OR=8.556, 95%CI: 3.109-23.545), moderate to severe activity of CD (OR=3.447, 95%CI: 1.196-9.934) and perianal disease (OR=3.361, 95%CI: 1.720-7.793) increased the risk of growth retardation.@*Conclusions@#The children with IBD have a high incidence of EIMs, which were more common in CD than in UC. The risk factors of developing EIMs include CD, perianal diseases, younger than six-year-old at diagnosis and moderate to severe activity of CD.
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Objective@#To explore the effect of hypoxia inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) gene silencing in rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) under mechanical distraction on the expression of bone sialoprotein (BSP) and osterix and to provide a new idea for repairing bone defects with BMMSCs.@*Methods @#The shRNA sequence was designed according to the rat HIF-1α gene, and the pGMLV-SC1RNAi lentiviral vector was cloned after PCR amplification. After screening positive clones and identifying competent transformed cells by sequencing, 293T cells were packaged and titered, rat BMMSCs were transfected and cultured in vitro. Clones with stably silenced HIF-1α expression were screened by inverted fluorescence microscopy. The RNAi response experiment was divided into four groups: the blank control group, the HIF-1α shRNA group, the negative control group, and the response group. Western blot was used to detect the expression of HIF-1α protein in the four groups to verify the response of the target genes and exclude off-target effects. A Flexcell FX-5000T cell stress loading system was used to intervene in the mechanical stretch of the cells. qRT-PCR and Western blot were used to detect the expression of BSP and osterix in the blank control group, HIF-1α shRNA group, and negative control group.@*Results@#The HIF-1α shRNA lentiviral vector was successfully constructed. The results of the RNAi response showed no significant difference in the expression of HIF-1α between the response and the blank control group (P > 0.05). The recombinant lentivirus could effectively silence HIF-1α in BMMSCs. After mechanical distraction of the BMMSCs, compared with the blank and negative control groups, the HIF-1α shRNA group showed significantly increased mRNA and protein expression of the bone-related factors BSP and osterix (P < 0.05); there was no significant difference in the mRNA and protein expression of BSP or osterix between the blank and negative control groups (P > 0.05).@*Conclusion @#Silencing HIF-1α in BMMSCs under mechanical distraction can promote the expression of BSP and osterix.
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Objective Toexploretherelationshipbetweenthemicrostructuralintegrityofwhitematter(WM)andperipheralinterleukin10 (IL-10)inschizophrenia.Methods Diffusion MRIdataandvenousbloodsampleswereacquiredfrom47schizophreniapatients(SZ) and49healthycontrols (HC).Tract-basedspatialstatisticswasconductedtoexaminethedifferencesinFAandradialdiffusivity (RD)betweentwogroups.QuantitativechemiluminescenceassaywasperformedtomeasureperipheralIL-10levels.Regressionanalysiswas conductedtoinvestigatetherelationshipbetweenperipheralIL-10levelsanddiffusion measures (FAandRD).Results Compared withHC,therewerewidespreadreductionsinFAandincreaseinRDinSZ.Additionally,comparedwith HC,peripheralIL-10levels werehigherinSZ.PeripheralIL-10wasnegativelycorrelatedwithFAintherightposteriorthalamicradiationandleftinferiorfronto-occipitalfasciculusamongthepatients(β=-0.51,P=0.01andβ=-0.47,P=0.02,respectively)butnotcontrols(β=-0.01,P=0.95 andβ=-00.03,P=09.8,respectively).Andthecorrelationcoefficientsofthetwogroupsweredifferent(z=25.0,P=00.1andz=23.7,P=00.2, respectively).Conclusion TheperipheralIL-10maycontributetothedisruptionsofmicrostructuralWMintegrityinschizophrenia, supportingthenotionforanimportantroleofinflammationinthepathogenesisofschizophrenia.
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Objective@#To analyze the clinical characteristics of chronic pancreatitis (CP) and evaluate its impact on growth of children.@*Methods@#A retrospective study was conducted in 94 children (male 49 cases, female 45 cases) who were diagnosed with CP in the Department of Pediatrics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine from August 2008 to July 2015. Clinical characteristics, such as features of abdominal pain, etiologies, image data, levels of serum amylase and lipase, and physical development data were extracted from electronic medical records. The comparison between groups based on etiology or with normal control was performed with student′s t test.@*Results@#The age of first episode was (8.2±3.7) years. There were 61 (65%) children diagnosed with idiopathic CP, and 25 (27%) with anatomic abnormalities. The age of onset in the group with anatomic abnormalities was lower than that in the idiopathic CP group ((6.3±3.5) vs. (8.9±3.4) years, t=3.211, P=0.002). There were 51 (54%) patients with serum amylase elevation, 41(44%) patients with lipase elevation, and 35 (37%) with elevation in both. The questionnaire showed that 28 out of 30 children had moderate to severe abdominal pain. The patients′ weight standard score (SDS) was significantly lower than the overall average in normal control (-0.4±1.1 vs. 0, t=-3.308, P=0.001). Meanwhile, the mean level of insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) SDS of 35 children was significantly decreased (-1.8±1.8 vs. 0, t=-6.136, P<0.01). There were 69% (37/54) patients diagnosed by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) combined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), higher than that diagnosed by abdominal ultrasound (29%, 27/94).@*Conclusions@#Idiopathic CP and anatomic abnormalities were the two main etiologies. Normal level of serum amylase and lipase or negative finding of ultrasound cannot exclude CP, while MRCP and MRI should be considered to improve CP diagnostic rate. It is noteworthy that growth delay would happen in children with CP history.
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Objective: Microarray chip was used to detect the differentially expressed microRNA (miRNA) in kidney tissues of rats with kidney-Yang deficiency induced by adenine,and its significance was analyzed by bioinformatics method. Method: Rats with kidney-Yang deficiency were induced by intragastric administration of 150 mg·kg-1 adenine in model group, while rats in normal group were given the same amount of saline.Kidney tissues were taken for hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining pathological sections after anesthesia and blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (SCr) in blood and 24-hour urinary protein (24U-TP) in urine were measured. μParaflo microfluidic chip technology was used to investigate differential expression miRNA in kidney tissues, and microarray results were verified by Real-time PCR. Bioinformatics database was used to analyze the target genes and functions of differential expression miRNAs. Result: Gene chip results showed that there were 50 differentially expressed microRNAs after modeling. Compared with control group, only 9 miRNAs were highly expressed in kidney tissues with significant difference were detected in model group. Compared with the normal group, the expression of rno-miR-21-5p, rno-let-7i-5p, rno-miR-146b-5p and rno-miR-15b-5p in model group increased significantly(PPPPPConclusion: This experiment found 4 miRNAs involved in the regulation of renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF) and 2miRNAs with unknown functions, which provided a new clue for further analysis of the regulatory network of kidney-yang deficiency.