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Objective To explore the differences between patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) accompanied with or without community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).Methods We collected 141 patients with COPD who met the admission criteria and had multiple acute exacerbation hospitalization history.Among them,40 patients with AECOPD accompanied with or without acute exacerbation of hospitalization of CAP (group A),38 patients with AECOPD accompanied with acute exacerbation of hospitalization of CAP (group B) and 63 patients with AECOPD but without acute exacerbation of hospitalization of CAP (group C).The demographic differences of age,sex and smoking status were analyzed and compared.The clinical symptoms and blood-related inflammatory indicators of pa tients in group A were analyzed and compared under the acute aggravation of CAP.The number of acute hospitalizations in 12 months before onset and 12 months after discharge were tracked.Results The age,smoking rate,COPD-GOLD classification,dyspnea index,anxiety and depression score in group A were higher than those in group B and C,while the percentage of forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) in predicted value was lower than that in group B and C.The proportion of patients who cooperated or needed long-term home oxygen therapy and drug therapy was higher than that in group B and C,with statistical significance (P ＜ 0.05),but there was no statistical difference in each index between group B and C (P ＞ 0.05).The clinical symptoms of cough,expectoration,fever and other blood-related inflammatory indicators were aggravated in group A when accompanied with CAP.The number of acute hospitalizations in 12 months after discharge of AECOPD without CAP was significantly higher than that of COPD with CAP (P ＜ 0.05),while there was no significant difference in blood gas analysis indicators between the two cases (P ＞ 0.05).The number of hospitalizations in 12 months after discharge,percentage of neutrophils (N)and the level of interleukin (IL)-17 were independent clinical predictors of COPD with CAP.Conclusions Patients with AECOPD accompanied with or without CAP (group A) had poor lung function,worse illness conditions,greater support of home oxygen therapy and drug therapy and poor quality of life.Patients with AECOPD accompanied with CAP had more symptoms and higher levels of inflammatory indicators,but less risk of re-hospitalization in 12 months after cure than AECOPD patients without CAP.The number of hospitalization in 12 month after discharge,the percentage of neutrophils (N),and IL-17 level were helpful in screening the patients with CAP from the AECOPD patients.
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Objective To investigate the significance of cerebrospinal fluid albumin (CAlb) and cerebrospi-nal fluid immunoglobulin G (CIgG ) in the diagnosis of nervous system inflammatory diseases .Methods A retrospective analysis of 104 patients with cerebrospinal fluid examination from April 2016 to March 2017 in the hospital who were divided into 59 cases of inflammatory disease and 45 cases of non-inflammatory .Blood clearance protein (SAlb) ,CAlb and G IgG were examined(QAlb=CAlb/SAlb) and compared .Results After logarithmic transformation ,ln(CIgG) 4 .36 ± 1 .00 ,ln(CAlb) 6 .31 ± 0 .77 ,ln(QAlb) 2 .57 ± 0 .79 in inflamma-tory group ,compared with non-inflammatory group ,ln(CIgG) 3 .53 ± 0 .59 ,ln(CAlb) 5 .52 ± 0 .50 ,ln(QAlb) 1 .88 ± 0 .47 ,the difference ,were statistically significant (P< 0 .05) .Conclusion The degree of blood-brain barrier damage is different in different nervous system diseases ,and the synthesis of IgG is different ,CIgG , CAlb ,QAlb can be used as an indicator to judge the blood-brain barrier damage ,and can also be used in the differential diagnosis of inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases of the nervous system .The increase of CIgG also suggests that the occurrence of the disease may be related to autoimmunity .
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Since Epstein Barr virus was shown to encode microRNAs(miRNAs) in 2004, more than 470 miRNAs have been discovered in α-, β-, and γ-herpesviruses. MiRNAs are small non-coding RNA molecules and generally only have 18-25 nucleotides in length, which can regulate the expression of target genes by targeting its transcripts. Herpesvirus-encoded miRNAs not only target the key genes from latency to lytic replication, but also regulate various host cellular genes. Current data manifest that herpesvirus-encoded miRNAs can regulate viral latent infection and lytic replication, immune recognition, apoptosis, and tumorigenesis. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the targets and their fuction of hepesvirus-encoded miRNAs, in order to provide theoretical support for further analysis herpesviral pathogenesis.
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Animals , Humans , Herpesviridae , Genetics , Metabolism , Herpesviridae Infections , Virology , MicroRNAs , Genetics , Metabolism , RNA, Viral , Genetics , MetabolismABSTRACT
It is very important to establish and execute the all -sided experimental animal quality monitoring in order to guarantee human health , animal health and welfare as well as the authenticity , validity, and repeatability of the experimental research results.Setting corresponding sentinel animals in the experiment can effectively monitor the quality of experimental animals.This article gives a general review of the selection of sentinel rats in the microbiological quality monitoring of the experiment animals , contact form and time between the sentinel rats and the rats being monitored , the placement of sentinel rats, and the number of rat cages being monitored by each cage of sentinel rats , as well as the test quantity, test frequency and the project.
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Scientific research process evaluation is important for scientific research management in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) universities. We suggested the classification and refinement of the assessment form and the modifications of the evaluation index system, which could help improve the research process evaluation index for the TCM universities. Examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the improved system. This provides reference for TCM universities to carry out the research process evaluation.
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The evaluation of scientific research institutions in the univemity of TcM is beneficial to assess the construction and development of them in the university of TCM accurately and alSO to reform further the management system of the institutions in the university of TCM.The evaluation of scientific research institutions in the university of TCM was preliminarily studied in four aspects:1.Establishing a correct assessment guidance 2.Adhering to the principle of classification assessment 3.Analysing the evaluation indicators 4.Statisticsing evaluation results.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the dynamic trends of activities of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2/9 and protein expressions of their inhibitors-tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1/2 during the progression of pulmonary fibrosis in rats so as to get insight of the roles played by MMP-2/9 in lung injury and fibrogenesis. METHODS: Forty-eight SD rats were randomly divided into normal control group (n=18) and bleomycin (BLM)-treated group (n=30). The pulmonary fibrosis was induced by intratracheal injection of BLM once. At the consecutive time of 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2, 3, and 4 weeks after intoxication, the lung-to-body weight ratio was calculated and the inflammation and collagen deposition in lung tissue were checked by HE and Masson stainings respectively. Meanwhile, the content of hypdroxyproline (Hyp) in lung tissue was assayed with Jamall's method, the protein expressions of MMP-2/9, TIMP-1/2 were examined by Western blotting, and the activities of MMP-2/9 were detected by gelatin zymography. RESULTS: The histopathological changes in lung tissue in the BLM-treated group from 1 day to 2 weeks after intoxication presented local lesions, broadened alveolar wall and septum, infiltration with lots of inflammatory cells and few of fibroblasts inside alveolar space and septum. At this early stage in the BLM-treated group, the lung-to-body weight ratio was increased significantly, the protein expressions and activities of MMP-2/9 were obviously increased especially for activity of active MMP-2, and the protein expressions of TIMP-1/2 were also increased gradually, as compared with those in the normal control group. From 3 to 4 weeks after intoxication in the BLM-treated group, the alveolar structure was damaged, parts of the alveolar space collapsed and replaced by collagens and fibroblasts, and the alveolar wall and septum obviously widened with remarkable fibrotic characteristics, as compared with those in the normal control group. Meanwhile, the lung-to-body weight ratio and the activities of MMP-2/9 were decreased in the BLM-treated group as compared with those in the same group at 2 weeks after intoxication, but the content of Hyp and the protein expressions of TIMP-1/2 were both increased dramatically, especially at 4 weeks after intoxication. CONCLUSIONS: During the lung fibrogenesis induced by BLM in rats, the alveolar inflammation is the most important alteration with enhanced MMP-2/9 activities in the early stage. While in the late stage, the main change is displayed as pulmonary fibrosis, characterized by increased TIMP-1/2 and declined MMP-2/9 activities.
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Object To study the degree of deacetylation of chitosan and its residual amount left over in the clarified products when chitosan was used as a clarificant. Methods The free amino group in the deacetylated chitosan was determined by linear titration. Results The degree of deacetylation of chitosan was found to be about 80%. The residual amounts left over in the clarified products were lower than 10 -4 . Conclusion The results suggested that it is feasible to use chitosan as a clarificant for refining water extract of TCM.
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Objective: To study the effects of clarificant chitosan on contents of zinc,manganese,calcium and heavy metal lead in the water extraction liquid of chinese herbal medicines. Methods: The contents of these elements were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.Results: The results indicated that the chitosan clarification could raise the transfer rate of some inorganic elements such as zinc,manganese and calcium as compared with water extraction and alcohol precipitation method,And it could also reduce the amount of heavy metal lead.Conclusion: chitosan as a clarificant is promising in the field of refining water extraction liquid of chinese herbal medicines.