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ObjectiveTo assess the effects of non-occupational mixed exposure to cadmium， lead and perfluoroalkyl substances （PFASs） on thyroid hormones （TH） in healthy adult residents in Shanghai. MethodsIn November 2018， adults in Shanghai Suburban Adult Cohort and Biobank study， who visited a community health service center for examination with no history of occupational exposure， thyroid diseases or chronic diseases， were recruited. A social-demographic information questionnaire survey was conducted and urine and blood samples were collected. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry （ICP-MS） was used to measure their urinary cadmium （UCd）， blood cadmium （BCd） and blood lead （BPb） concentrations. Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry （UPLC-Q/TOF MS） was used to measure 11 kinds of PFASs. Total and free triiodothyronine （TT3， FT3）， total and free thyroxine （TT4， FT4） and thyroid simulating hormones were measured by chemiluminescence enzyme-linked immunoassay. 436 participants were finally included and LASSO regression， multivariate regression and weighted quantile sum regression were used to evaluate the associations of these environmental pollutants with thyroid hormones. ResultsAmong the participants， 185 were male （42.5%） and the median age was 60 （P25‒P75： 50‒66）. The detection rates of urinary cadmium， blood cadmium and blood lead were all more than 95% and the detection rates of 7 PFASs （PFOS， PFOA， PFHxS， PFUnDA， PFNA， PFD， and PFBS） were more than 90%. The median exposure level of PFOA was the highest （49.6 µg‧L-1） among PFASs， followed by PFHxS （22.8 µg‧L-1） and PFOS （15.4 µg‧L-1）， and the median exposure levels of urinary cadmium， blood cadmium and blood lead were 0.7 μg‧g-1（Corrected for creatinine of urine）， 0.8 µg‧L-1， and 15.4 µg‧L-1， respectively. The results showed that UCd was negatively associated with TSH and BCd was positively associated with TT3， while PFASs mainly affected FT4， TT4， and TT3， with gender differences. In males， 7 PFASs had a significant negative mixture effect on TT3 and TT4， while the direction of effect of PFASs in females differed， with PFOS and PFUnDA having a significant positive correlation with FT4 and TT4 while PFDA having a significant negative correlation with FT4 and TT4. ConclusionIn a healthy population with no occupational exposure， co-exposure to cadmium， lead and PFASs affects different thyroid hormone indicators， and such effect could be gender-related， indicating that the effect of mixed exposure to metal and emerging compounds on thyroid functions warrants further attention.
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Objective:To prepare a dual targeting nanobubble both for HER2 target and cancer cell target, and compare the targeting ability with single targeting nanobubble either with HER2 targeting or cancer cell targeting ability in vitro.Methods:Nanobubbles(NBs) were prepared using the modified thin film hydration method and then connected with IR783 directly (NBs-IR783), HER2 antibody Affibody by avidin-biotin method (NBs-Affibody), or both of them (IR783-NBs-Affibody). The size distribution, stability, and biosafety of these contrast agents were observed. Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence were applied to compare the binding rate of these NBs against HER2 positive breast cancer cell in vitro.Results:The average size of NBs-Affibody, NBs-IR783 and IR783-NBs-Affibody was (538.4±95.8)nm, (551.8±114.8)nm, and (482.7±54.3)nm, respectively. The binding rate for HER2 positive cell was 26.6%, 97.6%, 84.5%, while for HER2 negative cell was 5.4%, 99.9% and 99.3%, respectively. The results of dual-labeled flow cytometry showed that the binding rate of IR783-NBs-Affibody mediated by IR783 to HER2 positive breast cancer cells were 79.5% and Affibody mediated HER2 targeting binding rate were 19.4%. However, NBs-IR783 only showed IR783-mediated tumor targeted binding without HER2 targeting ability with binding rate of 2.3%.Conclusions:The prepared IR783-NBs-Affibody has the dual targeting ability for HER2 positive breast cancer cell, which is superior to the single targeting NBs (NBs-Affibody and NBs-IR783). IR783-NBs-Affibody is optimal to meet the imaging requirements of tumor heterogeneity.
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Objective To observe and explore the risk factors of nonalcoholic fatty liver diseas(NAFLD) complicated with hypertension in the enterprise retirees .Methods A total of 209 NAFLD patients diagnosed by ultrasound combined with questionnaire were collected in the enterprise retirees,and they were divided into the NAFLD with hypertension group(100 cases)and NAFLD without hypertension group (109 cases)after combined with physical examination results and past medical history.The relevant data of the two groups were retrospectively analyzed,and the risk factors of NAFLD complicated with hypertension disease were analyzed.Results The levels of age(t =1.69,P <0.05),body mass index(BMI)(t =0.36,P <0.05),waist circumference(t =0.64,P <0.05), total cholesterol(TC)(t =2.31,P <0.05),total bilirubin(TBS)(t =6.83,P <0.05),serum creatinine(Scr)(t =2. 20,P <0.05)in NAFLD complicated with hypertension group were higher than those in NAFLD group,and the differ-ences were statistically significant(P <0.01 or P <0.05).The logistic regression analysis showed that TC(OR =4.2)was the independent influencing factor of NAFLD with hypertension.Conclusion NAFLD is closely associated with hypertension,NAFLD can be incorporated into chronic disease management system with high blood pressure in order to improve the value of the disease in the elderly,and it is conducive to the further study of NAFLD and the management of other chronic disease.
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The morbidity of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has been increasing over years, while the treatment efficacy and prognosis of PDAC remain far from satisfying. The newly-ermerged tumor immunotherapy has not only made lots of breakthroughs in various malignancies, but also brought an opportunity to the treatment of pancreatic cancer.PDAC immunotherapies, mainly including vaccine therapy, adoptive T cell thanfer therapy, checkpoint blockade therapy, have achieved a certain effect, however, the clinical outcomes have not been satisfactory. Therefore, the combination of immunotherapies based on different theoretical views is important and is likely to be the trend in the future. Carcinoma associated fibroblast (CAF) is the most common cell in pancreatic cancer stromal component. It will be helpful to develop more potential therapeutic targets by further exploring CAF and the mechanism of fibrosis mediated immunosuppression.
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Objective To discuss the effectiveness of community-based intensified health management on type Ⅱ diabetes patients.Metbods From June 2010 to December 2011,1 024 type Ⅱ diabetes patients in Mishi Lane community were enrolled and assigned to the intervention group (n=501,obtaining intensive health management) and the control group (n=523,obtaining routine community health management).Fastingbloodglucose (FBG),2-hour postprandial blood glucose (PBG2h),HbA1c,blood pressure (BP),triglyceride (TG) and body mass index (BMI) were tested and recorded before and after the intervention.Student's t test or Chi-square test were used for data analysis.Results Differences of age (t=0.124,P＞0.05) and gender (x2=2.0,P＞0.05) were not statistically significant (both P＞0.05).Following the intensive health management,the control rates of HbA1c,BP,TG and BMI were increased to 75.4％,30.4％,85.6％ and 49.0％,respectively (x2 values were 4.54,4.71,6.54 and 3.67; all P＜0.05).TG,FBG and PBG2h of the intervention group were (1.5 ± 0.9),(6.2 ± 1.3) and (8.3 ± 2.4) mmol/L,respectively,which were significantly lower than those of the control group (all P＜0.05).Conclusion Community-based intensive health management could be effective for diabetes patients.
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[Objective] To discuss the effect of the community chronic disease management mode which combines physical identification and“preventive treatment”in control of GLU and TG of diabetes. [Method] 300 patients with T2 DM were randomly divided into the control group and intervention group with 150 patients in each group. The intervention group were physical y identified, and the management mode based on theories of“preventive treatment”including health education, diet control, exercise and medication used in the intervention group according to the result of physical identification, while the general management was used in the control group. 1 year later, changes of patients ’GLU and TG were observed. [Result] The community chronic disease management mode which combines physical identification and “preventive treatment”can improve T2 DM patients’GLU and TG, and reduce the GLU and TG of patients with QiXu, YangXu, and ShiRe types of physique. [Conclusion] The community chronic disease management mode which combines physical identification and“preventive treatment”is proved to be effective, and it improves the management of diabetes in communities.
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Objective To discuss the effectiveness of knowledge-attitude-practice(KAP)-based health management on type 2 diabetes in community residents.Methods From June 2010 to December 2011,930 type 2 diabetes patients living in Mishi Lane Community were enrolled and assigned to the intervention group(n=494) and the control group(n=436).The KAP mode was used for the intervention group,and the routine management mode was applied to the control group.Fasting blood glucose(FBG),PBG2 h,HbAlc,blood pressure(BP),triglyceride(TG) and body mass index(BMI) were tested and recorded.Student's t test or Chi-square test was used for data analysis.Results Age(t=0.124,P＞0.05),gender(x2=2.0,P＞0.05) and other demographics showed no statistically significant difference between the two groups(all P＞0.05).After one-year KAP-based health management,HbA 1 c of the intervention group reduced to(6.1 ± 1.2)％,FBG and PBG2 h reduced by 1.7 and 3.23 mmol/L,respectively(t=4.926,P＜0.05; t=4.306,P＜0.05; t=4.523,P＜ 0.05).Diet,physical exercises,medication,regular inspection,unhealthy habits and questionare test awaveness of the intervention group were improved(86.03％,82.19％,85.63％,70.45％ 76.11％ and 88.46％,respectively.Drinking,dietary structure,overweight and physical exercises of the intervention group were also improved(14.17％,15.79％,70.65％ and 68.83％,respectively; all P＜0.001).Conclusion The KAPbased health management is proved to be effective in the control of community diabetic patients.
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This study was aimed to observe the influence of water-solubility nipponica saponin on activation of TNF-α+IL-17-induced rat fibroblast-like synovial cell line RSC-364 cellular model nuclear transcription factor NF-κB pathway as well as TNF-α, IL-1, ICAM-1, MMP-2, MMP-3 secretion. IL-17+ TNF-α were used for stimulating RSC-364 to establish rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cellular model. Water-solubility nipponica saponin in different con-centrations was used for intervention. The influence of water-solubility nipponica saponin in different concentrations on cell viability was detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR method. Changes in the level of TNF-α, IL-1, ICAM-1, MMP-2, and MMP-3 of culture supernatant were detected by ELISA. The results showed that the activation of NF-κB p65 in RSC-364 stimulated by TNF-α+ IL-17 can be inhibited by water-solubility nipponica saponin ac-cording to its concentration. It improved IκB-α expression, and inhibited TNF-α, IL-1, ICAM-1, MMP-2 and MMP-3 secretion. It was concluded that water-solubility nipponica saponin can inhibit the activation of NF-κB pathway, hinder the secretion and activation of multiple downstream genes, which may be its effect in inhibiting syn-ovial inflammation in RA.
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The application of TCM“Preventive Treatment for Disease”in community health care is a major approach to implementing the prevention-first health policy and realizing access to basic health services for all.Covered first in the paper is the significance of TCM“Preventive Treatment for Disease”in community health care.It is followed by a systematic description of the innovative community health care model in Hangzhou in 2008.This innovation started in 2009 to apply the TCM“Preventive Treatment for Disease”in community health care.The authors described the preliminary practice,specific measures and the main results of TCM“Preventive Treatment for Disease”in community health care.They went on to recommend the service model of TCM“Preventive Treatment for Disease”in community health care and provide references for application of TCm in community health care.
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Objective To find out the living condition of the elderly adults and their needs for community bealthcare services so as to provide evidence-based guidance for our govemment. Methods A total of 925 participants aged ＞ 60 years were personally interviewed for questionnaire and ADL scale evaluation. Chi-square test and Kmskal-Wallis H test were used for data analysis. Results The subjects showed relatively lower education level and the illiteracy rate was high. Their marriage was stable and a decreased divorce rate was found. The economic situation was satisfactory. Their life satisfaction was farbeyond the health satisfaction. Most of the elderly did not live with their offspring,although 21.8% could not take care of themselves. The prevalence rate of chronic diseases was 81.5% ,which resulted in more demands for social activities, health consultation, rehabilitation nursing, and home healtheare services in the community. Conclusion They need to pay more attention to physical and mental health of the elderly. A community healthcare system that could provide services in an-all-round way,including medical care, should be established and improved.
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[Objective] To explore the relativity between sPG and gastritis of H.pylori. [Method] Select 73 cases of chronic gastritis correctly diagnosed by gastric microscope and pathology, among which, 36 were chronic atrophic gastritis and 36 chronic superficial gastritis. 49 cases of positive H.pylori were administered with Lizhu Weisanlian tablets, measure the sPG before and after treatment. [Result] In the infected cases of H.pylori, PG Ⅰ was similar between atrophic gastritis and superficial gastritis; for PG Ⅱ value, atrophic gastritis group was more than superficial gastritis group, positive H.pylori patients higher than negative ones; PGR(PG Ⅰ/PG Ⅱ) was lower in atrophic gastritis group than superficial one, so was in positive H.pylori than negative one. After anti-H.pylori treatment, 87.75% patients were removed H.pylori, where the PG Ⅰ rose, PG Ⅱ lowered, PGR rose in atrophic gastritis group; in the superficial one where the H.pylori was not removed, no changes happened to PG Ⅰ, PG Ⅱ and PGR. In superficial gastritis group where the H.pylori was not removed, PGR rose. [Conclusion] H.pylori infection is correlated with sPG. Serum PG Ⅰ, PG Ⅱ and PGR have definite value in early diagnosing H.pylori concerned atrophic gastritis. PGR can be an index to evaluate the removal efficacy of H.pylori.
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By morpometric and immunohistochemical methods, it is observed that the volume density, the numerical density on area and the numerical density of specific granules in the perinuclear region of the atrial myocytes in the aging rats ars significantly less than that in the young groups (p