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The human intestinal flora is a highly diverse ecosystem composed of trillions of bacteria. The imbalance of the flora is related to a variety of diseases. The intestinal flora interacts with the nervous system bidirectionally in many ways through the gut-brain axis. It causes neuroimmune inflammatory response, dysfunction of gut mucosa and blood-brain barrier, direct stimulation of the vagus nerve, spinal nerve of the enteric nervous system, and the neuroendocrine hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, causing neurological disorders. The metabolites of the intestinal microbial community also play a role. This article summarizes the characteristics of the altered intestinal flora and intervention measures in autism spectrum disorder, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, neuromyelitis optica, hepatic encephalopathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, schizophrenia, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, Huntington's disease and stroke. The current research on intestinal flora is still in its infancy, and very few studies were carried out on causality and the underlying mechanisms, which prevents the development of precise flora-based clinical intervention measures. It is expected the research on intestinal flora would lead to novel approaches for treatment of some neurological disorders.
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Humans , Autism Spectrum Disorder , Brain , Gastrointestinal Microbiome , Microbiota , Nervous System DiseasesABSTRACT
Objective@#To evaluate the effect of a new kind of nasogastric feeding registration form based on energy intake in perioperative nutrition support for patients with oral cancer.@*Methods@#According to the specification of nasal feeding and summarizing the ingredients in common foods, the form was optimized and applied. By the cluster sampling method, the knowledge about energy intake of 12 nurses were investigated before and after the use of the form. The accuracy of energy intake assessment of 5 patients by 12 nurses respectively and the time required for single registration was compared before and after the use. Meanwhile, the knowledge about nasal feeding of 18 patients before the use and 17 patients after the use was compared.@*Results@#The mean score of knowledge about energy intake of nurses was 57.50±17.77 before the use, which was lower than that after the use (89.00 ±6.18), the accuracy rate before the use (61.67%, 37/60) was lower than that after the use (93.33%, 56/60), and the mean time was (18.16 ±6.26) s, which was longer than that after the use (12.65 ±5.67) s (t=17.317, χ2=17.252 and t=22.445 respectively, all P<0.01). The mean score of knowledge about nasal feeding before the use (69.44 ±15.89) was lower than that after the use (86.47±11.15)(t=-3.649, P=0.001). All difference showed statistical significance.@*Conclusion@#The nasal feeding registration form based on energy intake is clear and easy to fill out. It can not only help the medical staff calculate the energy intake of patients more accurately, but also help formulate nutritional intervention plan and promote the recovery of patients. Meanwhlie, It shortens the writing time and improves the effect of education. In conclusion, it is worth being popularized.
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Objective@#To explore the improvement rate of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection who received entecavir alone or in combination with anluohuaxianwan for 78 weeks.@*Methods@#Patients with chronic HBV infection were randomly treated with entecavir alone or in combination with anluohuaxian for 78 weeks. Ishak fibrosis score was used for blind interpretation of liver biopsy specimens. The improvement in liver fibrosis condition before and after the treatment was compared. Student's t test and non-parametric test (Mann-Whitney U-Test and Kruskal-Wallis test) were used to analyze the measurement data. The categorical variables were analyzed by Chi-square test method and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used to test bivariate associations.@*Results@#Liver fibrosis improvement rate after 78 weeks of treatment was 36.53% (80/219) and the progression rate was 23.29% (51/219). The improvement of liver fibrosis was associated to the degree of baseline fibrosis and treatment methods (P < 0.05). The improvement rate of hepatic fibrosis in patients treated with anluohuaxianwan combined with entecavir at baseline F < 3 (54.74%, 52/95) was significantly higher than that in patients treated only with entecavir (33.33%, 16/48), P = 0.016 and the progression rate of hepatic fibrosis (13.68%, 13/95) was lower than that in patients treated alone (18.75%, 9/48), P = 0.466. In patients with baseline F < 3, the proportion of patients with improved and stable liver fibrosis in the combined treatment group (68.1%, 32/47) was higher than that in the treatment group alone (51.7%, 15/29).@*Conclusion@#Combined anluohuaxianwan and entecavir treatment can significantly improve the improvement rate of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Furthermore, it has the tendency to improve the stability rate and reduce the rate of progression of liver fibrosis.
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Objective To investigate the level and influencing factors of quality of life in patients with osteoradionecrosis of the jaws (ORNJ) in order to provide theory basis for nursing intervention. Methods Ninety-five patients hospitalized from January 2015 to Febury 2017 and participated in the investigation by a convenient sampling method. The functional assessment of cancer therapy-head and neck (FACT-H&N), social support rating scale (SSRS) and general information questionnaire were used to assess the quality of life, social support and basic information in ORNJ patients in our hospital respectively. Results The score of quality of life was (79.99 ±15.72). The index value of common module of quality of life was higher than that of additional concern. The average scores of each dimension of common module from low to high were as follows: functional well-being, social/family well-being, physical well-being and emotional well-being. The multiple linear regression analysis showed that the influencing factors of quality of life were social support, severe mouth opening difficulty (grade Ⅲ and Ⅳ), the course of primary disease (3 ～5 years, 5 ～10 years), which explained 35.6％variation in the quality of life. Conclusions The quality of life of ORNJ patients is generally lower than that of other head and neck cancer patients. The social support, severe mouth opening difficulty and course of primary disease can affect the patients' quality of life.The smaller the mouth opening (≤1 cm), the longer the course of primary disease (3～5 years) and the worse the quality of life is. Thus, nursing staff should pay attention to the quality of life of ORNJ patients and give prospective nursing intervention to improve the quality of life according to the characteristics of the development of the disease.
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Objective To observe the effects of smoking on lung mucociliary movement and pulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and healthy people. Methods Ninety-two patients with COPD (COPD group) were selected, including 48 smoking patients (COPD smoking group) and 44 non-smoking patients (COPD non-smoking group). Another 76 healthy people (control group) were selected, including 37 smokers (control smoking group) and 39 non-smokers (control non-smoking group). The saccharin test and pulmonary function were carried out respectively, including mucociliary clearance time (MCT), forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expired volume in 1 s (FEV1), and the ratio of FEV1 and FVC (FEV1/FVC) and FEV1 percentage of predicted (FEV1%pre) were calculated. Results The MCT in COPD group was significantly higher than that in control group:(26.17 ± 19.23) min vs. (15.28 ± 11.34) min, the FEV1/FVC and FEV1%pre were significantly lower than those in control group:(54.25 ± 12.76)%vs. (83.04 ± 5.98)%and (53.26±9.84)%vs. (85.38 ± 5.72)%, and there were statistical differences (P0.05). The Pearson correlation analysis result showed that there was positive correlation between MCT and smoking intensity, age (r = 0.346 and 0.256, P<0.05), and there was negative correlation between MCT and FEV1/FVC, FEV1%pre (r = -0.327 and -0.414, P<0.05). Conclusions Smoking can destroy the mucociliary function and aggravate the deterioration of lung function in patients with COPD.
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Objective:To determine the role of lncRNA TUG1 in pancreatic β cells functioning both in vitro and in vivo.Methods:The lncRNA TUG1 expression in mice pancreas,brain,muscle and other different tissues was examined through qRT-PCR.MTT,flow cytometry,GSIS,ELISA and immunochemistry analyses were performed to detect the effect of lncRNA TUG1 on insulin secretion in vitro and in vivo.Results:lncRNA TUG1 was highly expressed in pancreatic tissue compared with other organ tissues.Knockdown of lncRNA TUG1 expression resulted in decreased insulin secretion in β cells both in vitro and in vivo.Immunochemistry analyses showed decreased relative islet area after treatment with lncRNA TUG1 siRNA.Conclusions:Downregulation of lncRNA TUG1 expression can affect insulin secretion in pancreatic β cells in vitro and in vivo,and lncRNA TUG1 may represent a factor that regulates the function of pancreatic β cells.
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Objective To explore the diagnostic value of tibial nerve short-latency somatosensory evoked potential( SLSEP)and F wave in proximal diabetic neuropathy.Methods Excluding stroke,waist cervical vertebra sickness and nerve-muscle diseases caused by other diseases,there were clinical signs of neuropathy but normal nerve conduction EMG(Ⅰ group)32 cases,there weren't clinical signs of neuropathy normal nerve conduction EMG(Ⅱ group)30 cases and abnormal nerve conduction EMG(Ⅲgroup)30 cases.Tibial nerve SLSEP and F wave were measured in 92 patients and 30 normal persons.Results The highest whole abnormality rate of tibial nerve SLSEP's and F wave's all parameters was the sub-group (there were neuropathy symptom lower limbs n=43)of Ⅰ group(97.7% (42/43)).In Ⅰ group Fdur,NI3CV,N24CV, N13-N24CV,N9-N24CV were significantly different from the control group (q value:5.887 and 6.780,-4.568 and-5.062,-6.799 and -6.905,-5.978 and -5.609,-5.433 and -5.190, P＜0.01);The abnormality rate of Fdur and N13-N24CV (25.0%(15/60),23.3% (14/60))in Ⅱgroup were significantly different from the control group (0,1.7%(1/60))also (x2=17.143,12.876, both P=0.0050).In Ⅲ group,except for N9-N24CV,N13 and N24 wave amplitude other parameters'abnormality rates were significantly different from the control group,and the abnormality rate of N9CV was the highest (76.7%(46/60)).Conclusion(1)SLSEP can provide information of proximal sensory nerve segment.(2)SLSEP and F wave can improve the diagnosis rate of proximal diabetic neuropathy,and the diagnostic value is particularly significant to the diabetes patients who have clinical signs of neuropathy but normal nerve conduction EMG.
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Objective To investigate the chromosomal and subcellular localization of DOC-1R terminal 1(DCT1),and detect its expression in human tissues.Methods Chromosome localization of DCT1 was detected by radiation hybrid.pEGFP-DCT1 was constructed,and HeLa cells were transfected with the plasmid.The subcellular localization of DCT1 protein was observed by fluorescence microscope.Real-time PCR was performed for the determination of DCT1 expression level in 16 kinds of human tissues.Results DCT1 was demonstrated to localize in 5q31,and its encoding protein was detected on the nuclear membrane.Additionally,DCT1 was proved to express universally in all the 16 kinds of human tissues and it was expressed at the highest level in spleen.Conclusion DCT1 might be a regulator in cell cycle,and ubiquitously express in human tissues.
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Objective To study the expression and significance of multidrug resistance gene (MDR1) in children with refractory epilepsy (RE). Methods Children with RE (n = 30), non-RE (n = 30) and healthy children (n=30) were collected. The expression of MDR1-mRNA in peripheral blood was analyzed by fluorescence quantitative PCR. The relationship of MDRI-mRNA with epileptic frequency and numbers of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) were observed. Results The expression of MDR1 in RE group obviously increased when compared with that of non-RE group and healthy group (P < 0.01, P < 0.01) ; MDR1 expression was more among patients with high frequent epilepsy than patients with low frequent epilepsy (P < 0.01) ; more in patients administered with four kinds of AEDs than those with two or three kinds of AEDs (P < 0.01). Concinsions MDR1 overexpression in blood of children with RE may be linked to drug-resistant mechanism of RE. It might be used as a clinical indicator of RE.
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Objective Renal tumor and gynecological tumor invading into inferior vena cava and extending to the right cardiac cavities is quite uncommon,we report the experience of diagnosis and surgical treatment of intravenous tumor embolus extending through inferior vena cava into the right cardiac cavities.Methods From Junuary 2001 to May 2008,4 patients with intravenous tumor embolus extending through inferior vena cava into right cardiac cavity were treated in PUMC Hospital.Three cases were leiomyomatosis.Two patients' operation was performed by stages,firstly removed tumer in the right cardiac cavities using cardiopulmonary bypass under mid-hypothermia,and,postoperatively 3～4 weeks,total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy including the tumor mass was performed.The other patient's tumor was resected at one time.One case is renal clear cell carcinoma,The urologist performed abdominal nephrectomy and then cardiac surgeon resected tumor embolus using cardiopulmonary bypass under deep hypothermic total circulatory.Results The four patients were uneventful recovery,there was no death or any serious perioperative complications.Following up of 3 months to 4 years showed no tumor recurrence after the operation.Conclusion Confirmed diagnosis,the tumor embolus extending through inferior vena cava into the right cardiac cavities should be suspected among patients with renal cell carcinoma and multiple hysteromyoma are all critical for the treatment.Successful therapy for intravenous tumor embolus is dependent on totalone or two-stage surgical excision of the tumor and multi-department cooperation and combined therapy.
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Objective The contents of total sugar,polysaccharide,amino acid,betaine,carotenoid,flavone,hundred-seed weight of Lycium barbarum fruits from eight different habitats in first stubble,prosperous time,and autumn were determined and the ratios of total sugar to betaine were analyzed,in order to classify these indexes,and investigate the relationship with the soil fertility factors.MethodsHPLC and UV-spectrophotometry methods were used to determine the contents and the results were analyzed adopting the clustering,correlation,and variance analysis.Results All the indexes were divided into three parts which were total sugar,betaine,and carotenoid.Various indexes were affected in different degrees by the soil fertility factors.Conclusion The contents of total sugar,betaine,carotenoid,and the ratios of total sugar to betaine could be used to assay the quality of L.barbarum fruits reasonably;The accumulation of each ingredient in L.barbarum fruits is affected by the synergistic effects of all the soil fertility factors,not a single role.It would be beneficial to the fertilization and improvement for the quality of L.barbarum.