Efficacy of transcatheter pulmonary valve perforation by micro-guidewire and balloon dilation in neonates with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum / 中华儿科杂志

Objective@#To investigate the safety and efficacy of transcatheter perforation of pulmonary valve by micro-guidewire and balloon dilation in the treatment of neonatal pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA-IVS).@*Methods@#The retrospective study included 21 neonates (14 males and 7 females) with PA-IVS who underwent transcatheter micro-guidewire pulmonary valve perforation and balloon dilation in Xinhua Hospital from January 2012 to December 2018. All patients underwent the pulmonary valve perforation by micro-guidewire through the Simmons catheter. During the follow-up period at 1, 3, 6, 12 months postoperatively and annually thereafter, the operative efficacy and the development of the right ventricle (RV) were evaluated by echocardiography. Statistical analyses were performed using t test.@*Results@#A total of 21 neonates with PA-IVS were enrolled, and 13 cases were diagnosed prenatally. The median age of surgery was 6 days, the weight was (3.2±0.5) kg. The balloon/valve ratio was 1.19±0.12, and the RV pressure measured by catheter was (121±33) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) . The immediate postoperative RV pressure was (47±13) mmHg. The median follow-up time was 30 months. All the cases enrolled achieved biventricular circulation without death and serious complications. According to the last follow-up data including 16 cases who were followed up for 1 year or longer, the pulmonary artery transvalvular pressure was (29±15) mmHg. The postoperation ratio of right to left ventricular transverse diameter was significantly higher than that before operation (0.86+0.10 vs. 0.73+0.13, t=-2.96, P=0.006). Compared with preoperative data, the postoperation pulmonary valvular diameter Z-score was significantly higher (-1.41±0.89 vs. -2.83±1.06, t=-3.65, P=0.001) and the tricuspid valvular diameter Z-score was significantly higher (-0.52±0.29 vs. -1.34±0.81, t=-3.55, P=0.001).@*Conclusion@#Transcatheter perforation of pulmonary valve by micro-guidewire and balloon dilation is a safe and effective initial therapy for neonatal PA-IVS.

Research progress of heparinase in the field of medicine / 生物工程学报

Heparinases can produce biologically active oligosaccharides by specifically cleaving the α-(1,4) glycosidic linkages of heparin and heparan sulphate. Heparinases are divided into heparinase and heparanase. Because heparinase is an effective biocatalyst, more and more researchers pay attention to the application of heparinase in medical field in the recent years. Combined with the related research work in our group, the application value of heparinase in the medical field was summarized, such as the determination of the structure of heparin, the preparation of low-molecular-weight heparin and ultra-low-molecular-weight heparin, tumor therapy and as a heparin antagonist. In addition, we summarized the definition, source of heparinase and its application in the medicine field. Heparinases have a great application prospect in the field of medicine.

Protective role of γδ T cells in concanavalin A-induced liver injury / 中华肝脏病杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the role played by γδ T cells in acute liver injury using the concanavalin A (ConA)-induced liver injury mouse model.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Acute liver injury was induced by intravenous injection of 10 mug/g of ConA into male C57BL/6J mice with wild-type or T cell receptor-γ knockout (TCR δ-/-) genetic backgrounds. Mice injected with PBS alone served as negative controls. The degree of liver damage was assessed by measuring serum levels of transaminase and cytokines at post-injection hours 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72. The percentage of γδ T cells and proportions of different subsets in liver lymphocytes were measured by flow cytometry.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The TCR δ-/- mice showed significantly higher levels of the inflammatory cytokines IFN-γ, TNFα and IL-4 than the wild-type mice at post-injection hour 3. The percentage of liver γδ T cells increased with increased injury degree, and the extent of increase was significantly higher in the TCR δ-/- mice than the wild-type mice (post-injection hour 6: 6302.61+/-592.06 vs. 1319.26+/-355.48, 12: 6569.44+/-1060.98 vs. 3415.53+/-343.90, 24: 6514.29+/-757.26 vs. 2062.73+/-365.67, 48: 1262.61+/-558.07 vs. 113.66+/-113.26, and 72: 226.54+/-98.20 vs. 42.35+/-21.51 U/L; all P less than 0.05). In addition, compared to the negative control mice, the ConA-induced mice showed a higher proportions of Vγ4 γδ T cells to total γδ T cells (17.78+/-2.95 vs. 25.26+/-2.43) and to total liver lymphocytes (0.47+/-0.07 vs. 0.66+/-0.05). Similarly, compared to the negative control mice, the ConA-induced mice showed a higher proportion of Vγ1 γδ T cells to total γδ T cells (38.37+/-6.10 vs. 50.19+/-5.52) but the proportion to total liver lymphocytes was not significantly different among the groups (0.76+/-0.18 vs. 0.78+/-0.25). Reinfusion of Vγ4 γδ T lymphocytes into TCR δ-/- mice led to lower serum ALT levels than reinfusion of Vγ1 γδ T lymphocytes (5054.10+/-1748.51 vs. 12333.56+/-663.535 U/L).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>γδ T cells play a protective role in ConA-induced liver injury and this effect maybe mediated by the Vγ4 γδ T cell subset.</p>

Analysis on publication rank of China hospitals in 2006 / 中华医学科研管理杂志

objectives To provide the reference for the Research & Development departments of hospitals by analyzing the quantity of publications and their cited status for the top 20 hospitals in SCl and MEDLINE.and top 100 hospitals in domestic publications in 2006.Methotis The number of publications and their cited times for the first 20 hospitals in SCI and MEDLINE.and the top 100 hospitals in domestic publications in 2006 were analyzed with bibliometric analysis.Results In 2006.the average increased ratio of publications in SCI for top 20 hospitals was 47.58%.but the number of articles in MEDUNE WaS decreased.For top 100 hospitals.the increased number of domestic publications was 71.25,the number of cited publications WaS increased 160.14.Conclusions The SCI publications from top 20 hospitals increased sharply,but publicatiOils indexed by MEDLINE decreased respectively.

Whole Environment Dynamic Monitoring of Cross Infection in Operation Department / 中华医院感染学杂志

OBJECTIVE To approach whole environment dynamic monitoring of the cross infection in operation department.METHODS To learn the experience of planning,construction and infection′s monitoring and managing of domestic and abroad operation departments,in combination with own work practice of reforming and infection management.RESULTS There were straight relations between planning,plane disposition,flow-sheet,construction quality,managing way and cross infection.CONCLUSIONS The whole environment dynamic monitoring of cross infection in operation department is very important.Of the total,the monitoring of planning design,the efficiency,rationality and safety of disposition,and flow-sheet of operation department at the beginning stage of construction is the premise of preventing and controlling cross infection there.The monitoring of construction quality at intermediate stage is the foundation of monitoring cross infection.The dynamic monitoring of alive human flow(patients,staff),logistic flow(articles during pre-operation,in-operation,and post-operation) and air current at later stage is the key point of preventing and controlling cross infection.