Acute pancreatitis and epigenetic regulation mechanisms / 临床肝胆病杂志

Acute pancreatitis is a local pancreatic and systemic inflammatory disease due to various living and environmental factors, such as alcohol, gallstones, high lipids, and smoking, and its pathogenesis remains unclear. Studies have shown that epigenetic regulation mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, histone modification, and non-coding RNA, play an important role in the development and progression of acute pancreatitis. This article introduces the association between the common causes of acute pancreatitis (including alcohol, gallstones, high lipids, and smoking) and epigenetic regulation mechanisms, as well as the association between inflammatory response and epigenetic regulation mechanisms. The preliminary exploration of epigenetic regulation mechanisms in acute pancreatitis provides new thoughts for further understanding the development, progression, and treatment of acute pancreatitis.

Role of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase in acute pancreatitis / 临床肝胆病杂志

Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a critical enzyme for energy and metabolic regulation and can effectively maintain the homeostasis of energy and metabolism in cells and the body, and thus it plays an important role in both health and diseases. Current studies have shown that AMPK can regulate inflammatory response in the body through various cytokines and signaling pathways such as nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) and has become a potential therapeutic target for a variety of inflammatory diseases. In acute pancreatitis, abnormal activation of trypsin can cause the injury and necrosis of tissue cells, release various inflammatory factors including NF-κB, TNF-α, and IL-6, and induce systemic inflammatory response, leading to organ injury or acute inflammatory disease. Recent studies indicate that the activation of AMPK can alleviate the inflammatory damage of acute pancreatitis. Therefore, AMPK and its signaling pathway may become potential therapeutic targets for acute pancreatitis.

Clinical analysis of 80 cases with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage treated by intracranial hemorrhage smash puncture needle with YL-1 type disposable under CT monitoring / 中国医师进修杂志

ObjectiveTo study the clinical value and efficacy of intracranial hemorrhage smashpuncture needle with YL-1 type disposable under CT monitoring in treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage.MethodsThe data of 80 cases with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage patients who accepted the transcranial puncture under CT monitoring application of YL-1 type disposable intracranial hemorrhage smash puncture needle and drainage of hemorrhage,punctuated with urokinase washout and drainaged residual blood clot.Evaluation criteria:hemorrhage volume reduction,average operation time,preoperative and postoperative Glasgow coma scale(GCS) score,the clinical effect of long-term follow-up.ResultsOperation time was 15-45 (25.0 ± 2.8) minutes;hemorrhage volume was reduced by an average of 30％-80％ (56.8 ± 3.2)％,the average increase of GCS was(2.3 ±0.3) scores,10 cases death in 80 patients,70 survivors' activities of daily living (ADL) assessments:grade ADL 1 in 17 cases ( 24.3 ％ ),grade ADL2 in 36 cases( 51.4％ ),grade ADL3 in 13 cases ( 18.6％ ),grade ADL4 in 3 cases(4.3％ ),grade ADL5 in 1 case ( 1.4％ ).ConclusionsYL-1 type disposable intracranial hemorrhage smash puncture needle under CT monitoring in the treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage is a simple,fast and accurate positioning,without craniotomy and blood transfusion,safe and effective operation,but should pay attention to operation indications.

Control of clonorchiasis sinensis in Shandong Province during past forty years / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

Objective To understand the achievements of clonorchiasis sinensis control in Shandong Province during the past forty years. Methods The data of the previous annual clonorchiasis sinensis investigation in Shandong Province were collected and analyzed. Results From 1960s to 1970s, there were 107 counties existing the prevalence of clonorchiasis sinensis in Shandong Province. The infection rate of population was 1.51%, and 85.70% of the infected people were children below fifteen years old. Through the forty years' control, the decreasing of intermediate hosts such as various kinds of fishes and water-snails due to 85. 00% of ditches and ponds dried up by the lasting drying weather after 1980s, and 90. 00% of rivers polluted by increasing liquid waste, as well as the decreasing of infective chances due to 97. 90% of people breaking off the habit of eating not-well-cooked fishes by popularizing health knowledge, to 2003, the population infection rate dropped to 0.04%, 95.60% of the village where residents had the infection dropped to below 1. 00% , and 60. 00% of counties where no Clonorchis sinensis infection was found. Conclusion The clonorchiasis sinensis transmission areas reduce gradually, the infection rate of population decreases to the lowest in the history and the transmission has been controlled in Shandong Province.