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OBJECTIVES@#To analyze the Nogo-P3 component of event-related potential (ERP) in the process of visual acuity processing, to provide electrophysiological evidence for objective evaluation of visual acuity.@*METHODS@#Twenty-six subjects with no other ocular diseases except for ametropia were recruited, and all subjects had uncorrected visual acuity both eyes 1/10 (evaluated using Monoyer chart). Block letter E with different visual angles and directions were used as graphic stimuli. The Go/Nogo paradigm was used for ERP studies. The visual angle of Go stimulation angle was 1°15', Nogo stimuli were 1°15', 55', 24' and 15'. The visual acuity test was performed on each of the two naked eyes separately in all subjects, and the characteristics of the Nogo-P3 component were analyzed.@*RESULTS@#The latency of Nogo-P3 showed no difference between the stimuli of 1°15' and 55', and between Nogo stimulation angle 24' and 15'. There was significant difference between Nogo stimulation angle 1°15' and 24', and between Nogo stimulation angle 1°15' and 15' (P<0.05). There was significant difference between Nogo stimulation angle 55' and 24', and between Nogo stimulation angle 55' and 15' (P<0.05). No significant differences were observed in the Nogo-P3 amplitude among Nogo stimulation.@*CONCLUSIONS@#In the Go/Nogo paradigm, Nogo-P3 can reflect the cognitive response of subjects to Nogo stimulation, which can be used for objective evaluation of visual acuity.
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Humans , Electroencephalography , Evoked Potentials/physiology , Photic Stimulation , Reaction Time/physiology , Refractive Errors , Visual AcuityABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES@#To explore the relationship between the frequency characteristics and response threshold of auditory steady-state response (ASSR), auditory brainstem response (ABR) and 40 Hz auditory event related potential (40 Hz AERP), and their application values in forensic medicine.@*METHODS@#Thirty volunteers with normal hearing (60 ears) were selected to perform pure tone audiometry (PTA) threshold and ASSR, ABR and 40 Hz AERP response threshold tests in the standard sound insulation shielding room, and the results were statistically analyzed by SPSS 22.0 software.@*RESULTS@#At 0.5 kHz and 1.0 kHz frequencies, the correlation between 40 Hz AERP response threshold and PTA threshold was good, which was better than that of ASSR and ABR response threshold. At 2.0 kHz and 4.0 kHz frequencies, the correlation between ASSR and ABR response thresholds and PTA threshold was good, which was better than that of 40 Hz AERP response threshold.@*CONCLUSIONS@#To evaluate the hearing at 0.5 kHz and 1.0 kHz frequencies, it is recommended to use 40 Hz AERP and ASSR to comprehensively assess the PTA threshold of the subjects. To evaluate the hearing at 2.0 kHz and 4.0 kHz frequencies, ABR and ASSR are recommended to assess the PTA threshold of subjects comprehensively. The combination of ASSR, ABR and 40 Hz AERP can improve the accuracy of hearing function evaluation.
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Humans , Acoustic Stimulation/methods , Audiometry, Evoked Response , Audiometry, Pure-Tone , Auditory Threshold/physiology , Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem/physiology , Forensic Medicine , Hearing/physiologyABSTRACT
BACKGROUND@#Diagnoses of Skin diseases are frequently delayed in China due to lack of dermatologists. A deep learning-based diagnosis supporting system can facilitate pre-screening patients to prioritize dermatologists' efforts. We aimed to evaluate the classification sensitivity and specificity of deep learning models to classify skin tumors and psoriasis for Chinese population with a modest number of dermoscopic images.@*METHODS@#We developed a convolutional neural network (CNN) based on two datasets from a consecutive series of patients who underwent the dermoscopy in the clinic of the Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, between 2016 and 2018, prospectively. In order to evaluate the feasibility of the algorithm, we used two datasets. Dataset I consisted of 7192 dermoscopic images for a multi-class model to differentiate three most common skin tumors and other diseases. Dataset II consisted of 3115 dermoscopic images for a two-class model to classify psoriasis from other inflammatory diseases. We compared the performance of CNN with 164 dermatologists in a reader study with 130 dermoscopic images. The experts' consensus was used as the reference standard except for the cases of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), which were all confirmed by histopathology.@*RESULTS@#The accuracies of multi-class and two-class models were 81.49% ± 0.88% and 77.02% ± 1.81%, respectively. In the reader study, for the multi-class tasks, the diagnosis sensitivity and specificity of 164 dermatologists were 0.770 and 0.962 for BCC, 0.807 and 0.897 for melanocytic nevus, 0.624 and 0.976 for seborrheic keratosis, 0.939 and 0.875 for the "others" group, respectively; the diagnosis sensitivity and specificity of multi-class CNN were 0.800 and 1.000 for BCC, 0.800 and 0.840 for melanocytic nevus, 0.850 and 0.940 for seborrheic keratosis, 0.750 and 0.940 for the "others" group, respectively. For the two-class tasks, the sensitivity and specificity of dermatologists and CNN for classifying psoriasis were 0.872 and 0.838, 1.000 and 0.605, respectively. Both the dermatologists and CNN achieved at least moderate consistency with the reference standard, and there was no significant difference in Kappa coefficients between them (P > 0.05).@*CONCLUSIONS@#The performance of CNN developed with relatively modest number of dermoscopic images of skin tumors and psoriasis for Chinese population is comparable with 164 dermatologists. These two models could be used for screening in patients suspected with skin tumors and psoriasis respectively in primary care hospital.
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Objective:Explore the expression of SIRT1 protein in gastric cancer tissues and cells.Analyze the correlation of SIRT1 protein expression and multidrug resistance protein P-gp and Top-Ⅱ alpha.Methods:Immunohistochemical to detect SIRT1,P-gp and Top-Ⅱ alpha protein in 15 cases of gastric cancer tissue and 15 cases of normal gastric mucosa tissues.Western blot test the expression of SIRT1 protein in normal gastric mucosa epithelial cell line GES-1 and human gastric cancer cell line SGC7901,MKN45,MKN28,HGC27,AGS and MGC803.Western blot test the expression of SIRT1,P-gp and Top-Ⅱ alpha protein in normal gastric mucosa epithelial cell line GES-1 and human gastric cancer cell line SGC7901,MKN45.After siRNA-SIRT1/liposome transfection gastric cancer cells SGC7901,western blot test the changes of expression of SIRT1,P-gp and Top-Ⅱ alpha protein and MTT test the changes of SGC7901 cells proliferation in vitro and the sensitivity of chemotherapy drugs 5-Fu.Results:In 15 cases of gastric cancer tissue have the positive expression of 15 cases of SIRT1 protein,13 cases of P-gp protein and 3 cases of Top-Ⅱ alpha protein.In 15 cases of normal gastric mucosa tissues have the positive expression of 6 cases of SIRT1 protein,5 cases of P-gp protein and 0 cases of Top-Ⅱ alpha protein.The relative quantity of SIRT1 protein expression average were 0.385,0.827,0.009,0.232,0.275,0.159,0.275 in GES-1,SGC7901,MKN45,MKN28,HGC27,AGS and MGC803,respectively.The relative quantity of P-gp protein expression average were 0.339,0.526,1.03 in GES 1,SGC7901 and MKN45 and Top-Ⅱ alpha protein were 0.093,0.889,and 0.158,respectively,siRNA-SIRT1 transfected SGC7901 for 8 hours and after 72 hours to test the relative quantity of SIRT1 protein expression average were 0.965,0.937,0.958,0.567,0.253,0.083 in control,BC-V,negative,siRNA-1,2,3 SIRT1,P-gp were 1.893,1.905,1.932,0.465,0.006,0.465 and Top-Ⅱ alpha were 0.09,0.07,0.073,0.085,0.168,0.085.MTT results showed that after SIRT1 protein expression was inhibited the SGC7901 proliferation has no obvious change in vitro and cell sensitivity to the chemotherapy drugs 5-Fu was increased significantly.Conclusion:SIRT1 expression in gastric cancer tissues and the expression of SIRT1 in gastric cancer tissue and cell carcinoma factors role,SIRT1 protein overexpression can promote P-gp protein expression lower Top-Ⅱ alpha protein expression in gastric cancer cells to chemotherapy of multiple drug resistance increase.
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In this study,we aimed to study the pattern visual evoked potentials (P-VEPs) in two eyes with varying visual acuity in one eye and to provide an objective estimation of visual acuity by comparing P-VEPs in one and two eyes.Thirty subjects were chosen,who had one eye with an acuity of 5.0,4.85,4.6,4.0,or scieropia and obstructed vision and the other eye with an acuity of 5.0,respectively.P-VEPs were detected under the large grating stimuli at 3×4 spatial frequency,moderate grating stimuli (12× 16 spatial frequency) and small grating stimuli (48×64 spatial frequency).Under large grating stimuli,there was no significant difference in P100 peak latency between the groups,nor was there a significant difference between the amplitude of two eyes and the amplitude of one normal-vision eye.Under moderate and small grating stimuli,there was a significant difference in P100 peak latency between the group with both eyes having an acuity of 5.0 and the group with visual acuity below 4.0 in one eye.There was a significant difference in P100 amplitude between the group with visual acuity of 5.0 in both eyes and the group with one normal-vision eye.There was no significant difference in the amplitude of two eyes and the amplitude of one normal-vision eye between any other two groups.In forensic identification,characteristics and variability of P-VEPs in one and two eyes can be used to identify malingering or decline in visual acuity.
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In this study,we aimed to study the pattern visual evoked potentials (P-VEPs) in two eyes with varying visual acuity in one eye and to provide an objective estimation of visual acuity by comparing P-VEPs in one and two eyes.Thirty subjects were chosen,who had one eye with an acuity of 5.0,4.85,4.6,4.0,or scieropia and obstructed vision and the other eye with an acuity of 5.0,respectively.P-VEPs were detected under the large grating stimuli at 3×4 spatial frequency,moderate grating stimuli (12× 16 spatial frequency) and small grating stimuli (48×64 spatial frequency).Under large grating stimuli,there was no significant difference in P100 peak latency between the groups,nor was there a significant difference between the amplitude of two eyes and the amplitude of one normal-vision eye.Under moderate and small grating stimuli,there was a significant difference in P100 peak latency between the group with both eyes having an acuity of 5.0 and the group with visual acuity below 4.0 in one eye.There was a significant difference in P100 amplitude between the group with visual acuity of 5.0 in both eyes and the group with one normal-vision eye.There was no significant difference in the amplitude of two eyes and the amplitude of one normal-vision eye between any other two groups.In forensic identification,characteristics and variability of P-VEPs in one and two eyes can be used to identify malingering or decline in visual acuity.
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is a key enzyme of L-tryptophan metabolic oxidation pathway, in which the L-tryptophan is transformed into N-formyl kynurenine by oxidative cleavage. IDO1 is considered as a potential target for the development of cancer immunotherapeutic molecules. Up to now, at least 10 drug candidates have been advanced into clinical research. In this review, the binding mode and structure-activity relationships of the representative IDO1 small molecule inhibitors were summarized according the characteristics of chemical structures. Hopefully, this review could provide some insights for further development of novel IDO1 inhibitors.
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The event-related potential (ERP) is considered as one of the most effective methods to study and analyze objectively human mental activity based on nerve electrophysiology. At present, ERP is not only used in the study of lie detection, but also in the clinical medicine for the cognitive assessment on patients with cerebrovascular disease, dementia or traumatic brain injury and auxiliary diagnosis of mental illness. With the further development of ERP detection technology, it would have a wider application prospect in the field of forensic medicine.
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Humans , Evoked Potentials/physiology , Forensic Medicine/trendsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To study the characteristics of forensic identification cases involved with peripheral nerve injury, and to discuss how to apply the clinical information, forensic examination and neurophysiological testing.@*METHODS@#One hundred and fifty-eight cases which were diagnosed peripheral nerve injury in clinic, were collected. Then the individual characteristics, injuries, identification results, exaggeration or camouflage were analysed.@*RESULTS@#The male, the unemployed, and the young and middle-aged were common in our cases. The main reasons of "peripheral nerve injury" were traffic accidents and sharp injuries. Most wounded parts were in limbs. Also the exaggeration and camouflage accounted for a considerable proportion in our cases.@*CONCLUSION@#The forensic identification of "peripheral nerve injury" cases should be evaluated with clinical information, forensic examination and electrophysiological testing comprehensively.
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Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Accidents, Traffic , Age Distribution , Disability Evaluation , Electromyography , Electrophysiology , Forensic Medicine , Neural Conduction/physiology , Peripheral Nerve Injuries , Peripheral Nerves/physiopathology , Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/physiopathology , Retrospective Studies , Trauma Severity Indices , Wounds, Nonpenetrating/physiopathologyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To assess the cognitive dysfunction in patients with the traumatic brain injury (TBI) by auditory P300.@*METHODS@#Auditory P300 was recorded in the normal subjects and patients with TBI at the active (foot pedal) and passive task.@*RESULTS@#In healthy persons, N2 and P3 in active task state showed higher amplitude than that in passive task state, and no significant prolongation of the latency. The amplitude of N1 and P2 at Cz was higher than that at Pz. In passive task state, N2 and P3 showed higher amplitude and longer latency in the patients than that in the healthy persons. N2 and P3 of the patients in the active task showed higher amplitude and longer latency than that in the passive task. Obvious change of P3 latency was observed in the patients with attention disorder.@*CONCLUSION@#The type of task mainly affect the amplitude of N2 and P3. The latency of N2 and P3 in passive task can be used as an indication for evaluating cognitive function in patients with diffuse brain injury.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Young Adult , Brain Injuries/physiopathology , Cognition Disorders/physiopathology , Event-Related Potentials, P300/physiology , Evoked Potentials, Auditory/physiology , Forensic MedicineABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To assess the effect of a liquid embolic agent 2-poly-hydroxyethyl -methacrylate (2-P-HEMA) for renal artery embolization in rabbits.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The precipitation time of different concentrations (2%, 3.5%, 5%, 6.5%, 8% and 9.5%) of 2-P-HEMA dissolved in different solutions (ethanol, ethanol/iobitridol, and ethanol/Bi2O3) were determined in flowing water. The mixtures of 2-P-HEMA (2%, 5%, and 8%) with ethanol/ Bi2O3 were injected into the renal arteries of the rabbits, and the artery-embolizing effects were assessed using angiography at 2 and 12 weeks after the injection, with also macroscopic and microscopic examination of the embolized kidneys.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The mixtures of 2-P-HEMA and ethanol formed flocculent precipitation a few seconds after injection into flowing water, and the precipitation time showed no significant variations with the concentration of 2-P-HEMA in the mixture. Low and moderate concentrations of 2-P-HEMA could pass through the microcatheter smoothly with little injection resistance, and resulted in complete occlusion of the renal arteries without adhesion to the microcatheter. Angiography at 2 and 12 weeks detected no recanalization of the occluded renal arteries. Macroscopically, the lumen of the renal arteries was found to be occluded by the embolic agents, and deep penetration of the embolic agents into the glomerular arteries was observed microscopically. The mixture containing high-concentration 2-P-HEMA was difficult to deliver through the microcatheter due to high injection resistance.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>2-P-HEMA can be rapidly precipitated after injection into flowing water, and allows complete embolization of the renal arteries of rabbits at proper concentrations, suggesting its great potential as an endovascular liquid embolic agent.</p>
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Animals , Female , Male , Rabbits , Embolization, Therapeutic , Methods , Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate , Radiography , Random Allocation , Renal Artery , Diagnostic Imaging , PathologyABSTRACT
Assessment of peripheral nerve injury is a common task in forensic practice. As an objective assistance of inspection, electrophysiological examination is significant in the evaluation of peripheral nerve function after injury. There are currently several methods of electrophysiological examination, including I-T curve, EMG, NCV and SEP. Because electrophysiological examination can assess the injury and regeneration of peripheral nerve injury at different times, it is valuable to estimate prognosis of peripheral nerve injury in forensic medicine. Besides the electrophysiological examination, evaluation of the peripheral nerve injury needs to combine other clinical manifestations to provide an accurate appraisal.
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Humans , Electrodiagnosis/methods , Electromyography/methods , Forensic Medicine , Neural Conduction/physiology , Peripheral Nerve Injuries , Peripheral Nerves/physiopathologyABSTRACT
Stones in the seminal vesicles are extremely rare. We present a 62-year-old patient with a stone within a seminal vesicle cyst, who was cured by laparoscopic treatment. The operative time was 80 min, and the estimated blood loss was 90 mL. Scanning electron microscope examination of the stone showed a compact crystal image externally and sparse spherical crystal structure in kernel. Composition of the stone was calcium fluorophosphate on X-ray diffractometer. The follow-up time was 15 months with no recurrence of cyst or stone. To our knowledge, this case is the first to describe laparoscopic removal of a stone within a seminal vesicle cyst, and the first to describe calcium fluorophosphate as the composition of seminal vesicle stones.
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Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Calculi , General Surgery , Cysts , General Surgery , Genital Diseases, Male , General Surgery , Laparoscopy , Microscopy, Electron, Scanning , Seminal VesiclesABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To analyze the clinical characteristics of post-traumatic abortion and the relationship between trauma and abortion.@*METHODS@#We collected and analyzed 23 cases of post-traumatic abortion encountered in the department of clinical forensic medicine, faculty of forensic medicine, China Medical University in recent years.@*RESULTS@#All 23 post-traumatic abort inns were early abortions. Their traumata were mild and external only. Vagina bleeding and abortion occurred shortly after trauma. Most patients were older, from countryside, or unemployed.@*CONCLUSION@#The causes of abortion are complex. Post-traumatic abortion can only be diagnosed after excluding non-traumatic factors. For those cases abortion occur shortly after injuries and non-traumatic factors can not be excluded, trauma should be assessed for its role in abortions as primary, secondary or induction factors correlated with clinical symptoms and pre-