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Objective:To investigate the association between selenoprotein P (Sepp1) and Brucella infection at gene and protein levels. Methods:In this case-control study, 32 patients with chronic brucellosis (referred to as brucellosis) in Jiuyuan District and Bayan Obo Mining District of Baotou City from June to September 2019 were selected as brucellosis group, and 30 healthy people with the same epidemiological environment as the brucellosis group were selected as control group. The two groups were Han nationality. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of Sepp1 gene(rs7579) in 32 brucellosis patients and 30 healthy controls were tested by amplification refractory mutation system-PCR (ARMS-PCR). And the Sepp1 protein content was measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Results:Thirty-two cases of brucellosis group, including 6 females and 26 males, aged (50.312 ± 5.035) years; 30 cases of control group, including 4 females and 26 males, aged (49.994 ± 5.098) years. There were no significant differences in sex ratio and age between the two groups (χ 2=0.336, t = 1.744, P > 0.05). There were no significant differences in the frequency distribution of G, A allele and GG, GA, and AA genotypes of rs7579 locus of Sepp1 gene between brucellosis group and control group (χ 2=0.263, 0.942, P > 0.05). In stratified analysis, there was a statistically significant difference in the frequency distribution of genotypes between female brucellosis group and control group (GG: 0/6, GA: 2/6, AA: 4/6; GG: 4/4, GA: 0/4, AA: 0/4, P < 0.05). And the level of Sepp1 protein in brucellosis group was significantly lower than that in control group (13.71±0.32, 19.26±0.69, t = 20.316, P < 0.05), low level of Sepp1 was a risk factor for brucellosis ( OR = 1.512, 95% CI: 1.290 - 1.687). Conclusions:The SNP of Sepp1 gene (rs7579) plays a role in Brucella infection, G allele may be the protective factor for women. The low level of Sepp1 protein is also associated with brucellosis.
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Objective@#To establish an autoregressive moving average model for the prediction of tuberculosis cases in students of Shanxi Province, and to provide scientific basic for the prevention and treatment of pulmonary tuerculosis among students.@*Methods@#A optimized ARIMA model was set up based on reported monthly data of TB in students from January 2010 to September 2019 in Shanxi Province by SAS 9.3 software, and the incidence trend in the next two years was predicted.@*Results@#The average reported rate of active TB in students of Shanxi Province was 23.52 per 100 000 from 2010 to 2019,showing an overall downward trend(χ2=999 980.46，P<0.01). The optimal model was SARIMA(0，1，1)(0，1，1)12,SBC=982.16. The fitted equation was (1-0.63B) (1-B12)Yt=(1-0.61B12)εt. The mean relative error was 19.35%,and the predicted incidence trend was consistent with the previous years,and the peak was from March to May.@*Conclusion@#Substantial progress has been made in student TB prevention of Shanxi Province. The ARIMA product season model is suitable for forecasting the TB incidence in students,so as to provide scientific guidance for its early prevention and control.
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Objective To analyze the main distribution of multi-drugresistant bacteria(MDROS)from 2012 to 2016.Methods Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA),carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumanni(CRABA),carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa(CRPAE),vancomycin resistant entero-coccus(VRE),carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteria(CRE)were retrospectively analyzed. Results There were 529 strains of MRSA,718 strains of CRABA,96 strains of CRPAE,4 strains of VRE,48 strains of CRE detected in five years,and most were from department of ICU,neurosurgery,respiratory,burns and paediatrics.The most MDROS were detected from sputum and excretion samples.There were 13 strains producing KPC-2,and 3 strains producing NDM-5 among 16 strains resistant to carbon penicillium strain.Con-clusion CRABA and MRSA are the main MDROS in the hospital.CRPAE,CRE and VRE are significantly lower than those in similar reports.The future work should focus on strengthening the management of various MDROS,while the timeliness and correctness of clinical specimen delivery are the prerequisite for reliable mo-nitoring data.
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Objective To investigate the antibiotic resistance of clinical isolates in Shandong Provincial Hospital during 2016.Method The antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates was tested by using VITEK 2-Compact system or disk diffusion method.All the data were analyzed by WHONET 5.6 software according to CLSI 2016 breakpoints.Results A total of 4 810 non-duplicate clinical strains were collected during 2016,of which gram-negative bacilli and gram-positive cocci accounted for 70.2％ and 29.8％,respectively.The most common specimen source was respiratory tract (38.1％),followed by skin and soft tissue (21.1％) and urine (17.5％).Escherichia coli was the most frequently isolated bacteria,followed by Staphylococcus aureus,Pseudomonas aeruginosa,Klebsiella and Enterococcus,accounting for 24.3％,10.2％,9.9％,9.8％ and 9.6％,respectively.The prevalence of ESBLs-positive E.coli and K.pneumoniae was 55.0％ and 37.9％,respectively.Carbapenem-resistant E.coli and K.pneumoniae accounted for 1.6％ and 4.2％,respectively.The percentage of P aeruginosa resistant to imipenem and meropenem was 24.3％ and 21.9％,respectively.More than 40％ of the A.baumannii strains were resistant to all the antibiotics tested except minocycline (33.2％).The prevalence of beta-lactamase positive strains was 70.1％ in H.influenzae and 97.5％ in M.catarrhalis.The prevalence of methicillin-resistant S.aureus (MRSA) was 31.4％.No staphylococcal strains were found resistant to vancomycin,teicoplanin or linezolid.E.faecium strains showed higher resistance rate to most antibiotics tested than E.faecalis.One strain of E.faecium was resistant to both vancomycin and teicoplanin.A total of 191 strains of S.pneumoniae were isolated,of which 143 (74.9％) isolates were from pediatric wards.None of the non-meningitis strains was resistant to penicillin.Other hemolytic Streptococcus strains were sensitive to penicillin,cephalosporins and vancomycin.Conclusions Bacterial resistance is still on rise.We should pay more attention to strengthening antimicrobial resistance surveillance and improving rational use of antimicrobial agents.
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Objective To investigate the effects of siRNA silencing enhancer of zeste homolo 2 (EZH2) on invasion and migration of cervical cancer cells and the molecular mechanisms.Methods The small interfering RNAs (siRNA) targeting EZH2 were transiently transfected into C33A cell line by lipofectamin2000.The effects of EZH2 on cell invasion and migration were detected by wound-healing assay, Transwell assay and soft agar colony assay.The expression of MMP2 was detected by Western blot.Results Downregulation of EZH2 expression by siRNA in C33A cell line significantly inhibited cell invasion and migration in vitro.Meanwhile, siRNA-mediated depletion of EZH2 reduced the expression of MMP2.Conclusion Knocking down EZH2 expression by siRNA could surpress invasion and migration of human cervical cancer cells, which might be related to downregulating MMP2 expression.
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ABSTARCT:Objective To investigate the effects of the transcription factor SRY-related high-mobility-group box 2 (Sox2)related to stem cells on the invasion and migration of cervical squamous carcinoma cell line SiHa and its mechanism.Methods The expression of Sox2 was detected in Sox2 stably over-expressed cell line SiHa-Sox2 and negative control SiHa-EGFP cells by RT-PCR and Western blotting,respectively.The effects of Sox2 on the invasion and migration capacities of SiHa cells were detected by wound-healing assay and transwell assay.The expression of β-catenin was detected by Western blot.Results Compared with that of SiHa-EGFP cells,the expression of Sox2 at both mRNA and protein levels was obviously upregulated in SiHa-Sox2 cells.The migration and invasion capacities of SiHa-Sox2 cells were increased significantly (P <0.01 ),and the expression of β-catenin increased dramatically compared with that of the control cells.Conclusion Sox2 promotes the invasion and migration capacities of SiHa cells by increasing the expression of β-catenin and activating Wnt signaling pathway, which contributes to the development of cervical cancer.
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Objective To investigate the expressions of estrogen receptor (ER) subtypes and c-met proto-oncogene in human endometrial carcinomas and to assess the clinical significance of ER and c-met in this carcinoma. Methods Reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) was used to detect the expressions of ERα, ERβ and c-met proto-oncogene mRNA in 30 samples of endometrial carcinoma and 11 samples of normal endometrium. Results The expression of ERα in endometrial carcinoma (0.70±0.40) was significantly reduced in comparison to that in normal endometrium (1.14±0.56, P<0.05). A similar finding was made for the expression of ERβ in carcinoma (0.24±0.18) versus normal tissues (0.48±0.20, P<0.05). In contrast, c-met mRNA expression was increased in endometrial carcinoma (1.45±0.72) compared to that in normal endometrium (0.42±0.31, P<0.01). A decrease tendency of the expression of ERα was also found from Stage Ⅰ (0.82±0.41) to a more severe Stag Ⅱ-Ⅲ of endometrial carcinoma (0.42±0.17, P<0.05). The analysis of ERα and ERβ mRNA revealed a decrease tendency from shallow to deep invasion of the uterine muscles (P<0.05). We found that the expressions of ERα and ERβ were negatively correlated with c-met proto-oncogene with a coefficient correlation of -0.63 (P<0.01) and -0.32 (P<0.05), respectively. Conclusion ERα and ERβ are both involved in mutagenic action of carcinogen. C-met proto-oncogene plays an important role in the carcinogenesis and development of endometrial carcinoma. C-met and ER expressions show a negative correlation in the development of endometrial carcinoma.
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OBJECTIVE@#To compare the hemodynamics and post-anesthetic recovery of total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) with remifentanil or fentanyl combined with propofol administered by target controlled infusion (TCI) in neurosurgery.@*METHODS@#A total of 80 patients undergoing selective neurosurgery were randomly divided into a remifentanil group (Group R, n=40) and a fentanyl group (Group F, n=40). In Group R,remifentanil and propofol was administered by TCI and the blood concentration were 3 approximately 5 microg/L and 3 approximately 5 mg/L each. In Group F, fentanyl was continuously infused at 2 approximately 3 microg/(kg.h) and propofol was administered by TCI with the same blood concentration as that in Group R.Vecuronium was injected at intervals to maintain muscle relaxant.Mean arterial pressure and heart rate during the anesthesia and post-anesthetic recovery were recorded.@*RESULTS@#Mean arterial pressure of all the patients was decreased significantly from induction of anesthesia to termination of operation compared with that before the induction( P0.05). The eyes opened and extubed time of Group R were decurtated obviously and the scores of pain were increased significantly (P<0.01).@*CONCLUSION@#TIVA with remifentanil or fentanyl combined with propofol administered by TCI in neurosurgical operation can provided steadible hemodynamics. Resuscitation of remifentanil with propofol administered by target controlled infusion were more quickly but the scores of pain were more higher than that of fentanyl.
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Objective To investigate the effect of intrathecal administration of a mixture of butorphanol and ketamine on cAMP-PKA-CREB signal transductian pathway in the spinal dorsal ham of the rats with inflammatory pain. Methods Twenty-four male SD rats, weighing 240-280 g,in which intrathecal catheters were successfully placed, were divided into 4 groups randomly (n = 6 each): inflammatory pain group (group IP), butorphanol group (group B), ketamine group (group K), and butorphanol + ketamine group (group BK). The inflammatory pain was induced by injection of 5% formalin 50 μl into the plantar surface of left hind paw. Normal saline 10 μl, butorphannl 12.5 μg, ketamine 50 μg, and a mixture of butorphanol 12.5 μg and ketamine 50 μg was injected intrathecally 30 min before subcutaneous injection of formalin in group IP, B, K and BK respectively.Pain intensity score (PIS) was used to assess pain behavior every 5 min within an hour after subcutaneous injection of formalin. The animals were killed at 2 h after subcutaneous injection of formalin, and the L5 segment of the spinal cord was removed for determination of protein kinase A (PKA) and phosphorylated cAMP response element binding protein (p-CREB) expression using immunohistochemistry. Results Fonnahn administration induced pain behaviour expressed as two phases. PIS scores, PKA and p-CBEB expression, and staining scores were significantly lower during the fast and second phases in group BK than in group IP (P < 0.05 or 0.01), while no significant differences were found in the indices mentioned above between group B and IP and between group K and IP (P>0.05). Conclusion lntrathecal injection of a mixture of butorphanol and ketamine can reduce inflammatory pain in rats, and the mechanism may be related to the cAMP-PKA-CREB signal transduction pathway.
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Objective To explore the mechanisms and effects of adoptive immunotherapy with ovarian cancer vaccine modified by GM-CSF gene which was used after immunologic reconstitution during lymphopenia induced by chemotherapy.Methods Lymphopenia was induced by chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide.The immune reconstituted model was built in rats.The tumor vaccine draining lymph nodes were harvested after the ovarian cancer cells NUTU-19 modified by GM-CSF gene were injected.The effector T cells (T_E) were got after being stimulated and amplified.Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the level of interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-4 secreted by T_E.Intracellular cytokine staining was used to determine frequency of tumor-specific T_E.Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) was used to detect the special cytotoxicity ofT_E killing target cells.The survival period of rats bearing pre-established abdominal ovariam carcinoma after being adoptively transferred byT_E.was observed.Results Compared with those in control group,the significant higher levels IL-2[(65.7±4.0) pg/ml]and lower levels IL-4 [(277±49) pg/ml]were observed in chemotherapy-immune recunstitution-vaccine immunization group.The amount of CD_4~+ T cells secreting interferon-γ (13.0±2.1)% were also significantly increased.The rate of the special cytotoxicity of killing T cells (86.5±1.1) % was markedly improved.The survival period of rats (110±16) days was increased in chemotherapy-immune reconstitution-vaccine immunization group.Conclusions The combined immunotherapy of chemotherapy-immune reconstitution-tumor vaccine immunotherapy may increase the frequency and function of specific tumor T_E.The specific cytotoxicity is increased and the weak reaction of T_E to tumor is improved,which showed that this therapy can enhance immune reaction.
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Objective To study the expressi on of thrombomodulin (TM) in endometrial carcinoma and explore its relation to the infiltration degree and histological grading of endometrial carcinoma. Methods The expression of TM was detected by immunohistochemistry in 50 cases of endometrial adenocarcinoma, 10 cases of endometrial complex hyper plasia and 10 cases of normal endometrium. Results The posi tive rate of TM in endometrial carcinoma was significantly higher than that in c omplex hyperplasia and normal endometrium (P 0.05). Conclusion TM can be used as a new index for judging progre ssion and prognosis of endometrial carcinoma.
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Objective To study the loss of imprinting(LOI) of insulin-like growth factor Ⅱ(IGF2) and H19 genes in cervical carcinomas.Methods Polymerase chain reaction(PCR) method was used on DNA samples extracted from 40 cases of cervical carcinoma and 20 cases of normal control tissues to detect the heterozygosity of IGF2 and H19 genes.The LOI of IGF2 and H19 genes was detected by RT-PCR.Results The heterozygous frequency of IGF2 was 52% in cervical cancer samples.Comparatively,in 20 matched normal samples,13 cases showed the heterozygosity(65%).The biallelic expression of IGF2 was detected in 10 cases among the 21 informative cervical cancer samples(47.6%),however,1 case in 13 heterozygous samples of control group(7.7%)((P0.05).Conclusion LOI and LOH of IGF-2 and H19 genes are involved in cervical carcinomas.LOI of IGF2 and H19 may be involved in the initiation stage of carcinogenesis of cervical carcinoma.