Congenital diarrhea and enteropathies in children / 中国实用儿科杂志

Congenital diarrhea and enteropathies(CODEs)are typically monogenic disorders. Patients always present with persistent and severe chronic diarrhea. The diagnosis of CODEs is oftern delayed and there is a high mortality. Application of endoscopy,histologic evaluation and next generation sequencing might facilitate the diagnosis,and precision medicine to patients with CODEs.

Correlation between CYP2C19 Gene Polymorphism and Elderly Cerebral Infarction / 中国医学科学院学报

Objective To investigate the correlation between CYP2C19 gene polymorphism and elderly cerebral infarction.Methods Two polymorphisms including rs4244285 and rs4986893 of the CYP2C19 gene were detected by gene chip technology in 72 elderly patients with acute cerebral infarction (stroke group) and 77 otherwise healthy controls. The clinical data and the polymorphism distribution of CYP2C19 were compared,and the potential association between genetic polymorphism and cerebral infarction was analyzed by Logistic regression.Results The frequencies of rs4244285 GG (45.83% vs. 63.64%,Χ =4.766,P=0.029) and rs4244285 A allele (34.03% vs. 22.73%,Χ =4.695,P=0.030) were significantly higher in stroke group than in control group. There were no significant differences in the distribution of the alleles of rs4986893 or the rs4244285 GA and AA between these two groups (all P>0.05). After the conventional cerebrovascular risk factors including gender,age,body mass index,smoking,and total cholesterol were adjusted,Logistic regression analysis showed that rs4244285 A allele significantly increased the stroke risk [the additive model AA vs. GG:OR=2.564,95%CI=1.181-5.566,P=0.017;the dominant model AA/AG vs. GG:OR=2.763,95%CI=1.343-5.685,P=0.006].Conclusion CYP2C19 genetic polymorphism may be associated with the increased risk of cerebral infarction in the elderly,although future well-designed studies with larger sample sizes are warranted.

Role of biological protective dressing in microskin grafting in rabbit / 中华烧伤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the effect of biological protective dressing made from porcine peritoneum in covering wounds with microskin grafts.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Twenty New Zealand rabbits were divided into ten couples according to the random number table. Rabbits in each couple underwent surgery at the same time. A piece of full-thickness skin of 5 cm in diameter was removed symmetrically from the left and right sides of the back of each rabbit, thus forming two wounds with full-thickness skin defect. One fifth of one piece of skin of one rabbit was cut into tiny pieces of 0.2-0.5 mm in size (microskin). Then the microskin pieces were spread on the two wounds of the donor rabbit with the microskin/wound area ratio 1:10. The two wounds of each rabbit covered with microskin were divided into two groups according to the random number table. One wound was covered with biological protective dressing prepared with porcine peritoneum as experiment group, and the other was covered with the rest allograft in full size obtained from the other rabbit of each couple as control group. The general condition of wound was observed at post operation week (POW) 1-4. Wound healing rate was calculated at POW 3 and 4. Wound healing time was recorded. Specimens were harvested from wounds for histological observation at POW 1-4. Data were processed with paired t test.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>(1) At POW 1, the biological protective dressings were found to attach firmly to the wounds in experiment group without obvious inflammatory response; the allografts survived well on the wounds in control group. At POW 2, the coverings attached well to the wounds of both groups, but became drier and darker as compared with those at POW 1. At POW 3, some wounds of the two groups healed when the coverings desiccated and separated. At POW 4, all the wounds of both groups healed without obvious difference in appearance. (2) The wound healing rates of the experiment and control groups were respectively (92.8 ± 6.2)% and (91.3 ± 7.3)% (t = 0.54, P > 0.05) at POW 3 and (98.1 ± 2.3)% and (97.0 ± 4.6)% (t = 0.38, P > 0.05) at POW 4. (3) The wound healing time was (25.0 ± 3.9) d in experiment group and (24.8 ± 2.3) d in control group. The difference between them was not statistically significant (t = 0.82, P > 0.05). (4) Histological observation showed that wounds of the two groups were all infiltrated by inflammatory cells, and new blood vessels were observed at POW 1 and 2. The survived microskin proliferated under the coverings. At POW 3 and 4, the coverings on the wounds of two groups were gradually degenerated and became necrotic and separated from the wound beds, while the wounds underneath were re-epithelialized.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The effect of biological protective dressing in covering wounds grafted with microskin is as good as that of the allograft, as they both help the auto-microskin proliferate and repair the wound. It could be considered to be new biological material for clinical application.</p>