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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the hematological characteristics and genotype distribution of thalassemia among people at reproductive age in Chongqing.@*METHODS@#Hematology analysis and capillary electrophoresis were performed in 29 145 participants at reproductive age. The patients with positive results were confirmed by thalassemia genotyping. Genotype distribution and characteristics of mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and hba2 levels in thalassemia patients were analyzed.@*RESULTS@#--SEA/αα (45.10%), -α3.7/αα (39.31%) and -α4.2/αα (8.46%) were the most common genotypes of α-thalassemia, while CD17 (HBB: c. 52A>T) (31.67%), CD41-42 (HBB: c. 126-129 del TTCT) (26.87%) and IVS-Ⅱ-654 (HBB: c. 316-197 C>T) (24.21%) were the most common genotypes of β-thalassemia in Chongqing. In α-thalassemia ααCS/αα showed the lowest hba2 value (2.18±0.23)%, while --SEA/αα showed the lowest MCV (71.9±8.5) fl and MCH (22.7±3.3) pg value. The patients in βE (HBB: c. 79G>A) group showed comparatively higher values of MCV and MCH and significantly lower HbA and hba2 values than the other genotypes. There was no significant difference in HbA, hba2, MCV, MCH levels of the patients between pregnant group and non-pregnant group.@*CONCLUSIONS@#In Chongqing, there are differences in hematological characteristics among patients with different thalassemia genotypes. There is no significant effect of pregnancy on HbA, hba2, MCV and MCH has been found.
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Female , Humans , Pregnancy , China , Erythrocyte Indices , Genotype , Mutation , alpha-Thalassemia/genetics , beta-ThalassemiaABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To explore the effect of parental training based on the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) combined with intensive training on the treatment outcome of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and its impact on parenting stress.@*METHODS@#Seventy children aged 2-5 years who were diagnosed with ASD were enrolled in the study. They were divided into an ESDM group and a parental training group by the random number table method (n=35 each). The ESDM group received intensive training based on ESDM. In addition to intensive ESDM-based training, parents of the children in the parental training group received ESDM skills training. Both groups were assessed by Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC), Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) and Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) before and after the intervention of 3 months.@*RESULTS@#After 3 months of intervention, the total scores of ABC, CARS and ATEC were both significantly decreased in the two groups (P0.05). The change between ABC, CARS and ATEC total scores in the two groups had no significant difference (P>0.05). After 3 months of intervention, the total scores of PSI-SF were both significantly decreased in the two groups (P<0.05). The difficult child sub-scale scores in PSI-SF were significantly decreased in the ESDM group (P<0.05). While three sub-scale scores of parent distress, parent-child dysfunctional interaction and difficult child in PSI-SF were significantly decreased in the parental training group (P<0.05). Before and after intervention of 3 months, no significant difference was found in PSI-SF total scores between the two groups. Compared with the ESDM group, the change between PSI-SF total scores and two sub-scales of PSI-SF (parent distress and difficult child) were significantly bigger in the parental training group (P<0.05).@*CONCLUSIONS@#Both the combination of intensive training and parent training based on ESDM and ESDM intensive training alone can improve the core symptoms of children with ASD aged 2-5 years and relieve the parenting stress, however, the former is more effective in relieving parenting stress.
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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the influence of iron deficiency on the index of thalassemia screening.@*METHODS@#876 blood samples of the couples at childbearing age, who underwent red blood cell analysis, hemoglobin electrophoresis, ferritin and gene diagnosis were selected. The samples were divided into normal, iron deficiency, αthalassemia, α-thalassemia combining with iron deficiency, β-thalassemia and β-thalassemia combining with iron deficiency group. The differences of hematology index and hemolobin value A2 between each groups were analyzed.@*RESULTS@#The value of Hb, MCV, MCH, MCHC in iron deficiency, αthalassemia, α-thalassemia combining with iron deficiency, β-thalassemia and β-thalassemia combining with iron deficiency group all were lower than that of normal group, while the value of RDW-CV was higher, in which the difference between β-thalassemia was the highest. The distribution of HbA2 among each groups was not significantly different expect of β-thalassemia. There was no significant correlation between HbA2 and ferritin level.@*CONCLUSION@#RDW-CV increases in both iron deficiency and thalassemia. Iron deficiency has no significant effect on the level of hemoglobin A2.
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Humans , Anemia, Iron-Deficiency , Erythrocyte Indices , Ferritins , Hemoglobin A2 , beta-ThalassemiaABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To explore the abnormal hemoglobinopathy in couples of child-bearing age in Chongqing.@*METHODS@#A total of 34 800 subjects of child-bearing age were screened for thalassemia by using capillary electrophoresis from January 2015 to September 2018. PCR-flow cytometry fluorescence hybridization assay was used to detect the common thalassemia gene deletions and mutations.@*RESULTS@#8 kinds of abnormal hemoglobinopathy were detected in 200 cases from 34 800 subjects of child-bearing age, the detection rate was 0.57% in couples of child-bearing age in Chongqing: Among 200 cases of abnormal hemoglobin pathy, Hb E was found in 90 cases (accounting for 45.0%), and Hb D in 25 cases (accounting for 12.5%). Hb NewYork was found in 25 cases (accounting for 12.5%). HbJ-bangkok was found in 25 cases (accounting for 12.5%), and Hb Q-Thailand in 16 cases (accounting for 8.0%). Hb Hope was detected in 15 cases (accounting for 7.5%). Hb S was detected in 3 cases (accounting for 1.5%). Hb Hasharon was detected in 1 case (accounting for 0.5%). The mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) of Hb E and Hb Q-Thailand were lower than normal reference intervals.@*CONCLUSION@#The detection rate of abnormal hemoglobinopathy in Chongqing is higher than the average level in China. Capillary electrophoresis can effectively screen abnormal hemoglobinopathy, which is great significant for aristogenesis and improvement of population quality.
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Child , Humans , China , Electrophoresis, Capillary , Hemoglobinopathies , Hemoglobins, Abnormal , Thailand , ThalassemiaABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the clinical effect of the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty children aged 2-5 years who were diagnosed with ASD from September 2017 to January 2018 were enrolled in the study and were randomly divided into conventional intervention group and ESDM intervention group (n=20 each). Both groups were assessed by the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC), Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), and Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S) scale before intervention and by the ABC, CARS, CGI-S scale, and Clinical Global Impression-Improvement (CGI-I) scale after 3 months of intervention.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After 3 months of intervention, the total scores of ABC and CARS were both significantly decreased in the two groups (P<0.01); the scores on the social withdrawal and hyperactivity subscales of ABC were significantly decreased in the conventional intervention group (P<0.01), and the scores on the mood swings, social withdrawal, hyperactivity, and stereotyped behavior subscales of ABC were significantly decreased in the ESDM intervention group (P<0.01). Compared with the conventional intervention group, the ESDM intervention group had significantly greater changes in total score of ABC, scores on three subscales of ABC (mood swings, social withdrawal, and hyperactivity), and total score of CARS after intervention (P<0.05). After 3 months of intervention, the CGI-I scoring system showed that the disease improvement was significantly better in the ESDM intervention group than in the conventional intervention group (P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Both conventional intervention and ESDM intervention can improve the social withdrawal and hyperactivity in children with ASD aged 2 to 5 years, but ESDM is more effective in improving the aberrant behavior of children with ASD.</p>
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Objective To investigate and detect serum IL-23 levels in patients with PCOS.Methods A total of 50 PCOS patients in the Affiliated Hospital of Yan'an University as the observed group and 50 healthy women as control group were studied in this research.Serum levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were measured through biochemical analyzer;White blood cell (WBC) was measured through automatic blood cell counter;The expression of serum IL-23 were measured by ELISA.Results Serum WBC levels were significantly higher in observed group than those in control group (8 056.1±2 473.6 mm3 and 6 286.2±1 071.4 mm3,t=4.642,P＜0.001).Besides,serum hs-CRP in two groups were no significant difference (observed group 4.2 ±3.7 mg/L and control group 3.9±3.2 mg/L,t=0.434,P=0.665).Furthermore,compared with control group,serum IL-23 levels were significantly higher in observed group and there was significant difference between the two groups (59.6±40.1 pg/ml and 29.7±20.5 pg/ml,t=4.695,P＜0.001).The best cutoff value for serum IL-23 concentration to diagnose PCOS was 31.05 pg/ml (sensitivity 74.0 ％,specificity 62.0 ％,and AUC 0.729,95 ％ CI:0.630～0.827,P＜0.001).Conclusion Women with PCOS had higher serum IL-23 levels and there were significantly positive correlated.IL-23 could be a biomarker for PCOS diagnosis.
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Objective To analyse the clinical efficacy of methotrexate (MTX) combined with intrauterine embryo sac garrotte injection in the treatment of cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP), and discuss its clinical significance. Methods A total of 77 patients with CSP treated in our hospital during June 2013 to December 2016 were selected in this study. Forty patients treated with embryo sac destruction and methotrexate injection were included in the observation group, while 37 cases treated by uterine artery embolization combined with curettage were used as the control group. The time of vaginal bleeding, the time of postoperative blood level of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) returned to the normal level, average hospitalization cost and the curative rate were recorded in two groups. All patients were followed up by the outpatient visit. Results In the observation group, the vaginal bleeding time [(22.1±6.7) days vs. (29.5±10.8) days] and treatment cost [(8774.2 ± 714.5) yuan vs. (15258.3 ± 1084.2) yuan] were less than those of the control group (P<0.001). There were no significant differences in the recovery time of HCG [(26.4±9.0) days vs. (25.1±10.4) days] and treatment success rate (87.5%vs. 91.9%) between the two groups (P>0.05). No bleeding or threatened rupture of scar were found in two groups of patients. Conclusion In this study, we take the embryo sac puncture combined with methotrexate injection in the treatment of scar pregnancy. This method has the advantages of low operative difficulty, definite clinical curative effect and low cost
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Objective To analyse the clinical efficacy of methotrexate (MTX) combined with intrauterine embryo sac garrotte injection in the treatment of cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP), and discuss its clinical significance. Methods A total of 77 patients with CSP treated in our hospital during June 2013 to December 2016 were selected in this study. Forty patients treated with embryo sac destruction and methotrexate injection were included in the observation group, while 37 cases treated by uterine artery embolization combined with curettage were used as the control group. The time of vaginal bleeding, the time of postoperative blood level of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) returned to the normal level, average hospitalization cost and the curative rate were recorded in two groups. All patients were followed up by the outpatient visit. Results In the observation group, the vaginal bleeding time [(22.1±6.7) days vs. (29.5±10.8) days] and treatment cost [(8774.2 ± 714.5) yuan vs. (15258.3 ± 1084.2) yuan] were less than those of the control group (P<0.001). There were no significant differences in the recovery time of HCG [(26.4±9.0) days vs. (25.1±10.4) days] and treatment success rate (87.5%vs. 91.9%) between the two groups (P>0.05). No bleeding or threatened rupture of scar were found in two groups of patients. Conclusion In this study, we take the embryo sac puncture combined with methotrexate injection in the treatment of scar pregnancy. This method has the advantages of low operative difficulty, definite clinical curative effect and low cost
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To confirm whether class I histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) are effective in relief of peripheral inflammatory pain, the effects of two selective inhibitors, MS-275 and MGCD0103, were studied in rats inflamed by subcutaneous (s.c.) injection of bee venom (BV). The BV test is characterized by displaying both persistent spontaneous nociception (PSN) and primary hypersensitivity. Intrathecal (i.t.) pre-treatment of either MS-275 or MGCD0103 with a single dose of 60 nmol/20 μL resulted in profound suppression of both PSN and primary thermal hypersensitivity but without significant influence upon the primary mechanical hypersensitivity and mirror-image thermal hypersensitivity. Moreover, the up-regulation of both HDAC1 and HDAC2 induced by s.c. BV injection was completely suppressed by i.t. pre-treatment of MS-275. The present results provide with another new line of evidence showing involvement of epigenetic regulation of chromatin structure by HDAC1/2-mediated histone hypoacetylation in the BV-induced PSN and thermal hypersensitivity and demonstrate the beneficial effects of class I HDACIs in prevention of peripheral inflammatory pain from occurring.
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Animals , Rats , Bee Venoms , Benzamides , Pharmacology , Epigenesis, Genetic , Histone Deacetylase 1 , Genetics , Metabolism , Histone Deacetylase 2 , Genetics , Metabolism , Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors , Pharmacology , Hot Temperature , Hyperalgesia , Drug Therapy , Inflammation , Drug Therapy , Injections, Subcutaneous , Nociception , Pain , Drug Therapy , Pain Measurement , Pyridines , Pharmacology , Pyrimidines , Pharmacology , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Up-RegulationABSTRACT
Empathy, a basic prosocial behavior, is referred to as an ability to understand and share others' emotional state. Generally, empathy is also a social-behavioral basis of altruism. In contrast, impairment of empathy development may be associated with autism, narcissism, alexithymia, personality disorder, schizophrenia and depression. Thus, study of the brain mechanisms of empathy has great importance to not only scientific and clinical advances but also social harmony. However, research on empathy has long been avoided due to the fact that it has been considered as a distinct feature of human beings from animals, leading to paucity of knowledge in the field. In 2006, a Canadian group from McGill University found that a mouse in pain could be shared by its paired cagemate, but not a paired stranger, showing decreased pain threshold and increased pain responses through emotional contagion while they were socially interacting. In 2014, we further found that a rat in pain could also be shared by its paired cagemate 30 min after social interaction, showing long-term decreased pain threshold and increased pain responses, suggesting persistence of empathy for pain (empathic memory). We also mapped out that the medial prefrontal cortex, including the anterior cingulate cortex, prelimbic cortex and infralimbic cortex, is involved in empathy for pain in rats, suggesting that a neural network may be associated with development of pain empathy in the CNS. In the present brief review, we give a brief outline of the advances and challenges in study of empathy for pain in humans and animals, and try to provide a novel bio-psychosocial-behavioral model for study of pain and its emotional comorbidity using laboratory animals.
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Animals , Humans , Mice , Rats , Cerebral Cortex , Physiology , Emotions , Empathy , Gyrus Cinguli , Physiology , Models, Animal , Pain , Pain Threshold , Prefrontal Cortex , PhysiologyABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effect of shenfu injection on canine with cardiogenic shock and the possible mechanism.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Cardiogenic shock model of canine was established by ligating left anterior descending (LAD) of coronary artery. The 15 canines with cardiogenic shock were randomly divided in to glucose injection group, shenfu injection group and sham-operated group. The hemodynamics parameters were monitored. Plasma TNF-alpha and IL-1beta levels were measured by radioimmunoassay. Expression of TNF-alpha mRNA and IL-1beta mRNA in myocardium were detected by RT-PCR.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Following cardiogenic shock, the mean artery pressure (MAP), left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP), ventricular pressure rise ratio during systolic period (+ dp/dt(max)), and ventricular pressure decay ratio during diastolic period (- dp/dt(max)) decreased significantly; the plasma TNF-alpha and IL-1beta levels and the expression of TNF-a mRNA and IL-1beta mRNA in myocardium increased significantly. In shenfu injection group, MAP, LVSP and +/- dp/dt(max) increased significantly and plasma TNF-alpha and IL-1beta levels decreased significantly. In glucose injection group, MAP, LVSP, +/- dp/dt(max) and plasma TNF-alpha and IL-1beta levels had not changed significantly. The expression of TNF-alpha mRNA and IL-1beta mRNA in myocardium were significantly lower in shenfu injection group than those in glucose injection group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Shenfu injection probably can decrease over-exprssion of TNF-alpha mRNA and IL-1beta mRNA on transcription platform. Shenfu injection counteract cardiogenic shock, relieve myocardium damage and improve hemodynamics through inhibiting overproduction of TNF-alpha and IL-1beta.</p>
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Animals , Dogs , Female , Male , Aconitum , Chemistry , Cytokines , Blood , Genetics , Drug Combinations , Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Pharmacology , Hemodynamics , Physiology , Injections, Intravenous , Interleukin-1beta , Blood , Genetics , Myocardium , Metabolism , Panax , Chemistry , Phytotherapy , Plants, Medicinal , Chemistry , RNA, Messenger , Genetics , Metabolism , Random Allocation , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Shock, Cardiogenic , Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha , Blood , GeneticsABSTRACT
Expression strain of des-pGlu1-brazzein was constructed and the conditions using lactose as inducer was also optimized. The Influences of three factors which were lactose concentration, induction time and inducing temperature on the growth of strain and on the yield of des-pGlul-Brazzein was analyzed in detail. The result indicated that high lactose concentration inhibit the growth of strains (P < 0.01) but made no difference on expression of target protein between 0.5%-5% (P > 0.05), Biomass would be improved as time passed (P < 0.01), but the yield of target protein didn't increase obviously at 30 degrees C compared with at 37 degrees C. Further result showed that the greater expressed level of des-pGlul-Brazzein, as high as about 20% of total cell protein, could be achieved after the strain had been induced with 0.5% lactose under 28 degrees C - 30 degrees C for 4 h.