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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of gene polymorphism on opioid-induced constipation. METHODS The target genes related to opioid-induced constipation were screened out through searching guidelines, databases and evidence-based medical data, and then 100 cancer pain patients who received opioid drugs for analgesia were included as the study subjects. According to whether there were adverse effects of constipation after medication or not, they were divided into test group and control group, with 50 cases in each group. The target gene was detected by PCR or fluorescence in situ hybridization. The SNPStats program was used to carry out Hardy-Weinberg balance test and correlation analysis between gene polymorphism and opioid-induced constipation. The multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the relevant predictive factors of opioid-induced constipation, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of subjects was drawn to analyze the effectiveness of each predictive factor in predicting opioid-induced constipation. RESULTS CYP2D6, CYP3A5*3, ABCB1 and OPRM1 were selected as target genes for detection. The results of genotype detection showed that the frequency distribution of CYP2D6 (rs1065852, rs1135822, rs16947, rs28371725, rs28371735), CYP3A5*3 (058rs776746), ABCB1 (062rs1045642), OPRM1 (047rs1799971) alleles were consistent with Hardy-Weinbergbalance test. The correlation analysis results showed that the proportion of genotype GG and AG in CYP3A5*3 (058rs776746, 163.com A>G) and genotype AA and AG in OPRM1 (047rs1799971, A>G) of patients was significantly higher in test group than that in the control group (P<0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that medication duration, CYP3A5*3 and OPRM1 gene polymorphism could be used as predictors of opioid- induced constipation in patients (P<0.05). The ROC curve analysis results showed that the areas under the ROC curves for medication duration and CYP3A5*3, OPRM1 gene polymorphism were 0.648, 0.640 and 0.670, respectively, with the optimal cutoff values of 124.0, 0.5 and 0.5, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Genotype GG and AG in CYP3A5*3 (058rs776746,A>G) and genotype AA and AG in OPRM1 (047rs1799971,A>G) are associated with opioid-induced constipation, which are expected to become clinical predictors of opioid-induced constipation, and more attention should be paid to the occurrence of constipation in patients who have been taking opioids for a long time.
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AIM: To evaluate retinal vascularization caused by the intravitreal injection of Conbercept in the treatment of a series of retinopathy of prematurity(ROP)cases in Type Ⅰ(threshold and pre-threshold period)and aggressive ROP(A-ROP).METHODS: The data of 34 ROP cases(67 eyes)treated by intravitreal injection of Conbercept(IVC)in the ophthalmology department of the Xiamen Children's Hospital from July 2017 to March 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Reactivation, which refers to recurrence of acute phase features, occurred at any stage of the disease in the presence or absence of other diseases. RESULT: The average gestational age of the 34 children was 28.82±2.32wk. The average birth weight was 1155.18±398.22g. The lesion zone of 19 cases(37 eyes)was Zone Ⅰ. In 10 cases(20 eyes), the lesion was in Zone Ⅱ, and in 5 cases(10 eyes), the lesion was in the posterior Zone Ⅱ. The total effective rate of disease control in ROP children treated with once IVC was 73.1%(49/67), and the vascularization of Zone Ⅱ was completed. The patients showed variable changes in the vascularization in Zone Ⅲ. For the patients who received one treatment and did not reactivate, the average rate of Type Ⅰ vascularization of ROP was 9.11±2.49wk, and the A-ROP was 13.40±4.04wk. The rate of A-ROP vascularization in Zone Ⅱ was significantly longer compared to Type Ⅰ.CONCLUSION: IVC effectively completes vascularization in Zone Ⅱ.
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Objective: To investigate the toxicity of tris (2-chloropropyl) phosphate (TCIPP) and tributyl phosphate (TnBP) on the growth and development of zebrafish embryos, as well as to explore the underlying mechanisms at the transcriptional level. Methods: With zebrafish as a model, two hpf zebrafish embryos were exposed to TCIPP and TnBP (0.1, 1, 10, 100, 500, and 1 000 μmol/L) using the semi-static method, and their rates of lethality and hatchability were determined. The transcriptome changes of 120 hpf juvenile zebrafish exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of 0.1 and 1 μmol/L were measured. Results: The 50% lethal concentrations (LC50) of TCIPP and TnBP for zebrafish embryos were 155.30 and 27.62 μmol/L (96 hpf), 156.5 and 26.05 μmol/L (120 hpf), respectively. The 72 hpf hatching rates of TCIPP (100 μmol/L) and TnBP (10 μmol/L) were (23.33±7.72)% and (91.67±2.97)%, which were significantly decreased compared with the control group (P<0.05). Transcriptome analysis showed that TnBP had more differential genes (DEGs) than TCIPP, with a dose-response relationship. These DEGs were enriched in 32 pathways in total, including those involved in oxidative stress, energy metabolism, lipid metabolism, and nuclear receptor-related pathways, using the IPA pathway analysis. Among them, three enriched pathways overlapped between TCIPP and TnBP, including TR/RXR activation and CAR/RXR activation. Additionally, DEGs were also mapped onto pathways of LXR/RXR activation and oxidative stress for TnBP exposure only. Conclusion: Both TCIPP and TnBP have growth and developmental toxicities in zebrafish embryos, with distinct biomolecular mechanisms, and TnBP has a stronger effect than TCIPP.
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Animals , Zebrafish/metabolism , Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism , Transcriptome , Oxidative Stress , Water Pollutants, Chemical/metabolismABSTRACT
Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) for patients with acute leukemia who are positive for the SET-NUP214 fusion gene (SET-NUP214+AL). Methods: This was a retrospective case series study. Clinical data of 18 patients with SET-NUP214+AL who received allo-HSCT in the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University and Soochow Hongci Hematology Hospital from December 2014 to October 2021 were retrospectively analyzed to investigate treatment efficacy and prognosis. The Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival analysis. Results: Of the 18 patients, 12 were male and 6 were female, and the median age was 29 years (range, 13-55 years). There were six cases of mixed phenotype acute leukemia (three cases of myeloid/T, two cases of B/T, one case of myeloid/B/T), nine cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (one case of B-ALL and eight cases of T-ALL), and three cases of acute myeloid leukemia. All patients received induction chemotherapy after diagnosis, and 17 patients achieved complete remission (CR) after chemotherapy. All patients subsequently received allo-HSCT. Pre-transplantation status: 15 patients were in the first CR, 1 patient was in the second CR, 1 was in partial remission, and 1 patient did not reach CR. All patients were successfully implanted with stem cells. The median time of granulocyte and platelet reconstitution was +12 and +13 days, respectively. With a median follow-up of 23 (4-80) months, 15 patients survived, while 3 patients died. The cause of death was recurrence of SET-NUP214+AL after transplantation. After allo-HSCT, 5 patients relapsed. The estimated 3-year overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS) rates were 83.3%±15.2% and 55.4%±20.7%, respectively. Among the 15 patients who achieved CR before transplantation, there was no significant difference in OS and RFS between haploidentical HSCT and matched sibling donor HSCT (all P>0.05). Conclusions: Allo-HSCT can improve the prognosis and long-term survival rate of patients with SET-NUP214+AL. Disease recurrence is the most important factor affecting long-term survival.
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Male , Female , Humans , Retrospective Studies , Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/methods , Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/therapy , Survival Analysis , Remission Induction , Acute Disease , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/therapy , Recurrence , Nuclear Pore Complex ProteinsABSTRACT
Objective:To evaluate the outcomes of aortic root repair in acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) with aortic sinus involvement.Methods:The clinical data of patients with ATAAD involving the aortic sinus and an aortic root diameter of ≤45 mm who were treated from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2016, were collected. Patients were divided into group A (involvement of one aortic sinus or part of one aortic sinus) and group B (involvement of more than one aortic sinus). The effectiveness of aortic root repair in ATAAD with sinus involvement was analyzed by comparing the preoperative imaging characteristics and postoperative results between the two groups.Results:The study cohort comprised 155 patients, including 100 patients in group A and 55 in group B. There were no differences between the two groups in baseline characteristics, aortic root diameter, 30-day mortality, and complication rates. During an average follow-up of(49.1±14.6) months, there was no difference between the two groups in the survival rate (92.0% vs. 89.5%, P=0.61). The aortic root diameter at follow-up showed no progressive expansion compared with preoperatively in either of the two groups[(38.1±3.6) mm vs. (37.9±3.5)mm, P=0.92, A; (38.4±4.1) mm vs. (38.3±3.6) mm, P=0.74, B]; furthermore, there was no difference between the two groups in aggravation of aortic regurgitation. Conclusion:Aortic root repair achieves satisfactory medium-term outcomes in ATAAD with more than one aortic sinus involved, but the long-term outcomes need to be evaluated.
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The continuing discoveries of novel classes of RNA modifications in various organisms have raised the need for improving sensitive, convenient, and reliable methods for quantifying RNA modifications. In particular, a subset of small RNAs, including microRNAs (miRNAs) and Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), are modified at their 3'-terminal nucleotides via 2'-O-methylation. However, quantifying the levels of these small RNAs is difficult because 2'-O-methylation at the RNA 3'-terminus inhibits the activity of polyadenylate polymerase and T4 RNA ligase. These two enzymes are indispensable for RNA labeling or ligation in conventional miRNA quantification assays. In this study, we profiled 3'-terminal 2'-O-methyl plant miRNAs in the livers of rice-fed mice by oxidative deep sequencing and detected increasing amounts of plant miRNAs with prolonged oxidation treatment. We further compared the efficiency of stem-loop and poly(A)-tailed RT-qPCR in quantifying plant miRNAs in animal tissues and identified stem-loop RT-qPCR as the only suitable approach. Likewise, stem-loop RT-qPCR was superior to poly(A)-tailed RT-qPCR in quantifying 3'-terminal 2'-O-methyl piRNAs in human seminal plasma. In summary, this study established a standard procedure for quantifying the levels of 3'-terminal 2'-O-methyl miRNAs in plants and piRNAs. Accurate measurement of the 3'-terminal 2'-O-methylation of small RNAs has profound implications for understanding their pathophysiologic roles in biological systems.
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Animals , Humans , Mice , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , Methylation , MicroRNAs/genetics , Oxidative Stress , RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism , Real-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionABSTRACT
Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) are abnormally expressed in a variety of tumors and participate in the occurrence and development of tumors. However, the expression and function of many LncRNAs in tumors have not been fully clarified. In this paper, 113 normal breast tissues and 1 109breast cancer tissues were analyzed in TCGT database. LncRNA AL133467. 1 was found to be lowly expressed in breast cancer tissues and negatively correlated with poor prognosis of breast cancer patients. The expression of AL133467. 1 in breast cancer cells was significantly lower than that in normal breast epithelial cells. We overexpressed AL133467. 1 in relatively low-expression breast cancer cells SKBR3and BT474, and cell count and plate colony-formation experiments showed that overexpression ofAL133467. 1 could significantly inhibit the proliferation and colony formation of breast cancer cells (P< 0. 01). Cell scratch and Transwell assays showed that the migration and invasion ability of breast cancer cells overexpressing AL133467. 1 was significantly reduced compared with the control group (P<0. 01). MiRDB database showed that AL133467. 1 had binding sites with miR-661. miR-661 could bind the transducer of ErbB2, 2 (ErbB2, 2, TOB2). qRT-PCR showed that miR-661 was highly expressed inbreast cancer cells and positively correlated with poor prognosis of breast cancer patients (P < 0. 001). Luciferase reporter assays showed that AL133467. 1 had specific binding to miR-661 (P < 0. 01). AL133467. 1 overexpression could inhibit the expression of miR-661 in breast cancer cells (P<0. 0001). Transfection of miR-661 mimics eliminated the inhibitory effect of overexpression of AL133467. 1 on breast cancer cells (P < 0. 001). In addition, qRT-PCR and Western blotting results showed that overexpression of AL133467. 1 up-regulated TOB2 mRNA (P < 0. 0001) and protein levels. But whenmiR-661 mimics were transfected, TOB2 mRNA (P < 0. 0001) and protein levels were significantly inhibited. In conclusion, as a competitive endogenous RNA of miR-661. AL133467. 1 promotes the expression of TOB2, thereby inhibiting the proliferation and invasion of breast cancer cells.
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Objective: To explore the metabolite profile and metabolic pathways of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM). Methods: Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was employed for the high-throughput detection and identification of serum samples from 55 patients with MM and 37 healthy controls matched for age and sex from 2016 to 2017 collected at the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. The relative standard deviation (RSD) of quality control (QC) samples was employed to validate the reproducibility of GC-MS approach. The differential metabolites between patients with MM and healthy controls were detected by partial least squares discrimination analysis (PLS-DA), and t-test with false discovery rate (FDR) correction. Metabolomics pathway analysis (MetPA) was employed to construct metabolic pathways. Results: There were 55 MM patients, including 34 males and 21 females. The median age was 60 years old (42-73 years old). There were 30 cases of IgG type, 9 cases of IgA type, 1 case of IgM type, 2 cases of non-secreted type, 1 case of double clone type and 12 cases of light chain type, including 3 cases of kappa light chain type and 9 cases of lambda light chain type. The result of QC sample test showed that the proportion of compounds with the RSD of the relative content of metabolites < 15% was 70.21% obtained by the reproducibility of GC-MS experimental data, which implied that the experimental data were reliable. A total of 17 metabolites were screened differently with the healthy control group, including myristic acid, hydroxyproline, cysteine, palmitic acid, L-leucine, stearic acid, methionine, phenylalanine, glycerin, serine, isoleucine, tyrosine, valine, citric acid, inositol, threonine, and oxalic acid (VIP>1, P<0.05). Metabolic pathway analysis suggested that metabolic disorders in MM patients comprised mainly phenylalanine metabolism, glyoxylic acid and dicarboxylic acid metabolism, phosphoinositide metabolism, cysteine and methionine metabolism, glycerolipid metabolism, glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism. Conclusion: Compared with normal people, patients with newly diagnosed MM have obvious differences in metabolic profiles and metabolic pathways.
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Male , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Adult , Aged , Cysteine , Multiple Myeloma/diagnosis , Reproducibility of Results , Metabolome , Metabolomics/methods , Metabolic Networks and Pathways , Methionine , Serine , Phenylalanine , Threonine , BiomarkersABSTRACT
Objective@#To observe the effects of 8 week inspiratory muscle training on lung function, respiratory muscle strength, exercise performance, body composition and lipid metabolism in obese college students, and to provide a reference for optimizing rehabilitation plan for obese patients.@*Methods@#A total of 58 obese college students were randomly divided into experimental group(n=28) and control group(n=30). The experimental group received inspiratory muscle training with 50% of maximal inspiratory pressure(P Imax), 3 times a week for a total of 8 weeks. Except for the intensity set to 5% P Imax, other parameters in the control group were the same as those in the experimental group. Lung function, respiratory muscle strength, exercise performance, body composition and blood lipids were measured before and after intervention.@*Results@#The completion rates of the training program (adherence) in the experimental group and the control group were 98.0% and 99.2%, respectively. No serious adverse events occurred during intervention. After intervention, P Imax and 6 minute walk test (6MWT) distance increased (t=-7.44, -4.11, P<0.05), ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) and heart rate decreased after 6MWT (t=2.13, 2.63, P<0.05), but there was no significant difference in lung function, body composition and blood lipid level in the experimental group (P>0.05). There was no significant change in the above indexes in the control group (P>0.05).@*Conclusion@#Eight week inspiratory muscle training can effectively improve inspiratory muscle strength and exercise performance in obese college students, whereas it had no effects on expiratory muscle strength, lung function, body composition and blood lipid profiles.
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Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) , as regulators of a class of gene expression, play a key role in the development of various types of tumor.We analyzed the TCGA database and found that the expression of LncRNA AC009686.2 in breast cancer tissues was significantly higher than that in normal tissues, and was positively correlated with the poor prognosis of breast cancer patients.qRT-PCR analysis showed that the expression of LncRNA AC009686.2 in breast cancer cells was significantly up-regulated, and the expression level of LncRNA AC009686.2 in MCF7, T47D, ZR7530, BT549, HCC1937, MDA- MB-231 and SKBR3 eells was 6.58, 5.66, 7.29, 9.06, 6.89, 11.17 and 5.38 folds of that in MCF10 A eells, respectively.LncRNA AC009686.2 knockdown in MDA-MB-231 and BT549 cells which expressed relatively high LncRNA AC009686.2 significantly inhibited cell proliferation, colony formation and invasion, and induced cell G,/S phase arrest.The clone inhibition rates of MDA-MB-231 and BT549 cells with LncRNA AC009686.2 knockdown were 0.496%, 0.438% and 0.495%, 0.353% of the control group, respectively.LncRNA AC009686.2 knockdown also down-regulated protein levels of cyclinD2 and ZEB1.However, overexpression of ZEB1 could significantly reverse the decrease of cell invasion ability caused by LncRNA AC009686.2 knockdown.We further analvsed in the software JASPAR database and found that LncRNA AC009686.2 promoter had ZEB1 binding site, and overexpression of ZEB1 could down-regulate the expression level of LncRNA AC009686.2 in breast cancer cells.In conclusion, LncRNA AC009686.2 which highly expressed in breast cancer, promotes cell proliferation and invasion by up-regulating cyclinD2 and ZEB1 expression, while ZEB1 positively regulates LncRNA AC009686.2 expression.This study will provide a theoretical basis for elucidating the role of LncRNA AC009686.2 in breast cancer and related molecular mechanisms.
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Objective: To investigate the feasibility of endoscopic lateral neck dissection via the breast and transoral approaches (ELNDBTOA) for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Methods: From February 2015 to April 2019, 10 patients with PTC (cN1b) including 1 male and 9 females aged from 22 to 53 years old received ELNDBTOA in the General Surgery Department of Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University. Total thyroidectomy, the central lymph node dissection and the selective neck dissection (levels Ⅱ, Ⅲ and Ⅳ) were performed endoscopically via the breast approach, and then the residual lymph nodes were dissected via transoral approach. The medical records, operation time, blood loss, complications and postoperative follow-up outcomes were analyzed retrospectively. SPSS 22.0 software package was used for statistical processing of clinical data of patients. Results: All cases were successfully treated with ELNDBTOA without transfer to open surgery. The average operative time was (362.5±79.7) min, the blood loss was (23.0±14.9) ml, and the postoperative hospital stay was (5.1±1.3) days. The mean number of harvested cervical lymph nodes were (34.2±25.8), and the mean number of positive lymph nodes were (6.5±4.9). Lymph nodes were dissected by the further dissection via oral approach in 6 patients and a total of 9 lateral lymph nodes were havested from 2 of the 6 patients, with 3 positive lymph nodes. Two patients had transient skin numbness in the mandibular area and recovered within two weeks. One patient developed transient hypoparathyroidism and recovered within two months. No secondary bleeding, recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, chylous leakage, neck infection, permanent hypoparathyroidism or other complications were observed. The follow-up time was from 16 to 66 months with a median of 42.5 months, no tumor recurrence or metastasis occurred, and also no obvious deformity, abnormal sensation or movement in the chest, neck and mouth was observed. Conclusions: ELNBTOA is safe and feasible, with good cosmetic outcome.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Lymph Nodes , Neck Dissection , Retrospective Studies , Thyroid Cancer, Papillary/surgery , Thyroid Neoplasms/surgery , ThyroidectomyABSTRACT
@#[Abstract] Objective: To explore the effect of circ_0001429 on proliferation and apoptosis of bladder cancer cells by regulating miR-139-5p/TGF-interacting factor 1(TGIF1)axis. Methods: The expression of circ_0001429 in bladder cancer cell lines SW780, T24, 5637 and human bladder epithelial SV-HUC-1 cells were detected by RT-qPCR. Targeted regulatory relationship between circ_0001429 and miR-139-5p as well as miR-139-5p and TGIF1 was measured by Dual luciferase reporter gene assay. T24 cells were divided into NC group, sh-circ_0001429 group, miR-139-5p mimics group, sh-TGIF1 group, pcDNA-circ_0001429+sh-TGIF1 group, miR-139-5p mimics+pcDNA-TGIF1 group and sh-circ_0001429+miR-139-5p inhibitor group. Western blotting was used to detect the expression level of TGIF1 in each group. CCK-8 method, Transwell experiment and Flow cytometry were used to detect the effects of circ_ 0001429, miR-139-5p and TGIF1 on proliferation, invasion, migration and apoptosis of T24 cells, respectively. Results: Circ_0001429 was highly expressed in three bladder cancer cell lines (P<0.01). Knockdown of circ_0001429 significantly inhibited proliferation, invasion and migration of T24 cells while promoted the level of cell apoptosis (P<0.05 or P<0.01). The results of Dual luciferase reporter gene assayconfirmedthatthereisatargetingrelationshipbetweencirc_0001429andmiR-139-5p as well as between miR-139-5p and TGIF1. Overexpression of miR-139-5p significantly inhibited the proliferation, invasion and migration of T24 cells while promoted the level of cell apoptosis (all P<0.01). Recovery experiments further confirmed that the competitive binding of circ_0001429 and TGIF1 to miR-139-5p promoted the proliferation, invasion and migration of T24 cells while inhibited the level of cell apoptosis (all P<0.01). Conclusion: Circ_0001429 promotes proliferation, invasion and migration and inhibits apoptosis of bladder cancer T24 cells by competing with TGIF1 to bind to miR-139-5p.
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Objective@#To analyze the epidemiological characteristics and associated factors of delayed voiding among middle school students, and to provide the basis for health education.@*Methods@#A total of 1 260 middle school students were selected from Sanmen country in Taizhou by using multi-stage stratified sampling method. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate the demographic characteristics, epidemiological characteristics and associated factors of delayed voiding by questionnaire.@*Results@#The proportion of frequent delayed voiding among middle school students was 14.37%(181). The proportion among senior high school students was 15.51%(90), and among junior high school students was 13.67%(91),no significant differences were found by grade(χ2=0.57, P=0.45). The multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that residential school, homework per day >2 hours, games and reduce the frequency of drinking ≥7 times/week were risk factors for delayed voiding frequently in junior high school students(OR=3.71, 1.70, 3.02,6.52,P<0.05). Higher than 2 hours of daily homework, a supportive or indifferent attitude to delayed voiding, staying in bed after waking up, drinking <0.5 L/d or ≥2.0 L/d, and reduce the frequency of drinking ≥7 times/week were risk factors for delayed voiding behavior in high school students(OR=2.23, 1.81, 2.22, 3.48, 2.69, 3.00, P<0.05).@*Conclusion@#The prevalence of frequent delayed voiding was high among middle school students. Attitude, environment and the quality of drinking water were the primary factors of frequent delayed voiding.
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Objective To screen TCM dominant diseases from service efficiency, service quality and security by taking a three-A-grade TCM hospital as example.Methods According to the diagnosis related data of the TCM hospital, the common diseases in major disease categories (MDC) were screened out. Average cost of hospitalization, average hospitalization days, antibiotic use rates, blood use rates, and mortality rates were compared with the average level of tertiary general hospitals.Results Totally 27 common diseases were screened out. Three diseases had advantages in terms of service efficiency, security and service quality; 14 diseases had security advantage; 13 diseases had advantage in service quality.Conclusion Compared with three-A-grade general hospitals, most of the common diseases in the hospital has obvious advantages in security and service quality, but the average length of hospitalization in the hospital is longer, and the average cost of most of the common diseases is higher than the general hospital, without advantages in service efficiency.
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AIM: To investigate the visual recovery and complications in patients with traumatic cataract treated by intraocular lens Ⅰ phase implantation and Ⅱ phase implantation.?METHODS: Totally 86 patients with traumatic cataract (86 eyes) treated in our hospital from January 2014 to December 2016 were enrolled in the retrospective study, and they were divided into the control group ( treated by intraocular lens Ⅰ phase implantation, 46 eyes) and the observation group ( treated by intraocular lens Ⅱ phase implantation, 40 eyes). The general situation of surgery, the visual recovery at 6mo after operation and the incidence rate of complications in two groups were observed.?RESULTS: There were no significant differences in surgical time, intraoperative blood loss and hospitalization time between the two groups (P>0. 05). There was no significant difference in the excellent and good rate of visual acuity between the two groups before operation between the twogroups (P>0. 05). At 6mo after operation, the excellent and good rates of visual acuity in two groups obviously increased ( P<0. 05 ), while there was no significant difference in the excellent and good rates of visual acuity at 6mo after operation between the two groups ( P > 0. 05 ). There was no significant difference between the two groups in the incidence rates of posterior capsule rupture and vitreous body prolapse (P>0. 05). The incidence rates of corneal edema, iridocyclitis and posterior capsular opacification in the observation group after operation were significantly lower than those in control group (P<0. 05).?CONCLUSION:The effects of IOLⅠphase implantation and Ⅱ phase implantation are similar in patients with traumatic cataract, in terms of the general situation and improvement of visual recovery. However, the incidence of complications after Ⅱ phase implantation is relatively lower.
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Objective: To study the quality and transdermal properties of matrine microemulsion-based hydrogel (MBH) to provide basis for the development of the preparation.Methods: The stability of MBH was observed at 4 ℃ for 3 months and the changes of particle appearance, viscosity, pH and matrine content were observed.The transdermal permeation of MBH was investigated by a dual chamber permeation and diffusion device with excised mouse skin as the barrier.Taking rabbits as the experimental subjects, the irritation of MBH to the normal skin and damaged skin was investigated.Results: The appearance, viscosity, pH and matrine content of MBH at 4 ℃ in 3 months did not change significantly.In vitro transdermal test showed that MBH had a good penetration rate on mouse skin, and no skin irritation occurred after single or multiple administrations.Conclusion: MBH has good stability and high rate of transdermal penetration without skin irritation, which is a promising drug delivery system of matrine with good application prospects.
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Objective To study the auditory perception and speech ability outcomes after cochlear implantation in prelingually deaf children with extremely severe neurosensory hearing loss and comorbid leukoencephalopathy.Methods Our study included 14 prelingually deaf children with leukoencephalopathy (confirmed by preoperative MRI scanning) who were treated with cochlear implantation in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery of Hainan Provincial People''s Hospital, including 8 males and 6 females of 1~6 yr with a mean age of 3.8 yr.Sixteen synchronous prelingually deaf children without central nervous system (CNS) diseases were also included as the control group, including 11 males and 5 females of 1~6 yr with a mean age of 4.4 yr.All the patients underwent pre-surgical assessments of audiology, radiology, speech ability and intelligence before cochlear implantation via transmastoid facial nerve recess approach was done, after which rehabilitation was provided at the Hainan Rehabilitation Center for Deaf Children.Categories of auditory performance (CAP) and speech intelligibility rate (SIR) were employed as the assessment criteria for the outcome of surgery, the scores of which at different timepoints after surgery were statistically compared through paired t-test between the two groups.Results All the patients gained post-surgical hearing and speech abilities to different degrees, whereas CAP and SIR scores both chronologically improved in the both groups.No statistical difference was revealed either in CAP or in SIR scores between the two groups at 6, 12 and 24 months after surgery (P>0.05).Conclusion Children with extremely severe neurosensory hearing loss can be reated with cochlear implantation even if they have comorbid leukoencephalopathy.The effects of auditory and speech rehabilitation for the same age patients with leukoencephalopathy are similar to those without leukoencephalopathy in 2 years after surgery.
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Emerging evidence has indicated that circular RNAs (circRNAs) play pivotal roles in the regulation of cellular processes and are found to be aberrantly expressed in a variety of tumors.However,the clinical role of circRNAs in bladder cancer (BC) and the molecular mechanisms have yet to be fully understood.In this study,the clinical specimens were obtained and the expression level of a circRNA BCRC4 was detected by real-time PCR in both BC tissues and cell line.The circular RNA over-expression plasmid was constructed and transfected into BC cells and related cell line.The cell cycles and apoptosis were observed using inverted microscope and flow cytometry.Western blotting was used to compare the relative protein expression of groups with different treatments.It was found that circRNA BCRC4 expression was lower in BC tissues than in adjacent normal tissues.Furthermore,consequences of fomed-expression of BCRC4 promoted apoptosis and inhibited viability of T24T and UMUC3 cells,and up-regulated BCRC4-inereased miR-101 level,which suppressed EZH2 expression in both RNA and protein levels.In addition,gambogic acid (GA) is a promising natural anticancer compound for BC therapy,and GA treatment increased the BCRC4 expression in T24T and UMUC3 cells in a dose-dependent manner.Altogether,our findings suggest that BCRC4 functions as a tumor suppressor in BC,and mediates anticancer function,at least in part,by up-regulating the expression of miR-101.Targeting this newly identified circRNA may help us develop a novel strategy for treating human BC.
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Objective To evaluate the reliability of serum catecholamine concentrations in reflecting the depth of dexmedetomidine-based general anesthesia.Methods Forty patients,aged 30-45 yr,of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅰ-Ⅱ,undergoing elective laparoscopic hysterectomy under general anesthesia,were divided into 2 groups (n =20 each) using a random number table:dexmedetomidine-based general anesthesia group (group Ⅰ) and general anesthesia group (group Ⅱ).Dexmedetomidine was intravenously infused as a loading bolus of 1 μg/kg over 10 min before induction of anesthesia,followed by an infusion of 0.5 μg · kg-1 · h-1 until 30 min before the end of operation in group Ⅰ.The equal volume of normal saline was given instead of dexmedetomidine in group Ⅱ.Anesthesia was induced with iv midazolam 0.05 mg/kg,propofol 1 mg/kg,cisatracurium 0.15 mg/kg and sufentanil 0.4 μg/kg.Anesthesia was maintained with iv infusion of remifentanil 0.1-0.3 μg · kg-1 · min 1,1%-2% sevoflurane inhalation and intermittent iv boluses of cisatracurium.Before administration of dexmedetomidine,at the end of administration of the loading dose,at the end of intubation,at the end of skin incision,after establishment of pneumoperitoneum and at the end of operation (T0-5),venous blood samples were taken from the peripheral vein for determination of concentrations of epinephrine (E) and norepinephrine (NE) in serum (by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay).Results Compared with group Ⅱ],the serum NE and E concentrations were significantly decreased at T1-4 in group Ⅰ (P<0.05).Compared with the baseline at T0,the serum NE and E concentrations were significantly decreased at T1 in group Ⅰ,and increased at T2-4 in group Ⅱ (P<0.05).Conclusion The serum catecholamine concentration produces poor reliability in reflecting the depth of dexmedetomidine-based general anesthesia,and thus it is not a suitable monitoring index.
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Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT features of spinal tuberculosis.Methods 18 F-FDG PET/CT imaging manifestation of 125 cases (70 males,55 females,average age 44.3 years) with osseous or mixed vertebra bone destruction from January 2006 to June 2014 were analyzed retrospectively.The patients included 32 cases with spinal tuberculosis (50 lesions,study group) and 93 cases with other diseases (150 lesions,control group).The corresponding FDG PET/CT features were analyzed by two classification logistic regression (Forward:LR),then FDG PET/CT features with statistical significance in diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis were obtained.The sensitivity and specificity of those FDG PET/CT features were calculated.Results Odds ratio (OR) of FDG PET/CT features with statistical significance in diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis from high to low were paraspinal cold abscess (20.790),cold zone(10.528),intervertebral disc involvement(5.394),continuous vertebral involvement(3.493).The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity were 22.0% (11/50),99.3% (149/150) forcold abscess,70.0% (35/50),90.0% (135/150) for cold zone,82.0% (41/50),83.0% (125/150) for intervertebral disc involvement,82.0% (41/50),78.0% (117/150) for continuous vertebral involvement,respectively.Spinal tuberculosis often had two or more signs.The continuous vertebral involvement + intervertebral disc involvement was most common,with the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of 78.0% (39/50) and 88.7% (133/150).The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of continuous vertebral involvement+intervertebral disc involvement+cold zone were 58.0% (29/50),96.0% (144/150),and those of four features conourrence were 14.0% (7/50),100% (150/150),respectively.Conclusion Regression analysis shows that FDG PET/CT features with statistical significance in diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis are paraspinal cold abscess,cold zone,intervertebral disc involvement,continuous vertebral involvement,which have high diagnostic sensitivity and specificity.