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Objective:To explore the status of social alienation among survivors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and analyze its influencing factors.Methods:This study was a cross-sectional study. From October 2021 to January 2022, 200 survivors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma reviewed in the radiotherapy department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University were investigated by General Data Questionnaire, General Alienation Scale (GAS), Cancer Fatigue Scale (CFS) and Self-Perceived Burden Scale (SPBS).Results:The total score of GAS in survivors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma was (37.47 ± 2.88) points. The total scores of GAS were positively correlated with the total score and each dimension score of CFS and SPBS ( r values were 0.312-0.524, all P<0.01). Multivariable linear regression showed that the duration of diagnosis, whether or not having hearing loss, the number of symptoms, cancer fatigue and self-perceived burden were the main influencing factors of social alienation in survivors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma( t values were -3.99-4.86, all P<0.05), which could explain 49% of the total variation. Conclusions:Clinical medical staff should attach importance to social alienation of surviors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. More attention should be paid to patients with less than one year of diagnosis, a large number of symptoms and hearing loss, and targeted intervention should be conducted to reduce the degree of social alienation of patients and promote their integration into society.
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Objective:To understand and determine the biological properties of Chlamydia pneumonia (Cpn) hypothetical protein Cpn0423 and the mechanisms of which involved in Cpn0423-induced inflammatory response. Methods:The biological properties of Cpn0423 gene were analyzed using bioinformatic software. The subcellular localization of nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor 2 (NOD2) in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) was detected by confocal microscope. NOD2-siRNA was used to inhibit the expression of NOD2 at mRNA level. Cpn0423-induced macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP-2) and IL-6 production in BMDMs were detected by ELISA. PCR was performed to detect Cpn0423 DNA in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of Cpn-positive patients.Results:The homology between Cpn0423 and other type Ⅲ secretion system effector proteins of Chlamydia ranged from 85% to 93%. NOD2-siRNA could effectively inhibit the expression of NOD2 at mRNA level in BMDMs ( P<0.001). Moreover, Cpn0423-induced production of MIP-2 [(920.5±99.1) pg/ml vs (130.1±11.5) pg/ml, P<0.001] and IL-6 [(266.2±58.4) pg/ml vs (165.7±21.5) pg/ml, P<0.001] in BMDMs were decreased following NOD2-siRNA pre-treatment. Cpn0423 DNA was detected in the BAlF of 83.3% (10/12) of Cpn-positive cases, but not in Cpn-negative cases. Conclusions:Cpn0423 induced inflammatory response in host cells through NOD2 pathway, which was closely related to the chronic inflammatory injury caused by Cpn.
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Objective@#To cross-cultural adapt the English version of obturator functioning scale (OFS) to form a simplified Chinese version, to preliminarily verify its reliability and validity in clinic, and to provide an effective tool for evaluating the oral function and quality of life of patients with palatal defect and restored with obturators in China.@*Methods@#The English version of the OFS was taken for forward translation, synthesis, back-translation, and reviewed by expert committee to develop a pre-testing simplified Chinese version. This scale contained demographic data, basic information of diseases, eating problems dimensions (3 items), speech problems dimensions (5 items), and other problems dimensions (7 items). From December, 2016 to December, 2018, forty-two patients who were treated in the Department of Prosthodontics, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University with palatal defect and restored with obturators were evaluated with OFS. Among them, there were 26 males, and 21-84 years old, and 16 females, who were 24-80 years old.The reliability and validity of the data were examined and analyzed.@*Results@#The results showed that Cronbach′s α coefficients of the overall scale and the three dimensions (eating problems, speech problems, and other problems) were 0.926, 0.938, 0.930, and 0.935, respectively. The internal consistency of the questionnaire was very good. The Spearman coefficients between each single dimension and the total score were 0.677, 0.792, and 0.860, respectively, suggesting that the scale convergence was good. The content validity index of 15 items was 0.905, indicating that the content validity was very good.@*Conclusions@#The Chinese version of the OFS is exhibiting high reliability and validity, providing an effective evaluation tool of oral function and quality of life for Chinese patients with obturator prostheses to restore palate defects.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between the expression of 06-methyl guanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT),X-ray repair cross complementation gene 1 (XRCC1) and the incidence of glioma.Methods From February 2015 to September 2017,53 glioma patients (glioma group) in our hospital were enrolled in the study.50 patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage were selected as control A group,and 106 healthy volunteers as control B group.Immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the expression of MGMT and XRCC1 in brain tissue of glioma group and control A group,and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) were used to detect the polymorphism of MGMT and XRCC1 gene in glioma group and control B group.Results The positive expression rates of MGMT and XRCC1 in the tissues of brain glioma were 47.17％ and 39.62％,respectively,which were significantly higher than those in the control A group (P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference in the positive expression rate of MGMT and XRCC1 in patients with grade Ⅰ,,Ⅲ and Ⅳ (P ＞ 0.05);There was no correlation between the expression of MGMT and XRCC1 in glioma tissues (rs =0.162,P ＞ 0.05);The proportion of XRCC1 genotype AG + GG in brain glioma group was 58.49％,which was significantly higher than that of control B group (P ＜ 0.05);The proportion of MGMT genotype LP + PP in brain glioma group was 28.30％,which was significantly higher than that of control B group (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions MGMT and XRCC1 are increased significantly in glioma brain tissues,but not correlatedwith pathological grades;The polymorphism of MGMT and XRCC1 genes may be related to the susceptibilityof gliomas.
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Objective To analyze the distribution of common drug-resistance genotypes of multi-drug resistant bacteria (MDRB) in second class and below hospitals in 3 big areas of Chongqing City for perfecting the bacterial drug resistance surveillance network in local area.Methods In 7206 detected strains of MDRB, the re-cultured pure colonies of top five bacteria in the bacterial strains numer were taken and performed the common drug resistant genotyping detection and comparative analysis by PCR technique and sequencing.Results Acinetobacter spp.was dominated by the genotypes carrying TEM,SUL and GyrA genes,Klebsiella pneumoniae was dominated by the genotypes carrying SHV,GyrA genes,Escherichia coli was dominated by the genotypes carrying TEM,CTX-M,SUL,GyrA,aac (3) Ⅱ genes,Pseudomonas aeruginosa was dominated by genotypes carrying SUL,GyrA genes,Staphylococcus was dominated by genotypes carrying GyrA,aac (6 ′)-aph ′′ genes;among the five strains of MDRB,the majority were the strains with multiple expression of two kinds or four kinds of common drug-resistance genes,in which the detection rate of Escherichia coli multiple expression was highest,reaching 92.74%,the detection rate of Staphylococcus multiple expression was lower.The detection rates of common drug resistant genotypes carried by MDRB had statistical difference among various areas and various years (P<0.05);in the comparison with the gene sequences of corresponding bacteria in NCBI Blastn database,the sequencing results of 7 common drug resistant genotypes carried by 5 kinds of MDRB were basically consistent.Conclusion The common drug-resistant genotypes carried by MDRB detected in the second class and below hospitals of Chongqing City and their distribution are basically consistent with the monitoring levels in the local tertiary hospitals and whole nation.Therefore the antibacterial surveillance of infection pathogenic bacteria should be strengthened in these hospitals,and medication should be rationally used so as to delay the development of pathogenic bacterial drug resistance in local area.
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Objective To study the expressions of HnRNPA1 in patients with recurrent or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver transplantation.Methods The expressions of HnRNPA1 protein in pericarcinoma and normal liver tissues were detected using Western blot analysis in 16 patients with HCC.Immunohistochemical analysis was done in 141 patients with HCC.All these patients underwent liver transplantation.The relationship between the expressions of HnRNPA1 with recurrent and metastatic HCC were analyzed.Results The positive expression rate of HnRNPA1 protein in the HCC tissues (75.0％,12/16) was significantly higher than that in the pericarcinoma tissues (18.8％,3/16) (P ＜ 0.01).The expression of HnRNPA1 was positively correlated with tumor size,TNM type,vascular invasion and tumor encapsulation (P ＜ 0.01).Tumor recurrence in the HnRNPA1 high expression group was significantly higher than that in the HnRNPA1 low expression group (x2 =15.577,P ＜ 0.01).The survival rate was significantly lower in the high HnRNPA1 expression than that in the low expression group (x2 =6.309,P ＜0.05).Conclusion The expression of HnRNPA1 protein was a marker which predicted HCC recurrence or metastasis in patients after liver transplantation.
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Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a common facial pain disease. Recently, TN has been divided into three categories, including classic TN, secondary TN and idiopathic TN by the International Association for the Study of Pain.This article mainly discusses the progress of trigeminal neuralgia from the classification, diagnosis and treatment.
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As a bilirubin metabolic disorder, Gilbert syndrome belongs to the category of congenital non-hemolytic jaundice. Deficiency or decrease in the activity of bilirubin-uridine diphosphate glucuronyltransferase (UGT) is an important reason for the pathogenesis of Gilbert syndrome. UGT1A1, an isoenzyme of UGT, is a key enzyme to direct bilirubin in the liver. Mutations in UGT1A1 gene lead to the structural abnormality of UGT, and thus result in the decrease or loss of the ability of UGT to bind bilirubin. This article summarizes the research advances in the role of UGTA1 and its polymorphism in the pathogenesis and diagnosis of Gilbert syndrome.
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Objective To investigate CT features of solitary fibrous tumor of the mediastinum(SFTM),and to analyze the causes of misdiagnosis of this disease.Methods CT features of 5 patients of SFTM confirmed operatively and pathologically were retrospec-tively analyzed.All patients underwent before operation but were misdiagnosed.Results 3 cases were located in right mediastinum with oval-shap,well-defined margin,and “pleural tail sign”,2 cases were located in right thoracis cavity with unwell-defined margin, and in the adjacent lung were oppressed.In all 5 patients,the mean median of tumors was 1 1.5 cm(8.6-1 5 cm),non-homogeneous density of tumors were seen on plain CT scans,and obvious non-homogeneous enhancement with“geographic pattern”on contrast-en-hanced CT.Conclusion CT can clearly reveal the size and the appearance of SFTM,adjacent architectures,the final diagnosis de-pends on histopathological and immunohistochemical findings of the tumors.To un-know is the main caused of misdiagnosis of medi-astinal SFT.
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ObjectiveTo prospectively study the safety and feasibility of sedation with propofol plus fentanyl for cirrhotic patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE).MethodsA total of 50cirrhotic patients and 50 control subjects without liver diseases referred to UGIE were assigned to the cirrhotic sedation group and the non-cirrhotic sedation group,respectively.Patients of both groups received sedation with propofol plus fentanyl.Meanwhile,30 cirrhotic patients underwent conventional UGIE.Vital signs of all subjects were recorded before sedation and procedure,five minutes,ten minutes and one hour after the procedure.Number connection test A (NCT-A) and line tracing test (LTT) were completed for all patients before sedation or procedures and 4 hours after endoscopy procedures.Occurrence of sedation-related complications was measured.ResultsIn the cirrhotic sedation group and the non-cirrhotic sedation group,blood pressure,heart rate,respiratory rate and saturation of pulse oximetry decreased of different degrees after secation (P ＞ 0.05 or P＜ 0.05),but returned to normal one hour after endoscopy procedures ( P ＞ 0.05).The total complication rates differed significantly between the cirrhotic sedation group and the non-cirrhotic sedation group [ 36％ (18/50) v.s.14％ (7/50),P ＜0.05 ].However,the rate of such complications as hypotension,bradycardia and hypoxemia in both groups was of no statistical difference (P ＞0.05 ).No cirrhotic patient developed overt hepatic encephalopathy after procedures.In addition,the NCT-A and LTT times before and after sedation in the cirrhotic sedation group and the cirrhotic non-sedation group were longer than those before and after procedure in the non-cirrhotic sedation group ( before sedation or procedure:(55.1 ±22.1)s,(58.6±23.1)s v.s.(36.9±7.0)s,(98.6±33.1)s,(89.5±15.6)s v.s.(81.4±13.6)s,P＜0.05; four hours after procedure:(54.4 ±21.6)s,(58.3 ±22.4)s v.s.(36.3 ±6.3)s,(88.4 ±30.6)s,(80.2 ±15.9)s v.s.(71.8 ± 12.0)s,P＜0.05,while there was no difference between cirrhotic sedation group and cirrhotic non-sedation group ( P ＞ 0.05 ).Within-group comparison showed NCT-A did not change ( P ＞ 0.05 ),whereas,LTT was obviously shorter than pre-sedation or pre-procedure ( P ＜ 0.05) due to learning effect.The differences in the NCT-A and LTT times before and after sedation or procedure were not significant among the three groups (P ＞ 0.05 ).ConclusionSedation with propofol plus fentanyl is relatively safe in cirrhotic patients during UGIE,which will not precipitate hepatic encephalopathy or cause irreversible complications.
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Objective To investigate the expressions of TLR2 and TLR4 in patients with psoriasis vulgaris and the efrect of methotrexate(MTX)on them.so as to explore the therapeutic mechanism of MTX in psoriasis vulgafis.Methods Forty-three patients with psoriasis vulgaris were recruited into the study together with 30 normal human controls.Oral MTX was given to patients with an interval of 12 hours for three times per week until the control of conditions followed by 4 weeks of mainmining treatment.The dosage of MTX was 5 mg initially and decreased to 2.5 mg in the maintaining period.Flow cytometry was used to detect the expression of TLR2 and TLR4 in peripheral blood CD14~+ cells from the controls and patients at baseline,4 and 8 weeks after the beginning of treatment.Results The expression rate of TLR2 and TLR4 in CD14~+ cells was(92.6±4.3)%and(48.5±4.6)%,respectively,in untreated patients,significantly higher than that in normal controls(botll P＜0.01).A significant increase was observed in the expression rate of TLR2 and TLR4 in patients with active psoriasis compared with those with inactive psoriasis [(97.5±4.1)%vs(87.6±5.6)%,(55.3±5.8)%vs(40.7±7.1)%,both P＜0.05].Eigh weeks after the beginning of treatment with MTX.the expression rate of TLR2 and TLR4 significantly decreased to (79.6±6.7)%and(34.6±5.9)%.respectively(both P＜0.05).The psoriasis area and severity index(PASI)score had no significant correlation with the expression rate of TLR2 or TLR4(r=0.24.0.27,both P＞0.05).Conclusions TLR2,TLR4 and innate immune response mediated by both receptors play an important role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis.MTX may exert its therapeutic effect on psoriasis by inhibiting the expression of TLR2 and TLR4.
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Objective To study the relationship of T, B and NK lymphocytes with the pathogenesis of chronic urticaria. Methods Flow cytometry was applied to assess the proportion of T, B and NK lymphocyte subgroups in the peripheral blood of 51 patients with chronic urticaria and 30 sex and age-matched human controls. The CD4:CD8 ratio was calculated. Moreover, the symptoms, disease course and response to antihistamines of these patients were evaluated by one physician. Results The percentage of CD8+ T and NK cells, CD4:CD8 ratio were (27.20±8.22)%, (21.20±10.84)% and 1.48±0.62, respectively, in these patients,(29.9±3.74)%, (17.5±3.56)%, 1.24±0.27, respectively, in the controls; the differences were significant between the two groups (all P＜0.05). Decreased levels of CD3+ T cells, CD8+ T cells and B cells were noted in patients resistant to antihistamines compared with those responsive to antihistamines[(61.81±11.70)% vs (75.74±2.36)%, (24.00±7.79)% vs (34.22±9.30)%, (10.78±2.07)% vs (15.25±4.10)%, P＜0.05, 0.01, 0.05, respectively)], while the CD4:CD8 ratio and percentage of NK cells were increased in antihistamine-resistant patients compared to those in antihistamine-sensitive patients [1.67±0.76 vs 1.17±0.41, (28.61±12.62)% vs (12.78±6.02)%, both P＜0.01 ]. In these patients with chronic urticaria, the percentages of CD3+ T and CD8+ T cells were negatively correlated with the symptom scores (R = -0.31, -0.28, respectively, both P＜0.05 ), while the percentage of B cells was positively correlated with the symptom scores and disease course (R = 0.53, 0.55, respectively, both P＜0.01 ). Conclusions There is an abnormality in the proportion of T, B and NK lymphocyte subgroups in patients with chronic urticaria,which indicates that humoral immunity may be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic urticaria and the mechanism for responsiveness to antihistamine.