Hydrogen therapy promotes macrophage polarization to the M2 subtype by inhibiting the NF-κB signaling pathway / 中国辐射卫生

Objective To investigate the role of hydrogen therapy in reducing radiation-induced lung injury and the specific mechanism. Methods Forty C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into four groups: normal control group, model group, hydrogen therapy group I, and hydrogen therapy group II. A mouse model of radiation-induced lung injury was established. The pathological changes in the lung tissue of the mice were examined with HE staining. Immunofluorescence staining was used to detect the expression of surface markers of M1 and M2 macrophages to observe macrophage polarization. The expression of interleukin (IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and IL-10 in the lung tissue was measured by immunohistochemistry. The expression of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) p65 and phosphorylated NF-κB (P-NF-κB) p65 was measured by Western blot. Results HE staining showed that compared with the control group, the model group exhibited alveolar septal swelling and thickening, vascular dilatation and congestion, and inflammatory cell infiltration in the lung tissue; the hydrogen groups had significantly reduced pathological damage and inflammatory response than the model group, with more improvements in hydrogen group II than in hydrogen group I. Immunohistochemical results showed that compared with those in the control group, the levels of the inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly increased in the model group; the hydrogen groups showed significantly decreased IL-6 and TNF-α levels and a significantly increased level of the anti-inflammatory factor IL-10 than the model group, which were more marked in hydrogen group II than in hydrogen group I. Immunofluorescence results showed that compared with the control group, the expression of the surface marker of M1 macrophages in the model group was significantly upregulated; the hydrogen groups showed significantly downregulated M1 marker and significantly upregulated M2 marker, and hydrogen group II showed significantly increased M2 marker compared with hydrogen group I. Western blot results showed that compared with that in the control group, the ratio of P-NF-κB p65/NF-κB p65 in the model group was significantly increased; the P-NF-κB p65/NF-κB p65 ratio was significantly reduced in the hydrogen groups than in the model group, and was significantly lower in hydrogen group II than in hydrogen group I. Conclusion Hydrogen inhalation therapy may reduce the inflammatory response of radiation-induced lung injury by inhibiting the NF-κB signaling pathway to promote the polarization of the macrophage M1 subtype to the M2 subtype.

BMSCs promote M2 macrophage polarization to attenuate acute radiation-induced lung injury / 中国辐射卫生

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effects of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) for radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) and the underlying mechanism. Methods Forty-five healthy adult male C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into control, model, and BMSCs groups. The model and BMSCs groups received a single irradiation dose of 20 Gy to the chest, while the control group did not receive X-ray irradiation. For the BMSCs group, an injection of 1 × 106 BMSCs cells was administered via the tail vein within 6 h after irradiation. In the 5th week, the lung tissue was taken to observe pathological changes with HE staining; examine the expression of the inflammatory factors interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) with immunohistochemical staining; observe the polarization of macrophages with immunofluorescence staining; and measure the expression of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers E-cadherin, N-cadherin, and vimentin proteins by Western blot. Results After radiation, the model group developed pulmonary vasodilation and congestion with septal thickening and inflammatory cell infiltration, and these changes were markedly reduced in the BMSCs group. The model group showed significantly down-regulated expression of IL-6 and TNF-α compared with significantly increased levels in the model group (P < 0.01, P < 0.05). Treatment with BMSCs significantly increased the polarization of lung macrophages towards the M2 type, while significantly decreasing the abnormally increased N-cadherin and vimentin levels in RILI mice (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). Conclusion BMSCs have therapeutic effects for RILI mice, which may be through promoting macrophage polarization from M1 to M2.

Genomic Characteristics and the Potential Clinical Implications in Oligometastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer / Journal of the Korean Cancer Association, 대한암학회지

Purpose@#Oligometastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients have been increasingly regarded as a distinct group that could benefit from local treatment to achieve a better clinical outcome. However, current definitions of oligometastasis are solely numerical, which are imprecise because of ignoring the biological heterogeneity caused by genomic characteristics. Our study aimed to profile the molecular alterations of oligometastatic NSCLC and elucidate its potential difference from polymetastasis. @*Materials and Methods@#We performed next-generation sequencing to analyze tumors and paired peripheral blood from 77 oligometastatic and 21 polymetastatic NSCLC patients to reveal their genomic characteristics and assess the genetic heterogeneity. @*Results@#We found ERBB2, ALK, MLL4, PIK3CB, and TOP2A were mutated at a significantly lower frequency in oligometastasis compared with polymetastasis. EGFR and KEAP1 alterations were mutually exclusive in oligometastatic group. More importantly, oligometastasis has a unique significant enrichment of apoptosis signaling pathway. In contrast to polymetastasis, a highly enriched COSMIC signature 4 and a special mutational process, COSMIC signature 14, were observed in the oligometastatic cohort. According to OncoKB database, 74.03% of oligometastatic NSCLC patients harbored at least one actionable alteration. The median tumor mutation burden of oligometastasis was 5.00 mutations/Mb, which was significantly associated with smoking, DNA damage repair genes, TP53 mutation, SMARCA4 mutation, LRP1B mutation, ABL1 mutation. @*Conclusion@#Our results shall help redefine oligometastasis beyond simple lesion enumeration that will ultimately improve the selection of patients with real oligometastatic state and optimize personalized cancer therapy for oligometastatic NSCLC.

Practice and discussion of cultural integration in multi-campus hospitals / 中华医院管理杂志

The multi-campus mode is an important way to give full play to the advantages of public hospitals and promote the expansion of high-quality medical resources and balanced regional layout. The authors summarized the practical experience of the Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine in promoting multi-campus cultural integration, including vertical dimensional initiatives including raising cultural construction to a strategic level, improving the working mechanism of cultural construction, and building a distinctive cultural identity system; horizontal dimensional initiatives including creating equal status and intergroup cooperation conducive to cultural integration, building a variety of forms of the main cultural communication platform, and building a unified and diverse cross-campus communication bridge. Through cultural integration, the internal cohesion of the hospital was enhanced and the influence of the hospital brand was improved. The authors suggested that cultural integration should always be based on the principle of " seeking common ground while preserving minor differences" , focusing on the construction of systems and standards, and focusing on the construction of communication platforms.

Pharmacological inhibition of BAP1 recruits HERC2 to competitively dissociate BRCA1-BARD1, suppresses DNA repair and sensitizes CRC to radiotherapy

Radiotherapy is widely used in the management of advanced colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the clinical efficacy is limited by the safe irradiated dose. Sensitizing tumor cells to radiotherapy via interrupting DNA repair is a promising approach to conquering the limitation. The BRCA1-BARD1 complex has been demonstrated to play a critical role in homologous recombination (HR) DSB repair, and its functions may be affected by HERC2 or BAP1. Accumulated evidence illustrates that the ubiquitination-deubiquitination balance is involved in these processes; however, the precise mechanism for the cross-talk among these proteins in HR repair following radiation hasn't been defined. Through activity-based profiling, we identified PT33 as an active entity for HR repair suppression. Subsequently, we revealed that BAP1 serves as a novel molecular target of PT33 via a CRISPR-based deubiquitinase screen. Mechanistically, pharmacological covalent inhibition of BAP1 with PT33 recruits HERC2 to compete with BARD1 for BRCA1 interaction, interrupting HR repair. Consequently, PT33 treatment can substantially enhance the sensitivity of CRC cells to radiotherapy in vitro and in vivo. Overall, these findings provide a mechanistic basis for PT33-induced HR suppression and may guide an effective strategy to improve therapeutic gain.

Clinical study of evaluating the clinical effect of Dachengqi decoction in the treatment of sepsis complication with gastrointestinal dysfunction via gastric antrum cross-sectional area measured by bedside ultrasound / 中华危重病急救医学

OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate the clinical value of Dachengqi decoction in the treatment of sepsis complication with gastrointestinal dysfunction via gastric antrum cross-sectional area (CSA) measured by bedside ultrasound.@*METHODS@#A parallel group randomized controlled trial was conducted. A total of 80 patients with sepsis with gastrointestinal dysfunction admitted to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine from January 2021 to October 2022 were enrolled. According to whether patients agree to use Dachengqi decoction after admission, all patients were divided into Dachengqi decoction group (observation group) and conventional treatment group (control group) by 1 : 1 randomization, each group has 40 patients. Both groups were treated with fluid resuscitation, anti-infection, maintaining stable respiratory circulation, early nourishing feeding, promoting gastrointestinal motility, and regulating intestinal flora. The observation group was treated with Dachengqi decoction on the basis of western medicine, 30 mL decoction was taken in the morning and evening. Both groups were treated for 7 days. The CSA of the two groups was measured by bedside ultrasound before and after treatment. The gastric residual volume (GRV1 and GRV2) were calculated by formula and traditional gastric tube withdrawal method. The gastrointestinal dysfunction score, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II), intraperitoneal pressure (IAP), serum preprotein (PA), albumin (Alb), white blood cell count (WBC), procalcitonin (PCT), hypersensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay and incidence of aspiration were detected to evaluate the clinical efficacy of Dachengqi decoction, the correlation and advantages and disadvantages between CSA measured by bedside ultrasound and other evaluation indicators of gastrointestinal dysfunction in sepsis were also analyzed.@*RESULTS@#There were no significant differences in the indicators before treatment between the two groups, which were comparable. In comparison with the pre-treatment period, CSA, GRV, gastrointestinal dysfunction score, APACHE II score, IAP, WBC, PCT, and hs-CRP of the two groups after treatment were significantly decreased, PA and Alb were significantly increased, and the observation group decreased or increased more significantly than the control group [CSA (cm2): 4.53±1.56 vs. 6.04±2.52, GRV1 (mL): 39.85±8.21 vs. 53.05±11.73, GRV2 (mL): 29.22±5.20 vs. 40.91±8.97, gastrointestinal dysfunction score: 0.87±0.19 vs. 1.35±0.26, APACHE II score: 11.54±3.43 vs. 14.28±3.07, IAP (cmH2O, 1 cmH2O ≈ 0.098 kPa): 9.79±2.01 vs. 13.30±2.73, WBC (×109/L): 9.35±1.24 vs. 12.35±1.36, PCT (μg/L): 3.68±1.12 vs. 6.43±1.45, hs-CRP (mg/L): 24.76±5.41 vs. 46.76±6.38, PA (mg/L): 370.29±45.89 vs. 258.33±34.58, Alb (g/L): 38.83±5.64 vs. 33.20±4.98, all P < 0.05]. The length of ICU stay (days: 10.56±3.19 vs. 14.24±3.45) and incidence of aspiration (12.5% vs. 25.0%) were lower than those in the control group (both P < 0.05). Correlation analysis showed that CSA measured by bedside ultrasound was positively correlated with GRV2, gastrointestinal dysfunction score, APACHE II score, and IAP (r values were 0.84, 0.78, 0.75, 0.72, all P < 0.01) and negatively correlated with PA and Alb (r values were -0.64 and -0.62, both P < 0.01).@*CONCLUSIONS@#The Dachengqi decoction can significantly improve the clinical symptoms of septic patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction, reduce systemic inflammatory response, improve nutritional status, and shorten ICU hospital stay. Bedside ultrasound monitoring of CSA is a simple, accurate and effective means to evaluate gastrointestinal dysfunction, which is worthy of further clinical promotion.

Dose-adjusted concentrations of Posaconazole oral suspension in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients and analysis of the influential factors / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE To analyze the dose-adjusted concentrations of Posaconazole oral suspension in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation （HSCT） and their influential factors. METHODS Data were collected from hospitalized HSCT patients admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University （Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital） from January 2021 to April whtwhm@yeah.net 2023 who took Posaconazole oral suspension for the prevention of invasive fungal disease （IFD） and received blood concentration of posaconazole. The rate of concentration attainment and clinical failure rate of posaconazole for the prevention of IFD were evaluated， and one-way and multiple linear regression analyses were performed for the influential factors of dose-adjusted concentrations （C0/D） of posaconazole. RESULTS A total of 44 patients were enrolled； the mean C0 of posaconazole in patients was （0.99±0.94） µg/mL， and 20 patients had a C0≥0.7 μg/mL， with a concentration attainment rate of 45.45% for the prevention of IFD； 13 cases were clinical failures， with a clinical failure rate of 29.55%. Of 24 patients who did not achieve C0/D of posaconazole for IFD prophylaxis， one patient was a clinical failure despite timely dose adjustment of posaconazole in seven patients； seven of the thirteen patients who did not undergo dose adjustment were clinical failures； and the remaining four patients were switched to other antifungal agents. The results of univariate analysis showed that gender， body mass index （BMI）， renal function， combined use of sodium phenytoin， omeprazole and metoclopramide had a significant effect on the C0/D of posaconazole （P＜0.05）； the results of multivariate linear regression analysis showed that gender， BMI and combined use of sodium phenytoin were the independent factors affecting the C0/D of posaconazole （P＜0.05）. CONCLUSIONS Significant individual differences are reflected in the blood concentration of Posaconazole oral suspension； gender， BMI and combined use of sodium phenytoin are independent factors affecting the C0/D of posaconazole.

Comparison of diagnostic performance of Clear Cell Likelihood Score v1.0 and v2.0 for clear renal cell carcinoma / 南方医科大学学报

OBJECTIVE@#To compare the performance of Clear Cell Likelihood Score (ccLS) v1.0 and v2.0 in diagnosing clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) from small renal masses (SRM).@*METHODS@#We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data and MR images of patients with pathologically confirmed solid SRM from the First Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2021, and from Beijing Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University and Peking University First Hospital between January 1, 2019 and May 17, 2021. Six abdominal radiologists were trained for use of the ccLS algorithm and scored independently using ccLS v1.0 and ccLS v2.0. Random- effects logistic regression modeling was used to generate plot receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) to evaluate the diagnostic performance of ccLS v1.0 and ccLS v2.0 for ccRCC, and the area under curve (AUC) of these two scoring systems were compared using the DeLong's test. Weighted Kappa test was used to evaluate the interobserver agreement of the ccLS score, and differences in the weighted Kappa coefficients was compared using the Gwet consistency coefficient.@*RESULTS@#In total, 691 patients (491 males, 200 females; mean age, 54 ± 12 years) with 700 renal masses were included in this study. The pooled accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of ccLS v1.0 for diagnosing ccRCC were 77.1%, 76.8%, 77.7%, 90.2%, and 55.7%, as compared with 80.9%, 79.3%, 85.1%, 93.4%, 60.6% with ccLS v2.0, respectively. The AUC of ccLS v2.0 was significantly higher than that of ccLS v1.0 for diagnosis of ccRCC (0.897 vs 0.859; P < 0.01). The interobserver agreement did not differ significantly between ccLS v1.0 and ccLS v2.0 (0.56 vs 0.60; P > 0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#ccLS v2.0 has better performance for diagnosing ccRCC than ccLS v1.0 and can be considered for use to assist radiologists with their routine diagnostic tasks.

Predictive value of fetal DNA amount, CK and AFP in maternal peripheral blood in maternal placenta previa complicated with adhesions or implantation / 中国医师进修杂志

Objective:To investigate the predictive value of maternal peripheral blood fetal DNA, creatine kinase (CK), and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in pregnant women with placenta previa complicated with adhesion or implantation.Methods:From April 2018 to April 2019, 72 patients with placenta previa confirmed by cesarean section in Chengde Central Hospital were retrospectively collected. Among them, 23 patients complicated with placental adhesion were enrolled in the placenta adhesion group, 19 patients complicated with placenta implantation were in the placenta implantation group, and 30 patients with simple placenta previa were in the simple placenta previa group. The amount of fetal DNA, CK and AFP in maternal peripheral blood were measured at 20 to 27 weeks of gestation. The general data of the three groups, the amount of fetal DNA in maternal peripheral blood, CK and AFP were compared. The value of the amount of fetal DNA, CK, and AFP in maternal peripheral blood for predivting placenta previa were analyzed. At the same time, the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes was counted, and patients were divided into adverse pregnancy outcomes group and good pregnancy outcomes group according to pregnancy outcomes. The fetal DNA amount, CK and AFP levels in the maternal peripheral blood of the two were compared, and the factors affecting the adverse pregnancy outcome of placenta previa were analyzed.Results:The levels of fetal DNA, CK and AFP in the maternal peripheral blood of the placenta implantation group were significantly higher than those of the placenta adhesion group and the simple placenta previa group: (1 018.96 ± 442.15) copies/ml vs. (659.27 ± 320.26) copies/ml and (390.64 ± 102.53) copies/ml , (103.54 ± 26.39) U/L vs. (88.30 ± 20.65) U/L and (62.78 ± 15.84) U/L, (319.65 ± 62.14) μg/L vs. (284.62 ± 55.96) and (232.64 ± 48.62) μg/L, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.01). The amount of fetal DNA in maternal peripheral blood was positively correlated with CK and AFP ( r = 0.899 and 0.769, P<0.01), and CK was positively correlated with AFP ( r = 0.782, P<0.01). The AUC of maternal peripheral blood fetal DNA in predicting placenta previa complicated with placenta adhesion was 0.842, and the sensitivity and specificity were 78.26% and 83.33% respectively. The levels of fetal DNA, CK and AFP in maternal peripheral blood of patients with adverse pregnancy outcomes were higher than those of patients with good pregnancy outcomes: (928.64 ± 257.73) copies/ml vs. (460.02 ± 188.95) copies/ml, (105.83 ± 26.88) U/L vs. (66.33 ± 20.39) U/L and (292.52 ± 58.39) μg/L vs. (259.29 ± 42.65) μg/L, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). Placenta adhesion, placenta implantation, postpartum hemorrhage, maternal peripheral blood fetal DNA, CK and AFP levels were influential factors for the adverse pregnancy outcome of placenta previa ( OR = 3.544, 4.183, 3.413, 3.222, 3.109 and 3.313, 95% CI 1.905 to 6.593, 2.401 to 7.286, 1.832 to 6.359, 1.729 to 6.005, 1.659 to 5.827 and 1.831 to 5.994, P<0.01). Conclusions:The amount of fetal DNA, CK and AFP in maternal peripheral blood have a certain predictive value in placenta previa complicated with placental adhesion or implantation, and are closely related to the pregnancy outcome of patients with placenta previa. Early detection of the above indicators will help clinically to formulate reasonable intervention measures and promote the improvement of pregnancy outcomes.

Effects of siRNA interference with Nrf2 on the regulation of glutathione S-transferase and IL-1β in A549 cells exposed to hyperoxia / 中国新生儿科杂志

Objective:To study the gene expression of nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and interleukin-1 β (IL-1β) in A549 cells exposed to hyperoxia and cell apoptosis after siRNA interference with Nrf2.Method:Normal A549 cell lines were assigned into normoxia+siRNA group, normoxia+control group, hyperoxia+siRNA group and hyperoxia+control group according to whether siRNA interference was used and the exposure environment (normoxia/hyperoxia). The hyperoxia environment contained 95%O 2 and 5%CO 2. The levels of mRNA expression of Nrf2, GST and IL-1β were detected using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Flow cytometry was used to examine cell apoptosis of the hyperoxia+control group and hyperoxia+siRNA group at different time points. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the relative gene expression and apoptosis of A549 cells. Result:(1) Compared with the normoxia+control group, the expression of Nrf2 and GST in the hyperoxia+control group was significantly increased ( P<0.05), and the expression of IL-1β was significantly decreased ( P<0.05); the expression of Nrf2 and GST in the normoxia+siRNA group decreased significantly ( P<0.05), while the expression of IL-1β increased significantly ( P<0.05). (2) Compared with the normoxia+siRNA group, Nrf2 expression in the hyperoxia+siRNA group showed no significant changes ( P=0.230), GST expression increased slightly ( P=0.057), and IL-1β expression decreased slightly ( P=0.112). (3) Compared with the hyperoxia+control group, the expression of Nrf2 and GST in the hyperoxia+siRNA group decreased significantly ( P<0.05), and the expression of IL-1β increased significantly ( P=0.042). (4) Compared with the hyperoxia+control group, the apoptosis of A549 cells in the hyperoxia+siRNA group increased significantly at 24 h, 48 h and 72 h ( P<0.05). Conclusion:After interfering with Nrf2, siRNA may regulate the expression of GST and IL-1β, preventing oxidative stress, reducing inflammatory response and inhibiting apoptosis.

Non-drug therapy for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neuro developmental disorders in childhood.The main symptoms of ADHD are inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, etc.ADHD causes lots of adverse effects on patients, families and the society.Currently, medication is a common treatment for ADHD.However, due to a series of adverse effects caused by drug treatment, and some concomitant problems, the effect of drug treatment alone is not ideal.Therefore, non-drug treatment of ADHD is becoming popular.This study aims to review the common non-drug treatment methods and efficacy of ADHD at home and abroad.

Effect of WeChat platform continuous nursing on acute pancreatitis recurrence and readmission rate / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective@#To explore the effect of WeChat platform continuous nursing on reducing the recurrence rate and readmission rate of acute pancreatitis patients.@*Methods@#A total of 162 cases of acute pancreatitis admitted to the Department of Emergency Surgery in the Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University from February 2017 to July 2018 were selected as the research objects. The patients were divided into the observation group (80 cases) and the control group (82 cases) by random number method. In the control group, routine discharge education, release of education manual and regular telephone follow-up were carried out. Observation group based on the conventional discharge, by the continuity of care team to three times a week, for a period of six months WeChat platform continuity nursing intervention, the specific mission includes pancreatitis disease related knowledge, the matters needing attention after discharge, and the content such as recurrence, and weekly WeChat online interactive answering questions. The disease recurrence, readmission rate, rehospitalization days at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months after discharge between the two groups.@*Results@#There was no significant difference in the disease recurrence, readmission rate, rehospitalization days between the two groups at 1 month, 2 months after discharge (P > 0.05). The disease recurrence of the observation group was 11.25% (9/80) and 26.25% (21/80) at 3 months and 6 months after discharge, respectively, which was lower than that of the control group 23.17% (19/82) and 43.90% (36/82), with statistically significant differences (χ2=4.025, 5.533, P < 0.05). The readmission rate of the observation group was 8.75% (7/80) and 21.25% (17/80) at 3 months and 6 months after discharge, respectively, which was lower than that of the control group 23.17% (19/82) and 41.46% (34/82), with statistically significant differences (χ2=6.250, 7.670, P < 0.05 or 0.01). The rehospitalization days of the observation group at 3 months and 6 months after discharge was (12.18±4.20) and (12.48±4.16) points, respectively, which was less than that of the control group (15.08±4.91) and (15.34±4.48) points, with statistically significant differences (t=-4.685, -4.638, P < 0.05).@*Conclusions@#WeChat platform continuous nursing intervention for patients with acute pancreatitis, can improve patients' self-management ability and compliance behavior, reduce the recurrence rate of pancreatitis patients, readmission rate and the average number of days of readmission, improve the quality of life of patients, is worthy of clinical application.

Effect of WeChat platform continuous nursing on acute pancreatitis recurrence and readmission rate / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective:To explore the effect of WeChat platform continuous nursing on reducing the recurrence rate and readmission rate of acute pancreatitis patients.Methods:A total of 162 cases of acute pancreatitis admitted to the Department of Emergency Surgery in the Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University from February 2017 to July 2018 were selected as the research objects. The patients were divided into the observation group (80 cases) and the control group (82 cases) by random number method. In the control group, routine discharge education, release of education manual and regular telephone follow-up were carried out. Observation group based on the conventional discharge, by the continuity of care team to three times a week, for a period of six months WeChat platform continuity nursing intervention, the specific mission includes pancreatitis disease related knowledge, the matters needing attention after discharge, and the content such as recurrence, and weekly WeChat online interactive answering questions. The disease recurrence, readmission rate, rehospitalization days at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months after discharge between the two groups.Results:There was no significant difference in the disease recurrence, readmission rate, rehospitalization days between the two groups at 1 month, 2 months after discharge ( P > 0.05). The disease recurrence of the observation group was 11.25% (9/80) and 26.25% (21/80) at 3 months and 6 months after discharge, respectively, which was lower than that of the control group 23.17% (19/82) and 43.90% (36/82), with statistically significant differences ( χ2=4.025, 5.533, P < 0.05). The readmission rate of the observation group was 8.75% (7/80) and 21.25% (17/80) at 3 months and 6 months after discharge, respectively, which was lower than that of the control group 23.17% (19/82) and 41.46% (34/82), with statistically significant differences ( χ2=6.250, 7.670, P < 0.05 or 0.01). The rehospitalization days of the observation group at 3 months and 6 months after discharge was (12.18±4.20) and (12.48±4.16) points, respectively, which was less than that of the control group (15.08±4.91) and (15.34±4.48) points, with statistically significant differences ( t=-4.685, -4.638, P < 0.05). Conclusions:WeChat platform continuous nursing intervention for patients with acute pancreatitis, can improve patients' self-management ability and compliance behavior, reduce the recurrence rate of pancreatitis patients, readmission rate and the average number of days of readmission, improve the quality of life of patients, is worthy of clinical application.

Molecular epidemiology of norovirus GⅡ.15 in Qingdao City / 中华传染病杂志

Objective To analyze the molecular epidemiology of norovirus (NoV) genotype G Ⅱ.15 in Qingdao City.Methods One thousand four hundred and twelve stool samples were collected from suspected NoV infected patients and detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).Open reading frame (ORF) I-ORF2 and VP1 gene were amplified by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR and sequenced for genotyping,evolutionary analysis and homology modeling.Results Seven cases of GⅡ.15 type were detected including four sporadic cases and one outbreak.The VP1 gene was highly homologous and had little variation compared with early strain J23/US/1999.The differences of amino acids between strains in Qingdao City were mainly asparagine/asparticacid(N/D) 300 and proline/serine (P/S) 302.Homology modeling suggested that VP1 of GⅡ.15 strain was composed of S domain and P domain (P1 subdomain included 224-276 and 431-555,P2 subdomain included 277-430).S domain contained eight anti-parallel β3-sandwiches and two α-helixes,and P1 subdomain contained one α-helix and seven β3-strands,and the P2 subdomain folded into a compact barrel-like structure consisting of six β-strands.Argnine (R)-glycine (G)-valine (V)-motif (289-291) and three specific loci including glutarnine (Q)313,asparagine (N)349 and Q389 were located in the P2 subdomain,with N GR-motif (265-267) located at 22nd upstream of RGV-motif.Site Ⅰ (SNR-alanine (A)-histidine (H)357-361),Site Ⅱ (D388) and Site IⅢ (G454,G455) were the main characteristic sites of histo-blood group antigens (HBGA) binding interface,which may be similar to the binding pattern of G Ⅱ.4 type VA387 and HBGA.Conclusion Although G Ⅱ.15 type NoV evolves very slowly,it may still have the risk to become an epidemic strain,which needs to be monitored and further studied.

Effect of hyperoxia exposure on expression of microRNA-125b and tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-6 in lung tissues of premature newborn rats / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

Objective@#To observe the expression of microRNA-125b (miR-125), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-6(IL-6) in premature rats exposed to hyperoxia.@*Methods@#Eighty 1-day old Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into an air group and a hyperoxia group.The rats in the hyperoxia group were continuously exposed to oxygen chamber for 1-3 L/min, oxygen volume fraction was maintained at (800±50) mL/L, and the rats in air group were placed in the same room with the oxygen volume fraction at 210 mL/L.The feeding conditions were same in 2 groups.Lung tissues of premature rats were extracted at different time (1, 4, 7, 10, 14 days). The pathologic changes in the lung tissues were observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining.The levels of miR-125b and TNF-α, IL-6 in lung tissues were detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCT) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).@*Results@#Compared with the air group, miR-125b in the hyperoxia group increased slowly after day 1, reached the highest in day 10 (2.554±0.323), and the relative expression in day 14 decreased slightly(2.329±0.263), and there were significant differences between 2 groups at di-fferent time (all P<0.05); in particular TNF-α level increased in day 7 [(78.55±39.53) ng/L], and reached the peak at day 10 [(80.16±11.24) ng/L], and there was a significant difference(P<0.05); IL-6 levels increased at day 7 [(45.44±31.94) ng/L], and reached the peak at day 10 [(90.38±8.24) ng/L], and there was a significant difference(P<0.05). There was a no significant correlation between miR-125b and TNF-α in the hyperoxia groups (r=0.132, P>0.05), but there was significant correlation between miR-125b and IL-6 in hyperoxia groups(r=0.439, P<0.05).@*Conclusions@#The levels of miR-125b, TNF-α and IL-6 are involved in the pathological process of bronchopulmonary dysplasia induced by hyperoxia, and IL-6 may be the key factor for miR-125b.

Molecular epidemiology of norovirus GⅡ.15 in Qingdao City / 中华传染病杂志

Objective@#To analyze the molecular epidemiology of norovirus (NoV) genotype GⅡ.15 in Qingdao City.@*Methods@#One thousand four hundred and twelve stool samples were collected from suspected NoV infected patients and detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Open reading frame (ORF)1-ORF2 and VP1 gene were amplified by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR and sequenced for genotyping, evolutionary analysis and homology modeling.@*Results@#Seven cases of GⅡ.15 type were detected including four sporadic cases and one outbreak.The VP1 gene was highly homologous and had little variation compared with early strain J23/US/1999. The differences of amino acids between strains in Qingdao City were mainly asparagine/asparticacid(N/D)300 and proline/serine(P/S)302.Homology modeling suggested that VP1 of GⅡ.15 strain was composed of S domain and P domain (P1 subdomain included 224-276 and 431-555, P2 subdomain included 277-430). S domain contained eight anti-parallel β-sandwiches and two α-helixes, and P1 subdomain contained one α-helix and seven β-strands, and the P2 subdomain folded into a compact barrel-like structure consisting of six β-strands.Argnine (R)-glycine (G)-valine (V)-motif (289-291) and three specific loci including glutarnine (Q)313, asparagine (N)349 and Q389 were located in the P2 subdomain, with NGR-motif (265-267) located at 22nd upstream of RGV-motif.Site I (SNR-alanine(A)- histidine(H)357-361), Site Ⅱ (D388) and Site Ⅲ (G454, G455) were the main characteristic sites of histo-blood group antigens (HBGA) binding interface, which may be similar to the binding pattern of GⅡ.4 type VA387 and HBGA.@*Conclusion@#Although GⅡ.15 type NoV evolves very slowly, it may still have the risk to become an epidemic strain, which needs to be monitored and further studied.

Expression and significance of long non-coding RNA metastasis associated in lung denocarcinoma tran-script 1 in the process of hyperoxia-induced lung injury in preterm infants / 中国小儿急救医学

Objective To explore the protective effect of long non-coding RNA(lncRNA) metasta-sis associated in lung denocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) involved in hyperoxia-induced lung injury in preterm infants.Methods This study had downloaded chip data set GSE25286 (Mouse GEO Genome 430 2.0 Array) from gene expression database gene expression omnibus (GEO),according to the state of hyperoxia exposure,the MALAT1 mRNA expression in rats normal lung tissues and hyperoxic lung tissues was compared at day 14th and 29th.In chip data set GSE43830(Human Exon 1.0 ST Arrays) from GEO,the expression of multi-ple genes[cell division cycle 6(CDC6),death effector domain containing 2(DEDD2),and Cyclin B1 (CCNB1)] in WI38 cells(lung fibroblasts) was compared before and after MALAT1 was knockout.At the same time,the peripheral blood samples of premature infants were collected to verify.Totally 40 premature infants were hospitalized in the department of neonatology in our hospital from Jan 2015 to Dec 2016,the pe-ripheral blood samples of 40 premature infants were collected.RNA was extracted and Real time-PCR was performed after reverse transcription,clinical data of these 40 cases were retrospectively analyzed. Results (1) By using Affymetrix Expression console and Affymetrix Transcriptome analysis console software source files of the chip of pretreatment and difference expression gene screening,the expression of lncRNA MALAT1 gene in lung tissues of hyperoxia lung injury mice significantly upregulated[fold change(FC) =2.33,P=0.001].(2) After MALAT1 in WI38 cell was knockout,MALAT1 expression was significantly reduced(FC= -15.6,P=0.000),the expression of CDC6(FC= -2.37,P=0.001) and CCNB1(FC=-2.16,P=0.002) were down regulated,DEDD2 expression was up regulated(FC =2.46,P =0.000). (3) The results of peripheral blood samples from preterm infants showed that the expression of MALAT1 was significantly increased in preterm infants with hyperoxia-induced lung injury(0.375 5 ± 0.081 9,t =4.634, P=0.015),compared with normal preterm infants(0.273 4 ± 0.067 3).Conclusion Through inhibiting cell apoptosis,lncRNA MALAT1 can protect preterm infants with hyperoxia-induced lung injury,it may provide a new strategy for prevention and treatment of hyperoxia-induced lung injury in premature infants.

Polypropylene patch repairs anterior pelvic organ dysfunction in older women patients / 中国组织工程研究

BACKGROUND:The patch materials, originaly applied in the reconstruction and repair of abdominal hernia, have been successfuly applied in the vagina surgery; thus, it has been gradualy generalized in gynecological pelvic floor reconstruction. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the clinical effect of polypropylene patch in older female patients with anterior pelvic organ reconstruction. METHODS:Totaly 24 older female patients with stage III,IV anterior pelvic floor dysfunction were enroled. The individual treatment was formulated according to the wishes of patients, of which 12 patients underwent anterior pelvic organ reconstruction using polypropylene patch (test group), and 12 patients underwent the simply modified vaginal repair treatment (control group). Patients were folowed up for 12 months after repair. The clinical symptom remission, wound healing, pelvic organ prolapse staging and subjective disability index scores were observed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: After repair, the clinical symptoms in these two groups were significantly aleviated, and there was no infection, poor wound healing and other adverse reactions. At 12 months of folow-up, the subjective disability index scores in these two groups were al significantly lower than those before repair (P < 0.05); moreover, these scores were significantly lower in the test group than the control group (P < 0.05). There were eight cases of pelvic organ prolapse staging I, four cases of pelvic organ prolapse staging II in the test group;seven cases of pelvic organ prolapse staging I, two cases of pelvic organ prolapse staging II, two cases of pelvic organ prolapse staging III and one case of pelvic organ prolapse staging IV in the control group. The degree of organ prolapse in the test group was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05). These results demonstrate that polypropylene patch repair used in older female anterior pelvic organ reconstruction is safe and effective, and leads to a low recurrence rate.

Harvesting microalgae via flocculation: a review / 生物工程学报

Microalgae have been identified as promising candidates for biorefinery of value-added molecules. The valuable products from microalgae include polyunsaturated fatty acids and pigments, clean and sustainable energy (e.g. biodiesel). Nevertheless, high cost for microalgae biomass harvesting has restricted the industrial application of microalgae. Flocculation, compared with other microalgae harvesting methods, has distinguished itself as a promising method with low cost and easy operation. Here, we reviewed the methods of microalgae harvesting using flocculation, including chemical flocculation, physical flocculation and biological flocculation, and the progress and prospect in bio-flocculation are especially focused. Harvesting microalgae via bio-flocculation, especially using bio-flocculant and microalgal strains that is self-flocculated, is one of the eco-friendly, cost-effective and efficient microalgae harvesting methods.

Roles of cancer stem cells in tumor angiogenesis / 国际肿瘤学杂志

Cancer stem cells (CSC) play a crucial role in the tumor angiogenesis.Angiogenic factors and hypoxia mediate the process.CSC car differentiate into vascular endothelial cells and participate in the formation of vasculogenic mimicry,which may be one of the key factors in the initiation and progression of tumors.lndepth studies of the roles of CSC in tumor angiogenesis might help provide the basis for developing more effective therapeutic drug target.