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Nanoparticles (NPs) have shown potential in cancer therapy, while a single administration conferring a satisfactory outcome is still unavailable. To address this issue, the dissolving microneedles (DMNs) were developed to locally deliver functionalized NPs with combined chemotherapy and photothermal therapy (PTT).
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Chronic refractory pain is an excruciating pain caused by various reasons, which is easily recurrent and barely responded to multiple drugs. It affects more than 10% of the global population and thus causes a huge burden on the society and the economy. With the development of neuroscience, neuromodulation technologies have been well concerned, which guide a novel direction in the treatment of chronic refractory pain. This review summarizes the research progresses on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation, optogenetics and other non-invasive neuromodulations in the treatment of chronic refractory pain.
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Objective:To investigate the status of removing iodized salt, water iodine, and iodine nutrition of children in water source high iodine areas in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, so as to provide basis for the implementation of prevention and control measures in high iodine areas according to local conditions.Methods:From 2012 to 2017, four administrative villages were selected from each of the high iodine townships in the water source high iodine areas (Qingxu County and Xiaodian District) in Taiyuan City, and 15 households in each administrative village were sampled for salt iodine detection by semi quantitative method. According to the "National Monitoring Program for Water Source High Iodine Areas (Trial)" (2012 edition), 1-2 high iodine villages were selected respectively in Qingxu County and Xiaodian District every year as monitoring sites, and grouped by water iodine of 150-300 μg/L and > 300 μg/L. If the monitoring site had been implemented the water improvement project, one tap water sample shall be collected. Whereas, if the monitoring site had not been implemented the water improvement project, two drinking water samples shall be collected from each household in the five directions of east, west, south, north and middle, and the water iodine shall be detected using the "Research on Methods for Water Iodine Testing in Iodine Deficiency and High Iodine Areas" recommended by the National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Reference Laboratory of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 100 children aged 8-10 years old were selected from village primary schools or central primary schools in townships where the monitoring sites were located, and their thyroid volume was detected by B-ultrasound; urine samples were taken from more than 30 children and urinary iodine was detected by arsenic-cerium catalytic spectrophotometry.Results:From 2012 to 2017, the rate of non-iodized salt in Qingxu County ranged from 91.7% (165/180) to 96.1% (173/180); the rate of non-iodized salt in Xiaodian District were all 100.0% (120/120). A total of 52 water samples were tested, and the median water iodine was 282.3 μg/L, ranged from 121.1 to 546.3 μg/L. A total of 1 401 children's thyroid were examined, and the goiter rate was 7.5% (105/1 401). A total of 597 children's urine samples were tested, and the median urinary iodine was 458.1 μg/L, ranged from 21.0 to 1 778.7 μg/L. The median urinary iodine (327.1 μg/L) and goiter rate (4.9%, 34/697) of children in the 150-300 μg/L water iodine group were compared with those in the > 300 μg/L water iodine group (552.9 μg/L; 10.1%, 71/704), the differences were statistically significant ( Z = - 8.934, χ 2 = 13.698, P < 0.01). Conclusions:From 2012 to 2017, the median water iodine is 282.3 μg/L in water source high iodine areas in Taiyuan City, the status of removing iodized salt is good (the rate of non-iodized salt > 90%). However, children have excessive iodine (median urinary iodine ≥300 μg/L) and goiter rate (> 5%). It is suggested that the main measures should be taken to improve water quality and reduce iodine content in drinking water in water source high iodine areas, continuously monitor water iodine, and timely adjust the prevention and control measures according to the change of water iodine.
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Objective:To compare the similarities and differences of four telemedicine diagnostic projects, for providing evidence-based policy-making advice for the development of telemedicine diagnostic projects in China.Methods:Four projects led by the government, close medical alliances, loose medical alliances and companies were selected from November 2018 to June 2019. Through semi-structured interviews with different leaders, the authors analyzed the characteristics, problems and difficulties of different projects from three dimensions of organizational system, working conditions and operational effects.Results:A total of 18 people were interviewed. Projects were different from each other in leaders, connection mechanism and effectiveness, participants and timeliness as well. The projects led by the government and close medical alliances had limited local participants with strong connection, clear but limited sources of diagnostic doctors and relatively large workload. While the projects led by loose medical alliances and companies had a wide range of participants, relatively weak connection efficiency and long response time.Conclusions:Different types of telemedicine diagnostic projects have supplemented the manpower shortage of diagnosis physicians at primary medical institutions, introduced new service participants, as well as improved the medical service system.
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Objective@#To compare the similarities and differences of four telemedicine diagnostic projects, for providing evidence-based policy-making advice for the development of telemedicine diagnostic projects in China.@*Methods@#Four projects led by the government, close medical alliances, loose medical alliances and companies were selected from November 2018 to June 2019. Through semi-structured interviews with different leaders, the authors analyzed the characteristics, problems and difficulties of different projects from three dimensions of organizational system, working conditions and operational effects.@*Results@#A total of 18 people were interviewed. Projects were different from each other in leaders, connection mechanism and effectiveness, participants and timeliness as well. The projects led by the government and close medical alliances had limited local participants with strong connection, clear but limited sources of diagnostic doctors and relatively large workload. While the projects led by loose medical alliances and companies had a wide range of participants, relatively weak connection efficiency and long response time.@*Conclusions@#Different types of telemedicine diagnostic projects have supplemented the manpower shortage of diagnosis physicians at primary medical institutions, introduced new service participants, as well as improved the medical service system.
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Objective@#To determine whether intrauterine infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) occurs in early pregnancy and to characterize associated virulence factors.@*Methods@#Villi tissues and blood samples of 45 HBV surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive pregnant women were collected during the first trimester and HBV DNA loads were quantified by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The expression of GCM1, HBsAg and hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) in villi tissues were detected by immunohistochemical method.@*Results@#Data from qRT-PCR showed that HBV DNA was detected in 14 of 45 villi tissues (positive rate of 31.11%), and 24 of 45 blood samples (positive rate of 53.33%), further statistical analysis showed that the positive rates of HBV DNA between blood samples and villi tissues were not significantly different (χ2=4.555, P=0.054). Among them, 12 samples were consistently positive between the villi and blood specimens, and HBsAg, HBeAg, HBeAb, HBV DNA from peripheral blood in these pregnant women were significantly higher than those of the other women (P value was 0.007, 0.004, 0.000, and 0.000 respectively). The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that blood HBV DNA greater than 106 IU/ml was independently associated with HBV DNA positive in villi, and the HBsAg, HBeAg, villi tissues HBV DNA positive rates of these pregnant women were significantly higher than those of the other pregnant women (all P value were 0.000). Immunohistochemistry results showed that all 45 cases were positive for GCM1 expression in the cell nucleus. Nine cases also had HBsAg expression in the cytoplasm. Only one case was found to express HBV core antigen (HBcAg) in the nucleus.@*Conclusions@#HBV DNA and HBsAg can be detected from villi tissues harvested during the first trimester in HBsAg-positive pregnant women, and the results suggest an early occurrence of intrauterine infection of fetuses with high HBV levels.
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Objective To explore the ideal living states and expectations of the elderly residing in Chengdu city,Sichuan Province and the most favorite pension system they want.To provide a theoretical basis for our country to build a suitable pension system and improve the quality of life and happiness of the elderly.Methods Qualitative-quantitative combined methods and convenient sampling were used in this study.The qualitative data with semi-structured in-depth interviews had been obtained from the selected 40 elderly who live in Chengdu,while the quantitative data with the questionnaires were obtained from other 130 elderly.Results Family location,gender,educational background,age had impact on the expected pension system of the elderly(P＜0.05).Conclusion Different elderly have different expectation on the pension system,the current pension system should be reformed according to their expectations.
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Periaxin, a protein of noncompact myelin, is specifically expressed in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). There are two protein isoform L-periaxin and S-Periaxin by alternative splicing of periaxin gene, playing an important role in the initiation of myelin formation. So far, 18 different mutation sites in L-periaxin gene have been found to induce the peripheral demyelinating neurological charcot-marie-tooth diseases subtype 4F (CMT4F). The technique of activation of transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENS) was used to knock out the L-periaxin gene in RSC 96 cell line of Rattus. According to the design principle, the knock-out site of L-periaxin was assured to NLS domain of L-periaxin, which is target sequence of left and right arms of TALEN. The knock-out vectors of TALEN-L and TALEN-R were established and transfected into RSC96 cell. After puromycin screening, L-periaxin was knocked out successfully in RSC96 cell, which is confirmed by DNA sequence. The mutation efficiency is 21.6%. S-periaxin, not L-periaxin can be detected by Western blotting in L-periaxin gene knock-out RSC96 cell. The cell growth rate was decreased and the number of cells in G1 increased and decreased in S phase in L-periaxin gene knock-out RSC96 cell by flow cytometry and MTT assay.
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Animais , Ratos , Linhagem Celular , Doença de Charcot-Marie-Tooth , Genética , Técnicas de Inativação de Genes , Proteínas de Membrana , Genética , Mutação , Isoformas de ProteínasRESUMO
Dry powder inhalers (DPIs) offer distinct advantages as a means of pulmonary drug delivery and have attracted much attention in the field of pharmaceutical science. DPIs commonly contain micronized drug particles which, because of their cohesiveness and strong propensity to aggregate, have poor aerosolization performance. Thus carriers with a larger particle size are added to address this problem. However, the performance of DPIs is profoundly influenced by the physical properties of the carrier, particularly their particle size, morphology/shape and surface roughness. Because these factors are interdependent, it is difficult to completely understand how they individually influence DPI performance. The purpose of this review is to summarize and illuminate how these factors affect drug-carrier interaction and influence the performance of DPIs.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the relationship between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index, weight gain during pregnancy and small for gestational age (SGA) birth so as to provide evidence for the development of comprehensive prevention programs on SGA birth.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Between March, 2012 and July, 2014, 4 754 pregnant women were asked to fill in the questionnaires which were collected from the First Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University. Data related to general demographic characteristics, pregnancy and health status of those pregnant women was collected and maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and maternal weight gain were calculated. Subjects were divided into different groups before the effect of maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and weight gain during pregnancy on SGA birth were estimated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The overall incidence of SGA birth was 9.26% (440/4 754). Proportions of SGA birth from pre-pregnant, underweight group, normal weight group, overweight and obese groups were 9.85%, 8.54% and 9.45%, respectively. Results from multi-factor logistic regression analyses showed that after adjusting the confounding factors as age, history on pregnancies etc., women with high pre-pregnancy BMI showed a lower incidence of SGA than those under normal pre-pregnancy BMI (OR = 0.714, 95% CI: 0.535-0.953). Different weight gains during pregnancy were statistically significant (χ(2) = 8.811, P = 0.012). Incidence of SGA birth that was below the recommended range in the 2009 Institute of Medicine Guidelines (12.20%) was higher than those within (9.23%) or beyond (8.45%) the recommended range. Results from the multi-factor logistic regression analyses showed that, after adjusting the confounding factors as age, pregnancy history etc., factor as weight gain below the recommended level could increase the risk of SGA (OR = 1.999, 95% CI: 1.487-2.685). In the underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese groups, with weight gain during pregnancy below the range, the incidence of SGA showed an increase (OR = 2.558, 95% CI: 1.313-4.981, OR = 1.804, 95% CI: 1.258-2.587, OR = 3.108, 95% CI: 1.237-7.811). There was no interaction of addictive or multiplicative models between these two factors under 'interaction analysis'.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Women with high pre-pregnancy BMI presented a lower incidence of SGA than those within the normal range. Insufficient weight gain during pregnancy could increase the risk of SGA delivery. These findings called for attention to be paid to the gestational weight gain, in order to decrease the risk of SGA.</p>