Cognitive function of remitted schizophrenia patients and their first-degree non-psychotic relatives / 重庆医学

Objective To explore difference of neuropsychological tests between the remitted schizophrenia patients and the first-degree non-psychotic relatives of schizophrenia patients,and to explore the possible endophenotypes in cognitive function.Methods The MATRICSTM consensus cognitive battery was administered to 86 remittent schizophrenia patients (the patient group),86 first-degree non-psychotic relatives of schizophrenia patients (the relative group),and 86 healthy people (the control group).Results Compared with the control group,the patients group and the relative group showed poor performance on trail making test,brief assessment of cognition,hopkins verbal learning,mazes,category fluency,emotional intelligence test and continuous performance test (P＜0.05).There were significantly lower performances in the patient group than the relative groups on hopkins verbal learning,mazes,emotional intelligence test and continuous performance test (P＜0.05).Conclusion The remitted schizophrenia patients and their first-degree non-psychotic relatives have selective deficits in cognition function,among them,verbal leaning,attention/vigilance,reasoning and problem solving and social cognition may be potential endophenotypes for schizophrenia.

Treatment of complications after laparoscopic intersphincteric resection for low rectal cancer / 中华胃肠外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To summarize the perioperative and postoperative complications follow laparoscopic intersphincteric resection (LapISR) in the treatment of low rectal cancer and their management.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>An observational study was conducted in 73 consecutive patients who underwent LapISR for low rectal cancer between June 2011 and February 2016 in our hospital. The clinicopathological parameters, perioperative and postoperative complications, and clinical outcomes were collected from a prospectively maintained database. Perioperative and postoperative complications were defined as any complication occurring within or more than 3 months after the primary operation, respectively.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Forty-nine(67.1%) cases were male and 24(32.9%) were female with a median age of 61(25 to 79) years. The median distance from distal tumor margin to anal verge was 4.0(1.0 to 5.5) cm. The median operative time was 195 (120 to 360) min, median intra operative blood loss was 100 (20 to 300) ml, median number of harvested lymph nodes was 14(3 to 31) per case. All the patients underwent preventive terminal ileum loop stoma. No conversion or hospital mortality was presented. The R0 resection rate was 98.6% with totally negative distal resection margin. A total of 34 complication episodes were recorded in 21(28.8%) patients during perioperative period, and among which 20.6%(7/34) was grade III(-IIII( according to Dindo system. Anastomosis-associated morbidity (16.4%,12/73) was the most common after LapISR, including mucosa ischemia in 9 cases(12.3%), stricture in 7 cases (9.6%, 4 cases secondary to mucosa necrosis receiving anal dilation), grade A fistula in 3 cases (4.1%) receiving conservative treatment and necrosis in 1 case (1.4%) receiving permanent stoma. After a median follow up of 21(3 to 60) months, postoperative complications were recorded in 12 patients (16.4%) with 16 episodes, including anastomotic stenosis (8.2%), rectum segmental stricture (5.5%), ileus (2.7%), partial anastomotic dehiscence (1.4%), anastomotic fistula (1.4%), rectovaginal fistula (1.4%) and mucosal prolapse (1.4%). These patients received corresponding treatments, such as endoscopic transanal resection, anal dilation, enema, purgative, permanent stoma, etc. according to the lesions. Six patients (8.2%) required re-operation intervention due to postoperative complications.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Anastomosis-associated morbidity is the most common after LapISR in the treatment of low rectal cancer in perioperative and postoperative periods, which must be strictly managed with suitable methods.</p>

Risk factors of postoperative urinary retention after rectal cancer surgery / 中华胃肠外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the risk factors of postoperative urinary retention after rectal cancer surgery.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Clinical data of 133 patients with rectal cancer undergoing radical surgery from January 2013 to September 2014 in the General Hospital of the PLA Rocket Force were retrospectively analyzed. Time to the first removal of urinary catheter, incidence of postoperative urinary retention, and time to re-insert indwelling catheter were recorded. Risk factors of urinary retention were analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of 133 patients, 70 were males and 63 were females, with a median age of 62 (20-79) years old. Distance from tumor lower margin to anal verge were ≤5 cm in 58 patients, >5 cm to 10 cm in 41 patients, and >10 cm to 15 cm in 34 patients. The postoperative TNM stage was recorded in 35 patients with stage I(, 34 with stage II(, 59 with stage III( and 5 with stage IIII(. Surgical procedures included anterior resection (AR) for 92 patients, abdominoperineal resection (APR) for 25 patients and intersphincteric resection (ISR) for 16 patients. Laparoscopic approach was performed in 89 patients compared with open operation in 44 patients. Time to the first removal of urinary catheter was 2-7 days after operation (median, 5 days) and 36 (27.1%) patients developed urinary retention. All the 36 patients achieved spontaneous voiding by re-inserting urinary catheter for 2-28 days (median, 6 days). Univariate analysis showed that elderly (>65 years) and laparoscopic approach had significantly higher incidence of urinary retention [37.5%(21/56) vs. 19.5%(15/77), χ=5.333, P=0.021; 34.8%(31/89) vs. 11.4%(5/44), χ=8.214, P=0.004; respectively]. Multivariate logistic analysis demonstrated that old age(OR=3.949, 95%CI:1.622 to 9.612, P=0.002), laparoscopic approach (OR=5.665, 95%CI:1.908 to 16.822, P=0.002), and abdominoperineal resection (OR=3.443, 95%CI:1.199 to 9.887, P=0.022) were independent risk factors of urinary retention after rectal cancer surgery.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Patients undergoing rectal cancer surgery have a high risk of postoperative urinary retention. More attention should be paid to the old patients, especially those undergoing laparoscopic procedure or abdominoperineal resection, to prevent postoperative urinary retention and urinary dysfunction.</p>

Comparative study of neurological soft signs in remittent schizophrenia and non-psychotic first-degree relatives / 中国神经精神疾病杂志

Objective To examine the difference of neurological soft signs (NSS) among the remittent schizophrenia patients,first-degree non-psychotic relatives of schizophrenia patients and healthy controls.Methods The Cambridge Neurological Inventory (CNI) (the Chinese version) was administered to 86 remittent schizophrenia patients (patient group),86 first-degree non-psychotic relatives of schizophrenia patients (relative group) and 86 healthy controls (control group).Results Compared with relative group,NSS total-score,the subscore of motor coordination and sensory integration were significantly higher in patient group (P＜0.01).Compared with control group,NSS total-score,the subscore of motor coordination and sensory integration were significantly higher in patient group (P＜0.01).Compared with control group,NSS total-score and the subscore of motor coordination were significantly higher in relative group (P＜0.01).Conclusions The levels of NSS in remittent schizophrenia patients and their first-degree non-psychotic relatives are higher than normal control,and the patients have more NSS than their relatives.The motor coordination nay be a potential endophenotype for schizophrenia.

Preparation Technology Optimization of Salicylic Acid Drop Pills / 中国药师

Objective:To study the influencing factors in the preparation of salicylic acid dropping pills , and determine the opti-mum preparation process .Methods: The environmental factors , heating temperature , matrix ratio and preparation steps of salicylic acid drop pills were observed .With pill weight difference , dissolution time and appearance quality as the indices , an orthogonal test was adopted to optimize the preparation process .Results:Salicylic acid and the matrix should be separately heated to prevent red ox-ide.The optimized preparation process of drop pills was as follows:the ratio of PEG 400 and PEG 6000 was 1∶5, the temperature of drug solution was 50℃, the dropping distance was 8 cm and the dropping rate was 70 drops per minute .Conclusion:The preparation process is simple and practicable .The pill weight difference , dissolution time and appearance quality all meet the quality require-ments.

Research progress on molecular mechanism of sporadic colorectal cancer / 实用肿瘤学杂志

Colorectal cancer( CRC) is one of the most common tumor,which has complicated pathogene-sis.it is estimated that the vast majority of CRCs is non-hereditarysporadic cancerswith no apparent evidence of an inherited component.Sporadic CRC results from the cumulative effects of multiple genetic and epigenetic al-terations caused by somatic mutations, which may be the indirect result of several environmental factors them-selves.There are at least 3 major genetic alternations that lead to colorectal carcinogenesis:(1)The chromosomal instability(CIN)pathway;(2)The microsatellite instability(MSI)pathway;(3)The cytosine-phospho-guanine ( CpG) island methylator phenotype( CIMP) pathway,while DNA methylation,modifications in histone proteins and microRNAs( miRNAs) are analyzed in the field of epigenetic alterations.This review summarizes the newest bio-molecular progression involved in CRC pathogenesis,for the purpose of improving strategy for prevention,surveil-lance,early diagnosis and therapy.

Construction of prokaryotic expression vector with human autophagy-related LC3 B gene and its activity detection / 军事医学

Objective To construct the prokaryotic expression vector of human autophagy-related LC3B gene,obtain the GST-LC3B recombinant plasmid , purify the GST-LC3B fusion protein and identify its activity in vitro.Methods Human LC3B coding region was amplified from the human mammary gland cDNA by PCR and inserted into the prokaryotic expres -sion vector pGEX-KG.The recombinant plasmid pGEX-KG-LC3B was transformed into E.coli Rossate.The expressed product was purified by GST-Sepharose 4B beads and identified by SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis .The function of the purified protein GST-LC3B was detected by GST pull-down assay.Results About 400 bp of the LC3B coding region was successfully amplified from the mammary gland library by PCR and inserted into pGEX -KG.The result of double diges-tion and sequencing showed that the GST-LC3B recombinant plasmid was successfully obtained .The GST-LC3B fusion pro-tein of about 40 000 (Mr) was successfully purified and identified by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting analysis.GST pull-down assay showed that GST-LC3B could interact with Atg4B, which identified its known function .Conclusion The pro-karyotic expression vector of GST-LC3B is constructed successfully , which will facilitate further research on the function of LC3B in autophagy.

Study on the diferences of gene expression of peripheral blood mononuclear cells between ACCPA+ and ACCPA patients with rheumatoid arthritis / 中华风湿病学杂志

Objective To explore the differences of gene expression of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) between the anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (ACCPA) positive and ACCPA negative patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by microarray analysis.Methods Total RNA was extracted from PBMC of 5 ACCPA positive and ACCPA negative patients with RA,and age-and sex-matched control subjects respectively.Ⅲumina oligonucleotide microarray was used to characterize 47231gene expression profile for each sample.Results Among the target genes,88 differentially expressed genes were identified in RA patients.Fifty-one up-regulated genes and 37 down-regulated genes were found in RA patients compared to those in control subjects (fold change＞1.5).The differential expression of genes were associated with apoptosis,cytokine,signal identification protein,chemotaxis factor etc.There were 20 differential expression genes between the ACCPA positive and ACCPA negative patients with RA,9 up-regulated genes and 11 downregulated genes were found.The differential expression genes were associated with protein biding,,translation control,signal identification protein,cell cycle,metabolism etc.Conclusion There are differential gene expression between the ACCPA positive and ACCPA negative patients with RA.Genes screened from the target such as IFI,KIR,CHI3L1 can provi-de important information for further study and treatment of RA.

Treatment of osteoporosis in men using dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the effect of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) treatment of osteoporosis in men with T(BMD) > or = 2.5SD.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Eighty-six patients were randomly divided into two groups: treatment group (n = 44) and control group (n = 42). DHEAS (100 mg q.d.) was given to the treatment group for 6 months. Bone mineral density, (BMD), biochemical markers of bone absorption and formation and other serum biochemical markers were measured before and after DHEAS treatment. Drug side effects were also evaluated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After oral administration of DHEAS (100 mg q.d.) for 6 months, the serum concentrations of DHEAS and IGF-I in the treatment group were 93.75% +/- 16.1% and 17.71% +/- 4.2% higher respectively than those in the control group (P < 0.01). The BMD of L2, L3, L4, L2 - 4 and Neck sections increased in the treatment group by 2.65% +/- 0.65%, 2.70% +/- 0.48%, 3.10% +/- 0.41%, 2.82% +/- 0.37% and 2.32% +/- 0.31%, respectively, as compared with that the control group (P < 0.05 or 0.01). No significant changes were observed in serum FT, E(2) and PSA concentrations in the treatment group as compared with the control group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The treatment of osteoporosis in men with DHEAS is safe and effective.</p>