Ultrasonic characteristics and histopathologic comparison of vascular remodeling after carotid balloon injury in rats / 中华超声影像学杂志

Objective:To detect the characteristics of vascular remodeling after carotid balloon injury model in rats using ultrasound biomicroscopy(UBM), and to discuss the application value of UBM technique by comparing ultrasonic characteristics with histopathological results.Methods:Carotid balloon injury was performed in 10-week-old SD rats(11 female and 11 male) by 2F Fogarty balloon catheter. The left common carotid artery(CCA) was injured and the right side in the same animal was used as an uninjured control. Arterial structures and hemodynamics were evaluated pre-procedure and post-procedure at 7, 14 days.The intima-media thickness(IMT) inner diameter, outer diameter, lumen area, vessel area, peak systolic velocity, end diastolic velocity of CCA were measured by UBM, and the vascular resistance index, shear stress and blood flow were calculated to evaluate the vascular hemodynamics. The histological data were obtained by H&E staining in cross-sections at 14 days after balloon injury. The characteristics of arterial structure and hemodynamic changes at various time points were compared, the structural changes of CCA between injured and control side after injury were compared. The Spearman correlation and linear regression were used to test the correlation between ultrasonic and histological measurements 14 days after balloon injury.Results:①Compared with pre-procedure, the IMT at 14 days after balloon injury was increased, the inner diameter was decreased, the shear stress in ultrasound was increased(all P<0.05). H&E staining histological test showed that IMT and neointima area in male rats were larger than those of female rats (all P<0.001). ②After carotid balloon injury, the lumen area decreased, but the CCA underwent compensatory positive remodeling and the vessel area increased. ③Significant correlations were demonstrated between UBM and histology in IMT, inner diameter, outer diameter and vessel area of CCA( rs=0.819, 0.965, 0.896, 0.955; all P<0.001). The vessel area value measured by UBM was larger than that of histology( P=0.006). Conclusions:The CCA of rats can be showed clearly by UBM in males and females. The arterial structure cab be measured by UBM accurately with good correlation with histology, as did arterial hemodynamic parameters, which may be benefit for the study in carotid balloon injury model of rats.

Visualization analysis of helicobacter pylori drug resistance research at home and abroad based on Citespace / 中国医师杂志

Objective:To analyze the research progress and hotspots on drug resistance of helicobacter pylori in China and abroad since 2000, in order to provide theoretical reference and basis for the study of digestive system diseases.Methods:The Chinese and English literature related to helicobacter pylori resistance, which were included in the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database and the Web of Science database, were searched from 2000 to 2021. We imported the retrieved literature into Citespace6.1.R2 software, performed visual analysis on authors, countries and institutions, keywords, cited literature, and drew visual graphs.Results:A total of 2 824 Chinese literature and 1 885 English literature were included. The authors with the highest volume of publications in Chinese and English literature are Hu Fulian and Gisbert JP, respectively. The institutions with the highest volume of publications are the First School of Medicine, Beijing University and the Baylor School of Medicine in the United States. The keywords with high centrality in Chinese literature include clarithromycin, eradication rate, drug resistance, amoxicillin, metronidazole, etc. In the analysis of cited literature, it was observed that the Maastricht Consensus report holds an important position in this field.Conclusions:The use of Citespace visualization analysis has intuitively elucidated the research hotspots on the drug resistance of Helicobacter pylori.

Effect of sugammadex on postoperative nausea and vomiting after surgery for intracranial aneurysm / 中华外科杂志

Objective: To investigate the effect of sugammadex on postoperative nausea and vomiting(PONV) after intracranial aneurysm surgery. Methods: Data from intracranial aneurysms patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria and underwent interventional surgery in the Department of Neurosurgery, Peking University International Hospital from January 2020 to March 2021 were prospectively included. According to the random number table method, the patients were divided by 1∶1 into the neostigmine+atropine group (group N) and the sugammadex group (group S). Use an acceleration muscle relaxation monitor for muscle relaxation monitoring, and administer neostigmine+atropine and sugammadex to block residual muscle relaxation drugs after surgery. The incidence rates of PONV and severity, the appearance of anesthesia, and the correlation between PONV and postoperative complications were recorded in both groups during five periods after surgery: 0-0.5 hours (T1),0.5-2.0 hours(T2),2.0-6.0 hours (T3),6.0-12.0 hours (T4) and 12.0-24.0 hours (T5). Group comparisons of quantitative data were performed by the independent sample t-test, and categorical data was performed by the χ2 or rank sum test. Results: A total of 66 patients were included in the study, including 37 males and 29 female, aged (59.3±15.4) years (range: 18 to 77 years). The incidence rates of PONV of 33 patients in group S at different time periods of T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5 after surgery were respectively 27.3%(9/33),30.3%(10/33),12.1%(4/33),3.0%(1/33),0(0/33),and the incidence rates of PONV of 33 patients in the group N at different time periods of T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 after surgery were respectively 36.4%(12/33),36.4%(12/33),33.3%(11/33),6.1%(2/33) and 0(0/33).The incidence of PONV was lower in the group S only in the T3 period after reversal than in the group N (χ2=4.227, P=0.040).However, there was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of PONV between the two groups of patients in other periods (all P>0.05). The recovery time for spontaneous breathing in patients in group S was (7.7±1.4) minutes, the extubation time was (12.4±5.3) minutes, and the safe exit time for anesthesia recovery was (12.3±3.4) minutes; the N groups were (13.9±2.0) minutes, (18.2±6.0) minutes, and (18.6±5.2) minutes, respectively; three time periods in group S were shorter than those in group N, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). Analysis of the correlation between incidence and severity of PONV in two groups of patients at different periods and postoperative complications showed that only the severity of PONV in the T3 period of the group N was correlated with the incidence of postoperative complications (χ2=24.786,P<0.01);the incidence and severity of PONV during the T4 period were correlated with the incidence of postoperative complications (all P<0.01). There was a correlation between the incidence and severity of PONV in the T3 and T4 periods of group S and the incidence of postoperative complications (all P<0.01). Conclusion: Sugammadex can be used to reverse muscle relaxation in patients undergoing intracranial aneurysm intervention surgery,and it does not have a significant impact on the incidence of PONV, it can also optimize the quality of anesthesia recovery and reduce the incidence of complications after intracranial aneurysm embolization surgery.

The chemical constituents and hypoglycemic activity of alcoholic extract of sea buckthorn leaves / 药学学报

The purpose of this research is to identify the chemical constituents of sea buckthorn leaves extract (SBLE) and explore its hypoglycemic biological activity. SBLE was prepared by hot reflux extraction with 65% ethanol, and its chemical composition was analyzed by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (UHPLC-PDA-MS/MS) system. The animal experiments were compliant with ethical principles for animal use and had been approved by the Animal Experiment Ethics Committee of Jinan University. Mice were injected with streptozocin (STZ) to establish a hyperglycemic animal model, and SBLE (1.5 g·kg-1) was administered by gavage for 5 weeks. The fasting blood glucose (FBG) and oral glucose tolerance were detected. Normal mice were given SBLE (1.5 g·kg-1) by intragastric administration for 10 days, and blood was collected from the tail vein to detect the changes in blood glucose within 120 min after sucrose or starch loading. The mucous membrane of the small intestine of mice was taken to detect the activity of α-glucosidase (AG), and the activity of yeast-derived AG incubated with SBLE was evaluated. The glucose uptake by Caco-2 cells treated with SBLE was detected by fluorescence microscopy and cytometry, and the gene expression of sodium-dependent glucose transporter 1 (SGLT1) and glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2) in Caco-2 cells were detected by real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR). A total of 18 compounds were identified, mainly including tannins and flavonoids. SBLE reduced FBG and increased oral glucose tolerance in STZ hyperglycemic mice. SBLE effectively inhibited the increase of blood glucose caused by starch intake in normal mice. SBLE exerted good inhibitory activity on yeast-derived AG (IC50 = 16.94 μg·mL-1) and small intestinal mucosa AG with an inhibition rate of 15.48%. SBLE (25-100 μg·mL-1) dose-dependently inhibited glucose uptake by Caco-2 cells, and SBLE significantly reduced the mRNA level of SGLT1 without changing the expression of GLUT2. In conclusion, the UHPLC characteristic fingerprint of SBLE is established with 18 chemical components identified by mass spectrometry, and SBLE exerts hypoglycemic effect by inhibiting the activity of AG and the absorption of glucose by intestinal epithelial cells.

Progress in research on pyroptosis and its role in hepatocellular carcinoma / 中国生物制品学杂志

@#Abstract：Pyroptosis is a new programmed cell death mode，which plays a dual role in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma（HCC）. On the one hand，inflammasomes causing pyroptosis and inflammatory mediators released during cell pyroptosis promote the occurrence and development of HCC；On the other hand，pyroptosis can inhibit the proliferation， metastasis and invasion of HCC cells. With the deepening of research，the role of pyroptosis in HCC has become increasingly prominent. This paper reviews the potential effects of pyroptosis on the progression of HCC and its role in anticancer therapy. Keywords：Pyroptosis；Inflammasome；Hepatocellular carcinoma（HCC）；Gasdermin D（GSDMD）

MF-SuP-pKa: Multi-fidelity modeling with subgraph pooling mechanism for pKa prediction

Acid-base dissociation constant (pKa) is a key physicochemical parameter in chemical science, especially in organic synthesis and drug discovery. Current methodologies for pKa prediction still suffer from limited applicability domain and lack of chemical insight. Here we present MF-SuP-pKa (multi-fidelity modeling with subgraph pooling for pKa prediction), a novel pKa prediction model that utilizes subgraph pooling, multi-fidelity learning and data augmentation. In our model, a knowledge-aware subgraph pooling strategy was designed to capture the local and global environments around the ionization sites for micro-pKa prediction. To overcome the scarcity of accurate pKa data, low-fidelity data (computational pKa) was used to fit the high-fidelity data (experimental pKa) through transfer learning. The final MF-SuP-pKa model was constructed by pre-training on the augmented ChEMBL data set and fine-tuning on the DataWarrior data set. Extensive evaluation on the DataWarrior data set and three benchmark data sets shows that MF-SuP-pKa achieves superior performances to the state-of-the-art pKa prediction models while requires much less high-fidelity training data. Compared with Attentive FP, MF-SuP-pKa achieves 23.83% and 20.12% improvement in terms of mean absolute error (MAE) on the acidic and basic sets, respectively.

Research progress on the detection methods and their application in ferroptosis / 药学学报

Ferroptosis is a novel type of cell death, which is distinguished from the traditional cell death pathways such as apoptosis, proptosis, necrosis and autophagy in terms of morphology, biochemistry and genetics. The main features of ferroptosis are the iron accumulation and lipid peroxidation. The regulation mechanism of ferroptosis involves glutathione metabolism, lipid peroxidation reactions and iron metabolism, which are closely related to the pathological process of tumor, aging, neurodegenerative diseases, ischemia reperfusion injury, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, kidney injury, hepatic fibrosis and so on. How to effectively study the role of ferroptosis regulation mechanism in the treatment of diseases becomes the hot spot and focus of the ferroptosis research. In recent years, with the in-depth study of ferroptosis, the identification, confirmation and the mechanism of ferroptosis have been developed significantly and have come forth continuously, in the meantime, techniques based on the morphology, biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics have been widely applied in the detection of ferroptosis. In order to deepen readers' understanding of ferroptosis and its detection methods, this paper will mainly review the current research progress on the detection methods and their application in ferroptosis, summarize and discuss their advantages and disadvantages in the detection of ferroptosis, this knowledge are crucial for better understanding and studying the biological function of ferroptosis.

Effect of naringenin on natural killer cell cytotoxicity against hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vitro and its mechanism / 临床肝胆病杂志

Objective To investigate the effect of naringenin on the killing rate of natural killer (NK) cells and related mechanism by amplification of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells into NK cells in vitro and co-culture with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) CLC5 cells at a ratio of 1∶ 1. Methods A lymphocyte separation medium was used to isolate human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, which were induced with recombinant human interleukin-2 in vitro to culture NK cells. CCK-8 assay was used to measure the proliferation of HCC cells after human HCC cells were treated with naringenin (0, 3.125, 6.25, 12.5, 25, and 50 μmol/L) for 0, 24, and 48 hours, and after human NK cells were treated with different concentrations of naringenin for 24 hours, CCK-8 assay was used to measure the proliferation of NK cells. CellTiter-LumiTM was used to measure the killing rate of NK cells after the NK-HCC cell co-culture system at the ratio of 1∶ 1 was treated with naringenin for 24 hours. Quantitative real-time PCR was used to measure the gene expression of the activating receptor NKG2D in NK cells and NKG2D ligands in HCC cells. A one-way analysis of variance was used for comparison of continuous data between multiple groups, and the least significant difference t -test was used for further comparison between two groups. Results After being induced and cultured by recombinant human interleukin-2, NK cells were amplified to 82.33%±0.70% of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. After naringenin treatment for 24 hours, there was no significant difference in the proliferation rate of HCC CLC5 cells between all mass concentration groups (all P > 0.05), and in the 25 and 50 μmol/L mass concentration groups, naringenin significantly promoted the proliferation of NK cells (both P 0.05); it significantly upregulated the expression of the NKG2D ligands such as ULBP1 and ULBP3 in HCC cells (all P < 0.001). Conclusion Naringenin may increase the killing activity of NK cells by upregulating the expression of NKG2D ligands in HCC cells.

Impact of preoperative anemia on perioperative blood transfusion and outcomes in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery / 中国输血杂志

【Objective】 To explore the relationship between preoperative anemia and perioperative red blood cell (RBC) transfusion and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery. 【Methods】 The clinical data, laboratory findings, blood transfused and outcomes data of 493 patients who underwent mitral valve surgery in Fuwai Hospital in 2017 were collected by blood transfusion management system and retrospectively analyzed by SPSS. The patients were divided into anemia group (n=34, male Hb<120 g/L and female Hb<110 g/L) and non-anemia group (n=459) .The measurement data were statistically analyzed with t test or rank sum test, and enumeration data by Fisher test and Chi-square test, and then all analyzed by binary logistics regression. 【Results】 The incidence of anemia before mitral valve surgery was 6.90% (34/493). Perioperative erythrocyte dosage (U) (median), erythrocyte transfusion rate, ICU stay time (d) (median) and hospital mortality rate(%) in anemia group and non-anemia group were 4.00 vs 0.00 (OR: 2.55, 95% CI: 1.70~3.40, P<0.05), 67.65% vs 21.35% (OR: 12.98, 95% Cl: 5.21~31.15, P<0.05), 2.50 vs 2.00 (B: 0.71, 95% Cl: 0.08~1.33, P<0.05) and 5.88 vs 0.22(P<0.05)respectively. 【Conclusion】 Preoperative anemic is independently associated with perioperative RBC transfusion in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery, and may increase ICU length of stay and hospital mortality.

Inhibitory Effect of Sangsuyin on Airway Inflammation in Asthmatic Rats by Regulating TLR4 Pathway / 中国实验方剂学杂志

Objective:To investigate the inhibitory effect of Sangsuyin on airway inflammation in asthmatic rats by regulating the Toll-like receptor 4 （TLR4） pathway. Method:Forty-eight SD rats were randomly divided into a normal group （<italic>n</italic>=8） and an experimental group （<italic>n</italic>=40）. Asthma model was induced in the rats of the experimental group which were further divided into the following five groups according to a random number table： a model group， a dexamethasone group （0.005 g·kg^-1），and low- （2.1 g·kg^-1）， medium- （4.2 g·kg^-1）， and high-dose （8.4 g·kg^-1） Sangsuyin groups. The drugs were all dissolved in normal saline at 0.01 L·kg^-1. The rats in the model group and the normal group received normal saline （<italic>ig</italic>） at 0.01 L·kg^-1. The drug treatment was carried out once per day， for a total of 7 days. The grades of allergic reactions were compared among the groups after intervention. The levels of interleukin-1<italic>β</italic> （IL-1<italic>β</italic>），tumor necrosis factor-<italic>α</italic>（TNF-<italic>α</italic>）， and interferon-<italic>γ</italic>（IFN-<italic>γ</italic>） in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid （BALF） were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay （ELISA）. Hematoxylin-eosin （HE） staining was used to observe the pathological changes of lung tissues，and the inflammatory cell infiltration scores of lung tissues were compared. The mRNA expression of TLR4 and nuclear factor-<italic>κ</italic>B （NF-<italic>κ</italic>B） was detected by quantitative real-time fluorescence-based reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction （Real-time PCR）. The expression of TLR4，NF-<italic>κ</italic>B， and the level of phosphorylated NF-<italic>κ</italic>B （p-NF-<italic>κ</italic>B） were detected by Western blot. Result:The success rate of modeling was 95.00%. Compared with the normal group， the model group showed a higher grade of allergic reaction and more severe pathological changes of lung tissues，and the groups with drug intervention exhibited relieved conditions. The levels of IL-1<italic>β</italic> and TNF-<italic>α</italic> in the serum and BALF were higher in the model group than in the normal group，and lower in the groups with drug intervention than in the model group （<italic>P</italic><0.01）. The level of IFN-<italic>γ</italic> in the serum and BALF was lower in the model group than in the normal group，and higher in the groups with drug intervention than in the model group （<italic>P</italic><0.05，<italic>P</italic><0.01）. The inflammatory cell infiltration score，mRNA and protein expression of TLR4 and NF-<italic>κ</italic>B，and the mRNA level of p-NF-<italic>κ</italic>B were higher in the model group than in the normal group，and lower in the groups with drug intervention than in the model group （<italic>P</italic><0.01）. Conclusion:Sangsuyin could inhibit allergic reactions，lung tissue lesions， and airway inflammation in asthmatic rats. It is speculated that this effect is achieved by inhibiting the TLR4 pathway，down-regulating the mRNA and protein expression of TLR4 and NF-<italic>κ</italic>B，and reducing the level of p-NF-<italic>κ</italic>B.angsuyin can inhibit allergic reaction，lung tissue lesions and airway inflammation in asthmatic rats. It is speculated that this effect is achieved by inhibiting TLR4 pathway，down regulating the mRNA and protein expression of TLR4，NF-<italic>κ</italic>B，and reducing the levels of p-NF-<italic>κ</italic>B.

Inhibitory effects of baicalein against herpes simplex virus type 1

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a ubiquitous and widespread human pathogen, which gives rise to a range of diseases, including cold sores, corneal blindness, and encephalitis. Currently, the use of nucleoside analogs, such as acyclovir and penciclovir, in treating HSV-1 infection often presents limitation due to their side effects and low efficacy for drug-resistance strains. Therefore, new anti-herpetic drugs and strategies should be urgently developed. Here, we reported that baicalein, a naturally derived compound widely used in Asian countries, strongly inhibited HSV-1 replication in several models. Baicalein was effective against the replication of both HSV-1/F and HSV-1/Blue (an acyclovir-resistant strain)

Effect of Indirubin and Sheng-Xue-Xiao-Ban Capsule (SXXBC) on Promoting Peripheral Platelet in ITP Model Mice / 中国实验血液学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To compare the effect of Sheng-Xue-Xiao-Ban Capsule (SXXBC) and indirubin to the peripheral platelets of the Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) model mouse.@*METHODS@#The ITP mouse model was established by the method of passive immunization. SXXBC and indirubin were used for intervention treatment. Then the hemorrhagic phenomena of ITP mice were observed and the numbers of peripheral platelets, hemoglobin and white blood cells, bone marrow megakaryocytes and their classification and coagulation function were detected and compared.@*RESULTS@#The improvement rate of hemorrhage in SXXBC group was 40% for small dose, 60% for medium dose and 80% for high dose, while the improvement rate of hemorrhage in indirubin group was 30% for small dose, 50% for medium dose and 60% for high dose. There was no statistically significant difference in the improvement rate of hemorrhage between the two groups (P＞0.05). Compared with the model control group, PLT and Hb increased in different doses of SXXBC and indirubin group 4th-8th day after drug intervention (P＜0.05, 0.01). However, there was no significant difference between the different doses of SXXBC group and indirubin group (P＞0.05). Compared with the model control group, the WBC in each group was significantly lower (P＜0.05, 0.01) on the 4th-8th day after drug intervention; However, there was no statistical significance between the two groups of SXXBC and indirubin (P＞0.05). Compared with the model control group, the total number of megakaryocytes in each treatment group were decreased (P＜0.05, P＜0.01), in which the number of primary megakaryocytes in the large and medium dose groups of SXXBC and indirubin were decreased (P＜0.05, 0.01), and the number of juvenile megakaryocytes in the large dose group of SXXBC and indirubin were also decreased (P＜0.05). The number of granular megakaryocytes were decreased in each intervention groups (P＜0.05, 0.01), and the number of thromocytogenic megakaryocyte was increased in the high and medium dose groups of SXXBC and indirubin (P＜0.01). The time of prothrombin was shortened in the high and medium dose groups of SXXBC and indirubin (P＜0.05), and the fibrinogen (FIB) content in the high and medium dose groups of SXXBC was close to that of the normal control group.@*CONCLUSION@#Both of the SXXBC and the indirubin standard all show good hemostatic effects. Indirubin shows a positive effect on increasing the peripheral platelet and hemoglobin in ITP model mice, regulating the immune response, reducing the total number of bone marrow megakaryocytes, increasing the thromocytogenic megakaryocyte, and increasing coagulation function.

Implant Placement Using Palatal Bone in Patients with Severe Maxillary Alveolar Bone Defect: Case Series Study

Purpose@#The purpose of this case study series was to introduce successful implant cases that used the palatal bone in patients with severe maxillary alveolar bone atrophy or defects.Case Presentation: In this case series study, a total of four patients underwent implant placement in the palatal bone of the maxilla. A total of 6 implants were installed using the palatine bone. The patients’ ages ranged from 40 to 73 years with an average age of 63.5 years. The patients had maxillary sinus-related diseases, such as maxillary sinusitis, oroantral fistula, and dentigerous cysts, prior to implantation. To achieve initial stability, the implants were placed on the palatal side, and buccally tilted. The average postoperative recovery period was 8 months. No postoperative complications occurred in any of the cases, and the approach was used without reported issues. @*Conclusion@#Implant treatment by securing the initial fixation in the palatal bone is a good alternative when an implant must be installed in a patient who requires extensive and invasive bone graft.

Impact of Non-Calcified Specimen Pathology on the Underestimation of Malignancy for the Incomplete Retrieval of Suspicious Calcifications Diagnosed as Flat Epithelial Atypia or Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia by Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy

Objective@#Stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) is considered a reliable alternative to surgical biopsy for suspicious calcifications. In most cases, the management of flat epithelial atypia (FEA) and atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) after VABB with residual calcifications requires surgical excision. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of pathology of non-calcified specimens on the underestimation of malignancy. @*Materials and Methods@#We retrospectively reviewed 1147 consecutive cases of stereotactic VABB of suspicious calcifications without mass from January 2010 to December 2016 and identified 46 (4.0%) FEA and 52 (4.5%) ADH cases that were surgically excised for the retrieval of residual calcifications. Mammographic features and pathology of the calcified and non-calcified specimens were reviewed. @*Results@#Seventeen specimens (17.3%) were upgraded to malignancy. Mammographic features associated with the underestimation of malignancy were calcification extent (> 34.5 mm: odds ratio = 6.059, p = 0.026). According to the pathology of calcified versus non-calcified specimens, four risk groups were identified: Group A (ADH vs. high-risk lesions), Group B (ADH vs. non-high-risk lesions), Group C (FEA vs. high-risk lesions), and Group D (FEA vs. non-high-risk lesions). The lowest underestimation rate was observed in Group D (Group A vs. Group B vs. Group C vs. Group D: 35.0% vs. 20.0% vs.15.0% vs. 3.6%, p = 0.041, respectively). @*Conclusion@#Considering that the calcification extent and pathology of non-calcified specimens may be beneficial in determining the likelihood of malignancy underestimation, excision after FEA or ADH diagnosis by VABB is required, except for the diagnoses of FEA coexisting without atypia lesions in non-calcified specimens.

Implant Placement Using Palatal Bone in Patients with Severe Maxillary Alveolar Bone Defect: Case Series Study

Purpose@#The purpose of this case study series was to introduce successful implant cases that used the palatal bone in patients with severe maxillary alveolar bone atrophy or defects.Case Presentation: In this case series study, a total of four patients underwent implant placement in the palatal bone of the maxilla. A total of 6 implants were installed using the palatine bone. The patients’ ages ranged from 40 to 73 years with an average age of 63.5 years. The patients had maxillary sinus-related diseases, such as maxillary sinusitis, oroantral fistula, and dentigerous cysts, prior to implantation. To achieve initial stability, the implants were placed on the palatal side, and buccally tilted. The average postoperative recovery period was 8 months. No postoperative complications occurred in any of the cases, and the approach was used without reported issues. @*Conclusion@#Implant treatment by securing the initial fixation in the palatal bone is a good alternative when an implant must be installed in a patient who requires extensive and invasive bone graft.

Epidemiological characteristics of acupuncturists who are sensitive to stimulation of moxa smoke: a face-to-face sectional survey based on 733 participants / 中国针灸

OBJECTIVE@#To explore the epidemiologic characteristics of acupuncturists who are sensitive to stimulation of moxa smoke, which could provide further direction for safety protection of exerting moxibustion and to further verify the feasibility of internet survey.@*METHODS@#A self-made questionnaire regarding body response to moxa smoke was established, which was used to conduct a face-to-face survey among acupuncturists who had performed long-term moxibustion. The Logistic regression model was used to analyze the factors affecting the stimulation response of acupuncturists and the epidemiological characteristics of acupuncturists was obtained.@*RESULTS@#A total of 733 valid data was obtained. The multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that the history of chronic respiratory disease was the main risk factor of stimulus response including cough, phlegm in the throat, asthma, dyspnea, shortness of breath and nasal dryness after exposure to moxa smoke (<0.05, <0.01). The risk of stimulus response such as cough, tearing and nasal dryness was higher in women than in men (<0.05, <0.01). The risk of dry eyes and eyes pain in smokers was higher than those in non-smokers (<0.05). The risk of shortness of breath in those who were exposed to second-hand smoke was higher than those who were not exposed to second-hand smoke (<0.05). The analysis of index trend line showed that the results of internet survey were similar to those of face-to-face survey.@*CONCLUSION@#The stimulus response of acupuncturist after long-term exposure to moxa smoke is related to the history of chronic respiratory disease, being female, smoking or exposure of second-hand smoke, therefore more attention should be paid to those populations. In addition, the internet survey can be used for the epidemiological investigation of safety of moxa smoke.

Fractures of implant fixtures: a retrospective clinical study / 대한악안면성형재건외과학회지

Background@#The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors that may affect implant fixture fractures. @*Methods@#Patients who experienced implant fixture removal at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital from 2007 to 2015 due to implant fixture fracture were included. Implant/crown ratio, time of implant fracture, clinical symptoms before implant fracture, treatment of fractured implants, and the success and survival rate of the replaced implants were evaluated retrospectively. @*Results@#Thirteen implants were fractured in 12 patients. Patient mean age at the time of fracture was 59.3 years. Of the 13 implants, 7 implants were placed at our hospital, and 6 were placed at a local clinic. The mean crown/ implant ratio was 0.83:1. The clinical symptoms before fracture were screw loosening in five implants, marginal bone loss in five implants, and the presence of peri-implant diseases in five implants. All the fractured implants were removed, and 12 out of the 13 sites were re-implanted. Parafunctions were observed in two patients: one with bruxism and one with attrition due to a strong chewing habit. @*Conclusions@#Several clinical symptoms before the fracture of an implant can predict implant fixture failure. Therefore, if these clinical symptoms are observed, appropriate treatments can be taken before more serious complications result.

A clinical analysis of neurobehavioral development within one year after birth in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia / 中国当代儿科杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To study the effect of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) on neurobehavioral development within one year after birth in preterm infants.@*METHODS@#A retrospective analysis was performed for the preterm infants with a gestational age of 0.05). Based on the Gesell Developmental Scale, compared with the non-BPD group, the BPD group had significantly lower global developmental quotient (DQ) and DQs of fine motor, adaptive behavior, and personal-social behavior at the corrected gestational ages of 3, 6, and 12 months (P0.05). The mental development index at the corrected gestational age of 3 months was significantly higher than that at the corrected gestational ages of 6 and 12 months in both groups (P<0.001).@*CONCLUSIONS@#Preterm infants with BPD have delayed neurodevelopment within one year after birth compared with those without BPD, which should be taken seriously in clinical practice.

Application of OCTA in fundus examination and its relationship with ocular axis in adolescents / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

@#AIM: To study the relationship between optical coherence tomography angiography(OCTA)and eye axis in adolescents.<p>METHODS: Prospective non-randomized clinical study. The clinical data of 33 cases(66 eyes)were collected and analyzed. All the subjects underwent naked vision, diopter, corrected visual acuity, axial measurement and OCT examination. SPSS 19.0 software was used to analyze the relationship between the results of OCTA and the eye axis.<p>RESULTS: The mean axial length was(24.46±1.50)mm, the mean vascular density in macular area was(47.88±2.56)%, and the mean thickness of nerve fiber layer in macular area was(278.61±15.08)μm. The mean perioptic vessel density was(57.79±2.99)%, and the mean capillary density was(53.08±3.49)%. There was a negative correlation between the length of the eye axis and the thickness of the nerve fiber layer in the macular area(<i>P=</i>0.006), but there was no correlation between the axial length and the other results.<p>CONCLUSION: There was a negative correlation between the thickness of nerve fiber layer in macular area and the eye axis, but there was no correlation between the blood vessel density and the eye axis in the detection of fundus OCTA in adolescents.

Correlation between clinicopathological features and BRAF~(V600E) Egene mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma / 中国实用外科杂志

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the correlation between clinicopathological features and BRAF~(V600E) gene mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma(PTC). METHODS: The data of 290 cases of PTC admitted from August 2016 to May 2018 in Beijing Tongren Hospital,Capital Medical University were analyzed retrospectively. All the cases of PTC were examined by BRAF~(V600E) immunohistochemistry after operation. Mutation positive group included 192 cases. Mutation negative group included 59 cases and partial mutation group included 39 cases. The cases of partial mutantion were excluded. The clinicopathological differences between the two groups were compared. RESULTS: By statistical analysis,there was a statistical difference between two groups in the invasion of the capsule(P<0.05). In the two groups(microcarcinoma and non-microcarcinoma),there was the same result.There was no statistical difference in other indexes. CONCLUSION: In patients with PTC,BRAF~(V600E) gene mutation is not associated with the clinicopathological features of the PTC. Patients with non-BRAF~(V600E) gene mutations are more likely to invade the membranes of microcarcinomas and non-microcarcinomas.