Acetylcysteine ; analogs & derivatives ; urine ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Deoxyguanosine ; analogs & derivatives ; urine ; Female ; Furans ; urine ; Humans ; Hydrocarbons, Aromatic ; analysis ; Male ; Occupational Exposure ; analysis ; Young Adult

Objective To evaluate the value of detection of interleukin 28B (IL28B) rs12979860 by allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR) for the prediction of antiviral treatment hepatitis C patients.Methods One hundred seventy-four blood samples were random collected from hospitalized patients with hepatitis C,who came from department of infectious diseases,Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from May 2011 to May 2012.Two pairs of specific primers were designed for rs12979860 gene polymorphisms,and one mutated base was introduced to the second or third site of the end of 3' with the reverse primer.rs12979860 gene polymorphism of 30 cases with hepatitis C was detected by AS-PCR,and gene sequencing was further used to verify the consistency of the two methods in parallel.Then,the frequency distribution of different rs12979860 genotypes with 174 cases were analyzed by the AS-PCR method in the population.Results The genotype CC,CT or TT of rs12979860 with 30 cases could be well identified by both AS-PCR and gene sequencing,and the coincidence rate was 100％ (x2 =60.0,P ＜ 0.01).Compared to gene sequencing,both of the sensitivity and specificity of AS-PCR were 100％.Compared to the control (CC genotype),TT genotype detection sensitivity by AS-PCR was 10-5,while sequencing sensitivity was 2 × 10-1.rs12979860 polymorphism in the TT,CC and CT genotype distribution in the Chinese population frequencies were 3.45％ (6/174),13.2％ (23/174) and 83.3％ (145/174),respectively.Conclusion AS-PCR can quickly,accurate,reliable,economic and efficiently detect IL28B rs12979860 gene polymorphism of hepatitis C in patients,which could predict the effect of antiviral therapy on patients with hepatitis C.

Aim To evaluate the antianginal efficacy of trimetazidine in combination with other regular anti-ischemic drugs in the treatment of stable angina. Methods Twenty-two male cases with stable,effort-induced angina and positive exercise ECG test were treated with trimetazidine for 12 weeks.Exercise ECG test was examined again in the end of the study. Results There were obviously increased in exercise tolerance,total exercise workload after treatment(P

Objective:To evaluate the role of using the double body position CT(DBP-CT)in the staging of advanced gastric cancer.Methods:We performed CT examination in 85 patients with advanced gastric cancer which were divided into the double postion group(55 cases)and the single position group(30 cases),after oral intake water agent.The preoperative CT findings of each group was compared with surgical findings respectively and the accuracy in the CT staging of advanced gastric cancer of each group was estimated.Results:The accuracy in the preoperative CT staging of double position group was 89.09%,and in single postition group was 60%.There was a significant difference(P＜0.05).Conclusion:Our findings show that the DBP-CT is surperior to the single position group in finding lesion,confineing the range of the tumour,and determing the degree of adjacent invasion.It can improve the diagnostic accuracy in the preoperative staging of advanced gastric cancers significantly.

Objective To evaluate the role of different kinds of body positon in the stomach CT scanning.Methods It included 30 normal adults who underwent CT scanning in four differnent kinds of body positions.The relationship between the body position and the image appearence in the each part of stomach has been analysed.Results The results showed that the adjusting of body position was useul in revealing gastric wall and perigastric organs.The best imaging result of fundus ventriculi part of stomach can be obtained with the head down and the feet high position while patients lie on his back.The best body position to reveal corpus ventriculi part is in prone position and the best body position to reveal pars pylorica part is in right lateral position.There is a very significant difference between supine position and the best revealing position of each part of stomach prespectively(?

Objective To determine the sensitivity and specificity of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP antibodies) in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Method A total of 1018healthy donors, 212 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 435 patients with other connective tissue disease were recruited to this study. Anti-CCP antibodies and IgM-rheumatoid factor (RF) were determined by ELISA according to manufacturer instructions, with a cut-off of 20U. Result The frequency of positive anti-CCP antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is 48.1% (n = 102 ), higher than healthy donors (2.6%,n = 26) and patients with other connective tissue diseases (3.7%, n = 16). The specificity of anti-CCP antibodies is 97.4%. The titer of anti-CCP antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (429. 7 U) is much higher than that in healthy donors (29. 3 U ) and patients with other connective tissue diseases (36. 5 U). The frequency of positive IgM-RF in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is 94. 3% whilst only21.5% in healthy donors. The false positivity rate of IgM-RF is higher than anti-CCP antibody. Conclusion Anti-CCP antibodies is a highly specific autoantibody in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.

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ObjectiveTo investigate the application of CT inspection during the recovery period to cerebral infarct patients. Methods53 recurrence cases were taken out from random 100 cases of first reexamination CT films and analyzed while comparing the cases′ recurrence times,contents and the relationship between recurrence times and the original deceases.ResultsThere was no close connection between the rate of cerebral infarct recurrence and recurrence times(P>0.05).But cerebral infarct recurrence mainly appeared within the first year and the recurrence time caused by the presence of hypertension was shorter than the time caused by diabetes(P<0.05).92% cerebral infarct recurrence were cavity cerebral infarct recurrence and 11% were silent brain infarction.Conclusions It is significant for the patients to take CT reexamination within the first recovery year and also important for the no symptom patients.

ObjectiveTo explore the renal functions of vasopressin-deficient Brattleboro(BB) rats by using different concentrated Gadolinium-diethylenetetramine pentaacetic acid(Gd-DTPA) dynamic enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(MRI).MethodsThe study included 14 BB rats(male rats of 3 month-old) and 14 normal male Wistar rats used as control group.Dynamic MRI was performed by using either a low dosage(0.05 mmol/kg) or a high dosage of Gd-DTPA(0.5 mmol/kg).Data of 0-60 min renal cortex,medulla and pelvic were obtained after using contrast medium.MRI of kidneys at different time was analyzed and the mean relative signal intensity(RSI) was measured.Then the RSI curves of different groups were marked.Data of each group were caculated separately by SPSS 11.0 software.ResultsThe findings demonstrated that RSI curves of the vasopressin-deficient kidneys showed different patterns as compared with those of the control group(P