Objective To investigate the association between Helicobacter pylori(H. pylori) infection and Autoimmune thyroid diseases (ATDs). Methods The literatures on the association of H. pylori with ATDs were retrieved by searching databases from the inception of each da?tabase to October 2015. Data extraction and quality assessment were completed by two authors. Meta analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3 software,calculating the odds ratio and 95%confidence interval. Results Twelve papers were included for the meta?analysis. The total sample size was 1 615,with 918 cases and 697 controls,respectively. Compared with the controls,H.pyloriinfection significantly increased the risk of auto?immune thyroid diseases development with a pooled of[OR=1.86,95%CI(1.18,2.94)]. H.Pylori?CagA infection significantly increased the risk of autoimmune thyroid diseases development with a pooled of[OR=2.66,95%CI(1.61,4.41)]. H. pylori infection is associated with Graves dis?ease[OR=3.37,95%CI(1.90?5.97)]and Hashimoto′s thyroiditis[OR=1.83,95%CI(1.22,2.76)]. The results of publication bias and sensitivi?ty analysis confirmed the reliability and stability of this meta analysis. Conclusion H. pylori infection may be associated with an increased risk of developing the autoimmune thyroid diseases.

Objective To investigate the factors related to healing of severe diabetic foot gangrene (Wagner 4 class above) infected with pan-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa,and to guide clinical treatment.Methods Forty-nine hospitalized patients with diabetic foot gangrene (Wagner 4 class above) from January 2009 to July 2014 were enrolled.The affected foot wound secretion culture was pan-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.According to the wound healing time,they were divided into wound healing group (26 cases,healing time ≤ 3 months) and wound un-healing group (23 cases,healing time ＞ 3 months).The general information,clinical indicators and treatment between two groups were compared,and the factors related to healing was analyzed by multi-factor unconditioned Logistic regression analysis.Results Compared with those in wound un-healing group,the blood flow volume of dorsal artery of affected foot and negative pressure attraction rate in wound healing group were higher:(43.59 ± 2.71) ml/min vs.(23.14 ± 5.39) ml/min,76.9％ (20/26) vs 47.8％(11/23),and the urinary micro-albumin was lower:(67.01 ± 3.32) mg/L vs.(234.03 ± 6.71) mg/L.There were significant differences (P ＜ 0.05 or ＜ 0.01).Multi-factor unconditioned Logistic regression analysis showed that the factors related to healing of severe diabetic foot gangrene infected with pan-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa were the blood flow volume of dorsal artery of affected foot (regression coefficient was-5.551,P =0.001),urinary micro-albumin (regression coefficient was 0.127,P =0.007) and negative pressure attraction (regression coefficient was-2.244,P =0.042).Conclusion The blood flow volume of dorsal artery of affected foot,urinary micro-albumin,negative pressure attraction are the factors related to healing of severe diabetic foot gangrene infected with pan-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Objective To make a cross-sectional assessment of the morbidity of lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) in inpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to analyze its risk factors,thus providing evidence for its clinical prevention.Methods We enrolled 664 inpatients with T2DM from June 2012 to June 2013 and collected clinical data,including age,gender,duration of diabetes,body mass index,smoking,fasting & postprandial blood glucose levels,glycosylated hemoglobin,serum lipids,renal function,fibrinogen,neck ultrasonography,lower extremity vascular ultrasound,ankle brachial index and treatment records.Logistic multiple regression analysis was conducted to identify risk factors for LEAD.Results A total of 247 cases met the diagnostic criteria for LEAD,with morbidity reaching to 37.2％.The percentages of morbidity in patients with different durations of diabetes were:23.12％ (≤ 5 years),27.95％ [(5 10) years],38.71％ [(1015) years],51.16％ [(15-20) years],62.34％ (≥ 20 years).The differences were statistically significant (P＜0.05).Of the patients in the LEAD group,73.2 ％ were treated with antihypertensive medications and 54.6％ were treated with statins.The goal attainment rates for total cholesterol,lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol,high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides were 56.3％,39.3％,47.4％ and 61.5％,respectively,in the LEAD group and 45.1％,34.5％,35％,and 49.4％,respectively,in the non-LEAD group.With the exception of the rates for low density lipoprotein cholesterol,the rates between the two groups are statistically significant (P＜0.05).Significant differences in age,BMI,blood pressure,coronary heart disease,cerebrovascular disease,carotid intima-media thickness,carotid artery plaque,and carotid artery stenosis were also observed between the two groups (P＜0.05 for all parameters).Logistic multiple regression analysis revealed that age,history of diabetes,cerebrovascular disease,carotid artery plaque,and carotid artery stenosis were risk factors for LEAD.Conclusions The morbidity of LEAD is 37.2％ in type 2 diabetic patients.Age,history of diabetes,cerebrovascular disease,carotid artery plaque,and carotid artery stenosis are risk factors for LEAD,while traditional risk factors for atherosclerosis,including hypertension,levels of cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol,smoking,and non-drug intervention,are risk factors for LEAD in type 2 diabetic patients.

Objective To establish a diagnostic scoring system for coronary artery disease(CAD)in patients with diabetic foot(DF)and evaluate its application efficiency. Methods The clinical data of 445 DF inpatients were analyzed retrospectively in this case?control study. These patients were divided into the CAD group(n=372,DF with CAD)and the control group(n=73,DF without CAD)according to the presence or absence of CAD. Risk factors were screened from related clinical factors examined through multiple logistic regression analysis for CAD in patients with DF and were assigned according to odds ratio(OR)to establish the scoring system for diagnosis of CAD in patients with DF. Application efficiency of the di?agnostic scoring system was tested by calculating area under the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve. Results The multiple logistic re?gression analysis showed that risk factors for CAD in patients with DF were age,male sex,the duration of diabetes≥10 years,the ankle?brachial in?dex(ABI)≤0.9,body mass index(BMI)≥25 kg/m2 and chronic renal insufficiency. According to ORassigned age(<50 years=0,50?64 years=1,≥65 years=2),sex(female=0,male=2),the duration of diabetes(<10 years=0,≥10 years=3),ABI(>0.9=0,≤0.9=2),BMI(<25 kg/m2=0,≥25 kg/m2=3)and chronic renal insufficiency(absent=0,present=3)scores. Area under the ROC curve of the diagnostic score scheme was 0.758(0.682?0.835),the standard error was 0.039,and the point of the diagnosis of CAD was 7. Conclusion The scoring system established in the study is efficacious,simple and practical,which provides an important reference for CAD in patients with DF.

Objective To investigate the clinical effects and indications of the vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) in the treatment of severe diabetic foot gangrene.Methods We randomly recruited 60 cases,who had suffered from diabetic foot gangrene(DFG) at the grade of 3 -5,according to Wagner scale into VSD treatment groups and treated them with VSD methods.At the same time,62 DFG cases who had given routine drainage treatment one year ago were retrospectively analyzed as control group.The observed items included the wound healing time,number of dressing,outcome of treatment ( healing rate),the average days in hospital,total expenses of hospitalization and so on.Results The wound healing time of VSD treatment group and routine treatment group were ( 30.5 ± 6.8 ) days and ( 53.8 ± 5.5 ) days,respectively ( t =2.636,P ＜ 0.01 ).The numbers of dressing were( 15.0 ± 4.7) days and ( 29.5 ± 6.1 ) days,respectively ( t =2.374,P ＜ 0.01 ).The healing rates were 96.7％ (58/60) and 87.1％ (54/62),respectively(P ＜0.01 ).The average period in hospitalization were (20.1 ± 3.5 ) days and ( 36.5 ± 4.6 ) days,respectively ( t =2.564,P ＜ 0.01 ).Total expenses of hospitalization were(20 155.6 ± 153.8) yuan RMB and(41 465.5 ± 146.6) yuan RMB,respectively(t =2.873,P ＜0.01 ).All the differences were statistically significant.Conclusion The VSD method is effective for the treatment of severe diabetic foot gangrene(DFG).It is able to reduce the time of wound healing significantly,increase the healing rate,shorten the hospitalization period and cut the general expenses during hospitalization.It' s an effective method for the treatment of DFG.

Objective To explore the risk factors for lower extremity amputation in patients with diabetic foot.Methods The clinical data of 1 771 patients with diabetic foot at the Air Force General Hospital of PLA from November 2001 to April 2015 were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into the non-amputation and amputation groups.Within the amputation group , subjects were further divided into the minor and major amputation subgroups.Binary logistic regression analyses were used to assess the association between risk factors and lower extremity amputation.Results Among 1 771 patients with diabetic foot , 323 of them ( 18.24%) were in the amputation group ( major amputation: 41; minor amputation:282 ) and 1 448 ( 81.76%) in the non-amputation group.Compared with non-amputation patients, those in the amputation group had a longer hospital stay and higher estimated glomerular filtration rate(eGFR)levels.Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), C-reaction protein (CRP), ESR, ferritin, fibrinogen and WBC levels of the amputation group were higher , while hemoglobin albumin, transferrin, TC, TG, HDL-C and LDL-C were lower than those of the non-amputation group (all P<0.05 ).The proportion of hypertension ( 52.48% vs 59.98%) , peripheral vascular disease ( PAD ) (68.11% vs 25.04%), and coronary heart disease (21.33% vs 28.71%) were different between the amputation and non-amputation groups (all P<0.05).Multivariable logistic regression analyses showed that Wagner′s grade , PAD and CRP were the independent risk factors associated with lower extremity amputation in hospitalized patients with diabetic foot.Conclusion Wagner′s grade, ischemia of lower limbs and infection are closely associated with amputation of diabetic foot patients.

Objective To investigate the metabolic characteristics,body composition and dietary intake in elderly sarcopenia patients with type 2 diabetes(T2DM).Methods A total of 652 T2DM patients(327 males and 325 females)aged over 60 years were selected from endocrinology department of nine different hospitals in Beijing.Body composition was measured by bioimpedance analysis,and the appendicular skeletal mass index(ASMI)was calculated.Sarcopenia was defined as body height-adjusted skeletal muscle mass (ASMI)below the lower quintile of the young reference group.The diagnostic cutoff points for sarcopenia were 7.18 kg/m2 for men and 5.73 kg/m2 for women.All patients were divided into the sarcopenia group versus the control group(below vs.not below 7.18 kg/m2 for men and 5.73 kg/m2 for women).The anthropometric parameters,body composition,biochemical laboratory results and dietary intake were compared between the two groups.The blood glucose target levels were less than 7 mmol/L of fasting plasma glucose(FPG)or less than 7％ of haemoglobin A1c(HbA1c).The obesity ratio was calculated according to body fat percentage more than 25％ in men and more than 30％ in women as obesity.Results There were 116 (17.8％)patients in the sarcopenia group (men/women,82/34),and 536 (82.2 ％) patients in the control group (men/women,245/291).Age was higher in the sarcopenia group than in the control group(t =4.385,P =0.000),and body mass index and waist hip ratio(WHR)were lower in the sarcopenia group than in the control group(t =11.724 and 4.173,P=0.000 and 0.000).FPG[(7.5±2.4) mmol/L vs.(8.5±2.5)mmol/L,t =-3.450,P=0.001]and HbA1c[(7.0±1.6) ％ vs.(8.2± 1.7) ％,t =-5.745,P =0.000] were higher in male sarcopenia group than in male control group.The control rate of FPG (127.0％ or 51.8％ vs.27.0％ or 32.9％,x2=8.817,P=0.003)and HbA1c(131.0％ or 53.5％ vs.23.0％ or 28.0％,x2 =15.934,P=0.000)were lower in the sarcopenia group than in the control group.The red blood cell counts,hemoglobin and serum albumin levels,estimated glomerular filtr ationrate(eGFR)were lower in male sarcopenia group than in the male control group(P＜0.05).eGFR was lower in female sarcopenia group than in female control group(t =4.090,P =0.000).Both in men and women,ASMI,grip power,fatless circumference on upper arm,bone mineral content and basal metabolic rate were lower in the sarcopenia group than in the control group(P＜0.05).The total daily intake of energy,carbohydrate,protein and fat were lower in male sarcopenia group than in male control group(P＜ 0.05).Conclusions Compared with the control group,sarcopenia patients are older with worse glycemic control and lower levels of BMI,WHR,renal function,muscle mass and muscle strength.Sarcopenia patients are more prone to osteoporosis.Furthermore,they have poorer nutritional status with an imbalance of dietary intake.Appropriate increase of protein especially high quality protein intake should be recommended to sarcopenia patients with T2DM.

A whole-cell catalyst using Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) as a host, expressing L- threonine dehydratase from Escherichia coli, and co-expressing leucine dehydrogenase from Bacillus cereus and glucose dehydrogenase from Bacillus subtilis for cofactor regeneration, was constructed and used for one-pot production of L-2-aminobutyric acid (L-ABA) and D- gluconic acid from L-threonine and D-glucose. We used shake-flask culture to study the whole-cell catalytic condition including temperature, pH, proper permeabilization of cells and optimal wet cells amount. Moreover, the whole-cell catalyst was cultured in 5-L fermentor by fed-batch fermentation, and 164 g/L L-threonine and 248 g/L D-glucose were converted to 141.6 g/L L-ABA and 269.4 g/L D-gluconic acid. The whole-cell catalyst is promising to fulfill industrial requirements for L-ABA and D-gluconic acid.