Objective To investigate whether the geometry of the left heart and the diastolic function of left ventricle change in patients with essential hypertension but without left ventricular remodeling. Methods Echocardiography was performed in consecutive male patients above 35 years old and without valvular heart disease, myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy or other diseases that may have effect on the heart structure. The thickness of intra-ventricular septum(IVST) and left ventricular posterior wall (LVPWT), the end-diastolic diameter of the left ventricle(LVEDD), left atrial anterior-posterior(LAAPD), long (LALD) and cross-sectional diameters(LACD) and area(LAA), early diastolic peak velocity(EPV) and atrial contraction peak velocity(APV) of the mitral valve flow were measured. EPV/APV ratio, left ventricular mass index(LVMI), relative wall thickness(RWT) were calculated. Patients with LVMI≥131g/m 2 and/or RWT≥0 44 were excluded from this study. The remaining patients were divided into 2 groups: the patients with essential hypertension were included in the no-remodeling group(group NR), while the patients without essential hypertention entered the normal control group (group NC). Student test was used to compare the variables between the two groups. Results There were 146 cases in group NC and 156 in group NR. IVST,LVPWT,LVEDD,LVMI,LAAPD,LALD,LACD and LAA of group NR were larger than those of group NC(P

Objective To investigate the mycobactericidal efficacy of linezolid on multidrugresistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in vitro.Methods Seven hundred and sixty-two Mycobacterium tuberculosis and 20 NTM isolates from Hangzhou were identified by using hsp65 gene sequencing from March to June,2013.Seventy MDR-TB isolates,which were screened by using proportion method,and twenty NTM isolates were tested the MIC to linezolid,and the differences of MICs to linezolid between MDR-TB and NTM werw analyzed in vitro.Results All 70 MDR-TB isolates were inhibited at concentrations of ≤ 1 mg/L by linezolid,MIC50 was 0.5 mg/L and MIC90 1 mg/L.Of all 8 isolates inhibited at concentration of 1 mg/L,there were 6 isolates resistant to isoniazid,rifampin,streptomycin and ethambutol,suggesting this resistance pattern may reduce sensitivity to linezolid.Among the NTM isolates,18 Mycobacterium intracellulare isolates,whose MICs to linezolid at 8-16 mg/L,were non-resistant isolates,while 2 Mycobacterium abscessus isolates displaying MICs ＞ 32 mg/L,were resistant to linezolid.Conclusions Linezolid showed great activity to MDR-TB and there were no linezolid-resistant MDR-TB isolates identified in this study.However,MICs of MDR-TB against linezolid increased with their resistant numbers to first-line agents.This study also showed that different NTM species have varied sensitivity to linezolid.

BACKGROUND: Excellent Iow-antigenicity xenogeneic biological valve scaffold is the premise of constructing tissue-engineered valve by using which kind of acellular methods.OBJECTIVE: To explore the optimal preparation method of making tissue engineered heart valves by meesuring efficiency of different acellular methods and ability to preserve the matrix.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: The prospective randomly controlled study was performed at the Central Laboratory of Taian Central Hospital from January 2007 to June 2008.MATERIALS: Sixteen specimens of porcine aortic valves were randomly divided into control, NaCI-sodium-dodecyl-sulfate (SDS),trypsin and triton-X100 groups.METHODS: Specimens in the control group were left intact. Three test groups were decelluladzed with NaCI, trypsin andTriton-X100 respectively.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The gross structure, optical and electron microscope ultrastructure of the decelluarated porcineheart valve matrix was compared. The expression of vascular endothelial cell major histocompatibility complex (MHC)- Ⅰ antigenwas detected by immunohistochemical method.RESULTS: Treatment with NaCL-SDS achieved only incomplete decellularization. The main components of extracellular matdxwere reserved completely, but the fibrous components became unclear and swelling. Treatment with trypsin removed cellscompletely, but caused serious structural alterations, with the presence of swollen collagen fiber, crude edge, widen and irregularfiber interspace. Treatment with Triton-X100 achieved both complete decelluarization and preservation of the matrix structure.Valves following treatment of NaCI-SDS, trypsin and Triton-X100 had certain immunogenicity. However, the immunogenicity ofvalves following treatment of trypsin and Triton-X100 was significantly lower compared with the treatment of NaCL-SDS.CONCLUSION: The decellularization method by Triton-X100 is effective and complete. The Triton-X100 method does not changematrix structure and has low immunogenicity.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the accuracy of the modalities in revealing the results by observing the radiofrequency ablated (RFA) lesions with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS),magnetic resonance image (MRI) in comparison with histopathologic findings in normal rabbit kidney.Methods RFA was performed in the left kidneys of 10 rabbits.The ablated lesions were observed with conventional ultrasound(US),CEUS,MRI at 1 day,1 week after RFA.Then the rabbits subjected to postmortem and the kidney specimens were excised,stained and processed for conventional histologic study.The maximum lesion size as measured on US,CEUS and MRI was then correlated with the histopathologically determined lesion size.The utility of different imaging modalities were evaluated.ResultsIn a relatively short time (at 1 day and 1 week),CEUS and MRI may reveal the location,shape and extent of ablated lesion.And the lesion sizes with CEUS,MRI and kidney specimens were well correlated (P＞0.05).ConclusionsBoth CEUS and MRI are suitable for the accurate evaluation of the ablated lesions in the short time.CEUS can reveal the variation of flow perfusion in the ablated lesion dynamicly and in real time.

The aim of this study was to determine the raising anticancer effects of resveratrol (Res) on paclitaxel (PA) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell line A549. The 10 µg/ml of Res had no effect on human fetal lung fibroblast MRC-5 cells or on A549 cancer cells and the 5 or 10 µg/ml of PA also had no effect on MRC-5 normal cells. PA-L (5 µg/ml) and PA-H (10 µg/ml) had the growth inhibitory effects in NSCLC cell line A549, and Res increased these growth inhibitory effects. By flow cytometry experiment, after Res (5 µg/ml)+PA-H (10 µg/ml) treatment, the A549 cells showed the most apoptosic cells compared to other group treatments, and after additional treatment with Res, the apoptosic cells of both two PA concentrations were raised. Res+PA could reduce the mRNA and protein expressions of COX-2, and Res+PA could reduce the COX-2 related genes of VEGF, MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-9, NF-κB, Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, procollagen I, collagen I, collagen III and CTGF, TNF-α, IL-1β, iNOS and raise the TIMP-1, TIMP-2, TIMP-3, IκB-α, p53, p21, caspase-3, caspase-8, caspase-9, Bax genes compared to the control cells and the PA treated cells. From these results, it can be suggested that Res could raise the anticancer effects of PA in A549 cells, thus Res might be used as a good sensitizing agent for PA.
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ; Caspase 3 ; Caspase 8 ; Caspase 9 ; Cell Line* ; Collagen ; Fibroblasts ; Flow Cytometry ; Humans ; In Vitro Techniques* ; Lung ; Paclitaxel* ; Procollagen ; RNA, Messenger ; Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 ; Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2 ; Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3 ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

Objective:To evaluate the clinical value of NG-Test Carba5 for rapid detection of carbapenemases produced by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) strains. Methods:A total of 1 210 CRE strains were collected during 2018-2022 from 77 hospitals in 21 provinces of China and were subjected to NG-Test Carba5 for rapid detection of carbapenemase. The whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis was referenced as the gold standard method.Results:Overall, the NG-Test Carba5 demonstrated excellent performance in detection of five kinds of carbapenemases [Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC), New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM), imipenemase metallo-β-lactamase (IMP), Verona integron-encoded metallo-beta-lactamase (VIM) and oxacillinase-48-type carbapenemases(OXA-48)] from CRE strains, with a sensitivity of 98.47% (1 161/1 179), specificity of 100% (31/31), and positive predictive value of 100% (1 161/1 161). The sensitivity for detection of NDM, IMP, OXA and VIM reached 100% (307/307), and 97.70% (763/781) for KPC. For 11 strains carrying blaKPC-25, blaKPC-78, or blaKPC-93, NG-Test Carba5 reported positive KPC detection (11/11). For strains carrying blaKPC-33 and blaKPC-77, however, NG-Test Carba5 delivered negative results. Additionally, for those strains co-producing two or three kinds of carbapenemases, NG-Test Carba5 was able to report all of the targets with a sensitivity of 100% (91/91). Conclusions:NG-Test Carba5 showed excellent performance in rapid and accurate detection of carbapenemases from CRE strains. Nonetheless, for those strains with negative results, some other phenotypic and genotypic methods should be implemented alongside to avoid missing targets.

Objective To study the influencing factors of clinical outcome in elderly acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients after intravenous thrombolysis.Methods One hundred and fifty-one AIS patients admitted to our hospital for intravenous thrombolysis were divided into good outcome group (n=77) and poor outcome group (n=74) according to their modified Rankin scale score 3 months after the onset of AIS.The baseline data,thrombolysis time window,NIHSS score and ischemic stroke typing before thrombolysis,early symptom improvement,cerebral hemorrhage after thrombolysis were compared between the two groups.Results The serum levels of blood glucose and CRP,NIHSS score≥9 before thrombolysis,incidence of AF and cerebral hemorrhage were significantly higher in poor outcome group than in good outcome group (P＜ 0.05,P＜0.01).Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that NIHSS score,OCSP typing,blood glucose before thrombolysis,24 h symptom improvement were the independent influencing factors of clinical outcome in elderly AIS patients (OR =1.262,95 ％ CI:1.075-1.482,P =0.005;OR =0.203,95％CI:0.066-0.628,P=0.006;OR=1.264,95％CI:1.042-1.532,P=0.017;OR=25.764,95％CI:5.131-129.361,P=0.000).Conclusion NIHSS score,OCSP typing,blood glucose before thrombolysis and 24 h symptom improvement are the independent influencing factors of clinical outcome in elderly AIS patients after intravenous thrombolysis.

OBJECTIVEBased on previous study, authors used the suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) technique to construct the forward and reverse subtractive cDNA libraries of consecutive monoulture Rehmannia glutinosa. Five genes related with consecutive monoculture problem of R. glutinosa were chosen from the each of two subtractive libraries. And their spatiotemporal expression was measured in order to explore the functions in consecutive monoculture problem of R. glutinosa.

METHODUsing the real-time quantitative PCR, we tested the relative expression values of the genes in different development stages and tissues of normal growth (one-year culturing) and consecutive monoculture (two-year culturing) R. glutinosa.

RESULTThe five genes (calcium-dependent protein kinase, s-adenosyl-methionine synthetase, Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase, methyltransferase, calpain), which were chosen from the forward library had high expression in consecutive monoculture R. glutinosa, especially in root, and were hardly expression in normal growth R. glutinosa. On the contrary, the other five genes (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, RNA replicase, DNA-directed RNA polymerase IIa, cyclin D, RNA binding protein) chosen from the reverse library had high expression in one-year R. glutinosa, but were down regulated or shut down in consecutive monoculture R. glutinosa.

CONCLUSIONThe key genes, which regulate inessential metabolism parthway (such as cyclin D, DNA-directed RNA polymerase IIa), were restrained or shut down in consecutive monoculture R. glutinosa. Calcium and ethylene signaling might played key roles in the formation of consecutive monoculture problem, resulting in disturbing normal metabolic process and syndrome of disease in R. glutinosa appeared in turn.

Cell Culture Techniques ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Gene Library ; Plant Proteins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Rehmannia ; genetics ; growth & development ; metabolism

Objective To explore the diagnostic value of ultrasonography in diagnosing deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with involvement of pelvic tissues.Methods Data of 118 DIE patients confirmed with surgery and pathology who underwent transvaginal ultrasonography before surgery were retrospectively analyzed.Taking surgical and pathologic findings as the gold standards,the sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of ultrasonography in diagnosis of DIE with involvement of uterosacral ligament,intestine,vaginal rectal septum,vagina,bladder and ureter were calculated,respectively.Results Uterosacral ligament involvement was found in 85 patients,with sensitivity of 95.29％ (81/85) and specificity of 90.91％ (30/33).Intestinal involvement was observed in 60 patients,with sensitivity of 98.33％ (59/60) and specificity of 91.38％ (53/58).Vaginal rectal septum involvement was noticed in 39 patients,with sensitivity of 79.49％ (31/39) and specificity of 92.41％ (73/79).Vaginal involvement was detected in 18 patients,with sensitivity of 55.56 ％ (10/18) and specificity of 96.00 ％ (96/100).Bladder involvementwas found in 17 patients,with sensitivity of 76.47％ (13/17) and specificity of 94.06％ (95/101).Ureter involvement was also found in 9 patients,with sensitivity of 100％ (9/9) and specificity of 99.08％ (108/109).Conclusion Transvagina ultrasonography has great value in diagnosis of DIE with involvement of pelvic tissues.

{L-End}Objective To analyze the current status of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among firefighters in Chongqing City and explore its influencing factors. {L-End}Methods A total of 1 021 firefighters in Chongqing City were selected as the study subjects using the convenient sampling method. The PTSD Checklist Civilian Version was used to assess their PTSD symptom and characteristics. The Trait Coping Style Questionnaire and the Social Support Rating Scale were used to investigate coping styles and the level of social support. {L-End}Results The positive detection rate of PTSD among the study subjects was 4.6%(47/1 021), with positive detection rates of re-experiencing, avoidance/numbing, and hyperarousal symptoms of 7.0%, 9.2%, and 16.5%, respectively. The positive detection rates of re-experiencing, avoidance/numbing, and hyperarousal symptoms in the PTSD firefighters were higher than those in non-PTSD firefighters (83.0% vs 3.3%, 93.6% vs 5.1%, 100.0% vs 12.1%, respectively; all P<0.01). The results of the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that being injured in the past six months and adopting a negative coping style were risk factors for PTSD ［odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were 2.65 (1.07-6.56) and 1.26 (1.19-1.33), respectively; both P<0.05］, while adopting a positive coping style and having a higher level of social support were protective factors for PTSD ［OR and 95%CI were 0.90 (0.85-0.95) and 0.95 (0.91-0.99), respectively; both P<0.05］. {L-End}Conclusion The incidence of PTSD among the firefighters in Chongqing City is relatively high, with symptoms mainly characterized by hyperarousal. Being injured in the past six months, coping styles, and the level of social support are influencing factors for PTSD.