Objective To explore the influence of clinical indicators in patients with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) with severe fever on disease development and prognosis.Methods The SFTS patients who were admitted to the Department of Infection Diseases of Wuhan Union Hospital between April 1, 2015 and October 30, 2015 were included.Among 164 patients with SFTS, there were 136 cases recovered and 28 cases died.Clinical date including clinical manifestations and laboratory test index were collected and retrospectively analyzed.The correlation between the prognosis and clinical indicators were analyzed with the Spearman correlation analysis, the discriminatory power of clinical dates were tested with the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve.Results The average age of died patients in the study was (64.5±9.1), which increased significantly(t=-3.609,P<0.01) compared with recovered patients with (56.9±10.2).Laboratory results suggest all patients had a drop in white blood cell and platelet count;almost all patients had a drop in serum calcium levels, and a rise in aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, creatine kinase (CK), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), D-dimmer levels.The nucleic acid quantification of SFTSV suggests death patients (5.83±0.98) lg TCID50/mL was significantly higher than the recovered patients (3.96±1.08) lg TCID50/mL, with statistical difference (t=-8.49, P<0.01).Conclusions Age, the nucleic acid quantification of SFTSV, CK and APTT are factors can be used to predict prognosis of SFTS.

Objective To investigate the effect of CD34+ stem cells seeded stent graft in venous system. Method Twelve mongrel dogs were randomized into 2 groups. Stent grafts covered with PTFE or Dacron were implanted into infrarenal vena cava through a delivery system. In each group, 4 stent grafts were seeded by autogenous bone marrow CD34+ cells, and 2 treated by autogenous blood only as control. The grafts were explanted at 2 weeks. Light and electron microscopy were used to examine endothelialization of neointima. CD34 and Ⅷ factor stain were applied to identify endothelial cells. Results All stent grafts were patent except for one Dacron stent without seeding. Light, electron microscopy, CD34 and Ⅷ factor stain demonstrated that confluent endothelial cells appeared on the neointima of seeded grafts. No endothelial cells were detected in the non-seeding grafts. Conclusions Rapid endothelialization of stent grafts can be achieved through bone marrow CD34+ cells seeding in venous systems.

Objective To obtain suitable hearing screening methods for preschool children.Methods A total of 2025 children aged 2~6 years old in 30 kindergartens in Huangshi City were selected by random sampling method.Acoustic impedance and otoacoustic emission tests(transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions and distortion product otoacoustic emissions) were performed in two stages of preliminary hearing screening.The children who failed the hearing screening needed to do the re-creening with the same methods;the children who failed the rescreening needed to receive audiological tests including ABR, ASSR examination and imaging examinations.Results The total screening pass rate was 94.02%, of which 1 842 passed the preliminary hearing screening(90.96%, 1 842/2 025).The 183 children who failed the preliminary hearing screening received the re-screening, 62 children passed the re-screening(33.88%,62/183).121 children failed the re-screening(5.98%,121/2 025), and finally 72 children(3.56%,72/2 025)were diagnosed with hearing loss, including 47 cases of otitis media,22 cases of sensorineural hearing loss(8 cases were moderate, 4 cases were severe hearing loss,10 cases were profound);18 cases were unilateral hearing loss while 4 cases were bilateral hearing loss.Conclusion Acoustic impedance and otoacoustic emission tests can be used for hearing screening in preschool children.The hearing problems of preschool children in Huangshi City were concentrated mainly in the middle ear secretory otitis media and different degree of sensorineural hearing loss.

Quantitative proteomics is a novel subject of proteomics research. There are several new techniques employed for the protein quantitative study. Isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) technology for protein quantitation using mass spectrometry is a recent powerful means of determining relative and absolute protein levels in up to four samples simultaneously. The iTRAQ reagent produced high quality, reproducible result in enriched complexes, organelles, and whole cell lysates. The status of the recent promising techniques and their possible future evolution were reviewed.

Objective Lipocalin-2(LCN2) can promote the M1 approach of microglia.The study was to explore the effect of activated microglia induced by LCN 2 on depression pathogenesis in rats and its mechanism . Methods According to the chronic stress depression model created by Willner , 40 adult male SD rats were divided into 4 groups(n=10): normal control group;UCMS group;UCMS+LCN2 siRNA group;LCN2 siRNA control group .A series of stress stimulation was given on UCMS group and UCMS +LCN2 siRNA group for 21 days to create depression model .At 7 days after the stress stimulation , the rats in UCMS+LCN2 siRNA group and LCN2 siRNA control group were anaesthetized by 0.4mg intraperitoneal injection of 10% chloral hydrate , followed by intrathecal injection of LCN2 siRNA(0.015 μL/g, 3 times a week) to the rats till the end of the stress (21 days).At the same time, the same volume of isotonic saline was given to normal control group and UCMS group .The weight of rats was measured every week and the sucrose preference and the forced swimming test were applied to measure behavior of the rats after the experiment .The hippocampus of the rats were extracted and immunofluorescence and western blot were applied to detect the expressions of microglia specific markers:LCN2 and the Iba. Results At 3 week, the weight of rats in UCMS+LCN2siRNA group was higher than that of UCMS group ([262.82 ±0.01]g vs [179.98 ±0.08]g, P<0.05).The weight of rats in normal control group and LCN2 SiRNA control group increased significantly higher than the other two groups (P<0.05).The sucrose preference values of normal control group (0.82 ±0.01),UCMS+LCN2 siRNA group(0.81 ±0.01) and LCN2 siRNA control group(0.82 ±0.01) were higher than that of UCMS group (0.25 ±0.04) (P<0.05).The fixed time of the forced swimming test of UCMS+LCN2siRNA group decreased significantly compared with UCMS group ([4.64 ±0.8]s vs [23.11 ±2.63]s, P<0.05).The LCN2 expression of UCMS group was significantly greater than the other groups (P<0.05).The Iba1 expression in the hippocampus of the UCMS group increased significantly compared with other groups . Conclusion LCN2 is associated with the pathogenesis of de-pression induced by chronic stress reaction and is mechanism may be related to the activation of microglia in the central nervous system of rats.

Administration, Oral ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; administration & dosage ; Cytomegalovirus Infections ; drug therapy ; immunology ; virology ; Erythromycin ; administration & dosage ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets ; immunology ; Virus Replication

OBJECTIVETo develop a solvent desorption gas chromatographic method for determination of n-pentanol in the workplace air.

METHODSn-Pentanol in the workplace air was collected with activated carbon tubes, desorbed with 2% 2-propanol in carbon disulfide, separated with a nitroterephthalic acid-modified FFAP capillary column, and detected with flame ionization detector.

RESULTSThe limit of detection was 0.2 mg/L; the lower limit of quantification was 0.6 mg/L; the linear range was 0.6-4072.0 mg/L. The minimum detectable mass concentration was 0.2 mg/m3 for 1.5 L of air sample. This method was highly repeatable. The relative standard deviations were 2.3%-5.4%. The average desorption efficiencies were 86.9%-94.2%. The absorption efficiencies were 100%. The breakthrough volume was above 8.0 mg in 100-mg activated carbon. The samples in activated carbon tubes could be stored for at least 14 days at room temperature.

CONCLUSIONThe method is feasible for determination of n-pentanol in the workplace air.

2-Propanol ; Air Pollutants, Occupational ; analysis ; Carbon Disulfide ; Charcoal ; Chromatography, Gas ; Limit of Detection ; Pentanols ; analysis ; Solvents ; Workplace

OBJECTIVE: To review the development of clinical pharmacy in Europe, analyze the quality assessment system and provide a reference for China. METHODS: By reviewing the literature of European hospital pharmacy or clinical pharmacy services from 1960 to 2013, sum up the development process of clinical pharmacy in Europe and analysis existing quality assessment system. RESULTS: European clinical pharmacy development can be divided into four parts; initial stage ("clinical pharmacy" introduced to hospital), exploring stage ("ward pharmacy service" mode), developing stage ("patient-centered" work system) and mature stage (improving "clinical pharmacists" evaluation system) ; It has formed quality assessment system of pharmacy service structure, process and outcome, but has not yet established a comprehensive system of evaluation criteria. CONCLUSION: Through analyzing and comparing the development progress and quality assessment system of European clinical pharmacy, it is useful to determine a clear direction of Chinese hospital pharmacy and to promote the establishment and improvement of Chinese quality evaluation system.

To observe the proliferation of T lymphocytes stimulated by CML and AML cells which were induced by rhGM-CSF and rhIL-4, and the secretion of IFN-gamma from proliferated T lymphocytes, the expression of CD80, CD86 and HLA-DR on CML and AML cells induced by GM-CSF and IL-4 was assayed by flow cytometry in vitro. Then one-way mixed lymphocyte reaction was carried out, with induced leukemia cells as stimulating cells and auto-T lymphocytes as reactive cells. The secretion of IFN-gamma from T lymphocytes was determined by double antibody sandwich ELISA. The results showed that GM-CSF and IL-4 significantly upregulated the expression of CD80, CD86 and HLA-DR on CML cells and CD80 and CD86 on AML cells, which could stimulate the T lymphocyte proliferation and high secretion of IFN-gamma (in CML group) of autologous T lymphocytes. It is concluded that the CML and AML cells induced by GM-CSF and IL-4 have the ability to present tumor specific antigen to auto-T lymphocyte.
Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Female ; Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Interferon-gamma ; biosynthesis ; Interleukin-4 ; pharmacology ; Leukemia, Myeloid ; immunology ; Lymphocyte Activation ; drug effects ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Recombinant Proteins ; pharmacology ; T-Lymphocytes ; drug effects ; immunology

Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of tapering the dosage of recom-binant human tumor necrosis factor receptor-Fc fusion protein (rhTNFR-Fc) combined with DMARDs in the treatment of peripheral joints involvement of ankylosing spondylitis. Methods Sixty patients who met the classification criteria of ankyloding spondylitis were enrolled. Meanwhile, all patients had one or more of the following joint involvement: hip, knee, ankle, and shoulder. Their BASDAI was higher than 4, joint pain VAS≥4, ESR ≥30 mm/1 h and CRP≥8 mg/L. Tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C infection or other microorgan-isms infections were excluded. All enrolled patients had no serious heart,liver,kidney, or other internal organ involvement. During the first stage (The first eight weeks patients were matched by age and, disease activity, then randomly divided into the rhTNFR-Fc (the control group) treatment group in which patients were treated with 25 mg rhTNFR-Fc subcutaneous injection twice per week for 4 months) and rhTNFR-Fc dosage tapering group in which 25 mg rhTNFR-Fc were subcutaneously injected once per week for 4 weeks and then followed by 12.5 mg per week for 4 weeks, then once every 10 days for 6 times. Then the dosage of rhTNFR-Fc dosage of the dosage tapering group (the experimental group) was changed to 12.5 mg subcutaneous injection once every 15 days for another 4 times combined with methotrexate 7.5 mg per week and Salfasalazine 2 g daily and thalidomide 100 mg per night. The second stage started from week 9 to 24. In addition to the 30 cases at the first stage, 42 cases were included based on the same inclusion criteria for stage one. Patients' clinical and laboratory parameters were evaluated at week 0, 4, 8, 16 and 24. Results During the first four weeks, all patients of both control group and experimental group reached ASAS20, 97% (29/30) patients reached ASAS50 in the control group, 83% (25/30) patients reached ASAS50 in the experimental group. At week 8, patients in both groups maintained at 100% ASAS20 improvement, 100% (13/13) patients in the control group reached ASAS50, and that of the experimental group was 97% (29/30), the differences between the two groups were not statistically significant (P>0.05). In the second stage, 72 cases (100%) could achieve ASAS20, 63 cases (88%) achieved ASASSO at week 16. At week 24, 72 cases (100%) remained to achieve ASAS20, 71 cases (99%) achieved ASAS50. The safety and compliance of the two groups were good. Two cases developed infection, one patient had mild elevation of serum transaminase. Conclusion Tapering the dosage combined with DMARDs is an effective and safe approach in the treatment of peripheral joints involvement of ankylosing spondylitis. The compliance of this strategy is good and only few patients have serum transaminase elevation. But attention should be paid to the increased rate of infection.