BACKGROUND:It is generaly believed that the spine wil be extended, and vertebral muscle atrophy, bone loss of vertebral body, increased height and area of intervertebral disc, changes of composition of intervertebral disc wil occur in the condition of weightlessness. These are likely to be the cause of high incidence of low back pain. OBJECTIVE:To observe changes in lumbar spine bone microstructure analysis of simulated weightlessness on rhesus lumbar spine biomechanics. METHODS:Fourteen young rhesus monkeys were randomly divided into two groups: control group (n=7;free activities in the cage during the experiment), and experimental group (n=7; the use of head-down-10° on a special bed by bundle lying to simulate weightlessness). RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) The results of Micro-CT examination: in the experimental group, structure model index in trabecular bone of increased. Trabecular bone changed from plate-like to the rod-like change. The intersection number of bone tissue in unit length to non-bone tissue declined. The average width of the canal between the trabecular bone increased, suggesting that there have been signs of osteoporosis in the experimental group. (2) Under an optical microscope, in the experimental group, bone hyperplasia line was disordered and irregular. Thick endplate trabecularbone became smal, shalow, and arranged substantialy perpendicular to the direction of trabecular bone and cartilage endplate. The closer the endplate surface, the smaler trabecular bone was. Compared with the control group, these smal trabecular bones were thin and curved. Bone marrow cavity was oval. The degree of the connection between the trabecular bones is poor, reflecting the structural characteristics of significant osteoporosis. (3) It is indicated that weightlessness affected the biomechanical properties of rhesus lumbar motion unit.

Objective To analyze the impact of detrusor underactivity (DU) on the outcomes of transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) in patients with benign prostatic obstruction (BPO).Methods A retrospective study was conducted in 157 BPO patients who underwent TURP from January 2013 to December 2016.Their ages ranged from 48 to 86 years with a mean age of 70 years.All patients underwent urodynamic study before surgery,bladder contraction index(BCI) ranged from 49.3 to 208.6,with a mean of 120.1.The patients were divided into two groups according to BCI.DU group (BCI ＜ 100) consisted of 47 patients,non-DU group (BCI ≥ 100) 110patients.Before surgery,there were no significant differences in International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS),storage and voiding symptom scores of IPSS (IPSS-S,IPSS-V),quality of life (QOL),maximum free flow rate (fQmax),post-voided residual urine volume (PVR) between the two groups[(21.5 ±7.0)vs.(21.5 ±6.2),(9.5 ±3.6)vs.(9.8 ±3.5),(12.0 ± 4.9)vs.(11.8±4.2),(5.1 ±0.8)vs.(5.3 ±0.7),(6.5±3.5)ml/s vs.(7.6±5.0)ml/s,(137.4± 146.2)ml vs.(105.2 ± 135.9)ml] (P ＞ 0.05 for each).The outcomes of TURP were assessed by the above mentioned parameters at 3 months postoperatively;IPSS、IPSS-S、IPSS-V were regarded as successful if they improved more than 50％,QOL was successful if it was improved more than 3,fQmax successful if it was improved 5ml/s.The change and successful improvement rates of the above mentioned parameters were compared between DU and non-DU group.Through receiver operating characteristic curve(ROC) analysis,patients were categorized into mild DU and severe DU group and compared the successful improvement rates between the two groups.Results Both DU group and non-DU group improved significantly in IPSS,IPSS-S,IPSS-V,QOL,fQmax,PVR at 3 months postoperatively (P ＜ 0.05)and the two groups differed significantly in those parameters [(8.6 ± 7.3) vs.(4.4 ±4.5),(5.0 ± 3.5) vs.(3.6 ±2.8),(3.6 ±5.1)vs.(0.9 ± 2.3),(2.3 ±1.5) vs.(1.5 ± 1.0),(11.5 ±6.9) ml/s vs.(16.3 ± 6.9) ml/s,(48.4 ± 65.6) ml vs.(23.6 ± 25.6) ml] (P ＜ 0.05 for each).In regard to the successful improvement rates of IPSS,IPSS-S,IPSS-V,QOL,fQ DU group was less successful than non-DU group [70.2％ (33/47)vs.90.9％ (100/110),51.1％ (24/47)vs.73.6％ (81/110),74.5％ (35/47)vs.93.6％ (103/110),59.6％ (28/47)vs.83.6％ (92/110),42.6％ (20/47)vs.81.8％ (90/110),P ＜0.05 for each].Youden index was maximum when BCI equaled to 82.There were significant differences in the successful improvement rates of IPSS and IPSS-V between mild DU (82 ≤ BCI ＜ 100) and severe DU (BCI ＜ 82) group [82.8％ (24/29) vs.50.0％ (9/18),86.2％ (25/29) vs.55.6％ (10/18),P ＜ 0.05 for each),no significant differences in IPSS-S and fQmax [58.6％ (17/29) vs.38.9％ (7/18),48.3％ (14/29) vs.33.3％ (6/18),P ＞ 0.05 for each].Conclusions Benign prostatic obstruction patients with DU can achieve improvement in both subjective and objective parameters after TURP,but patients without DU can get more improvement.BPO patients with severe DU patients show a worse improvement of the voiding symptom.Surgeons should have adequate communication with the patients and inform them of appropriate expectations.

Objective To screen and verify hub genes TPM1 and CALD1 that can affect the diagnosis and prognosis of bladder cancer (BLCA). Methods We obtained gene chip expression data of 414 and 188 cases of bladder cancer from TCGA and GEO, respectively. By constructing a weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and identifying differentially-expressed genes between tumor tissues and normal tissues, the pivotal genes that were highly associated with bladder cancer were obtained, and the STRING database was used to construct a protein interaction network to screen out prognostic-related pivotal genes. We took 29 cases of bladder cancer samples from People's Hospital of Zhengzhou as external verification results. Results A total of 915 and 464 differentially-expressed genes were screened from the TCGA database and GSE13507, respectively. Two modules with the strongest correlation were obtained through WGCNA: the blue module (Pearson cor=0.60, P=1E-44) and the cyan module (Pearson cor=0.52, P=7E-19), and 156 intersection genes were obtained. Through protein interaction network analysis, 10 pivotal genes were screened out. TPM1 and CALD1 genes had the greatest correlation with the survival of bladder cancer patients, which was verified by external experimental verification group. Conclusion TPM1 and CALD1 are closely related to the prognosis of bladder cancer patients. They are also pivotal genes to promote tumor progression.

Objective To assess the feasibility of urinary PEBP1 as a potential biomarker of congenital obstructive hydronephrosis.Methods A total of 60 children with hydronephrosis (severe and mild hydronephrosis groups) and 30 healthy children were enrolled to define the expression of PEBP1 in bladder urine samples by ELISA.Correlation analysis and ROC analysis were used to define the expression of PEBP1 and diagnostic profile in identifying children with impaired split renal function.Results The PEBP1 levels decreased significantly and positively correlated with split renal function in study group before surgery (r =0.818,P ＜ 0.05).One month after surgery,it increased significantly.An area under the curve for PEBP1 protein of 0.89 with a best cutoff value of 0.521 ng/mg cr and the impaired split renal function decreased to 30％ or less (sensitivity 80％,specificity 90％) was found.Conclusion Decreased PEBP1 may be a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of congenital hydronephrosis in children,and it can also be used to assess the severity of the disease and the therapeutic effect.