BACKGROUND: It has been reported that bioactivity is found to be favored by the co-operative behavior of silanol (Si-OH)or Ti-OH etc. groups on the material surface and the involved calcium ions. To confirm the hypothesis that a new family of organic-inorganic hybrid materials, which incorporate gelatin chains covalently into Si-O-Ti network, is synthesized through sol-gel procedure.OBJECTIVE: To synthesize a hybrid of gelatin and CaO-SiO2-TiO2 system which is used for bone repairing, and observe its structure and bioactivity.DESIGN: Randomized control observation.SETTING; the laboratory, School of Material Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology. MATERIALS: Gelatin (Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd), titanic acid isopropyl ester (Gu'an Hengye Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd), γ-glycidoxy propyl trimethoxy silane (Jingzhou Jianghan Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd), calcium nitrate (Tianjin Bodi Chemicals Co., Ltd)METHODS: The experiment was carried out in the laboratory, School of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology between April and August in 2006. A new type of bioactive organic-inorganic hybrid was synthesized through sol-gel processing starting from gelatin, γ-(2,3-glycidoxypropyl)trimethoxysilane (GPSM),Tetraisopropyltitanate (TiPT) and calcium nitrate. ①Structure of the hybrid: The structures of the products were investigated with Fourier transformed infrared (FT-IR) diffusive reflection spectroscope, X-ray diffraction (XRD) instrument and scanning electron microscope (SEM) respectively.②Bioactivity: The products Ti15Ca0 and Ti15Ca20 were soaked in a stimulated body fluid (SBF) to evaluate the morphology of the surfaces by SEM and thin-film XRD. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The structure and bioactivity of the hybrid.RESULTS: ①The hybrid was completely amorphous and its surface was almost homogenous, which implied the covalent bonding between the organic component and inorganic component. FT-IR spectra result verified the occurrence of Si-OH group and Si-O-Ti bond, as well as the addition of TiPT supplied Si-O-Ti bond. ②There were lots of apatite crystallines formed on the surface of hybrid Ti15Ca20 after soaked in SBF for 7 days, which confirmed their in vitro bioactivity. These apatite particles were similar to the bioglass and other bioactive materials in the patterns. CONCLUSION: A new type of organic-inorganic hybrid material, which incorporates gelatin chains covalently into Si-O-Ti network, is synthesized through sol-gel procedure. There are lots of apatite and brushite crystals formed on the surface of the product Ti15Ca2O after soaking in SBF for 7 days, which obviously proves the bioactivity of the hybrid.

This review summarizes the epidemiology, etiology, clinical manifestation, treatment, follow-up of neonatal lupus erythematosus with focus on new discoveries on the etiology of the disease in recent years including anti-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La antibodies, serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine 4), apoptosis of cardiac cells, calcium channels, maternal micro-chimera, genetic variants, to improve clinician awareness of the disease.

Objective: To observe the effects of Na⁺ /H⁺ exchanger 1 (NHE1) inhibitor on intestinal injury of rats with burn sepsis, and to explore the possible mechanism preliminarily. Methods: Ninety SD rats were divided into control group, pure sepsis group, and NHE1 inhibitor group according to the random number table, with 30 rats in each group. Full-thickness scald (hereinafter referred to as burn) model with 20% total body surface area were reproduced on the back of rats in pure sepsis and NHE1 inhibitor groups, and then 50 μL liquid of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 (2×10⁵ colony forming unit/mL) were injected into the center of wounds on the back. Rats in NHE1 inhibitor group were intraperitoneally injected with 0.1 mmol/L NHE1 inhibitor cariporide (0.4 mg/kg) rapidly after the successful establishment of burn sepsis model, while rats in pure sepsis group were injected with the same volume of normal saline. Except for not being made burn wounds nor receiving bacterination, rats in control group were treated the same as those in pure sepsis group. Rats with burn sepsis in each group were laparotomized and injected with 200 mL fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-dextran in the concentration of 0.1 mol/L in terminal ileum at 12 hours post injury, and their left ventricular blood and terminal ileum were collected 30 minutes later. The serum content of FITC-dextran was detected with fluorescence spectrophotometer (n=10); the morphology of intestinal tissue was observed with HE staining (n=10); the content of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in serum and intestinal tissue was determined with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (n=20); the activity of myeloperoxidase (MPO) in serum and intestinal tissue was detected with colorimetric method (n=20); the protein expression of nuclear factor-kappa B-p65 (NF-κB-p65) and phosphorylation levels of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal pathway related proteins p38MAPK, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), and c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1/2 (JNK1/2) were determined by Western blotting (n=4). The same samples of rats in control group were collected for related detection at the same time point as above. Data were processed with one-way analysis of variance and SNK test. Results: (1) The serum content of FITC-dextran of rats in pure sepsis group was significantly higher than that in control group (P<0.01), while the serum content of FITC-dextran of rats in NHE1 inhibitor group was significantly lower than that in pure sepsis group (P<0.01). Compared with that in control group, infiltration of a large number of inflammatory cells, ulcer and necrosis of intestinal mucosa of rats in pure sepsis group were observed. The injury condition of intestine of rats in NHE1 inhibitor group was better than that in pure sepsis group. (2) The serum content of IL-6, TNF-α, and MPO of rats in pure sepsis group was (387±42) and (164.7±10.1) ng/mL, and (7.5±1.5) U/mL, respectively, significantly higher than that in control group [(75±17) and (13.1±6.5) ng/mL, and (2.3±0.7) U/mL, respectively, with P values below 0.01]. The serum content of IL-6, TNF-α, and MPO of rats in NHE1 inhibitor group was (176±37) and (64.9±9.3) ng/mL, and (5.9±0.8) U/mL, respectively, which was significantly lower than that in pure sepsis group (with P values below 0.01). (3) The content of IL-6, TNF-α, and MPO in intestinal tissue of rats in pure sepsis group was (190±13) and (172.8±29.7) ng/mL, and (8.7±1.5) U/mL, respectively, significantly higher than that in control group [respectively (20±3) and (11.9±2.3) ng/mL, and (2.9±0.3) U/mL, with P values below 0.01]. The content of IL-6, TNF-α, and MPO of intestinal tissue of rats in NHE1 inhibitor group was (35±6) and (45.2±6.1) ng/mL, and (5.3±0.6) U/mL, respectively, significantly lower than that in pure sepsis group (with P values below 0.01). (4) The protein expression of NF-κB-p65 and phosphorylation levels of p38MAPK and ERK1/2 in intestinal tissue of rats in pure sepsis group were significantly higher than those in control group (with P values below 0.01); the protein expression of NF-κB-p65 and the phosphorylation level of p38MAPK in intestinal tissue of rats in NHE1 inhibitor group were significantly lower than those in pure sepsis group (with P values below 0.01); phosphorylation levels of JNK1/2 in intestinal tissue of rats in the three groups were similar (with P values above 0.05). Conclusions The inhibition of NHE1 can significantly alleviate the intestinal injury, and the mechanisms may be attributed to the regulation of NF-κB and p38MAPK signal pathway, resulting in inhibition of the inflammatory response of intestinal tract.

Objective To establish the orthotopic bladder cancer model of multidrug resistance as the human' s, and detect its resistance condition. Methods Two groups of nude rats 4-6 weeks of age were inculated with 1×107 cell of T24 or T24-ADM, following with observation and putting down their meat, drink,mental condition, urine and abdominal mass growth. Animals were sacrificed after 4 weeks later, then their bladder were weighted and measured, histopathologic assessment was performed,mdr1 was detected by PCR,and cells from the bladder tumors were detected of multidrug resistence by MTT. Results Group of nude rats inculated with T24-ADM generated tumors about 80 % (8/10), the one inculated with T24 was 90 % (9/10)and about 2-3 days early. The blank group had no rats emerge tumors in bladder mucosa at all. Bladder weight and volume: (0.8±0.3) g, (1.0±0.5) g, (875±158) mm3, (903±192) mm3, difference between the two groups had no significant (t = 1.332 and t = 1.215, P＞0.05). Histopathologic detection: The two groups of bladder cancer tissue biopsies can be seen more chaotic arrangement of cell structure, cell body shape is irregular, to the depth of myometrial invasion in different without breaking the film. Between the two groups there were no significantly differences. PCR detection of mdr1 expression differences between the two groups was significant (t = 3.612, P ＜0.01). Cytological detection of drug-resistant cell volume is slightly larger, and no significant difference in morphology. MTT detection: cells from the inculated T24-ADM mice bladder tumor were more resistance to ADM than the ones from the inculated T24 mice bladder tumor (F = 412.107, P＜0.01), and for several other drugs were also resistant. Conclusion Cell transplantation was successfully used to establish bladder cancer model in situ of T24-ADM, and with multi-drug resistance characteristics. The model laid the foundation for further multi-drug resistance research of bladder cancer.

Objective:To investigate the mediating effect of inflammatory factors in the association between low density lipoprotein-cholesterol(LDL-C) and thyroid associated ophthalmopathy(TAO).Methods:This study was a prospective study, which icluded a total of 86 patients with Graves′ disease who attended the Department of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2021 to June 2022. Among them, there were 56 patients with Graves′ disease accompanied by TAO, including 30 cases in the inactive group and 26 in the active group. Additionally, there were 30 cases having Graves′ disease alone. The relationship between LDL-C, inflammatory factors, and the onset and activity of TAO were analyzed using binary logistic regression. Mediation analysis was used to explore the mediating effect of inflammatory factors in the association between LDL-C and TAO onset and activity.Results:Interleukin(IL) -6 was a potential mediator that linking the association between LDL-C and TAO onset: LDL-C had a direct effect on TAO(Total effect value=0.274, 95% CI 0.161-0.386), while IL-6(mediated effect=0.067, 95% CI 0.011-0.123) and IL-17(mediated effect=0.042, 95% CI 0.007-0.077) partially mediated the effect of LDL-C on TAO, accounting for 24.45% and 15.33% of the total effect, respectively. IL-6 was a potential mediator of the association between LDL-C and TAO activity: LDL-C had a direct effect on TAO activity(Total effect value=0.320, 95% CI 0.204-0.435), and IL-6(mediated effect=0.103, 95% CI 0.021-0.185) partially mediated the effect of LDL-C on TAO activity, with a mediation effect of 32.19%. Conclusion:IL-6 plays a partiall mediating role in the association of LDL-C with TAO onset and activity.

Objective:To investigate the diagnostic method and value of echocardiography in screening right patent ductus arteriosus(PDA) of infants.Methods:This was a prospective study.Thirty-one infants with right PDA diagnosed by ultrasound and confirmed by prenatal ultrasonography, electronic computed tomography angiography, angiocardiography and/or surgery in Hebei Children′s Hospital from April 2014 to May 2022 were collected as research subjects, and the association of right ductus arteriosus with aortic arch anomalies and complex cardiac malformations were summarized. The diagnostic method and value of ultrasonic screening were summed up.Results:Of the 31 cases, 30 cases were correctly diagnosed by ultrasound and 1 case was misdiagnosed, who was a left aortic arch descending to the right, a crossover variation of the right and left pulmonary arteries, and a rightward displacement of the ductus arteriosus. Among these cases diagnosed correctly, 27 cases (including 24 cases with right aortic arch and 3 cases with left aortic arch) presented that ductus arteriosus was open and its ostium of pulmonary artery end was located in the proximal right pulmonary artery in views of parasternal short-axis view of great vessels at cardiac base with the combination of two dimensions and color Doppler flow imaging. Other 3 cases of right aortic arch were all single ventricle with transposition of the great artery. Due to the parallel relationship of the two great arteries, the standard parasternal short-axis view of great vessels could not be obtained, and the right ductus arteriosus was found in the high parasternal views.In all of the 27 cases with right aortic arch and right ductus arteriosus, high parasternal views showed that one end of the ductus arteriosus was connected to the right aortic arch isthmus and the other end was connected to the right pulmonary artery. In all of the 3 cases with left aortic arch and right ductus arteriosus, the high parasternal views showed that one end of the ductus arteriosus was connected to the right subclavian artery and the other end was connected to the right pulmonary artery. Among the 27 cases with right aortic arch, 16 cases were accompanied with mirror image branches, 9 cases of which had complex cardiac malformations; 10 cases were associated with aberrant left subclavian artery, 1 case of which had complex cardiac malformations; 1 case was with isolated left subclavian artery, and without complex cardiac malformations. All 3 cases of left aortic arch were accompanied with isolated right subclavian artery and none of them were associated with complex cardiac malformations. Clinical outcomes of 30 cases with right PDA: 14 cases underwent ductus arteriosus ligation due to thick ductus or other heart malformations. In other 16 cases, 4 cases were closed spontaneously, 9 cases had persistent small ductus arteriosus, and 3 cases were lost to follow-up.Conclusions:Right ductus arteriosus is mostly related to the right aortic arch, and those with mirror image branches are prone to complex cardiac malformations; cases of left aortic arch with right ductus arteriosus are tend to accompany isolated right subclavian artery. Ultrasound has an important application in the screening and diagnosis of right PDA.

Partial least square (PLS) combining with Raman spectroscopy was applied to develop predictive models for plasma paclitaxel concentration detection. In this experiment, 312 samples were scanned by Raman spectroscopy. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was applied to determine the paclitaxel concentration in 312 rat plasma samples. Monte Carlo partial least square (MCPLS) method was successfully performed to identify the outliers and the numbers of calibration set. Based on the values of degree of approach ( ), moving window partial least square (MWPLS) was used to choose the suitable preprocessing method, optimum wavelength variables and the number of latent variables. The correlation coefficients between reference values and predictive values in both calibration set ( ) and validation set ( ) of optimum PLS model were 0.933 1 and 0.926 4, respectively. Furthermore, an independent verification test was performed on the prediction model. The results showed that the correlation error of the 20 validation samples was 9.36%±2.03%, which confirmed the well predictive ability of established PLS quantitative analysis model.