Objective To investigate the distribution of authors,funding,institutions and regions of Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics between 2010 and 2015,understand the types and characteristics of authors＇ cooperation,identify the core author,core institutions and core regions,as well as evaluate academic level and journal quality from the view of literature citation.Methods According to Chinese Science Citation Database (referred CSCD) and bibliometric methods,we made statistical analysis,including the number of papers,cooperation,core authors,regional distribution of authors,systematic distribution of authors,productive institutions,funding sources and distribution.On the basis of Chinese science and technology journal citation reports (Compendex) from 2013 to 2015,the main indicators and coupling relationship of bone surgery journals were evaluated.Results From 2010 to 2015,Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics published 1 342 papers.There were 1 009 first authors,among which 802 authors (79.48％,802/1 009) published only one paper; 1 293 co-author papers contributed to 96.35％ cooperation rate and 5.69 degree of cooperation.Forty-nine papers (3.65％,49/1 342) had only one author,and 799 papers (59.54％,799/1 342) were published by affiliated Hospital,321 papers (23.92％,321/1 342) by provincial and municipal hospitals,138 papers (10.28％,138/1 342) by military hospital.There were 63 (6.24％,63/1 009) core authors publishing 252 papers (18.78％,252/1 342),and 20 productive institution publishing 630 papers (46.94％,630/1 342) in which Beijing was ranked at No.1 with 238 papers (17.73％,238/1 342).From 2010 to 2015,Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics publishing papers got 652 funding.From 2012 to 2014,its core total citations were 10 153,ranked No.1 in bone surgery journals in 2012 and ranked No.2 in 2013-2014; impact factors rose from ranked No.4 in 2012 to ranked No.2 in 2014,and the comprehensive evaluation of total score ranked No.1 in 2012-2014.Conclusion Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics has a strong team with a large number of authors,extensive source of institutions,a wide regional distribution,high cooperation rate,and strong ability to attract assistance funded paper.Affiliated Hospital and provincial and municipal hospitals are the main source of paper in the journal.Its core total citations,impact factor,subject diffusion index,academic impact indicators,comprehensive evaluation score were located in front rank of the same field of journals.

Objective To improve the ultrasonic differential diagnosis of thyroid lump through analyzing pathological and ultrasonic features of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Methods Records of 173 cases papillary thyroid carcinoma were analyzed retrospectively in terms of preoperative ultrasonic manifestation, lesion size, echo,boundary, calcification, blood supply, lymph node metastasis and accompanying diseases etc. Results The avthe 173 papillary thyroid carcinoma cases, the number of cancer nodule was 203. There was no statistical difference between papillary thyroid carcinoma lesion and papillary thyroid microcarcinoma lesion in terms of low echo and ill-defined borders (P ＞ 0. 05). The former is higher than the latter in blood flow speed, microcalcification rate, and preoperative ultrasonic diagnosis rate (P ＜0. 01, P ＜0. 05, P ＜0. 01 respectively). The mulifocality rate for the 173 cases with papillary thyroid carcinoma is 33.53% (58/173). There was no statistical difference between papillary thyroid carcinoma and papillary thyroid microcarcinoma in cancer lesion(P ＞0. 05), while the former has a higher rate of lymph node metastasis than the latter(P ＜0. 01). Preoperative diagnosis rate is higher in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma cases without other thyroid diseases than in cases with other thyroid diseases (P ＜ 0. 05). No statistical difference of preoperative diagnosis rate was seen between papillary thyroid carcinoma patients with other thyroid diseases and those without other thyroid diseases (P ＞ 0. 05). Conclusions The overall evaluation of thyroid nodule diameter, boundary, echo, small calcification, lymph node metastasis, blood supply, accompanying diseases and so on can improve diagnosis of primary papillary thyroid carcinoma.

BACKGROUND:In recent years, calcitonin has been reported to have better clinical efficacy in the treatment of osteoarthritis, but its mechanism of action for osteoarthritis is rarely reported. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of calcitonin on the cartilage morphology and proteoglycan expression in rats with osteoarthritis. METHODS:Thirty Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups: model group, treatment group, and sham group. Anterior cruciate ligament transaction of the right limbs was implemented in the model and treatment groups, and only the joint cavity was exposed in the sham group. At 2 days after modeling, the treatment group received a daily subcutaneous injection of salmon calcitonin, 15 IU/(kg?d), and the model group and sham group were administered with normal saline at the same dose. The injection lasted for 6 weeks. At 10 weeks after modeling, the articular surface of the tibia of rats in each group was generaly observed; bone mineral density of the distal femoral bone and subchondral bone of the lateral and medial ankle were detected using X-ray test; bone morphology and proteoglycan secretion were measured by hematoxylin-eosin staining and toluidine blue staining, respectively. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The tibial articular surface was smooth and glossy in the sham group, but oxblood in the model group with large-area ulcers; the treatment group showed rough and local ulceration. Compared with the sham group, the bone mineral density of the subchondral bone of medial and lateral ankle were increased significantly in the model group (P < 0.05), but trabecular separation and proteoglycan content were decreased (P < 0.05). Compared with the model group, the bone mineral density of the subchondral bone of medial and lateral ankle were decreased significantly in the treatment group (P < 0.05), while the trabecular separation and proteoglycan content were increased (P < 0.05). These findings indicate that calcitonin has better protection on the cartilage of rats with osteoarthritis, and can promote bone the secretion of proteoglycan.

Bibliometrics ; China ; Occupational Health ; statistics & numerical data ; Periodicals as Topic ; statistics & numerical data

Objective To introduce and evaluate the procedure of suprapubic tensionless Sparc TM sling system in treating female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Methods A total of 42 patients (mean age,54 years) diagnosed with SUI (a mean course of 12 years) were treated by Sparc TM sling method.Of them 4 cases had detrusor instability.Under local anesthesia,this procedure took about a mean of 20 min.The urinary catheters were removed the next morning after the procedure.The patients were counseled on abstaining from heavy lifting,exercises and intercourse for 4 weeks. Results After removal of catheters,all the 42 patients successfully voided without incontinence.Detrusor instability to various degrees developed in 7 patients and was relieved by expectant treatment.All the patients were followed up for 3 to 12 months (mean,6 months).Neither recurrence of SUI nor lower urinary tract obstruction was found.No implant related complications such as local irritation,extrusion,erosion through the urethra,migration from the desired location,fistula formation and inflammation occurred. Conclusions Sparc TM sling system is a simple,safe and efficacious method of treating SUI under local anesthesia.

Hypoxia occurs in chronic and acute vascular diseases and tumor formation. The ability of tumor cells to maintain a balance between an adaptation to hypoxia and cell death is regulated by a family of transcription factors called hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1). Tumor hypoxia mediated by HIF-1 would facilitate the likelihood of resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, proliferation, metastasis and the invasive potential; all of which culminate in a decrease in patient survival. And HIF-1 alpha subunit decides the activity of HIF-1, which is regulated by oxygen. So understanding the role of HIF in signal pathway, drug resistance mechanism and its feature is crucial for developing novel anticancer therapies. In recent years, more attentions have focused on HIF-1 alpha inhibitors. It is expected that development of more potent and selective HIF inhibitors will provide an effective treatment of cancer and other HIF-related diseases. So we will focus on the biological characteristics and mechanism of HIF-1 to review currently studied HIF-1 inhibitors.
Cell Death ; Humans ; Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 ; antagonists & inhibitors ; metabolism ; Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit ; antagonists & inhibitors ; metabolism ; Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; Oxygen ; metabolism ; Signal Transduction

Histone deacetylase (HDAC) is usually abnormally overexpressed, which mainly leads to the transcriptional repression of tumor suppressor genes. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs) exert anti-tumor biological effects by regulating nucleosome structure, inhibiting HDAC activity, and controlling the expression of tumor suppressor genes. There are currently 5 drugs on the market, but only for peripheral T-cell lymphoma and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. In solid tumors, most of the HDAC inhibitors used have failed to achieve effective therapeutic effects. Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) is the starting node of the PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling pathway, which plays a very important role in the proliferation, migration, invasion, and differentiation of tumor cells. The abnormal activation of PI3K is closely related to the occurrence and development of tumors, and the combined use of HDAC and PI3K inhibitors and HDAC/PI3K dual-target inhibitors show synergistic anticancer activity. This article introduces the anti-tumor clinical and preclinical research progress of representative HDAC inhibitors and PI3K inhibitors, as well as HDAC/PI3K dual-target inhibitors.

To achieve higher level expression of Interferon α2b (IFN-α2b) in methylotrophic yeast (Pichia pastoris), a cDNA fragment coding for the mature IFN-α2b was designed and synthesized based on the synonymous codon bias of P. pastoris and optimized G+C content. The synthetic IFN-α2b was inserted into the secreted expression vector pPICZαA, and then integrated into P. pastoris GS115 genome by electroporation. Multi-copy integrants in the Mut+ recombinant P. pastoris strain were screened by high concentrations of Zeocin. 120 hours culturing allowed expression of the IFN-α2b transformant up to 810 mg/L as detected by SDS-PAGE and quantitative methods. In addition, Western blot analysis showed that the recombinant proteins had immunogenicity. The significant antiviral activity of the recombinant IFN-α2b protein was verified by WISH/ VSV system, which was 3.3×105 IU/mL.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the phenotype and genotype of plasmid-encoded AmpC and extended spectrum beta-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae.METHODS 3-Aminophenylboronic acid(APB) test and ESBLs confirmatory test were used for phenotypic detection of AmpC and ESBLs.Conjugation was conducted in order to understand the spread of plasmid in bacteria.The size and genotype of ampC and ESBL genes were studied by extraction and purification of plasmid,PCR and sequencing analysis.RESULTS A plasmid of about 15kb was extracted from K.pneumoniae.This plasmid carrying resistance genes to antibiotics could be spread from K.pneumoniae to recipient Escherichia coli NK5449 through conjugation.DHA-type ampC gene and SHV-type ESBLs gene could be amplified from plasmids extracted from both K.pneumoniae and its conjugant in E.coli,they were DHA-1 ampC gene and SHV-12 ESBLs gene confirmed by sequencing analysis.CONCLUSIONS DHA-1 ampC gene and SHV-12 ESBLs gene are detected from the plasmid of K.pneumoniae.