OBJECTIVE:To investigate the influential factors for the stability of gardenia yellow solution. METHODS:Using pigment loss rate as index,the stability of gardenia yellow solution was investigated within 12 h under different light(strong light, natural light,dark place),temperature(4,25,60,80 ℃),pH(3.0,5.0,7.0,9.0,11.0),oxidant concentration(hydrogen per-oxide solution,0,0.1%,0.2%,0.3%) conditions. The effects of 3 natural antioxidants as tea polyphenol,rosmarinic acid and grape seed extract on the stability of gardenia yellow solution were investigated within 12 h under different light(strong light,natu-ral light,dark place) and temperature (25,60,80 ℃) conditions;the effects of different concentrations of tea polyphenol (0, 0.05%,0.1%,0.2%)on the stability of gardenia yellow solution were also investigated within 12 h. RESULTS:The pigment loss rates were 20%,10% and 10% within 12 h under 3 light conditions;5%,5%,30% and 60% under 4 temperature conditions;12%,6%,6%,6% and 16% under 5 pH conditions;4%,12%,15% and 18% under 4 oxidant concentrations. After adding 3 antioxidants,pigment loss rate decreased by 10% under different light and temperature conditions except for 80 ℃,and the de-crease of tea polyphenol was most significant;among 4 concentrations of tea polyphenol,pigment loss rate was the lowest in 0.1%group. CONCLUSIONS:Gardenia yellow solution can't keep stable under strong light and high temperature;3 antioxidants can im-prove the stability of gardenia yellow solution,especially 0.1%tea polyphenol.

Objective To establish a determination method for leuprolide acetate microspheres. Methods HPLC was performed on Inertsil ODS-SP (150×4.6 mm×5μm) with mobile phase consist of 0.1 mol/L of Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate(adjust its pH to 7.00±0.05 with Ammonium Hydroxide) and Acetonitrile in ratio of 3:1(V/V),and the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min.The wavelength was 220 nm and column temperature was 30℃. The injection volume was 20 μL. Results The linear range of leuprolide acetate was 20.0-160.0μg/mL (r=0.9999) with an average recovery of 99.80%,RSD=0.63%(n=9). Conclusion The method of HPLC was accurate,reliable and specific, which could be used to determinate the assay of leuprolide acetate microspheres and for quality control of microspheres.

Objective To explore the relationship between coping styles and childhood abuse in adult patients with depression . Methods A case‐control study was conducted between 80 adult patients with depression and 80 health controls .In general ques‐tionnaire was designed to collect the demo‐graphic information ,Childhood Trauma Questionnaire‐28 Item Short Form (CTQ‐SF) was used to assess childhood trauma and Trait Coping Styles Questionnaire (TCSQ) was assigned to evaluate coping styles .T test , Mann‐Whitney U test ,Spearman Bivariate correlations and Multiple linear regression were employed to explore the characteristics of the major depressive patients′coping styles and the association between childhood abuse .Results (1) The patients with depres‐sion had both statistically significantly higher scores on negative coping style (t=9 .13 ,P<0 .01) and lower scores on positive cop‐ing style (t= -12 .01 ,P<0 .01)than the controls with childhood abuse .The patients with childhood abuse had both statistically significantly higher scores on negative coping style(Z= -6 .134 ,P<0 .01) and lower scores on positive coping style(Z= -5 .452 , P<0 .01) than the controls with childhood abuse .Inside the group of patients with depression ,the patients who had childhood a‐buse gained significantly higher scores in negative coping style than the others who had no early trauma (Z= -2 .159 ,P<0 .05) , however ,no conspicuous differences were found on the positive coping style scores .(2)The childhood abuse was both significantly positive correlated with the passive coping and negative related to the active coping (r=0 .562 ,P<0 .01;r= -0 .333 ,P<0 .05)a‐mong the patients of depression .(3)The total degree of abuse and physical abuse had significant prediction function of 34 .4% (P<0 .01)on the patients′ negative coping .Conclusion The coping styles of patients with depression were prone to be influenced by childhood abuse remarkably ,more severe abuse ,especially with the physical abuse ,more negative the coping styles were .

OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of Lactobacillus fermentum(Lb-f)on inhibition of cytoxan(CTX) on HCT116 cells of human colorectal cancer in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:HCT116 cells were cultured in vitro. MTT assay was used to in-vestigate the effects of 4,2,1μg/ml CTX and combined with 10μg/ml Lb-f on the survival rate of HCT116 cells. HCT116 cell xe-nograft tumor nude mice model was induced to investigate the effects of 100,50,25 mg/kg CTX and combined with 180 mg/kg Lb-f on tumor volume,tumor weight,relative tumor inhibition rate,the sensitization effect of chemotherapy (by q value),the number of peripheral blood leucocyte and platelet. RESULTS:Compared with CTX alone,CTX combined with Lb-f had no signifi-cant effect on survival rate of HCT116,relative inhibition rate of tumor volume in nude mice, relative inhibition rate of tumor weight and q value (P>0.05),but increased the number of peripheral blood leucocyte and platelet (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:No synergistic effects of Lb-f is found on the inhibition of CTX on the growth of HCT116 in vitro and in vivo;Lb-f can inhibit the decrease of peripheral blood leucocyte and platelet of HCT116 cell xenograft tumor nude mice induced by CTX.

Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors ; diagnosis ; genetics ; therapy ; Death, Sudden ; etiology ; Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Humans ; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase ; deficiency ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Mutation ; Oxo-Acid-Lyases ; genetics ; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of single-agent bendamustine in patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) refractory to rituximab. Methods:Between April 2010 and April 2013, 100 patients with rituximab-refrac-tory indolent B-cell NHL from 8 institutions were enrolled. Bendamustine was administered at 120 mg/m2 on days 1 and 2 every 21 days for 6-8 cycles. The primary endpoint was the overall response rate (ORR). The secondary endpoints included disease control rate (DCR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and safety. Results:One hundred patients with a median age of 56 (rang-ing from 28 to 74) years were recruited in this clinical study. The total number of chemotherapy was 447 cycles, and the median number was 4 cycles. Ninety-three patients could be evaluated for efficacy. Fifteen patients (16.1%) had complete remission (CR), 52 (55.9%) had partial remission (PR), 22 (23.7%) had stable disease (SD), and 4 (4.3%) had progression disease (PD). The ORR and DCR were 72%and 95.7%, respectively. After a median follow-up of 26.6 months (ranging from 2 to 48.4 months), 59 patients (63.4%) had PD.The median PFS was 8.53 (95%CI:6.518-10.542) months, and PFS rate for 1 year was (40.6±5.3)%. Forty-eight patients (48%) had 3/4 grade adverse events, including leucopenia (26%), neutropenia (24%), and anemia (11%). Conclusion:Single-agent bendamustine produced a high rate of objective responses in patients with rituximab-refractory indolent B-cell NHL and could be one of the new op-tions for second-line treatment of these patients. The most common adverse event is hematologic toxicity.

OBJECTIVEThe goals, prospects and methods of the Prospective Twin Registry in Southwestern China (TRiSC) are described. The aim of this study is to measure children's behavioral development and psychopathology from phenotypic, genetic and environmental perspectives.

METHODSThe children's self-report, as well as parental and teachers' informant report were used to measure the children's behavior and psychopathology, and the latter was related to the children's general cognitive abilities, and to the parenting style. Other variables of interest such as children's temperament and parental health status were also used.

RESULTSNine thousand and three hundred thirty nine pairs of 0-16 years old twins have been registered, 324 pairs of them were monozygotic based on DNA samples as well as the detailed information on behavioral and cognitive aspects.Analysis has been performed for the influences of genetic and environmental factors on children's behavior and cognition.

CONCLUSIONSchool-based twins recruitment is a helpful method in child and adolescent twin study. TRiSC has been a valuable resource for research on the development of children's behavior and cognition.

Adolescent ; Adolescent Development ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; genetics ; Behavior ; Child ; Child Development ; Child, Preschool ; China ; Cognition ; Environment ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Genetics, Behavioral ; Human Development ; physiology ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Mental Health ; Prospective Studies ; Registries

Objective:To evaluate the performance of machine learning (ML) based on automated breast volume scanner (ABVS) radiomics in distinguishing benign and malignant BI-RADS 4 lesions.Methods:Between May to December 2020, patients with BI-RADS 4 lesions from the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University (Center 1) and Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Center 2) were prospectively collected and divided into training cohort (Center 1) and external validation cohort (Center 2). The radiomics features of BI-RADS 4 lesions were extracted from the axial, sagittal and coronal ABVS images by MaZda software. In the training cohort, 7 feature selection methods and thirteen ML algorithms were combined in pairs to construct different ML models, and the 6 models with the best performance were verified in the external validation cohort to determine the final ML model. Finally, the diagnostic performance and confidence (5-point scale) of radiologists (R1, R2 and R3, with 3, 6 and 10 years of experience, respectively) with or without the model were evaluated.Results:①A total of 251 BI-RADS 4 lesions were enrolled, including 178 lesions (91 benign, 87 malignant) in the training cohort and 73 lesions (44 benign, 29 malignant) in the external validation cases. ②In the training cohort, the 6 ML models (DNN-RFE, AdaBoost-RFE, LR-RFE, LDA-RFE, Bagging-RFE and SVM-RFE) had the best diagnostic performance, and their AUCs were 0.972, 0.969, 0.968, 0.968, 0.967 and 0.962, respectively. ③In the external validation cohort, the DNN-RFE still had the best performance with the AUC, accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV were 0.886, 0.836, 0.934, 0.776, 86.8% and 82.5%, respectively. ④Before model assistance, R1 had the worst diagnostic performance with the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV were 0.680, 0.750, 0.640, 57% and 81%, respectively. After model assistance, the diagnostic performance of R1 was significantly improved ( P=0.039), and its diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, PPV and NPV improved to 0.730, 0.810, 0.930, 68% and 94%; while the improvement of R2 and R3 were not significantly ( P=0.811, 0.752). Meanwhile, the overall diagnostic confidence of the 3 radiologists increased from 2.8 to 3.3 ( P<0.001). Conclusions:The performance of ML based on ABVS radiomics in distinguishing between benign and malignant BI-RADS 4 lesions is good, which may improve the diagnostic performance of inexperienced radiologists and enhance diagnostic confidence.

Objective: To investigate the expression of the mTORC1 signaling pathway during the osteogenic differentiation of mouse bone marrow mesenchymal cells (BMMSCs) under cyclic uniaxial tension and explore its possible role. Methods : The BMMSCs of mice were affected by uniaxial dynamic tensile force. Western blot was used to detect the expression changes of major molecules (mTOR, Raptor, S6K) in the endogenous mTORC1 signaling pathway at 0, 1, 2, 4, and 8 hours after stretching. Chemical colorimetry, ELISA and PCR were used to detect alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteocalcin (OCN) and Runx2 mRNA, respectively. Then, inhibition, activation and control groups were established by administration of the drugs PP242, MHY1485 and PBS, respectively. Two hours after the stress, the expression of S6K was detected by western blot, and the expression of the osteogenic signal was continuously detected by the above methods. Results : Western blot analysis showed that the main molecules of the mTORC1 signaling pathway were all expressed within 8 hours after traction, and the highest expression was 2 hours after the stress. Compared with those in the control group, the ALP activity and OCN expression decreased and the Runx2 mRNA levels increased after the mTORC1 signal pathway was inhibited (P ＜ 0.001); ALP activity and OCN expression increased after the mTORC1 signal pathway was activated, while the Runx2 mRNA levels decreased (P ＜ 0.001). Conclusion The mTORC1 signaling pathway participates in the osteogenic differentiation of mouse BMMSCs under tension. The osteogenesis of BMMSCs under cyclic uniaxial tension would be enhanced if the mTORC1 signaling pathway was activated.

Objective : To explore the promoting effect of periostin on rapid distraction osteogenesis of the rabbit mandible and provide experimental evidence for the clinical use of periostin to promote osteogenesis. Methods: Twenty-four New Zealand male white rabbits underwent distraction osteogenesis, and after 3 days of retention, they were rapidly stretched at a stretch rate of 2 mm/d (total 5 d). The animals were randomly divided into group A and group B (12 per group). On the last day of the stretch, 0.5 mL of normal saline containing 40 μg of recombinant periostin was given to group B or an equal volume of normal saline was added to the control group (group A) for 8 days. At 4 weeks and 8 weeks post-stretch, 8 animals were randomly selected from each group to undergo a CT scan under general anesthesia. The bone mineral density and bone mineral content were detected by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. Eight weeks post-stretch, all of the experimental animals were sacrificed. Six animals were randomly selected from each group for micro-CT and a histological examination, and the remaining animals were subjected to biomechanical tests. Results : CT images showed that the new bone formation in the distraction space of group B was significantly better than that of group A at 4 and 8 weeks post-stretch. At 4 weeks and 8 weeks post-stretch, the bone mineral density in group B was (0.157 ± 0.016) g/cm 2 and (0.234 ± 0.023) g/cm 2, respectively, and the bone mineral content was (0.096 ± 0.010) g and (0.204 ± 0.017) g, respectively. The above four means were significantly higher in group B than in group A (P < 0.001). The micro-CT images and data suggest that the stretch gap microstructure of group B has more mature features. Histological experiments showed that the trabecular bone of group B was thick and mature, with few chondrocytes. The biomechanical test results showed that the biomechanical strength of the distraction gap in group B was (228.47 ± 39.98) N, which was 1.24 times that of group A (P = 0.045). Conclusion Interstitial use of periosteal protein in the distraction space of the mandible in rabbits can promote local new bone formation and mineralization.