Background Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a progressive vision-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus (DM),but its pathogenic mechanism is still unclear.Researches showed that growth arrest-specific gene product 6 (Gas6) /TAM system participates in pathogenesis and development of DR,and stromal-derived factors (SDF) vary in 2-type DM patients.However,whether Gas6/TAM and SDF-1 are associated with DR is below understood.Objective This study was to determine the relationship between the staging of DR and the levels of serum Gas6,SDF-1α and SDF-1β in DM patients.Methods A prospective cohord study was designed in this study.Ninety 2-type DM patients were included in the 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University Hospital from January to August in 2013.The patients were grouped into the non-diabetic retinopathy (NDR) group,background DR group (BDR) and proliferative DR (PDR) group,with 30 for each group.Thirty normal volunteers were enrolled in the same hospital and same period.The periphery blood 2 ml was collected from all the subjects under the consent inform.The levels of serum Gas6,SDF-1α and SDF-1β were assayed by ELISA,and leukocytes,neutrophils,plasma triglycerides (TG),total cholesterol (CHOL),high density lipoprotein cholesterol (H DL-C) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels were detected and compared among the 4 groups.The correlations of serum Gas6,SDF-1 α and SDF-1 β changes with blood inflammatory cells and blood lipid were analyzed.Results The plasma CHOL concentrations were 4.93(4.14,5.44),5.02(4.35,5.69),4.54(3.85,5.93) and 5.99(5.11,6.89)mmol/L in the normal control group,NDR group,BDR group and PDR group,respectively,and the blood CHOL concentrations were significantly higher in the PDR group than those of the normal control group,NDR group,BDR group (P =0.002,P =0.007,P =0.006).White blood cell counts in the normal control group,BDR group were higher than those of the PDR group (P =0.034,P =0.015),neutrophil counts in the BDR group were higher than those of the PDR group (P =0.024),HDL-C in the NDR group was higher than that in the PDR group (P =0.032).LDL-C in the PDR group was higher than that in the normal control group.Compared with the normal control group,serum Gas6 levels were significantly lower in the NDR group and BDR group (P =0.048,P =0.006),and the serum Gas6 level showed an insignificant increase in the PDR group in comparison with BDR group (P =0.297).Serum SDF-1α levels in the PDR group was significantly higher than that in the BDR group (P =0.033) ;serum SDF-1β levels in the PDR group,BDR group were significantly higher than that in the NDR group (P =0.011,P =0.008) and normal control group (P =0.030,P =0.002).Weaker positive correlation was observed between the serum Gas6 and CHOL,TG,LDL-C levels (r=0.285,r=0.200,r=0.241,all at P＜0.05),between SDF-1α and SDF-1β (r=0.190,P＜0.05) as well as between SDF-1β and white blood cell (r=0.183,P＜0.05).Serum Gas6 served as dependent variable,while white blood cell,neutrophil,CHOL,TG,HDL-C,LDL-C,SDF-1α,SDF-1β served as independent variables,multiple stepwise regression analysis showed Gas6 =170.791 + 5.283CHOL (F =5.021,P =0.027).Conclusions Serum Gas6,SDF-1α and SDF-1β probably participate in the development of DR in 2-type diabetic patients.Gas6,SDF-1 α,SDF-1 β may play roles by affecting blood glucose level,angiogenesis,inflammatory cells and blood lipid metabolism.

Objective To establish an appropriate diabetic retinopathy (DR) risk assessment model for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods A retrospective clinical analysis.From January 2016 to December 2017,753 T2DM patients in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University were analyzed retrospectively.Digital fundus photography was taken in all patients.Fasting plasma glucose (FPG),HbA1c,total bilirubin (TB),blood platelet,total cholesterol (TC),triglyceride (TG),high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c),low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c),apolipoprotein-A (apoA),apolipoprotein-B (apoB),serum creatinine,blood urea nitrogen (BUN),blood uric acid,fibrinogen (Fg),estimated glomerular filtration (eGFR) were collected.The patients were randomly assigned to model group and testify group,each had 702 patients and 51 patients respectively.Logistic regression was used to screen risk factors of DR and develop an assessment scale that can be used to predict DR.Goodness of fit was examined using the Hosmer-Lemeshow test and the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.Results Among 702 patients in the model group,483 patients were DR,219 patients were NDR.The scores for DR risk were duration of diabetes ≥4.5 years,4 points;total bilirubin ＜6.65 mol/L,2 points;apoA≥ 1.18 g/L,2 points;blood urea≥6.46 mmol/L,1 points;HbA1c ≥7.75％,2 points;HDL-c＜ 1.38 mmol/L,2 points;diabetic neplropathy,3 points;fibrinogen,1 point.The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.787.The logistic regression analysis showed that the risk factors independently associated with DR were duration of diabetes (β=1.272,OR=3.569,95％CI 2.283-5.578,P＜0.001),TB (β=0.744,OR=2.104,95％CI 1.404-3.152,P＜0.001,BUN (β=0.401,OR=1.494,95％CI 0.996-2.240,P=0.052),HbA1c (β=0.545,OR=1.724,95％CI 1.165-2.55,P=0.006),HDL-c (β=0.666,OR=1.986,95％CI 1.149-3.298,P=0.013),diabetic nephropathy (β=1.151,OR=3.162,95％CI2.080-4.806,P=0.013),Fg (β=0.333,OR=1.396,95％CI 0.945-2.061,P=0.094).The risk model was P=1/[1+exp-(-3.799+1.272X1+0.744X2+0.769X3+0.401X4+0.545X5+0.666X6+1.151X7+0.333X8)].X1=duration of diabetes,X2=TB,X3=apoA,X4=BUN,X5=HbA1c,X6=HDL-c,X7=diabetic nephropathy,X8=Fg.The area under the ROC curve was 0.787 and the Hosmer-Lemeshow test suggested excellent agreement (x2=10.125,df=8,P=0.256) in model group.The area under the ROC curve was 0.869 and the Hosmer-Lemeshow test suggested excellent agreement (x2=5.345,df=7,P=0.618) in model group.Conclusion The area under the ROC curve for DR was 0.787.The duration of diabetes,TB,BUN,HbAlc,HDL-c,diabetic nephropathy,apoA,Fg are the risk factors of DR in T2DM patients.

Objective: To explore the safety and feasibility of associating diaphragm resection and liver-diaphragmatic metastasis lesions resection for patients with advanced ovarian cancer. Methods: Retrospectively analysis 83 cases(98 times) of advanced ovarian cancer with liver-diaphragmatic metastasis between January 2012 and December 2016 at Department of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital.The patients were aged from 19 to 75 years.Surgical procedure included metastatic lesions resection(43 times) and stripping(55 times). Operation status, post-operative complications, pathology results and follow-up of the patients were analyzed. Results: Fifteen patients received twice surgical treatment and 68 patients received one time surgical treatment. Postoperative hemorrhage in chest and between liver and diaphragm was not occurred in all cases.Dyspnea and low oxygen saturation were occurred in two cases of stripping patients and 1 case of metastatic lesions resection patients.Results of CT examination indicated that there was medium to large amount of ascites in right chests.The symptoms were relieved after placing thoracic closed drainage.Other patients were recovered smoothly.All patients were diagnosed as ovarian cancer by pathological examination. Conclusion Associating diaphragm resection is safe and feasible for liver-diaphragmatic metastasis lesions from ovarian cancer.