In recent years, the diagnosis of idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) has been more and more important with the rapid growth rate on incidence in China.Previous diagnosis of IMN depends on renal biopsy, a gold standard, but a high risk of traumatic examination.The detection of serum PLA2R antibody and THSD7A antibody to assist in the diagnosis of is not only fast, sensitive, simple and noninvasive, but also can reflect the immune status in real time.Compared with the traditional proteinuria severity based therapeutic efficacy evaluation, that is more effective and agile to monitor the disease condition, reflect the treatment effects and predict the prognosis better.Therefore, it should be vigorously promoted.

Objective To investigate the impact ofα?lipoic acid(ALA)treatment on sepsis?induced acute kidney injury in rats and explore the mechanisms. Methods A total of 32 male SD rats were randomized into 4 groups:normal control group(group A),ALA?treated control group (group B),sepsis group(group C)and sepsis with ALA treated group(group D). Group A and B underwent sham operation,while CLP operations were conducted in group C and D. Rats in both group B and group D were then administered with 200 mg/kg ALA by oral gavage immediately after the surgical procedure. Twenty?four hours after the surgical procedure blood samples were obtained for the evaluation of creatinine,BUN,TNF?α,IL?6 and IL?1β. Rat kidneys were rapidly removed for PAS stain. Western blot was employed to determine the expression of NF?κB. Results Pathologi?cal changes of kidney were induced by sepsis and the level of creatinine,BUN,TNF?α,IL?6 and IL?1βwere significantly increased by 178%,66%, 55%,114%and 110%(P<0.01). respectively;simultaneously the phosphorylation and nuclear expression of NF?κB p65 in kidney tissues were significantly increased by 144%and 102%(P<0.01). Sepsis?induced acute kidney injury also significantly reduced the expression of IκBαby 61%(P<0.01). These changes were significantly suppressed by early ALA treatment. Compared with C group,the level of creatinine,BUN,TNF?α,IL?6 and IL?1βwere significantly decreased by 48%,26%,25%,37%and 40%(P<0.05),respectively,and the relative expression of IκBαwas increased by 103%(P<0.05). Conclusion The present study demonstrated that ALA can suppress the activation of NF?κB,thus ameliorat?ing sepsis?related acute kidney injury.

An improved method for extracting high quality and quantity RNA from a jelly mushroom and a dimorphic fungus—Tremella fuciformis which is especially rich in polysaccharides, is described. RNA was extracted from T. fuciformis mycelium M1332 and its parental monokaryotic yeast-like cells Y13 and Y32. The A260/280 and A260/230 ratios were both approximately 2, and the RNA integrity number was larger than 8.9. The yields of RNA were between 108 and 213 µg/g fresh wt. Downstream molecular applications including reverse transcriptional PCR and quantitative real-time PCR were also performed. This protocol is reliable and may be widely applicable for total RNA extraction from other jelly mushrooms or filamentous fungi rich in polysaccharides.
Agaricales* ; Fungi ; Humans ; Methods* ; Mycelium ; Parents ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Polysaccharides* ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA*

Objective:To investigate the relationship between snoring and the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events.Methods:By searching PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructur, Wanfang Database, VIP Chinese journal database and Chinese biomedicine databases from the establishment to June 10, 2019, relevant domestic and foreign literature, extract data and apply Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale (NOS)method to quality evaluation, and finally integrate the data and analyze with Stata12.0 software.Results:A total of 11 articles and 145 267 participants met the inclusion criteria.Meta-analysis results showed that the correlation strength and 95% CI of snoring with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events and stroke risk were 1.10 (1.03-1.17) and 1.26 (1.11-1.43)respectively , and all of them had statistical significance.Conclusion:Snoring is an independent risk factor for the risk of cardiovascular events and is more closely linked to stroke.

Objective:To analyze the clinical efficacy and prognostic factors of intracranial primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).Methods:Clinical data of 205 patients pathologically diagnosed with intracranial primary DLBCL at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer center from March 2001 to September 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 101 patients were male and 104 female, the median age was 54 years old. Non-germinal center B cell (GCB) subtype accounted for 74.1%(126/170). A total of 177 patients received high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) and 91 patients received rituximab. After induction chemotherapy, 59 patients (30.4%) achieved complete response (CR), 112 patients (57.7%) achieved partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD). A total of 83 patients received consolidation or salvage radiotherapy, and only 14 patients received autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). The influence of pathological type, chemotherapy, rituximab treatment, radiotherapy and radiotherapy mode, ASCT and other factors on the overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) was evaluated. The survival rate was calculated by Kaplan-Meier method. Univariate prognostic analysis was performed by log-rank test. Multivariate prognostic analysis was conducted by COX model.Results:The median follow-up time was 34 months. The 5-year OS and PFS rates were 55.6% and 44.2%, respectively. GCB subtype, chemotherapy with HD-MTX, rituximab treatment, remission status after induction chemotherapy, and radiotherapy were favorable prognostic factors for OS or PFS, in which the last three were the independent prognostic factors. Consolidation radiotherapy in patients who obtained CR after induction chemotherapy did not significantly improve survival, while salvage radiotherapy in patients who achieved PR/SD after induction chemotherapy significantly improved both OS and PFS(both P<0.01). Consolidation radiotherapy showed no significant survival difference compared with consolidation ASCT. Conclusions:The non-GCB subtype of intracranial primary DLBCL is related to poor prognosis. The addition of rituximab to HD-MTX based induction chemotherapy can improve survival. Radiotherapy is still an important treatment for intracranial primary DLBCL, and there are limitations of ASCT in practical clinical application.

Objective: To determine the positional relationship between impacted mandibular third molar(IMTM) and mandibular canal(MC) by CBCT. Methods: 664 IMTMs with root apexes contacted to MCs on panoramic radiograph were further examined by CBCT,the exact positional relationship between IMTMs and MCs was observed and analyzed by I-Dixel software. Results: The 664 cases were divided into lowly(6. 3％),intermediately(60. 7％) and highly(33. 0％) impacted groups by the depth of IMTMs in mandibulae showed on CBCT images. The distance(mm) from the root apexes of IMTMs to the intact superior wall of MCs(n = 329) in lowly, intermediately and highly impacted cases were 1. 39 ± 1. 38,1. 28 ± 1. 03 and 1. 79 ± 1. 54 respectively(P ＜ 0. 05). MCs on the buccal side,lingual side,under the IMTMs and between the root apexes were found in 49. 8％,12. 0％,36. 6％ and 1. 5％ of the cases; the MC wall deffect was found in 65. 8％,27. 5％ and 95. 0％ of the cases with the MCs under,on buccal and lingual side of the IMTMs, respectively(P ＜ 0. 001). Conclusion: CBCT examination is necessary for the determination of the positional relationship between MC canal and IMTM with the root apex cotacted or overlapped to MC.

Objective:To compare the simplicity, safety, efficacy, prognoses and economic burden of CAS-R-2 frameless stereotactic device and Leksell frame stereotactic device in assisting surgery for patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage (ICH, hematoma volume: 20-40 mL).Methods:The clinical data of 120 patients with supratentorial ICH, admitted to our hospital from December 2012 to December 2019, were retrospectively analyzed; trepanation and drainage assisted by CAS-R-2 frameless stereotactic device was performed in 65 patients (frameless group), and trepanation and drainage assisted by Leksell frame stereotactic device was performed in 55 patients (frame group). The differences of surgery time, hematoma evacuation rate 7 d after surgery, incidences of recurrent hemorrhage and intracranial infection during hospitalization, length and expense of hospitalization, and modified Rankin scale (mRs) scores 6 months after surgery were compared between the two groups.Results:As compared with those in the frame group, patients from the frameless group had significantly shorter surgery time ([0.5±0.1] h vs. [2.2±0.5] h), significantly lower incidence of recurrent hemorrhage (0% vs. 9.1%) and significantly lower incidence of intracranial infection (1.5% vs. 9.1%) during hospitalization ( P<0.05). The hospitalization expense of patients from the frame group was significantly lower than that in the frameless group ( P<0.05). There were no significant differences in hematoma evacuation rate 7 d after surgery, length of hospital stays, and mortality and mRs scores 6 months after treatment between the two groups ( P>0.05). Conclusion:For patients with supratentorial ICH, trepanation and drainage assisted by CAS-R-2 frameless stereotactic device has the same curative effect and prognoses as Leksell frame stereotactic one; the former has higher simplicity and clinical safety, and the latter has lower economic burden.

AIM: To study the effect of intense pulsed light(IPL)combined with meibomian gland massage on postoperative dry eye in cataract patients with meibomian gland dysfunction(MGD).METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the general data of 100 patients(100 eyes)with cataract and postoperative dry eye syndrome accompanied by MGD treated in our hospital from June 2022 to June 2023. They were divided into a control group(n=50)and an observation group(n=50)according to different treatment methods, and received meibomian gland massage and meibomian gland massage combined with IPL treatment, respectively. The tear film break-up time(BUT), Schirmer I test(S I t), meibomian gland secretion score, ocular surface disease index(OSDI), ocular staining score(OSS), and treatment efficacy of the two groups of patients were compared before treatment and at 1 wk and 1 and 3 mo after treatment.RESULTS: The BUT and SIt in both groups after treatment were higher than those before treatment, while the secretion of meibomian gland, OSS score, and OSDI score were lower than those before treatment(all P<0.05); the observation group had higher levels of BUT and SIT at 1 wk, 1 and 3 mo compared to the control group(all P<0.05), and lower levels of meibomian gland secretion, OSS score, and OSDI score compared to the control group(all P<0.05); the effective rate of treatment in the observation group was 86.0%, which was higher than that in the control group(68.0%; P<0.05).CONCLUSION: IPL combined with meibomian gland massage for treating postoperative dry eye in cataract patients with MGD can promote the extension of BUT, increase tear secretion, and reduce OSS and OSDI scores.

BACKGROUND: Bronchial sleeve lobectomy is essential surgical approach to treat centralized lung cancer. It is the best reflected the principle of lung cancer surgery, "remove tumor completely while minimize pulmonary function loss". Bronchial pleural fistula (BPF) is not common but very severe complication of bronchial sleeve lobectomy, that is usually fatal. Present article is to explore clinical effect on prevention of bronchial pleural fistula (BPF) in bronchial sleeve lobectomy, by wrapping brachial anastomosis with pedicled pericardial fat flap. METHODS: Clinical data of 39 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who underwent surgical resection during January 2016 to May 2019 in Lung Cancer Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University were collected and retrospectively analyzed. All of the patients underwent bronchial sleeve lobectomy and a brachial anastomosis wrapping with pedicled pericardial fat flap. RESULTS: All patients recovered well and were discharged within 6 d-14 d after operation. No BPF occurred, nor other severe complications, such as reoperation needing intrathoracic bleeding, several pneumonia and respiratory failure, and life threatening cardiac arrhythmia. Only one patient (1/39) had several anastomotic stenosis and consequential atelectasis of residual lung in operative side 6 months after surgery. CONCLUSIONS Wrapping bronchial anastomosis with pedicled pericardial fat flap in bronchial lobectomy for centralized NSCLC is a simple and effective approach to prevent BPF, thus safety of the operation could be significantly improved.

Objective:A high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was developed to determine the enzymatic activity of CD38 in blood, which was the major enzyme responsible for consuming nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD). Additionally, the study aimed to detect the differences in CD38 enzymatic activity among individuals of varying ages and health statuses.Methods:A 50 μl whole blood matrix and enzyme reaction substrate of 150 μl β-NAD at a concentration of 500 μmol/L were selected for the analysis. To eliminate the impact of endogenous β-NAD, the whole blood sample was pre-incubated at 37 ℃ for 20 minutes before adding the substrate. The reaction was terminated by perchloric acid (PCA) after incubation at 37 ℃ for 40 min. The change in product nicotinamide (NAM) before and after the enzymatic reaction was measured by HPLC to calculate the CD38 activity. The linearity, limit of detection, limit of quantification, precision, and stability of the method were evaluated. The CD38 enzymatic activities in 60 healthy volunteers and 30 colorectal cancer patients in blood were determined by the developed method.Results:Pre-incubation at 37 ℃ for 20 minutes eliminated the effect of endogenous β-NAD. The correlation coefficient of NAM was 0.999 in the concentration range of 0.1-3.2 μmol/L, with limit of detection of 0.5 nmol/L and limit of quantification of 2.1 nmol/L. The average within-run imprecision ( CV) and total CV were 3.22%-4.03% and 2.91%-4.70%, respectively. The recovery rate ranged from 94.82% to 96.81%. The CD38 activity of whole blood was stable by storage at 4 ℃ for 48 hours, storage at room temperature for 8 hours, thawing of frozen whole blood at room temperature for 2 hours, or repeated freeze-thawing three times. NAM, NAD standards, and pre-treatment samples were stable after 48 hours at 4 ℃ and 8 hours at room temperature. CD38 activity gradually decreased with increasing concentration of the added CD38 inhibitor 4-aminoquinoline derivative (78c). Measurement of 60 healthy physical examination population samples showed significantly higher CD38 enzyme activity in the elderly group than that in the young group ( t=-2.776, P=0.007) and measurement of 30 colorectal cancer patients showed significantly higher CD38 enzyme activity than that in healthy people ( t=-2.572, P=0.012). Conclusion:The established HPLC method for determining CD38 enzymatic activity is characterized by its simplicity, efficiency, accuracy, and reproducibility. This technique serves as a valuable tool for investigating aging and aging-related diseases.