A Review] CD4+ T cells can be divided into Th1/Th2 subsets. Th1/Th2 imbalance participates many disease processes. A stable surface marker distinguishing Th1 and Th2 will greatly facilitate the investigation of Th1/Th2 interaction.Several surface molecules have been reported to be differentialy expressed between Th1 and Th2 cells.LAG-3,active ligands for P- and E-selectin ,IL-18R, IL-12R?2,CC chemokine receptor (CCR5) were shown to be dominantly expressed on Th1 cells,whereas expression of CD30,ST2L,CRTH2,CCR3,CCR4 was reported to be preferential to Th2 cells. In this review, several surface molecules were mainly discussed.

Objective To study the imaging characteristics of the ligaments in craniocervical junction (CCJ), and to optimize the examination methods and scanning sequences of the ligaments in this region. Methods Two groups of 51 healthy volunteers in each were selected to undergo CT and MRI examination respectively. The CT and MRI features of the ligaments in CCJ were assessed. Two senior imaging doctors compared the results of showing the ligaments in CCJ by several MRI sequences, including T1 WI ,T2 WI, proton density weighted imaging (PDWI), T2 * WI and short time inversion recovery (STIR) ,and proton density fat saturate (PDFSAT). Standard normal rank transformation was done according to the primary data,and then analysis of variance of repeated measurement was applied. Results CT and MRI could both demonstrate the ligaments (except the anterior atlantooccipital membrane only seen on MRI) and their adjoins in CCJ, while MRI had more advantages than CT. The display ratio of the anterior atlantooccipital membrane was 100% (51/51) by MRI. The display ratio of the apical ligament was 29.4%(15/51) by CT and 43.1% (22/51) by MRI. The posterior atlantooccipital membrane-dura complex,tectorial ligament-dura complex, transverse ligament, and alar ligament could be demonstrated clearly by CT and MRI, the display ratio was 100% respectively (51/51). The results of PDWi scored by two doctors were both 5.0, there were no significant differences between them (F = 0.000, P > 0.05), which were significantly higher than T, WI (M = 3.0), T2Wi (M = 3.0), T2 * WI (M = 1.0), STIR (M = 1.0), and PDFSAT(M = 3.0)(P < 0.01). Conclusion MRI was superior to CT in demonstrating the ligaments in CCJ. PDWI was the optimal MRI sequence. Imaging research of normal ligamentous structures in CCJ could provide valuable diagnostic and therapeutic information for evaluating the ligamentous diseases.

AIM: To examine the effect of bacillus calmette-guerin (BCG) on experimental asthma in guinea pigs. METHODS: Guinea pigs were sensitized with BCG and then with ovalbumin (ip). Two weeks later, guinea pigs were challenged with ovalbumin (OVA) aerosol inhalation. Thirty one Guinea pigs were divided into three groups at random control group,OVA-treated group, BCG and OVA-treated group.RESULTS: Ovalbumin inhalation caused a marked airway infiltration of eosinophils and all the animals exhibit asthmatic symptoms. Pretreatment with BCG induced typical increase in lymphocytes and monocytes in peripheral blood and in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). BCG markedly inhibited eosinophil infiltration and attenuated the asthmatic symptoms. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that BCG exerts an inhibitory effect on asthmatic inflammation.

Objective To investigate the correlation between immune inflammation and overactivity of T helper cells in childhood asthma by cell proliferation assay and activation induced cell death in vitro.Methods Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokines were determined by cytometric bead array.Cell proliferation and activation induced cell death were detected when CD4+ T cells were purified by magnetic beads and stimulated by PHA and antiCD3.At last,mRNA of Fas,FasL and Bcl-2 were mesured by real-time PCR.Results Cytokines of IL-4(2.451± 1.052ng/L vs 1.796 ±0.615 ng/L,P =0.018),IL-10( 1.920 ±0.813ng/L vs 1.390 ±0.162ng/L,P =0.006)and TNF(5.112 ±5.842 ng/L vs 1.506 ±0.551 ng/L,P =0.009) in sera of asthma group were higher than those in control group.Compared to control group,proliferation ability of CD4 + T cells in asthma group was greater ( OD450:0.498 ± 0.052 vs 0.274 ± 0.032,P ＜ 0.001 ) and apoptosis rate was lower( 35.62 ± 0.05 ％ vs 65.28±3.85％,P ＜0.001 ).mRNA expression of Fas in asthma group was lower but Bcl-2 was higher than those in control group.Conclusion It is implicated that defective expression of Fas and over expression of Bcl-2 in CD4+ T cells may contribute to apoptosis inhibition and cell proliferation,which could explain overeactivity of CD4 + T cells and lvmphocvte infiltration in childhood asthma.

Objective To compare expression of Toll?like receptors 7 and 9(TLR7, TLR9)as well as their regulatory molecules myeloid differentiation factor 88(MyD88)and nuclear factor?κB(NF?κB)in peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMCs)between patients with vitiligo and healthy individuals, and to explore their significance. Methods Flow cytometry was performed to measure expression of TLR7 and TLR9 in PBMCs among 36 patients with vitiligo and 22 healthy controls, and real?time fluorescence?based quantitative PCR(RT?PCR)was conducted to determine mRNA expression of MyD88 and NF?κB in the above blood samples. Results Compared with healthy controls, patients with vitiligo showed higher expression of TLR7 and mRNA expression of MyD88 and NF?κB, but lower expression of TLR9. However, significant differences were only observed in the mRNA expression of NF?κB(t=2.814, P=0.008), but not in the expression of TLR7 and TLR9 or the mRNA expression of MyD88 between patients and controls (t = 1.477, 1.761, 0.058, all P > 0.05). Conclusion NF?κB, as a key signaling molecule of TLR7 and TLR9 regulation pathways, increases obviously in patients with vitiligo, suggesting that NF?κB may be involved in the pathogenesis of vitiligo.

Background/Aims: The accuracy of endosonographers in diagnosing gastric subepithelial lesions (SELs) using endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is influenced by experience and subjectivity. Artificial intelligence (AI) has achieved remarkable development in this field. This study aimed to develop an AI-based EUS diagnostic model for the diagnosis of SELs, and evaluated its efficacy with external validation. Methods: We developed the EUS-AI model with ResNeSt50 using EUS images from two hospitals to predict the histopathology of the gastric SELs originating from muscularis propria. The diagnostic performance of the model was also validated using EUS images obtained from four other hospitals. Results: A total of 2,057 images from 367 patients (375 SELs) were chosen to build the models, and 914 images from 106 patients (108 SELs) were chosen for external validation. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of the model for differentiating gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and non-GISTs in the external validation sets by images were 82.01%, 68.22%, 86.77%, 59.86%, and 78.12%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy in the external validation set by tumors were 83.75%, 71.43%, 89.33%, 60.61%, and 80.56%, respectively. The EUS-AI model showed better performance (especially specificity) than some endosonographers.The model helped improve the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of certain endosonographers. Conclusions We developed an EUS-AI model to classify gastric SELs originating from muscularis propria into GISTs and non-GISTs with good accuracy. The model may help improve the diagnostic performance of endosonographers. Further work is required to develop a multi-modal EUS-AI system.

OBJECTIVE：To study the spectrum-effect relationship of HPLC finger print of different polar parts of Ampelopsis grossedentata with its in vivo anti-inflammatory effect. METHODS ：A. grossedentata was reflux extracted with 70％ ethanol，then extracted with petroleum ether ，chloroform，ethyl acetate and water saturated n-butanol；or it was directly decocted with water and then concentrated to obtain different polar parts. The xylene-induced mice ear swelling model was established ；using dexamethasone as positive control ，anti-inflammatory activity of different polar parts of A. grossedentata was investigated. Fingerprints of different polar parts of A. grossedentata were established by HPLC. The determination was performed on Poroshell 120 EC-C18 column with mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile- 0.1％ phosphoric acid solution （gradient elution ）at the flow rate of 1 mL/min. The column temperature was 25 ℃. The detection wavelength was set at 365 nm，and sample size was 5 μL. The grey ralational analysis method was used to analyze the spectrum-effect relationship of HPLC fingerprint common peaks of different polar parts of A. grossedentata with its anti-inflammatory effect. The correlation coefficient and correlation degree were calculated and ranked. RESULTS：Anti-inflammatory experiment showed that the anti-inflammatory effects of 70％ ethanol extraction part ，ethyl acetate extraction part and water extraction part were the most significant （inhibitory rates of ear swelling were 54.07％，30.54％， 30.45％）. Five common peaks were determined in HPLC fingerprints of different polar parts from A. grossedentata . The spectrum-effect analysis results showed that the correlation of5 common peaks were higher than 0.6；among them ，peak 3 and peak 2 （dihydromyricetin） had the strongest anti- inflammatory effect ，and their correlation degrees were both mail：123745789@qq.com greater than 0.8. CONCLUSIONS ： The anti-inflammatory effect of A. grossedentata on xylene-induced ear swelling in mice is the result of multi-comp onent synergy ； unknown substance of peak 3 and dihydromyricetin may be the main active components of A. grossedentata .