Objective To evaluate the effect of splenectomy on hematological and immune system for children with major thalas‐semia .Methods This retrospective study was performed on 68 children with major thalassemia .The indexes of blood and immune system included white blood cell ,red blood cell ,hemoglobin ,platelet ,immunoglobulin IgG ,IgM and IgA and serum complement C3 , C4 ,which were recorded at pre‐splenectomy ,3 months and 3 -12 months post‐splenectomy .Results The mean age of children in this study was 8 .6 ± 3 .1 years .There were 28 children with α‐thalassemia ,35 with β‐thalassemia and 5 with αβ‐thalassemia .The white blood cell ,red blood cell and platelet count increased significantly both at 3 and 3-12 months post‐splenectomy as compared with pre‐splenectomy .The red blood cell and hemoglobin in children with β‐thalassemia or αβ‐thalassemia were significantly lower than children withα‐thalassemia both at pre and post‐splenectomy .However ,the platelet count were similar .The immunoglobulin IgA and IgM were significantly lower at post‐splenectomy than pre‐splenectomy .However ,the IgG ,C3 and C4 did not decrease sig‐nificantly .Conclusion Splenectomy could increase the hemoglobin level and improve the anemia in children with major thalassemia . However ,it might be harmful to the immune system .

Along with the development of screening, diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, the spectrum of fetal abnormalities has been constantly expanded. This brings increasing challenges to the clinical diagnosis and treatment, including but not limited to optimizing multidisciplinary cooperation, options of prenatal genetic testing methods, the uncertainty in the transition period of new technology implementation, and the comprehensiveness of genetic counseling before and after testing. We discuss the above issues aiming to meet the dilemma and achieve the leap of fetal medicine to the advanced level through multidisciplinary collaboration resulting in the improvement of diagnosis and treatment efficiency.

Objective To explore the metabolic phenotype of the adult offspring rats with maternal severe hyperglycemia during pregnancy and overfeeding in early life. Methods The adult Wistar rats were administered intraperitoneally with 20% Streptozotocin (STZ, 50 mg/kg) on day 5 of pregnancy to induce severely gestational diabetes mellitus (SDM) model (blood glucose ≥20 mmol/L). Early postnatal overfeeding models were established through reduction of the number of newborn rats fed by one mother rat. Offsprings were divided into 3 groups according to maternal blood glucose level during the pregnancy and feeding patterns during the lactation period (1) control pups (CP) :maternal euglycemia was achieved during pregnancy and eight pups fed by one mother rat; (2)SDM-normal feeding group: SDM mothers and 8 pups fed by one mother rat;(3)SDM-overfeeding group:SDM mother and 4 pups fed by one mother rat. All pups were fed by standard laboratory chow adlibitum after weaning at 3 weeks of age. The body weight of all pups were measured weekly after weaning. At the age of 26 weeks, the systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ,heart rate (HR) and metabolic markers, including fasting plasma glucose (FPG), fasting insulin (FINS), total triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein-cholestrol (LDL-C)and high density lipoprotein-cholestrol (HDL-C) were measured in all 3 groups. ANOVA and LSD test were applied in statistical analysis. Results The average plasma glucose level was significantly higher in the SDM mothers than in the controls [(28.34±5.14) mmol/L va (6.25±1.41) mmol/L,P＜0.05]. After weaning at 3 weeks, the weight of SDM-overfeeding group and SDM-normal feeding group was lighter than that of CP group [(43.63±4.83) g, (31.45±10.21) g vs (55.75±8.41) g,P＜0. 05], meanwhile, that of the SDM-overfeeding group were heavier than that of the SDM-normal feeding group (P＜0. 05). Pups in SDM-overfeeding group exhibited catch-up growth during the lactation period, and those in SDM-normal group showed catch-up growth at both lactation period and childhood. At 26 weeks of age, the systolic blood pressure and TG level of pups in SDM-normal feeding and overfeeding group were (153.31 ± 13.91) mm Hg and (147.21 ± 12.29) mm Hg, and (0. 73±0. 22) mmol/L and (0. 71±0.49) mmol/L, respectively, which were higher than those of the CP group [( 132.21 ± 11.26) mm Hg, and (0. 37 ± 0. 08) mmol/L, P＜0.05], but no significant difference was found between the two SDM groups (P＞0.05). There was no difference in FPG levels among the three groups, but the FINS level and HOMA-IR in the SDM-overfeeding group were higher than in the SDM normal feeding and CP group [( 12. 552 ± 3.260) mU/L vs (9.067 ± 1.782) mU/L and (8.590± 0.806) mU/L, 2.400± 0.624 vs 1.797 ± 0.508 and 1.729 ± 0.246; P＜0.05].Conclusions Fetal exposure to maternal severe hyperglycemia during pregnancy may lead to low birth weight infant who will exhibit postnatal catch-up growth. This may lead to the increased risk of metabolic syndrome in the offspings when they grow up, and this process would be accelerated by early overfeeding.

Objective To evaluate the expression and distribution of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in term placentas of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods Placental samples were collected from 36 normal full-term singleton pregnant women (control group) and 33 full-term singleton pregnant women with GDM who had elective cesarean section in Peking University First Hospital between November 2014 and June 2015. Immunohistochemical assay was used to detect the expression and distribution of TLR4 in placental tissues. T test was used to compare the expression of TLR4 in various cell types of placenta by semi-quantitative analysis. Results (1) TLR4 was expressed in the cell membrane, cytoplasm or nuclei of trophoblast, decidual cells, vascular endothelial cells and amniotic epithelial cells of term placentas. (2) Compared with the control group, the expression of TLR4 was significantly enhanced in trophoblast and decidual cells of GDM women (0.38±0.01 vs 0.31±0.01, 0.39±0.01 vs 0.34±0.01, t=5.218 and 4.525, all P<0.01). Moreover, the change of TLR4 average optical density was most significant in trophoblast. (3) There was no difference in the expression of TLR4 in vascular endothelial cells and amniotic epithelial cells in term placentas of GDM women compared with the control group (all P>0.05). Conclusions The expression of TLR4 is different in various cell types of GDM term placentas.

Karyotype analysis has been considered as the key tool for prenatal diagnosis .Although it is cost-effective, it has great challenge to meet the growing demand of efficiency and quality in clinical settings.To improve the effeiciency and detection quality , cytogenomic microarray analysis ( CMA ) is developed, with high detection rate.However, traditional karyotype analysis at different resolution should also be used as the reference for CMA .

Communities of bacteria wrapped in self-generated extracellular polymeric matrix and attached to a solid surface are known as biofilm. Biofilm formation and development can be divided into three stages: adhesion of cells to a surface, reproduction of the cells, and dispersion of cells. The procedure, which surface-attached biofilm disperses bacterial cells into the environment to colonize new sites, is defined as biofilm dispersal. Biofilm dispersal is an essential stage of biofilm life cycle. It plays an important role in the transmission of bacteria. For many pathogenic bacteria, biofilm dispersal can transform bacteria in biofilm into planktonic state and promote the spread of infection. The formation of biofilm may increase the resistance of bacteria to antimicrobial agent and host defence response compared with planktonic cells. In the oral cavity, oral microorganism can attach to the surface of oral tissue and prosthesis to form biofilm. Dental caries and periodontal disease are oral chronic infections diseases of the oral tissue. The occurrence of them has a close relationship with biofilm. The mechanism of dispersal is a hot topic in recent years. Some agents which promote dispersal might be a therapeutic potential against biofilm infections. The clinical implication of dispersal agents and potential application are promising. This article reviews the dispersal-inducing agents of oral biofilms.
Bacteria ; Biofilms ; Dental Caries ; Humans

Objective To study the clinical significance of chromosome karyotyping in pregnant women with a history of abnormal pregnancy. Methods The fetal chromosome karyotypes of 1 193 pregnant women with a history of abnormal pregnancy in Peking University First Hospital from January 4, 2005 to December 31, 2013 were analyzed. According to the etiology of their previous abnormal pregnancy, these women were divided into four groups: 273 women had children with inherited metabolic disorders or single-gene genetic diseases (group A), 81 women had children or fetuses with chromosome abnormalities (group B), eight cases had an abnormal chromosomal karyotype in either husband or wife (group C), and 833 women had abnormal pregnancy of unknown causes(group D). Results Forty-eight [4.0%(48/1 193)] and fetuses were found to have abnormal chromosomal karyotypes, including 26 cases of chromosome polymorphism variations and 22 cases of numerical and structural abnormalities (four cases of trisomy 21, four cases of numerical sex chromosome abnormalities, three cases of trisomy 18, three cases of extra small chromosome mosaicism, three cases of reciprocal translocation, one case of Robertsonian translocation, one case of chromosome six inversion between the arms, one case of chromosome three inversion between the arms, one case of mosaicism of trisomy 14 and one case of structural abnormality of chromosome 14). In group A, four cases (1.5%) of chromosomal abnormalities of clinical significance and four cases of chromosome polymorphism variations were detected. Meanwhile, 61 fetuses with inherited metabolic disorders or single-gene genetic diseases and two cases of gene mutation carriers were detected in group A, but among whom, there were no abnormal chromosome karyotype cases. In group B, two cases (2.5%) of chromosomal abnormalities were found. In group C, two cases (2/8) of reciprocal translocation were found, whose karyotypes were the same as the parents. In group D, three cases of trisomy 21, three cases of trisomy 18, two cases of extra small chromosome mosaicism and two cases of numerical sex chromosome abnormalities were found. All the mothers in this group were of advanced age. Four cases of structural abnormalities and 22 cases of chromosome polymorphism variations were also found in this group, chromosomal analysis was subsequently performed in those couples, and found that the abnormal chromosomal karyotypes in the fetuses were the same as those in the parents. Conclusions Appropriate prenatal cell genetic diagnostic methods should be chosen according to the causes of abnormal pregnancy history.

Objective To analyze the articles and authors published in Journal of Chinese Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science(JCBMBS) in 2012.Methods By using the bibliometric statistical methods,all papers published in JCBMBS in the whole year of 2012 were analyzed,including the paper amount,the paper column,the published style of papers,the institute distributions and the area distributions of the first authors,the foundation supported papers amount,the author amount,the citation amount and the published delay.Results 375 papers were published in JCBMBS in 2012,31.25 papers were published in an average issue,and one article included 3.06 pages averagely.The paper density was 0.327 and the information density was 5.21.The main style of published papers was original article,which accounted for 79.7％,and the least style was experts forum articles,which accounted for 2.4％.The amount of clinical research articles were 129,the hygienic articles were 89 and the basic research articles were 80.The area distributions of the first author were wide and imbalance.The top 6 provinces of the most published paper amounts in 2012 were Shandong,Jiangsu,Guangdong,Beijing,Anhui and Henan,where published paper amounts in total were 207 papers,and accounted for 55.2％ of the total papers of the whole year.There were 244 articles supported by various foundations and accounted for 65.06％ of the total papers of the whole year,in which 30.93％ was supported by the national foundations.The average author amount of the published papers,the average citation amount and the average published delay were 4.71 authors,15.58 indexes and 161.5 days respectively.12 corresponding authors had published 3 or more than 3 articles,and 37 corresponding authors had published 2 articles in the year.The top fifteen institutes of the most paper amounts in the periodical had published 145 articles,accounting for 38.7％ of the total amount of the papers.Conclusion The JCBMBS have an aboundant information resource;the main style of the published papers is original article;the clinical researches are the most in all columns.There are higher foundation supported papers and steady authors of this periodical.

Objective To analyze the papers published in Journal of Chinese Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science(JCBMBS) from 2009 to 2014 so as to know well of the characteristics of published papers and the progress of the journal.Methods Based on the published magazines,Wanfang database and the Magtech system,bibliometric analysis was conducted to analyze the quantity,types,authors,cooperation,citations and the funds of all the papers published from 2009 to 2014.Results A total of 2 343 papers were published from 2009 to 2014 with the average 390.50 items per year,32.54 items per tissue and 0.34 items per page.It was stable in columns setting and publishing types while the original papers accounted for more than 70％ every year.Zero fund-supported papers decreased year by year and the funds were 1.41-1.83 per article while the ratio of national funds supported papers were 20％-31％.It had a steady author group and the high produced institutions maintained stable.The ratio of cooperation in institutions were 45％-58％.The ratio cooperation in authors were 95.45％-97.09％ and it was high and steady.The citations were 12.45-18.48 per article which increased year by year.Conclusion From 2009 to 2014,the annual published articles on JCBMBS decrease,the paper density decreases and the citations increase year by year.It is relatively steady in columns setting,core authors,ratio of fund-supported papers and cooperation.

Objective: To explore the efficacy of esmolol on cardiac ischemia in patients with serious coronary lesions who are not candidates for coronary revascularizations. Methods: Fifty seven aged patients (34 male) with serious coronary artery disease not candidates for coronary revascularizations were included. All patients had classical angina involved in cardiac ischemia, and definitely ischemic ST-segment depressions in surface electrocardiogram, however which were not relieved by routine treatment including intravenous nitrate or even morphine. All patients received loading dose injection and continuously intravenous infusion of Esmolol, and the baseline characteristics before treatment and the effects at 4 hours after infusion of Esmolol were carefully recorded. Results: After infusion of Esmolol, the ischemia-related symptoms of 41 patients completely relieved, and their ST depressions recovered to the baseline accompanied with significant reduction in blood pressure and heart rate (P＜0.0001 all) within (66±23) min. Moreover, nine patients were observed that their ischemia-related symptoms were relieved and ST alteration recovered partially (P＜0.0001 both) at four h after continuous infusion of esmolol. Conclusion: Esmolol is effective to relieve the serious cardiac ischemia-related symptoms and ST-T alteration of ECG in patients with serious coronary lesions.