Objective This study aims to define the effects of hypothyroidism on c-fos and c-jun mRNA expression in rat testes to provide a theoretical basis for prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). Methods According to body weight (200 - 240 g), 20 Wistar male rats were divided into control group and hypothyroidism group (1 ml/100 g, 0.1% propylthiouracil by intragastric administration) by digital table. There were 10 male rats in each group and body weight was observed every 3 days. After 60 days, all rats were killed. The levels of thyroid hormones [total triiodothyronine (TT3), total thyroxine (TT4), and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)] were measured by radioimmunoassay. The mRNA expression levels of c-fos and c-jun in testes were detected by real-time quantitative PCR. Results Compared with control groups [(298.20 ± 12.15), (344.00 ± 13.73) g], the weights of hypothyroidism groups in 30 days [(239.00 ± 15.02) g] and in 60 days [(232.67 ± 17.86) g] were significant decreased (t=7.704, 11.380, all P<0.05). The levels of TT3 [(373.32 ± 101.31) ng/L] and TT4 [(4.00 ± 0.89) × 103 ng/L] in serum of hypothyroidism group were found to be significantly decreased, whereas the level of TSH [(5.77 ± 0.89) × 103 U/L] was increased in comparison with those of the control groups [(1 000.01 ± 273.53) ng/L, (44.33 ±7.84) × 103 ng/L, (1.87 ± 0.70) × 103 U/L, t = 5.262, 12.520, 8.413, all P< 0.05]. Compared with control group (1.00 ± 0.08, 1.01 ± 0.04), the c-fos and c-jun mRNA expression (0.67 ± 0.03, 0.75 ± 0.02) of hypothyroidism group was significant decreased (t = 12.382, 13.784, all P < 0.05). Conclusion Hypothyroidism may reduce mRNA expression levels of testicular c-fos and c-jun, and then damage the reproductive system in male rats.

Objective To analyse the changes of cerebral cortical thickness and explore the connectivity of cortical thickness and the clinical syndrome of concomitant strabismus using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging.Methods Participants were 26 children with primary strabismus and 28 healthy children strictly matched for sex, age, education and socioeconomic level.By using Freesurfer software, the whole-brain-based analysis was perfomrmed to compare the cortical thickness between the two groups.Results Compared with the healthy control group the children with strabismus were found that the cerebral cortex became thinner, including these brain regions related with stereovision,advanced visual-attention,attention and executive control function,as well as brain areas in insula and cingulate circuit.Conclusion Concomitant strabismus in children are not only caused by pathological changes of extraocular muscles,but anatomical changes of the central nervous system, especially the brain areas involved in the advanced visual processing related with visual-motor and visual-attention, and the advanced cognitive brain regions associated with attention and executive control, as well as the anatomical changes in insula and cingulate cortex circuit, which can explain the clinical syndrome of children with concomitant strabismus.

To adapt to the system reformation of medical laboratory science from five academic years to four academic years and to meet the new professional technology-oriented requirements, the medical laboratory science institute of Guangdong Medical College has carried out a comprehensive reform of curriculum system. This paper has analyzed the current problems in the school medical ex-amination and explored the curriculum system reform from three respects such as adjusting curriculum by restructuring and integrating programs, implementing modular teaching to build its characteristics and strengthening practice teaching.And it has also explored the full assessment mode by optimizing the traditional one-stop assessment.

Objective To summarize the experience of perioperative management for repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Method Retrospective review was conducted for the clinical data of CDH patients who received surgical repair on ECMO from December 2016 to June 2018 in Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center. Result Four fetus with prenatal diagnosis of left-side CDH were transferred to our Center and received standardized perinatal management. Moderate-severe pulmonary hypoplasia was recognized after evaluation by fetal imaging. Four cases were initiated with veno-arterial ECMO at 3, 35, 41, 11 h of life, respectively. Repair of the diaphragmatic defect was performed within two weeks after cannulation of ECMO. Furthermore, activated clotting time goals were adjusted to 180～220 s, activated partial thromboplastin time were stabilized between 50～80 s, platelets count were maintained>100×109/L and hematocrit was kept>30％before the surgery. The surgeries of four patients were completed on the 0.9th, 0.5th, 3.6th, 5.1th day of life on ECMO, respectively. The defect was repaired by parachute patch. The operative time was 85～210 min. According to CDH Staging System defect size (A to D), there were two with defects at grade C and other two at grade D. Postoperative total volume of drainage was 215～1301 ml and ECMO duration was 3.0～39.3 d. Three of them survived during neonatal period, while one died. Conclusion Repair of CDH on ECMO is feasible and help to improve neonatal survival, especially for those with moderate-severe pulmonary hypoplasia.

Objective To summarize the experience of cannulation for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in infants less than 5 kg. Methods Eleven infants with ECMO support who weighed less than 5 kg were admitted to critical care medicine of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center from June 2016 to June 2018 were enrolled. Retrospective analysis of support type, configuration, site of cannula and complication of ECMO was performed. Results The 11 infants consisted of 9 males and 2 females. The weight on ECMO of 1.96-4.60 kg, with an average of (3.14±0.65) kg; age 0.1-30.0 days, with a median of 5.6 (1.5, 8.3) days. Four cases were given ECMO because of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with severe pulmonary hypertension and other 7 cases were cannulated due to complication of congenital cardiac surgery. All infants were received veno-arterial (V-A) ECMO. In 4 cases, the cannulas were placed in the right internal jugular vein for drainage (8-10 French catheter with 6.0-7.5 cm depth) and the right carotid artery for infusion (6-8 French catheter with 2.5-3.5 cm depth); the average time of cannulation in right carotid and jugular vessels was (73±20) minutes (range 55-100 minutes). In other 7 cases, the cannulas were inserted into the right atrium (12-14 French catheter with 2.8-3.0 cm depth) for draining blood and returning it to the ascending aorta (6-8 French catheter with 1.0-2.0 cm depth); the average time of cannulation in central vessels was (64±31) minutes (range 35-110 minutes) with exclusion of 2 cases intraoperative cannulation. There were three infants with complications. One episode was shown in vascular rupture, one in catheter site hemorrhage and one in cannula malposition with later repositioning. There was no case of insertion site infection, cannula-related bloodstream infection and accident detached cannula. Conclusion Cannulation for ECMO can be performed in infants less than 5 kg with a high rate of success and a low rate of complication owing to appropriate catheter and skillful cannulation.

Objective:To explore the value of radiomics model based on intratumoral and peritumoral early dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI for identifying benign and malignant in breast imaging reporting and data system (BI-RADS) 4 tumors.Methods:A total of 191 patients diagnosed with BI-RADS 4 breast tumors by breast MRI examination with clear pathological diagnosis from January 2016 to December 2020 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College were analyzed retrospectively, including 77 benign and 114 malignant cases, aged 23-68 (46±10) years. The one-slice image with the largest area of the lesion of the second stage DCE-MRI images was selected to outline the region of interest, and automatically conformal extrapolated by 5 mm to extract the intra-tumoral and peritumoral radiomics features. The included cases were randomly divided into training and testing cohorts in the ratio of 8∶2. The statistical and machine learning methods were used for feature dimensionality reduction and selection of optimal radiomics features, and logistic regression was used as the classifier to establish the intratumoral, peritumoral, and intratumoral combined with peritumoral radiomics models. The independent risk factors that could predict the benignity and malignancy of breast tumors were retained as clinical-radiological characteristics by univariate and multivariate logistic regression to establish a clinical-radiological model. Finally, the intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics features were combined with clinical-radiological features to develop a combined model of the three. The receiver operating curve was used to analyze the predictive performance of each model and calculate the area under the curve (AUC),the AUC was compared by DeLong test. The stability of the three-component combined diagnostic model was tested by 10-fold cross-validation, and the model was visualized by plotting nomogram and calibration curves.Results:In the training cohort, the AUC of the three-component combined model for identifying benign and malignant BI-RADS 4 breast tumors was significantly higher than that of the intratumoral radiomics model ( Z=3.38, P<0.001), the peritumoral radiomics model ( Z=4.01, P<0.001), the intratumoral combined with peritumoral radiomics model ( Z=3.11, P=0.002), and the clinical-radiological model ( Z=3.24, P=0.001). And the AUC, sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and F1-score of the three-component combined model were 0.932, 91.2%, 86.9%, 87.0% and 0.89, respectively. In the testing cohort, the three-component combined model also had the highest AUC value (0.875), and diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and malignancy F1-score were 95.7%, 62.5%, 76.9%, and 0.89, respectively. The AUC calculated by 10-fold cross-validation was 0.90 (0.85-0.92), and the predicted curve of the three-component combined model in the calibration curve was in good agreement with the ideal curve. Conclusion:The three-component combined diagnostic model based on the intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics features and clinical-radiological features of early DCE-MRI has good performance and stability for identifying the benign and malignant in BI-RADS 4 breast tumors, and it can provide guidance for clinical decision non-invasively.

Under the premise that the relevant laws and regulations in China do not specify the review subject of compassionate drug use,it is controversial who should bear the responsibility for the review and approval.This paper summarized and elaborated on the characteristics of compassionate drug use,and discussed the responsibilities,professionalism,and necessity of review of the ethics committee.It is believed that the ethics committee should serve as the review subject of compassionate drug use,and focus on doctor qualifications,risk-benefit ratio,informed consent forms,and conflicts of interest.

Objective: To investigate the therapeutic effect of free superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator (SCIP)flap for reconstruction of soft tissue defects secondary to resection of retromolar and lateral buccal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: From January 2014 to January 2017, eight patients with retromolar and lateral buccal squamous cell carcinoma received radical resection and reconstructed with SCIP flap immediately. CTA and color Doppler sonography were routinely performed before the surgery. According to the size of the defect in the recipient area, the flap vascularized by the perforator vessel was carefully prepared and transferred to the buccal-pharynx-palate composite defect. The recipient area and donor area were sutured tightly after arteriovenous anastomosis under microscope. The survival and functional recovery of the flap were observed after operation. Results: The flap sizes ranged from 5 cm× 6 cm to 7 cm×9 cm.The mean diameter of the superficial circumflex iliac arteries was 0.65 mm. And the mean diameter of the veins was 1.2 mm. The mean arterial pedicle length was 7.0 cm, and the venous pedicle length was 8.0 cm. Eight flaps were all survived. The shape of the buccal-parapharyngeal-palate was good and the mouth opening was normal after operation. Conclusions Superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap was a good choice for repairing the defect of parapharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in the posterior molar region.

Novel biologics that redirect cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) to kill tumor cells bearing a tumor associated antigen hold great promise in the clinic. However, the ability to safely and potently target CD3 on CTL toward tumor associated antigens (TAA) expressed on tumor cells remains a challenge of both technology and biology. Herein we describe the use of a Half DVD-Ig format that can redirect CTL to kill tumor cells. Notably, Half DVD-Ig molecules that are monovalent for each specificity demonstrated reduced non-specific CTL activation and conditional CTL activation upon binding to TAA compared to intact tetravalent DVD-Ig molecules that are bivalent for each specificity, while maintaining good drug like properties and appropriate PK properties.
Animals ; Antibodies, Bispecific ; immunology ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; immunology ; pharmacokinetics ; CD3 Complex ; metabolism ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic ; ErbB Receptors ; metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; Lymphocyte Activation ; immunology ; Mice, SCID ; Neoplasms ; immunology ; pathology ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic ; immunology