To seek the optimum experiment methods of animal immunization with HCV gene and to explore the effect on antibody responses in mice immunized by pCD-HCV1 recombinant in different administration, recombinant pCD-HCV1 was constructed by technique of molecular biology and was injected into muscles of Balb/c of mice with different times, routes and dosage of inoculations as well as different treatment. The results showed that the serum antibody level reached 0.183±0.06,0.428±0.05,0.707±0.08 and 0.773±0.07(OD410 value) respectively after recombinant pCD-HCV1(100μg/mouse) were injected into mice once, twice, three times and four times. The antibody level of mice (n＝12) with four times inoculation was the highest; pCD-HCV1 was perfused into stomach orally in mice or were into mice by i.p, s.c and i.m(100μg/mouse, three times) in different routes (n＝6), and the antibody levels were 0.138±0.05, 0.178±0.07, 0.233±0.08 and 0.691±0.05 respectively; after the mice (n＝8) were inoculated with the pCD-HCV1 of different dosage(10μg, 50μg and 100μg) the antibody levels of three groups were 0.11±0.09, 0.33±0.04, and 0.700±0.07, and the results showed a significant difference (P＜0.01); Mice was injected with procaine (100μl, 0.4mg) by i.m or s.c. Then pCD-HCV1 was injected into mice and antibody levels were higher than that of mice immunized directly with recombinant pCD-HCV1 of same dosage. The results may provide a reference data deserved for screening the optimum immunization method of development HCV-DNA-based vaccine in mice model.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of a modified risk scoring system in predicting the mortality during hospitalization in the elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.Methods At the first stage,we retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 1,562 elderly patients with hip fracture who had been admitted to Department of Trauma and Orthopedics,Peking University People's Hospital from January 2010 to December 2014.A multi-factor risk-adjustment model for surgical risks was constructed by multi-variate logistic regression analysis to obtain a modified preoperative risk scoring system for elderly patients undergoing hip fracture.At the second stage,a cohort of 1,356 elderly patients with hip fracture from January 2015 to December 2018 was included for a prospective evaluation of the modified risk scoring system.The patients included were divided into 5 groups according to their scores:a very low risk group of 0 to 10 points,a low risk group of 11 to 20 points,a moderate risk group of 21 to 30 points,a high risk group of 31 to 40 points and a very high risk group of ≥41 points.The consistency between the scores and the actual outcomes of the patients was observed and the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was drawn accordingly.Results The 1,356 cases included in the study scored 25.12 ± 10.30 points (from 0 to 67 points).The in-hospital mortality was 0％ (0/96) in the very low risk group,0.23％ (1/443) in the low risk group,0.49％ (2/409) in the moderate risk group,2.16％ (6/278) in the high risk group,and 5.38％ (7/130) in the very high risk group.The area under the ROC curve was 0.825 (95％ CI:0.728-0.921,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions As the in-hospital mortality is positively correlated with the scores of the modified preoperative risk scoring system for elderly patients undergoing hip fracture,the modified scoring system can be used to predict the in-hospital morbidity of the patients.The modified scoring system can be further verified and calibrated by multi-center clinical evaluation.

Objective To establish a preoperative risk scoring system for elderly patients with hip fracture on the basis of investigation into the factors influencing their mortality during hospitalization. Methods The data were collected from the database of hospitalization summary reports ( HSR ) of Beijing Public Health Commission concerning the 14, 577 patients who had been 55 years old or older and hospitalized for hip fracture from January 1, 2006 throughout December 31, 2010 at the 35 top-rank hospitals in Beijing. They were divided into a surgery group and a non-surgery group. Two multivariable risk-adjustment models were established for the 2 groups on the basis of an investigation into the factors influencing their mor-tality during hospitalization. Finally a preoperative risk scoring system for elderly patients with hip frac-ture was formulated according to the valuation of the least common multiples of β coefficients of the risk factors.Results Besides senior age and male gender, 10 different comorbidities were independently associated with in-hospital mortality, particularly pulmonary embolism, respiratory failure, renal failure and diabetes. The risk for inpatient mortality associated with a specific comorbidity was relatively higher in the surgery group than in the non-surgery group. The risk-adjustment models based on the variables had better accuracy in predicting in-hospital mortality ( ROC＝0.91 in surgery group versus ROC＝0.85 in non-surgery group ). In our preoperative risk scoring system for elderly patients with hip fracture, 10 points were for an age of 65 to 74 years old, 14 points for an age of 75 to 84 years old, 18 points for an age beyond 85 years old, 4 points for male gender, 20 points for pulmonary embolism, 18 points for respiratory failure, 10 points for renal insufficiency, 8 points for diabetes, 8 points for heart failure, 7 points for malignant tumor, 7 points for lung infection, 7 points for disturbance of water, electrolyte and acid-base balance, 6 points for arrhythmia, and 6 points for cerebral infarction, totaling 119 points. Conclusions The primary risk factors for in-hospital mortality in the elderly patients with hip fracture seem to be senior age, male gender and 10 different comorbidi-ties. A preoperative risk scoring system has been successfully established for elderly patients with hip fracture.

Objective To verify the effectiveness of a self-designed preoperative risk scoring system for elderly patients with hip fracture.Methods A total of 286 elderly patients with hip fracture were included for this prospective study who had been admitted from February 1,2014 to February 1,2016 to Department of Trauma and Orthopedics,Peking University People's Hospital.They were divided into 5 groups according to their scores by our self-designed preoperative risk scoring system for elderly patients with hip fracture:0 to 10 points,11 to 20 points,21 to 30 points,31 to 40 points and above 41 points.Postoperative complications and deaths were recorded.The correlations between their preoperative scores and postoperative medical complications or death were analyzed to verify the effectiveness of the preoperative risk scoring system for elderly patients with hip fracture.Results The 286 patients scored 24.9 ± 11.0 (from 0 to 69) preoperatively.The femoral neck fractures scored 24.0±11.0 and femoral intertrochanteric fractures 26.3±10.8.The incidence of medical complications was 4.00％ (1/25) in the 0 to 10 points group,4.17％ (3/72) in the 11 to 20 points group,14.66％ (17/116) in the 21 to 30 points group,23.53％ (12/51) in the 31 to 40 points group and 50.00％ (11/22) in the above 41 pints group.Conclusion As the incidence of postoperative medical complications in elderly patients with hip fracture is positively correlated with the scores by our self-designed preoperative risk scoring system for elderly patients with hip fracture,the preoperative risk scoring system can provide an effective prediction of surgical risks.

Objective: To analyze the expression and prognostic significance of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma associated long non-coding RNA-1 (ESCCAL-1) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissues. Methods: From August 2011 to May 2013, 73 patients with ESCC, who received radical resection in The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, were enrolled. The expressions of ESCCAL-1 in esophageal tumor tissues and corresponding adjacent non-tumor tissues were detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). T test, chi square test and multivariate analysis were performed for statistical analysis. Results: The expression of ESCCAL-1 was 28.03±9.37 in esophageal tumor tissues of patients with ESCC, which was higher than that in corresponding adjacent normal tissues (11.39±4.15), and the difference was statistically significant (t=2.964, P<0.01). However there were no statistically significant differences in the expressions of ESCCAL-1 among the patients with different age, gender, histological grade, classification of Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), T stage or lymph nodes metastasis (all P>0.05). The median disease-free survival (DFS) time and overall survival (OS) time of patients with low ESCCAL-1 expression were 39 months and 42 months, respectively, which were longer than those of patients with high ESCCAL-1 expression (30 months and 37 months), and the differences were statistically significant (χ²=9.049, P=0.003; χ²=10.165, P=0.001). The results of multivariate analysis showed that ESCCAL-1 expression was the independent risk factor of DFS and OS (high risk (HR)=2.45, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.22 to 4.93, P=0.012; HR=2.29, 95%CI 1.14 to 4.59, P=0.019). Conclusions ESCCAL-1 may be involved the genesis and development of ESCC. The expression of ESCCAL-1 in esophageal tumor tissues may be a prognostic parameter for patients with ESCC receiving radical resection.

Objective:To explore the curative effects of Nice knot fixation on tuberosity healing in hemiarthroplasty for complex proximal humeral fractures.Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted of the eligible 32 complex proximal humeral fractures which had been treated at Department of Trauma and Orthopedics, Peking University People's Hospital between May 1, 2016 and May 1, 2019. Nice knot fixation was used to repair greater and lesser tuberosities in hemiarthroplasty for all the patients. There were 6 males and 26 females, aged from 60 to 90 years (mean, 74.9 years). By the Neer classification, there were 4 three-part fractures combined with dislocation, 20 four-part fractures, and 8 four-part fractures combined with dislocation. Shoulder joint X-rays were taken at postoperative 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 months at the outpatient clinic to evaluate the patients' shoulder joint mobility, visual analog scale (VAS) pain score and Constant-Murley shoulder score. Tuberosity healing was assessed based on the X-rays and related complications were recorded.Results:The 32 patients received complete follow-up for 12 to 25 months (average, 17.82 months). At the 12-month follow-up, their shoulder flexion averaged 131.3° (from 80° to 155°), abduction 126.9° (from 80° to 155°), external rotation 48.4° (from 30° to 60°), internal rotation the L2 level, VAS pain score 0.9 (from 0 to 5), and Constant-Murley score 83.4 (from 58 to 96). The rate of patient satisfaction was 87.5%(28/32). Tuberosity-related complications were observed in 6 cases with an incidence of 18.8%. Complications like infection and prosthetic loosening were found in none of the patients.Conclusion:In hemiarthroplasty for complex proximal humeral fractures, application of Nice knot to fixate greater and lesser tuberosities can lead to rigid fixation, definite curative effects and a low incidence of tuberosity-related complications.