By observing the arthroscopy cleaning technique with postoperative oral administration with reinforcing kidney and activating blood Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), this article was aimed to evaluate the clinical curative effect and its influence on serum C endⅡ collagen type (CTX-Ⅱ) and cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP). Patients who met the diagnostic criteria were randomly divided into the treatment group and control group, with 30 cases in each group. Joint limited debridement was firstly applied. And the degree of articular cartilage degeneration, synovial hyperplasia and inflammatory degree were observed and recorded. Preoperative venous blood was collected. The contents of CTX-Ⅱ and COMP were detected with ELISA method. After surgery, in the treatment group, surgery plus postoperative oral administration with reinforcing kidney and activating blood Chinese herbal medicine was given. In the control group, surgery plus oral administration with celecoxib capsules was given. Four weeks before and after the treatment, the WOMAC knee function score was used in the evaluation of clinical curative effect. The contents of postoperative serum CTX-Ⅱ and COMP were determined. The results showed that the effectiveness of the treatment group was higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05). In the treatment group, the WOMAC score in pain, rigidity, difficulty of activity and total score had significant differences compared with the control group (P < 0.05). There were statistical significances on serum CTX-Ⅱ and COMP in the treatment group before and after the treatment, as well as the comparison between the treatment and control group both before and after the treatment (P < 0.05). Serum CTX-Ⅱ and COMP had positive correlation with the degeneration of cartilage and synovial hyperplasia with statistical significances (P < 0.05). It was concluded that joint limited debridement under arthroscopy combined with reinforcing kidney and activating blood method had synergistic effect in the treatment of KOA. It can effectively relieve the clinical symptoms and improve the knee joint function. It can also obviously reduce the contents of serum CTX-Ⅱ and COMP. There was internal close relation between the articular cartilage degeneration, synovial hyperplasia under the arthroscopy in KOA and cytokines of CTX-Ⅱ and COMP. The cytokines of CTX-Ⅱ and COMP provided important references for the estimation of articular cartilage degeneration and synovial hyperplasia.

[ Objective ] To observe the effect of relaxing operation with small needle knife and acupoint injection of Compound Osteotide Injection (COI) for suprascapular nerve compression syndrome (SNCS) . [Methods] Two hundred and twenty cases of SNCS were randomized to three groups: group A ( re = 120) was treated with small needle knife for relaxation and acupoint injection of COI, group B ( n = 50) with small needle knife for relaxation and group C ( re = 50) with acupoint injection of COI. The short-term and long-term effects were compared in the three groups. [Results] Total effective rate was 98.3% in group A, 88.0% in group B and 74.0% in group C ( P

Vinflunine tartrate-loaded liposomes (VT-L) with two drug-to-lipid ratios were prepared by pH gradient method. Vesicle size and zeta potential were determined by the Zetasizer Nano ZS. Entrapment efficiency was evaluated by cation exchange resin centrifugalization method. The toxicity and tumor inhibition to nude mouse administrated by VT-L with different drug-to-lipid ratios were investigated and compared with the vinflunine tartrate injection (VT-I). The results showed that the mean particle size, zeta potential and entrapment efficiency of the VT-L with drug-to-lipid ratios of 1 : 5 and 1 : 10 were 124.6 nm and 128.3 nm, -25.3 mV and -22.8 mV, 94.46% and 97.31%, respectively. The VT-L with two different drug-to-lipid ratios has significantly higher anti-tumor effect to nude mouse transplanted human non-small cell lung carcinoma A549 and lower toxicity than VT-I. While there were no significant differences in anti-tumor effect and toxicity between VT-L with two different drug-to-lipid ratios.

[Abstract ] Objective Difficulties with the preparation of gastric cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been a main obstacle to the studies of gastric cancer .This article addresses the technology of the serum-free medium suspension cultivation of the MKN-45 gastric cancer cell line and screening of stem cells from the cell line based on the biomarkers of gastric CSCs . Methods MKN-45 cells were cultured in serum-free medium for 8 weeks and those in the logarithmic phase cultivated with hoechst 33342 followed by detection of the side cells by flow cytometry .When the side population cells reached 25%, all the cell microspheres were collected , hatched with CD133 and CD44, and subjected to fluorescence-activated cell sorting.The CDl33 +and CD44 +cells were selected as gastric CSCs . Results About 40%of the MKN-45 gastric CSCs were alive , prolif-erated, and formed floating cell balls .Side population cells constitu-ted 3.4% of the MKN-45 cells and 26.9% of the cell balls.The CDl33 +and CD44 +cells made up 11.2% of the MKN-45 cells and 90.3%of the cell balls. Conclusion Cell balls rich in CSCs can be successfully obtained by serum-free medium suspension culti-vation and CSCs can be screened out with hoechst 33342 and surface markers , which may serve as an experimental ground for the stud-ies of gastric CSCs .

Objective: To study the correlation between Erα gene polymorphism and the distribution pattern of TCM meridian syndrome in women with knee osteoarthritis. Methods: A total of 120 Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) female patients admitted to our hospital between January 2018 and December 2018 were selected as the observation group, and 120 healthy female subjects accepted physical examination at our hospital over the same period were selected as the control group. The Erα gene distribution of estrogen receptor was compared between the two groups to identify the differences between KOA women and healthy women. The TCM syndromes and meridians types of the patients in the observation group were defined to evaluate the degree of KOA. The correlation among KOA status, Erαgenotypes, TCM syndromes and meridians was analyzed. Results: The distribution of Erα gene XbaI was significantly different between the observation group and the control group (χ²=35.339, P<0.001). There was a statistical difference in the distribution of XbaI genotypes between mild to moderate and severe patients in the observation group (χ²=29.088, P<0.001). There was a moderate correlation between the Lequesne score and the fascia type in KOA women, and a high correlation between the Lequesne score and the TCM syndrome differentiation type, and a moderate correlation between the Lequesne score and the Erα gene and the XbaI genotype (P<0.05). The Erα gene polymorphisms, meridians and syndrome differentiation were moderately correlated (P<0.05). Conclusions In female patients with knee osteoarthritis, the conditions are more serious in patients with complex type of tendons, deficiency of liver and kidney, phlegm and blood stasis, Erα gene xx genotype, and there is a clear correlation between the TCM type of tendons and ER gene polymorphism.

Objective:To construct a Nomogram model in predicting recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) at six months, one year and two years after hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) resection by using inflammatory markers combined with other routine clinical indicators.Methods:The data of 314 patients with HCC who underwent first time hepatectomy at Beijing Chaoyang Emergency Rescue Center and Air Force Characteristic Medical Center from January 2013 to January 2018 were analyzed. HCC patients who underwent hepatectomy at the First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital from January 2011 to January 2016 ( n=106) were used as the external validation group. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional risk model was used to analyze independent risk factors of recurrence and death in HCC patients. A Nomogram model was constructed based on independent risk factors. Validation of the efficacy of the Nomogram model was done based on external data. Results:In the experimental group, 174 patients relapsed. The median RFS was 26 months. The 6 months, 1 year and 2 years RFS were 26.8%, 43.9%, and 68.8%, respectively. A total of 142 patients had died. The median survival time was 30 months. The 6 months, 1 year and 2 years OS were 5.9%, 23.6% and 63.1%, respectively. In the external validation group, 63 patients had developed recurrence, with a median RFS time of 28 months. The 6 months, 1 year and 2 years RFS were 26.4%, 45.3%, 54.7%, respectively. The median survival time was 31 months. The 6 months, 1 year and 2 years OS were 7.5%, 25.5%, 46.6%, respectively. Tumor size (>6.0 cm, HR: 1.447), vascular invasion ( HR: 1.408), TBil (>0.94 mg/dl, HR: 1.949), NLR (>2.54, HR: 2.843), AGR (≤0.88, HR: 2.447) were independent risk factors of HCC recurrence ( P<0.05). Tumor size (>6.0 cm, HR: 2.207), vascular invasion ( HR: 1.529), and NLR (>2.54, HR: 2.708) were independent risk factors of death for HCC patients ( P<0.05). The C-indexes of half-year, one-year and two-year RFS were 0.764 (95% CI: 0.677-0.854), 0.710 (95% CI: 0.615-0.824) and 0.673 (95% CI: 0.601-0.786), respectively. The C-indexes of half-year OS, one-year OS and two-year OS were 0.729 (95% CI: 0.648-0.841), 0.708 (95% CI: 0.608-0.813) and 0.664 (95% CI: 0.618-0.771), respectively. Conclusion:In this study, the construction of a Nomogram model in predicting prognosis of HCC patients was helpful to guide clinicians in improving preoperative treatment plans and in providing ideas for individualized treatment of patients.

【Objective】 Through bioinformatics methods to analyze the differences in the gene expression profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells （PBMCs） between middle-aged and elderly women and normal people， so as to explore the diagnosis and treatment targets of OA. 【Methods】 We downloaded the GSE48556 data set from GEO databases. We utilized the R language to screen out the differentially expressed genes （DEGs） between OA and NC. By gene set enrichment analysis （GSEA）， we obtained the target gene subset. The GO and KEGG pathways of the target gene subset were analyzed by DAVID. We applied STRING and Cytoscape software to construct PPI network. The module analysis was performed by the Mcode and centiscape plug-in， and the key genes were screened out by Cytohubba. 【Results】 By GSEA analysis and P.adjust <0.05 & |log2FC| >0.2， a total of 292 target genes were screened， consisting of 81 upregulated genes and 211 downregulated genes. The GO enrichment analysis of all target genes mainly focused on the biological functions， such as “regulation of NIK/NF-κB”， “monocytes”， “proliferation”， “regulation of apoptosis signaling pathway”， “TNF-mediated signaling pathway”， “regulation of Wnt signaling pathway”， “regulation of MAP kinase activity”， and “regulation of autophagy”. KEGG was mainly enriched in four pathways： cytotoxicity of natural killer cell mediation， TNF signaling pathway， MAPK signaling pathway， and apoptosis. We employed PPI network and related plug-ins to screen out eight core genes highly related to OA inflammation and apoptosis， namely， MAPK1， IL10， PTGS2， IL18， GSK3B， NFKBIA， TNFRSF1A， and EGR1. 【Conclusion】 Bioinformatics analysis revealed that the differences in PBMCs gene expressions between OA and NC were concentrated in the biological events of apoptosis and inflammation， making blood expression profile an effective breakthrough for monitoring OA target markers.

Retinopathy of prematurity(ROP), an abnormal vascular proliferative retinopathy of prematurity, is a serious condition that can lead to retinal detachment or blindness. With the development of neonatal medicine, the survival rate of low birth weight and low gestational age infants has been increasing, as well as the incidence of ROP. Therefore, studying ROP's pathogenesis and influencing factors is of great clinical importance. Numerous studies have been conducted on the risk factors for ROP, including gestational age, oxygen intake, mode of delivery, neonatal bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and the use of surfactants. At present, it is widely accepted both at home and abroad that preterm birth, low birth weight, and high oxygen concentration after birth are independent risk factors for ROP. In recent years, more and more scholars have found that abnormalities in blood indicators in preterm infants may be associated with the development of ROP. This article reviews the effects of platelets, haemoglobin, blood glucose, inflammatory cells, and lipids on ROP, providing a reference for identifying and preventing risk factors for ROP.

Meibomian gland dysfunction is a chronic and diffuse disease of the meibomian glands, characterized by obstruction and(or)abnormal secretion of the terminal ducts. Clinically, it can lead to tear film abnormalities and inflammation of the ocular surface, resulting in symptoms of ocular irritation and potential corneal damage that may impact visual function. Meibomian gland dysfunction can be classified into two types based on meibomian gland secretion: low secretion type and high secretion type. The low secretion type further includes acinar atrophy type and obstruction type. In recent years, research has revealed that patients with diabetes experience chronic damage to their meibomian gland tissue in the early stages of the disease, leading to structural and functional changes. The incidence and severity of meibomian gland dysfunction are higher in diabetic patients. However, there are numerous complex factors contributing to this condition in diabetes patients, and mechanisms remain unclear at present. This article reviews both domestic and international research progress on the pathological mechanism underlying meibomian gland dysfunction in diabetes.