Objective To investigate the expression and significance of YB -1 in serum and endometrial tis-sues in patients with endometriosis ( EMs ) for taking YB -1 EMs as an index of early diagnosis and treatment . Methods ELISAwas adopted to detect YB -1 expressions in serum of EMs group and control group .The expression of YB-1 in endometrial tissue in the EMs group and control group was detected by immunohistochemistry SP method . Results The average concentration of YB -1 in serum of EMs group (14.65 ±3.91 ug/L) was higherthan thatin the control group (9.64 ±2.37 ug/L), with statistically significant differences (p<0.05).The results of immuno-histochemistry showed that the expression of YB -1 was moderately positive in endometria of patients with EMs . Weakly positive expressions of YB -1 were detected in a fewcases of the control group .There are significant differ-ences in the positive expression rates of YB -1 between two groups ( p <0.05).Conclusion The expression of YB-1 in serum and endometria of patients with EMs is higher .YB-1 can not only be an intracellular marker , but also expected to become an ideal serological marker .

Objective To explore the influence of singing therapy on anxiety and depression of patients with stable COPD.Methods Toally 56 COPD patients were divided into intervention group and control group according to random digit table.The control group was provided health education and mental nursing.On the base of treatment for the control group,the intervention group received singing therapy for 24 weeks.The anxiety and depression scale was to measure the anxiety and depression before and 24 weeks after intervention.Results There were no differences in HAD score and HAD-A score and HAD-D score between the groups before intervention (P＞0.05),but after intervention,the differences were significant in terms of the HAD score and HAD-A score and HAD-D score (P＜0.01).The scores of intervention group were significantly lower than those of the control group.For the scores,there was no difference in the control group between pre-and post-intervention (P＞0.05),but the scores after intervention were significantly lower than those before intervention in the intervention group (P＜0.001).Conclusion Singing therapy can effectively alleviate anxiety and depression of COPD patients at the stable state.

Objective To determine whether the cross-sectional area (CSA)of the calf measured with MRI could stage lower ex-tremity lymphedema (LEL)secondary to gynecological cancer treatments.Methods 148 patients were enrolled in this research.116 females with unilateral LEL and 32 without LEL after gynecological cancer treatments underwent calf MRI and water displacement. Total soft tissue CSA (T),muscle CSA (M)and subcutaneous tissue CSA (S)of affected calf,and difference of T (DT),M (DM) and S (DS)between calves were obtained on MRI at mid-calf level.Volume of affected calf and difference of volume (DV)between calves were obtained by water displacement.Statistical analysis was performed to determine feasibility of MRI measurements for ac-cessing LEL.Results There were close correlations between volume and T or S of affected calf,and between DV and DT or DS of calves.The correlations of stages of LEL with T and S of affected calf as well as DT and DS were stronger than the volume of affect-ed calf and DV (P< 0.01).Multivariate analysis showed more significant differences in T and S than in volume of affected calf,and in DS than in DV between LEL stages (P< 0.05).No difference was found in volume of affected calf and in DV between stage 0 andⅠ. For staging LEL,DS showed the most profound discrimination ability among all measurable parameters.Conclusion DS of calves could be the most reliable parameter recommended for staging and early diagnosis of LEL.

Objective To explore the effect of silver needle thermo-conduction on cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type (CSA). Methods 82 patients with CSA were randomly divided into control group (n=41) and treatment group (n=41). The control group was treated with cervical traction combined with microwave diathermy, and the treatment group was treated with silver needle thermo-conduction combined with cervical traction. Both groups were evaluated with Evaluation Scale for Cervical Vertigo (ESCV) and transcranial Doppler before and 1 course after treatment. Results The ESCV score, the peak blood flow velocity of period of contraction of left vertebral artery, right vertebral artery and basilar artery in both groups were significantly higher after treatment than before (P<0.01), the treatment group was better than the control group after treatment (P<0.01). Conclusion Silver needle thermo-conduction combined with cervical traction therapy can accelerate the blood flow of patients with CSA and improve their clinical symptoms

Objective To assess the diagnostic value of CT spectral imaging using quantitative iodine-based material decomposition images in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism. Methods Fifty-three patients underwent CT angiography with spectral imaging mode on a GE Discovery CT750HD scanner. Iodine distribution in the lung parenchyma using the iodine-based material decomposition images was quantitatively measured by post-processing. Monochromatic CT angiographic images were reconstructed from the same data sets and thee images were reviewed for the identification and localization of pulmonary embolism as well as the degree ( partial or complete) of the embolic occlusion. The number and location of perfusion defects were recorded. The iodine content of perfusion defects and normal lung parenchyma on the iodine maps were measured by one reader using an ROI analysis. Comparative analyses were obtained using the Chi-square test for categorical data. Two independent samples rank test and 2 related samples signed-rank test were used to compare iodine densities between different groups. Results CT angiography showed no pulmonary embolism in 33 patients, and iodine distribution was homogeneous. A total of 93 clots with lobar ( n = 26), segmental (n = 54) and sub-segmental (n=13) distribution were detected in 19 patients; Fifty-one clots were occlusive and 42 clots were non-occlusive. The iodine-based material decomposition images of all occlusive clots showed lobar, segmental or sub-segmental iodine distribution defects; whereas eleven of 42 non-occlusive clots had evidence of iodine distribution defects. There was significant difference ( x2 = 39. 94,P＜0. 01 ) in the perfusion defects between occlusive and non-occlusive clots. There was a significant difference in iodine content between normal lung parenchyma [ (1.92 ±0. 54) g/L] and perfusion defects [ (0. 30 ± 0. 20)g/L] (Z= -5.63, P ＜ 0. 01 ). There was a significant difference in the iodine content of peffusion defects before [ (0. 26 ± 0. 23 )g/L] and after anticoagulation [ (0. 94 ± 0. 50 )g/L ] ( Z = -3.93,P ＜ 0. 01 ). Conclusion With the ability of iodine mapping, CT spectral imaging is areliable method in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism both qualitatively and quantitatively, and may be a useful tool in providing information regarding the severity of PE and monitoring therapeutic efficacy.

Background and purpose: Multidrug resistance (MDR) is the dominating obstacle to the chemotherapy. There is strong evidence that the phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) signaling pathway is involved in MDR phenotype, however, the mechanism of MDR occurrence is still unknown. This study tended to investigate the regulating effect of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway and its downstream target genes in P-glycoprotein (P-gp) (ABCB1 gene encoding)-mediated MDR in human colon carcinoma HCT-116/L-OHP cells. Methods:Pretreatment with PI3K selective inhibitor LY294002 (20μmol/L) for 2 h, the sensitivity of L-OHP was evaluated by the CCK-8 (cell counting kit-8) assay in HCT-116/L-OHP cells, and the expressions of P-gp, LRP, MRP-2, Akt, p-Akt, IκB and p-IκB were evaluated by Western blot. The activity of ABCB1 promoter was evaluated by chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis (CHIP). Results: After inhibiting the activity of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, the IC50 value of L-OHP decreased from(157.48±16.73)μg/mL to (53.68±3.18)μg/mL in HCT-116/L-OHP cells, and the reversal index was 2.93 (P<0.01). The expressions of P-gp, p-Akt and p-IκB were down-regulation compared with the concrol group (P<0.01), but the expressions of LRP, MRP-2, Akt and IκB didn't change signiifcantly. CHIP result has conifrmed that NF-κB protein could bind to the region of ABCB1 gene promoter in HCT116/L-OHP cells. Conclusion:Blocking of PI3K/Akt/NF-kB signal pathway could increase the drug sensitivity to MDR cells, inhibit the phosphorylation of p-Akt and p-IκB, and reversing ABCB1/P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance in colon carcinoma cells.

Objective To evaluate the MR lymphangiography (MRL)in diagnosis of limb lymphedema.Methods A total of 582 patients with lymphedemtous limbs were enrolled in the study,MRL was performed at 3.0T MR.The morphology and enhancement of the lymph nodes,the number of lymphatic vessels and the lymph flow were evaluated.Results No matter in primary or secondary lymphedema,there were patients showed only lymph nodes affected,or only lymph vessels affected,and some patients showed both affected.Lymphatic aplasia,hypoplasia or hyperplasia were showed in primary lymphedema.Obstruction lymphatic vessels,and lym-phangiectasia were showed in secondary lymphedema.The velocity of lymph flow was (1.0±0.62)cm/min in affected limb of pa-tients with primary lymphedema,which was significantly slower than that of affected limb of patients with secondary lymphedema (2.22±1.64)cm/min(P<0.01)in dynamic contrast-enhanced MRL.In both type of lymphedema,the contrast enhanced lymph nodes showed less nodes with delayed enhancement and lower signal intensity,compared to that of lymph nodes in the contralateral normal side.Conclusion Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRL is helpful for assessing the anatomical and functional status of lymphatic system in lymphedematous limb.This new imaging techniques provides a powerful tool for the diagnosis of lymphedema.

Objectives To investigate the clinical significance of dual energy spectral CT (DESCT) in quantitatively differentiating peripheral lung cancers from pulmonary inflammatory masses.Methods Sixty patients with 35 lung cancers and 25 inflammatory masses underwent DESCT to get arterial phase (AP) images and venous phase (VP) images.Iodine concentrations in the central and peripheral zone of the masses were measured and normalized to the aorta as normalised iodine concentration (NIC).The difference of NIC between central and peripheral zone of the masses (dNIC) was calculated.The spectral attenuation curve was obtained automatically and the slope of curve (λHU) was also calculated in the two groups.The quantitative parameters was presented as M (Q1,Q3),and Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to compare above two independent samples.Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were generated to calculate the sensitivity and specificity.Results NICs in the central zone of peripheral lung cancers were significantly lower than that of inflammatory masses:mean NICs were 0.03 (0,0.05) versus 0.12 (0.07,0.20) in AP,and 0.14 (0.12,0.19) versus 0.30 (0.21,0.57) in VP (Z=-4.14,-3.70,respectively,P＜0.01).While the dNIC values of lung cancers were significantly higher than that of inflammatory masses:dNIC values were 0.08 (0.05,0.11) versus 0.04 (-0.02,0.08) in AP,and 0.23 (0.17,0.34)versus 0.07 (-0.04,0.08) in VP(Z=-2.56,-4.00,respectively,P＜0.05).Mean λHU values of lung cancers were also lower than inflammatory masses:1.03 (0.67,1.67)versus 2.75 (1.61,3.19) in AP,and 1.58 (1.30,2.17) versus 3.25 (2.37,4.54) in VP (Z=-3.90,-4.42 respectively,P＜0.01).According to ROC curves,cutoff value of λHU =2.11 in VP had the highest sensitivity (89％) and specificity (91％) in differentiating peripheral lung cancers from inflammatory masses.Conclusions Contrast-enhanced dual energy spectral CT imaging with some quantitative parameters such as normalised iodine concentration,dNIC,and the slope of spectral attenuation curves may be a promising new method for differentiating peripheral lung cancers from inflammatory masses.

Objective To explore the effects of motivational interviewing health education on the self-management behavior and lung function of the community-elderly patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods Totally 215 elderly patients with stable COPD from Xi'an community were enrolled by convenience sampling,and the patients were randomly divided into control (n=108) and experimental group (n=107) using the random number table.The patients in the experimental group received motivational interviewing health education for 6 months in addition to usual health education for both groups.The two groups were examed by self-management behavior (smoking,respiratory function exercises,muscle exercises,home oxygen therapy,medication adherence and inhaled drugs method) and lung function before and after intervention.Results In the experimental group,smoking cessation rate [72.9％ (78 cases) vs.84.1％ (90 cases),x2 =7.40],respiratory-function exercises (often) [16.8％ (18 cases) vs.84.1％ (90 cases),x2 =99.35],muscle exercises (often) [30.8 ％ (33 cases) vs.87.0％ (93 cases),x2 =69.49],frequent home-oxygen therapy [9.3％(10 cases) vs.35.5％(38 cases),x2 =30.50],medication following the doctor's advice [36.5％(39 cases) vs.86.9％ (93 cases),x2 =57.67]and right inhaled-drugs method [44.9％ (48 cases) vs.95.3％(102 cases),x2 =65.00]were much greater than those before intervention (all P＜0.05).Lung function including vital capacity (VC) [(2.53±0.41) L vs.(2.66±0.58)L,t =-2.62],forced vital capacity (FVC) [(2.51 ± 0.45) L vs.(2.64 ± 0.60) L,t =-2.56],forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) [(1.59±0.23)L vs.(1.74±0.47)L,t =-2.75],FEV1％ [(63.6±22.8) ％ vs.(73.5±20.9)％,t =-3.38]were significantly improved after 6 months as compared with those before intervention (all P ＜0.05).However,only right inhaled-drugs method was significantly greater than that before intervention in the control group [41.7 ％ (45 cases) vs.61.1％ (66 cases),x2 =8.17,P＜0.05].Conclusions Motivational interviewing health education may improve the self-management behavior and lung function of elderly patients with stable COPD,and it serves as an effective disease-management strategy.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to approach the impact of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) on left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), to see whether OSAHS is an independent risk factor of LVH. METHOD: Chose patients with OSAHS or essential hypertension (EH) as the study group (78 cases) and subjects without OSAHS and EH as Normal control group (22 cases). The study group was divided into 4 groups according to the diseases of OSAHS and EH:EH group (26 cases), OSAHS group(25 cases) and EH + OSAHS group (27 cases). Body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), interventricular septum thickness in diastole (IVSd), left ventricular posterior wall thickness in diastole (LVPWd) etc were tested in all the subjects. Statistical analysis was carried out with software of SPSS 11. 5 for windows. One-way analysis of variance and multiple stepwise regression analysis were used to assess the statistical evaluation. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULT: IVSd and LVPWd of the control group were lower than study groups (EH group, OSAHS group and EH + OSAHS group), and IVSd, LVPWd of the EH + OSAHS group were higher than that of the EH group and OSAHS group (P < 0.05). Stepwise regression analysis showed that only AHI and SBP entered the regression equation (P < 0.05), it means that AHI and SBP are independent risk factors of IVSd and LVPWd. CONCLUSION OSAHS and SBP are independent risk factors of LVH.
Aged ; Case-Control Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension ; etiology ; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular ; etiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Risk Factors ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; complications