Objective To evaluate the effect of different densities of830nm laser irradiation on genetic damages in mice cells.Methods 100Kunming mice were randomly divided into micronuleus groups and sperm group,as well as control group.Mice thymus glands and spleens were irradiated with an830nm semiconductor laser,30mW for5minutes or20minutes each day in vitro,and the micronuclei of polychromatic erythrocytes in sternum bone marrow and rate of abnormal sperm produced were determined.Results Laser irradiation induced deformed sperm(? 2 =111.747,P=0.000),while higher dose(20min per day)laser irradiation increased the micronuclei of polychromatic erythrocytes in sternum bone marrow.There was statistical significance in the difference between the rates of abnormal sperm and micronuclei in sternum bone marrow caused by irradiation on thymus and spleen(? 2 =27.395,P=0.000)and there was dosage effect.The spleen was the more sensitive.Conclusion Laser irradiation at830nm might have a genetic damages to mice cells.Attention should be paid to the potential hazardous effects induced by semiconductor laser irradiation.

Objective To explore the genetic damages of people exposed to electronic waste from three villages that have been processing the electronic waste collectively in county of Tianjin, and to analyze the damaging effects of the electronic pollutants on the genetic substances. Methods The blood samples of 1 256 villagers from this region were collected to do chromosomal karyotype analysis, from which 171 samples were randomly chosen to do micronucleus test, 12 samples were chosen to do comet assay experiments. 60 villagers living far from the electronic waste processing regions were chosen as the control group. Chi-Square test and T-test were employed to do statistic analysis. Results The chromosomal structural aberration in the research group was 6.23%, and the number aberration was 0.29%. Both of chromosomal conjoint and satellite conjoint were higher compared with the control (P

Objective To analyse the change of DNA methylation with 5-Azac injection in acute graft-versus-host dis- ease (aGVHD) mouse model, which received allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, and explore the immunomodulatory ef-fects of 5-Azac. Methods Male C57BL/6 (H-2b)and female BALB/c (H-2d) mice were selected as donor and recipient of complete allotransplantation. BABL/c mice were divided into two groups, transplantation control group and 5-Azac experi-mental group. At 1-7, 14, 21 and 28-day after transplantion, 5-Azac 0.25 mg/kg (0.3 mL/time) was injected by tail vein in experimental group, while the control group were injected with sterile water 0.3 mL/time. Peripheral blood DNA samples were collected from three control mice and three experimental mice, then mixed with equal amount respectively. The MeDIP-seq method was selected to detect methylation changes in mice, and the differential DNA methylation in the biological path-ways was analyzed. Results The survival time was prolonged, and the rejection reaction was decreased in 5-Azac experi-mental group, which suggested immune hyporesponsiveness post aGVHD. The MeDIP-seq result showed that 369 different DNA methylation located in the promoter regions, including 239 up-regulated genes and 130 down-regulated genes. There were 184 differential DNA methylation genes located in the exon regions, including 113 up-regulated genes and 71 down-regulated genes. Differential DNA methylation genes involved in 10 immunological signaling pathways, respectively. Among them, TGF-β, GSK-3β, SYK, PI3K, NFAT, CD28 andα4β7 were closely related to the development of aGVHD. Conclu-sion 5-Azac can effectively induce immune hyporesponsiveness post aGVHD by changing the gene methylation status.

Objective:To assess the expression levels of CD95 and OX40 ligand(OX40L)messenger RNA(mRNA)in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC),and their clinical values thereof.Methods:The lymphocytes of research objects were mixed with corresponding fluorescence labeled monoclonal antibody(McAb);CD95 expression by CD3 positive T ceils was quantitatively measured by dual color flow cytometry.The expression of OX40L mRNA was detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by fluorescence quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(FQ-RT-PCR).Results:The CD95 expression by CD3 positive T cells was significantly higher in patients with HCC(34±20)% compared with that of normal controls (20±7)%(t=2.960,P ＜ 0.01).The expression level of OX40L mRNA was significantly decreased in patients with HCC compared with that of normal controls(t=2.302,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion:These results suggest that abnormal expressions of CD95 and OX40L play crucial roles in peripheral blood of HCC patients at the stage of human hepatocareinogenesis.

This paper elaborates the specific implementation process of the "research-based learning" teaching reform of genetic experiment in medical undergraduate education, including the change of teaching philosophy among teachers, the integration and expansion of experimental contents, the innovation of classroom-teaching model, the compilation of proper textbook, the update of assessment methods and the establishment of evaluation mechanism for teaching and so on. Preliminary research shows that RBL teaching reform can stimulate medical students' interest and potential in learning, and improve their practical and scientific research innovation ability.

Objective:To evaluate the effects of different blood pressure control levels on left ventricular myocardial mechanics in patients with primary elderly hypertension by using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (2D-STI).Methods:A total of 315 elderly patients with essential hypertension diagnosed in Bethune Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University from January to June 2017 were collected and randomly divided into standard antihypertensive group and intensive antihypertensive group. The patients who were receiving antihypertensive drugs were treated with antihypertensive drugs more or less, and the patients who had not yet been treated started antihypertensive drugs therapy. The blood pressure was adjusted to the target value within 3 months (blood pressure in standard antihypertensive group was controlled at 130-150/<90 mmHg, intensive antihypertensive group was controlled at 110-130/<80 mmHg). All patients were followed up for 24 months. After 24 months of antihypertensive drugs treatment, 26 cases of lost follow-up, substandard blood pressure or poor image quality were excluded, and 289 patients were included, standard antihypertensive group ( n=148), intensive antihypertensive group ( n=141) . During the same period, 71 age-matched people without essential hypertension were selected as control group. Comprehensive echocardiography were performed in all subjects at baseline and 24 months. The longitudinal strain of the inner, middle and outer layers (GLS-endo, GLS-mid, GLS-epi) of the whole left ventricle were obtained by two-dimensional speckle tracking technique. The routine echocardiographic and left ventricular strain parameters were compared at baseline and 24 months. Results:①At baseline, the end-diastolic thickness of interventricular septum (IVSD), the end-diastolic thickness of left ventricular posterior wall (LVPWD), the end-diastolic diameter of left ventricle (LVEDD), the left ventricular mass index (LVMI), the relative wall thickness (RWT) and the ratio of early diastolic mitral flow velocity to early diastolic mitral annulus velocity(E/e′) in two antihypertensive groups were higher than those in the control group, and the levels of GLS-endo, GLS-mid and GLS-epi were lower than those in the control group(all P<0.05). There were no significant differences in routine echocardiographic parameters and strain parameters between standard antihypertensive group and intensive antihypertensive group (all P>0.05). ②After 24 months of antihypertensive drugs treatment, LVEDD and E/e′ in standard antihypertensive group and IVSD, LVPWD, LVEDD, LVMI, RWT, E/e′in intensive antihypertensive group were lower than those at baseline, and IVSD, LVMI and RWT in intensive antihypertensive group were lower than those in standard antihypertensive group (all P<0.05). ③After 24 months of antihypertensive drugs treatment, GLS-endo, GLS-mid and GLS-epi in two antihypertensive groups were higher than those at baseline, and GLS-endo, GLS-mid, GLS-epi in intensive antihypertensive group were higher than those in standard antihypertensive group(all P<0.05). Conclusions:①The left ventricular myocardial mechanics is damaged and the systolic function is decreased in elderly patients with essential hypertension; ②The myocardial mechanics is significantly improved after antihypertensive treatment, with more improvement in intensive antihypertensive treatment patients.

Objective:To explore the correlation between changing trajectories of serum uric acid and the onset of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Methods:A longitudinal cohort study. Total of 3 353 subjects who had routine health examination every year from January 2017 to December 2019 in the Health Management Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University and met the inclusion criteria were selected as the research subjects. Four different serum uric acid trajectory groups were determined by using the group-based trajectory model: the low stability group, medium stability group, medium-high stability group and high stability group. During the follow-up to December 2021, the differences in cumulative incidence of NAFLD in different serum uric acid trajectory groups were calculated and compared. Cox proportional hazard regression model was used to evaluate the hazard ratio ( HR) and 95% confidence interval ( CI) of the NAFLD onset in different serum uric acid trajectory groups. The dose-response relationship between baseline serum uric acid and NAFLD was evaluated by a restricted cubic spline regression model. Results:The cumulative incidence of NAFLD in two years was 10.77%, and the cumulative incidence increased with the rising trajectory of serum uric acid, it was the highestin the high stability group ( P<0.05). Compared that in the low stability group, the risk of NAFLD in the other three groups was as follows: 2.24 (95% CI: 1.59-3.14) in the medium stability group, 2.89 (95% CI: 1.92-4.33) in the medium-high stability group and 4.55 (95% CI:2.83-7.31) in the high stability group (all P<0.05). The risk of NAFLD gradually increased with the rising of serum uric acid level, and the cut-off value of serum uric acid for women and men was 260.32 μmol/L and 365.09 μmol/L, respectively. Conclusions:Long-term moderate and high levels of serum uric acid are independent risk factors for the occurrence of NAFLD. With the rising of serum uric acid trajectory, the risk of NAFLD increases. Attention should be paid to the longitudinal change trend of serum uric acid level in the prevention of NAFLD, and it should be controlled within lower level of the normal range.

Objective:To explore the application status and trends of the health examination data.Methods:Relevant literatures on health examination data were retrieved from Web of Science from 1 January 2007 to 30 June 2022 and China Knowledge Network Infrastructure from 1 January 1992 to 30 June 2022; and the literature and research contents were visually analyzed by using CiteSpace 6.1 bibliometrics software.Results:Total of 5 517 Chinese articles and 18 563 English articles were selected. The publication volume of health examination data in China increased year by year since 1992, and the international publication volume also showed an increasing trend. The Chinese literature focused on health management, osteoporosis, overweight, and physical examination subjects such as pilots, while the English literature focused on the study of obesity, care and functional cognition after the formation of a cohort of physical examination data. More co-citation papers related to health examination data were published in the journals from developed countries mainly in the United States and the United Kingdom, and the contents of the co-cited journals highly covered disease research on chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, functional cognition and rehabilitation.Conclusions:The number of articles published on health examination data is increasing year by year, and in the future, more studies will use big data algorithms such as machine learning to measure the association between the risk of chronic diseases and related influencing factors.

Functional hubs with disproportionately extensive connectivities play a crucial role in global information integration in human brain networks. However, most resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (R-fMRI) studies have identified functional hubs by examining spontaneous fluctuations of the blood oxygen level-dependent signal within a typical low-frequency band (e.g., 0.01-0.08 Hz or 0.01-0.1 Hz). Little is known about how the spatial distributions of functional hubs depend on frequency bands of interest. Here, we used repeatedly measured R-fMRI data from 53 healthy young adults and a degree centrality analysis to identify voxelwise frequency-resolved functional hubs and further examined their test-retest reliability across two sessions. We showed that a wide-range frequency band (0.01-0.24 Hz) accessible with a typical sampling rate (f_sample = 0.5 Hz) could be classified into three frequency bands with distinct patterns, namely, low-frequency (LF, 0.01-0.06 Hz), middle-frequency (MF, 0.06-0.16 Hz), and high-frequency (HF, 0.16-0.24 Hz) bands. The functional hubs were mainly located in the medial and lateral frontal and parietal cortices in the LF band, and in the medial prefrontal cortex, superior temporal gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, amygdala, and several cerebellar regions in the MF and HF bands. These hub regions exhibited fair to good test-retest reliability, regardless of the frequency band. The presence of the three frequency bands was well replicated using an independent R-fMRI dataset from 45 healthy young adults. Our findings demonstrate reliable frequency-resolved functional connectivity hubs in three categories, thus providing insights into the frequency-specific connectome organization in healthy and disordered brains.
Brain/diagnostic imaging* ; Connectome/methods* ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods* ; Reproducibility of Results ; Rest ; Young Adult