Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics and the associated risk factors for short-term prognosis in elderly patients with acute decompensated heart failure, in order to provide the evidence for improving clinical survival.Methods Clinical data of 200 elderly patients with acute decompensated heart failure in our hospital from June 2010 to December 2014 were retrospectively analyzed.The associated risk factors for prognosis were analyzed by using multivariate logistic regression analysis.All patients were followed up for six months, and cardiovascular events during the same follow-up period were recorded.All patients were divided into non-event group (n=158, no readmission during the follow-up period) and event group (n=42, readmission or death during follow-up).Results All the 200 elderly patients with acute decompensated heart failure had completed the 6 months follow-up, 23 (11.5％) patients died from cardiovascular events, and 19 (9.5％) patients had readmission due to heart failure.New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification, age, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVESD), and left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LVEDD) had significant differences between the two groups (x2=5.791, t=2.514, 2.552, 2.500, 2.582, 3.870, 2.275, all P＜0.05).Levels of NT-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), high sensitivity C reactive protein (hs-CRP), red cell distribution width (RDW), creatinine, and uric acid were higher in the event group than in the non-event group (t=54.948, 9.932, 2.815, 8.888, 2.368, all P＜0.05).The hemoglobin level was lower in the event group than in the non-event group (t-2.455, P＜0.05).Multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that NYHA classification, LVEF, and NT-proBNP were the independent risk factors for the prognosis of acute decompensated heart failure in elderly patients (x2 =10.438, 61.943, 6.976, all P＜0.05).The mortality rate was 11.5％ within the six months follow-up.The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for NT-proBNP to predict short-term mortality was 0.860 (SE=0.034,P=0.000, 95％ CI: 0.794-0.926).The mortality within 6 months was lower in NT-proBNP ≤205 ng/L group than in NT proBNP＞ 205 ng / L group (x2=5.385, P=0.020).Conclusions NYHA classification, LVEF, and NT proBNP are the risk factors for the prognosis of acutely decompensated heart failure in the elderly.The elderly patients with acute decompensated heart failure have a poor prognosis.

Codon is an important carrier of genetic information in organisms. In evolution, codon bias is formed in many organisms. In this study, the analysis of expressed genes in Lonicera japonica Thunb. is presented. The codon bias of genes with complete coding region is analyzed through CodonW. And we calculated the codon usage bias of hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA: quinate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (HQT) genes. The results showed that L. japonica were bias toward the synonymous codons with A and T at the third codon position.

Objective To study the function of let-7 and miR-24 in UVB-induced apoptosis.Methods After NIH3T3 cells were irradiated with UVB.Hoechest33342/PI staining was used to study the cell apoptosis and RT-PCR was used to uralyzc the expression level of let-7 and miR-24.In addition,potential target genes of these miRNAs in PicTar were classified into different function categories through GOstat software.Results Compared to the control,the NIH3T3 cells exposure to UVB appeared typical apoptotic and necrotic ceils by fluorescence microscope.The exprossion level of let-7 and miR-24 in NIH3T3 cells after UVB irradiation was higher than that of the control.Among the target genes,casp3,bc1212,map3kl and cdk5 were also involved in UVB-induced apoptosis mechanism.Conclusion Let-7 and miR-24 play a role in UVB-induced apoptosis.

Objective To reveal the main authors, institutions and countries and analyze their cooperation models by plotting the cooperation network knowledge map of highly cited papers on diabetes mellitus published in 2004-2013 .Methods The cooperation network knowledge map was plotted using the visual software Citespace for the au-thors , institutions and countries that published highly cited papers on diabetes mellitus in 2004-2013 .Results The core authors were Graham Nichol, SM Grundy and Hertzel C.Gerstein, etc.The cooperation in teams was close while the cooperation between teams was rare.The core institutions were Harvard University, Brigham and Womens Hospital, University of Sydney, etc.Universities played the important role in scientific research.The most influential countries were USA, Britain and Canada which had a very close cooperation between each other.Conclusion Single point type, double core type, development type and complete type are the cooperation models of authors, institutions and countries that published highly cited papers on diabetes mellitus in 2004-2013.Geoproperty-and institutional property-based cooperation is still in its infancy, cooperation and exchange should thus be strengthened between cities, between universities, between medical institutions , between general institutions and scientific institutions .

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of a new hybrid bioartificial liver support system in the treatment of severe viral hepatitis. Methods A hybrid liver support system consisting of plasma exchange device, plasma perfusion column (charcoal) and a hollow fiber reactor inoculated with 1?10 9 aggregated human hepatocytes or porcine hepatocytes was developed. Ten patients with severe viral hepatitis were treated using this hybrid system. Results The effective rate of the hybrid bioartificial liver support system was 70% (7/10). The mental status and signs of toxicity of patients were improved markedly. Two patients of coma Ⅲ woke up and grade Ⅱ encephalopathy in 4 patients disappeared after treatment. At the same time, a marked decrease in total serum bilirubin and prothrombin time was noted after treatment. Finally, Three out of 10 patients recovered completely. Two patients were bridged to liver transplantation. Five patients died from the complication of hepatic failure or discharge refused advice due to worsening of disease.Conclusions The evident clinical improvement shows that this artifical liver system has prominant liver support effects for the patients with severe viral hepatitis and liver failure.

Objective To evaluate the effect of arsenic trioxide (As2 O3 ) on the proliferation of human renal carcinoma cell line 786-O ,and to explore the changes of the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway .Methods Human renal cancer cells 786-O was cultured in 96-well plates ,and divided into the control group (n= 45 holes) and the experimental group (n= 45 holes) .After stimulation by 1 μM As2 O3 and saline ,the cells in 15 holes were collected at 0 ,12 ,and 24 h .BrdU assay was performed to quantify DNA synthesis to evaluate the cells proliferation ,the quantitative PCR was used to measure PI3K and Akt relative mRNA expression ,and Western blot was used to quantify the relative expression levels of of intracellular PI 3K and Akt .Results After 12 ,24 h of As2 O3 stimula-tion ,the amount of DNA synthesis in the observation group was gradually lower than that of the DNA synthesis at 0 h(P<0 .05) and significantly lower than that of the control group at 12 h and 24 h(P<0 .05) .At 0 ,12 ,24 h ,the relative expression level of in-tracellular PI3K and Akt mRNA and protein in the observation group had no significant difference (P>0 .05) ,and the relative ex-pression levels of PI3K and Akt mRNA and protein in the control group were increased as the proliferation was gradually increased . Conclusion As2 O3 inhibits human renal carcinoma cell line 786-O proliferation through inhibiting the PI3K-Akt transduction path-way ,and has potential clinical value for the treatment of kidney cancer .

Nowadays more and more biologists and immunologists focus on Galectin-1 due to the in -depth study of Galectins.As one of the important member of Galectins,Galectin-1 distributes widely,exists in a variety of tissues and cells,involves in cell adhesion,proliferation,apoptosis and inflammatory reaction,and results in a variety of physiological and pathological process.Recent studies have found that Galectin-1 expression in a variety of malignant tumor with a close relationship with tumor occurrence,invasion,development,anti-tumor immunity,and metastasis.It may be a potentially new target for cancer and inflammation therapies.This present paper reviews the current research about Galectin-1 and tumor progression.

Objective: To investigate the effects of different processing methods(steeping, boiling) and different adjuvants(alum, ginger, bile) on contents of amino acid and part of inorganic elements in Arisaema amurense Maxim.. Methods: The amino acid was determined by HPLC, and the inorganic elements were determined by AAS. Results: The total content of amino acid was the highest in raw Arisaema amurense Maxim. and the lowest in Arisaema amurense Maxim. processed with bile, wherease it was similar to other processed samples. The inorganic element content changed after it was processed. Conclusion: The long rinse is the key factor of losing amino acid in Arisaema amurense Maxim. after being processed. The content of inorganic element in adjuvants is the key factor of their content changes in Arisaema amurense Maxim. after it is processed.

Objective To study the expression level of miR-21 in UVB irradiated HaCaT cells and A431 cells. Methods Real-time qPCR was used to examine the expression level of miR-21 in HaCaT cells and A431 cells after 50 J/m2UVB radiation. The possible target genes were predicted by PicTar and performed function categories with Gostat analysis. Results Compared with the HaCaT cells, miR-21 the expression level in A431 cells increased over 4 times. At 2h and 4h after UVB irradiation, the expression level of miR-21 in HaCaT cells were up regulated, and it lowered 2 times at 8 h compared with the control.There was no further change in the expression level of miR-21 after 12 h. While miR-21 expression levels in A431 cells were not changed signifcantly. The results of target prediction and Gostat analysis suggested that PIK3R1, BCL2 and E2F3 were involved in the cell differentiation and cell process. Conclusion miR-21 possibly involved in the pathogenesis of epidermal squamous cell carcinoma and the mechanism of UVB-induced injury.

Objective To evaluate the methods and predictive values of obstetric conjugata measured by ultrasound.Methods A total of 200 women at 37～42 week's gestation,delivering a singleton infant and having an ultrasound examination within three days before delivery were studied.The obstetric conjugata,fetal biparietal diameter(BPD),fetal clavicula were measured by ultrasound,and compared with the obstetric conjugata measured in operation,newborn BPD,and newborn clavicula.Results The parameters such as obstetric conjugata,BPD and clavicula had no significant difference between ultrasonic measurement and actual measurement.When the obstetric conjugata and BPD difference