The relationship between blood pressure and various risk factors were investigated in 54 cases of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) with stepwise regression analysis. After evaluating the influence of age, course, body mass index (BMI), fasting and postprandial blood glucose, serum IRI, C-peptide, HbA1c, plasma lipids (Ch, TG, HDL-C. LDL-C). ApoA1, ApoB2, 24h urine Alb/Cr, NAG/Cr. TRF Cr and RBP/Cr levels on blood pressure, the following results were found: 1) NIDDM patients had a two-fold increased risk of hypertension than normal population. 2) Among the 21 risk factors analysed, 6 variables were strongly correlated with blood pressure, i. e. , age, postprandial blood glucose, serum IRI, blood total cholesterol, 24h urine Alb/Cr and TRF/Cr level. 3) Postprandial hyperglycemia was the most important variable positively correlated with hypertension, followed by 24h urine Alb/Cr and plasma total cholesterol.

In order to identify family factors obviously relevant to aggression, and offer a theoretical foundation for the prevention of aggression, 4010 students from primary and secondary schools in 5 different areas in Hubei province were surveyed. The Child Behavior Checklist " parents' form" (Chinese version) and the four scales of Family Environment Scale were used. A multiple logistic regression was used to identify risk factors of children's and adolescents' aggressive behavior. The results showed that maternal education, paternal occupation, family type, parental child-rearing attitude and patterns, students' interpersonal relationship were significantly associated with the children's and adolescents' aggression. The risk factors of aggression were parental child-rearing patterns, peer relationship, teacher-student relationship, and family conflicts.

BACKGROUND: The incidence of mental problems in adolescents is increasingly higher and has gradually become an important factor affecting their health and growth.OBJECTIVE: To probe into the mental health status and its influencing factors in adolescents in some cities and rural areas in Hubei Province.DESIGN: Clustering stratified random sampling, cross-sectional survey.SETTING: Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.PARTICIPANTS: According to the selected investigation spots of National Surveillance of Constitution and Health of Students, we selected representative urban areas (Wuhan City and Huangshi City) and rural areas (Yun County, Xiantao City, and Xiaogan City) in Hubei Province as sample spots. Totally 1 498 adolescents, aged 16-18 years, were surveyed by clustering stratified random sampling. There were 605 adolescents in urban group and 893 in rural group.METHODS: The self-made survey scale was used to investigate general conditions, such as age, parents' occupation and educational level, family type, social atmosphere, school type and atmosphere, and interpersonal relationship. Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) was used to determine the adolescents' mentalhealth status; 9 subscales (somatization, obsessivecompulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychosis) were set as the observation indexes. SCL-90 is an inventory which is rated on a 5-point scale. Factor score of SCL-90 ≥ 3 or total score ≥ 160 was considered mental disorders. The family educational pattern was investigated through Egma Minnen av Bardndosnaupporstran(EMBU) by questionnaires. It contained positive rearing pattern and negative rearing pattern. Positive rearing pattern (namely, affectional warmth and understanding) contributes to mental health, while negative rearing pattern (e.g. punishment, firm control, excessive interference, partialism or rejection, denial and excessive protection) is adverse to mental health. The family environment was investigated with Family Environment Scale(FES). Four subscales (intimacy, conflict, intellectual-cultural orientation, and positive-recreational orientation) with high reliability and validity were set as indexes. All participants were given unified instructions and required to fill in anonymous questionnaires. The questionnaires were then collected by the teacher in charge of the class.Some indexes of adolescents in the urban and rural areas were observed including the score of SCL-90 and its relation with general conditions,parental rearing pattern and family environment quality. The total scores of symptom checklist 90 were set as dependent variables for stepwise regression analysis of related factors.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:①The incidence of mental health ,gender and regional difference of adolescents in some cities and rural areas in Hubei province; ②The score of SCL-90 and its comparison with national norm;③Correlation analysis of the total scores of SCL-90 with general condition and parents' educational type.RESULTS: ① The general incidence of mental disorders was 18.13 ％ in the 1 498 adolescents in Hubei province. It was 18.20% in boys and 18.04% in girls with no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05). Regional differences: The incidence in rural areas [23.74% (212/893)] was significantly higher than that in urban areas [16.69% (101/605), P ＜ 0.05]. Among all kinds of mental disorders, compulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, hostility,paranoid ideation, and depression were more common. ② Comparison with the national norm: The factor scores of SCL-90 and family environmentalquality were significantly lower that those of the national norm.③ Single factor analysis: The total score of SCL-90 was obviously correlated with age, gender, parents' educational level and expectation, and school atmosphere (P ＞ 0.01). It was negatively correlated with positive rearing pattern (affectional warm, understanding) (P ＞ 0.01), but positively correlated with negative rearing pattern (punishment, firm control, excessive interference,partialism or rejection, and denial). It had significant positive correlation with conflict and significant negative correlation with intimacy, intellectualcultural orientation and positive-recreational orientation(P ＞ 0.01).④Multiple factor analysis: The mental health status of the students was closely related to age, gender, parents' educational level and expectation, interpersonal sensitivity as well as school atmosphere, parental rearing pattern,and quality of family environment.CONCLUSION: The incidence of mental problems in adolescents in some urban and rural areas in Hubei Province is relatively high. Score factors of SCL-90 are all higher than those of the national norm and the mental health level is poor. This has obvious correlation with family factors including age, gender, parents' educational level and expectation, and school atmosphere. Moreover, the quality of family environment and parental rearing pattern are the major factors affecting their mental health.

To investigate the effect of pancreatic elastase on diabetic nephropathy,104 cases of type Ⅱ diabetic patients were selected as control group and group treated with elastase separately for a course of 6 months.The results showed that pancreatic elastase reduced microproteinuria significantly,especially mi- croalbuminuria and microtransfer rrinuria which reflect the glomerular filtration rate.It was concluded that elastase could improve early diabetic nephropathy and might have some protective effect as well.At the same time,elastase had some good effect on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism.

Objective To observe the degeneration of Brugia malayi in Meriones unguiculatus model. Methods Microfilaria of Brugia malayi derived from Meriones unguiculatus was used to infect Anopheles sinensis . Infective stage larvae (L 3) from mosquito vector were collected and inoculated into abdomen of Meriones unguiculatus. Successive 33 generations of the parasite in the rodent model have been observed. Results Since 1974 when the animal model was established, the parasite has lasted for 33 generations, the positive rate of Meriones unguiculatus with microfilaria gradually reduced from 80% of the 28th generation to 16% of the 32nd generation and finally to 0 at the 33rd generation. Conclusion It became difficult for the larvae of Brugia malayi to develop and/or reproduce in the animal model after multiple inoculations for generations.

Objective To investigate the effect of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) silenced by lentivirus-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) on the growth of SKOV-3 ovarian cancer,and to explore the value of radioimmunoimaging in monitoring the biotherapy of RNAi.Methods The ovarian cancer cell line SKOV-3 was infected with lentivirus-mediated HER2-short hairpin (sh) RNA expression vector and scrambled control lentivirus vector,respectively.Both infected cells were inoculated into nude mice to establish two ovarian cancer xenograft models:knock down 1 (KD1) group and normal control (NC) group.The uninfected SKOV-3 xenograft model served as blank control (CON) group.The tumor formation rate,tumor generation time and tumor size at different time points were measured.The expression of HER2 protein was measured by immunohistochemistry.1n Ⅰ-Herceptin was injected before radioimmunoimaging,and the T/B ratios were acquired.One-way analysis of variance and the least significant difference (LSD)-t test were performed with SPSS 17.0.Results All mice models were constructed successfully (100％,15/15).The average time of tumor generation was (4.583±0.520) d,(4.567±0.284) d and (6.023±0.316) d in CON,NC and KD1 groups,respectively(F=13.946,P＜0.01).The tumor formation time of KD1 group was significantly longer than the other two groups (t=4.557,4.608,both P＜0.01),respectively.On the 28th day after the tumor cell implantation,the tumor size was significantly different among the three groups (F=26.343,P＜0.01).The tumor mass was (0.614±0.135) g,(0.558±0.190) g and (0.120±0.489) g in CON,NC and KD1 groups,respectively (F=225.026,P＜0.01).Both the tumor size (t=7.125,4.759) and tumor mass (t=19.158,16.977) of KD1 group were significantly less than those of CON and NC groups (all P＜0.01),respectively.Immunohistochemical results showed that the HER2 protein expression was inhibited in the KD1 group.The tumor could be visualized clearly on radioimmunoimaging at different time points.The T/B ratio of the KD1 group (0.208-4.427) was significantly lower than those of the other two groups at any intervals (0.576-5.508,0.640-5.695; F=9.197-39.375,all P＜0.05).Conclusions The growth of SKOV-3 could be inhibited remarkably by lentivirus-mediated HER2-siRNA.Radioimmunoimaging with 1nI-Herceptin might positively correlate with the expression of HER2 protein,which might have potential for monitoring the biotherapy of RNAi targeting HER2.

Objective To explore the clinical value of dual-phase 99Tcm-MIBI scintigraphy in the localization and diagnosis of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT).Methods A total of 20 patients (8 males,12 females; average age 49.6 years) with uremic SHPT who underwent parathyroidectomy from 2010 to 2013 were retrospectively analyzed.All patients underwent 99Tcm-MIBI SPECT/CT and 19 underwent color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS).Post-excisional histopathology was considered as the gold standard.The diagnostic efficacies of 99Tcm-MIBI and CDUS for SHPT were calculated.The correlation between T/NT ratio in delayed imaging and the volume of excised parathyroid and the intact PTH (iPTH) were analyzed.x2 test,Pearson or Spearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the data.Results The sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value and accuracy of 99Tcm-MIBI SPECT/CT and CDUS in the diagnosis of SHPT were 66.67％ (44/66),100％(14/14),100％ (44/44),38.89％(14/ 36),72.50％ (58/80) and 78.19％(43/55),52.38％(11/21),81.13％(43/53),47.83(11/23),71.05％ (54/76),respectively.There were significant differences in specificity and positive predictive value (x2 =9.33,9.26,both P＜0.05),but no significant differences in the sensitivity,negative predictive value and accuracy (x2 =1.97,0.04,0.46,all P＞0.05).T/NT ratio correlated with serum iPTH and parathyroid volume (r=0.638,rs =0.571,both P＜0.05).Conclusions The specificity of 99Tcm-MIBI SPECT/CT is superior to CDUS in the diagnosis of SHPT.Dual-phase 99Tcm-MIBI SPECT/CT could locate the hyperfunctional parathyroid gland and provide the basis for surgical treatment.

Objective To investigate the effect of allgeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) for β-thalassemia major. Methods Twenty-four β-thalassemia major patients with median age of 4 years (range: 2～15 years), 18 boys and 6 girls, received allo-HSCT.They were classified into class Ⅱ-Ⅲ according to Pesaro thalassemia classification. Twenty-three transplantations were from sibling donor and 1 was from mother, either HLA-identical (n = 23) or HLA-mismatched (5/6) (n = 1). Fifteen patients received bone marrow transplantation (BMT) plus peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT), and 9 were subjected to umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT). The conditioning regimen consisted of busalphan, cyclophosphamide,fludarabine, plus hydroxyurea before transplantation. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis included CsA, methotrexate, antilymphpcute globulin, and mycophenolate mofetil. The median follow-up period was 13 months (range: 3～69). Results Of 24 patients, there were 21 cases (87. 5 %) of disease-free survival, 1 (4. 2 %) transplantation-related death, and 2 cases (8. 3 %) of rejection. Three-year overall survival and disease-free survival rate was 91.7 % and 87. 5 %respectively. The cumulative incidence of grade Ⅱ -Ⅳ acute GVHD and chronic GVHD was 16. 7 %and 20. 3 %, particularly cumulative extensive chronic GVHD was 5. 0 %. Conclusion The sibling donor BMT plus PBSCT is an effective and safe way to treat β-thalassemia major. Cord blood is an important source of hematopoietic stem cells for HSCT. The protocol GVHD prophylaxis of CsA,MTX, ATG with a low-dose and short course of MMF can effectively reduce the incidence of severe acute GVHD, improve the outcome of thalassemia transplantation.

In order to identify family factors obviously relevant to aggression, and offer a theoretical foundation for the prevention of aggression, 4010 students from primary and secondary schools in 5 different areas in Hubei province were surveyed. The Child Behavior Checklist "parents' form"(Chinese version) and the four scales of Family Environment Scale were used. A multiple logistic regression was used to identify risk factors of children's and adolescents' aggressive behavior. The results showed that maternal education, paternal occupation, family type, parental child-rearing attitude and patterns, students' interpersonal relationship were significantly associated with the children's and adolescents' aggression. The risk factors of aggression were parental child-rearing patterns, peer relationship, teacher-student relationship, and family conflicts.

Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH),a dimer glycoprotein secreted by sustentacular cells of testis and ovarian granulosa cells,belonging to the transforming growth factor β super-family.AMH is able to regulate follicular development and participate in follicular growth process,and it is relatively constant throughout the menstrual cycle compared with other ovarian reserve indicators.At present,AMH is widely used to evaluate ovarian reserve and to diagnose and evaluate the development and prognosis of ovarian diseases.It has been increasingly applied in the field of female assisted reproduction in recent years.With the development of detection technology,the sensitivity and accuracy of methods for detecting AMH are gradually improved.This review summarizes the research background,mechanism of action,clinical applications and detecting methods of AMH.