Objective To observe and compare the atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of Yersinia pestis EV76 and the changes in the morphology of the bacteria treated with normal serum and F1 antibody from rabbit,and to explore the immunoassay method to detect Yersinia pestis by AFM. Methods The Yersinia pestis were treated with normal serum and F1 antibody from rabbit and control buffer. All the prepared samples were observed and analyzed by AFM. The changes in the cell surface structures were probed and characterized through sectional analysis,especially the changes of Ra and Rq value. Results The normal morphology of Yersinia pestis was oval in shape with a relatively smooth surface, the size dimension of which was about 1.1-1.3 μm in length with a section profile of 0.8-1.0 μm in width and 0.04-0.06 μm in step height. The step height of the bacteria treated with the normal serum and F1 antibody was obviously enlarged. The shape of the bacteria treated with F1 antibody changed irregularly. Furthermore, the surface of the bacteria was more roughened. Conclusion The morphological characters of Yersinia pestis has been acquired through its AFM images. The morphology of Yersinia pestis treated with F1 antibody has changed greatly, and the index of roughness can be regarded as the distinguished index to detect Yersinia pestis by AFM.

Objective: To evaluate the predictive value for baseline levels of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in morbidity of pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study of 101510 subjects in Kailuan Group by regular physical examination from 2006-07 to 2007-10, and 94314 subjects were enrolled by relevant criteria including 75252 male and 19062 female. The baseline levels of hs-CRP were divided by quartile levels as①hs-CRP<0.3l mg/L,n=25592,②hs-CRP (0.3l-0.77) mg/L,n=21746,③hs-CRP (0.78-1.9) mg/L,n=23504 and④hs-CRP≥2.0 mg/L,n=23472. The subjects were followed-up for (81.5 ± 4.76) months, the morbidity of PE was collected and the predictive value of baseline levels of hs-CRP for PE occurrence was evaluate by multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression analysis. Results: The total PE morbidity was 0.15%, the female subjects were similar with male subjects,P>0.05. As the increased baseline level of hs-CRP, PE occurrence was elevated accordingly,P<0.05. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression analysis presented that with adjusted age, gender, smoking, body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), triglyceride (TG), fasting blood glucose (FBG), neutrophile granulocyte (NEU), white blood cells (WBC) and heart rate (HR), the subjects in the highest quartile group had 2.84 times higher risk for PE occurrence than the subjects in the lowest quartile group. With the elevated baseline level of hs-CRP, the subjects’ mean age, BMI, SBP, FBG and NEU levels increased accordingly, allP<0.05; while DBP, TG and HR were similar between quartile③ and quartile④ groups, allP>0.05. WBC counts had the increasing trend in quartile①,②,③ groups and had the decreasing trend in quartile④ group, while it was similar between quartile③ and quartile④ groups,P>0.05. Conclusion: Baseline hs-CRP level may predict the risk of PE morbidity; the increased hs-CRP level could be used as one of the predictors for PE occurrence.

Objective To explore the early diagnosis and risk factors for judging prognosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS),and to provide references for clinical intervention.Methods Using the method for prospective cohort study,clinical data were collected from 64 ARDS and 66 high-risk ARDS patients in Department of Respiratory Diseases of Xinqiao Hospital from January 2013 to March 2016.They included patients' demographic data,Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation system Ⅱ (APACHE Ⅱ) score,oxygenation index,blood routine test,coagulation function and inflammatory markers (procalcitonin,C-reaction protein,tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-6) within 24h and the state of survival or death of the 24th day.Risk factors for predicting progression of the high-risk ARDS patients into ARDS patients and influencing the prognosis of the ARDS patients were analyzed by using logistic regression.Results Univariate logistic regression analysis found that the independent risk factors for progression of ARDS were APACHE Ⅱ score (OR=6.764,P=0.001),hypoproteinemia (OR=10.54,P=0.002),white blood cell count (OR=3.912,P=0.012),fibrinogen (OR=9.953,P=0.064),and D-dimer (OR=4.239,P=0.029).The mortality rate was 43.75％ (36/64) in ARDS group,and the oxygenation index (OR=6.573,P=0.014),platelet count (OR=9.376,P=0.003),hypoproteinemia (OR=10.738,P=0.056) were the independent risk factors of death in ARDS patients.Multivariate logistic regression showed that combination of multiple indicators for predicting ARDS improved the specificity,but reduce the sensitivity.APACHE Ⅱ and hypoproteinemia (sensitivity 62.50％,specificity 92.42％) and APACHE Ⅱ and D dimmer (sensitivity 62.07％,specificity 93.33％) had better specificity and sensitivity.The specificity and sensitivity of combining hypoproteinemia and platelet count to predict the risk of death in these patients were 77.78％ and 60.71％.Conclusions In high-risk ARDS patients,combining hypoproteinemia or APACHE Ⅱ score with D-dimer to judge the development of ARDS has good specificity but poor sensitivity.For ARDS patients,low oxygenation index,thrombocytopenia and hypoproteinemia indicate a poor prognosis.

Ten novel podophyllotoxin derivatives (IIIa-IIIi and IV) were synthesized by three-step reactions using podophyllotoxin and N-benzyloxycarbonyl glycine-L-proline as raw material. The structures of the target compounds were confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and MS. MTT method was used to test anti-tumor activity of the target compounds on HepG2, THP-1, HeLa and MCF-7 cells. The results showed that all the target compounds had inhibitory activity against HepG2, THP-1, HeLa and MCF-7 cells, and the inhibitory activity of IIIa on HepG2 cells was the most prominent with an IC50 value of 0.58 nmol/L. The binding mode of compound IIIa and FAPα was studied by molecular docking. Compound IIIa could bind to multiple sites of FAPα enzyme.

Objective To compare the dose difference of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with different gantry angle between target volumes and surrounding normal tissues in lumbar spinal metastases therapy. Methods Ten patients with lumbar spinal metastases were enrolled in the study. Three plans with the same prescription dose of 3000 cGy/10f were designed by seven-equal beams (plan-A), five-back beams (plan-B) and seven-back beams (plan-C). All the plans were designed with the same objective function and dose limiting condition. The difference of dosimetric parameters of planning target volume (PTV), organ at risk (OAR), normal tissues, and treatment parameters in all the plans were compared with SPSS 21.0 statistical software. Results All the plans satisfied the clinical requirement. There was no significant difference in the D_mean, D_2%, D_98%, CI and HI of PTV between plan-A and plan-C (P >0.05), and these parameters of plan-A and plan-C were better than plan-B (P < 0.05). Compared with the other two plans, plan-B reduced the dosimetric parameters of bilateral kidney (P < 0.05), whereas plan-B increased the D_max of spinal cord (P < 0.05). The V₅ and V₁₀ of normal tissue of plan-B were lower than the other two plans while the V₁₅, V₂₀ and V₂₅ showed inverse relationship (P < 0.05). plan-B had certain advantages in shortening the monitor units and treatment time (P < 0.05).. Conclusions The seven-equal beams (plan-A) and seven-back beams (plan-C) IMRT plans can provide better target dose distribution, and reduce the D_max of spinal cord. Five-back beams (plan-B) IMRT plan had certain advantages in protecting bilateral kidney and shortening treatment time.

【Objective】 To evaluate the clinical use of the baseline CT angiography (CTA) quantitative score (self-designed collateral circulation quantitative, SD-CCQ) in determining the collateral circulation compensation status in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS), as well as the reliability and accuracy of the SD-CCQ score and the Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS). 【Methods】 Retrospective analysis was made on the clinical and imaging data, including CT, CTA and DWI image data, of 84 patients who were admitted for acute ischemic stroke to the Department of Neurorehabilitation of Zhongshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2020 to December 2022.Their CTA source images were annotated using a multi-task deep learning method for vascular segmentation. The ASPECTS score and SD-CCQ score were then applied to the CTA images following vascular segmentation in order to assess the collateral circulation compensation of AIS patients. The Kappa test was used to assess the consistency of the two methods used to assess collateral circulation, and the multifactorial Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between the SD-CCQ and the prognosis of the AIS patients. 【Results】 ASPECTS score had good consistency with SD-CCQ score in evaluating collateral circulation in AIS patients (κ=0.65, P<0.001), and the diagnostic accuracy of the latter for benign collateral circulation in AIS was 96.15%. Logistic regression analysis showed that the new collateral circulation score, baseline NIHSS, and DWI infarct volume were the main factors affecting the long-term prognosis of AIS patients. 【Conclusion】 The new scoring system SD-CCQ can be used to evaluate the compensatory status of collateral circulation in AIS patients, which may help in clinical treatment decision-making and prognosis prediction.

ObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence of HCV antibody positive and associated factors among drug users in Dehong Prefecture， Yunnan， and to provide scientific evidence for HCV prevention. MethodsQuestionnaire surveys and serological testing were conducted among 400 drug users continuously selected from four national AIDS sentinel surveillance in Dehong Prefecture between January and July during 2014‒2021. Results11 683 drug users were included. The prevalence of HCV antibody positive was 20.2% overall， and 14.9%， 20.1%， 22.4%， 19.8%， 22.5%， 20.6%， 24.5%， 19.0% from 2014 to 2021， respectively （trend Z=-3.78， P<0.001）. Multivariable analysis indicated the following were independently associated with HCV antibody positive： that older age （OR=1.02， 95%CI： 1.02‒1.03）， male （OR=1.70， 95%CI： 1.19‒2.42）， unmarried （OR=1.64， 95%CI： 1.44‒1.87）， divorced or widowed （OR=1.73， 95%CI： 1.48‒2.02）， Jingpo ethnicity （OR=1.39， 95%CI： 1.19‒1.63）， injection drug use （OR=15.46， 95%CI： 13.13‒18.12）， and HIV infection（OR=4.96， 95%CI：4.12‒5.99）. ConclusionThe prevalence of HCV antibody positive among drug users in Dehong Prefecture is high and increases with some fluctuations during 2014 to 2021， which highlights the need to develop interventions targeting this population.

Detailed characterizations of genomic alterations have not identified subtype-specific vulnerabilities in adult gliomas. Mapping gliomas into developmental programs may uncover new vulnerabilities that are not strictly related to genomic alterations. After identifying conserved gene modules co-expressed with EGFR or PDGFRA (EM or PM), we recently proposed an EM/PM classification scheme for adult gliomas in a histological subtype- and grade-independent manner. By using cohorts of bulk samples, paired primary and recurrent samples, multi-region samples from the same glioma, single-cell RNA-seq samples, and clinical samples, we here demonstrate the temporal and spatial stability of the EM and PM subtypes. The EM and PM subtypes, which progress in a subtype-specific mode, are robustly maintained in paired longitudinal samples. Elevated activities of cell proliferation, genomic instability and microenvironment, rather than subtype switching, mark recurrent gliomas. Within individual gliomas, the EM/PM subtype was preserved across regions and single cells. Malignant cells in the EM and PM gliomas were correlated to neural stem cell and oligodendrocyte progenitor cell compartment, respectively. Thus, while genetic makeup may change during progression and/or within different tumor areas, adult gliomas evolve within a neurodevelopmental framework of the EM and PM molecular subtypes. The dysregulated developmental pathways embedded in these molecular subtypes may contain subtype-specific vulnerabilities.
Humans ; Brain Neoplasms/pathology* ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/metabolism* ; Glioma/pathology* ; Neural Stem Cells/pathology* ; Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells/pathology* ; Tumor Microenvironment