Objectives: To explore the expression regulation of type 1 and type 2 (Th1 and Th2) cytokines from serum of coal miners and the evaluation in surveillance of coal workers' pneumoconiosis, 630 coal miners were studied. Methods: A total of 90 male patients diagnosed as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) in a institute for occupational health and 19 male workers newly diagnosed as CWP patients was chosen as CWP group with simple random sampling method from a coal mine group from January 2013 to December in 2015. 180 male coal miners with abnormal but not diagnosed as CWP were selected as CWP suspected group with simple random sampling methods, meanwhile 180 male coal miners with normal chest X-ray photograph was as dust-exposed group by 1∶1 matched as age. And 161 healthy males accepted pre-employed examination were selected as control group, CWP suspected group, dust-exposed group and control group called as non-CWP group. According to screening test and diagnosis test, the basic information and occupational history of all subjects were collected, and cytokines including IL-1β, IL-8, IFN-γ, IL-6 and IL-10 of serum were detected. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve was used to determine the optimal cutoff value of each cytokine. Area under curve (AUC), the validity and reliability were calculated and judged. Results: The average age of control group, dust-exposed group, CWP suspected group and CWP group were (27.4±5.0) , (43.4±10.7) , (48.2±6.2) , (64.7±7.0) years old, respectively. The median level of IL-1β, IL-8, IFN-γ and IL-6 in cases group (1 638.30, 2 099.49, 815.18,140.32 pg/ml) were higher than that of non-cases group (1 445.57, 1 402.26, 736.38, 95.73 pg/ml) (P<0.05) . The level of IL-8 (1 503.99 pg/ml) in CWP suspected group was higher than that of control group (1 295.67 pg/ml) and dust-exposed group (1 376.94 pg/ml) , but the level of IL-10 (654.08 pg/ml) was lower than that of control group (596.64 pg/ml) . The ratio of IFN-γ/IL-6 ranged from 5 to 8, and the ratio in CWP group (5.87) was lower than that of non-CWP group (7.61) . The IL-6 and IL-8 among the subjects of dust-exposed group in terms of the age distribution of among had reached statistical significance. According to ROC, the cutoff value of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 and INF-γ reached 1 582.65, 116.53, 1 791.54, 581.08 and 792.69 pg/ml, respectively. The AUC was 0.668, 0.895, 0.859, 0.716 and 0.637, respectively. It was found that IL-6 and IL-8 could be used as biomarkers in detecting CWP, the sensitivity and specificity was 82.6% and 84.6%, 78.0% and 84.8%, respectively; Youden's index was 0.674 and 0.628 and the consistency rate was 84.3% and 83.7%, while Kappa value was 0.55 and 0.52. Conclusion There was Type 1 and type 2 cytokine dysregulation in CWP patients. IL-6 and IL-8 can be used as effective biomarkers to forecast lung injury before X-ray changes.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of nasal administration of non-mitogenic acid fibroblast growth factor(NMFGF1) loaded nanoparticles(NMFGF1-NPs) on the improvement of cognitive function in vascular dementia(VD) mice and its mechanism. METHODS Nanoparticles containing NMFGF1(NMFGF1-NPs) were prepared by water-in-water emulsion technique and characterized. The mice were divided into sham group, VD model group, blank-NPs group, NMFGF1 solution group and NMFGF1-NPs group after repeated cerebral ischemia-reperfusion to establish VD test model, and then given the corresponding form of drug intervention by nasal cavity. After drug intervention, Morris water maze was used to evaluate the learning and memory function of the animals in each group from the perspective of behavior. Meanwhile, the morphology, arrangement and apoptosis index(AI) of hippocampal neurons in each group were evaluated by pathological methods such as HE staining, FJB staining and Tunel apoptosis staining. In addition, ELISA and Western blotting were used to investigate the molecular mechanism of NMFGF1-NPs improving VD by nasal administration. RESULTS The morphology of NMFGF1-NPs was round. The encapsulation rate of NMFGF1-NPs respectively was (87.76±5.89)%. Morris water maze results showed that the behavioral indexes of mice in VD model group were significantly different from those in sham operation group(P<0.01). At the same time, the pathological results showed that the neurons in the CA1 region of the hippocampus in the VD model group were disordered, the cells morphology and structure were missing, and the AI was significantly increased compared with that in the sham operation group(P<0.01). Meanwhile, compared with the VD model group, the NMFGF1-NPs treatment group showed significant improvement in various behavioral indexes, and the hippocampal neuron cells were intact and orderly, and the AI index was significantly decreased(P<0.01). ELISA and Western blotting analysis showed that compared with that of VD model group and other intervention groups, the content of MDA in the brain of NMFGF1-NPs treatment group was significantly decreased. While the content of SOD, NO and the expressions of Nrf2, SOD-1 and GSTO1/2 was significantly increased (P<0.01). CONCLUSION Nasal administration of NMFGF1-NPs can play the role of antioxidant stress damage by activating Nrf2/ARE signal pathway, and ultimately improve the learning and cognitive function of VD mice.

Objective To explore the characteristics of plantar pressure of ankle joints at different limb laterality and different stress positions. Methods Twenty-three healthy subjects were recruited to perform walking trails. Each subject was tested for plantar pressure in ankle neutral position, ankle inversion and ankle eversion through simple custom-designed walkways and plantar pressure plate. The evaluation indices were peak pressure, contact area, contact time percentage, M/L (ratio of sum of medial plantar peak pressure to sum of lateral peak pressure), A/P (ratio of sum of toe peak pressure to heel peak pressure). Results The peak pressure of the first metatarsus bone in the dominant foot was significantly larger than that in the non-dominant foot, and the peak pressure of the fifth metatarsus bone was significantly smaller than that on the non-dominant foot. The M/L of dominant side was significantly larger than that of the non-dominant side. Except for the peak pressures of the mid-foot and the first toe, there were significant differences in other regions among the three ankle positions. The percentage of contact time in each area during inversion was greater than that in neutral position, and the percentage of contact time of plantar regions during eversion was longer than that in neutral position except the second toe. The M/L in inversion, neutral and eversion position were 1.24±0.46, 1.06±0.26, 0.88±0.25. The M/L of dominant foot was greater than that of the non-dominant foot, and the A/P during inversion and eversion was greater than that in neutral positions. Conclusions The stability of the dominant foot was better than that of the non-dominant foot. The standing stability decreased during inversion and eversion. During inversion, the body shifted inward and forward to maintain the stability. During eversion, the center of gravity shifted outward and forward to maintain the stability.