The immunoregulatory effects of some anti-cancer drugs have important role in their anti-tumor mechanisms. Our results showed that doxorubicin (DXR) of 0.04 mg ?L-1 could enhance the interleukin 2 (IL-2) release and induction of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) activity of human fetal thymocytes(HFT). Higher concentration of this drug (4 mg ?L-1) exhibited inhibition on IL-2 release but no effect on LAK activity. These data suggest that lower concentration of DXR have some immunopotentiation effects on HFT.

Objective To evaluate the surgical treatment of old patients with acute perforated gastroduodenal ulcer. Method The age, complications, duration of the disease history, operative method, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SISR) and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in 89 old patients with acute perforated gastroduodenal ulcers were analyzed retrospectively. Results Simple closure operation was performed in 78 cases and subtotal gastrectomy in the other 11 cases. Twelve patients died. The mortality and complications rate were significantly lower in the patients less than 70 -year old than those in the patients more than 70-year old (P

Objective:To determine the expression level of bone morphogenetic proteins-4 (BMP-4) and the relationship between the expression of BMP-4 and the clinical/pathological parameters in patients with gastric cancer. Methods:Using im-munohistochemical staining technique ,expressions of BMP-4 were investigated in different tissues from 90 gastric cancer specimens and 30 specimens from normal gastric mucosa as control. ResultS:The positive rate of BMP-4 was 23. 3% (21/90) in gastric cancer and 3. 3% (1/30) in normal gastric mucosa. The expression of BMP-4 in gastric cancer was closely related with locus, serosa infiltration,cell differentiation and lymph node metastasis (P

Information resources of health education , disease knowledge and drug knowledge extracted by seconda-ry development fromhospital electronic librarywere disseminated on the Website , WIFI and WeChat platforms of People's Armed Police for the self-learning of users according to the demand of health dissemination and education in hospitals and health education at grass-roots level, in order to improve the efficiency and service of health edu-cation, solve the lack of resources and talents for health education, and to enhance the health service support ability for People's Armed Police.

Objective KV-CBCT was utilized to evaluate the setup errors in lung SBRT with R624-SCF immobilization equipment,quantitatively analyze the percentage of all types of errors in the cumulative errors and unravel the main sources of setup errors.Methods The CBCT data weekly and QA data monthly from 32 patients diagnosed with lung neoplasms were collected to quantitatively analyze the setup errors.The cumulative errors were calculated by statistical model.The proportion and source of each type of setup error was analyzed.Results All 32 patients received a total of 420 times of CBCT.The setup errors of immobilization equipment in the lateral,supine-inferior,anterior-posterior directions were (0.03±0.72) mm,(0.73± 1.16) mm and (0.21±0.95) mm,respectively.The errors of tumor motion in three directions were (0.71±2.61) mm,(-0.80±2.60) mm and (0.075± 1.77) mm,respectively.According to the calculation formula proposed by Vance Keeling,the proportion of the cumulative error was 54.55％,9.21％ for immobilization equipment,12.97％ for tumor motion,2.55％ for couch sagging,5.70％ for Gantry radiation isocenter,4.73％ for Collimator radiation isocenter,4.61％ for couch radiation isocenter and 5.70％ for Xray field isocenter,respectively.Conclusions The main factors of setup errors during SBRT treatment for lung cancer are setup random,tumor motion,immobilization equipment,couch sagging and machine isocenter.During radiotherapy,targeted control of tumor motion is of significance for minimizing the cumulative errors.

Objective The purpose of this study was to analyze the susceptibility profile of Acinetobacter baumannii to antimicrobial agents,and validate the results of different antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods,for improving the quality of antibiotic resistance monitoring data.Methods The susceptibility data of Hebei Provincial Antimicrobial Resistant Investigation Net were analyzed retrospectively and 126 strains ofA.baumannii were collected.The susceptibility ofA.baumannii to piperacillintazobactam,amikacin,gentamicin,ciprofloxacin,levofloxacin,ceftazidime,imipenem,and meropenem was tested by E-test,KirbyBauer method and VITEK system.Results The susceptibility results of the 126 A.baumannii strains showed that the susceptibility to piperacillin-tazobactam,amikacin,gentamicin,levofloxacin and ceftazidime was significantly different between the three methods (P＜0.05).The categorical agreement,major error,minor error,and very major error of Kirby-Bauer method were within acceptable range.There were evident difference in classification consistency for piperacillin-tazobactam,amikacin,levofloxacin between Kirby-Bauer method and VITEK (P＜0.05).Conclusions Different antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods may lead to different results of resistance monitoring data.Bias may be generated in antibiotic resistance surveillance if different methods are used.The susceptibility results of piperacillin-tazobactam,amikacin,levofloxacin derived from VITEK system should be validated by Kirby-Bauer or E-test method.

Objective:To investigate the clinical significance of inflammatory factors in bacterial infection children with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in PICU.Methods:A prospective cohort study was carried out from June 2014 to December 2017. 77 bacterial infection children with pediatric critical illness score less than 80 who were admitted to the PICU, were recruit in the study.The patient diagnosed as other basic diseases,with history of high-dose glucocorticoid use, discharged or died within 24 hours were excluded.The recruited patients were divided into G6PD deficiency group (observation group with 36 cases) and non-G6PD deficiency group (control group with 41 cases) according to the presence or absence of G6PD deficiency.Blood samples were taken at admission, 12 hand 24 h after hospitalization to detect the concentrations of tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 10 (IL-10) andC-reactive protein (CRP). T test, χ2 test and Fisher exact test were used to analyze the changes of the above inflammatory factors, complications, prognosis, PICU stay time and hospitalization costs. Results:The levels of inflammatory factors in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group at admission, 12 and 24 hours after hospitalization, the differences were statistically significant (all P< 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in thechangerate of inflammatory factors between the two groups during treatment; The PICU stay time of observation group was longer [(7.98 ± 6.55) vs (5.01 ± 6.21)] and the hospitalization cost (yuan) was higher [(36 634.09 ± 11 876.67) vs (31 571.42 ± 10 245.80)], P<0.05; Compared to the control group, the incidence ofsevere sepsis, septic shock, MODS increased significantly, and the curative rate decreasedsignificantly in observation group( P<0.05). Conclusions:G6PD-deficient children with bacterial infections had serious inflammatory reactions with poor prognosis and higher hospitalization costs and were susceptible to the occurrence of severe sepsis, septic shock and MODS.

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the association between three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)α gene and the level of lipoprotein (a) [Lp (a)].Methods Participants were recruited under the framework of a cohort populations survey from the PMMJS (Prevention of Multiple Metabolic Disorders and MS in Jiangsu Province) which was conducted in the urban community of Jiangsu province from 1999 to 2007.644 subjects (234 males,410 females) were randomly selected and genotyped for three polymorphisms which were used as genetic marker for PPARα gene (rs 1800206,rs4253778 and rs135539).Data related to individual polymorphism and haplotype were available for analysis.x2 test was used to determine if the whole population was in Hardy-Weinberg genetic equilibrium.Linear regression models were used to analyze the association between SNPs in PPARα gene and the level of Lp(a).Associations between PPARα haplotypes and serum Lp(a) levels were analyzed by the SNPstats software.Results In the dominant model,after factors as sex,age,smoking,alcohol and BMI were adjusted,the presence of the V162 allele of L162V appeared associated with a high level of Lp(a) (mean difference was 57.70 mg/L(95％CI:32.03-83.37 mg/L),P＜0.001.Data from the haplotype analysis revealed that A-G-V and C-G-V haplotype (established by 1A＞C,7G＞C L162V) were significantly associated with a higher level of Lp(a) (P=0.012 0 and 0.009 7).Conclusion Results from our study might help to clarify the role ofPPARα gene in regulation of Lp (a) and the evaluation of its polymorphisms and haplotypes which were characterized as genetic factors for Lp (a).

Objective To understand the incidence pattern of fall among older adults in Anhui province during 2006-2014,and provide scientific basis for intervention strategies and decision-making.Methods The incidence data of fall in elderly adults from 6 sentinel hospitals in 2 national injury surveillance areas in Anhui province between 2006 and 2014 were collected for this descriptive epidemiological analysis of the overall incidence trend,demographic characteristics,case distribution and clinical characteristics of fall cases in the elderly.Results The fall case number,the proportions of fall cases to injury cases and to overall fall cases in the elderly all increased from 2006 to 2014.The fall was the first cause of the elderly injury during the past 9 years.The sex ratio was 0.74 and the cases in males decreased with age.In both males and females,the cases in retirees and the jobless accounted for the highest proportions.The annual incidence peak was during August to October,and two daily incidence peaks were during 9 am-ll am and 16 pm-18 pm.The elderly falls mainly occurred at home (62.07％),and more females were affected than males (70.27％ vs.50.97％).Leisure activity and homework related falls accounted for 49.18％ and 28.67％ respectively,and more housework related falls occurred in females than in males.Contusion/abrasion was the first injury caused by fall in males (42.63％) and fracture was the first injury caused by fall in females (47.27％).Head was the first injury site in males (38.04％) and leg was the first injury site in females (29.29％).Most injuries caused by fall were mild (55.12％) and moderate (41.84％) in severity,but the proportions of moderate and severe cases increased gradually with age.Conclusion Fall in the elderly has become a public health problem.It is necessary to take targeted prevention and control measures according to the gender and age distributions of the fall in the elderly.

Objective:To explore the serum levels of inflammatory cytokines and prognosis in severe acute infection children with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase(G6PD) deficiency.Methods:A total number of 160 children with severe acute infections admitted to PICU of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Maternal and Child Health Hospital from June 2014 to December 2017 were selected as subjects in this study, including 80 children with G6PD deficiency(observation group) and 80 children without G6PD deficiency(control group). The changes of TNF-α, IL-6, IL-10 and CRP were dynamically monitored at 0-hour, 12-hour and 24-hour after admision, and the occurrences of sepsis, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome(MODS) were prospectively analyzed.Results:The levels of serum cytokines and CRP in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group at admission[TNF-α: (65.57±19.09) pg/ml vs.(46.53±20.34) pg/ml; IL-6: (98.90±29.02) pg/ml vs.(89.89±25.54) pg/ml; IL-10: (87.66±21.84) pg/ml vs.(76.34±19.01) pg/ml; CRP: (60.18±22.24) mg/L vs.(41.43±19.51) mg/L, respectively], and the differences between two groups were statistically significant( P<0.05). The levels of cytokines and CRP in the observation group were higher than those in the control group at 12 h and 24 h after treatment( P<0.01). Compared with the control group, the incidences of sepsis(82.50% vs 67.50%) and MODS(73.75% vs 58.75%) in the observation group increased, and the recovery rate(81.25% vs 92.50%) decreased, with statistical significance between two groups( P<0.05). Conclusion:Children with G6PD deficiency need to be paid more attention to inflammation, sepsis, MODS and the difficulty of treatment when they are infected.The potential mechanism may be related to oxidative stress.