From the point of view of systems science, human body can be considered as a complex system, and the human health system is a subsystem of it. Systems science conducts investigation in a holistic manner. As a theoretical method, it deals with the operation and evolution of systems from the macroscopic perspective, so this theory is similar to phenomenological theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in methodology. Naturally, numerous theories of systems science can be used in research of the human health systems of TCM. In this paper, the authors introduced synergetics, a theory of modern systems science, and its slaving principle, and in particular, analyzed the concept of order parameters related to the slaving principle and the relationship between body constitutions of TCM and order parameters. The body constitution of TCM can be treated as a slow variable in the human health systems. By using synergetics, the authors established a model of the human health system based on body constitutions of TCM. As an application of the model, the authors illustrated the argumentations in the theory of constitution being separable, the theory of a relationship between constitution and disease, and the theory of a recuperable constitution. To some extent, this work has made links between the TCM theory of body constitution and modern systems science, and it will offer a new thought for modeling the human health system.

Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA),cancer antigen 125 (CA125),carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) and eytokeratin 21-1 fragment (CYFRA21-1) assays of sputum in patients with lung cancer. Method Fifty-two cases with lung cancer and 46 cases with benign lung diseases underwent detection of CEA ,CA125 ,CA19-9 and CYFRA21-1 in sputum by using the method of chemi-luminescent enzyme immunoassay. Results The levels of CEA,CA125,CA19-9 and CYFRA21-1 in sputum of 52 cases with lung cancer were (27.6±31.2) μg/L, (76.4±65.2)kU/L, (56.1±31.6) kU/L and ( 25.2±9.1 )μg/L respectively. But the levels of those of 46 cases with benign lung diseases were (6.1±7.5)μg/L, (23.7±7.9) kU/L, (17.3±10.2) kU/L and (1.2±1.7)μg/Lrespectively. The levels of these tumor markers in sputum in patients with lung cancer were significantly higher than those in patients with benign lung diseases(P< 0.01 ). The diagnostic sensitivity of CEA,CA125,CA 19-9 and CYFRA21-1 in sputum in 52 cases with lung cancer was 42.3%( 22/52 ), 46.2% (24/52), 36.5%( 19/52 ) and 51.9% (27/52) respectively ( P > 0.05 ). Among the cancer patients, the sensitivity of sputum CEA in patients with adenocareinoma was significantly higher than that in patients with squamons cell carcinoma (X2= 4.193, P < 0.05 ) ; while the sensitivity of sputum CYFRA21-1 in patients with squamous cell carcinoma was significantly higher than that in patients with adenocarcinoma ( X2 = 4.806,P < 0.05 ). The sensitivity of CA125 in advanced lung cancer( Ⅲ +Ⅳ stage) was higher than that in early lung cancer( Ⅰ+Ⅱstage) (X2= 5.202,P < 0.05 ). Compared with the single tumor marker assaying, the combination of CEA,CA 125, CA 19-9 and CYFRA21-1 in sputum could significantly improve the sensitivity and accurate value in the diagnosis of lung cancer (P<0.05). Conclusion To assay CEA,CA125,CA1g-9 and CYFRA21-1 in sputum is valuable in diagnosis of lung cancer, and the combination of CEA,CA125,CA19-9 and CYFRA21-1 in sputum can significantly improve sensitivity and accurate value in the diagnosis of lung cancer.

Objective To investigate the echocardiographic features of complete transposition of the great arteries (TGA)in fetuses.Methods Prenatal echocardiographic data of 9 fetuses diagnosed as TGA by autopsy or postnatal echocardiography during January 2010 to January 2017 were retrospectively analyzed.Results All of 9 fetuses showed normal cardiac axis and atrioventricular connection on four-chamber view.Eight of them showed the baby bird's beak sign on left ventricular outflow tract view.On left and right ventricular outflow tracts view,the two great arteries were parallel in 8 fetuses.Totally 6 fetuses showed just 2 vessels on three vessels and tracheal (3VT) view.On aortic arch view,the radian of aortic arch had increased in different degrees in 7 fetuses.There were 4 fetuses with ventricular septal defect observed by both of four-chamber and left ventricular outflow tract views.Conclusion The echocardiographic features of fetuses with TGA are characteristic in left ventricular outflow tract,left and right ventricular outflow tracts,3VT and aortic arch views,including baby bird's beak sign,2 great arteries' parallel relations,only 2 vessels on 3VT view,and increased radian of aortic arch.Of these features,baby bird's beak sign is the most common.

Aim To investigate the protection of ramipril,BQ-123 and their combination against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion(I/R)injury in vivo in anesthetized rats,and to explore the mechanism of action of drugs on myocardial oxidation-antioxidation system.Methods Healthy male Wistar rats were divided into 5 groups randomly,sham operated(Sham)group,I/R group,ramipril(RAM)group,BQ-123(BQ)group and ramipril and BQ-123(R&B)group.All groups but not sham were subjected to I/R procedure.Twenty four hours before ligation,ramipril(1 mg·kg~(-1))was intragastrically administered to rats in RAM and R&B groups.The equal volume of normal saline was given to rats in other groups.BQ-123(10 μg·kg~(-1)· min-1)was infused intravenously from 10 min before ligation to the end of 30 min ischemia to rats in BQ and R&B groups.The equal volume of normal saline was given to other groups.HR,MAP and the change of ST-segment were observed;ventricular arrhythmias were monitored during ischemia;the infarct size was examined by TTC staining;the activity of myocardial T-SOD,Mn-SOD,CAT and the content of MDA were detected by spectrophotometer.Results Compared with I/R group,the elevation of ST-segment was decreased,onset of VPC and VT was delayed,duration of VPC and VT was shortened,incidence of VPC,VT and VF was decreased,IS and IS/AAR were improved,activity of T-SOD,Mn-SOD and CAT was increased,the content of MDA was decreased in RAM,BQ and R&B groups.Compared with RAM and BQ alone group,onset of VPC and VT,duration of VPC and VT,size,activity of T-SOD and Mn-SOD and content of MDA were changed dramatically in R&B group.Conclusions Ramipril,BQ-123 and the combined use of these two agents protected myocardium from I/R injury in vivo.The protective effects of the combination on delaying onset of VA,shortening duration of VA,decreasing infarct size and content of MDA,and increasing activity of SOD are better than those of using ramipril or BQ-123 alone.

AIM:To investigate the aberrant methylation in the promoter of p16 in plasma,sputum,bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF),pleural effusion and biopsy specimens from suspected lung cancer patients and to evaluate the clinical significance in the early diagnosis of lung cancer.METHODS:Using methylation specific PCR(MSP)for the detection of promoter methylation of p16 gene in plasma,sputum,BALF,pleural effusion and biopsy specimens from suspected lung cancer patients.RESULTS:Of the 67 cases of suspected lung cancer patients,42 were proved by pathology.The positive percentages of p16 gene promoter methylation of the lung cancer patients are as follows:52.4%(22/42)in plasma,47.6%(20/42)in sputum,59.5%(25/42)in BALF,71.4%(10/14)in pleural effusion and 61.9%(26/42)in biopsy specimens,respectively;while promoter methylation in p16 gene was found only one in plasma and one in pleural effusion in 25 patients with various benign lesions(P0.05).CONCLUSION:Detection of the aberrant methylation in the promoter of p16 gene in plasma,sputum,BALF,pleural effusion and biopsy specimens from lung cancer patients by MSP method is a kind of rising technology with development potential for lung cancer early diagnosis.

Through the study on mathematical logic relation in the syndrome theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), it revealed that the mathematical logic relation among three basic elements in the judgment of syndromes, which were the disease cause (a), disease location (b), disease nature (c) and syndrome (z), was f(z)=a+b+c. The mathematical logic relation between syndrome (z) and symptom (zi) was f(z)= z1+z2+z3+…+zi. The obvious feature reflected by the complexity of syndromes was the construction number of symptoms. During the syndrome differentiation process, the mathematical logic relation between symptom and disease cause, location, nature and syndrome was z1+z2+z3+…+zi =a+b+c= f(z). However, syndromes generally exhibited a nonlinear relationship of point-set topology. After calculation, 79 major single TCM syndromes had a total of more than 6.5×105 different forms. The number within a certain range of syndrome group was approximately 6.6×10100. The super huge data “Googol” may be the root of complex TCM syndromes. The results showed that the researches on “element of syndrome” using the bayesian networks, the neural network algorithm and the algorithm of double levels of frequency power were irrelevant to the mathematical logic relation of the intrinsic relations of syndrome theory. Therefore, “element of syndrome” was a false proposition feature in the study of TCM basic theory. The established syndrome differentiation method with“element of syndrome” as its core was not conformed to the inherent law of TCM theory and clinical practice.

Objective:To investigate the classification of patients with gout, and further analyze their clinical features.Methods:Outpatients with gout were enrolled from January 2018 to July 2019 in Depart-ment of Rheumatology, Zhongshan Hospital. Subjects were classified into four groups according to their 24-hour urinaryexcretion and fractional excretion of urate. Clinical features of different groups were analyzed using one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Kruskal-Wallis H test, or χ2 test. Results:Finally, 378 subjects were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Among them, 186(49.2%) were renal underexcretion type, 100(26.5%) were combined type, 57(15.1%) were renal overload type, 35(9.3%) were the normal type. Renal underexcretion type was the main subtype in any age-stratified groups. With aging, the proportion of combined type decreased, while the normal type increased. Participants in the combined type were the youngest [(42±14) years of age] with the highest estimated glomerular filtration rate [(94±18) ml·min -1·1.73 m -2], while their serum urate levels were the highest [(554±104) μmol/L]. Subjects in the normal type were the oldest [(60±15) years of age] with the lowest estimated glomerular filtration rate [(71±19) mL·min -1·1.73 m -2], however, their serum urate concentrations were the lowest [(427±118) μmol/L], The difference was statistically significant (age, F=13.98; estimated glomerular filtration rate, F=16.11; urate, F=17.14; P<0.01). Prevalence of urolithiasis were similar among the four groups ( χ2 =2.00, P>0.05). Conclusion:The renal underexcretion type is the main type of gout. Young patients are more likely to suffer from combined type with the highest serum urate levels and the best renal function.

Fibro-optic bronchoscopy (FB) examinations were undertaken in 42 cases with lung cancer and 25 cases with benign lung disease; methylation-specific PCR was performed in plasma, sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) specimen for detection of p16 gene promoter methylation in all patients.Of the 42 cases of lung cancer, the positive rates of p16 gene promoter methylation were 59.5% in BALF, 52.4% in plasma and 47.6% in sputum, respectively; while p16 gene promoter methylation was detected only in one plasma sample from 25 cases with benign lung disease ( P ＜ 0.05 ).The sensitivity,specificity and overall accuracy of FB were 59.5%, 100.0% and 74.6%, respectively.The sensitivity,specificity and overall accuracy of FB combined with aberrant p16 gene methylation in diagnosis of lung cancer were 92.9%, 96.2% and 94.0%, respectively.The FB examinations combined with detection of aberrant p16 gene methylation can further improve the accuracy to diagnosis of lung cancer.

ObjectiveTo observe right ventricle (RV) structure and function of New Zealand rabbits with chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) for short-term (0-8 weeks) by echocardiography. MethodsTwenty-four healthy male New Zealand rabbits were set up CIH animal model for 8 weeks. RV structure?s systolic and diastolic function were measured by conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiography at 0, 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 week and one rabbit was sacriifced randomly for RV myocytes and pulmonary tissue pathology examination. RV structure and function parameters at 0, 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 week were analyzed by mixed effects model analysis.ResultsRV structure variables: RV, RA at 8 week increased compared with those at 0 week, but had no signiifcant difference (P>0.05); RV systolic function variables:RVFAC at 8 week increased compared with those at 0 week (F=3.45, P<0.05), TAPSE at 4, 6, 8 week increased compared with that at 0 week (F=3.11, 3.41 and 3.86, all P<0.05), RVMPI at 4 week decreased compared with that at 0 week (F=3.46, P<0.05), recovered to baseline at 6, 8 week. Isovolumetric relaxation time (IRTc) corrected by heart rate at 1, 2, 4 week decreased compared with that at 0 week (F=3.15, 3.31 and 3.17, all P<0.05), recovered to baseline at 8 week, ET of PA at 1, 2 week decreased compared with that at 0 week (F=3.01 and 3.15, both P<0.05), recovered to baseline at 4, 6, 8 week, AT of PA at 1, 2, 4 week decreased compared with that at 0 week (F=3.13, 3.15 and 3.32, all P<0.05), recovered to baseline at 6, 8 week. RV diastolic function variables: isovolumetric contraction time (ICTc) corrected by heart rate at 2, 4 week decreased compared with that at 0 week (F=3.13 and 3.33,both P<0.05), E/E? at 1, 2 week decreased compared with that at 0 week (F=3.13 and 3.44,bothP<0.05), recovered to baseline at 4, 6, 8 week, E/A at 4, 6, 8 week increased compared with that at 0 week (F=4.01, 3.82 and 3.37, all P<0.05), E?/A? at 8 week increased compared with that at 0 week (F=3.81, P<0.05). The myocardial pathology showed that RV myocardial cell structure was normal at 4 week. Nuclei enlarged, stain darkened and some cytoplasms loosed when exposed to CIH for 8 weeks. The structure of lung tissues was normal when exposed to CIH for 4 weeks. Inflammatory cell inifltrated, capillary engorged as well as the wall of pulmonary arterioles thickened slightly at 8 week.ConclusionsRV diastolic and systolic function showed compensatory and structure was normal in early CIH (0-8 week). RV diastolic function compensated earlier than systolic function. IRT and ICT were sensitive indicators of RV systolic and diastolic function compensation.

Objective:To investigate the clinical and biological characteristics of relapsed childhood low-risk acute B lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL).Methods:The clinical and laboratory data of 34 children who admitted in Beijing Boren Hospital from July 2017 to July 2018 were retrospectively analyzed, and 127-339 mutations of hematological malignancy related genes were analyzed.Results:The median time from the diagnosis to the recurrence was 871 d (87-1 446 d). The recurrence at early stage and late stage had 26 cases (76%) and 8 cases (24%), respectively. The recurrence before maintenance treatment, during maintenance therapy and after withdrawal of chemotherapy had 3 cases (9%), 12 cases (35%) and 19 cases (56%) (13 cases relapsed within 1 year after withdrawal, 6 cases relapsed after withdrawal 1-2 years and no one relapsed after withdrawal 2 years). The sites of recurrence included bone marrow alone accounting for 26 cases (76%), both intramedullary and extramedullary disease (EMD) accounting for 6 cases (18%), EMD alone accounting for 2 cases (6%). Flow cytometry showed that 9 patients presented minimal residual disease (MRD)-positive (6 cases with one positive, 2 cases with twice positive and 1 case with 3 times positive), including 8 cases occurred at early stage and 1 case occurred at late stage; and the level of MRD was 0.02%-3.82%. Complex chromosomal karyotype appeared in 6 relapsed children with normal or hyperdiploid karyotype at first diagnosis. Hematological malignancy related gene mutation detection was made in 28 cases, and the results showed that each patient had at least one gene mutation, and 2 or more gene mutations were detected in 25 cases (89%). The high frequency of gene mutations were as follows: CREBBP (7 cases, 25%), NRAS (7 cases, 25%), KRAS(7 cases, 25%), TP53 (4 cases, 14%), and NT5C2 (4 cases, 14%).Conclusions:The recurrence of childhood low-risk B-ALL occurs mostly in the maintenance treatment or in two years of withdrawal of chemotherapy. Positive MRD after complete remission is likely to show the risk of early recurrence. The gene mutations after the poor prognosis in cancer cells may be related to the recurrence of childhood low-risk B-ALL, and the common gene mutations include CREBBP, RAS signaling pathways genes and TP53, NT5C2.