ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical feature peripheral neuropathy and vasculopathy after acrylamide toxication. Methods2 young male patients with peripheral neuropathy who had exposed to acrylamide for job more than one year were reported.ResultsNeuroelectrophysiological examination showed marked abnormalities in both peripheral and central nerve conduction in both patients. Sural nerve biopsies revealed axonal degeneration, Wallerian degeneration and giant axon with accumulated neurofilaments. Additonally, vasculopathies including prominant thickness of arterial intesma and basal membrane of capillary as well as apoptosis of vascular pericyte, were evident. ConclusionAxonal degeneration and vascular involvement has been found in acrylamide toxication. Vascular impairment maybe plays an important role in the pathogenesis of neuropathy.

Objective To explore the therapeutic effects and mechanism of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) transplantation in mice autoimmune hepatitis (AIH).Methods AIH model was established in 44 C57BL/6 mice,which were induced by homologous series liver-specific antigen S-100 and Freund's complete adjuvant.After modeling,six mice were collected for AIH model confirming.The other 38 mice were divided into three groups.Fourteen mice of MSC transplantation group (group A) were treated by MSC tail vein injection,12 mice of dexamethasone (DXM) group (group B) were treated by DXM intraperitoneal injection,and 12 mice of PBS control group (group C) received phosphate buffer saline (PBS) intraperitoneal injection.Eighteen mice of healthy control group (group D) weren't modeled and received no treatment.At the 5th and 9th week,the mice weights and serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level were tested,mice liver tissues of each group were estimated by pathological examination and Knodell scoring,and spleen T lymphocytes of mice were isolated for proliferation-inhibition examination.The data were analyzed by rank sum test,ANOVA and t test.Results After treatment,mice weights of both group A and B showed upward trend (F=15.678,P＜0.01; F=3.730,P=0.037).Before and after treatment,there was no significant difference in group C (P＞0.05).At the 5th and 9th week,the ALT level of group A and B gradually decreased,there was statistical significance between the time points (F=20.267,P＜0.01; F=4.277,P=0.034).Before and after treatment,there was no significant difference in ALT level of group C (P＞0.05).At the 5th and 9th week,the degree of mice serum ALT reduction of group A was larger than that of group B,and the difference was statistically significant (t=3.566 and 3.218,both P＜0.05).At the 5th and 9th week,the Kondell scores of group A and B gradually decreased,there was statistical significance between the time points (F=8.070,P=0.003; F=6.547,P=0.009).Before and after treatment,there was no significant difference in Kondell scores of group C (P＞0.05).At the 9th week,there was statistical significance in Kondell scores among group A,group B and group C (F =4.477,P =0.029).The in vitro spleen lymphocytes proliferation-inhibition experiment demonstrated that the supernatant of MSC could significantly inhibit the proliferation of T lymphocytes stimulated by S-100 antigen and concanavalin A,the absorbance values were0.267±0.167 vs.0.217±0.128 and0.165±0.187 vs.0.082±0.051 respectively,the differences were statistically significant (t =7.187 and 4.602,both P＜ 0.01).Conclusion MSC transplantation may play a therapeutic role in mice AIH through inhibiting T lymphocyte proliferation.

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of splenectomy in the treatment of relapsed/refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed in 30 cases with relapsed/refractory AIHA who were treated with splenectomy in our hospital. The pre- and post-operative blood routine indexes and responses were followed up. Results: Among the 30 relapsed/refractory AIHA patients, 20 were pure AIHA (including 13 patients with warm antibody AIHA, 2 with warm-cold double antibody AIHA and 5 with Coombs negative AIHA) and 10 were Evans syndrome. The short-term response was evaluated 10-14 days after operation, and the overall response rate (ORR) of short-term response was 90% [12 cases in complete response (CR), 6 cases in partial response (PR)] in 20 therapeutic evaluable cases. Among 13 patients with long-term follow-up data, except 3 patients with Evans syndrome died (2 cases were refractory to splenectomy, 1 case relapsed after surgery), the ORR of 10 patients with relapsed/refractory pure AIHA at 6 months and 12 months were 90% (9/10) and 70% (7/10), respectively, with a median follow-up of 14 (4-156) months. At the end of follow-up, 3 cases had maintained CR for more than 3 years. Conclusion The short-term response of splenectomy as a second-line treatment for relapsed/refractory AIHA is satisfactory, and long-term outcome of splenectomy is up to 70% at 1 year. Approximately one-third of patients could maintain sustained remission.