OBJECTIVEThe study investigated the epidemiology of Filifactor alocis (F. alocis) in subgingival plaque samples from subjects with different periodontal statuses. The relationship between the prevalence of F. alocis and clinical periodontal parameters was also analyzed.

METHODSSubgingival plaque samples and periodontal data were collected from 68 healthy sites (H groups) in 17 healthy subjects, 64 healthy (G-H group) and 76 diseased sites (G-D group) in 19 patients with chronic gingivitis, and 36 healthy (P-H group) and 56 diseased sites (P-D group) in 14 patients with chronic periodontitis. The plaque samples were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction, and possible correlations between the F. alocis detection rate and the bleeding index, probing depth, or clinical attachment level were determined.

RESULTSThe detection levels of F. alocis increased in both healthy and diseased groups. The lowest level at 30.88% (21/68) was noted in the H group, whereas the highest level at 91.07% (51/56) was obtained from the P-D group. A significant correlation was found between the F. alocis detection levels and periodontal disease condition (P < 0.000 1). Further analyses showed that a significant correlation also existed between the detection level of F. alocis and the abnormal clinical periodontal parameters, namely, bleeding index, probing depth, and clinical attachment loss. The odds ratios were 5.26, 8.85, and 11.65, respectively.

CONCLUSIONF. alocis was found at increased-levels in subjects with periodontal disease. The presence of F. alocis increases the risk of sites with abnormal clinical periodontal parameters.

Dental Plaque ; Gingivitis ; Humans ; Periodontal Diseases ; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Objective To screen the differentially expressed proteinin the livetissue of the drug-induced acute hepatifail-ure rat.MethodTwenty-foumale SD ratwere randomly divided into two group,the experimental group (12 cases) wagiven D-galactosamine10g/L by intraperitoneal injection and the control group (12 cases) wagiven normal saline by intraperitoneal injec-tion .The total proteinin the livetissue samplewere extracted ,quantitated ,and subjected to separate by the two-dimension elec-trophoresis(2-DE) of isoelectrifocusing (IEF) and SDS-PAGE ,found outhe discrepanprotein spotby the software and per-formed the identification by MALDI-TOF-M.Result27 differential protein spotwere successfully identified ,and 15 up-regula-ted and 12 down-regulated proteinexpressionwere obtained in the experimental group compared with the control group .Conclu-sion The significandifferencein the expressionof protein,such acasein kinase I(CKⅠα) ,tyrosine protein kinase(PTK) ,pro-liferating cell nucleaantigen(PCNA) ,et.in the liveexisbetween the acute hepatifailure model ratand the normal one.

Objective To investigate the clinical effects on the hypernatremia in elderly patients with ARDS treated by continu-ous veno-venous hemofiltration(CVVH) .Methods Eighteen cases of elderly patients with ARDS and hypernatremia were treated by CVVH ,the serum sodium concentration was observed and the displacement fluid composition was adjusted dynamically by serum sodium concentration ,the changes of kidney function ,gas index ,plasma osmotic pressure and APACHE Ⅱ score were recorded and analyzed .Results After treatment ,the plasma osmotic pressure of patients declined [(318 .5 ± 20 .2)mmol/L vs .(294 .4 ± 15 .1) mmol/L ,P<0 .01] .After treatment ,the oxygenation index rised [(157 .4 ± 34 .2) vs .(178 .4 ± 40 .4) ,P< 0 .05] ,APACHE Ⅱscore declined[(20 .8 ± 9 .4) vs .(14 .5 ± 8 .8) ,P<0 .05] ,and the comparison of after and before treatment was statistically signifi-cant .Conclusion Therapy method of elderly patients with ARDS and hypernatremia treated by CVVH can correct hypernatremia , improve oxygenation index and APACHE Ⅱ score effectively .

Objective To observe the changes of lung parameters,the ratios of B and T lymphocyte attenuator(BTLA) and serum cytokines in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA),and explore possible molecular mechanism of them.Methods Forty-seven cases of knee osteoarthritis from the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from 2011 October to 2012 July were analyzed in this study.Pulmonary parameters were detected by spirometer; B and T lymphocyte attenuator(BTLA) was detected by flow cytometry ; Interleukin (IL)-1β,IL-10,matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9),tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloprotease-1 (TIMP-1) were detected by ELISA;ESR was determined by Westergren method ; hs-CRP was determined by the automatic biochemistry analyzer.Results (1) Compared with NC group,levels of FVC,FEV1,FEV1/FVC,PEF,MEF25.75,MEF50,MEF25,CD3 + BTLA+ T cell,CD4+ BTLA+ Tcell,IL-10,TIMP1 were significantly decreased,IL-1 β,MMP9 were significantly increased.(2)Correlation analysis showed FVC was negatively correlated to Lequesne MG,symptom classify quantization scores,course,MMP9,while positively related to CD3+ BTLA+T cell,IL-10,TIMP1 ;FEV1 was positively correlated to CD3 + BTLA+T cell,CD4+ BTLA+T cell,TIMP1,while negatively correlated to course ; MEF50 was positively related to CD3+BTLA+T cell,CD4+ BTLA+T cell.Conclusion While articular cartilage lesions occurred in KOA patients,the lung function was also declined.The mechanism may be associated with the declination of expression of BTLA,which can cause up-regulating of IL-1 β,MMP9 and down-regulating of IL-10,TIMP1,thus leading to immune dysfunction and abnormal immune response.Those may induce airway injuries and result in lung function decline finally.

Churg-Strauss Syndrome ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged

Objective To explore the health education model of cerebral palsy rehabilitation.Methods Forty children with spastic cerebral palsy were screened and randomly divided into the therapy group and the control group.All the children received common health education,but parents of the therapy group were offered new standardized systematic health education whenever their children were in hospital or discharged from hospital by primary nurses.The Improved Ashworth Spasm Evaluation,GMFM evaluation and ADL evaluation were respectively performed in both the therapy and the control groups before the treatment and after six-month rehabilitation.Results There was no significant difference in the index score between both groups before the treatment.After six months,all the above indicators increased in both groups.And notably,significandy more increment was observed compared with the control group.Conclusions The new health education can further improve gross motor function and ADL of cerebral palsy children,which can be popularized and used as a new health education model for cerebral palsy rehabilitation.

OBJECTIVETo explore therapeutic effects of modified femoral prosthesis applied in the initial posterior stabilized total knee arthroplasty.

METHODSFrom April 1, 2012 to January 1, 2013, 156 patients with knee osteoarthritis underwent posterior stabilized total knee arthroplasty by the same director of orthopedic surgeon. Sixty-one patients were treated with modified femoral prosthesis, including 7 males and 54 females, with an average age of (68.34 +/- 5.41) years old; and 95 patients were treated with conventional designed femoral prosthesis, including 14 males and 81 females, with an average age of (69.92 +/- 5.11) years old. Indexes including age, body mass index, Insall-Salvati index, type of prosthesis, occurrence rate of patella click syndrome, postoperative line of force of lower extremity and postoperative function of the knee joint were observed and recorded. And American Knee Society (AKS) score was used to evaluate the clinical results.

RESULTSAll the patients were followed up, and the duration ranged from 36 to 56 weeks, with a mean of 45.31 weeks. Among patients in the conventional designed femoral prosthesis group, 7 patients had patella click syndrome, but there was no patient having patellar click syndrome in the modified femoral prosthesis group. Postoperative knee activity of patients in the modified femoral prosthesis group was (110.98 +/- 10.32) degrees, which was better than (107.05 +/- 8.61) degrees in the conventional designed femoral prosthesis group. The AKS score in the modified femoral prosthesis group was 129.79 +/- 9.63 during 21 to 28 days after operation, which was higher than 126.85 +/- 7.79 in the conventional designed femoral prosthesis group.

CONCLUSIONNew designed femoral components are effective to reduce the occurrence rate of postoperative patellar click syndrome and obtain better early functional recovery from knee surgery.

Aged ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee ; adverse effects ; instrumentation ; Case-Control Studies ; Female ; Femur ; surgery ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Incidence ; Knee Joint ; surgery ; Knee Prosthesis ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Postoperative Complications ; epidemiology ; etiology ; Retrospective Studies

Objective To investigate the dynamic expressions of exchange protein directly activated by cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) (Epac) in rat model of hepatic fibrosis(HF).Methods Forty-two male SD rats were divided into control group (n = 6) and model group (n = 36)which was divided into six subgroups of day 4, week 1, week 2, week 4,week 6 and week 8 with six rats in each subgroup. The rat model of HF was established by intraperitoneal injection of dimethylnitrosamine (DMN). The pathological changes of liver were observed by Hematoxylin-Eosin and Masson staining. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR),immunohistochemistry and Western blot were employed to detect the mRNA and protein expressions of Epac1, Epac2 and transforming gronth factor (TGF)β1 during the process of modeling and localization in the liver. The statistical analysis was done using one-factor ANOVA, LSD-t test,Dunnett T3 test and Pearson linear correlation analysis. Results Rat model of liver fibrosis was established successfully. In control group, Epac1 (0. 031 28±0. 008 96) and Epac2 protein (0.034 43±0. 002 45) mainly expressed in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes. In model group, the level of Epac1 decreased at day 4 (0. 023 97±0. 003 81) and week 1 (0. 015 81±0. 002 48) ,then began to increase at week 2 of modeling and peaked at week 6 (0. 039 54±0. 001 43), which had statistical significance compared to the control group (t= 5.47,11.58 and - 6.18, respectively; all P＜0.05). Epac2 protein expression declined after modeling, reached the lowest level at week 4 (0. 011 21 ±0. 001 32), which had statistical significance compared to the control group (t= 24. 50, P＜0. 05). TGFβ1 protein expression increased after modeling and peaked at week 4 (0. 011 30±0.001 03) which had statistical significance (t= -23. 36, P＜0. 05) compared to the control group (0. 002 08 ±0. 000 18). The expressions of Epac1, Epac2 and TGFβ1 mRNA were consistent with the trend of protein levels.Correlation analysis showed that Epac1 protein was positively correlated with the course of HF (r =0. 703, P＜0.01 ), while Epac2 protein was negatively correlated (r = - 0. 409, P＜0.05). Conclusions During the progression of HF, Epac1 expression tends to decrease firstly and increase afterwards,while Epac2 expression declines continually. Epac may be involved in the pathogenesis of HF.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as a common systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease, affects approximately 1 in 100 individuals. Effective treatment for RA is not yet available because current research does not have a clear understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of RA. Xinfeng Capsule, a patent Chinese herbal medicine, has been used in the treatment of RA in recent years. Despite its reported clinical efficacy, there are no large-sample, multicenter, randomized trials that support the use of Xinfeng Capsule for RA. Therefore, we designed a randomized, double-blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of Xinfeng Capsule in the treatment of RA.

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of using high-fidelity simulator (HFS) in medical training of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).Methods The randomized controlled trials (RCTs),quasi-randomized controlled trials (q-RCTs) about comparing HFS with traditional teaching methods in medical training of CPR were searched from Cochrane Library,Pubmed,Web of Knowledge,CNKI,CBM and Wanfang Data.The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed and the valid data were extracted.Meta-analysis was conducted with the Cochrane Collaboration RevMan 5.0.Results Ten q-RCTs and one RCT were included.The quality of the studies were relatively low.Meta-analysis showed that compared with the traditional teaching method,high-fidelity simulation in medical training of CPR had no statistically significant differences in mastering the theoretical knowledge,but had statistically significant differences in mastering the CPR skills.Conclusions HFS in medical training of CPR skills is positive and effective,superior to the traditional teaching methods,but in terms of theoretical knowledge and satisfaction,self-confidence,more researches still need to be further confirmed.