Antibodies, Monoclonal ; therapeutic use ; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived ; Antigens, CD20 ; immunology ; Antineoplastic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Lymphoma, B-Cell ; drug therapy ; Rituximab ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To investigate the prognosis of isolated fetal pyelectasis detected by ultrasound.Methods A total of 109 cases of isolated fetal pyelectasis (renal pelvis anteroposterior diameter ≥ 5 mm by ultrasound screening at any gestational age without structural or chromosome abnormalities) detected by prenatal ultrasound screening from March 2004 to July 2014 in Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University,were delivered and followed up until neonatal period on chromosome examination,prenatal B ultrasound and outcome of neonates.Receiver operating characteristics curves were plotted and used to predict the optimal critical point of poor prognosis and the warning point of follow-up.Results Among the 109 cases,83 cases tended to have a natural recovery during pregnancy,71 of them had normal renal pelvis.Two of the neonates died,9 cases needed surgical treatment,and 98 cases had normal renal pelvis or need follow-up only.The area under the receiver operating characteristics curves was 0.860 (95％CI:0.860± 1.96 × 0.112).The optimal critical point of poor prognosis was determined at ≥ 11 mm in anteroposterior diameter with sensitivity 81.8％,and specificity 83.7％,and the warning point of prenatal follow-up was at ≥ 7 mm in anteroposterior diameter with sensitivity 100.0％ and specificity 50.0％.Conclusions The prognosis of isolated fetal pyelectasis is mostly good.The fetus with pyelectasis thicker than 7 mm should be followed-up closely during prenatal and neonatal period,and the fetus with pyelectasis thicker than 11 mm is likely to have poor prognosis in neonatal period.

Antiphospholipid Syndrome ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Child ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans

Antineoplastic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Arsenicals ; therapeutic use ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Disease-Free Survival ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute ; drug therapy ; Male ; Oxides ; therapeutic use ; Remission Induction ; methods ; Survival Rate ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To observe the effects of secreted protein,acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) on the expression of TGF-β1 and collagen type Ⅰ in cultured human keloid fibroblasts by real-time fluorescence quantitative RT-PCR.Methods In vitro keloid fibroblasts were stimulated by different concentrations of recombinant human SPARC,and with the control group for comparison,real-time fluorescence quantitative RT-PCR to detect expression of TGFβ1 and collagen type Ⅰ.Results Compared with the control group,the expression of TGF-β1 and collagen type Ⅰ was significantly increased in the experimental group.Conclusions SPARC could enhance the expression of TGF-β1 and collagen type Ⅰ in keloid fibroblasts significantly.

Humans ; Accidents, Traffic ; Automobile Driving ; Risk Factors

Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. ex DC is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Among its various active components, glycyrrhizic acid is believed to be the marker component. Squalene synthase (SQS) and beta-amyrin synthase (beta-AS) are key enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway of glycyrrhizic acid in G uralensis. To reveal the effects of co-expression of SQS1 and beta-AS genes on this pathway, 7 yeast expression vectors harboring different SQS1 variants and beta-AS were constructed and expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as fusion proteins. TLC and GC-MS results showed that co-expression of SQS1 and beta-AS enhanced the accumulation of beta-amyrin. The effects of SQS12 were more obvious than the other two SQS1 variants. This study is significant for further investigations concerned with exploring the biosynthesis of glycyrrhizic acid in vitro and strengthening the efficacy of G. uralensis by means of increasing the content of glycyrrhizic acid.
Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase ; genetics ; metabolism ; Glycyrrhiza uralensis ; genetics ; Intramolecular Transferases ; metabolism ; Oleanolic Acid ; analogs & derivatives ; metabolism ; Plant Proteins ; genetics ; Recombinant Proteins ; metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; metabolism

AIM: To purify the water-extract of Sinisa recipe with macoroporous resigns. METHODS: Screening the purification condition by means of the content of active principle, fingerprint chromatography, the yield of dry extracts,et al. of the purified product. RESULTS: The purified product by type HP20 macoroporous resign is in good agreement with the active fraction of Sinisa in the composition of specific principles. CONCLUSION: HP20 type macoroporos resign is considered as optimum for active fraction of Sinisa recipe in purifying efficience.

Objective To evaluate the right ventricular (RV) systolic function in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by speckle tracking imaging (STI).Methods A total of 40 cases with SLE were divided into two groups,SLE (24 cases) and SLE complicated with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) (16 cases).Meanwhile,35 healthy subjects were used as control group.Longitudinal peak systolic strain (PSS) of the basal,mid,apical segments of the free wall of right ventricular and interventricular septum and suben-docardial myocardium of the whole right ventricular were measured by STI respectively.Every parameter was compared.And the main factors affecting the strain of the whole right ventricule were analyzed.T test,one-way ANVOA,SNK-q,Spearman's correlation and Pearson's correlation analysis were used for statistical analysis.Results ① In SLE group,strains of the whole RV(GLS RV) [(-22±4)％] and all segments of RV wall[the basal segments of free wall (bas FW) (-27±8)％ were lower than that of the control group (-26±4)％,(-33±6)％,respectively (t=-4.815,P=0.000; t=-3.619,P=0.001)].Tricuspid valve orifice peak velocity E/A and right ventricular ejection fraction were significantly different between SLE group and control group (P＜0.05).② In terms of conventional parameters and the strain of all segments of RV wall,bas FW and GLS RV were different between the SLE group [(-30±7)％,(-23.7±3.5)％,respectively] and SLE with PAH group [(-22±6)％,(-18.4±2.3)％,respectively] (t=-3.581,P=0.001; t=-5.769,P=0.000).③ The RV anterior wall thickness of the moderate-severe subgroup was significantly higher than that of the mild group [(5.0±0.8) mm,(4.3±0.8) mm; t=-2.49,P=0.017].GLS RV[(-19±4)％,(-24±7)％;t=-3.016,P=0.015],bas FW [(-22±9)％,(-35±6)％; t=-3.125,P=0.03] and bas IVS [(-19±6)％,(-24±6)％; t=-2.272,P=0.029] were significantly lower than that of the mild group.Conclusion Right ventricular function is decreased in patients with SLE.STI can be used objectively to assess the right ventricular longitudinal systolic function.