Objective To explore the early diagnostic value of quantitative sensory testing (QST) in diabetes with peripheral neuropathy (PNP).Methods The nerve conduction velocity (NCV) and QST were examined in 46 diabetic patients, and their results were compared. Results The abnormal ratio of NCV in 46 patients was 72.8%. 32 cases (69.6%) were diagnosed as diabetes with PNP. While using QST, the abnormal ratio was 91.3%. 40 cases (86.9%) were diagnosed as diabetes with PNP. There was a significant difference between two methods ( P

Objective To acquire NF-?B p65 TAD(transcription activation domain) and construct its eukaryotic expression vector and express it in endothelial cells.Methods Human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs) were cultured and total RNA was extracted.The p65 TAD gene was amplified by RT-PCR.After sequencing,the p65 TAD gene was inserted into the eukaryotic expression vector pEGFP-N1 with the green fluorescence protein,named pEGFP-N1-p65 TAD.pEGFP-N1-p65 TAD was transfected into HUVECs and its expression was observed under fluorescence microscope and analyzed by Western blotting.Results p65 TAD(288-548) was cloned successfully.The constructed plasmid including p65 TAD gene was identical to the designed.p65 TAD gene was expressed successfully in HUVECs.Conclusion The construction of eukaryotic expression vector including p65 TAD gene and its expression in HUVECs are very successful.

BACKGROUND:Animal models of osteoporosis play an important role in the research of the pathogenesis, occurrence and development of osteoporosis, as wel as in the clinical diagnosis, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. OBJECTIVE: To summarize and discuss the establishment and research ideas of osteoporosis models, explore the current situation and advance of osteoporosis models, compare the advantages and disadvantages of various methods, and provide evidence for clinical investigation. METHODS: A computer-based online search was conducted in SinoMed, VIP, Wanfang and PubMed databases by using the key words of “animal model, osteoporosis” from January 1969 to October 2015. The language was limited to both Chinese and English. Relevant articles were screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The documents about the methods of osteoporosis model preparation, method improvement as wel as their advantage and disadvantage were summarized. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:A total of 576 articles were included. Among them, articles published earlier, duplicated, and similarly were excluded, and 53 articles were finaly included. Various animal models of osteoporosis may only focus on the certain causes, certain stage, some of the main symptoms and some pathophysiological changes of disease. Accordingly, appropriate modeling methods and experimental animals should be selected based on research objective. Rat undergoing castration is the most commonly used model in the modeling of osteoporosis. Among drug methods for constructing osteoporosis model, glucocorticoids is the most commonly used one. Disuse method and nutritional method have limitations, and always combined with castration and drug methods. The effects of gene transfer, gene mutation and brain-derived model deserve

Objective To compare the perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) versus open liver resection (OLR) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods A total of 89 HCC patients undergoing liver resection between January 2012 and November 2016 were enrolled.Nonparametric tests were employed to compare the clinicalpathological characters and preoperative outcomes.Results No significant difference was observed in clinicalpathological features and postoperative morbidity.LLR group had shorter hospital stay (Z =4.642,P ＜0.01),lower serum ALT level in 1st,3rd and 5 day (Z =2.157,3.089,2.384,all P ＜0.05) and AST level in 1st-and 3rd-day postoperatively (Z =2.688,2.566,all P ＜0.05).The growth rate in serum total protein (TP) and albumin (ALB) postoperatively is higher for LLR group (y =2.348 4x + 51.696 vs.y =0.902 9 + 35.532),(y =1.539 9x + 29.68 vs.y =0.732 9x + 30.406).Conclusion LLR allows quicker liver function recovery and shortens patients' postoperative hospital stay.

This experiment was aimed to create A20 gene site-specific zinc finger DNA-binding protein. The sequence of A20 gene promoter was analyzed with bioinformatics means and submitted to ZF Tools Server at TSRI. Using the database of the web site, we determined the A20 gene valid target sites and designed the amino acid sequence of zinc finger protein predicted to be bound to the target site. And then, the structure of the protein sequence was analyzed and homology was modeled with various bioinformatics means. Based on the characteristic of this protein, the prokaryotic expression vector pTYB11-ZFP was constructed and expressed. Thus, the artificial zinc finger protein that recognized A20 specific sequence was designed, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The results indicate that it is feasible to design engineered artificial Zinc finger proteins by means of bioinformatics.
Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; chemistry ; genetics ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Binding ; Protein Engineering ; methods ; Transcription Factors ; chemistry ; genetics ; Zinc Fingers ; genetics

This investigation was aimed to explore whether over-expression of 27heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) could protect bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs)against injury induced by high-concentration glucose. We cultured BMSCs in high-concentration glucose medium, and up-regulated or inhibited HO-1 expression in BMSCs through its agonist or inhibitor. We detected the ability of BMSCs proliferation and secretion respectively by MTT and enzyme-linked immunosorbnent assay (ELISA). Then we detected the effect of BMSCs conditions medium on proliferation and migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) through scratch experiments and transwell assay. It was found that HO-1 over-expression could not only promote BMSCs proliferation, but also promote secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and could further accelerate the proliferation and migration of HUVECs. It could be well concluded that HO-1-over-expressing BMSCs can not only inhibit damage induced by high-concentration glucose, but can promote the proliferation and migration of vascular endothelial cells through paracrine as well. The result indicated that HO-1-over-expressing BMSCs played an important role in the treatment of diabetic vascular complication.
Cell Movement ; drug effects ; Cell Proliferation ; drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Culture Media, Conditioned ; pharmacology ; Glucose ; toxicity ; Heme Oxygenase-1 ; metabolism ; Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells ; cytology ; Humans ; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells ; cytology ; Up-Regulation ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; metabolism

Objective To study the application of autoregressive integrated moving average(ARIMA)model to predict the monthly reported malaria cases in China,so as to provide a reference for prevention and control of malaria. Methods SPSS 24.0 software was used to construct the ARIMA models based on the monthly reported malaria cases of the time series of 2006-2015 and 2011-2015,respectively. The data of malaria cases from January to December,2016 were used as validation data to compare the accuracy of the two ARIMA models. Results The models of the monthly reported cases of malaria in China were ARIMA(2,1,1)(1,1,0)12 and ARIMA(1,0,0)(1,1,0)12 respectively. The comparison between the predictions of the two models and actual situation of malaria cases showed that the ARIMA model based on the data of 2011-2015 had a higher ac-curacy of forecasting than the model based on the data of 2006-2015 had. Conclusion The establishment and prediction of ARIMA model is a dynamic process,which needs to be adjusted unceasingly according to the accumulated data,and in addi-tion,the major changes of epidemic characteristics of infectious diseases must be considered.

Objective To evaluate preoperative three dimensional(3D)reconstruction techniques in perioperative patients of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing hepatectomy.Methods Fifty-eight HCC patients who had undergone hepatectomy between 2015 and 2017 were enrolled.Twenty-three patients underwent hepatectomy based on preoperative 3D reconstruction techniques,while other thirty-five patients were without using it.Results No significant statistical difference was found in clincopathological parameters of patients preoperatively.The patients who underwent hepatectomy based on 3D reconstruction techniques had less operation time (Z =-2.213,P =0.028),hepatic inflow occlusion rate,time (x2 =3.966,P =0.046;Z =-2.371,P =0.018) and blood loss (Z =-2.140,P =0.032) during operation.Totally 23 postoperative complications occurred which were Clavien-Dindo classification grade Ⅰ or Ⅱ.More complications occurred in the not using 3D technique group (x2 =6.061,P =0.014).Conclusion Preoperative 3D reconstruction technique improves the perioperative prognosis of hepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Objective:To observe and analyze the multimodal imaging characteristics of fundus in patients with sympathetic ophthalmia (SO).Methods:A retrospective study. From October 2012 to December 2021, 28 patients (36 eyes) diagnosed SO in the Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital were inclued in the study. There were 19 males (25 eyes) and 9 females (11 eyes), with the mean age of 51.61±12.02 years. There were 8 exciting eyes and 28 sympathizing eyes. The time to onset after trauma or surgery was 46.10±107.98 months. All patients underwent examinations including vision test, color fundus photograph, optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus fluorescence angiography (FFA), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA). Angio-OCT (OCTA) was performed on 3 eyes and fundus autofluorescence (AF) was performed on 8 eyes. The early and late phase were defined respectively as ≤2 months and >2 months. Their multimodal imaging characteristics were summarized.Results:In 8 exciting eyes, subretinal fibrosis with mutifocal retinal atrophy and pigmentation was noted in 5 eyes (62.50%, 5/8), the other 3 eyes showed sunset glow fundus (37.50%, 3/8). In 28 sympathizing eyes, in the early phase, the fundus photograph showed shallow retinal detachment with optic disc edema in 9 eyes (32.14%, 9/28); in the late phase, peripapillary yellowish-white subretinal lesions in 11 eyes (39.29%, 11/28). In the late course of the disease, there were yellow-white lesions around the optic disc (peridisc) and peripheral subretinal area in 11 eyes (39.29%, 11/28). Dalen-Fuchs nodules were found in 10 eyes (35.71%, 10/28). On OCT, multiple serous retinal detachment and irregular choroidal folds were noted in the early phase; hill-like subretinal hyperreflective elevation was noted in peripapillary area and subfovea with presence of cystic spaces in the intraretina in the late phase. FFA examination showed"pinpoint-like" strong fluorescence in the early stage, and "multi-lake-like" fluorescein accumulation and leakage in the late stage; "map-like" weak fluorescence around the disc in the early stage of the disease, dot-like strong fluorescence lesions in each quadrant of the peripheral retina, and fluorescence in the late stage of the disease course. enhanced. ICGA examination showed that the FFA strong fluorescence lesions in the middle and late stages were weak fluorescence. FAF examination, point-like strong and weak autofluorescence lesions with unclear boundaries. Nine sympathizing eyes with subretinal yellow-white lesions has vision without light-0.1 (significantly decreased vison), while 8 eyes with sunset glow fundus was 0.5-1.0 (mildly decreased vison).Conclusions:SO could not only show the semblable features of acute phases of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, but also the yellowish-white lesions in the peripapillary area, macula and periphery. Most of the eyes with peripapillary lesions has a significantly decreased vison, while the eyes with sunset glow fundus has a mildly decreased vison.

Infectious bone defect is bone defect with infection or as a result of treatment of bone infection. It requires surgical intervention, and the treatment processes are complex and long, which include bone infection control,bone defect repair and even complex soft tissue reconstructions in some cases. Failure to achieve the goals in any step may lead to the failure of the overall treatment. Therefore, infectious bone defect has been a worldwide challenge in the field of orthopedics. Conventionally, sequestrectomy, bone grafting, bone transport, and systemic/local antibiotic treatment are standard therapies. Radical debridement remains one of the cornerstones for the management of bone infection. However, the scale of debridement and the timing and method of bone defect reconstruction remain controversial. With the clinical application of induced membrane technique, effective infection control and rapid bone reconstruction have been achieved in the management of infectious bone defect. The induced membrane technique has attracted more interests and attention, but the lack of understanding the basic principles of infection control and technical details may hamper the clinical outcomes of induced membrane technique and complications can possibly occur. Therefore, the Chinese Orthopedic Association organized domestic orthopedic experts to formulate An evidence-based clinical guideline for the treatment of infectious bone defect with induced membrane technique ( version 2023) according to the evidence-based method and put forward recommendations on infectious bone defect from the aspects of precise diagnosis, preoperative evaluation, operation procedure, postoperative management and rehabilitation, so as to provide useful references for the treatment of infectious bone defect with induced membrane technique.