ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of pravastatin on serum levels of interleukin-6(IL-6) and tu- mor necrosis faetor-α(TNF-α) in patients with acute coronary syndromes(ACS). Methods50 patients with ACSwere randomly divided into pravastatin group( n = 25) and routine therapy group( n = 25). Serum TNF-α and IL-6levels were measured before and four weeks after the two treatment options respectively. ResultsThe level of TNF- α and IL-6 were higher than routine therapy group before therapy(P < 0.01 ). The level of TNF-α and IL-6 weredecreased significantly after pravastatin therapy,and higher thancontrols(P < 0.05). The levels of TNF-α and IL-6changed only slightly after the routine therapy(P > 0.05). ConclusionThe level of TNF-α and IL-6 becominghigher in ACS patients may be related to the pathogenesis of ACS. Pravastatin can reduce serum level of TNF-α and IL-6 contributing to treatment of ACS.

Objective To study the mechanism of interferon-γ(IFN-γ)on the intervention of renal carcinoma cell proliferation.Methods Using concentration of 1 000,2 000,3 000 U/mL IFN-γtreatment of renal cell carcinoma 786-0 cell line,in 24 hours,48 hours,72 hours after treatment,the inhibition rate of cell proliferation was determined with CCK-8 method,using flow cytometric analysis of cell cycle,using RT-PCR for detection of hepaCAM mRNA,and using the Western boltting method for detection of MAD1 protein expression.Results Different concentrations of IFN-γhad the inhibitory effects on renal cell carcinoma cell proliferation,the concentration of the inhibitory rate of 72 hoursand 48 hours more than 24 hours,the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05);at the same time,a higher IFN-γconcentration,the inhibition rate was greater,the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05 );the cell cycle distribution results showed,the experimental group of renal carcinoma cells proliferation in the treatment of abnormal G0/G1 phase after 48 hours;and the control group (39.89 )compared with the experimental group,the proliferation index (25.65 )decreased significantly,the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05 );results showed that,the experimental group in renal cell carcinoma cells after 48 h of treatment,compared with control group,hepaCNM mRNA,MAD1 protein expression increased obviously,the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05 ).Conclusion IFN-γcould increase the expression of MAD1 by promoting hepaCAM expression,inhibits renal carcinoma cell proliferation.

Objective To evaluate the effects of mini-open anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) in the treatment of recurrent lumbar disc herniation (RLDH).Methods From February 2001 to February 2012,20 patients of RLDH who underwent mini-open ALIF were retrospectively analyzed.There were 8 male and 12 female with an average age of 53.1±5.9 years (range,44-68 years).The SynFrame retractor system and SynFix-LR interbody cage were used in operation.The operative time,intraoperative blood loss,blood drainage of 24 hours postoperatively and hospital stay were recorded.In addition,visual analogue scale (VAS)and Oswestry disability index (ODI) of pre-operation,2 days,3,6 and 12 months postoperatively were evaluated.Results All patients were followed up for 12-110 (average,45.6±29.6) months,postoperative VAS score and ODI percent decreased significantly comparing with that of pre-operation (P＜0.05).However,no remarkable difference (P＞0.05) was found among that of 2 days,3,6,12 months postoperatively.Average VAS score was 7.7±0.7 before operation and 1.7±0.9 at 12-month follow-up.Average ODI percent was 80.6％±3.9％ before operation and 6.6％± 1.3％ at 12-month follow-up.Intraoperative blood loss was 90-220 ml (average,126.0±40.3 ml) and postoperative blood drainage at 48 h was 35-63 ml (average,47.5±7.6 ml).Hospital stay was 4-11 days (average,6.7± 1.8 days).All patients had achieved solid fusion after 6 months' follow-up.All these implants were in good places without displacement or hardware failure.Conclusion Mini-open ALIF can result in fewer invasions,significantly relieve symptoms and improve patients' function in the treatment of RLDH.Moreover,it can increase fusion rate with fewer complications,which can obtain a satisfactory short-or mid-term effect.

BACKGROUND:The effects of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) on osteoclast-induced bone resorption is controversial and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Most of the studies indicate that AGEs can enhance bone resorption, while some othersshowthe opposite effects.
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of AGEs on osteoclast-induced inorganicmatrixdissolution and organic componentdegradation and the underlying mechanisms.
METHODS:RAW 264.7 cels were induced to generate osteoclasts,and AGEs (50-400 μg/mL) or control-bovine serum albumin (100 μg/mL) was added since the beginning of the induction. The effect of AGEs on bone resorption was evaluated by analyzing the area of resorption pits on the Osteo Assay Surface plates and the expression of cathepsin K. Furthermore, the number of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)-positive multinucleated cels, nuclei per osteoclasts and the expression of integrinανβ3were detected.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The area of resorption pits and expression of cathepsin K in AGEs groups were significantly decreased compared withthecontrol group, and this inhibiting effect became more obvious with the increase of AGEs concentration. TRAP staining also showed that number of TRAP-positivemultinucleated celsand nuclei per osteoclast were significantly reduced in an AGE dose-dependent manner. Quantitative PCR revealed that the expression of integrin ανβ3decreased significantly with the extension of AGEs incubation time. These data indicate that AGEs can exert inhibitory effects on organic and inorganicmatrixdegradation induced by osteoclasts. The underlying mechanism may be involved in the inhibitory effects of AGEs on directed differentiation and cel fusion of osteoclast precursor cels, and migration and adhension of osteoclasts.

Objective:To investigate the relationship between the biochemical parameters, the pulmonary pathologic injury and the immune mechanism of severe sepsis in infant porcine, and the intervention effect of Shenfu injection.Methods:Panamanian infant porcine (2-3 months old) were divided into sham operation group (Sham group; intravenous injection of normal saline), lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced severe sepsis model group (LPS group; intravenous injection of LPS 1 mg/kg, and continuing at 0.5 mg·kg -1·h -1 for 12 hours), and Shenfu injection intervention group (SF group; intravenous injection of Shenfu injection 10 mL/kg at the same time of modeling, twice a day) according to the random number table method, with 5 in each group. Forty-eight hours after the challenge, the changes of C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), oxygenation index (PaO 2/FiO 2), base excess (BE), blood lactate (Lac) and other biochemical indexes were detected with blood sampling; the number of neutrophils [myeloperoxidase positive (MPO +)] and their activated subsets CD11b + CD64 +, M1 macrophages (CD80 + CD64 +), CD4 + and CD8 + T cells were analyzed in peripheral blood by flow cytometry. The levels of plasma cytokines were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The pathological damage of lung tissue was observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. The mRNA expression of lung injury related molecules and their receptors, chemokines, cytokines, vascular endothelial related molecules and tight junction protein were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results:Compared with Sham group, the levels of CRP, PCT and Lac in LPS group significantly increased, and PaO 2/FiO 2 and BE significantly decreased. In the peripheral blood, CD80 + CD64 + macrophages, CD11b + CD64 + and MPO + neutrophils, CD4 +, CD8 + T cells and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) significantly decreased, but interleukin-10 (IL-10) and vascular endothelial cell growth factor (VEGF) significantly increased; the mRNA expressions of high mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1), receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE), angiopoietin 2/angiopoietin 1 (Ang2/Ang1) significantly increased, Toll like receptor 9 (TLR9), chemokines (CXCL9 and CXCL10), TNF-α, IL-27, Tek tyrosine kinase 2 (TIE2), vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-CAD) and Occludin significantly decreased in lung tissue. HE staining showed inflammatory cell infiltration and exudation in the alveolar cavity, alveoli consolidation, thickening of the alveolar interstitial layer and emphysema. Compared with LPS group, Lac in SF group significantly decreased (mmol/L: 4.2±1.0 vs. 6.3±1.1, P < 0.05), while BE and PaO 2/FiO 2 significantly increased [BE (mmol/L): -6.4±2.6 vs. -11.6±2.5, PaO 2/FiO 2 (mmHg, 1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa): 180±36 vs. 105±35, both P < 0.05]; the percentage of CD80 + CD64 + macrophages, CD11b + CD64 + and MPO + neutrophils significantly increased [CD80 + CD64 +: (7.13±2.01)% vs. (3.80±0.46)%, CD11b + CD64 +: (8.33±2.55)% vs. (2.15±0.47)%, MPO +: (21.22±2.33)% vs. (8.31±0.46)%, all P < 0.05]; the mRNA expressions of HMGB1 and RAGE decreased to some extent [HMGB1 mRNA (2 -ΔΔCT): 1.81±0.45 vs. 2.23±0.85, RAGE mRNA (2 -ΔΔCT): 6.69±3.48 vs. 11.60±6.91, both P < 0.05], the mRNA expressions of CXCL9 and TIE2 increased to a certain extent [CXCL9 mRNA (2 -ΔΔCT): 1.06±0.63 vs. 0.50±0.12, TIE2 mRNA (2 -ΔΔCT): 1.42±0.68 vs. 0.27±0.16, both P < 0.05]; the pathological damage of lung tissue were significantly alleviated. Conclusions:The increased abnormality of BE, Lac, and PaO 2/FiO 2, the immune exhausting and paralysis may be important factors leading to the fatal lung injury in infant porcine with severe sepsis. The possible mechanism is that the excessive activation of HMGB1 and its receptor RAGE, the suppression of TLR9 and corresponding chemokine and inflammatory factors lead to increased endothelial damage and decreased tight connection, which in turn induces capillary leakage. The intervention of immune disorders by Shenfu injection in the severe pneumonia accompanied by sepsis may be related to elevated M1 macrophages and activated neutrophils in the peripheral blood, inhibition of HMGB1 and its receptor RAGE mRNA expression, and elevated CXCL9 and TIE2 expression.

Objective:To measure the predictive value of miR-424 on the risk of sepsis complicated with acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS), and to explore its correlation with the prognosis of ARDS children.Methods:A prospective study was conducted.The data of children with sepsis (some complicated with ARDS), who were treated in Henan Provincial People′s Hospital (People′s Hospital, Zhengzhou University) were collected from February 2020 to February 2021.The incidence of ARDS and the fatality rate of ARDS children were recorded.Children were divided into survival group and death group according to whether death or not.The expression of miR-424 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells was detected by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Pearson correlation analysis was made to investigate the relationship between the expression level of miR-424 and Pediatric Critical Illness Score(PCIS), Sequential Organ Failure Assessment(SOFA) score, oxygenation index(P/F ratio), C-reactive protein(CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and interleukin 8 (IL-8). The factors affecting the prognosis of ARDS children were analyzed by multivariate Logistic regression.Receiver operating characteristic curve(ROC)was used to assess the accuracy of miR-424 in early diagnosis of sepsis complicated with ARDS, and to measure the predicative value of miR-424 on the risk of death in sepsis patients with ARDS. Results:A total of 121 sepsis patients were included in this study, and 36 cases of them were complicated with ARDS.The expression level of miR-424(0.56±0.17)in the blood of sepsis patients complicated with ARDS was significantly lower than that of sepsis patients without ARDS (0.98±0.26)( t=8.776, P<0.001). The expression of miR-424 was negatively co-rrelated with IL-6( r=-0.627, P<0.01), IL-8 ( r=-0.651, P<0.01) and CRP( r=-0.472, P<0.05)in sepsis patients with ARDS.The expression of miR-424 was positively correlated with PCIS score( r=0.330, P<0.05), P/F ratio ( r=0.592, P<0.001) and albumin ( r=0.496, P<0.05) in sepsis patients with ARDS.The ROC showed that miR-424 [area under curve(AUC)=0.908, 95% CI: 0.856-0.960] could differentiate sepsis patients with ARDS from those without ARDS.Compared with that of the survival group(0.63±0.15), miR-424 of the death group decreased significantly(0.42±0.14)( t=3.890, P<0.05). The decreased miR-424 (AUC=0.845, 95% CI: 0.696-0.995)indicated an increased risk of death in children with ARDS.Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that miR-424( OR=0.001, P=0.033)and albumin ( OR=0.553, P=0.040) were independent risk factors for death in ARDS children. Conclusions:miR-424 can help with early diagnosis of sepsis complicated with ARDS, and can be used as a predictor of the prognosis of sepsis children complicated with ARDS.

Objective:To understand the social networking using status of medical students, develop the social networking using status scale (SNUSS) and evaluate its reliability and validity.Methods:In March 2018, 665 valid questionnaires were collected via cluster sampling. The scale was retest in 46 subjects after an interval of 2 months. Factor analysis, correlation analysis and t-test were used to calculate the structure validity and content validity of the scale to evaluate the scale validity, and internal consistency reliability, broken half reliability and retest reliability were used to evaluate the scale reliability. Results:The result of exploratory factor analysis showed NSUSS had two subscales: the dimension of maintaining existing social relations and social network use and the dimension of expanding circle of friends and social network use. The result of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the factor load value of each item was greater than 0.500 ( P < 0.05), and the model fitted well ( χ2/ df = 2.873, GFI = 0.970, CFI = 0.971, RMSEA = 0.074). The r value of correlation between SNUSS and MSPSS was 0.295. I-CVIs were all equal to 0.90, and S-CVI was 0.90, the internal consistency reliability was 0.764, the split-half reliability was 0.555, and the retest reliability was 0.526. Conclusion:SNUSS has good reliability and validity for the use of social network among medical college students, and the use of social network is related to perceived social support.

Objective:To analyze clinical factors related to nosocomial infection in children with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(ECMO)support.Methods:General data, infection data and relevant factors in children with ECMO support in Bayi Children′s Hospital, the 7 th Medical Center of People′s Liberation Army General Hospital and Henan Provincial People′s Hospital from September 2012 to February 2020 were reviewed.Relevant factors of nosocomial infection in them were analyzed. Results:Among 163 cases, 36(22.1%) children supported with ECMO had infections during the period of ECMO, and 72 pathogenic microorganisms were detected, including 67 bacteria (33 Acinetobacter baumannii, 21 Klebsiella pneumoniae, and 6 Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and 5 fungi.Pathogens from the respiratory system, blood system, urinary tract and abdominal cavity were detected in 45 cases(62.5%), 25 cases (34.7%), 1 case (1.4%), and 1 case (1.4%), respectively.Drug sensitivity analysis of the Acinetobacter baumannii showed that it was the extensively resistant strain.Compared with uninfected children supported with ECMO, ECMO support time[(10.0±6.7) d], hospitalization[(34.0±25.3) d], hospitalization cost[(234 368±113 234) yuan], preoperative oxygenation index(52.8±23.0) and lactate value[(9.6±5.9) mmol/L]were significantly higher in nosocomial infection ones[(4.6±3.2) d, (24.3±19.8) d, (161 416±65 847) yuan, 35.6±10.4, (5.6±5.4) mmol/L] supported with ECMO (all P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the mortality between 2 groups ( P>0.05). In addition, lactate level (9.8 mmol/L) and oxygenation index (36.0±12.7) were significantly higher in died children(2.7 mmol/L, 22.1±10.4) with nosocomial infection during the period of ECMO support than those of survivors (all P<0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that ECMO support time( OR=7.054, 95% CI: 2.206-25.525) and preoperative lactate value( OR=2.250, 95% CI: 1.378-4.611) were independent risk factors of nosocomial infection. Conclusions:Correcting underlying diseases of ECMO supporting and shortening the duration of ECMO can reduce the incidence and mortality of nosocomial infection in children who are supported with ECMO.

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of percutaneous nephrolithotomy ( PCNL ) with Holmium laser and no help of irrigating pump in the treatment of renal calculi in 127 cases.Methods From January 2012 to November 2017 ,a total of 127 patients with renal calculi have suffered mini -PCNL with Holmium laser and no help of irrigating pump by using 16F or 18F Urovision percutaneous nephrostomy kit in Peking University Shougang Hospital ,the Hospital of Mentougou District and the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Mentougou District were collected.The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, hospitalization stay, lithotripsy rate, stone clearance and principal complications of operation were analyzed statistically .Results The first phase success rate of percutaneous nephrostomy was 100％, lithotripsy rate was 24.4％, stone clearance rate was 24.4％.The operation time was (36.1 ±15.6)min.The intraoperative blood loss was (45.4 ±31.7)mL.But postoperative abdominal X-ray showed that 96 patients with residual calculi ≥ 4mm needed to receive the second look PCNL .These 96 patients reached 100.0％ of lithotripsy rate and 100.0％ of stone clearance postoperatively .The operation time was ( 64.5 ± 31.1)min.The intraoperative blood loss was (23.1 ±21.9)mL.No severe complications such as massive hemorrhage occurred.The hospitalization stay was (12 ±5 ) d.Conclusion Larger renal calculus except complete staghorn calculus,and upper ureteral calculus are the indications for PCNL with Holmium laser and no help of irrigating pump . It is safe and feasible to perform PCNL with Holmium laser and no help of irrigating pump .

Objective To survey the prevalence of greenhouse farmer's lung and related risk factors in part of rural areas of Liaoning Province.Methods Using uniform scheme,procedures and questionnaire,a survey for 5420 farmers(2660 men and 2760 women)with complete data who work inside greenhouses was performed in Shenyang,Xinmin,Chaoyang,and Jinzhou between August 2006 and June 2009.Pulmonary function tests was performed for every active farmer.Results Greenhouse farmer's lung was diagnosed in 308 cases,205 men(66.55%,205/308)and 103 women(33.44%,103/308),a prevalence of 5.7%(308/5420).The prevalence rate of greenhouse farmer's lung in males was significantly higher than that in females(?2=39.93,P0.05).In the 308 cases,the number of patiernts presented with fever chill,cough/sputum,chest tightness/shortness of breath were 180(58.44%),192(62.34%),160(51.95%)respectively,and the number of crepitations,radiological changes,spirometry abnormalities and serum IgE antibodies(+)was 164(53.25%),153(49.68%),147(47.73%)and 136(44.16%)at the time of the study.62.34%(192/308)of patients with greenhouse farmer's lung were mild and 38.66%(116/308)were severe.Conclusion The total prevalence rate of greenhouse farmer's lung in part of rural areas of Liaoning Province was 5.7% and multiple risk factors were associated with the disease.