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The effect of diet with various fatty acid composition on insulin resistance in male OLETF ratswas observed. The results showed that it was beneficial to insulin sensitivity in rats fed with ? 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid rich food.

To explore the clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary thromboembolism associated with protein C (PC)/protein S (PS) deifciency. Two male patients 29 and 26 years old diagnosed with PC deifciency and/or PS deifciency were retrospectively analyzed and related literatures were reviewed. The most common symptoms were pain in the lower limbs with chest pain or decreased vision. Color dopper lfow imaging (CDFI) showed lower deep venous phlebothrombosis. Multislice CT angiography (CTA) revealed pulmonary embolism. The level of serum homocysteine (HCY) increased and the level of plasma PC/PS content decreased to PC 57.4%, and PS 28.9%in patient 1, while PS 33.4%in patient 2. Poor routine anticoagulant response was observed. After the diagnosis of PC/PS deficiency, vitiamin B6 and B12 anticoagulant therapy was added, and the symptoms in the patients improved significantly. Congenital thrombophilia should be taken into consideration for young patients with lower deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism which occur recurrently without obvious predisposing causes before 40. Plasma PC/PS concentrations or activity help a lot in the diagnosis and treatment.

The number of people with physical disabilities is increasing year by year, and the trend of population aging is more and more serious. In order to improve the quality of the life, a control system of accessible home environment for the patients with serious disabilities was developed to control the home electrical devices with the voice of the patients. The control system includes a central control platform, a speech recognition module, a terminal operation module, etc. The system combines the speech recognition control technology and wireless information transmission technology with the embedded mobile computing technology, and interconnects the lamp, electronic locks, alarms, TV and other electrical devices in the home environment as a whole system through a wireless network node. The experimental results showed that speech recognition success rate was more than 84% in the home environment.
Computers ; Disabled Persons ; Humans ; Speech Recognition Software ; Wireless Technology

Objective To observe the clinical change of cytokines expression in peripheral blood in patients with allergic asthma and its significance .Methods Forty patients with allergic asthma and thirty healthy controls were enrolled .The concentrations of IL‐17 ,IL‐22 and IL‐10 in peripheral blood were measured by ELISA ;the serum IgE levels were measured by electrochemical lumi‐nescence method ;The eosinophil proportion was detected by blood cell analyzer ;the IL‐17 ,IL‐22 ,IL‐10 and the severity of asthma were conducted Pearson correlation analysis .Results The level of serum IgE and eosinophil proportion was significantly higher in patients with allergic asthma compared with the controls (P<0 .05);compared with the control group ,the concentration of IL‐17 and IL‐22 in peripheral blood of patients with allergic asthma were increased ,but the expression of IL‐10 were decreased (P<0 .05);the level of IL‐17 and IL‐22 were positively correlated with severity of allergic asthma (P<0 .01) ,but the level of IL‐10 was negatively correlated with severity of allergic asthma (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The expression of IL‐17 ,IL‐22 and IL‐10 play an im‐portant role in the pathogenetic mechanism of allergic asthma ,and a dynamic monitoring could be helpful for the diagnoses and treatment of allergic asthma .

To investigate the effect of pancreatic elastase on diabetic nephropathy,104 cases of type Ⅱ diabetic patients were selected as control group and group treated with elastase separately for a course of 6 months.The results showed that pancreatic elastase reduced microproteinuria significantly,especially mi- croalbuminuria and microtransfer rrinuria which reflect the glomerular filtration rate.It was concluded that elastase could improve early diabetic nephropathy and might have some protective effect as well.At the same time,elastase had some good effect on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism.

Animals ; Hypoxia ; classification ; metabolism ; Male ; Oxygen Consumption ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Objective To investigate the safety and clinical response of dendritic cells (DC)vaccine loaded with HLA-A2-restricted peptides MAGE-3、 Tyr、 MART-1 and GP-100 against malignant melanoma. Methods Twenty three HLA-A2 positive patients with malignant melanoma were enrolled.Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were separated into adherent cells for induction of DC loaded with four peptides. DC vaccine was administered subcutaneously once a week in inguinal region. The immunological responses and clinical responses were evaluated. Results Dendritic cell vaccination were well tolerated in all patients and there was no toxicity observed. Serum levels of IL-2, IL-12 and IFN-γincreased significantly after first vaccination and fourth vaccination. The positive rate of DTH test was 50% (5/10), and 2 fold increase of CD8+ IFN-γ+ cells were observed in 6 of 10 patients. Stable disease was observed in 11 of 23 patients, one patient had a complete metastasis regression, four patients had 50% regression of metastasis,four patients had a minor response, and disease progressed in three patients. Conclusion DC vaccines loaded with peptides MAGE-3、 Tyr、 MART-1 and GP-100 can elicit non-specific and specific immune responses, leading disease control. DC vaccine is considered one of safe and effective treatments for malignant melanoma.

Objective To discuss the tympanic membrane puncture or tympanostomy tube under endotoscope combined with adenoidectomy under nasal endoscopy on the influence of invalid conservative treatment of pediatric secretory otitis media.Methods A total of 112 cases of secretory otitis media with invalid conservative treatment were selected in the department of otorhinolaryngology of children′s hospital of Nanjing Medical University from July 2013 to August 2015.They were divided into three groups,the group A of 38 cases(68 ears)underwent transnasal endoscopic pure adenoidectomy;the group B of 37 cases(60 ears)underwent transnasal endoscopic adenoidectomy combined with tympanocentesis;the group C of 37 cases(59 ears)underwent tympanostomy tube insertion.The clinical treatment effect,the period of middle ear effusion,postoperative recurrence and complication were observed and compared.Results The total effective rate of the 3 groups was improved after 3 months(P<0.05);the total effective rate in group B and group C at one week and 3 months after operation were higher than those of group A(P<0.05);and the total effective rate in group C at 3 months after operation was significantly higher than that of group B(P<0.05).The level of auditory brainstem evoked potential(ABR)and the latency of ABR wave Ⅰ latency were decreased at 1 year after operation(P<0.05);the ABR changes in group B and group C at 1 week and 1 year after operation were lower than those in group A(P<0.05).The incidence of recurrence rate and the period of middle ear effusion in group C were lower than those in group A and B(P<0.05).The incidence of complication of group A was lower than those of group B and group C(P<0.05).Conclusion Using tympanostomy tube combined with adenoidectomy under endoscope can improve the children with hearing,which not only can shorten the time of the middle ear effusion,but also effectively reduce the recurrence rate.

Objective To investigate the effects of anxiety and depression on the quality of life (QOL) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS‐D) and the difference in gender .Methods IBS‐D patients met the Rome Ⅲ diagnostic and subtyping criteria were consecutively enrolled .The intestinal symptoms , psychological status , and QOL of patients were evaluated using IBS‐specific symptom questionnaires , the Hamilton anxiety scale (HAMA) ,the Hamilton depression scale (HAMD) ,and the Chinese Version of IBS‐QOL instrument .The data were analyzed by chi‐square test variance analysis ,t test or Spearman rank correlation analysis .Results A total of 155 IBS‐D patients were enrolled .Among them ,115 were complicated with anxiety and/or depression .The number of male and female with comorbid psychological disorders was 69 cases(71 .13% ) and 46 cases(79 .31% ) ,respectively ,and the difference was not statistically significant (χ2 = 1 .267 ,P= 0 .26) . Compared with 40 patients without anxiety or depression ,there was no statistically significant difference (F=1 .143 ,P> 0 .05) in the scores of intestinal symptoms in 59 patients with comorbid anxiety alone and 56 patients with anxiety and/or depression (20 .85 ± 5 .84 vs .21 .71 ± 7 .47 vs .22 .87 ± 6 .09) .The total IBS‐QOL score of the 155 patients was 71 .61 ± 19 .22 .There was negative correlation between IBS‐QOL score and HAMA , HAMD scores(r= -0 .262 and -0 .268 ,both P= 0 .001) .The total IBS‐QOL score of patients with comorbid anxiety and depression or depression were lower than that of patients without anxiety or depression (66 .05 ± 22 .88 vs 77 .22 ± 15 .35 , F = 4 .412 , P = 0 .005) .Except health worrying and sexual ,the scores in six dimensions(including dysphoria ,interference with activity ,body image ,food avoidance and social reaction) were all significantly decreased (F= 3 .309 ,3 .279 ,4 .177 ,3 .765 ,6 .041 and 3 .830 , P= 0 .013 ,0 .012 ,0 .013 , 0 .007 ,0 .001 and 0 .010) .In male patients ,the total score of IBS‐QOL and the scores of dysphoria ,body image and social reaction of patients with anxiety and depression or depression were lower than those of patients without anxiety and depression (t = 2 .143 ,2 .110 ,2 .279 ,3 .061 ; P = 0 .036 ,0 .039 ,0 .027 ,0 .003) .In female patients ,the score of food avoidance domain significantly decreased (t= 2 .812 ,P= 0 .008) .The scores of IBS‐QOL and six dimensions (including dysphoria ,interference with activity ,body image ,food avoidance and social reaction) of patients with history of severe mental disorders and being abused were even lower than those patients without such histories (t= 3 .241 ,3 .433 ,2 .499 ,2 .296 ,2 .514 ,3 .413 and 2 .601 ;P= 0 .001 ,0 .001 ,0 .014 , 0 .023 ,0 .013 ,0 .001 and 0 .010) .Conclusions The QOL of patients with IBS‐D was significantly affected by psychological factors with gender differences .The approaches to improve the psychological status of IBS patients were helpful to enhance the efficacy of comprehensive therapy .