Objective To analyze the correlation between the epithelial‐mesenchymal transition and the clinicopathologic features of IgA nephropathy .Methods A total of 168 patients diagnosed as IgA nephropathy by renal biopsy in Xinqiao hospital from Janu‐ary 2011 to December 2013 were divided into high expression of dual‐positive Snail and a‐SMA group (Group A ,117 cases) and low expression of dual‐positive Snail and a‐SMA group (Group B ,51 cases) according to results of immunohistochemical method .The clinical parameters (age ,gender ,course of disease ,BMI and chemical indicators) and renal pathology grade were compared by statis‐tical analysis .Results There were difference between group A and group B in the course of disease and BMI(P<0 .05) .There were differences between group A and group B in the incidences of creatinine ,blood urea nitrogen ,serum triglycerides and 24‐hour urine protein amount (P<0 .05) .The percentage of Lee′s grade Ⅰ ,Ⅱ ,Ⅲ in group B was significant ,while percentage of Lee′s gradeⅣ + Ⅴin group A was significant .The expression of Snail and a‐SMA in grade Ⅳ + Ⅴ was more than that in grade Ⅰ + Ⅱ (40 .2%vs .9 .4% ) ,and the difference between two groups was statistically significant (P< 0 .05) .Conclusion The expression of Snail and‐SMA were related with 24‐hour urine protein amount and kidney function in IgA nephropathy ;and Lee′s grade was severe in patients with high expression of Snail and‐SMA .

OBJECTIVE: To research the anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (anti-MRSA) activities of azalomycins F5a, F4a and F3a and their potential synergistic anti-MRSA activities combined with other compounds. METHODS: Against a reference strain MRSA ATCC 33592 and eight clinical isolates MRSA 01-08, the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) of three main components of azalomycin F were determined by broth microdilution method, and daptomycin was used as positive control. The anti-MRSA effects of them combined with carnosic acid or trimethylhydroquinone were designed with checkerboard method, and determined by broth microdilution method. RESULTS: Their MICs of azalomycins F5a, F4a and F3a against all nine MRSA strains were successively 4-8, 4 and 4-8 μg · mL-1, and all their MBCs were 8-16 μg · mL-1. All the fractional inhibitory concentration indices (FICIs) of them combined with carnosic acid or trimethylhydroquinone were 0.75-1.25 (indifference) or 0.25-0.50 (synergism). CONCLUSION: Three main compounds of azalomycin F have remarkable anti-MRSA activities, and the anti-MRSA effect of azalomycins F5a, F4a or F3a combined with trimethylhydroquinone was synergistic. As new anti-MRSA macrocyclide, azalomycin F is worthy of further research and development.

Objective To observe the safety and efficacy of preoperative Ticagrelor loading in emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction(STEMI).Methods A total of 213 patients with acute STEMI before undergoing emergency PCI were randomly divided into Ticagrelor group(n =105)receiving 180 mg Ticagrelor loading dose,then 90 mg twice daily and Clopidogrel group(n =108) receiving 600 mg of Clopidogrel,then 75 mg once daily.Emergency PCI postoperative coronary artery TIMI flow grade and the change of incidence of no reflow,platelet aggregation rate,incidence of bleeding events and the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events(MACE) were compared between two groups.Results The rate of no-reflow was 7.6 ％ (8 cases)in Ticagrelor group,and 16.7 ％ (18 cases) in Clopidogrel group(x2 =3.26、P=0.030).Platelet aggregation rates at 1 h and 24 h after treatment were (55.6±4.3)％ and (48.6 ± 4.1) ％ respectively in Ticagrelor group,and (63.6 ± 3.8) ％ and (57.6 ± 3.6) ％ respectively in Clopidogrel group,which showed that platelet aggregation inhibition effect was better in Ticagrelor than in Clopidogrel (t =14.40、17.20,both P =0.001).Two groups had no major life-threatening bleeding events.Bleeding incidence had no statistically significant difference between two groups(x2 =0.14,P =0.710),and the incidence of cardiovascular adverse events showed no statistically significant difference(x2 0.04,P 0.840)between the 2 groups.Conclusions Preoperativeticagrelor loading treatment in emergency PCI therapy for acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction shows stronger antiplatelet aggregation function,significantly improve postoperative TIMI flow,and does not increase the incidence of bleeding events.

Objective To express human HT036 protein in Escherichia coli(E.coli.)and identify it.Methods The cDNA sequence obtained by PCR was cloned into the prokaryotic expression plasmid pET30a(+).The target protein was expressed in E.coli..induced by IPTG and analyzed by Western blotting.Results The interest gene was identified by restriction endonucleases digestion and DNA sequencing.The protein was highly expressed in E.coli..Conclusion We successfully expressed the HT036 protein.

Objective:To explore the clinical efficacy of dual-kidney transplantation from infant donors to adult recipients.Methods:From December 2012 to November 2020 in Organ Transplant Center First Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-sen University, rertrospective reviews were conducted for clinical data of 25 pairs of infant donors and adult recipients. The survival rates were calculated for both recipients and transplanted kidneys at Year 1/3/5 post-transplantation. And the postoperative recovery status and the postoperative incidence of adverse events of recipients were observed.Results:The survival rates of recipients were all 95.8% at Year 1/3/5 and those of transplanted kidney and dealth-cancelling transplanted kidney all 87.2%. One case died due to acute inferior-wall cardiac infarction while three others lost renal functions for vascular thrombosis, ureteral stenosis and urinary fistula. Except for loss of renal function and death, the postoperative estimated golmerular fitration rate was (99.35±21.78), (103.11±29.20) and (114.99±28.55) ml/(min·1.73 m 2) at Year 1/2/3 respectively. Conclusions:Selecting proper recipients, standardizing donor acquisition and surgical procedures and strengthening perioperative managements may expand the donor pool. The overall outcomes are excellent for adult recipients with dual-kidney transplantation from donations after infants' death.

OBJECTIVETo summarize the major pathological findings, causes of deaths and reasons for misdiagnosis of 141 autopsy cases and thereby to improve the diagnosis level and reduce misdiagnosis.

METHODA retrospective analysis of pathological reports and clinical materials of 141 pediatric autopsy cases from June, 1986 to June, 2006 of our department was performed. Classification was based on (1) international classification of diseases of the World Health Organization; (2) age: cases 28 d-3 years old were defined as infants and young children group, -7 yeas olds were defined as preschool age group, -14 years olds were school age group; (3) when statistics was conducted, the first 3 items of the clinical diagnoses were counted. If one of them was consistent with the pathological diagnosis, it was regarded as basically in accordance with the pathology, if none of the first 3 was consistent with pathological diagnosis, the case was regarded as misdiagnosed.

RESULTS(1) The top three major pathological diagnosis and causes of death were: 1) Classified according to system: 41 cases had tumor (29.1%), 25 cases had respiratory diseases (17.7%), 18 cases had infectious diseases (12.7%); 2) Classified according to disease: 18 cases had malignant histiocytosis, 12 cases had sepsis, 11 cases had lobular pneumonia. (2) The causes of deaths changed gradually. The top cause of death was respiratory diseases during the former 10 years and was tumor during the latter 10 years; the materials showed that 95 cases were 28 d-3 years old (67.4%), and some rare diseases, such as mediastinal and lung chorionic epithelioma (choriocarcinoma), and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis were found. (3) In 90 cases the clinical diagnosis was basically in accordance with the pathological diagnosis (63.8%) and misdiagnosis was found in 51 cases (36.2%).

CONCLUSIONFor clinical diagnosis of critically ill patients, both common and rare diseases should be considered. Analysis of autopsy materials could confirm and/or correct clinical diagnosis and is helpful to summarize clinical diagnosis experience.

Adolescent ; Autopsy ; statistics & numerical data ; Cause of Death ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Diagnostic Errors ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Pathology, Clinical ; Retrospective Studies

BACKGROUNDMicrovascular decompression (MVD) is a well accepted surgical treatment strategy for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) with satisfying long-term outcome. However, considerable recurrent patients need more effective management. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of radiofrequency thermocoagulation rhizotomy (RTR) on patients with recurrent TN after MVD.

METHODSTotally 62 cases of recurrent TN after MVD undergoing RTR from January 2000 to January 2010 were retrospectively evaluated. Based on surgical procedures undertaken, these 62 cases were classified into two subgroups: group A consisted of 23 cases that underwent traditional RTR by free-hand; group B consisted of 39 cases that underwent RTR under the guidance of virtual reality imaging technique or neuronavigation system. The patients in group A were followed up for 14 to 70 months (mean, 40 ± 4), and those in group B were followed up for 13 to 65 months (mean, 46 ± 7). Kaplan-Meier analyses of the pain-free survival curves were used for the censored survival data, and the log-rank test was used to compare survival curves of the two groups.

RESULTSAll patients in both groups A and B attained immediate pain relief after RTR. Both groups attained good pain relief rate within the first two years of follow-up: 92.3%, 84.6% and 82.6%, 69.6% respectively (P > 0.05). After 2 years, the virtual reality or neuronavigation assisted RTR group (group B) demonstrated higher pain relief rates of 82.5%, 76.2% and 68.8% at 3, 4 and 5 years after operation respectively, while those in group A was 57.2%, 49.6%, and 36.4% (P < 0.05). Low levels of minor complications were recorded, while neither mortalities nor significant morbidity was documented.

CONCLUSIONSRTR was effective in alleviating the pain of TN cases suffering from unsuccessful MVD management. With the help of virtual reality imaging technique or neuronavigation system, the patients could attain better long-term pain relief.

Adult ; Aged ; Electrocoagulation ; methods ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Microvascular Decompression Surgery ; Middle Aged ; Radiosurgery ; methods ; Retrospective Studies ; Rhizotomy ; methods ; Treatment Outcome ; Trigeminal Neuralgia ; surgery ; therapy

OBJECTIVETo evaluate whether or not administration of folic acid and resveratrol have preventive effects on cleft palate formation as well as the comparison of the two drugs' s effects.

METHODSPregnant mice were randomly divided into 9 groups, with 8 mice in each group. The TCDD group mice were dosed with TCDD 28 microg/kg body weight on gestation day 10 (GD 10) animals in folic acid group were respectively dosed with folic acid 15, 10, 5 mg/kg and TCDD 28 microg/kg; resveratrol treated mice were divided into 3 groups: resveratrol 50 mg/kg were orally administered for 6 consecutive days, from gestational day GD 8 to GD13 in resveratrol (GD8-13 ) group; resveratrol 50 mg/kg were orally administered for 6 consecutive days, from gestational day GD 8 to GD13, followed hy an oral administered with TCDD on GD10 in resveratrol (GD8-13) + TCDD group; resveratrol 50mg/kg and TCDD 28 microg/kg were used by gavage administration at GD10 in resveratrol (GD10) + TCDD group. Control mice were treated with the same volume of water for 6 consecutive days from GD8 to GD13 and were given a single dose of corn oil on GD10. The pregnant mice weight and embryos, the number of live, cleft palate, dead and resorption fetal mice were recorded on GD 17.5. The coronal sections of the fetal mice heads were prepared at GD 17.5 and observed by microscopy.

RESULTSTotal frequency of clefts was 92.86% in TCDD group, 84.00% (15 mg), 73.08% (10 mg), 84.00% (5 mg) in folic acid + TCDD groups, 0% in resveratrol (GD10) group, 74.51% (GD10), 57.78% (GD8-13) in resveratrol + TCDD groups. The frequency of cleft was 0% in the control group. Compared with the control and the TCDD groups, there were significant differences in the number of live, dead and resorption fetal mice in TCCD + resveratrol (GD8-13) group (P < 0.05). No significant differences in embryonic weight, live fetuses weight, the number of live, dead and resorption fetal mice were found in the other groups (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONTest dose of folic acid and resveratrol both had certain antagonistic effect on cleft palate in mice induced by TCDD, with folic acid 10 mg/kg, resveratrol 50 mg/kg GD8-13 doses having stronger antagonistic action. Effects of both the two drugs have no significant difference, but resveratrol (50 mg/kg, GD8-13) significantly affects the fetal mice's growth and development under TCDD exposure in utero.

Abnormalities, Drug-Induced ; prevention & control ; Animals ; Cleft Palate ; chemically induced ; prevention & control ; Female ; Fetus ; Folic Acid ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins ; antagonists & inhibitors ; Pregnancy ; Random Allocation ; Stilbenes ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; Teratogens

OBJECTIVETo compare clinical effects between plaster fixation and cannulated screw for the treatment of Jones fracture.

METHODSFrom 2006 to 2010, 41 patients with Jones fractures were divided into 2 groups. In Group A, there were 14 males and 8 females, ranging in age from 21 to 62 years, with an average of (32.3 +/- 8.7) years; the course of disease ranged from 2 h to 3 d; the patients in Group A were treated with plaster fixation. In Group B, there were 9 males and 10 females, ranging in age from 24 to 59 years, with an average of (28.8 +/- 7.9) years; the course of disease ranged from 0.5 h to 2 d; the patients in Group B were treated with cannulated screw fixation. The patients in two groups were followed up from a long time and the long-term effects were studied.

RESULTSAll the 41 patients were followed up, from 3 months to 2.5 years, with a mean of 11.3 months. All the patients in both groups were healed. The patients in Group B got postoperative wound healing with A degree at the first stage without complications. In accordance with the Maryland Foot Score, the therapeutic effect in Group B was better than that of Group A. The healing time in Group B was shorter than that of Group A.

CONCLUSIONPercutaneous minimally invasive treatment with micro-cannulated screw is an ideal method for the treatment of the Jones fracture.

Adult ; Bone Screws ; Case-Control Studies ; Female ; Fracture Fixation, Internal ; methods ; Fracture Healing ; Fractures, Bone ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Metatarsal Bones ; injuries ; surgery ; Middle Aged

Objective Non-invasive detection is the focus of intense research in diagnosis of acute renal allograft rejection currently. Urine protein is considered the cue to reflect the pathological changes in kidney disease. In this study, we explored the urine markers for early acute renal allograft rejection. Methods The urine protein of two patients with acute renal allograft rejection were examined by 2D gel electrophoresis and bioinformatics. We adopted pH 4-7 ready strip IPG and stained the gel with Sypro-Ruby. The digitized 2D maps of urine protein were quantitatively analyzed using 2D-analysis software packages. By analyzing the differential expressions of proteome between different time points (1, 2, 3 days before acute rejection and 7, 14, 21 days after acute rejection), 30 protein spots were selected and analyzed by MALDI-TOF-MS/MS. Results We obtained 2D gel electrophoresis maps of urine protein of the patients with acute renal allograft rejection, which are of good reproducibility and resolution. Sixteen protein spots were identified, resulting in thirteen corresponding proteins. Out of these proteins, we screened three proteins (alpha-1-antichymotrypsin, tumor rejection antigen gp96, Zn-Alpha-2-Glycoprotein) closely related to acute rejection. Conclusion The urine protein spots on 2D gel electrophoresis maps for the patients with acute renal allograft rejection were of obvious difference when detected at different time points of acute rejection. Alpha-1-antichymotrypsin, tumor rejection antigen gp96 and Zn-Alpha-2-Glycoprotein might be the candidate protein markers to diagnose acute renal allograft rejection after renal transplantation.