Objective To Investigate the expression of IL-21 and Blimp1 mRNA in Rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) patients and the influence on the expression of Blimp 1 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of RA patients after IL-21 stimulated; To further explore the mechanism of IL-21 and blimp1 in the pathogenesis of RA.Methods Case control study.The samples of peripheral venous blood from 50 RA patients of department of rheumatology of The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University and 50 healthy people were collected respectively , then the plasma and PBMCs was separated.IL-21 in plasma was measured by ELISA; the correlation between patients clinical index DAS 28, anti-CCP antibody and IL-21 was analyzed.Blimp1 mRNA of patients′PBMCs was detected by qPCR; PMBCs were isolated from RA patient and then cultured in vitro.Blimp1 mRNA level was measured by qPCR and the ratio of CD 20 positive B cell and the ratio of CD138 positive cells in all groups were detected by flow cytometry after 72 h stimulated by IL-21 and CD40L.Results IL-21 content in RA patient blood plasma (130.51 ±11.35)ng/L was significantly higher than that in healthy control (25.46 ±6.05)ng/L, t=5.39,P<0.05.Besides, IL-21 level also had a close relativity with patients DAS28(r=0.658) and anti-CCP antibody (r=0.674, P=0.039 and 0.035).In addition, the expression level of Blimp1 mRNA in RA patient PMBCs (1.321 ± 0.11)was higher than that in healthy control group (1.000 ±0.000), Z=-2.48, P<0.05.While after IL-21 and/or CD40L stimulation, Blimp1 mRNA of IL-21 group and CD40L+IL-21 group(1.084 ±0.029, 1.157 ±0.028)were higher than those of control (1.000 ±0.000)(P=0.002,P=0.001), moreover the expressive level of Blimp1mRNA of CD40L+IL-21 group was higher than that of control group (t=4.862, P=0.02).Compared to negative control group , the ratio of CD20 positive B cells [2.42 ±0.35, 2.63 ± 0.33, 6.35(4.85,6.57),F=278.363,P<0.001] and the ratio of CD138 positive cells(0.474 ±0.110, 0.668 ±0.120, 0.955 ±0.170,F=49.01, P<0.001) in CD40L group, IL-21 group and CD40L+IL-21 group were much higher and the differences among CD 40L+IL-21 group with CD40L group and IL-21 group were statistically significant.Conclusion IL-21 could promote the level of Blimp 1 mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in RA patient; IL-21 and CD40L could co-promote B cell maturation though regulating Blimp1 mRNA expression and eventually participate in RA pathogenesis.

Objective To explore the value of MRI-R2 * and to compare clinical effect of two iron chelators(deferasirox and deferoxamine) in iron-overloaded patients.Methods By completely randomized balanced design,24 iron-overloaded patients were randomly divided into 2 groups,which consisted of 12 patients treated with deferasirox and 12 patients treated with deferoxamine.The planned deferasirox dose was 40 mg· kg-1 · d-1,and the deferoxamine dose was no less than 50 mg · kg-1 · d-1 All patients underwent quantitative MRI at the time points of the primary screening,6 months and 12 months.Pair Wilcoxon rank sum test was used to compare the differences of liver R2 * values of the 2 groups at various time points respectively.Wilcoxon rank sum test was used to compare the differences of change rate of liver R2 * values between the two groups at the time point of 6 months,12 months,respectively.Results Deferasirox group's liver R2 * values of primary screening,6 months and 12 months were 1081,889 and 712 Hz,while deferoxamine group's liver R2 * values were 1042,838 and 488 Hz.There was no statistically significant difference between liver R2 * values of two groups at primary screening (Z =-0.029,P ＞ 0.05).The change rate of liver R2 * of deferasirox group at 12 month was-32％,while it was-58％ for the deferoxamine group,and there was statistically significant difference between the two groups (Z =-3.060,P ＜0.01).The change rate of serum ferritin of deferasirox group at 12 month was-15％,while it was -55％ for the deferoxamine group,and there was statistically significant difference between the two groups (Z =-2.945,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion By using MRI-R2*,it suggest that both deferasirox and deferoxamine can effectively remove liver iron and deferoxamine is superior to deferasirox.

Objective:To study the relationship between atrophy of the thymus and disease severity in EAE.Methods:MOG35-55 peptide induced EAE in C57BL/6 mice and analyzed the relationship between the severity of EAE and thymic atrophy,Flow cytometry analysis was used to evaluate thymic CD4+CD8+DP cells,CD4+CD8-,CD4-CD8+SP cells in relation to the severity of the disease.Results:The number of thymocytes in mice with decreased tail tone was (20.25 ±3.49) ×106 ,hindlimb weakness(4.93 ± 0.85)×106,complete hindlimb paralysis(1.8 ±0.19) ×106,and forelimb and hindlimb paralysis(0.52 ±0.07) ×106,there were statistically significant differences between groups ( P<0.05 ).As the disease progresses, CD4+CD8+DP cells ratio decreased, CD4+CD8-,CD4-CD8+SP cell ratio increased,different disease groups was statistically significant difference (P<0.05).Conclusion: The atrophy of thymus was closely related to the severity of EAE.Migration of activated T cells in EAE may cause atrophy of thymus.

Objective: To describe the mortality trend of major malignant tumors in Shandong province, from 1970 to 2013. Methods: Data related to cancer mortality were obtained from the Shandong Death Registration System and three nationwide retrospective cause-of-death surveys. Trends of overall mortality and major causes of death were described using the indicators as: mortality rates and age-standardized mortality rates, through comparing the three large-scale mortality surveys in Shandong province. Difference decomposing method was applied to estimate the contribution of demographic and non-demographic factors for the change of mortality. Results: From 1970 to 2013, the crude mortality rate of malignant tumors in Shandong was increasing. The age standard mortality rate was increasing and then decreasing. The composition of cancer deaths in the all-cause-deaths was seen increasing and then decreasing as well. Both demographic and non-demographic factors contributed to the increase of crude cancer mortality rate. With the gradual increase of the proportion of population, its role exceeded the non-demographic factors. The age-standardized mortality rate of malignant tumors in 2011-2013 was lower than that in 2004-2005. Lung cancer mortality rose from the fifth to the first place, with an increase of 6.81 times from 1970-1974 to 2011-2013. Ranking of gastric cancer mortality dropped from first to the third place, with esophageal cancer dropped from second to the fourth. After adjusted by China’s standard population in 1964, the mortality rate of lung cancer was still rapidly increasing, but the age-standardized mortality rates of esophageal cancer was gradually decreasing. The crude and age-standardized mortality rates of cervical cancer showed a rapid downward trend, reduced 87.00% and 93.00% respectively from 1970-1974 to 2011-2013. Conclusions Malignant tumors were still major threats to the residents of Shandong province. The changing trend of different malignant tumors presented an inconsistent nature which called for different intervention strategies be carried out, accordingly.