Objective To retrospectively investigate the characteristics of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)in last 10 years in Kunming city. Methods Four hundred and thirty consecutive patients with IBD, who had hospitalized in 7 hospitals between January 1998 to March 2007, were investigated. Among them, 379 patinets had ulcerative colitis (UC) and 51 had Crohn's disease (CD). The patients who received coloscopy, histopathological and bariam enema examination accunted for 98.2%, 56.2% and 2.6% in UC group,respectively, and 72.5%,78.4% and 31.4% in CD group,respectively. The gender, age, occupation and the clinical manifestation of the patients, and the results of the colonoscopy and pathological examination were analyzed. Results Most of the UC patients were aged 30 to 39 years and 50 to 59 years with average age of (46.9±15.8) years, whereas CD patients were aged 20 to 29 years with average age of (41.6±17.2)years. The male and urban patients were predominat in both UC and CD groups. Mental workers were common in UC group. The symptoms of diarrhea (302,79.7%), abdominal pain (285,75.2%) and bloody stools (290,76.5%) were major events in UC patients, and those of abdominal pain (44,86.3%), diarrhea (28,54.9%) and weight loss (28,54.9%) were major events in CD patients. The coincidence ratio among colonoseopy, histopathology and bariam enema examinations was 88.4 % ( 329/372 ), 24.4 % ( 52/213 ) and 4/10 in UC patients, respectively, and 86.5%(32/37), 27.5%(11/40) and 75%(12/16) in CD patients, respectively. All of the UC patients were in active stage of disease,including 38.3 % in mild,42.2% in moderate and 19.5% in severe. In CD group, 7.8% was in relief stage and 92.2% in active stage,including 15.7% in mild,43.1% in morderate and 41.2% in severe.Conclusion The understanding of prevalence and clinical characteristics of IBD in last 10 years in Kunming city will be helpful in diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

To monitor the trans-differentiation from adult stem cells to germ cells, we analyzed the vasa expression of goat testicular tissues in different ages and constructed the germ cell specific reporting vector pVASA-EGFP. The expression of vasa was verified by RT-PCR and immunofluorescence. The vector pVASA-EGFP was constructed by molecular technology, then transfected into goat bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) by Lipofectamine 2000. Moreover, we observed the expression of the vector through green fluorescent protein (GFP). Immunofluorescence results show that Vasa was expressed in all groups of goat testicular tissues, RT-PCR results show that the levels of vasa mRNA in 3-month group and 10-month group were significantly higher than that in 10-day group. Sequencing and restriction enzyme results show that the vector was successfully constructed. After transfection and RA treatment, GFP expression was observed, which proved the validity of our reporting system. All the results proved that vasa was expressed in different ages in goat testicular tissues, and the vector pVASA-EGFP is efficient in monitoring the trans-differentiation in vitro, which paves the way for further characterization and screening of the trans-differentiation of goat BMSCs.
Animals ; Cell Transdifferentiation ; Genes, Reporter ; Genetic Vectors ; Germ Cells ; cytology ; Goats ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; Male ; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells ; RNA, Messenger ; Testis ; metabolism ; Transfection

Objective To explore the effect of dietary fat acids on incretin and islet function in healthy adults .Methods Before each test, healthy subjects received a 1-week pre-experiment eucaloric diet .Fifteen subjects consumed two meals containing different fat acids , including high saturated fat acid ( HSF) and high monounsaturated fat acid ( HMF) .On two separate occasions,they underwent a minimum of 1-week washout between meals .At 0,30,60,120,180 and 240 min following meal intake, the plasma concentrations of gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), glucagon-like peptide-1(GLP-1) and serum concentrations of glucose, insulin, triglycerides ( TG) and free fatty acid ( FFA) were measured.Results Postprandial glucose did not increase significantly following HSF and HMF meals (P>0.05).Compared with HMF meal, significant increase in AUCins240min,AUCTG240min and AUCFFA240minwas observed following HSF meal (P<0.05).Compared with HMF meal,a significant decrease in AUCGIP30min, AUCGIP240min, AUCGLP-1 30min and AUCGLP-1 240min was found following HSF meal (P<0.05).No significant difference was observed inΔI30/ΔG30 following HSF and HMF meals (P>0.05). AUCI/AUCG was significantly lower following HMF meal as compared with HSF meal (P<0.05).Conclusion This study demonstrates that the function of GIP ,GLP-1 andβcell is affected by the dietary fat acids in healthy adults .The HMF meal may stimulate GIP and GLP-1 secretion to a greater extent than HSF meal .

AIM:To explose the possible existing pathway of intracellular signaling transduction in hypertensive induced by insulin in rat vascular smooth muscle cells proliferation which involved mitogen-activated protein kinase. METHODS:Male spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) aorta and WKY(6 weeks old) were isolated and then cultured to make the purified vascular smooth muscle cells.6-8th generation of VSMC were interfered with insulin in vitro . MAPK activity was determined by myelin basic protein method and its volume was measured with Western Blot. And [ 3 H]-TdR was used to measure DNA synthesis in VSMC proliferation. RESULTS: After the interfered with insulin the DNA synthesis was increased obviously in SHR group. MAPK activity and its contains in SHR were increased more than the control group. Protein kinase C inhibitor decreased MAPK activity induced by insulin. CONCLUSION:Proliferation of SHR VSMC in vitro was correlated with increased activity of MAPK. Insulin can affect MAPK induced activity. So an insulin-PKC-MAPK axis may exist in hypertensive VSMC.

Objective To analyze the imaging characteristics of gastric lipoma.Methods The clinical appearances and imaging characteristics such as size,margin,density or intensity,ulceration and so on of gastric lipomas in 13 cases were retrospectively analysed.Results 13 gastric lipomas were all solitary and intracavitary growth,origined from submucosal of every part of stomach.6 gastric lipomas showed submucosal filling defect and soft gastric wall,3 cases with ulcer presenting "bull eye sign" on barium meal.8 gastric lipomas on CT showed variable-size round or oval low-density masses with-50~-120 HU CT value.2 gastric lipomas on MRI were high intensity on T1/T2WI and low intensity on fat supression T2WI.Conclusion X-ray,CT and MRI are of respective value in diagnosing the gastric lipoma.

Objective To verify the molecular mechanism of Qiangxin Decoction in treating CHF,which was created by Professor Lu Jianqi,a famous old Chinese medicine and Qihuang scholar in Guangxi,based on network pharmacological methods,molecular docking technology and animal experiments.Methods Firstly,TCMSP database and related literatures were searched to find the important compounds of Qiangxin decoction;Through TCMSP database and STITCH database,find the target of Qiangxin Tang;Get the main target points of CHF with the help of GeneCards,DisGeNET,OMIM and other databases;The Venny platform was selected to obtain the intersection target of the two;Using STRING platform and Cytoscape 3.6.1,build a"component target"network and a PPI network of Qiangxin Tang target CHF target;The DAVID 6.8 database was used for GO enrichment analysis and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis;Use AutoDock Vina software for molecular docking.Finally,the model of CHF after AMI was established by ligating the anterior descending branch of left coronary artery in rats,and the expression of core target protein was detected by Western blot.Results 185 important active components including quercetin,kaempferol,luteolin,tanshinone iia and naringenin were obtained from the analysis of network pharmacological results.The core targets were signal transduction and transcription activation factor 3(STAT3),mycobacterium tuberculosis regulatory protein(RELA),phosphorylated protein kinase 1(AKT1)100 therapeutic targets,such as mitogen activated protein kinase 1(MAPK1)and interleukin-6(IL-6),preliminarily indicate that Qiangxin decoction may regulate cytokine mediated signal pathway,positive regulation of gene expression,response to hypoxia The reaction to lipopolysaccharide,drug and other biological processes play a role in the treatment of CHF.The results of molecular docking showed that the important compounds of Qiangxin Tang had strong binding ability to the core target;The results of animal experiments showed that the components of Qiangxin decoction could significantly reduce the phosphorylation expression level of STAT3 protein and MAPK1 protein and the expression level of IL6 protein(P<0.05).The high dose group of Qiangxin Decoction was slightly better than the low dose group.Conclusion This study preliminarily clarified that Qiangxin decoction can play a role in treating CHF by reducing the phosphorylation of STAT3 protein and MAPK1 protein and the expression level of IL6 protein,and also verified that Qiangxin decoction has the characteristics of multiple components,multiple targets,and multiple ways of synergistic effect in treating CHF.Animal experiments provide experimental theoretical basis for clinical doctors to treat CHF and further research.

Objective To investigate the significance of Silva pattern system about clinical application in invasive endocervical adenocarcinoma. Methods Data obtained from the Maternity Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University was analyzed, 78 endocervical adenocarcinoma cases were included from December, 2006 to August, 2017. The average age of patients was (45.1 ± 9.1) years old (ranged 27-71 years old). Clinical stage: stageⅠa 26 cases and Ⅰb 49 cases and stage Ⅱa 3 cases. All pathological slides were reviewed, stratified cases into pattern A, B and C according to Silva system criteria.Clinicopathological parameters of three Silva subgroups were analyzed, χ2 test was used to investigate the correlation of Silva system and clinicopathological parameters. Follow-up data were collected until Jan. 3rd, 2018. The median follow-up time was 41 months (ranged 5-90 months). Kruskal-Wallis H test and Fisher test were used to analyze prognoses among different Silva subgroups. Results (1) Silva A cases accounted for 38％(30/78) of all patients, 24 cases were stageⅠa, 6 cases were stageⅠb. The median tumor thickness was 2.1 mm (ranged 1.0-10.0 mm). No lymph vascular space invasion (LVSI) and perineural invasion (PNI) was detected, and all lymph node (LN) were negative for metastatic carcinoma. All patients were alive and had no evidence of recurrence. About 21％(16/78) cases were classified as Silva B, including 2 stageⅠa and 14 stage Ⅰb. The median tumor thickness was 5.2 mm (ranged 2.0-11.0 mm). Several patients had LVSI (4/16), LN metastasis (1/10) or PNI (1/16), but there was no recurrence or death. Thirty two (41％,32/78) cases were Silva C, including 29 stageⅠb and 3 stageⅡa. The median tumor thickness was 11.5 mm (ranged 4.0-21.0 mm). The incidence of LVSI (53％, 17/32), LN metastasis (31％, 8/26) or PNI (16％, 5/32) was significantly increased. There were two recurrent cases and one death cases. (2) Statistical data demonstrated that Silva pattern system was closely correlated with clinicopathological parameters , such as clinical stage (r=0.754, P=0.000), tumor depth (P=0.000) and LVSI (r=0.534, P=0.000). But there was no correlation between Silva system and LN metastasis or PNI (all P>0.05). (3) Silva subgroups demonstrated no significant difference in recurrence and death (P>0.05). Conclusions The application of Silva pattern system could effectively predict the prognosis of patients. It may be helpful to select reasonable operation before surgery and to realize individualized treatment of cervical adenocarcinoma.

Objective:To analyze the cardio-pulmonary ultrasound features of cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE) and pneumonia in adults with acute dyspnea, and to construct a differential diagnosis model.Methods:Seven hundred and forty-three patients with sudden acute dyspnea admitted to Hebei General Hospital from November 2018 to May 2022 were retropectively included. Ultrasonographer A performed lung ultrasound with 12 zone method, and interpreted and recorded the ultrasonic signs (including A-lines area, B-lines area, consolidation area and pleural effusion area) together with ultrasonographer B. According to the ultrasonic characteristics of the whole lung, it was divided into A-profile and B-profile. According to the continuity and symmetry of the distribution of B-lines in bilateral lung fields, it could be divided into bilateral lung continuous and discontinuous B-profile, bilateral lung symmetric and asymmetric B-profile. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular filling pressure (E/e′), right ventricular dilatation, tricuspid annular systolic displacement (TAPSE) and inferior vena cava diameter (IVCD) were evaluated by echocardiography, and all the indexes were transformed into binary variables. According to the final clinical diagnosis and treatment results, the disease was divided into CPE group and pneumonia group. Binary Logistic regression model was used to screen independent influencing factors, and partial regression coefficient β value was used as a weight to assign a score, and a differential diagnosis model was established based on the total score. The predictive value of the model was evaluated by the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) and area under curve (AUC). After the model was built, 30 patients with CPE or pneumonia were independently collected by ultrasonographer C as external validation data, which were included in the model to draw ROC curve and evaluate the differential diagnosis efficiency of the model. The consistencies between ultrasonographer A and B, A and C in observing lung ultrasound were explored.Results:A total of 743 patients from 43 clinical departments were included, including 246 cases in CPE group and 497 cases in pneumonia group. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that bilateral lung continuous B-profile, bilateral lung symmetric B-profile, ≥1 pleural effusion area, LVEF<50%, E/e′>14 were the risk factors for CPE (all OR>1, P<0.05), and ≥1 consolidation area and ≥1 pleural sliding disappearance area were the protective factors for CPE (all OR>1, P<0.05). The sensitivity, specificity and AUC of combined cardio-pulmonary ultrasound index β value weight score in the differential diagnosis of CPE and pneumonia were 0.939, 0.956 and 0.986, respectively. The AUC of external validation data was 0.904. Ultrasonographer A and B, A and C had good consistency in the interpretation of lung ultrasound signs ( P<0.05). Conclusions:The differential diagnosis model based on combined cardio-pulmonary ultrasound indexes has high differential diagnosis efficiency for CPE and pneumonia, and can be used in bedside cardio-pulmonary ultrasound practice.

Objective: To investigate the image quality of ultralow-dose CT (ULDCT) of the chest reconstructed using a cycle-consistent generative adversarial network (CycleGAN)-based deep learning method in the evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis. Materials and Methods: Between June 2019 and November 2019, 103 patients (mean age, 40.8 ± 13.6 years; 61 men and 42 women) with pulmonary tuberculosis were prospectively enrolled to undergo standard-dose CT (120 kVp with automated exposure control), followed immediately by ULDCT (80 kVp and 10 mAs). The images of the two successive scans were used to train the CycleGAN framework for image-to-image translation. The denoising efficacy of the CycleGAN algorithm was compared with that of hybrid and model-based iterative reconstruction. Repeated-measures analysis of variance and Wilcoxon signedrank test were performed to compare the objective measurements and the subjective image quality scores, respectively. Results: With the optimized CycleGAN denoising model, using the ULDCT images as input, the peak signal-to-noise ratio and structural similarity index improved by 2.0 dB and 0.21, respectively. The CycleGAN-generated denoised ULDCT images typically provided satisfactory image quality for optimal visibility of anatomic structures and pathological findings, with a lower level of image noise (mean ± standard deviation [SD], 19.5 ± 3.0 Hounsfield unit [HU]) than that of the hybrid (66.3 ± 10.5 HU, p < 0.001) and a similar noise level to model-based iterative reconstruction (19.6 ± 2.6 HU, p > 0.908). The CycleGAN-generated images showed the highest contrast-to-noise ratios for the pulmonary lesions, followed by the model-based and hybrid iterative reconstruction. The mean effective radiation dose of ULDCT was 0.12 mSv with a mean 93.9% reduction compared to standard-dose CT. Conclusion The optimized CycleGAN technique may allow the synthesis of diagnostically acceptable images from ULDCT of the chest for the evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Objective: To investigate the image quality of ultralow-dose CT (ULDCT) of the chest reconstructed using a cycle-consistent generative adversarial network (CycleGAN)-based deep learning method in the evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis. Materials and Methods: Between June 2019 and November 2019, 103 patients (mean age, 40.8 ± 13.6 years; 61 men and 42 women) with pulmonary tuberculosis were prospectively enrolled to undergo standard-dose CT (120 kVp with automated exposure control), followed immediately by ULDCT (80 kVp and 10 mAs). The images of the two successive scans were used to train the CycleGAN framework for image-to-image translation. The denoising efficacy of the CycleGAN algorithm was compared with that of hybrid and model-based iterative reconstruction. Repeated-measures analysis of variance and Wilcoxon signedrank test were performed to compare the objective measurements and the subjective image quality scores, respectively. Results: With the optimized CycleGAN denoising model, using the ULDCT images as input, the peak signal-to-noise ratio and structural similarity index improved by 2.0 dB and 0.21, respectively. The CycleGAN-generated denoised ULDCT images typically provided satisfactory image quality for optimal visibility of anatomic structures and pathological findings, with a lower level of image noise (mean ± standard deviation [SD], 19.5 ± 3.0 Hounsfield unit [HU]) than that of the hybrid (66.3 ± 10.5 HU, p < 0.001) and a similar noise level to model-based iterative reconstruction (19.6 ± 2.6 HU, p > 0.908). The CycleGAN-generated images showed the highest contrast-to-noise ratios for the pulmonary lesions, followed by the model-based and hybrid iterative reconstruction. The mean effective radiation dose of ULDCT was 0.12 mSv with a mean 93.9% reduction compared to standard-dose CT. Conclusion The optimized CycleGAN technique may allow the synthesis of diagnostically acceptable images from ULDCT of the chest for the evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis.