Objective: To understand the relationship between chloroquine resistance and the virulence of Plasmodium berghei. Met hods: Dynamic changes of histopathologic features of livers, spleens, brains, hearts, lungs and kidneys of mice infected with the chloroquine-sensitive (N) and the chloroquine-resistant (RC) strains of P. berghei were compared. Results: In mice infected with the N strain, deposition of heavy hemoz oin in livers and spleens, congestive edema in lungs, and congestion and embolis m in the brain capillaries were observed. The histopathologic features revealed ac ute inflammatory reaction. In mice infected with the RC strain, histopathologic variations of livers and spleens were associated with changes of parasitemia. In terstitial pneumonia was displayed in lungs. There were chronic histopathologic changes of the organs in the mice infected with RC strain. Conclusion: The mice infected by the N strain with potent virulence die due to adher ence of the erythrocytes to microvascular endothelia and embolism of the microva scula, especially in their brain. Immune responses of the mice infected by the R C strain with poor virulence may be a delayed-type hypersensitive inflammation a ssociated with CD4+Th1 at an early stage of the infection, but may become anti body-dependent immune response assisted with CD4+Th2, which play a key role in elimination of the malaria parasites at later stage of the infection.

Objective: To investigate the feature of crisis at asexual stages of chloroqine resistant strain (RC) of Plasmodium berghei . Methods: By means of optical microscope,transmission electron microscope and agarose electrophoresis, microscopic and ultramicroscopic architectures, and genomic DNA electrophoresis at asexual stages of the RC and chloroquine sensitive (N) strains of P. berghei with rising parasitemia and the RC strain of the parasite with declining parasitemia were observed in ICR mice. Results: Under microscope, different developmental stages asexual parasites with normal forms were found in blood smears from the mice infected by the N and RC strains with rising parasitemia, whereas there were a few of the asexual parasites most of which were contracted and vacuolated from the mice recovered from infection by the RC strain. Using electron microscope, intact cytoplasm membranes of the parasites paralleling with parasitophrous membrane of erythrocytes, nuclear laterad, obvious metabilic window and mitochondrions, ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum in cytoplasm were recognized in erythrocytic stages of the RC and N strains with rising parasitemia. There were rhoptries in merozoites and food vacuoles in trophozoites of the N strain. Erythrocytic parasites of the RC strain from recovered mice with declining parasitemia were spherical or elliptical, with intact cytoplasm membrane, contracted nuclei and concentrated cytoplasm, without mitochondrion membranaceous structure and metabolic windows. The genomic DNA electrophoretogram of the RC strain parasites in the recovered mice showed a ladder pattern, which differed evidently from the parasites of the RC strain with rising parasitemia and the N strain which showed a single band. Conclusion: It is confirmed that crisis form of asexual stages of the RC strain is apoptosis.

Objective: To investigate virulence differences of the malaria parasites and responses of their hosts to the malaria infection between chloroquine sensitive (N) and resistant (RC) strains of Plasmodium berghei . Methods: Ultrastructural pathological alterations of liver, kidney and lungs of ICR mice infected with the N or the RC strains were investigated. Results: Congestion and more parasite infected red blood cells in hepatic sinusoids, renal interstitium, capillaries of the liver, kidney and lungs in late period of the infection with the N strain were observed. Necrosis of hepatic cells in liver, juxtaglomerular cells and epithelial cells of renal tubules in kidney, type Ⅰ and type Ⅱ alveolar cells in lungs occurred. Membranes of these cells were broken, resulting in cytoplasm missing and mitochondria swelling infected with the N strain. While degeneration of some hepatic cells of liver, epithelial cells of renal tubules, alveoli cells of lungs appeared during late period of the infection with the RC strain of P. berghei . It was observed that some hepatic cells recoved, the glomeruli basement membrane and mesangial cells contained electron dense deposits,alveoli septa were undergoing the proliferation and infiltration of lymphocytes, macrophages and neutrophilic granulocytes. Conclusion: The N strain is more virulent than the RC strain of P. berghei . Ultrastructures of the liver, kidney and lungs of the mice infected with the N strain show cellular necrosis, while those infected with the RC strain mainly reveal cellular degeneration.

Objective: To understand the morphologic foundation for differences in drug-resistance, virulence and immunity between chloroquine-sensitive (N) and chloroquine-resistant (RC) strains of Plasmodium berghei. Methods: The RC strain and the N strain were compared concerning the formation and morphologic features of digestive vacuoles and haemozoin with transmission electron microscope. Results: There was a single large digestive vacuole and multiple micro-single-mem-braned vacuole-like structures in the trophozoites of the N strain, and haemozoins centralized and fused during their schizo-gony were situated under the plasma membrane. Whereas there were few digestive vacuoles in the trophozoites of the RC strain, but with multiple micro-single-membraned vacuole-like structures instead. The RC strain formed obviously less hemo-zoins than that of the N strain and the hemozoins were not centralized and fused during the schizogony. Conclusion: The RC strain forms multiple single-membraned food vacuole-like structures in the trophozoites, and has different mechanism for detoxifying free heme with N strain and the features may be the foundation for the difference in drug-resistance, virulence, immunity between RC strain and N strain of Plasmodium berghei.

Objective To investigate the inhibiting effects of alcohol extract from Dioscore bulbifera on proliferation, colony formation and migration of cancer cell lines. Methods Alcohol extract from Dioscore bulbifera was prepared using Soxhlet extraction. Human gastric cancer cell line MGC803 was treated with different concentrations(0, 60, 120 mg/L)of al?cohol extract from Dioscore bulbifera. In vitro, proliferation, colony formation and migration of gastric cancer cells were detect?ed by MTT, colony formation experiments and Transwell assay respectively. Results The proliferation(day2-day 6, F=29.130, 21.864, 67.826, 36.015, 43.656, P<0.01)and colony formation(F=11.918,P<0.01)of gastric cancer cells were significantly inhibited by administration of alcohol extract from Dioscore bulbifera at both 60 mg/L and 120 mg/L . The migra?tion(F=4.258,P<0.05)of gastric cancer cells were significantly suppressed after cells were treated with120 mg/L alcohol ex?tract from Dioscore bulbifera. Conclusion Alcohol extract from Dioscore bulbifera significantly inhibit proliferation, colony formation and migration of gastric cancer cells.

Objective To understand the differences of residents'compliance through stool and serum examinations on schistosomiasis and evaluate the effect of schistosomiasis surveillance and control in Jiangshan City.Methods The local residents and floating population from 9 villages were sampled with the stratified cluster method and investigated for schistosomiasis through the stool examination(Kato-Katz technique)and serum examination(ELISA),and the results were analysed.Results The rates of the examination accepted of the 1st stool,2nd stool and serum were 92.2%,89.7% and 99.7%,respectively.There were significant differences of the rates of the stool examination accepted in different groups of age and education background(P

The hospital designed a new business process according to the business process reengineering theory and requirement of Diagnosis Related Groups-prospective payment.This new process has scored good outcomes following adjustment of department functions,staffing and equipment installation,as well as process optimization,and policy explanations.

Objective To study the relationship between the change of T lymphocyte subsets and NK cells in esophageal cancer patients and radiotherapy effect.Methods The levels of T lymphocyte subsets and NK cells were detected by flow cytometry in 56 cases with histologically confirmed esophageal cancer treated with radiotherapy and contrasted to the healthy people.Results In patients with esophageal cancer,peripheral blood T cells,Th cells,Th / Ts were decreased significantly compared with the control group [(58.3±5.2) ％ vs (65.8±7.2) ％,(28.7±5.0) ％ vs (38.1±7.7) ％,(1.0±0.3) vs (1.6+2.7),all P ＜ 0.05],while the Ts cells were significantly increased [(28.8±5.3) ％ vs (25.4±5.7) ％,P ＜ 0.05].There was no significant difference between peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets,Th/Ts ratio change and patient age,sex,tumor staging,histological differentiation and pathological lesions.After radiotherapy,the levels of peripheral blood T cells,Th cells,Th/Ts cell ratio and NK cells in esophageal cancer patients were increased [(66.9±4.5) ％ vs (59.4±4.9) ％,(40.6±5.6) ％ vs (29.1±4.2) ％,(1.6+0.5) ％ vs (1.0±0.4) ％,(16.2±3.9) ％ vs (14.6±3.2) ％,all P ＜ 0.05],while the Ts cells decreased [ (25.4±3.6) ％ vs (28.4±5.7) ％,P ＜ 0.05].The increasing degree of peripheral blood T cells,Th cells were closely related to the lesion progress,the difference was significant (both P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Cellular immune function in patients with esophageal cancer is low.Detection of T lymphocyte subsets,NK cells can be used for immune monitoring of patients with esophageal cancer.

Objective:To explore the differences of clinical laboratory indicators between Kawasaki disease (KD) and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA), providing objective evidence for diagnosis and differential diagnosis of these diseases.Methods:A total of 41 children patients with KD (KD group) and 33 children patients with SJIA (SJIA group) who received treatment in Huainan Maternal and Child Health Hospital between September 2017 and January 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. An additional 50 healthy children who concurrently received physical examination in the same hospital were included in the control group. Platelet count (PLT), white blood cell count (WBC), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) as well as C-reactive protein (CRP), serum procalcitonin (PCT), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-10 (IL-10), and serum ferritin (SF) levels were compared among groups before treatment.Results:One-way analysis of variance and pairwise q test were performed to compare laboratory indicators among KD, SJIA and control groups. CRP, ESR, SF and IL-6 levels in the KD group were significantly lower than those in the SJIA group [CRP: (57.80 ± 25.23) mg/L vs. (77.72 ± 45.64) mg/L; ESR: (67.02 ± 28.80) mm/h vs. (83.84 ± 47.64) mm/h; SF: (320.21 ± 182.53) μg/L vs. (945.58 ± 604.65) μg/L; IL-6: (50.35 ± 20.54) ng/L vs. (89.35 ± 45.54) ng/L, q = 4.34, 3.42, 11.51, 8.85, all P < 0.05]. IL-10 level in the KD group was significantly higher than that in the SJIA group [(18.52 ± 16.71) ng/L vs. (10.01 ± 3.24) ng/L, q = -5.25, P < 0.05]. WBC, CRP, ESR, PCT, PLT, IL-6, IL-10 and SF in the KD and SJIA groups were significantly higher than those in the control group (all P < 0.05). Conclusion:Detection of CRP, ESR, SF, IL-6, IL-10 in blood can provide objective evidence for the early diagnosis and differential diagnosis of KD and SJIA, thereby reducing the misjudgment of clinical diagnosis.

Objective:To analyze the predictive value of enhanced MRI in the outcome of prolapsed and sequestrated lumbar disc herniation through a retrospective analysis.Methods:A retrospective analysis of the data of 64 patients with prolapsed and sequestrated lumbar disc herniation from January 2015 to December 2018, including 38 males and 26 females; age 35.72±12.44 years (range, 22-64 years) ; 43 cases of prolapsed type, 21 cases of sequestrated type. Conservative treatment was the first choice for all patients, in case of surgical indications during the treatment, percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy or fenestration discectomy will be performed. Enhanced MRI was performed at the first and last inspections, the volume of the protrusion, the thickness of rim enhancement (Tr), and the extent of rim enhancement (Er) were measured and calculated at the same time. According to the ring around the protrusion, the size of the rim-enhancement area was divided into type I-III; then compared the relationship between the rim-enhancement signal differentiation and the resorption rate of protrusions, and the correlation between Tr, Er values and the resorption rate of protrusions during the initial inspection.Results:Among the 64 patients, 42 patients completed conservative treatment, and 22 received surgical treatment. According to the rim-enhancement signal differentiation, 23 cases were treated conservatively for type I, 3 cases were treated by surgery; 16 cases were treated for type II conservatively, 7 cases were treated by surgery; 3 cases were treated for type III conservatively, and 12 cases were treated by surgery. All patients were followed up for 12 to 34 months. Among 42 conservatively treated patients, The volume of the protrusion before treatment was 2 645.67±690.86 mm 3, and the volume of the protrusion after treatment was 842.76±573.35 mm 3. The volume of protrusions before and after treatment was statistical significance ( t=11.897, P<0.001), Tr was 1.38±0.83 mm, and Er was 73.08%±34.39%, the resorption rate of protrusions was 65.10%±24.50%, and 39 cases (92.86%, 39/42) reached the standard for protrusion resorption (resorption rate ≥30%); 23 cases of type I , the resorption rate was 76.54%±18.62%; 16 cases of type II had an resorption rate of 56.81%±21.44%; 3 cases of type III had an resorption rate of 21.58%±12.19%. The resorption rate of type III were compared by single factor analysis of variance, and the difference was statistically significant ( F=12.885, P<0.001); 32 cases of both type I and II (82.05%, 32/39) had significant resorption (resorption rate ≥50%), and no case of type Ⅲ had significant resorption, comparing with type I and II, the difference was statistically significant ( P=0.010); Tr was positively correlated with resorption rate ( r=0.569, P<0.001), Er was positively correlated with resorption rate ( r=0.677, P<0.001). Conclusion:Under close clinical observation, parts of the prolapsed or sequestrated lumbar disc herniations can be conservatively treated, and the herniated disc can be resorption in many people and the clinical symptoms were alleviated. Rim-enhancement signal differentiation by enhanced MR has a better predictive value for the outcome of the herniation, type I is more prone to resorption, preferred conservative treatment, type Ⅲ is not easy to resorption, preferred surgery treatment, and the higher thickness of rim enhancement, the greater extend the rim-enhancement, the more prone to resorption phenomenon.