Child, Preschool ; Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation ; adverse effects ; Humans ; Lymphoproliferative Disorders ; etiology ; Male

Objective:To study the correlation between responses to Hepatitis B and HLA DRB1*07 DRB1*04 DRB1*1001. DQB1*0401 genes in Han population in Ningbo.Methods:A total of 240 Han people living in Ningbo received the routine vaccination of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine.The serum levels of anti-HBs antibody were examined and the subjects were divided into 2 groups according to tile results:negative responses group(n=120.anti-HBs D

Histocytochemistry ; methods ; Humans ; Pathology, Clinical ; methods ; Specimen Handling ; methods ; Staining and Labeling ; methods

OBJECTIVETo observe the effect of Ningdong Granule (NG) on serum levels of interleukin-12 (IL-12) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) of children patients with Tourette's syndrome (TS).

METHODSTotally 90 TS children patients were randomly assigned to the NG group, the NG + Tiapride group (abbreviated as the combined treatment group), and the Tiapride group, 30 in each group. Besides,another 30 healthy children were recruited as the healthy control group. Patients in the NG group were treated with NG (consisting of all gastrodia rhizome, Codonopsis pilosula, Ophiopogon japonicus, white peony root, Rhinocerotidae, oyster, earthworm, licorice root, etc.), one dose daily, administered by dissolving it in boiled water, taken in two portions in the morning and in the evening respectively. Patients in the Tiapride group took Tiapride Tablet, 50 -100 mg each time, twice daily. The dosage was adjusted according to individual difference and changes of pathogenic conditions. The maximal dosage was 300 mg per day. Those in the combined treatment group were treated with equal dose of NG and Tiapride Tablet in combination. The treatment course was 3 months for all. Changes of pathogenic condition before and after treatment were assessed by Yale global tic severity scale (YGTSS). Serum levels of IL-12 and TNF-alpha were detected by enzyme-labeled immunosorbent assay (ELISA) before and after treatment.

RESULTS(1) The total effective rate of the NG group, the combined treatment group, and the Tiapride group was 79.3%, 83.3%, and 67.9%, respectively. It was the lowest in the Tiapride group (P < 0.05). It was significantly higher in the combined treatment group than in the NG group (P < 0.05). (2) The post-treatment YGTSS score was obviously lower in each group after treatment than before treatment (P < 0.05). The posttreatment YGTSS score was obviously lower in the NG group and the combined treatment group than in the Tiapride group (P < 0.05), but with no statistical difference between the fromer two groups (P > 0.05).(3) Compared with the healthy control group before treatment, serum levels of IL-12 and TNF-alpha (pg/mL) were 124.95 +/- 22.78 and 209.52 +/- 21.69 in the NG group, 126.14 +/- 25.65 and 208.97 +/- 22.46 in the combined treatment group, 123.00 +/- 24.26 and 205.10 +/- 26.16 in the Tiapride group, being higher than those in the healthy control group (64.56 +/- 27.59 and 78.13 +/- 33.42; P < 0.05). After treatment, serum levels of of IL-12 and TNF-alpha were 104.67 +/- 16.84 and 183.01 +/- 24.95 in the NG group, 109.04 +/- 16.81 and 179.87 +/- 23.45 in the combined treatment group, significantly lower than before treatment (P < 0.05). But there was no statistical difference in serum levels of IL-12 or TNF-alpha in the Tiapride group between before treatment (123.00 +/- 24.26 and 205.10 +/- 26.16) and after treatment (117.75 +/- 16.79 and 199.76 +/- 33.21; P > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONNG could modulate abnormal serum levels of IL-12 and TNF-alpha in TS children patients, which might be one of its pharmacodynamic mechanisms for treating TS.

Adolescent ; Child ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Interleukin-12 ; blood ; Male ; Phytotherapy ; Tourette Syndrome ; blood ; drug therapy ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; blood

Child ; Graft vs Host Disease ; prevention & control ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; methods ; Humans ; Immunosuppressive Agents ; therapeutic use ; Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic ; genetics ; therapy ; Male ; Membrane Proteins ; genetics ; Mutation ; Prognosis ; Transplantation Conditioning ; methods ; Treatment Outcome ; Unrelated Donors

Objective To investigate the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1?(HIF-1?) and chemokine receptor 4(CXCR4) protein in tissues of breast cancer and its association with clinicopathological features.MethodsThe expression of HIF-1? and CXCR4 protein in 60 breast cancer,30 breast fibroadenoma and 20 normal breast samples were detected by immunohistochemistry,and the relationship between the expression of HIF-1? and CXCR4 protein in the tissues of breast cancer and its association with clinicopathological factors were analysed.ResultsThere was no positive expression of HIF-1? and CXCR4 protein in normal breast tissues.The positive expression rates of HIF-1? protein in tissues of breast cancer and breast fibroadenoma were 65.0% and 26.7%,respectively(P

Objective To study the clinical effect of the BacFuse for the lumbar disc herniation(LDH) and to discuss the affect for symptom of patients and structure of spine.Methods Collected the patients suffered from LDH retrospectively who had been implanted the BacFuse.There were 25 patients (29 surgical levels) included in the study.The clinical and X-ray assessment have been done on preoperation,postoperation,3 month,6 month and 12 month.Clinical index used visual analogue scale (VAS) score,oswestry disability index (ODI) score and Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score assessed clinical symptom and physical function.The intervertebral angle,posterior disk height and foraminal height were measured in X-ray.The patients were taken CT at preoperation and postoperation.The area and distance of herniated disc were measured in CT scan.Results In the aspect of clinical effect,25 cases were finished operation successly.The VAS score decreased from (6.61±1.29) points on preoperation to (2.78±1.00) points on the last follow-up,the ODI score decreased from (31.9±8.3) points to (15.9±6.4) points,the JOA score increased from (9.6± 3.0) points to (18.8± 3.2) points.In the aspect of spine structure,the intervertebral angle decreased from 10.1°±5.4° on preoperation to 8.4°±4.9° on the last follow-up,the posterior disk height increased from (0.65±0.29) cm on preoperation to (0.78±0.27) cm on the last follow-up and the foraminal height increased from (2.01±0.35) cm on preoperation to (2.16±0.37)cm.There was significant difference on posterior disk height and foraminal height between preoperation and postoperation,while the posterior disk height lost (0.07±0.12) cm (9.3％) and foraminal height lost (0.06±0.19) cm (2.7％).The CT showed that area of herniated disc decreased from (4.10±0.78) mm to (3.72±0.66) mm (9.3％) and distance of herniated disc decreased from (96.4±37.8) mm2 to (83.8±31.1) mm2 (7.4％).Conclusion BacFuse can relieve symptom and affect the biomechanics of the spine,makes the herniated disc retract partially,playing a Internal Retractor role in spine,and it is a new effective therapy for LDH.

Objective:To investigate frequencies of microsatellite instability(MSI)and loss of heterozygosity(LOH)in renal ceil carcinoma(RCC),and to discuss the relationship of clinicopathological characteristics of RCC with MSI and LOH. Methods:Twelve microsatellite markers located at chromosomes 3p,9p and 14q were selected to investigate microsatellite alterations(MSI and LOH)in 31 RCC specimens and their paired metastasis specimens by polymerase chain reaction- polyacrylamide gel elect rophoresis-ethylene dibromide(PCR-PAGE-EB)staining and sequencing.Results:The frequency of MSI could reached 61.3% and that of LOH could reach 54.8%.The highest frequency of MSI was at locus of D9S168(32.3%);the highest frequency of LOH was at locus of D3S1289(21.4%).No correlation was found between MSI or LOH and the patients' age,sex,pathology type and metastastis,except that MSI was correlated with TNM stage of RCC(P

Objective To investigate the clinical features of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)in patients with autoimmune diseases.Methods The data from 12 patients with autoimmune diseases who were hospitalized in Peking Union Medical College Hospital because of developing PCP were retrospectively reviewed.Clinical characteristics and T cell subsets in the peripheral blood were analyzed.Results The main clinical manifestations of these 12 patients were fever(12/12),cough(9/ 12),expectoration(9/12)and obvious dyspnea(12/12),which were progressive.Blood gas analysis presented with typeⅠrespiratory failure.Bilateral interstitial and alveolar infiltrates were observed in chest X-ray film.The counts of peripheral blood lymphocytes(0.44?0.31)?10~9/L,CD4~+ T-lymphocytes (0.120?0.079)?10~9/L and CD8~+ T-lymphocytes were(0.248?0.252)?10~9/L decreased significantly and the CD4/CD8 ratio reversed,which were significantly different from those of healthy person(P

Objective To understand the reliability and validity on SF-36 scale and the quality of life (QoL) among patients with advanced-schistosomiasis in Jiangsu province.Methods Cluster sampling method was used to choose 586 advanced-schistosomiasis patients who were registered in Jiangsu province.Questionnaire including SF-36 module,was used for face to face interview on the patients.Statistical analyses were made to assess the results,including correlation analysis,reliability analysis,factor analysis,t-test and one-way ANOVA.Results The split-half reliability coefficient was 0.92,P＜0.001 and the internal consistency reliability was 0.90,with the range of Cronbach' α coefficient on each dimension was from 0.69 to 0.98.Through principal component analysis,two factors were identified,with the accumulative contribution rate as 67.37％.SF-36 showed certain discriminant validity to distinguish groups in different economic levels.Compared with the domestic norm data,the scores of SF-36 on those patients were generally lows.Conclusion SF-36 had good reliability and good criterion validity,with a certain degree of discriminant validity,but with poor constructs validity.Level of QoL of patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Jiangsu was low because of being chronically ill,that called for more strategies to improve the QoL of patients.