Objective To perform the cloning of the gene encoding Schistosoma japonicum Chinese-strain hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase(HGPRT)and its expression in Escherichia coli.MethodsA couple of primers were designed with the BamHI restriction endonuclease site introduced in forward primer and SalI in reverse primer.Total RNA was isolated from adult worms of S.japonicum Chinese-strain(Anhui-strain,Sjc-A)and the SjcHGPRT gene was amplified by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR).The PCR product and the prokaryotic expression vector pET28a were digested by both restriction endonucleases BamHI and SalI.The target DNA fragments were purified and cloned properly into pET28a.After identification by en-donucleases digestion,PCR and sequencing,the recombinant plasmid pET28a-SjcHG PRT was transformed into competent E.coli BL21 and expressed in the presence of IPTG.Results pET28a-SjHGPRT was sequenced and shown to be 99% and 83% identical in deduced amino acid sequence to that of S.japonicum Chinese-strain(Hunan-strain,Sjc-H)and S.mansoni HGPRT,respectively.The results of SDS-PAGE and Western blot revealed that the molecular weight of expressed protein was around 30 kDa and could be recognized by anti-His-G-HPR antibody and sera from mice and human with schistosomasis japonica.Conclusion The recombinant plasmid containing SjcHGPRT cDNA is successfully constructed and its expression protein(reSjcHGPRT)is also successfully purified.

OBJECTIVE: To objectively evaluate the voice rehabilitation status in different period after treatment of Tis--T1 glottic carcinoma by CO2 laser with voice parameters. METHOD: A retrospective review of 41 cases with Tis--T1 glottic carcinoma treated by CO2 laser was performed, 23 cases were stage Tis (Tis group) and 18 cases with stage T1N0M0 (T1 group). The range of excision of the lesion by CO2 laser was according to the different stages of the tumor, and ensured theoperation negative margin was by intraoperative frozen pathological examination. We tested and compared the actual voice (coritaine F0, Jitter, Shimmer, NNE and MPT) of 30 cases of healthy middle-aged and old male(normal group) and all the patients at one day prior to operation, three months, six months and one year after operation respectively, which was to evaluate the voice rehabilitation status in different period after operation objectively. RESULT: Postoperative pathological examination revealed, 23 cases were squamous epithelium severe atypical hyperplasia, 16 cases were well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma, and 2 cases were moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Palatoglossal arch mucosal tear occurred in 3 patients. Respiratory difficulties were not seen in all cases, and normal oral feeding was obtained in all cases in postoperative three days. All patients were followed up for one year. There was statistical significance in F0, Jitter, Shimmer of both Tis group and T1 group after operation in different periods(P<0.05). But there was no statistical significance in NNE and MPT between six months and one years after operation in the two groups(P>0.05). CONCLUSION CO2 laser surgery is an effective treatment for early glottic carcinoma. Postoperative vocal function was improved in varying degrees, and voice quality gradually improved with the rehabilitation time. Partly objective parameters reflecting the vocal function gradually stabilized after half a year after operation.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; complications ; therapy ; Glottis ; Humans ; Laryngeal Neoplasms ; complications ; therapy ; Laser Therapy ; Lasers, Gas ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Treatment Outcome ; Voice Quality

Objective:To analyze the changes of serum lipidomics in patients with sepsis and healthy controls, search for the differences of lipid metabolites, and reveal the changes of lipidomics in the process of sepsis.Methods:A prospective observational study was conducted. From September 2019 to April 2020, morning blood samples of upper extremity superficial veins were collected from 30 patients with definite sepsis diagnosed in intensive care unit (ICU) of Shanxi Bethune Hospital and 30 age-matched healthy subjects during the same period. Serum lipid metabolites were analyzed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS), and the quality control samples were analyzed by base peak spectroscopy (BPC) and verified experimental repetition. Student t-test and fold change (FC) were used for screening significant differences in lipid metabolites and determining their expression changes. Principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal projectionto latent structure discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) were used to determine the entire allocation of experimental groups apiece, access the quality of being near to the true value of model, and screen the differential lipid metabolites with variable importance of projection (VIP). Finally, Metabo Analyst platform database was used to analyze lipid molecular metabolic pathways. Results:BPC results showed that the experimental repeatability was good and the experimental data was reliable. The main parameter model interpretation rate of PCA model R 2X = 0.511, indicating that the model was reliable. The main parameter model interpretation rate of OPLS-DA model R 2Y = 0.954, Q 2 = 0.913, indicating that the model was stable and reliable. With FC > 2.0 or FC < 0.5, P < 0.05, a total of 72 differential lipid metabolites were obtained based on VIP > 1. Based on Metabo Analyst 5.0, 24 distinguishable lipid metabolites were identified including 8 phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), 7 lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), 6 phosphatidylcholine (PC), 2 lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE) and 1 phosphatidylserine (PS). Compared with healthy volunteers, the lipid molecules expression proved down-regulated in most sepsis patients, including PC, LPC, LPE, and some PE, while some PE and PS were up-regulated, which was mainly related to the PE (18∶0p/20∶4), PC (16∶0/16∶0) and LPC (18∶1) metabolic pathways in glycerophospholipids. Conclusions:There are significant differences in lipid metabolites between the sera of sepsis patients and healthy volunteers. PE (18∶0p/20∶4), PC (16∶0/16∶0) and LPC (18∶1) may be new targets for sepsis prediction and intervention.

Accurate identification of compound-protein interactions (CPIs) in silico may deepen our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of drug action and thus remarkably facilitate drug discovery and development. Conventional similarity-or docking-based computational methods for predicting CPIs rarely exploit latent features from currently available large-scale unlabeled com-pound and protein data and often limit their usage to relatively small-scale datasets. In the present study, we propose DeepCPI, a novel general and scalable computational framework that combines effective feature embedding (a technique of representation learning) with powerful deep learning methods to accurately predict CPIs at a large scale. DeepCPI automatically learns the implicit yet expressive low-dimensional features of compounds and proteins from a massive amount of unla-beled data. Evaluations of the measured CPIs in large-scale databases, such as ChEMBL and Bind-ingDB, as well as of the known drug-target interactions from DrugBank, demonstrated the superior predictive performance of DeepCPI. Furthermore, several interactions among small-molecule compounds and three G protein-coupled receptor targets (glucagon-like peptide-1 recep-tor, glucagon receptor, and vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor) predicted using DeepCPI were experimentally validated. The present study suggests that DeepCPI is a useful and powerful tool for drug discovery and repositioning. The source code of DeepCPI can be downloaded from https://github.com/FangpingWan/DeepCPI.

Venous thromboembolism ( VTE) is characteristic of high incidence and fatality rate, forming a severe challenge for medical quality management by hospitals and urgently calling for a long-term management mechanism of VTE prevention and treatment. To tackle this problem, the hospital has built a VTE-oriented clinical decision support system, with optimized information platform for the control. The system features automatic scoring of Caprini evaluation model and suggestion of VTE control measures, green ultrasonography channel for VTE high risk patients, and a refined evaluation system. The establishment of an IT control information system has improved VTE awareness and diagnosis level of clinicians. This system can keep track of the risk of VTE occurrence dynamically, significantly improving the number of diagnosed cases and treatment rate, effectively reducing inpatients′ VTE incidence and mortality, and improving quality of care in the end.

Objective:To investigate the relationship between Helicobacter pylori(HP) cytotoxin-associated gene A (HP-CagA), HP isolate vacuole-forming toxin gene A (HP-VacA) and gastric cancer occurrence and clinical pathological factors.Methods:Eighty-eight patients with gastric cancer from January 2018 to January 2020 in Suzhou Hospital Affiliated of Anhui Medical University was selected as the observation group, 80 patients with benign gastric lesions during the same period was selected as the benign control group, and 80 healthy patients was selected as the healthy control group. The clinical data, HP-CagA, HP-VacA positive expression rates of the three groups were compared, the risk factors of gastric cancer were analyzed, and the relationship between HP-CagA, HP-VacA and gastric cancer clinicopathological factors were evaluated.Results:Family history of gastric cancer, high-salt diet, preference for hot food, decreased pepsinogen (PG)Ⅰ/PGⅡ, combined with fatty liver, increased triglyceride, total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterin, smoking and depression were risk factors of gastric cancer ( P<0.05). The positive rate of HP-CagA, HP-VacA in the observation group were higher than those in the benign control group and the healthy control group: 82.93%(73/88) vs. 62.50%(50/80) and 26.25%(21/80), 30.68%(27/88) vs. 7.50%(6/80) and 0, the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). The positive of HP-CagA and HP-VacA had correlation with age, pathological type, and degree of differentiation of gastric cancer ( P<0.05). The 1-year survival rate of HP-CagA and HP-VacA positive patients was lower than that of negative patients by Kaplan-Meier analysis ( P<0.05). Conclusions:The positive of HP-CagA and HP-VacA in HP infections are closely related togastric cancer. Strengthening the treatment of HP infection patients with positive HP-CagA and HP-VacA has important clinical value and social significance for cutting off the early stage of gastric cancer and improving prognosis.

Objective:To understand the medical cost ratio and its influencing factors of breast cancer chemotherapy and molecular targeted therapy in a hospital, for reference for reasonable control of medical cost.Methods:The first page data of all breast cancer chemotherapy and molecular targeted therapy cases in a tertiary hospital from January to June 2021 were selected to extract the data of age, hospitalization expenses, hospitalization time, complications or complications. The influence of each index on the distribution of medical expense ratio was analyzed by single factor analysis and chi-square test was used for comparison between groups.Results:A total of 3 109 cases of chemotherapy and molecular targeted therapy for breast malignant tumors were included, of which very low-rate, low-rate, high-rate and very high-rate accounted for 7.04%(219 cases), 58.32%(1 813 cases), 30.81%(958 cases) and 3.83%(119 cases) respectively. In addition to the way of admission, there were significant differences in the distribution of medical cost rates under different ages, time consumption index, complications or concomitants, admission departments, treatment methods and medical insurance types( P<0.01). Conclusions:There were many factors affecting the medical cost rate of breast malignant tumors. Relevant departments should expand the pilot scope of DRG payment, promote the multi-disciplinary diagnosis and treatment mode of tumors, refine the DRG grouping scheme, to provide standardized and homogeneous diagnosis and treatment services for tumor patients, and reasonably control the excessive growth of medical costs.

Objective:To investigate the clinical and imaging features of spontaneous convexal subarachnoid hemorrhage (cSAH) with acute cerebral infarction.Methods:Nine patients with cSAH complicated with acute cerebral infarction, admitted to our hospital from January 2018 to October 2021, were selected. The clinical data and efficacy of these patients were retrospectively analyzed.Results:The time from cSAH to the onset of acute cerebral infarction was 5-144 h, with median time of 2 d. The most common bleeding site of cSAH was the parietal lobe ( n=6); cSAH in the ipsilateral side of acute cerebral infarction was noted in 4 patients. Six patients had middle cerebral artery stenosis or occlusion, and 2 patients had anterior cerebral artery stenosis or occlusion. Hypertension ( n=7) was the most common primary disease; 7 patients were treated with antiplatelet drugs, anticoagulants and/or stents. The follow-up at 3 months after cSAH showed that 6 patients had good prognosis and one had poor prognosis. Conclusions:The cSAH often occurs 2 d after acute cerebral infarction; intracranial artery stenosis or occlusion may be the main cause of the disease. In patients complicated with cSAH, active antiplatelet, anticoagulation and/or stent therapy do not increase the risk of bleeding, and the prognosis is good.

The dysfunction of coronary microcirculation is an important cause of coronary artery disease (CAD). The index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) is a quantitative evaluation of coronary microcirculatory function, which provides a significant reference for the prediction, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of CAD. IMR also plays a key role in investigating the interaction between epicardial and microcirculatory dysfunctions, and is closely associated with coronary hemodynamic parameters such as flow rate, distal coronary pressure, and aortic pressure, which have been widely applied in computational studies of CAD. However, there is currently a lack of consensus across studies on the normal and pathological ranges of IMR. The relationships between IMR and coronary hemodynamic parameters have not been accurately quantified, which limits the application of IMR in computational CAD studies. In this paper, we discuss the research gaps between IMR and its potential applications in the computational simulation of CAD. Computational simulation based on the combination of IMR and other hemodynamic parameters is a promising technology to improve the diagnosis and guide clinical trials of CAD.
Coronary Angiography ; Coronary Artery Disease ; Coronary Circulation ; Humans ; Microcirculation ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Vascular Resistance

The dental operative microscope has been widely employed in the field of dentistry, particularly in endodontics and operative dentistry, resulting in significant advancements in the effectiveness of root canal therapy, endodontic surgery, and dental restoration. However, the improper use of this microscope continues to be common in clinical settings, primarily due to operators' insufficient understanding and proficiency in both the features and established operating procedures of this equipment. In October 2019, Professor Jingping Liang, Vice Chairman of the Society of Cariology and Endodontology, Chinese Stomatological Association, organized a consensus meeting with Chinese experts in endodontics and operative dentistry. The objective of this meeting was to establish a standard operation procedure for the dental operative microscope. Subsequently, a consensus was reached and officially issued. Over the span of about four years, the content of this consensus has been further developed and improved through practical experience.
Humans ; Dentistry, Operative ; Consensus ; Endodontics ; Root Canal Therapy ; Dental Care