Increasing evidence suggests that a complex net-work of fever induction pathways in mammalian exists. In this article,the overview of recent studies on the mechanism of fever induced by different pyrogens using IL-1, IL-1R, ICE, IL-1ra, IL-1RacP, IL-6,IL-10,TNFR,cPLA 2,COX,EP,AT 2,iNOS and D 2/3 knockout mice is presented. Hyperthermia respond to localized infection/inflammation(e.g.,sc injection of turpentine) is mediated by IL-1? and IL-6 in turn.While fever induced by systemic infection/inflammation(e.g.,treatment with LPS intraperitoneally) varies with the different doses of pyrogens administered .Fever caused by a low dose of LPS administered ip is IL-6 dependent ,but the IL-6 independent pathway is crucial for the fever evoked by a high dose of LPS.Febrile responses during both local and systemic infection/inflammation develop totally through central PGE 2 dependent mechanism, but some stress induced hyperthermia otherwise.

We report a case of 46-year-old xanthoderm woman who was diagnosed as malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors of right maxillary sinus, and have a literature review. Histology confirmed a diagnosis of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. The woman had the right total maxillectomy and postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy. There is no local recurrence or metastasis of one year following up. Literature review revealed MPNST in the nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses were not common with poor prognosis. The main cause of death is local recurrence and metastasis. Surgical resection showed more advantage than adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Female ; Humans ; Maxillary Sinus ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; Nerve Sheath Neoplasms ; pathology ; therapy ; Neurilemmoma ; pathology ; therapy ; Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms ; pathology ; therapy ; Radiotherapy, Adjuvant

Objective To analyze Klebsiella pneumoniae by DiversiLab system, providing scientific evidence for the control of nosocomial infection. Methods Eight strains of non-duplicated clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from the surgical ward in a hospital in 2010 were typed by rep-PCR-based DiversiLab system. The results were compared with those of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Results Antimicrobial susceptibility test showed that 7 clinical strains were the same sensitivity to 11 antimicrobial agents, except the strain K8-02. And these 7 clinical strains were all multi-drug re-sistant. The result of PFGE showed that 7 strains were the same pattern. The result of DiversiLab also showed that 7 strains were the same pattern, and the strain K8-02 was another pattern. Conclusion DiversiLab system is simple, quick, good re-peatability and accurate, which is a kind of standardization and automation system. DiversiLab system and PFGE method could get the same result.

Bitter taste receptors (BTRs) belong to the G protein-coupled receptors, which included 25 subtypes. BTRs, which were distributed in the oral cavity, mediated the bitter taste of mammalian. Furthermore, BTRs were also existed in the extra-oral digestive system such as the stomach and intestine to influence the digestion, absorption and energy regulation. It also can relax airway smooth muscles in the respiratory system and decrease blood pressure in the cardiovascular system. While being strikingly conformed to the latest advancements of BTRs, the efficacy of bitter taste property of Chinese materia medica (CMM) such as“excretion”,“dryness” and“strengthening” have been used in ancient theories of property and flavor in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years in the treatment of multisystem diseases such as digestive, endocrine, respiratory and cardiovascular system. Therefore, applying modern techniques and new methods in the interpretation of the scientific connotation of bitter taste property of CMM based on BTRs should be a feasible way and a new research pattern. It played an important role in the enriching of the property theory in CMM, as well as enhancing the modernization and objectivization of CMM.

Objective To evaluate left ventricular(LV)global and regional systolic function by three-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (3D-STI)in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods Twenty-two patients with SLE were selected randomly as SLE group and twenty-two healthy people were included as control group.3D-STI was performed in all participants to get global and regional strain parameters,including global longitudinal peak systolic strain(GLS),global circular peak systolic strain (GCS ),global radial peak systolic strain (GRS ),global area peak systolic strain (GAS ),segmental longitudinal peak systolic strain (SLS),segmental circumferential peak systolic strain (SCS),segmental radial peak systolic strain (SRS),and segmental area peak systolic strain (SAS).The sensitivity and specificity of GCS and GAS reflecting LV systolic function in patients with SLE were analyzed under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC)curve.Results ①The global strain:compared with the control group,GCS and GAS decreased significantly in SLE group (P <0.01),there was no significant change in GLS and GRS(P >0.05).②The regional strain:compared with the control group,the SCS in segments of basal anteroseptal,basal inferoseptal,mid anterior,mid inferosptal,mid anterolateral,apical inferior,apical lateral decreased significantly in SLE group.The SAS of basal anterior,basal inferoseptal,mid inferosptal, mid anterolateral,apical anterioe,apical lateral decreased significantly in SLE group (P <0.01).The SCS in segments of apex and the SAS of mid anterior,apical septal,apex decreased in SLE group (P <0.05).③The ROC curve:the sensitivity and specificity of GCS on detecting the LV systolic dysfunction were 59.1%and 87.5%,and those of GAS were 77.3% and 83.3%,respectively.Conclusions 3D-STI is a convenient and accurate way to early detect LV global and regional systolic dysfunction in SLE patients.

Objective:To investigate the occurrence of human papillomavirus (HPV) single and multiple infections in different cervical lesions, and to analyze the distribution of HPV types in patients with single infection and the change of viral load before and after treatment.Methods:A total of 4 783 HPV-DNA-positive cases who were detected by cervical exfoliated cells HPV-DNA testing from May 2017 to March 2019 in Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital were retrospectively analyzed, of which 3 728 cases met the criteria and were included in this study. Fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to determine HPV genotype and viral load, and liquid-based thin-layer cytology (TCT) test and colposcopic histopathological diagnosis were performed. According to the histopathological results, the patients were divided into chronic cervicitis+cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) Ⅰ group, CIN Ⅱ+CIN Ⅲ group and cervical cancer group.Results:A total of 3 364 cases had HPV single infection, of which chronic cervicitis+CIN Ⅰ accounted for 78.27% (2 633/3 364), CIN Ⅱ+CIN Ⅲ accounted for 18.73% (630/3 364), and cervical cancer accounted for 3.00% (101/3 364); 364 cases had HPV multiple infections, of which chronic cervicitis+CIN Ⅰ accounted for 51.65% (188/364), CIN Ⅱ+CIN Ⅲ accounted for 42.58% (155/364), and cervical cancer accounted for 5.77% (21/364). The difference in the proportion of cervical lesions with different pathological grades in HPV single infection and multiple infections was statistically significant ( χ2 = 127.21, P < 0.01). The top four HPV single infection genotypes in chronic cervicitis+CINⅠ group and CINⅡ+CINⅢ group were type 16, 52, 58 and 53, and their proportions were 17.05% (449/2 633), 12.91% (340/2 633), 9.08% (239/2 633) and 8.89% (234/2 633) in chronic cervicitis+CINⅠ group, and 32.22% (203/630), 10.32% (65/630), 8.41% (53/630) and 5.87% (37/630) in CINⅡ+CINⅢ group. In the cervical cancer group, the top two HPV single infection genotypes were type 16 and 18, and their proportions were 81.19% (82/101) and 6.93% (7/101). The viral load of 120 patients with HPV infection was 4.89±1.14 before treatment and 2.86±1.63 after treatment, and the difference was statistically significant ( t = 13.260, P < 0.01). Conclusions:HPV multiple infections are more likely to aggravate the degree of cervical lesions than single infection. Common HPV infection subtypes in different cervical lesions include type 16, 52, 58, 53 and 18.

Objective:To evaluate the effect of anthracyclines on myocardial work in patients with breast cancer by left ventricular pressure strain loop (PSL).Methods:From April 2019 to June 2020, 30 breast cancer patients treated with AC-T regimen(Adriamycin/epirubicin+ cyclophosphamide+ docetaxel) in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University were selected as case group, and 30 healthy volunteer were selected as control group. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed in the case group at 3 time points: before chemotherapy (T0 phase), after the third cycle of chemotherapy (T1 phase), and after the sixth cycle of chemotherapy (T2 phase) respectively. Conventional ultrasonic parameters were collected. Left ventricular PSL was used to evaluate the left ventricular myocardial work index, including global work index (GWI), global constructive work (GCW), global work waste (GWW) and global work efficiency (GWE). The same examination was performed in the control group, and the results between T0 phase and control group, among different phases were compared.Results:①There were no statistically significant differences of general information, conventional ultrasound parameters, left ventricular strain and myocardial work parameters between T0 phase and control group (all P>0.05). ②There were no statistically significant differences of LVEF, GLS, GWI, GCW, GWE and GWW between T1 phase and T0 phase (all P>0.05). ③There were no statistically significant differences in LVEF between T2 phase and T0 phase ( P>0.05). The absolute values of GLS, GWI, GCW and GWE decreased, but GWW increased, the difference was statistically significant (all P<0.05). ④There were no significant differences in LVEF between T2 phase and T1 phase ( P>0.05), but the absolute values of GLS, GWI, GCW and GWE decreased, while GWW increased (all P<0.05). Conclusions:Left ventricular PSL can effectively evaluate the myocardial work of anthracycline chemotherapy in breast cancer patients, which is superior to LVEF and provide a new evaluation method for asymptomatic patients.

A 1 3kb DNA fragment was amplified in DNA samples extracted from periwinkle showed yellows The amplified fragment was ligated into pGEM T easy vector and then transformed into JM109 strain of E coli Cloned DNA fragments were verified by PCR, restriction endonuclease ( Eco RI) digestion and sequence analysis The result revealed that the ribosomal protein gene of PY strain consists of 1244 base pairs, which contains the entire rp l22 gene encoding 129 amino acids and rps3 gene encoding 252 amino acids These two genes are overlap The character of ribosomal protein gene of PY strain is very resemble with that of other phytoplasmas

Objective To assess the clinical application value of vector flow mapping (VFM) in evaluating the left ventricular diastolic function in patients with uremia.Methods Forty patients with uremia and forty healthy volunteers were enrolled.The quantitative parameters,including vorticity,sum total energy loss (sEL),average energy loss(aEL),and the alteration circulation were measured in the VFM imaging mode.Difference was evaluated between two groups at apical,mid and basal segments at different periods.E/e'was derived via dual-Doppler imaging technology.And correlationship was analyzed between vorticity,sEL,aEL,circulation and E/e',separately.Results ①At apex segment of isovolumetric relaxation time and at three segments of atrial systole,there were difference in vorticity,sEL,aEL between two groups (P ＜0.05).Circulation in rapid filling phase of anterior mitral valve and slow filling phase of posterior mitral valve were different[(15.94 ± 8.40) m2/s vs (8.36 ± 7.84) m2/s,(5.34 ± 5.24) m2/s vs (13.37 ± 10.42) m2/s,P ＜0.05].②In control group,vorticity,sEL and aEL were different in different segments of same phase or at different phases of same segment,and also did in the uremia group(P ＜0.01).③In uremia group,vorticity had a good correlation with E/e'at basal segment of rapid filling phase(r =0.34,P =0.046)and atrial systole(r =0.38,P =0.02).And sEL had a good correlation with E/e'at basal segment of rapid filling phase,isovolumetric relaxation time and at mid segment of rapid filling phase(r1 =0.44,P1 =0.008;r2 =0.48,P2 =0.003;r3 =0.50,P3 =0.002),and in time phase mentioned above,there were also the correlationship between aEL and E/e'(r1 =0.39,P1 =0.017;r2 =0.49,P2 =0.002;r3 =0.48,P3 =0.003).Conclusions VFM can be utilized to analyze left ventricular hemodynamics features of uremia patients and it may be a good supplement for assessing cardiac diastolic function.

Objective To assess the clinical application value of vector flow mapping (VFM) in evaluating the left ventricular diastolic function in hypertensive patients with different left ventricular geometric patterns.Methods One hundred and sixty-nine patients with hypertension and 50 healthy volunteers were enrolled.Hypertensive patients were divided into four groups with different ventricular configurations according to ASE guide line in 2005:normal geometry group,concentric remodeling group,concentric hypertrophy group and eccentric hypertrophy group.The quantitative parameters,including average energy loss(aEL) and circulation were measured.Difference was evaluated among five groups at apical,mid and basal segments and at different periods.The correlationship was analyzed between aEL,circulation and E/e',respectively.Results ① Compared to control group,aEL was higher in four hypertension groups at three segments of atrial systole(P ＜0.05).aEL in eccentric hypertrophy group was higher than those in control group,normal geometry group or concentric remodeling group at apical and mid segments of atrial systole,and higher than those in other hypertensive groups at basal segment (P ＜ 0.05).In four hypertension groups,circulations in rapid filling phase of anterior mitral valve were lower than that in control group,but circulations in slow filling phase of posterior mitral valve were higher than that in control group(P ＜0.05).The circulation in slow filling phase of posterior mitral valve in concentric remodeling group was higher than that in normal geometry group,and that in eccentric hypertrophy group was higher than those in normal geometry group and concentric remodeling group(P ＜0.05).②When intra-group comparison,aEL were different in different segments of same phase or at different phases of same segment(P ＜0.05).③aEL had a good correlation with E/e'at basal segment of atrial systole in four hypertension groups(r =0.66,P ＜0.01).Conclusions VFM can be utilized to analyze left ventricular hemodynamics features of hypertensive patients with different left ventricular geometric patterns,it may be a good supplement for assessing cardiac diastolic function and reflect the extent of damage.