Nine morphologic traits, plant height, ground diameter, leaf length, leaf width, leaf area of plant, leaf fresh weight, blades, length/width ratio, plant fresh weight of Anoectochilus roxburghii from 13 different areas were determined for correlation analysis, path analysis and principal components analysis. Different source of morphological trait variation coefficient of A. roxburghii was 2.96% -12.59%, plant fresh weight was significant positively correlated with ground diameter, plant height and leaf number, and positively correlated with leaf fresh weight. Path analysis showed that plant height had the largest positive direct effect on plant fresh weight, the leaf fresh weight and blades number had indirect effects on the plant fresh weight. Through principal component analysis, morphological traits of A. roxburghii can be divided into "Determinants of high-yielding morphology" and "Determinants of leaf production". In the actual process of production and breeding of A. roxburghii, we should pay attention to plant height, leaf fresh weight, blades numbers and other traits.
China ; Orchidaceae ; anatomy & histology ; chemistry ; classification ; growth & development ; Phenotype ; Plant Leaves ; anatomy & histology ; chemistry ; growth & development

OBJECTIVETo study the change of intestinal mucosa barrier in chronic severe hepatitis B patients and clinical intervention.

METHOD(1) 30 normal healthy controls and 60 chronic severe hepatitis B patients were enrolled in this study. The change of intestinal permeability was determined by urine lactulose/ mannitol ratio (L/M), and the serum diamine oxidase (DAO) was measured. (2) 60 chronic severe hepatitis B patients were randomly divided into two groups: the control group and the treated group, each group has 30 cases. Patients in the control group received standard treatment for 2 weeks, however, in addition to standard treatment, patients in the treated group also received glutamine 10g tid. Endotoxin (ET), DAO and L/M were compared between the two group.

RESULTS(1) Compared to healthy controls, the level of L/M and DAO was significantly increased in chronic severe hepatitis B patients (t = 2.762, P less than 0.01 or t = 6.326, P less than 0.01). (2) Compared to the control group, ET, DAO and L/M were significantly lower 2 weeks after treatment (F = 11.662, P less than 0.01; F = 12.699, P less than 0.01; F = 19.981, P less than 0.01).

CONCLUSION(1) There is an early intestinal mucosa barrier damage in chronic severe hepatitis B patients. (2) Compared to standard treatment, adding glutamine can reverse intestinal mucosa barrier damage.

Administration, Oral ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing) ; blood ; Antiviral Agents ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Child ; Endotoxins ; blood ; Female ; Glutamine ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Hepatitis B, Chronic ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; physiopathology ; Humans ; Intestinal Mucosa ; drug effects ; metabolism ; physiopathology ; Intestine, Small ; Lactulose ; urine ; Male ; Mannitol ; urine ; Middle Aged ; Permeability ; Treatment Outcome ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo investigate the correlation between intercellular adhesion molecule1 (ICAM1) gene K469E polymorphism and coronary heart disease(CHD) in Han Chinese population.

METHODSUsing the methods of polymerase chain reaction-restrictive fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP), 173 CHD patients and 141 controls were analyzed for the polymorphism, genotype and allele distribution of ICAM1 gene K469E.

RESULTSThe distribution of ICAM1 genotypes was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The frequency of KK genotype in CHD group was significantly higher than that in control (64.2% vs 48.9%, P<0.01). Similarly, the frequency of K allele in CHD group was significantly higher than that in control (79.2% vs 69.9%, P<0.01). With Logistic Regression Analysis ruling out the influences of age, gender and other CHD risk factor, the homozygous individual with KK genotype was 2.35 folds of KE or EE genotype one suffering from CHD (OR: 2.35, 95%CI: 1.03-5.36, P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONICAM1 gene K469E polymorphism is associated with CHD risk of Han Chinese population, the K allele may serve as a genetic risk factor of coronary heart disease.

Amino Acid Substitution ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; genetics ; Coronary Disease ; genetics ; Female ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Genotype ; Humans ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; genetics ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; Risk Factors

BACKGROUNDThe prevalence of dermatophytoses and the development of new antifungal agents has focused interest on susceptibility tests of dermatophytes. The method used universally for susceptibility tests of dermatophytes was published as document (M38-A) in 2002 by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), dealing with the standardization of susceptibility tests in filamentous fungi, though not including dermatophytes especially. However, it is not a very practical method for the clinical laboratory in routine susceptibility testing. In this test, we developed a novel rapid susceptibility assay-glucose consumption method (GCM) for dermatophytes.

METHODSIn this study, we investigated the antifungal susceptibilities of dermatophytes to itraconazole (ITC), voriconazole (VOC), econazole nitrate (ECN) and terbinafine (TBF) by glucose consumption method (GCM), in comparison to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) M38-A method. Twenty-eight dermatophyte isolates, including Trichophyton rubrum (T. rubrum) (n = 14) and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (T. mentagrophytes) (n = 14), were tested. In the GCM, the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined spectrophotometrically at 490 nm after addition of enzyme substrate color mix. For the CLSI method, the MICs were determined visually.

RESULTSComparison revealed best agreement for TBF against T. mentagrophytes and T. rubrum, since MIC range, MIC50, and MIC90 were identical from two methods. However, for ITC and VOC, GCM showed wider MIC ranges and higher MICs than CLSI methods in most isolates. For ECN against T. rubrum, high MICs were tested by GCM (0.125-16 microg/ml) but not M38-A method (0.5-1 microg/ml). The overall agreements for all isolates between the two methods within one dilution and two dilutions for ITC, VOC, ECN and TBF was 53.6% and 75.0%, 57.1% and 75.0%, 82.1% and 89.3%, and 85.7 and 85.7%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONMeasurement of glucose uptake can predict the susceptibility of T. rubrum and T. mentagrophytes to ECN and TBF.

Antifungal Agents ; pharmacology ; Econazole ; pharmacology ; Glucose ; metabolism ; Itraconazole ; pharmacology ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Naphthalenes ; pharmacology ; Pyrimidines ; pharmacology ; Triazoles ; pharmacology ; Trichophyton ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Voriconazole

Intracranial germinomas are malignant neoplasms of gonadal origin, which have some features in terms of age, sex, and clinical manifestations. They mainly occur in children and adolescents. Patients with intracranial germinomas mainly manifest with hypothalamic pituitary axis dysfunction and/or compression syndromes. Visual disturbance is one of the most significant clinical presentations, which is mainly caused by tumor cell infiltration into the optic pathway. In this article, we present three cases of patient with intracranial germinoma to analyze the ocular manifestations. All the three patients presented with endocrine symptoms in the early stage and with visual disturbances (including decreased visual acuity and visual field defects) later. In general, germinoma is diagnosed by its characteristic radiological appearance, supported by tumor markers and/or stereotactic biopsy. However, decisive diagnoses were established when ocular manifestations were presented. A suspicion for germinoma should be considered, when young patients manifest visual disturbances accompanied by endocrine symptoms.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Brain Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; physiopathology ; Female ; Germinoma ; diagnosis ; physiopathology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Vision Disorders ; physiopathology ; Young Adult

Acute Disease ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pesticides ; poisoning ; Poisoning ; epidemiology

OBJECTIVETo explore the effect of treatment with immunocyte therapy on benzene-induced haemopoietic dysfunction.

METHODSMono-nuclear cells (MNC) were separated from 40 - 50 ml peripheral blood in patients and mixed with interleukin-2 and granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) for six day cultivation. The new formed immunocytes were collected and transfused into the patients. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy were taken before and after therapy for all patients with severe benzene poisoning. Blood samples were stained by flow cytometry for detecting CD(4) and CD(8) positive cells.

RESULTSOf 20 patients with chronic benzene poisoning, 9 were severe benzene poisoning. All examination including blood count, bone marrow biopsy and T cell subpopulation restored to normal after immunocyte therapy. Laboratory tests (liver and kidney function, and myocardial enzymes) were observed periodically and showed normal during therapy. Follow-up study (the longest time was more than 15 months) showed that bone marrow haemopietic function of all treated patients were in normal range.

CONCLUSIONBone marrow haemopoietic dysfunction caused by benzene poisoning may be closely related to disorder of immune function. Immunocyte therapy may significantly improve bone marrow haemopoietic dysfunction induced by benzene poisoning.

Adult ; Anemia, Aplastic ; chemically induced ; immunology ; therapy ; Benzene ; poisoning ; Bone Marrow ; immunology ; pathology ; Female ; Flow Cytometry ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Occupational Diseases ; chemically induced ; immunology ; therapy ; Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation ; methods ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To explore the predictive value of CT radiomics and morphological features for the prognosis and survival in non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC)patients.Methods The clinic data of 300 NSCLC patients(300 lesions)were downloaded from the Cancer Imaging Archive,with 210 randomly selected as the training set and 90 as the test set.According to the prognosis and survival,the patients were divided into two groups with survival period≤3 and＞3 years.3D Slicer software was used to delineate the regions of interest layer by layer in CT images,and the radiomics features were extracted from each region of interest.Both t-test and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator were utilized for radiomics feature screening.Three types of prediction models,namely radiomics model,morphological model and combined model,were constructed with Logistic regression,whose performances were evaluated using the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve.Results The differences in radiomics labels and mediastinal lymph node metastasis between the training set and the test set were statistically significant.For radiomics model,morphological model and combined model,the area under the ROC curve was 0.784(95%CI:0.722-0.847),0.734(95%CI:0.664-0.804)and 0.748(95%CI:0.680-0.815)in the training set,and 0.737(95%CI:0.630-0.844),0.665(95%CI:0.554-0.777)and 0.687(95%CI:0.578-0.797)in the test set,which demonstrated that radiomics model had the best diagnostic performance.Conclusion The CT radiomics model can effectively predict the prognosis and survival in NSCLC patients.

Objective： The aim of this study was to investigate the method of large-scale screening for genes differentially expressed in nonfunctional pituitary tumor and normal pituitary. Methods： cDNA libraries of nonfunctional pituitary tumor (NFPT) and human normal pituitary were constructed. Large-scale sequencing, bioinformatics and semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were used. Significant difference of known genes expression in 2 tissues were analyzed by statistical software offered by Audic S and Claverie JM (http： //igs-server.cnrs-mrs.fr/). Results： A total of 1253 and 7222 ESTs with good quality were obtained from the tissues of NFPT and normal pituitary, respectively. Two hundred known genes were found in NFPT. Among them, 38 genes creditability of significant difference expression in the 2 tissues were over 0.99, and 130 were over 0.95. Out of the 130 differentially expressed genes in the 2 tissues, 17 genes were associated with cell differentiation and development (G2). 6 differentially expressed G2 category genes were selected and the liability of the expression significant difference in the 2 tissues was confirmed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. Out of them, 4 were confirmed differentially expressed in the 2 tissues. Conclusion： MEIS2, SMT3C, C1D, and BUB3 genes associated with cell differentiation and development (G2) were expressed more in nonfunctional pituitary tumor than in normal pituitary. They may play a role in the pathogenesis of nonfunctional pituitary carcinoma.

BACKGROUNDBivalirudin was widely used as an anticoagulant during coronary interventional procedure in western countries. However, it was not available in China before this clinical trial was designed. This randomized, single-blind and multicenter clinical trial aimed to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of domestic bivalirudin during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

METHODSA randomized, single-blind, multicenter trial was designed. Elective PCI candidates in five centers were randomized into a bivalirudin group and a heparin group, which were treated with domestic bivalirudin and non-fractional heparin during the PCI procedure. The efficacy was evaluated by comparing the activated coagulation time (ACT), the procedural success rate (residual stenosis < 20% in target lesions without any coronary artery related adverse events within 24 hours after PCI), and the survival rate without major adverse cardiac events at 30 days after PCI between the two groups. Safety was evaluated by the major/minor bleeding rate.

RESULTSA total of 218 elective PCI patients were randomized into a bivalirudin group (n = 110) and heparin group (n = 108). Except for two patients needing additional dosing in the heparin group, the ACT values of all other patients in both groups were longer than 225 seconds at 5 minutes after the first intravenous bolus. Procedural success rates were respectively 100.0% and 98.2% in the bivalirudin group and heparin group (P > 0.05). Survival rates without major adverse cardiac events at 30 days after PCI were 100.0% in the bivalirudin group and 98.2% in the heparin group (P > 0.05). Mild bleeding rates were 0.9% and 6.9% (P < 0.05) at 24 hours, and 1.9% and 8.8% (P < 0.05) at 30 days after PCI in the bivalirudin group and heparin group respectively. There was one severe gastrointestinal bleeding case in the heparin group.

CONCLUSIONSDomestic bivalirudin is an effective and safe anticoagulant during elective PCI procedures. The efficacy is not inferior to heparin, but the safety is superior to heparin.

Aged ; Antithrombins ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Heparin ; therapeutic use ; Hirudins ; adverse effects ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Peptide Fragments ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ; Recombinant Proteins ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Single-Blind Method ; Survival Rate ; Whole Blood Coagulation Time