Child ; Humans ; Nephrotic Syndrome ; diagnosis ; physiopathology ; urine ; Proteinuria ; urine ; Severity of Illness Index

Objective To determine the efficacy of Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation(NPPV)in the management of patients with respiratory failure due to an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods Forty-two patients were included in the study.Of them,21 were randomly allocated to receive NPPV plus “standard care” and 21 to “standard care”.Both groups had similar characteristics upon their admission in the hospital.Results The use of NPPV significantly decreased the PaCO_2 level and respiratory rates,but significantly increased the PaO_2 level after 2 hours of treatment(P

Penicillin expandase, also known as deacetoxycephalosporin C synthase (DAOCS), is an essential enzyme involved in cephalosporin C biosynthesis. To evaluate the catalytic behaviors of penicillin expandase under high penicillin G concentration and to identify mutants suitable for industrial applications, the specific activities of wild-type DAOCS and several mutants with increased activities toward penicillin G were determined by HPLC under high penicillin G concentrations. Their specific activity profiles were compared with theoretical predictions by different catalytic dynamics models. We evaluated the specific activities of wild-type DAOCS and previous reported high-activity mutants H4, H5, H6 and H7 at concentrations ranging from 5.6 to 500 mmol/L penicillin G. The specific activities of wild-type DAOCS and mutant H4 increased as penicillin G concentration increased, but decreased when concentrations of substrate go above 200 mmol/L. Other mutants H5, H6 and H7 showed more complex behaviors under high concentration of penicillin G. Among all tested enzymes, mutant H6 showed the highest activity when concentration of penicillin G is above 100 mmol/L. Our results revealed that the substrate inhibition to wild-type DAOCS' by penicillin G is noncompetitive. Other DAOCS mutants showed more complex trends in their specific activities at high concentration of penicillin G (>100 mmol/L), indicating more complex substrate inhibition mechanism might exist. The substrate inhibition and activity of DAOCS mutants at high penicillin G concentration provide important insight to help select proper mutants for industrial application.
Catalysis ; Intramolecular Transferases ; genetics ; Mutation ; Penicillin G ; pharmacology ; Penicillin-Binding Proteins ; genetics ; Streptomyces ; enzymology ; genetics

Adenocarcinoma ; diagnosis ; genetics ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ; diagnosis ; genetics ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; diagnosis ; genetics ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 ; blood ; metabolism ; DNA Methylation ; Genes, p16 ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; genetics ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins ; blood ; metabolism

Objective To research the mechanism or pathway through which Substance P(SP) inhibits r-aminobutyric acid(GABA) activated currents in bullfrog dorsal root ganglion(DRG) neurons.Method The experiment was conducted on freshly isolated bullfrog dorsal root ganglion neurons using a whole-cell patch-clamp technique.Results SP could caused a slow inward current when SP was applied to DRG neurons;SP could inhibits GABA-activated currents;The inhibition could be reduced largely when protein kinase C(PKC) inhibiter,1-(5-isoquinolinesulphorry)-2-methylpiperazine(H-7), was dialyzed in cell body.Conclusion The SP ton inhibit GABA-activated currents through protein kinase C.

Objective To evaluate the application value of T cell infected with Mybacterium tuberculosis assay in diagnosis of smear and culture negative pulmonary tuberculosis .Methods In total ,145 patients with smear and culture negative pulmonary tu‐berculosis and 45 patients with non‐tuberculosis lung disease were enrolled in the study .All patients received T cell infected with Mybacterium tuberculosis test and sensitivity ,specificity ,positive predicted value ,negative predicted value of testing for the diagno‐sis of smear and culture‐negative TB patients were calculated .Results The sensitivity of specificity T cell infected with Mybacteri‐um tuberculosis assay in diagnosis of smear and culture negative pulmonary tuberculosis was 85 .5% ,the specificity was 84 .4% , positive predicted value was 94 .7% ,negative predicted value was 64 .4% .No statistical significance in age‐dependent groups(P>0 .05) .Conclusion T cell infected with Mybacterium tuberculosis assay has high positive predicted value in diagnosis of smear and culture negative pulmonary tuberculosis and is suitable for clinical auxiliary diagnosis .

Objective To study the effect of sanguinarine on the growth and radiosensitivity of ovarian cancer SK-OV-3 cells.Methods Cell growth was determined by MTT and clonogenic assay.Cell cycle analysis was performed by flow cytometry assay.The cell apoptosis was analyzed by Annexin V/PI assay.Results Sanguinarine inhibited SK-OV-3 cell growth in a dose-and time-dependent fashion and its IC50 values were 3.02 and 1.11 μmol/L at 24 and 48 h,respectively. Sanguinarine also significantly triggered a sub-G1 peak,an indicator of apoptosis,and caused a G0/G1 arrest.Furthermore,the cell apoptosis induced by X-irradiation was significantly increased at 6 Gy when the cells were pre-treated with sanguinarine,in which the early apoptotic population increased from 10.28％ to 43.28％ (t =19.41,P ＜0.01 ) and the late apoptotic population increased from 20.26％ to 30.80％ ( t =8.78,P ＜ 0.01 ).The multi-target click model was used to fit survival curves and the SER of sanguinarine treatment approached to 1.625 at the dose of D0. Conclusions Sanguinarine could inhibit SK-OV-3 cell growth by inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest and enhance cell radiosensitivity at low doses.

Objective:To explore the effect of different hemoperfusion times on the recovery of serum cholinesterase (ChE) in patients with severe acute oral organophosphorus pesticide poisoning (AOPP).Methods:This was a retrospective case-control study. Patients with severe AOPP admitted to our hospital were identified between January 2010 and December 2019. The clinical information of patients with severe AOPP was collected between January 2010 and December 2019, the patient's ChE vitality levels were collected on admission, at 1, 3 and 5 days after admission, and the sex, age, oral poison volume, and related treatments were recorded as well. The relationship between ChE, different HP treatment times and patients without HP treatment was analyzed by generalized estimation equations and multiple comparisons afterward.Results:A total of 159 patients with severe AOPP were included in our study. Among them, 60 (37.74%) patients were male and 99 (62.26%) were female, with a median age of 33 years old (range 13-75 years old). The median oral dose of OPs was 75 mL (range 15-500 mL). Multivariate analysis results showed that in the unadjusted generalized estimation equation, compared with patients without HP treatment, the average ChE value of patients with single HP treatment was 745.6 U/L higher (95% CI: 467.09 - 1024.1; P<0.01), the average ChE value of patients with 2 times HP treatment was 565.81 U/L higher (95% CI: 384.25-747.36; P<0.01), and the average ChE value of patients with 3 times HP treatment was 43.86 U/L higher (95% CI: 420.71-1 067.01; P<0.01), the differences were all statistically significant. After adjusting the amount of oral OPs at admission, age and PSS score in the multiple generalized estimation equations, the results showed that whatever single HP treatment or multiple HP treatment, the recovery rate of ChE was significantly faster than those without HP treatment. And the multiple comparison results of multiple models showed that the difference between 3 times HP treatment and 1 to 2 times HP treatment was not statistically significant, and the average difference between 2 times HP treatment and single HP treatment was also not statistically significant. Conclusions:Hemoperfusion therapy can accelerate the recovery rate of ChE in AOPP patients; Whatever single HP treatment or multiple HP treatments, the recovery rate of ChE in AOPP patients has no significant difference.

Objective:To optimize the formula of film-forming materials for compound rhizoma corydalis plastics. Methods:Poly-vinyl alcohol 124 (PVA124) and bletilla striata gum were selected as the film-forming materials. The amounts of PVA 124, bletilla striata gum, glycerol and absolute ethanol were used as the influencing factors in an orthogonal test with the composite score of film-forming time and appearance as the indices to screen out the best composition of film-forming materials. Results:The best composition of film-forming materials was as follows:8 g PVA 124, 1 g bletilla striata gum, 2 ml glycerol and 15 ml ethanol. Conclusion:The op-timized film-forming materials can be used for the preparation of compound rhizoma corydalis plastics.