Objective To study the relationship between smoking and the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis(TB) in Chinese people.Methods The Pubmed database and three Chinese databases such as Wanfang Data,Veipu data(VIP) and China national knowledge infrastructure database (CNKI) were retrieved.The literatures on the relationship between smoking and pulmonary TB incidence in Chinese people published before April 2016 were analyzed.Results Fifteen studies were included,after excluding 1 low quality study,the rest had no statistical heterogeneity.The merged odd ratio (OR) was 1.71,95 ％ confidence interval (CI) 1.51-1.90.Two studies observed the relationship between the amount of cigarettes and TB pathogenesis,but there was heterogeneity and could not be further merged the OR value for conducting analysis.No subgroup analysis of gender was performed in all studies.Conclusion The risk suffering from pulmonary TB in Chinese smokers is 1.71 fold of non-smokers,and smoking increases the risk of pulmonary TB onset.

Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Blotting, Western ; Brain ; metabolism ; Disease Models, Animal ; Hypoxia, Brain ; metabolism ; Immunohistochemistry ; Myelin Proteins ; genetics ; immunology ; metabolism ; Nogo Proteins ; RNA, Messenger ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Time Factors

Objective:To explore the influence of RNAi mediated Slug silencing on the growth and metastasis of colon cancer in nude mice.Methods: HCT116 colon cancer cells use for 24 five-week-old nude mice implanted subcutaneously , established colon cancer xenograft model in nude mice ,all divided into blank control group ,negative control group and the experimental group ,each group had eight nude mices.All group were injected with saline , negative plasmid and lentivirus vectors respectively.Tumor growth was observed and draw tumor curved growth ,changes in tumor growth and lymph node metastasis between the groups were observed ,Slug gene and protein expression were detected by immunohistochemistry ,qRT-PCR and Western blot analysis.Results: Slug gene shRNA intervention group compared with the control group and negative control group ,tumor grew slower ,tumor mass was significantly reduced (3.08±0.31 vs 7.37±1.18,7.46±1.16,P＜0.01),experimental group of lymph node-positive rate was 36.3%( 4 /11 ) ,compared to the negative control group 77.8% ( 14/18 ) and the control group was 68.4% ( 13/19 ) ( P＜0.01 ).Conclusion: Targeted Slug RNA interference can significantly inhibit the growth of colon cancer in nude mice ,lymph node metastasis and the expression of the gene protein in cancer tissue ,Slug may be a potential molecular target for colon cancer gene therapy.

Objective To evaluate the role of p38MAPK signaling pathway in the up-regulation of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression during hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation (HSR)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) in mice. Methods Thirty-two C3H/HeN (wild-type) mice, aged 10-12 weeks, weighing 20-25 g, were randomly divided into 4 groups (n = 8 each): sham operation group (group S); group HSR; FR167653 (a p38MAPK inhibitor) group (group FR) and FR167653 + HSR group (group FR + HSR). HSR was induced according to the methods described by Ayala et al. MAP was reduced to 35-45 mm Hg and maintained for 60 min.Then the animals were resuscitated with transfusion of the shed blood and lactated Ringer's solution equivalent to the volume of shed blood. FR167653 5 mg/kg was injected intravenosly in group FR. FR167653 5 mg/kg was injected intravenously 30 min before blood-letting in group FR + HSR. The animals were sacrificed by exsanguination at 6 h after resuscitation. The lungs were immediately removed for microscopic examination. The W/D lung weight ratio was calculated and the levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO), IL-10, IL-6 and HO-1 and activated p38MAPK were determined (by ELISA).Results Compared with group S, the pathological score, W/D ratio, the levels of MPO, IL-10, IL-6 and HO-1 and the level of activated p38MAPK were significantly increased in group HSR, the pathological score, W/D ratio and the level of HO-1 were significantly increased in group HSR + FR ( P ＜ 0.01) .Compared with group HSR, the pathological score, W/D ratio, the levels of MPO, IL-10, IL-6 and HO-1 and activated p38MAPK were significantly decreased in group HSR + FR ( P ＜ 0.01 ). Conclusion p38MAPK signaling pathway mediates the up-regulation of HO-1 expression during HSR-induced ALI in mice.

Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) refers to primary non-traumatic parenchymal hemorrhage.Its mortality and disability are extremely high.A simple and easy clinical grading scale for ICH can not only evaluate the prognosis of patients,but also has an important guiding significance for clinical treatment and clinical research.This article reviews the contents of major intracerebral hemorrhage scales,external validation,advantages and disadvantages,and explains its scope of application and clinical application.

BACKGROUND:Bone cement solidification can improve the stability, strength and mechanical support of fractured vertebrae. However, there are few studies on the effect of bone cement dispersion within the fracture line on percutaneous vertebroplasty. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the effect of bone cement dispersion within the fracture line of thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures on percutaneous vertebroplasty. METHODS:Totaly 90 patients with thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures were enroled, 53-80 years old, including 42 males and 48 females. Al these patients underwent percutaneous vertebroplasty with bone cement injection, and divided into two groups according to bone cement dispersion conditions: study group with good bone cement dispersion (n=60) and control group with poor bone cement dispersion (n=30). Visual analogue scale scores, Oswestry dysfunction index, Cobb's angle and adverse reactions were recordedbefore and after treatment. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:There were no differences in the visual analogue scale score and Oswestry dysfunction index between the two groups before treatment (P > 0.05). The visual analogue scale scores were significantly lower in the study group than the control group at 3 days after treatment and at the last folow-up (P < 0.05); the Oswestry dysfunction index and Cobb's angle were also lower in the study group than the control group at 3 days after treatment (P < 0.05). However, no difference was found in the Oswestry dysfunction index, Cobb's angle and bone cement leakage between the two groups at the last folow-up. These findings indicate that the percutaneous vertebroplasty show better effects on pain relief in patients with good bone cement dispersion that those with poor bone cement dispersion, and the vertebral stability is better as wel as the short-term effect is more obvious.

Objective To study the inner diameter and hemodynamics of ophthalmic artery(OA)and central retinal artery(CRA)in hyperuricemia by Enhance-flow(eFlow)imaging and spectral Doppler.Methods One hundred and one patients with hyperuricemia and 30 volunteers were selected,the inner diameter in eFlow imaging and the peak systolic velocities(PSV),the end diastolic velocities(EDV),the resistive index(RI)were measured,and pulsatility index(PI)of OA and CRA were measured by spectral Doppler.The 101 patients were divided into two groups according to the time of diagnosing hyperuricemia,one group had a diagnosis of hyperuricemia for more than five years and the other had such a diagnosis for less than five years.The data were compared by t-test.Then,the patients were further divided into a group of hyperuricemia combined with hypertension and the other without hypertension.The differences between the experimental group and the group of volunteers were carried out by One-way ANOVA,the comparison between two groups were analyzed with SNK.Results The RI(0.68±0.09)and PI(1.3±0.4)of OA in patients who were diagnosed as hyperuricemia for more than 5 years was higher[RI:0.63±0.09,PI:1.1±0.3(t=3.504,P=0.001 ;t=3.164,P=0.002)],the EDV[(6±3)cm/s]of OA was lower than those patients with a diagnosis of hyperuricemia for less than 5 years[(8±5)cm/s,t=1.988,P=0.049].The PSV[(11.5±3.5)cm/s]and EDV[(3.7±1.1)cm/s]of CRA in hyperuricemia combination hypertension group was lower,and the RI (0.88±1.40)was higher than hyperuricemia without hypertension group[PSV:(13.5±4.0)cm/s,EDV:(4.1±1.2)cm/s,RI:0.67±0.08].Conclusion By eFlow and spectral Doppler,we have found that hyperu-ricemia could accelerate OA and CRA atherosclerosis.The eFlow and spectral Doppler are valuable methods to study the hemodynamics in ophthalmic artery of patients with hyperuricemia.

25 mmHg) had no response to conservative management, and,therefore,had to be decompressed by invasive procedure,including 6 patients performed by decompression laparotomy,2 patients by laparoscopic decompression and 5 patients by ultrasound/computed tomography location and needle paracentesis drainage.These 13 ACS patients had obvious amelioration in physiological variables (hemodynamic,respiratory and tissue perfusion) after 24 hour post-decompression (P

Objective To explore the effects of rosiglitazone (ROSI),a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors-gamma (PPAR-γ) ligand,on hyperlipidemia in rats with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) associated with lung injury.Methods A total of 120 male SD rats received intragastric administration of high fat diet for two weeks to induce experimental hyperlipemia.The hyperlipidemic rats were randomly (random number) divided into six groups:hyperlipidemia (HL) group (n =20),hyperlipidemia with SAP (HP) group (n =20),hyperlipidemia with rosiglitazone intervention (HRP) group (n =20),hyperlipidemia with rosiglitazone and antagonist to rosiglitazone (HRGP) group (n =20),rosiglitazone control (HR) group (n =20) and antagonist control (HG) group (n =20).The SAP was induced by a retrograde infusion of 5％ sodium tauroholate into bile-pancreatic duct,and the SAP was established in HP group,HRP group and HRGP group.In HL group,HR group and HG group,equivalent volume of normal saline was used instead of sodium taurocholate.In HRP group and HR group,ROSI (6 mg/kg) was administered via the femoral vein 1 hour prior to the administration of sodium taurocholate.In HRGP group,GW9662 (0.3 mg/kg),an antagonist to PPRA-gamma,was given via the femoral vein 30 min prior to the administration of ROSI.In HG group,only GW9662 (0.3 mg/kg) was given via the left femoral vein 30 min prior to pretend SAP modeling.Rats from each group were sacrificed by exsanguination 12 h after SAP modeling.Blood samples were taken from all subjects to measure serum amylase (AMY),total cholesterol (TC),triglycerides (TG),Successive sections of the paraffin embedded tissue from pancreas and lung were taken for pathological examination with hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining.Histopathological changes of pancreatic and pulmonary tissues observed under light microscope were evaluated.In pulmonary tissue,nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) p65 expression was assayed by immunohistochemistry.Intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM-1) protein and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-γ) protein levels were studied using Western blot analysis.Results The serum levels of TC and TG in HL group and HP group were significantly higher than those in HR group and HRP group (1.24 ± 0.28,1.14 0.08 vs.0.41 ±0.17,0.58±0.12;14.86±1.47,12.42±0.96 vs.6.52±2.04,7.36±0.95,allP＜ 0.05);The levels of serum AMY,W/D ratio,pancreas pathologic score,lung pathologic score,expression of NF-κB p65,ICAM-1 and TNF-α in pancreas in the HP group and HRGP group were significantly higher than those in HL group,HR group,and HG group (6 501.9 ±3 770.0,5 922.2 ±925.9 vs.1 139.3 ± 35.6,1 070.8 ±67.0,1 012.4 ±94.7;3.14±0.16,3.06±0.12vs.1.81 ±0.13,1.76±0.23,1.83 ± 0.18;all P ＜0.05);Compared with the HP group and HRGP group,the levels of serum AMY,TC and TG were significantly decreased in HR group and HRP group,ameliorating pancreas and lung pathological damage,and down-regulating the expression of NF-κB p65,ICAM-1 and TNF-α in pulmonary tissue (all P ＜ 0.05).While there were no statistically significant differences in above biomarkers between HP group and HRGP group (all P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Our study demonstrates that ROSI exerts anti-hyperlipidemic effect and anti-inflammatory effect on hyperlipidemia in rats with sodium taurocholate-induced severe acute pancreatitis associated with lung injury by inhibiting NF-κB and down-regulating the expression of TNF-α and ICAM-1.

Objective To investigate the potential effects of vegetables and fruits (F&V) consumption on the prevention of hypertension in Chinese population of North China.Methods A cohort of 10 635 cases were established in Kailuan community in Tangshan city and Jingmei community in Beijing city in July 2012.After a mean follow-up time of 47.2 month,the potential effects of different amounts of vegetables,fruits and F&V consumption on the new incidence of hypertension were studied and compared with univariant by multivariant Cox regression method.Results A total of 10 104 completed the follow-up survey and 576 cases of new hypertension were recorded.The incidence of hypertension in participants with ≤2,>2.0-<4.1-<5.0,≥5.0 serving F&V per day was 6.2%,6.0%,5.1% and 4.6%,respectively.With comparison to those participants consuming the lowest amount of vegetables,fruits and F&V,the hazard ratio for reducing the risk of hypertension and the 95% confidence intervals were 0.62 (0.46-0.83),0.87(0.78-0.97) and 0.69(0.54-0.80) for separate vegetables and fruits and total F&V(P<0.05).Conclusion Increasing the consumption of vegetables and fruits can significantly bring down the incidence of hypertension in North China populations.