OBJECTIVETo investigate the clinical effect of Devine's technique with free skin grafting in the treatment of concealed penis with prepuce deficit.

METHODSThis study included 7 children with concealed penis, aged 6 - 15 (mean 8.6) years, 6 of them treated by circumcision previously. All the patients underwent Devine's operation to resect the inelasticity sarcolemma and lengthen the penis. The length of prepuce deficit ranged from 2 to 4 cm. Intermediate split thickness skin grafts of the corresponding length were taken from the femoribus internus to wrap up the tunica albuginea penis, followed by the procedures of saturation, encapsulation and fixation.

RESULTSSurgery time ranged from 70 to 120 minutes, averaging 90.5 minutes. The penis was prolonged about 2 - 4 cm after surgery. A 6-month follow-up revealed desirable penile appearance and normal penile erection.

CONCLUSIONDevine's technique with free skin grafting from the femoribus internus is an ideal treatment for concealed penis with prepuce deficit.

Adolescent ; Child ; Foreskin ; abnormalities ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Penis ; abnormalities ; surgery ; Skin Transplantation ; Surgery, Plastic ; methods ; Surgical Flaps

OBJECTIVETo investigate the clinical and pathological features, diagnosis and treatment of cystic lymphangioma of the spermatic cord.

METHODSOne case of cystic lymphangioma of the spermatic cord in a 71-year-old patient was retrospectively analyzed and the relevant literature was reviewed.

RESULTSThe patient, presented with spermatic cord hydrocele, was treated by local excision of the tumor, which was pathologically diagnosed as cystic lymphangioma. No relapse was found during a 3-month follow-up after the operation.

CONCLUSIONLymphangioma of the spermatic cord is a benign tumor. Preoperation ultrasonography and CT are important for determining the location and nature of lymphangioma. Surgical excision is an effective option for the treatment of cystic lymphangioma of the spermatic cord.

Aged ; Genital Neoplasms, Male ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Humans ; Lymphangioma, Cystic ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Male ; Retrospective Studies ; Spermatic Cord ; pathology ; Treatment Outcome

This study was purposed to investigate the expression and clonal proliferation of receptor (TCR) Vbeta subfamilies of the T-cells in acute leukemic patients at different disease status (onset, complete remission or relapse) and to analyze the influence of the leukemic cell load on anti-leukemic effect of peripheral T-lymphocytes of the patients. Gene sequences of peripheral TCR Vbeta 24 families from 11 leukemic patients and 3 normal donors were expanded by RT-PCR. Genescan technique was applied to evaluate clonal expression of the TCRVbeta subfamilies, clonal characteristics of the CDR3 from peripheral blood of AML patients at different disease status. The application, clonal proliferation, cellular complexity of T-cells, and the variation of immunotypes of T-cells were compared. The results indicated that the lower and partial distribution of TCR Vbeta subfamily was found in all 11 patients when firstly diagnosed; the expression of TCR Vbeta subfamilies after induction in vitro increased; obvious elevation of TCR Vbeta subfamilies was observed in patients at complete remission although expression level was still lower than normal, whereas the significant descent of TCR Vbeta subfamilies was detected in 4 relapsed patients. Only 1 - 2 clonal proliferation of TCR Vbeta subfamilies existed in 9 out of 11 patients at initial diagnosis which increased at remission. The status of clonal proliferation of Vbeta subfamily T-cells continued regardless of any different disease status in most patients. There was an obvious decrease of CDR3 complexity at initial diagnosis or relapse, while CDR3 complexity would be partially improved at remission. It is concluded that the restrict distribution and expression of TCR Vbeta subfamilies were found in AML patients. Clonal proliferation of T-cells Vbeta subfamily continuously exists regardless of any different disease status in most patients. Some Vbeta subfamilies sustain clonal proliferation at different disease status. Some clonal proliferations of Vbeta subfamilies are associated with the effects of leukemic cells, CDR3 complexity obviously decreases under disease status which can be partially improved at remission.
Adult ; Aged ; Clone Cells ; Complementarity Determining Regions ; genetics ; Female ; Humans ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute ; genetics ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell ; genetics ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Young Adult

The anhydrite and gypsum are the main sulfate minerals during evaporation of seawater or lake.They record the information about relative hydrogeology and the composition of mother liquor.Boron is diffluent element, and often occurs in all kinds of evaporites.Presently, the boron isotope has been applied widely in mineral deposits forming, geochemistry and palaeoenvironment.However, there is little research about characteristic of boron isotope in anhydrite and gypsum minerals, because of the low content of boron and micro-solubility in water and hydrochloric acid.This study developed a method of extracting and purifying boron in anhydrite and gypsum by phase transformation and ion-exchange.Firstly, the samples were mixed with ammonium hydrogen carbonate to transform the calcium sulfate to calcium carbonate.And diluted hydrochloric acid (1 mol/L) was added to resolve calcium carbonate.The percent conversion was about 85%in the first stage, and up to complete resolution by repeating this process.Secondly, boron specific ion-exchange resin ( Amberlite IRA 743 ) was used to gather the boron ions fully and further refined the samples with more than 1 μg of boron by anionic and cationic resin mixed by Ion Exchange Ⅱ and Dowex 50 W × 8.Finally, according to the modified method by He, the values of boron isotope were determined by TIMS.The boron content is analytically pure gypsum was 3.501 ± 0.128 μg/g ( n=12 , RSD=3.6%) and the average recovery was 100.47%.Besides, the δ11B value of analytically pure gypsum added with NIST SRM 951 was 17.98‰±0.21‰ (n=3, RSD=1.2%).This method has good repeatability and can meet the requirements of boron isotopic measurement of anhydrite and gypsum.

AIM To study the chemical constituents from the twigs of Morus alba L..METHODS The 60％ ethanol extract from M.alba twigs was isolated and purified by ODS,sephadax LH-20 and semi-preparative column,then the structures of obtained compounds were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral data.RESULTS Ten compounds were isolated and identified as 4'-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-2'-hydroxyresveratrol 3-(6-O-β-D-glucopyanosyl-β-D-glucopyranoside) (1),3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-2'-hydroxyresveratrol 4'-(6-O-β-D-glucopyanosyl-β-D-glucopyranoside) (2),mulberroside A (3),mulberroside E (4),mulberroside F (5),transoxyresveratrol-4'-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (6),trans-oxyresveratrol 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (7),cis-mulberroside A (8),3,4-dimethoxyphenyl β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (9),kelampayoside A (10).CONCLUSION Compounds 9 and 10 are isolated from genus Morus for the first time,compounds 1,2,4-7 are first isolated from this plant.

To observe the contribution of FoxO1 on its downstream molecules expression and function in Jurkat cells,Jurkat cells were infected with FoxO1 expression lentivirus and interference lentivirus to establish FoxO1-KLF2-S1P1 signaling pathways mod-el.After infection of 120 h,FoxO1,KLF2,S1P1 and CD62L mRNA levels and the protein expression of FoxO1,FoxO1-p and KLF2 were increased (P<0.05) in FoxO1-overexpression group.Converse results(P<0.05) were observed in the interference group.The proportions of S1P1+cells were increased in both groups.It was notably that S1P1+cells were decreased(P<0.05) in interference group after infection of 72 h.The proportion of CD62L+cells was increased(P<0.05) in overexpression group,it was decreased(P<0.05) in the interference group.This vitro experiments showed S1P1 and CD62L could be regulated by FoxO1 lentivirus,and provided an experimental basis for research about intracellular FoxO1-KLF2-S1P1 signaling pathways and cellular functions.

In this article, medication characteristics of professor Li Dian-gui in treating chronic atrophic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia(CAGIM) were analyzed through traditional Chinese medicine inheritance support system(version 2.5). 276 cases and 625 prescriptions were collected to analyze five types of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) syndromes and the medicine-syndrome correlation. The results showed that medication characteristics of professor Li Dian-gui in treating CAGIM included drug combination of aromatic medicine bitter-cold herbs, preferring to activating to invigorate the spleen and good at using the qi-regulating drugs. It demonstrated that we can adopt the therapy of Huazhuo Jiedu and Xingpi Xingqi therapies in treating CAGIM in addition to the traditional approach of nourishing Yin and activating blood circulation, opening up a novel approach for TCM in healing the pathema.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the optimal time window for intervention of BK virus (BKV) replication and its effect on the outcomes of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs).

METHODSA retrospective analysis of the clinical data and treatment regimens was conducted among KTRs whose urine BKV load was ≥1.0×10copies/mL following the operation between April, 2000 and April, 2015. KTRs with urine BKV load <1.0×10copies/mL matched for transplantation time served as the control group.

RESULTSA total of 54 recipients positive for urine BKV were included in the analysis. According to urine BKV load, the recipients were divided into 3 groups: group A with urine BKV load of 1.0×10-1.0×10copies/mL (n=22), group B with urine BKV load >1.0×10copies/mL (n=24), and group C with plasma BKV load ≥1.0×10copies/mL (n=8); 47 recipients were included in the control group. During the follow-up for 3.2-34.5 months, the urine and plasma BKV load was obviously lowered after intervention in all the 54 BKV-positive recipients (P<0.05). Eighteen (81.82%) of the recipients in group A and 19 (79.17%) in group B showed stable or improved estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) after the intervention; in group C, 4 recipients (50%) showed stable eGFR after the intervention. In the last follow-up, the recipients in groups A and B showed similar eGFR with the control group (P>0.05), but in group C, eGFR was significantly lower than that of the control group (P=0.001). The recipients in group A and the control group had the best allograft outcome with stable or improved eGFR.

CONCLUSIONEarly intervention of BKV replication (urine BKV load ≥1.0×10copies/mL) in KTRs with appropriate immunosuppression reduction can be helpful for stabilizing the allograft function and improving the long-term outcomes.

Toll-like receptors 4(TLR4),an important member of the TLR family,is considered as gene encoding LPS recep?tors,and major receptors for identifying lipopolysaccharide(LPS).LPS-induced TLR4 signaling pathway plays a key role in endotox?emia.After TLR4 activated by LPS,the mitogen-activated protein kinase(MAPK)signaling pathway and nuclear transcription factor κB(NF-κB)are activated and large amounts of inflammatory factors are released,triggering inflammatory cascade reaction.This arti?cle reviews the mechanisms of endotoxemia in treatment based on TLR4 signal pathway in three perspectives:the effects of LPS-TLR4 signaling pathway on the upstream target proteins,LPS-induced TLR4 signal transduction,and the downstream target proteins regulat?ed by LPS-TLR4 signaling pathway.

Objective:To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of an aggregational gastroenteritis and determine the genotypes of sapovirus， and to provide scientific basis for formulating effective control strategies. Methods:Unified case definition， active case search and descriptive epidemiology were used to analyze the epidemic. Feces or anal swabs of untreated students， teachers， canteen staff as well as canteen environment samples were collected. Norovirus and sapovirus nucleic acid tests were conducted by real-time fluorescent RT-PCR， and sapovirus nucleic acid was amplified by conventional RT-PCR. The gene region of capsid protein was analyzed by MEGA7.0 software and phylogenetic tree was constructed. Results:A total of 12 cases were reported in the epidemic， and the incidence rate was 44.44%. All reported cases， with vomiting symptoms， were found in the same class. The epidemic showed a point-based outbreak. The first case became the source of infection in class， and the epidemic lasted for 8 days. Real-time fluorescent RT-PCR assay confirmed that five children's feces were positive for sapovirus nucleic acid， and the first-episode children's feces were positive for sapovirus and GII norovirus nucleic acid. Sequence alignment result showed that the sapovirus strains belonged to GI.1 type with homologous genes. Conclusion:Based on the clinical manifestations， field epidemiological investigation and laboratory test results， we confirm that the first case of the epidemic in class is caused by GI.1 sapovirus infection. The epidemic is effectively controlled by comprehensive measures such as case isolation and disinfection.