Capillary leak syndrome (CLS) is a common and life-threatening disorder in children.The common pathogenies are sepsis,severe trauma,shock,asphyxia,extracorporeal circulation,ischemical reperfusion injury and so on.It is characterized by shock resulting from leakage of plasma,which is refected by accompanying hemoconcentration,hypoalbuminemia and edema,sometimes followed by multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.Clinicians should consider the diagnosis in patients with unexplained edema and hypotension.To know the pathophysiology and clinical course will be benefit to proper medicine choosen.

OBJECTIVETo observe the efficacy of encephalopathy therapeutic tongue acupoint apparatus (ETTAA) in the treatment of autism.

METHODSEighty-four children of autism were randomly divided into a tongue acupuncture group (group A) and a conventional training group (group B), 42 cases in each group. The behavior training and sensory integration training were carried out in group B and the ETTAA was added in group A. The apparatus was switched on for 20 min every time and 3 times a day. Treatment of two months were carried out in both groups. The score of childhood autism rating scale (CARS) and clinical efficacy in both groups were observed before and after treatment.

RESULTSAfter treatment, the CARS in both groups were significantly reduced (42.39 +/- 6.86 vs 32.15 +/- 5.12, P < 0.001; 44.58 +/- 6.76 vs 39.72 +/- 7.11, P < 0.05), which was more significant in group A (P < 0.01). The totally effective rate in group A [90.5% (38/42)] was superior to that in group B [66.7% (28/42), P < 0.01].

CONCLUSIONThe clinical efficacy in tongue acupuncture group is apparently superior to that in conventional training group, ETTAA combined with conventional training have a better curative effect in the treatment of autism.

Acupressure ; Acupuncture Points ; Autistic Disorder ; therapy ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Tongue ; anatomy & histology

Objective To estimate help-seeking behavior among individual with overactive bladder (OAB) in type 2 diabetes mellitus and its influencing factors.Methods This was a cross-sectional survey with a representative sample of 133 patients with OAB in type 2 diabetes mellitus responded the questionnaires,including a self-designed Demographic Data Questionnaire,12-item Short-Form health survey questionnaire,Overactive Bladder Symptom Score,Patient Perception of Bladder Condition,Help-seeking Behavior Questionnaire.Results Among cases,21.8％(29/133) had seen a doctor for voiding problems.In the Logistic model,educational status,Charlson comorbidity index,glycosylated hemoglobin,and OAB symptom bother were found to be associated with help-seeking behavior,OR value(95％ confidence interval) were 3.158(1.511-6.599),2.537(1.327-4.849),0.631(0.430-0.926),1.655(1.126-2.434),P ＜0.01 or 0.05.Conclusions The help-seeking rate of OAB individuals in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients is low.Health care providers should understand the predictors of help-seeking behavior and take actions to improve patient's health care utilization and quality of life.

Objective:To explore the correlation between the indexes of tongue coating exfoliated cells and the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndromes of patients with chronic gastritis.Methods:One hundred and forty-eight patients with chronic gastritis in our hospital from March 2017 to May 2018 were selected and divided into 4 groups, including 36 patients with spleen and stomach weakness syndrome, 39 patients with liver-stomach discordance syndrome, 32 patients with stomach yin deficiency syndrome, and spleen and 41patients with stomach damp-heat syndrome according to the TCM classification. In addition, another 50 healthy people without cold and heat deficiency syndrome were selected as healthy control group. The maturity index (MI) and mature value (MV) of tongue coating exfoliated cells, chemical indicators and cell cycle of tongue coating exfoliated cells were detected. The spearman rank correlation method was used to analyze the indicators of tongue coating exfoliated cells and TCM syndromes.Results:Compared with the healthy control group, the subjects with spleen and stomach weakness syndrome, liver-stomach discord syndrome, stomach-yin deficiency syndrome, spleen-stomach damp-heat syndrome showed significantly higher percentage of intermediate cells [(14.85 ± 4.03) % vs. (26.47 ± 3.94) %, (22.32 ± 5.41) %, (31.47 ± 3.28) %, (35.62 ± 3.96) %, P<0.05], significantly lower percentage of surface cells [(85.15 ± 5.33) % vs. (73.53 ± 6.47) %, (77.68 ± 5.38) %, (68.53 ± 4.20) %, (64.38 ± 4.39) %, P<0.05], and significantly lower percentage of MV value [(92.61 ± 3.74) % vs. (83.52 ± 3.10) %, (87.64 ± 2.95) %, (79.38 ± 3.21) %, (75.63 ± 2.83) %, P<0.05]. Compared with the healthy control group, the ACP, LDH, SDH, and -SH in tongue coating exfoliated cells of subjects with spleen and stomach weakness syndrome, liver and stomach discordance syndrome, and stomach yin deficiency syndrome were all significantly decreased ( P<0.05), while ACP, LDH, SDH, and -SH in subjects with spleen and stomach damp-heat syndrome were all significantly increased ( P<0.05). the percentage of cells in G1 phase of subjects with gastric yin deficiency and spleen and stomach damp-heat syndrome were significantly decreased ( P<0.05), while the percentage of S phase cells were significantly increased ( P<0.05). Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that each syndrome type was correlated with ACP, LDH, SDH, -SH ( r values were 0.608, 0.712, 0.704, 0.631, respectively, all Ps<0.05). Conclusion:Patients with different TCM syndromes of chronic gastritis may have different morphological changes of tongue coating exfoliated cells, large differences in cell cycle, and different levels of cell biochemical indicators.

Objective To study the therapeutic effects of combined use of laparoscopic cholecystetomy and endoscopic sphincterotomy for cholecystolithiasis with secondary choledocholithiasis.Methods Thirty-five patients were diagnosed as cholecystolithiasis with secondary choledocholithiasis by B-ultrasonography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.Of them,in 28 cases,laparoscopic cholecystetomy was performed first,and ERCP and endoscopic sphincterotomy were done one week later;in 7 cases,endoscopic sphincterotomy were performed before laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Results The outcome of all the thirty-five cases was satisfactory without severe complications or conversion into open procedure.Conclusions The method of combined laparoscopic cholecystomy and endoscopic sphincterotomy,for cholecystolithiasis with secondy choledocholithiasis,especially for cases in whom the diameter of the common bile duct stone is ≤1cm,can give good therapeutic results and has advantages of minimal invasiveness,few complications and quick recovery.

Objective Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) is a flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent oxidase, which participates in many biological processes , such as cell proliferation and differentiation and gene activation and repression .The aim of this study was to investigate LSD1 acetylation by histone deacetylase inhib -itor trichostatin A ( TSA) and its effect on TSA-induced apoptosis of ovarian cancer cells . Methods LSD1 shRNA was synthesized and implanted into the pLKO-Tet-On lentiviral vector , which was transfected into HO8910 and SKOV3 ovarian cancer cell lines , and then the transfected cells were screened with 1.5μg/mL puromycin for one week until stable clones were established .The cells were treated for 48 hours with methanol (2 mg/mL, control), TSA (200 nmol/L), TCP (100μmol/L), or TSA+TCP.And in the experiment of RNA interfering the LSD1 expression, the cells were also treated for 48 hours with methanol (2 mg/mL, control), TSA (200 nmol/L), Dox (100 ng/mL), or TSA +Dox.The levels of LSD1 acetylation and its substrate histone H3 lysine 4 dimethylation (H3K4me2) were de-tected by immunoprecipitation (IP) and Western blot.The apoptosis of the cells was determined by Annexin Ⅴ/PI staining and flow cytometry, the transcription levels of the Bax and p21 genes detected by real-time quantitative PCR, and the H3K4me2levels in the promoter regions of Bax and p21 measured by chromatin immunoprecipitation ( ChIP ) .Results In comparison with the methanol control, the TSA group showed significantly increased levels of LSD 1 acetylation in the HO8910(1.00±0.29 vs 5.83±0.46, P<0.01) and SKOV3 cells ( 1.00±0.24 vs 5.07±0.35, P<0.01) as well as that of H3K4me2 ( P<0.01);the total apoptosis rates of HO 8910 and SKOV3 cells were remarkably increased in the TSA, TCP, and TSA+TCP groups (P<0.05), even more significantly in the TSA+TCP than in the TSA and TCP groups ( P<0.05) .The mRNA expressions of Bax and p21 in the HO8910 cells were markedly upregulated in the TSA, Dox, and TSA+Dox groups (P<0.05), even more significantly in the latter than in the former two groups (P<0.05).The TSA group exhibited a higher level of H 3K4me2 than the methanol control in the promoters of Bax(2 .92±0.26 vs 0.68±0.19, P<0.01) and p21 (3.07±0.29 vs 0.93±0.17, P<0.01). Conclusion TSA induces the LSD1 acetylation, while suppression of LSD1 expres-sion and activity may enhance the antitumor activity of TSA .

This study primarily explored and discussed‘generality and individuality’mode in clinical teaching of congenital heart disease(Congenital heart disease,CHD)from the aspects of teaching methods,comparison with traditional method,requirements for teachers and problems existed under present conditions.At last the paper summarized advantages and disadvantages of this model in clinical teaching of CHD and offered a new approach for clinical teaching of cardiology.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the distributive path and proliferative rule of marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in the rat transplanted via caudal vein from male rat to female rats model of chronic aristolochic acid nephropathy (CAAN).

METHODSCells taken from femoral bone marrow of male Wistar rats were made into single cell suspension, cultured, purified and identified as MSCs. MSCs were transplanted via caudal vein into 50 female Wistar CAAN model rats allocated in the test group, they were killed, 10 rats in a batch, at various time points (6 h, 48 h, 10 d, 30 d and 60 d after transplantation). Besides, 10 rats allocated in the control group were killed on the 30th day after received sham-transplantation. Kidney tissue of all rats was taken for detecting cells originated from the donors by fluorescence in situ hybridization test with FAM-labeled sex determining region of Y chromosome (SRY FISH) probe, and their number in SRY was counted using SRY PCR.

RESULTSMSCs were mainly distributed in the glomerular capillaries at the time points of 6 h and 48 h, but the number of MSCs in glomerular capillaries decreased and those in renal mesenchyma increased at the time points from 10 d to 60 d gradually, then tended to a steady state, meanwhile it showed a stable increasing trend in renal tubule. Cell colony of MSCs could be found in mesenchyma with a slowed down increasing between 30 d to 60 d, but the increasing in tubule was still steady.

CONCLUSIONMSCs originated from the donor can enter the kidney of acceptor and distribute from blood capillary to renal mesenchyma and tubule, and they can long time inhabit there and make propagation.

Animals ; Aristolochic Acids ; toxicity ; Bone Marrow Cells ; cytology ; Cell Proliferation ; Female ; Kidney ; pathology ; Kidney Diseases ; chemically induced ; pathology ; Male ; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells ; cytology ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar

Tongue acupuncture is originated from the theory of TCM through scientific research. Forty points on the tongue are discovered that correspond to organs and certain parts of the body. The findings indicate that the patient with encephalopathy is accompanied by the pathological swelling sublingual fold. The sublingual fold is correlated with spinal and limbs lesions. Tongue acupuncture provides new approaches to treat many diseases. This paper introduces the determined points, manipulation skills and the theory of tongue acupuncture. The applications of PET, fMRI and VEP in tongue acupuncture are covered in this paper.
Acupuncture Therapy ; Humans ; Tongue ; anatomy & histology

In this study, the anti-HBV effects of tea polyphenols (TP) were examined. After cells were exposed to TP for 3, 6, 9 days, amounts of HBsAg, HBeAg and HBV-DNA released into the supernatant of the cultured HepG2 2.2.15 cells were detected. TP, to some extent, inhibited the secretion of HBsAg and strongly suppressed the secretion of HBeAg in a dose-dependent (P<0.01) and time-dependent manner, with 50% maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) value being 7.34 microg/mL on the 9th day, but the time-dependence was not significant (P=0.051). Expression of HBV-DNA in the supernatant of the cell culture also was significantly decreased in a dose-dependent fashion (P<0.01). The IC50 of TP in inhibiting HBV DNA was 2.54 microg/mL. It concluded that TP possessed potential anti-HBV effects and may be used as a treatment alternative for HBV infection.
Antiviral Agents/*pharmacology ; DNA, Viral/analysis ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Flavonoids/*pharmacology ; Hep G2 Cells ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/analysis ; Hepatitis B e Antigens/analysis ; Hepatitis B virus/*drug effects ; Inhibitory Concentration 50 ; Phenols/*pharmacology ; Tea/*chemistry