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Objective To investigate the function of helper T lymphocyte cell(Th)1/Th2 cytokine in food allergy development.Methods A total 110 Balb/c mice were randomly divided into 2 groups:control group(40 mice)and food allergy group(70 mice).Food allergy animal models were established by ovalbumin,performed by skin prick test;in positive reaction mice,serum specific IgE,IL-4 and IFN-? were measured by enzyme linked immuosorbent assay(ELISA),and intestinal pathology were performed,and the mRNA expressions of IL-10,TGF-? in intestinal were measured by real-time PCR assay.Results In food allergy group,the mRNA expression of IL-10,TGF? in intestinal decreased(P

0 05); The protein expression of erbB2 in carcinomas of palate and floor of mouth were obviously higher than the expression in lip cancer and gingival carcinoma( P 0 05).Conclusion The amplification and overexpression of c erbB2 and p53 play important roles in the formation and development of OSCC, the overexpression of c erbB2 protein has more important significance in tumorigenesis of carcinomas of palate and floor of mouth; Not only transcriptional regulation but also translational modulation exists on the expression of c erbB2 and p53. [

Objective To analyze the clinical features of severe pneumonia complicated with congenital heart disease (CHD) . Methods The clinical data of 270 children patients with severe pneumonia complicated with CHD (CHD group) were collected to analyze the relative medical history ,etiology ,bacterial drug resistance and clinical outcomes .Moreover ,636 age-matched children pa-tients with pure severe pneumonia were selected as the control group .Results In the CHD group ,250 cases were infants and 35 ca-ses suffered from repeated pneumonia .Compared with the control group ,the CHD group was earlier in onset and more prone to re-peated pneumonia .Among 270 cases ,totally 220 cases were checked out the pathogens ,but no statistically significant difference in the detection rates of pathogens between the CHD group and the control group was found (P>0 .05);179 cases were infected by bacteria ,in which 126 cases were Gram-negative bacteria ,the positive rate of bacterial infection and the detection rate of Gram-nega-tive bacterial were relatively higher than those in the control group ,the difference was statistically significant (P<0 .05);95 cases were infected by virus ,with respiratory syncytial virus being the most common pathogen ,30 cases were infected by fungi ,with Can-dida albicans being predominant ,the infection rates of virus and fungus had no statistical difference between two groups (P>0 .05);in the drug sensitive test ,the detection rate of extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBLs)-producing positive bacteria in the CHD group was higher than that in the control group ,the difference was statistically significant (P<0 .05) .Main Gram-negative bacteria Pneumonia klebsiella pneumonia subspecies ,Escherichia coli and haemophilus inf luenzae were highly sensitive to imipenem ,mero-penem ,levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin ;main Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus pneumoniae were highly sensitive to vancomycin and gentamicin .Especially ,pneumonia klebsiella pneumonia subspecies ,Escherichia coli and haemophilus influenzaewere100% resistanttopenicillin.TheaveragelengthofhospitalstayintheCHDgroupwas (20.9±12.5)d,207cases developed the respiratory failure ,88 cases appeared the heart failure and 205 cases were effective in treatment ;compared with the control group ,the CHD group had a longer length of hospital stay ,higher occurrence rate of heart and respiratory failure and lower treatment effective rate (P<0 .05) .Conclusion Because of the earlier onset ,more prone to repeated pneumonia ,more sensitive to bacterial infection ,esp .Gram-negative bacteria ,more ESBLs production ,longer hospital stay and more prone to complications ,com-pared with the control group ,children with severe pneumonia complicated with CHD require active treatment .

Objective To investigate the anti-apoptotic effect of gene A20 in treatment of trau-matic brain injury (TBI). Methods Thirty-five Sprague-Dawley rats were made severe TBI models and assigned randomly to experimental group and control group (35 rats in each group). After severe TBI, the rats in experimental group were injected with liposome-pcDNA3.1-A20 and those in control group injected with liposome pcDNA3.1-A20 at 30 minutes after severe TBI. The animals in both groups were sacrificed to remove the brain of five rats from each group at 12, 24, 48, 72 and 168 hours for sec-tioning. The expression of A20 and neurocyte apoptosis were defined by immunohistological method and TUNEL accordingly. The other ten rats were testified for neurological function at 1,2, 3 and 4 weeks af-ter TBI. Results The expression of A20 in experimental group was higher than that in control group, with statistical differences (P < 0. 01). The peak neurocyte apoptosis was found at 72 hours after TBI. The number of apoptosis cells in experimental group was lower than that in control group at 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours afte TBI (P < 0.01 or 0.05). At the 4th week after TBI, the neurological function in exper-imental group was better than that in control group (P < 0.05). Conclusion Gene therapy with A20 may have anti-apoptosis effect and exert neuroprotective effect on severe TBI.

Aim Toresearchthemolecularmecha-nisms of DADS-induced apoptosis in human leukemia K562cells.Methods Cellviabilitywasmeasuredby MTT. Levels of DADS-induced ROS were measured by 2ˊ, 7ˊ-dichlorofluorescein diacetate ( DCFH-DA) fluo-rescence. DADS-induced mRNA levels of components of the NADPH oxidase were detected by Real-time PCR. The combination of protein Rac2 and p67phox was measured by immunoprecipitation assays. Flow cy-tometry methods were used to determine the percentage of apoptosis cells. DADS-induced Rac2 levels were measuredbyWesternblot.Results TheDADS-trea-ted K562 cells showed a dose-and time-dependent de-crease in cell viability and proliferation. There was sig-nificant up-regulation of the mRNA level of components of the NADPH oxidase complex in K562 cells after treatment with 6 mg·L-1 DADS for 6 h. Western blot results revealed that, compared with the control group, there was a significant up-regulation of Rac2 protein in K562 cells treated with 5. 0 and 10. 0 mg·L-1 DADS for 24h. And Rac2 combined with p67phox in DADS-induced apoptosis in K562 cells. PMA markedly in-creased the percentage of apoptotic cells, and DPI re-duced the percentage of apoptotic cells in DADS-in-duced K562 cells. Levels of DADS-induced ROS, also showed enhancement when exposed in PMA, but there was no DADS-induced ROS production evident when exposed in DPI in DADS induced K562 cells. Conclu-sions TheseresultsindicatethatNADPHoxidaseis the main source of DADS-induced ROS production. Diallyl disulfide induces apoptosis in human leukemia K562 cells through activation of NADPH oxidase.

AlM:To investigate the effects of pirfenidone ( PFD) on the proliferation and transfomring growth factor-β1 ( TGF-β1 ) expression in vitro culture rat corneal stromal cells.METHODS: Corneal stromal cells from 8 to 10wk SD rats were isolated, cultured and treated with different concentrations of PFD 0mg/mL (control group), 0. 15mg/mL (experimental group▏), 0. 3mg/mL (experimental group‖), 1mg/mL (experimental group Ⅲ) for 48h. CCK-8 assay was performed to assess cell proliferation, while immunocytochemistry and Western Blot were used to detect the expression of ki-67 and TGF-β1 expression, respectively. RESULTS: Compared with control group, PFD significantly inhibited the proliferation in a dose -dependent manner ( all P < 0. 05 ), so was protein expression of ki-67. PFD significantly down-regulated the expression of TGF-β1 in a dose-dependent manner (P<0. 05).CONCLUSlON: Pirfenidone can significantly inhibit the proliferation of rat corneal stromal cell by down regulating TGF-β1 expression, therefore, it has potential prospect in lightening the corneal wound healing reaction.

Objective:To examine the concordance between bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in determining body composition of children aged between 3 and 6.Methods:A total of 230 children aged 3-6 from a kindergarten in Jinnan, Tianjin were enrolled in this study from November 16 th to December 8 th, 2017.The soft lean mass (SLM) and the body fat mass (BFM) of the children were measured by using BIA and DXA.The children were divided into several groups by sex, age and body mass index (BMI). The consistency of the body composition results between BIA and DXA in each group was analyzed. Results:The SLM and BFM assessed by BIA were significantly correlated with those measured by DXA ( R2=0.951, 0.947, all P<0.001). The Bland-Altman plots suggested that the SLM measured by BIA was 0.70 kg(95% CI: -1.78-0.38) higher in that by DXA, and the BFM measured by BIA was 1.36 kg (95% CI: 0.19-2.52) lower in that by DXA.A similar trend could be seen in children stratified by age, sex and BMI.The SLM of boys and girls measured by BIA was 0.57 kg (95% CI: -1.63-0.49) and 0.84 kg (95% CI: -1.88-0.20) higher than those by DXA, respectively.The BFM of boys and girls measured by BIA was 1.23 kg (95% CI: 0.11-2.36) and 1.49 kg (95% CI: 0.34-2.64) lower than that by DXA, respectively.The SLM measured by BIA was 0.67 kg (95% CI: -1.74-0.41), 0.76 kg (95% CI: -1.65-0.13), 0.69 kg (95% CI: -1.85-0.47) and 0.67 kg (95% CI: -1.75-0.41) higher than those by DXA in the 3 to 6-year-old groups, respectively.The BFM measured BIA was 1.09 kg (95% CI: -0.12-2.30), 1.44 kg (95% CI: 0.60-2.28), 1.39 kg (95% CI: 0.15-2.64)and 1.43 kg(95% CI: 0.38-2.48)lower than that by DXA in the 3 to 6-year-old groups, respectively.Moreover, the smallest difference of the SLM and BFM were observed between BIA and DXA in the obese child.The SLM deviation between BIA and DXA was estimated within ± 0.39 kg and the BFM deviation was within ± 0.93 kg. Conclusions:There is high consistency between BIA and DXA in the assessment of the SLM and BFM of children aged from 3 to 6.

Objective To determine the extent and distribution of error in knee joint proprioception and e- valuate the relationship between knee joint proprioception and pain and dysfunction.Methods Twenty-eight knee OA patients (19 female and 9 male) were compared with 27 age-matched healthy adults (20 female and 7 male). Knee joint proprioception was measured with a repositioning test on the Biodex dynamometer.The pain and knee dys- function were assessed with Visual Analogue Scale and Lequesne Index,respectively.Results Knee OA patients produced 79% more proprioception errors than the healthy subjects (P

Objective To investigate the significance of the combined detection of several serum tumor markers with high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) in the diagnosis of cervical cancer.Methods Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay(CMIA) was employed to measure the levels of serum CA125,CA19-9,SCCA and CEA in peripheral blood samples collected from 249 patients with cervical cancer,30 patients with cervix intraepithelial neoplasia(CIN),and 60 healthy controls.The levels of serum CA72-4,HE4 were measured by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay(ECLI).Flow-through hybridization and gene chip technology (HybriMax) was employed to measure the HPV genotypes in all the 339 cases of women.Results Serum CA72-4 level in the cervical cancer group [3.13 (2.25,7.63) ng/mL] was significantly higher than that in the C IN group [2.37 (1.98,6.25) ng/mL] and the control group [2.69 (2.35,3.35) ng/mL] (P =0.028;P =0.003).Serum CEA level in the cervical cancer group 3.08 (2.28,4.75) ng/mL was significantly higher than that in the CIN group [1.45 (1.00,1.83) ng/mL] and the control group [2.13 (1.45,2.67) ng/mL] (P =0.000;P =0.000).Serum CA 125 level in the cervical cancer group [24.4(20.30,44.15) U/mL] was significantly higher than that in the CIN group[12.85(7.90,16.23)U/mL] and the control group[12.33 (11.26,17.11) U/mL] (P =0.000;P =0.000).Serum CA19-9 level in the cervical cancer group[27.05(18.48,38.01) U/mL] was significantly higher than that in the CIN group[13.01 (8.79,17.12) U/mL] and the control group[12.83 (10.89,17.93) U/mL] (P =0.000;P =0.000).Serum SCCA level in the cervical cancer group [1.7 (0.90,4.75) ng/mL] was significantly higher than that in CIN group [0.8 (0.60,1.10) ng/mL] and the control group [0.6 (0.50,0.70) ng/mL] (P =0.000;P =0.000).However,there was no significant difference of HE-4 among three groups (P ＞ 0.05).The HR-HPV infection rates in the cervical cancer (92.4％) and CIN patients (90.0％) were significantly higher than that in controls (15.0％)(x2 =46.875,P =0.000;x2 =165.178,P =0.000).In the cervical cancer patients,the levels of serum tumor marker was associated with Federation International of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage (P ＜ 0.05).ROC curves showed HR-HPV was the most sensitive in the diagnosis of cervical cancer.The sensitivity of the diagnosis of cervical cancer by serum tumor markers combined with HR-HPV(97.99％) was significantly higher than that of single marker,CA724 25.30％,CEA 20.89％,CA125 27.71％,CA199 24.90％,SCCA 52.61％,HPV 92.37％ (x2 =278.237,P =0.000;x2 =307.036,P =0.000;x2 =263.348,P =0.000;x2 =280.769,P =0.000;x2 =137.864,P =0.000;x2 =8.580,P =0.003).Conclusion Serum tumor markers combined with HR-HPV check can improve the detection rate of cervical cancer and has important clinical value.