Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Electroencephalography ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Status Epilepticus ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; etiology

Rapeseed oil is one of the major raw materials for biodiesel production. The bottleneck of rapeseed oil-based biodiesel production at present is high cost of raw materials, which generally accounts for about 75% of total production cost. Current status and principal problems concerned in the production of biodiesel from rapeseed oil in China and other countries were introduced, based on which it was proposed to grow high-erucic acid rape in existing winter fallow fields and jointly produce biodiesel, erucic acid and its derivative products, and other highly valuable by-products such as glycerin and sterols from high-erucic acid rapeseed oil. The feasibility of this development strategy was analyzed in terms of product and market demand potential, economic benefits of enterprises, techniques and conditions of production, and source of raw materials. It was believed that the implementation of the strategy in China was of great significance in realizing rise and sustainable development of rapeseed oil-based biodiesel production, improving quality of biodiesel, promoting the development of biochemical engineering and many other industries, as well as in building a socialist new countryside.

Objective:To investigate the role of TCF7L2 gene polymorphism and related mechanisms in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who are at high risk for osteoporosis (OP) .Methods:148 postmenopausal women with T2DM from Jan. 2019 to Jun. 2020 were selected as study subjects. Among them, 86 patients combined with OP (T2DM+OP group) and 62 patients without OP (T2DM group) were included, and 100 healthy postmenopausal women who underwent physical examination in our hospital during the same period were included as the control group. Fasting venous blood was extracted to detect clinical and bone metabolism indicators. Two SNP sites of TCF7L2, rs7901695 (T>C) and rs290487 (C>T) , were genotyped by capillary electrophoresis and section analysis (SNaPshot) . The relative mRNA expression of TCF7L2 gene was determined by quantitative real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR assay. To investigate the effects of overexpression and silencing of TCF7L2 on proliferation of rat osteoblasts, lentiviral vectors were constructed.Results:For rs7901695, TT, TC and CC genotypes in T2DM+OP group, T2DM group and control group were significantly different ( χ2=12.545, P=0.014) , and the frequency distribution of T and C alleles was significantly different among the three groups ( χ2=17.089, P<0.001) . For RS290487, CC, CT and TT genotypes of T2DM+OP group, T2DM group and control group were significantly different ( χ2=10.500, P=0.033) , and the frequency distribution of C and T alleles was significantly different among the three groups ( χ2=14.665, P=0.001) . For rs7901695, FPG and TG levels in T2DM+OP patients with CC+TC genotype were significantly higher than those with wild-type TT genotype (FPG: t=2.559, P=0.014; TG: t=2.034, P=0.036) , while serum calcium and 25OHD3 levels were significantly lower than those with Wild-type TT genotype (calcium: t=3.889, P<0.001; 25OHD: t=4.112, P<0.001) . For rs290487 site, serum calcium, BGP and 25OHD3 levels in T2DM+OP patients with TT+CT genotype were significantly lower than those with wild-type CC genotype, and the difference was statistically significant (calcium: t=3.751, P<0.001; BGP: 2.731, P=0.007; 25OHD3: t=3.225, P=0.002) . The relative mRNA expression level of TCF7L2 gene in T2DM+OP patients was significantly lower than that in T2DM group and the control group ( F=5.735, P<0.05) . With the increase of Allele C at rs7901695, the relative mRNA expression level of TCF7L2 gene decreased gradually ( F=5.723, P<0.05) . In addition, the proliferation rate of rat osteoblasts overexpressed by TCF7L2 was significantly increased, while the proliferation level of TCF7L2 silenced osteoblasts was significantly decreased ( F=7.846, P<0.05) . Conclusion:In postmenopausal WOMEN with T2DM, the variation of TCF7L2 gene will lead to the decrease of gene expression level, and the suppression of osteoblasts proliferation, thus participate in the pathogenesis of OP.

AIM:To investigate the serum antibody of aquaporin 4 ( AQP4 - Ab ) in positive expression rate and the significance in patients with neuritis.
●METHODS: A total of 98 cases ( 128 eyes ) of patients with optic neuritis were studied to detect the patient′s serum AQP4-Ab positive rate of antinuclear antibodies ( ANAs) from Jan. 2012 to Dec. 2015 in ophthalmology center of our hospital. According to the expression of AQP4 - Ab group, the best corrected visual acuity between the two groups, peripapillary nerve fiber layer thickness (pRNFL), the volume of the macula, macular RNFL ( mRNFL ) , macular core layer volume ( mlNL ) measurement were compared.
●RESULTS:Ninety-eight patients (128 eyes) with optic neuritis cases diagnosed through examination revealed AQP4-Ab positive in 22 patients ( 22%) , negative in 76 patients ( 78%) , ANAs positive in 21 patients ( 21%) , negative 77 patients ( 79%) . Optic neuritis patients with serum AQP4 - Ab positive rate and ANAs positive significant correlation ( r = 0. 707, P < 0. 05 ). After examination revealed AQP4-Ab patients and negative-positive patients with best corrected visual acuity difference was not statistically significance (P>0. 05). After inspection found pRNFL, macular volume measured value AQP4 - Ab positive patients were significantly less than the negative patients, the differences were statistically significant (P<0. 05). AQP4-Ab positive patients and negative patients the mRNFL, mlNL measured values were not significantly different (P>0. 05).
●CONCLUSION:AQP4-Ab and ANAs expression in optic neuritis patients is a significant correlation. AQP4-Ab positive patients with optic neuritis pRNFL thinning of macular volume are decreased compared with negative patients.

Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists ; therapeutic use ; Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain ; metabolism ; prevention & control ; Memantine ; therapeutic use ; Platelet Activating Factor ; analysis ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Humans ; Microvessels ; Neovascularization, Pathologic ; Neovascularization, Physiologic ; Plaque, Atherosclerotic ; pathology

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ; diagnostic imaging ; radiotherapy ; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; diagnostic imaging ; radiotherapy ; Neoplasms ; diagnostic imaging ; radiotherapy ; Positron-Emission Tomography ; methods ; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated ; methods ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; methods ; Tumor Burden ; radiation effects

Objective To explore the clinical value of gastric bare area (GBA) for the prognosis of gastric fundus and cardia carcinoma.Methods The data of 82 patients with gastric fundus and cardia carcinoma from January 2010 to December 2011 were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into group A (49 cases) with cancer cell invasion in GBA and group B (33 cases) without invasion in GBA.All the patients underwent D2 gastrectomy plus surgical resection of GBA and were treated by 6 cycles of postoperative FOLFOX-4 chemotherapy scheme.Postoperative follow-up and survival analysis were carried out for patients in both groups.Results According to survival analysis (Kaplan-Meier method),the postoperative 1-,2-and 3-year cumulative survival rates of the patients in group A were 91.8 ％,57.3 ％ and 29.0 ％,respectively,while those of the patients in group B were 93.9 ％,75.0 ％ and 48.2 ％,respectively.The median survival times of the patients in group A and group B were 27.0 months and 36.0 months,respectively,which was demonstrated existing statistical significance(X2 =4.972,P =0.026).Conclusions The prognosis of gastric fundus and cardia carcinoma patients with invasion in GBA by cancer cells is poor.Surgical resection of GBA may help to improve the prognosis of the patients with gastric fundus and cardia carcinoma.

One case with fulminant type 1 diabetes during the third trimester of pregnancy was reported.If a patient manifests abrupt onset of hyperglycemia,nausea,vomiting,and bellyache during pregnancy or immediately after delivery,fulminant type 1 diabetes should be considered.

Objective To assess the associations of anti-Smith antibodies with clinical manifestations and disease activity in children with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Methods According to SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI) score,72 children with SLE were divided into the active group and inactive group.An immunoblotting method was used to detect serum anti-Smith antibodies in these subjects.Chi-square test was conducted to assess the associations of anti-Smith antibodies with clinical manifestations and disease activity in these patients.Results Of these patients,28 (38.9％) were assigned into the inactive group,and 44 (61.1％) to the active group.Anti-Smith antibodies were detected in 17 (23.6％) patients,but not in the other 55 (76.4％) patients.Elevated incidence rate of kidney injury was observed in anti-Smith antibody-positive patients compared with anti-Smith antibody-negative patients (70.6％ (12/17) vs.41.8％ (23/55),P ＜ 0.05).Meanwhile,the positivity rate of anti-Smith antibodies was 31.8％ (14/44) in the active group,significantly higher than that in the inactive group (10.7％,3/28,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Anti-Smith antibodies are not only an important indicator for the diagnosis of SLE,but also a risk factor for disease exacerbation and kidney injury in children with SLE.