?Advances in genome-wide analysis have revealed that up to 90%of the human genome is transcribed.However, only approximately 1% of RNA transcripts encode proteins, and the remaining transcripts are noncoding RNAs.Noncoding RNAs can be roughly divided into small noncoding RNAs (<200nt ) and long noncoding RNAs ( LncRNAs, >200nt ). Small noncoding RNAs include microRNAs, transfer RNAs and small nucleolar RNAs, whereas the long noncoding RNAs comprise ribosomal RNA, natural antisense transcripts, etc. Although the biosynthesis and biological activities of microRNAs are well studied through bioinformatics and active biological molecules analysis, the understanding of LncRNAs on these aspects is still limited.LncRNAs play multiple roles in regulating gene transcription and translation, and epigenetics.Aberrant LncRNAs expression can occur in various pathological processes and significantly related to the pathogenesis or poor prognosis of ophthalmological diseases. In this review, we will focus on the characteristics and regulatory functions of LncRNAs that are commonly associated with ophthalmological diseases.

Objective To explore the possibility of non-discarding blood after cisplatin hyperther-mic antiblastic perfusion(HAP)in treating the patients with malignant bone tumor of lower extremity.Methods Forty patients consisted of 31osteosarcomas and9malignant fibrous histiocytomas of bone.The clinical stages were wholly classified intoⅡB stage according to Ennekings surgical staging system for muscu-loskeletal tumors.The patients were divided into three groups:group1:discarding blood group(10cases),in whom200ml of the400ml blood remaining in heart-lung machine was discarded after HAP;group2:Non-discarding blood group(25cases),the blood remaining in heart-lung machine was not discarded after HAP and re-infused into systemic circulation;group3:systemic chemotherapy group(5cases),cisplatin was infused intravenously.The regional and the systemic blood cisplatin concentrations were determined at3,30and60minutes during HAP,and the systemic blood cisplatin concentrations were determined at0,0.5,1,2,4,8,12,24,48and72hours after HAP in the group1and group2.While1h after cisplatin infusion in-tra venously in the group3,the blood cisplatin concentration were also measured.Results The regional blood cis platin concen tra tions were high er than that in systemic blood at the time during HAP.The systemic blood cisplatin concen trations after HAP,ex cept at0minute in the group2were higher than that in the group1,there were sig nificant statistic differences between the two groups.The systemic blood cisplatin con-cen trations after HAP in the group2were simi lar to that after systemic chemotherapy.No severe adverse ef-fects in the group1were found.The Ennek ings surgical stagings for the tumors were turned fromⅡB intoⅡA in all the patients.Conclusion The method of non-discarding blood after HAP is available,it is not only local treatment ,but also systemic chemotherapy in the patients with malignant bone tumor of lower ex-tremi ty for limb-salvage surgery.

Sixty four patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery were randomly divided into two groups.In nimesulide group (n=32) patients were given nimesulide capsule 100 mg after surgery and 32 patients in control group were given 100 mg vitamin C as placebo.The visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the degree of pain during withdrawing nasal packing.The VAS value of the nimesulide group was 2.8±1.1 3 h after surgery and 2.7±1.2 during with drawing nasal packing,that of control group was 6.7±0.6 and 8.3±0.6,respectively (both P<0.01).The results revealed that nimesulide had a siguificant analgesic effect in endoscopic sinus surgery.

Objective To investigate the efficacy of intracoronary tirofiban during percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)for patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI).Methods Seventy-six consecutive AMI patients,treated with primary coronary angioplasty in 12 hours were enrolled.They were randomly divided into two groups:tirofiban group(39 cases)and control group(37 cases).Tirofiban group was treated with intracoronary timfiban during PCI and after the operation for 48 hours.Both of them were given heparin in PCI and aspirin,clopidogrel before PCI.At the end of PCI procedure,angiographic features such as TIMI flow grade and TIMI myocardial perfusion grade(TMPG)were analyzed.The difference of two groups in complication and major adverse cardiac events(MACE) was investigated.Results The myocardial reperfusion of tirofiban group was better than that of control group[TIMI grade 3 flow 94.9%(37/39) vs 78.4%(29/37),P<0.05;TMPG 3 grade 89.7%(35/39)vs 67.6%(25/37),P<0.05].There was no significant difference between two groups in bleeding complication.The occurrence of MACE in tirofiban group was less than that in control group[7.7%(3/39)vs 18.9%(7/37),P<0.05].Conclusion Intracoronary tirofiban dunng primary PCI in patients with AMI can improve coronary flow and myocardial perfusion,and has no more bleeding and less MACE occurrence.

Objective To analyze the electroencephalograph (EEG) features of 43 patients with clinically possible or probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and its correlation with megnetic resonance imaging (MRI) imaging and clinical manifestations.Methods All patients diagnosed with suspected CJD who were hospitalized in Xuanwu Hospital from January 2013 to December 2015 were collected.The clinical data, EEG and MRI imaging features were analyzed retrospectively.Based on the periodic sharp wave complexes (PSWC) appearance in EEG results, the patients were divided into typically changed group (TCG), atypically changed group (ACG) and unchanged group (UCG).Age, disease duration, clinical manifestations and MRI features among three groups were analyzed and the correlations between patient′s EEG features and age, disease duration, clinical manifestations or MRI features were explored using spearman method.Results Among the 43 patients with possible or probable CJD disease, 26 were male and 17 were female with an average disease duration of 4 months.The age of onset ranged from 31 to 80 with an average of (58.0±9.8) years old, and 86.0% of patients were 51 years old or above.Clinical characteristics of CJD patients according to occurrence rate were as follows: 35 cases (81.4%) with cognitive impairment, 29 cases (67.4%) with mental and behavior disorder, 28 cases (65.1%) with pyramidal tract damage, 24 cases (55.8%) with cerebellar symptoms, 23 cases (53.5%) with extrapyramidal symptoms,17 cases (39.5%) with myoclonic, 13 cases (30.2%) with dyssomnia, 13 cases (30.2%) with visual disorder and 2 cases (4.7%) with akinetic mutism.Regarding EEG features, 39.53% (17/43) of patients showed typical periodic sharp wave complexes (PSWC) (TCG group), 51.2% (22/43) had irregular rhythm and different forms of slow wave (ACG group) and only 9.3% (4/43) had no EEG change (UCG group).The occurrence rate of ribbon sign in MRI was 82.4% (14/17) in TCG group, 77.3% (17/22) in ACG group and none in UCG group.The rates were significantly higher in TCG and ACG group than that in UCG group (both P<0.05).Spearman correlation analysis revealed that EEG features was correlated with disease duration (r=0.351, P=0.021) and visual impairment (r=-0.377, P=0.013) for all CJD patients.There was no correlation between EEG and MRI or other clinical manifestations such as myoclonic, age and so on (all P>0.05).Conclusions EEG showed typical changes associated with disease duration in different stages of disease.EEG and MRI are two different means to evaluate different aspects of patients with CJD disease, and combination of two means could achieve better evaluation results.

Objective To investigate the effect of short hairpin RNA(shRNA) eukaryotic expression vector‐mediated silen‐cing of the survivin‐gene on proliferation and apoptosis of human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVEC) .Methods The shRNA vector targeting the survivin gene and negative control vector were transfected into human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVEC) incubated with 50 ng/mL of recombinant VEGF in vitro by lipofectamine 2000 .Transfection after 48 h ,the expression of survivin mRNA and protein was detected by quantitative real‐time PCR and Western blot ,respectively .HUVEC proliferation was assayed by four methylthiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT) and cell apoptosis was detected by TUNEL .Results (1)Transfection with survivin‐shR‐NA vector significantly down‐regulated the expression of survivin mRNA and protein as compared with the control group ,after transfection of 48 h(P<0 .05) .(2)After survivin‐shRNA vector transfected ,the proliferation of HUVEC decreased significantly . After transfection 24 ,48 ,72 h ,the growth inhibition rate were (13 .53 ± 3 .91)% ,(38 .97 ± 1 .82)% ,(65 .75 ± 1 .83)% respective‐ly ,at 72 hours after transfection was the most significant .(3)The apoptosis rate of experimental group was (28 .07 ± 1 .71)% , which was higher than the negative control group (11 .45 ± 1 .52)% and blank control group (10 .04 ± 1 .46)% (P<0 .05) .Conclu‐sion The shRNA‐mediated mediated silencing of the survivin‐gene could significantly inhibit proliferation and promote the apopto‐sis of rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts by regulating survivin expression .

Pin1 (peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase NIMA-interacting 1) belongs to peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase) and is a novel promising anticancer target. Based on the lead structure of benzophenone, a series of novel diarylether derivatives containing a pyrimidine ring were designed and synthesized. The inhibitory activities on Pin1 of compounds 5a-5d and 6a-6i were evaluated by a protease-coupled enzyme assay. Of all the evaluated compounds, 6 compounds displayed inhibitory activities. Molecular docking was performed using FlexX algorithm to explore the binding mode of the active molecules.

Objective To establish animal model of arterial vulnerable plaques for molecular imaging study.Methods Fifteen New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into high lipid diet+balloon-injury group (A),high lipid diet group (B)and regular diet group (C).Ultrasound (US)and magnetic resonance (MR)imaging were used to dynamically observe the formation of plaque in abdominal aorta. Results were compared with blood lipid level and pathological indicators.Results At 4 weeks,several plaques could be seen in group A.The plaque number increased rapidly and reached to 22 at 12 weeks,which was in parallel with the change of blood lipid. Only a few plaques were observed in group B,while no vulnerable plaque was revealed in group C.All the plaques were judged to be soft plaques on US and MR images,which was consistent with the macrophages gathering and smooth muscle cell proliferating in plaques.Conclusion High lipid diet+balloon-injury is an ideal method to build animal model for molecular imaging of atherosclerotic plaque.

?AlM: To investigate the expression of miR-181 in the lens tissue of cataract and the regulating mechanism of miR-181 on apoptosis of human lens epithelial cell.
?METHODS:Real time q-PCR was used to measure the expression of miR-181 in the anterior lens capsules of age - related cataract and human lens epithelial cell apoptosis model. miR- 181 mimic and inhibitor were transfected using Lipofectamine 2 000 to regulate the expression of miR-181, and then Real time q-PCR was used to verify transfection efficiency. Flow cytometry was used to detect the change of cell apoptosis rate.
? RESULTS: Compared with control group, the expression of miR-181 was significantly higher in both the anterior lens capsules of age-related cataract and human lens epithelial cell apoptosis model; the relative expression of miR-181 in lens epithelial cells transfected with miR-181 mimic was increased, whereas decreased in cells transfected with miR-181 inhibitor;the apoptosis rate of cells transfected with miR - 181 mimic was increased, while reduced in miR-181 inhibitor group. Each result was statistically significant (P<0. 01).
?CONCLUSlON:High expression of miR-181 is detected in anterior lens capsule of age-related cataract. miR-181 might play a certain role in the pathogenesis of cataract via promoting human lens epithelial cell apoptosis. miR-181 probably becomes a new approach for the nonoperative treatment of cataract, but the concrete mechanism still needs to be further studied.

AIM: To report the safety and effectiveness of LenSx femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery.
● METHODS: Sixty - seven patients ( 76 eyes ) were included in the study. All the cases underwent LenSx femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery between Jul. 2014 and Jul. 2015. The completion rate of anterior capsulotomy, lens fragmentation, intraocular lens implantation and corneal incisions, the best corrected distance visual acuity ( CDVA ) before and 1mo after femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, the adverse events and equipment defect rate were recorded. The regression analysis of possible factors affecting the completion rate of corneal incision ( eye, age, location of incision, corneal diameter, peripheral corneal thickness, preoperative corneal astigmatism) was taken.
● RESULTS: All surgeries were uneventful. The completion rate of anterior capsulotomy, lens fragmentation, intraocular lens implantation and corneal incisions was 97%, 100%, 100% and 83%, respectively. No adverse events ( posterior capsule rupture, corneal edema, macular edema and retinal detachment ) and device defect occurred. The CDVA was significantly improved 1mo after surgery. Logistic regression analysis showed that there was a correlation between location of corneal incision and completion rate of corneal incision, and no correlation was found between eye, age, corneal diameter, peripheral corneal thickness, preoperative corneal and completion rate of corneal incision.
●CONCLUSION: The LenSx femtosecond laser-assisted methodis efficient and safe for cataract surgery.