OBJECTIVE: To analyze Th1 and Th2 immune balance related cytokines and clinical significance in obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome children without allergic rhinitis and asthma. METHOD: Collected 91 cases of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome children with obstructive level data, and measured the serum Th1 cytokine TNF-beta and IFN-gamma, Th2 cytokines IL-4 and IL-5 levels. One hundred and five normal children were enrolled for the same detection of serum cytokines. RESULT: Non-allergic rhinitis and asthma children serum levels of IFN-gamma was lower than control group children, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0. 01). Other cytokines (TNF-beta, IL-4 and IL-5) were no significant difference with the control group. CONCLUSION Th1 and Th2 immune response was imbalance in non-allergic rhinitis and asthma obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome children. The decline in Th1 cell-mediated protective immune response cells may cause disease.
Asthma ; Case-Control Studies ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Interferon-gamma ; blood ; Interleukin-4 ; blood ; Interleukin-5 ; blood ; Lymphotoxin-alpha ; blood ; Male ; Rhinitis, Allergic ; Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; blood ; Th1 Cells ; metabolism ; Th2 Cells ; metabolism

OBJECTIVE: Laryngomalacia is the most common cause for stridor in neonate and infant. Our study aims at assessing the outcome of surgical management in patients diagnosed by fibrolaryngoscope as congenital Laryngomalacia. METHOD: Retrospective study of 16 patients undergoing surgery for severe laryngomalacia. The patients' symptoms, associated medical conditions and surgical management were recorded. RESULT: Stridor and feeding difficulty were observed in 16 patients on admission, while dyspnea was found in 11 patients. Medical co-morbidities exist in 14 cases. The mean age of surgery was 23 weeks, 15 patients had follow-up records for 24 months. Fourteen cases underwent supraglortoplasty. Tracheotomy was performed on the other 2 cases complicated with tracheomalacia. Nine cases showed full recovery of stridor 48 hours post-supraglottoplasty, and 7 were free of feeding difficulties. In the 6 months follow-up, complete or partial relief was achieved in all main symptoms and signs. CONCLUSION Supraglottoplasty is effective in relieving stridor and feeding difficulty as well as respiratory insufficiency, which makes it a first line option for managing severe laryngomalacia.
Child, Preschool ; Female ; Glottis ; Humans ; Infant ; Laryngomalacia ; congenital ; surgery ; Male ; Retrospective Studies ; Treatment Outcome

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of microRNA-150(miR-150)in human epi-thelial ovarian cancer cells and its effect on proliferation,apoptosis,invasion and metastasis of human epithelial ovarian cancer cells. Methods The expression level of miR-150 in cells from each treatment group was detected by Real-Time PCR(qRT-PCR);effects of proliferation,apoptosis,invasion and metastasis of epithelial ovarian cancer cells was investigated by MTT,flow cytometry, and transwell assays. Results Compared with normal ovarian epithelial cells(T29),the expression of miR-150 was significantly de-creased in epithelial ovarian cancer cells(A2780 and OVCAR3)(P<0. 01); After transfection miR-150 mimic,the expression of miR-150 in A2780 and OVCAR3 cells was significantly increased(P<0. 01);After 3 d of transfection,the OD values of the miR-150mimicgroup(A2780:1.12±0.03;OVCAR3:1.91±0.03)werelowerthanthatintheblankgroup(A2780:2.35±0.09;OVCAR3:2.63 ±0.07)and the miR-150 NC group(A2780:2.18 ±0.07;OVCAR3:2.43 ±0.11)(P<0.01);The apoptotic rate in the miR-150 mimic group(A2780:16. 10 ± 0. 58% ;OVCAR3:15. 16 ± 1. 30% ) were significantly increased when compared to the blank group(A2780:10. 07 ± 0. 66%;OVCAR3:3. 81 ± 0. 24%) and the miR -150 NC group(A2780:10. 36 ± 1. 08%;OVCAR3:4.89 ±0.07%)(P<0.01);The number of transmembrane cells in the miR-150 mimic group(A2780:38.67 ±2.03;OVCAR3:28. 67 ± 2. 03)was higher than that in the blank group(A2780:76. 30 ± 7. 45;OVCAR3:55. 67 ± 3. 18)and the miR-150 NC group(A2780:74. 33 ± 5. 78;OVCAR3:56. 33 ± 3. 84)(P<0. 01). Conclusion The decreased expression of miR-150 in epi-thelial cancer cells may be one of the mechanisms of proliferation,invasion and metastasis of epithelial ovarian cancer. Up-regulation of miR-150 may inhibit the proliferation of epithelial ovarian cancer cells and promote apoptosis to reduce the abilities of invasion and metastasis in epithelial ovarian cancer cells.

OBJECTIVE: By watching the effects of cochlear implants in the children with cochlear nerve defects, to evaluate the relationship and efficiency of HRCT AND MRI in diagnostic for cochlear nerve defects. METHOD: The imaging dates and the post-operative effects of the 10 cochlear nerve defect patients were retrospectively analyzed. RESULT: Three patients with bilateral IAC stenosis by HRCT and cochlear nerve defects by MRI but no other abnormal. Seven other patients showed normal IAC by HRCT including 1 showed type IP- I plus vestibular semi circular canal dysplasia. These 7 patients MRI showed 3 bilateral cochlear nerve absent and 4 bilateral cochlear nerve dysplasia. Ten cases of children after 12-32 month follow-up, 3 patients began speaking simple language, whose MAIS scale, CAP and SIR scores improved. One case just began speaking but pronunciation vague. Four cases had reactions to sounds, and can say monosyllabic words. Two cases without effects (1 CI abolished). Compared with other patients with normal cochlear nerve, the effects of the 10 cases were disappointed. CONCLUSION The effects of cochlear implant for the patients with cochlear nerve defects were poor. The preoperative MRI as sessment including oblique sagittal view for cochlear nerve is necessary. The preoperative communication with the parents telling ineffective result possibility is important.
Child, Preschool ; Cochlear Implantation ; Cochlear Implants ; Cochlear Nerve ; abnormalities ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Retrospective Studies

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of miR-455-5p in epithelial ovarian cancer and its effect on the development of epithelial ovarian cancer. Methods The miRNA expression data of normal ovarian epithelial tis-sues and epithelial ovarian cancer tissues GSE83693 were downloaded from the GEO database. Differential expression analysis was used to obtain differential expression data of miRNAs in epithelial ovarian cancer. The expression of miR-455 -5p was analyzed whether there is difference expression between normal ovarian epithelium and epithelial ovary cancer tissues; qRT-PCR was used to verify the differential expression prediction results; bio-informatics software was used to analyze the KEGG pathway enrichment and GO gene function annotation of miR-455-5p target genes,and to explore the disorders of dyregulated miR-455-5p in the devel-opment of epithelial ovarian cancer. Results A total of 101 cases of differentially expressed miRNAs were screened,34 cases were up-regulated and 67 cases were down-regulated. Among them,miR-455-5p was down-regulated significantly(P<0. 01),and the different fulds were -2. 9019. The results of qRT-PCR showed that the expression of miR-455-5p in epithelial ovarian cancer cells(SKOV-3,OVCAR-3 and A2780)was significantly lower than that in normal ovarian epithelial cells(IOSE-80),and the dif-ferential expression was statistically significant(P<0. 05). The results of KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that miR-455-5p regulated target genes mainly involved in five pathways,including TGF-β signaling pathway,Hippo signaling pathway,ECM-receptor interaction,transcriptional dysregulation pathway in cancer,and chronic granule cellular leukemia,which were associated with tumors. GO functional annotation analysis showed that the target genes regulated by miR-455-5p in the above pathway was mainly involved in protein phosphorylation,promoted cell proliferation and migration,inhibited apoptosis,promoted epithelial-mesenchymal transition,regulated transcription and regulated cell cycle,etc. ,which associated with tumorigenesis. Conclusion The expression of miR-455-5p is down-regulated in epithelial ovarian cancer. The miR-455-5p target genes are involved in the pathogenesis and function of epithelial ovarian cancer,and are associated with the development of epithelial ovarian cancer.