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Objective To determine whether pyloric measurements with ultrasound, that muscle thickness and channel of pyloric, correlated with weight and age in patients with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS). Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 111 cases diagnosed with HPS by operation from 2008 to 2012. Pearson correlation and linear regression analyses were used to determine if there were sta?tistically signiifcant associations between these combinations of factors:age and pyloric muscle thickness, weight and pyloric muscle thickness, age and pyloric length, and weight and pyloric length. Results Patients’mean age was 39.1 d (8-92 days). Their mean weight was 4.3 kg (2.2-7.9 kg). Mean pyloric muscle thickness was 4.8 mm (2-4.6 mm), and mean pyloric length was 17.5 mm (12-23.5 mm). Pearson correlation coefifcient analysis showed a signiifcant correlation between age and muscle thickness (r=0.6, P<0.001) as well as weight and muscle thickness (r=0.486, P<0.001). No signiifcant correlation was found be?tween pyloric length and age or weight. Linear regression analysis demonstrated similar results. Conclusions In patients with HPS, pyloric muscle thickness was directly related to age and weight. Smaller and younger infants with suspected diagnosis of HPS should be followed up even though the minimum diagnostic criterion for muscle thickness or length was not found on ultrasound.

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and predictive value of high-resolution manometry(HRM) for POEM in treating achalasia. Methods A total of 84 achalasia patients categorized into subtypes by HRM, who also underwent POEM, were enrolled in our study. Eckardt score, Barium esophagogram and HRM were performed before, 6 months and 1 year after POEM. Results POEM was successfully performed in all 84 patients. No perforation occurred in any patient. The Eckardt scores and esophageal diameter after POEM significantly reduced compared with those before(P<0. 05). The 4s-IRP decreased from 33. 4±9. 0 mmHg (1 mmHg =0. 133 kPa) to 14. 6±3. 8 mmHg six months after POEM (P<0. 05) and to 16. 4±3. 9 mmHg one year after POEM (VS preoperate, P<0. 05). The LESP before treatment was 41. 8±15. 4 mmHg, decreasing to 18. 4±7. 1 mmHg six months after POEM (P<0. 05) and 20. 7±7. 6 mmHg one year after POEM (VS preoperate, P <0. 05) . When categorizing patients into 3 subtypes by HRM, 4s-IRP of type II showed the most dramatic decrease six months after POEM(62. 8%), followed by typeⅠ(53. 5%), while type III had the least decrease(41. 8%). The mean decreasing rate of LESP in type III was 42. 3% six months after POEM, followed by typeⅠ(55. 3%) , while type II showed the highest rate(57. 8%). Conclusion POEM is a safe treatment for achalasia and has significant short-term efficacy with Type II responding best to POEM. HRM plays a vital role in typing AC and predicting the effectiveness of POEM and can be useful in selecting an appropriate treatment.

BACKGROUND:Liushen Pil is a traditional Chinese herbal formula, has the effects of heat-clearing and detoxicating, eliminating stagnation, detumescence and al eviating pain. Modern pharmacology verifies that Liushen Pil has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, cardiac, anti-viral, anti-tumor effects, and has been extensively used in the treatment of various infectious diseases and malignant cancer. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the inhibitory effects of Liushen Pil on esophageal cancer xenografts, and effects on microvessel density and vascular endothelial growth factor expression. METHODS:After reproducing nude mouse models of human esophageal cancer, 48 nude mice were randomly divided into high-dose Liushen Pil group, moderate-dose Liushen Pil group, low-dose Liushen Pil group, cisplatin group, model group and blank group. According to medication regimen, drugs were given. The growth of transplanted tumor of nude mice was dynamical y observed in each group. The nude mice were sacrificed after 20 days of treatment. Neoplasm weight was taken and the tumor-suppressing rate was calculated. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect microvessel density and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The weight of transplanted tumor was significantly lower in the high-dose Liushen Pil group, moderate-dose Liushen Pil group, low-dose Liushen Pil group, and cisplatin group than in the model group (P<0.05). Microvessel density and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor were obviously lower in the each Liushen Pil group than in the model group, but not as apparent as that in the cisplatin group. Results suggested that Liushen Pil can inhibit the growth of the esophageal cancer xenografts. Liushen Pil can down-regulate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and reduce microvessel density, which is one of the tumor-inhibiting mechanism of Liushen Pil .

Objective To explore the expression and diagnostic value of serum microRNA-574-3p (miR-574-3p) in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods A total of 90 patients with HBV-related HCC,40 patients with HBV-related liver cirrhosis (LC) and 50 healthy controls were recruited.The expression levels of serum miR-574-3p,α-fetoprotein (AFP) and α-Lfucosidase (AFU) of all subjects were determined.The difference of serum miR-574-3p level between groups was compared.The relation between serum miR-574-3p level of HCC patients and its clinical pathological characteristics was analyzed.The t-test was performed.The relationship between serum miR-574-3p level of HCC patients and AFP,AFU was analyzed by Spearman correlation analysis.The diagnostic efficacy of them as diagnostic markers was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) and the area under the curve (AUC)(95％ CI (confidence interval)).Results The relative quantity expression of serum miR-574-3p of HCC group,LC group and healthy group was 2.152(1.654,3.061),1.292 (0.984,1.666) and 1.018 (0.750,1.726),respectively.The expression level of serum miR-574-3p of HCC group was significantly higher than those of LC group and healthy control group,and the differences were statistically significant (t=2.726 and 2.845,both P＜0.01).The expression level of serum miR-574-3p of HCC patients was significantly different in tumors with different degree of differentiation (t=2.262,P=0.039),different stage (t=2.354,P=0.025) and different HBV DNA concentrations (t=2.771,P＜0.01).There was no correlation between serum miR-574-3p level and AFP (r2 =0.076,P=0.505),AFU (r2 =0.082,P=0.422) in HCC patients.When compared HCC group with LC group,AUC of serum miR-574-3p of was 0.823 and 95％ CI was 0.750 to 0.897.When compared HCC group with healthy control group,AUC of serum miR-574-3p was 0.840 and 95％CI was 0.769 to 0.910.Conclusions The expression level of serum miR-574-3p of HCC patients is significantly higher than those of LC patients and healthy controls.Serum miR-574-3p may be an important biomarker in the diagnosis of HCC.

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) in Qingdao. Methods Two hundred and four PI-IBS and 2068 non-PI-IBS patients were investigated with questionnaire including general information, symptoms and quality of life scores with microecological study before and after therapy. Results (1) The morbidity rate of PI-IBS in female was 2. times of that in male, which was similar to that in non-PI-IBS. (2) Brainwork labors dominated in both PI-IBS and non-Pl-lBS patients. (3) As to the simultaneous presence of extra-gastrointestinal symptoms,there was no statistical difference between the rate of physical symptoms in PI-IBS and non-PI-IBS patients (X<'2>= 10. 5, P>0.05) ,but the rate of mental symptoms was higher in PI-IBS than in non-PI-IBS patients, and the difference was significant(X<'2>= 28.7, P<0.05). (4)The alteration of intestinal microflora rate in PI-IBS was obviously higher than that in non-PI-IBS patients. (5) The quality of life scores in PI-IBS was improved after treatment with Birid Triple Viable , and there was significant difference(t =3. 8, P<0.01),but there was no statistical difference in non-Pl-IBS (t = 1.5, P>0.05). Conclusion There was some difference in certain clinical characteristics between PI-IBS and non-PI-IBS patients in Qingdao.

In this assay, the reaction kinetics, optimum temperature, pH and various influential factors of ATP microbial rapid detection reagent by bioluminescence were studied. The results showed that it's enough for detection system to have 40 ~ 50?g/mL D-Luciferin. The light production decreased fastest in the first minute of reaction, then began to decay slowly. The optimal reaction temperature was 24℃~25℃and the optimal pH was pH 7.2 -7.4 in the reaction system. In addition, when stored at 4℃for 45h, the dissolved reagent solution could keep its 86% activity. When preserved at 25℃, the enzyme activity decreased less for 1h, and degraded gradually as time went by and only left 53. 5% of its activity after 6. 5h. While stored at 33℃, the enzyme activity decreased quickly with the time and only left 59. 1% after 1. 5h. The result indicated that storage temperature was a very important influential factor to the activity of reagent Meanwhile, different chemical substance such as acid, alkali, salt and surfactants inhibited the ATP bioluminescent reaction. When the concentration of NaCl reached 1. 5g/L, it could inhibit 52. 5% light production. Triton X-100, acid, and alkali also had some effects on the reaction, while CTAB, SDS and TCA would inhibit the bioluminescent reaction seriously.

Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) IE3 protein is a multifunctional viral protein that interacts with several target proteins of both viral and host cellular origin. To investigate the biological function of IE3 in the pathogenesis of the brain disorders caused by CMV, a screening for host cellular proteins that could interact with IE3 was performed. By yeast two-hybrid screening, ankyrin repeats domain 17 (Ankrd17, also known as Gtar) was identified as a host factor that could interact with IE3. This interaction was verified by yeast two-hybrid assay and chemiluminescent co-immunoprecipitaion. Mapping analysis suggested that the 1-148 residues of IE3 were responsible for the interaction. These results suggested that the interaction between Ankrd17 and IE3 may play a key role in the pathogenesis of MCMV-associated disease.

Objective To explore the clinical efficacy and satety of LFK-SLT30 semiconductor laser combined with polidocanol for the treatment of varicose veins of the lower extremities.Methods The clinical data of 105 patients treated by traditional surgery (surgery group) and 113 patients with endovascular laser treatment (EVLT) combined with polidocanol (combination group) were retrospectively analyzed from Apr 2013 to Apr 2015.Results The operative time [(50 ± 12) min vs.(70 ±10)min] and blood loss [(19 ± 6)ml vs.(41 ± 8)ml] between combination group and surgery group were significantly different (P ＜ 0.05).The rate of complications in surgery group was significantly higher than that in the combination group[15.2％ (16/105)vs.6.3％ (7/113),x2 =4.717,P =0.030].The overall 1',2' and 3 year follow-up rate was 85.3％ (186/218),76.6％ (167/218),and 60.6％ (132/218).The average follow up was (20 ± 13)months.No significant difference existed in the rate of recurrence [0 vs.3.5％(4/113),x2 =3.786,P=0.123] between the two groups.Conclusions EVLT combined with foam sclerotherapy is as effective as surgery,while resulting in less complications,less invasive,safer and more effective for the treatment of varicose veins of the lower extremities.

Aims HDAC2 gene was cloned into pEGFP-C2 vector to explore the efficiency of the plasmid trans-fection in renal fibroblasts COS-7 cells to identify the expression of both mRNA and protein levels and to ob-serve the distribution of the protein. Methods The HDAC2 cDNA was amlified by PCR and cut with the double enzyme Xho I and BamH I, then inserted into the eukaryotic expression vector pEGFP-C2 with T4 en-zyme. The recombinant vector was verified by PCR, restriction enzymes cut and sequencing identification. Then it was transfected into COS-7 cells and the ex-pression of pEGFP-C2-HDAC2 was monitored by fluo-
rescence microscope and PCR. Results Fragments of HDAC2 could be seen after dealt with double diges-tion, and GFP could also be detected in the transfected COS-7 cells. HDAC2 gene expression could be detec-ted by PCR and Western blot. The fusion expression of pEGFP-C2-HDAC2 could be detected by Western blot. Conclusion Eukaryotic expression vector of HDAC2 has been successfully constructed, the fusion expres-sion of HDAC2 and GFP protein can be detected in COS-7 cells.