Objective To assess the therapeutic effects of Wenxin Pellet(Steady Heart Pellet) for congestive heart failure(CHF)patients suffered with paroxysmal auricular fibrillation(PAF).Methods Sixty four CHF patients complicated with PAF were randomly allocated into two groups: the treatment group(n=30) was treated with Wenxin Pellet and routine treatment,and control group(n=30) with routine treatment.After 12-week treatment,the walking distance within 6 minutes and ultrasonic cardiogram were observed,and the onset times of PAF and lasting time of PAF attack were monitored by 24-hour dynamic electrocardiogram.Results After treatment,the cardiac function in the two groups was improved,and the improvement in treatment group was superior to that in control group(P

Objective To compare the diagnostic differences for the detection of bone metastases between 68Ga-PSMA-617 PET/CT and 99Tcm-MDP bone scintigraphy in preliminary diagnosed prostate cancer patients.Methods Seventy-three patients who were diagnosed with prostate cancer by pathology were retrospectively analyzed from June 2017 to February 2018,and they all underwent both ss Ga-PSMA-617 PET/CT and 99Tcm-MDP bone scintigraphy without therapy beforehand.Mean age was 69.1 (range 40-88) years,the mean PSA level was 144.59 (range 5.62-1 260.00) ng/ml,and the Gleason score ranged 6-10.The patients were divided into two groups by whether or not had bone metastases according to the aforementioned two examinations.Both the sensitivity and specificity are calculated.The number of bone metastatic focus of the two examinations were also compared through the Wilcoxon rank testing.Results Thirty-two of 73 patients were diagnosed with bone metastases.68Ga-PSMA-617 PET/CT and 99Tcm-MDP detected 32 and 31 bone metastases,with the sensitivity of 100.0％ (32/32,95 ％ CI 89.1％-100.0％) and 90.6％ (29/32,95％ CI 75.0％-98.0％),the specificity of 100.0％ (41/41,95％ CI 91.4％-100.0％) and 95.12％ (39/41,95％ CI 83.5％-99.4％),and the AUC of 1.000 (95％ CI 0.951-1.00) and 0.929 (95％ CI 0.844-0.976),respectively.There was significant difference in AUC between the two methods(P =0.034).Two examinations exhibited significantly different number of metastatic sites (Z =-2.949,P =0.003).Conclusions 68 Ga-PSMA-617 PET/CT outperform 99Tcm-MDP bone scintigraphy for the detection of bone involvement in prostate cancer patients.It will be an important imaging supplement for prostate cancer patients and play an important role in term of the accurate treatment based on the more accurate evaluation.

Objective:To preliminarily evaluate the immunogenicity and efficacy of two novel tuberculosis vaccine candidates (a fusion multicomponent protein EPDPA015f and a mixed multicomponent protein EPDPA015m) and to provide a new antigen combination for the development of tuberculosis vaccines.Methods:Recombinant plasmids for the expression of EPDPA015f and EPDPA015m proteins were constructed. Six-week-old BALB/c mice were immunized with EPDPA015f or EPDPA015m in combination with aluminium adjuvant (50 μg/mouse) for three times with an interval of 10 d. The mice were sacrificed 10 d after the last immunization to collect blood and spleen samples. Serum antibody titers and cytokine levels were measured by ELISA, Luminex technique and enzyme-linked immunospot assay (ELISPOT). Mycobacterial growth inhibition assay (MGIA) was used to detect the ability of mouse splenocytes to inhibit the growth of Mtb in vitro. One-way analysis of variance and t-test were used for statistical analysis. Results:Both EPDPA015f and EPDPA015m could induce the production of various cytokines and IgG antibodies at a high level. The levels of cytokines related to Th1 (IL-2, TNF-α, IFN-γ), Th2 (IL-4, IL-6, IL-10) and Th17 (IL-17) as well as other proinflammatory cytokines (GM-CSF, IL-12) were higher in the EPDPA015f group than in the adjuvant group ( P<0.05). The titer of IgG antibody induced by EPDPA015f was as high as 1∶4×10 6. The results of MGIA showed that the numbers of Mtb (lgCFU) in the PBS, adjuvant, EPDPA015f and EPDPA015m groups were 3.46±0.11, 3.51±0.06, 2.98±0.09 and 3.19±0.08, respectively. The number of colonies in the EPDPA015f group was the least as compared with that in the other three groups ( P<0.001, P<0.001, P<0.01). Conclusions:The vaccine candidate EPDPA015f could elicit more comprehensive and high-level cellular and humoral immune responses, and exhibited superior in vitro inhibitory activity against the growth of Mtb. EPDPA015f had the potential to be used as a preventive vaccine or a booster vaccine