[Abstrct] Objective The deformity of severe varus knee (varus angulation > 15°) can be treated by many ways in primary total knee arthroplasty , but the efficacy and cost are different. The topic of this study provides a new surgery: autograft (wedge grafts) implant and substitute medial tibial bone defects. Methods From Jan. 2006 to Jan. 2014 , a retrospective study was conducted in the First Affiliated Hospital of BaoTou Mendical College. Out of 687 patients, 721 primary knees were operated. Bone defects in proximal tibia (varus angulation >15° ) were encounted in 16 patients in 21 knees in the pattern of non-inclusive slope bone defects in the mean varus degree of 27°. Their IBM was 31 kg/m2. The average age of patients was (63 ± 5) years. The score of clinical knee society score (KSS) before operation was 18 on average. Among of them, the pain score were 12 points, the average range of motion (ROM) were 12 points. the average funtional score were 20 points. During operation,the slope bone defect of the medial tibial plateau was tailored into wedge-shaped ladder bone defect by osteotomy,and then the defect was filled with the resected tibial plateau autograft in which the thickness and shape were matched completely. The high-intensity cortical part of the autograft was placed in the rim to sustain the tibial prosthesis. Three months after operation ,patients started to walk without the help of crutch. Results The average followup period was 5.3 y , We observed that an average postoperative scores of clinical KSS from 42 points to 88 points with the score of functional KSS from 57 points to 92 points. Fusion was observed by trabeculae crossing from the graft to the tibial metaphysis on plain films at least 6 mouths without collapse, stress fracture, untight and bone ununion. Confirmation of vascularization of the graft was observed in bone scans of nuclide. showing increased uptake in the operated area. Inflammatory makers were normal. Conclusion Autograft (wedge grafts) reconstruction of medial tibial bone defects, is of high rate of healing in implant bones, good restoration of the function and low cost.

Objective To investigate the influence of menstrucal cycle and anatomic site on the fractional anisotropy (FA) values of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in normal breast. Methods Prospectively enrolled 96 volunteers, who have identified with normal menstrucal phase and without breast diseases were found via the breast examination, ultrasound and MRI scan. The cases were divided into three groups according to menstrucal phase: menstrual period group(menstrual cramps 1 to 6 d), proliferative phase group(menstrual cramps 7 to 14 d) and secretory phase group(menstrual cramps 15 d to the next), and each group consisted of 32 subjects. All subjects were performed bilateral breast cross-sectional T1WI, T2WI, DWI and DTI scaning. On the nipple level figture, the mammary gland was divided into three regions including the anterior, central and posterior parts, and the FA values of the different phases and regions were measured. The Kruskal-Wallis H test was applied to analyse the difference of FA values in different menstrual phase and anatomic site. Results The FA values of the anterior region in menstrual phase, proliferative phase and secretary phase were 0.21 ± 0.07, 0.24 ± 0.09 and 0.17 ± 0.07, and the difference had significant difference(P=0.014).The FA values of the central region were respectively 0.15±0.08, 0.18±0.09 and 0.15±0.07, and without the statistically significant difference(P=0.090). The FA values of the posterior region were 0.21 ± 0.11, 0.24 ± 0.13 and 0.16 ± 0.11, and also showed significant difference(P=0.002). In different regions, the difference of FA values between menstrual phases and proliferative phases were also had statistically significant(P=0.018, 0.045, respectively). In the same region, the FA value was lowest in the secretary phase, and the proliferative phase was slightly higher than menstrual phase. Conclusion The FA values are affected by menstrual cycle and anatomic site.

Objective To investigate the influencing factors for knowledge,attitude and practice(KAP)of the Three-manager mode about hierarchical medical system of Chronic diseases of the community residents in Xiamen,and provide references for the implementation of hierarchical medical system.Methods Multi-stage random sampling method was adopted,and 400 residents were randomly sampled from 5 communities of Xiamen for questionnaire survey.The survey features the dependent variable of the community residents′ knowing and joining-in the Three-manager mode,the internal factors(social demographic characteristics),and the external factors(medical expenditure and healthcare insurance).On such basis,four logistic regression models were built for analysis of such influencing factors.Results 41.10% of the surveyed were aware of the Three-manager mode,and 39.71% of the hypertension/diabetes patients among them joined in the hypertension network or diabetes network.Age,education,medical expenditure and referral experiences were significant influencing factors for KAP level of the Three-manager mode,while the residents of older age,higher education and referral experiences were high in their KAP;those of lower per capita monthly income,hypertension or diabetes,with coverage of medical insurance and satisfied with medical consultation in community were high in their awareness of Three-manager mode.Conclusions The KAP level of Three-manager mode of the community residents in Xiamen is acceptable,yet expected of further improvement.Room of further improvement includes enhancement of synergy of the Three-manager mode,enhanced motivation of government financial support and medical insurance,better service functions of community institutions,and especially the construction of hierarchical medical system.

OBJECTIVETo construct an effective system screening and evaluating possible injections and components inducing allergy type II.

METHODTransfect IgG promoter-regulated green fluorescent protein expressing plasmid into RPMI-8226 cell. The number of fluorescent cells after drug treatment was calculated and statistically evaluated.

RESULTTween 80 can suppress the expression of IgG effectively, and puerarin has activity of stimulating IgG expression, and the system has no response to KCl-treatment. No effect of Yuxingcao (Herba Houttuyniae) injection on this system is observed.

CONCLUSIONIgG promoter-drove green fluorescent protein expressing cell line can be used as system screening injections and components inducing allergy type II based on stimulating IgG promoter activity. Tween 80 can suppress the expression of IgG at the transcriptional level. Four batches of Yuxingcao injection cannot induce allergy type II by activating IgG expression.

Cell Line, Tumor ; Gene Expression ; drug effects ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; genetics ; Injections ; Male ; Plant Extracts ; pharmacology ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Plasmids ; genetics ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; genetics

Objective To discover more novel bat viruses and molecularly characterize bat-borne bocavirus diversity in Yunnan.Methods Twenty-six Aselliscus stoliczkanus were sampled in Jinghong , Yunnan, and subjected to viral metagenomic analysis.Specific PCR was used to detect any bocavirus in these samples based on the metagenomic result , while full genome was amplified and compared with other bocaviruses .Results and Conclusion Totally, 3 of the 26 (11.5%) bats were positive for bocavirus, the full genome of which contained 5203 nucleotides and could encode NS1, NP and VP1/VP2 proteins.Phylogenetic analysis showed that this virus shared up to 58.7% and 53.3% amino acid identities with canine bocavirus 1 and canine minute virus .According to ICTV criteria (85%amino acid sequence identity ) on a new species of bocavirus , this virus could be a novel species within genus Bocaparvovirus .This study provides important data to better understand viral diversity in bats and to uncover the relationship between bocavirus and its hosts .

The aim of this study was to conduct the preparation and pharmaceutical characterization of a new type of terbinafine hydrochloride bioadhesive film-forming gel. The viscosity of the gel of(13 299±51)mPa ·s, pH of 3. 50±0. 50, and the shearing viscosity of(196±4)g/cm2 was found. This new gel turned out to be a layer of solid film on the application site in a very short time. The remaining solid ratio of the resulting film was estimated to be(50. 74±2. 81)%; the tensile strength was(1. 17±0. 21)MPa; and the breaking elongation was(21. 42±3. 24)%. In vitro release behavior of terbinafine hydrochloride from the film was investigated according to the paddle over disk method in ChP2010. Terbinafine hydrochloride released continuously for 10 h from the film. Improved Franz type diffusion cells were used in vitro transdermal studies by the application of excised minipigs skins. No penetration of drug into the receptor medium across the skin existed and so it could imply the safety for local application. It was found that(93. 05±5. 66)% of drug stayed on the skin surface while(1. 15±0. 85)% entered into the skin, which was beneficial for the treatment of superficial skin fungal infection.

Bats are important reservoir animals and more than 60 viruses have been identified in bats with many of them highly pathogenic to human. In order to understand the natural background, genetic diversity of bat viruses in China and discover potential viral pathogens, Solexa sequencing based viral metagenomics focusing on bats tissues was established and to analyze the virome of bats collected from Jilin, Yunnan and Hunan province. By Solexa sequencing, 116 442 324 useful reads were obtained and assembled into 4 872 contigs, of which 8.2% (4 002/4 4872) were annotated to 36 viral families, including 19 vertebrate virus families, 6 plant virus families, 4 insect virus families and 4 phages. Further contigs analyses showed that some adenovirus, bocavirus, picobirnavirus, parvovirus contigs sequences were similar with known viruses. However, part of them shared limited identities to these viruses implying the discovery of new viruses. Moreover, PCR validation of adenovirus and bocavirus confirmed the results obtained by viral metagenomics. This study aimed to understand bat virome in China by viral metagenomics and could be helpful to establish effective surveillance on wildlife-associate zoonoses.
Adenoviridae ; genetics ; isolation & purification ; Animals ; Bunyaviridae ; genetics ; isolation & purification ; China ; Chiroptera ; virology ; Genome, Viral ; genetics ; Metagenome ; genetics ; Metagenomics ; methods ; Picornaviridae ; genetics ; isolation & purification

Delirium is a common complication after stroke. Post-stroke delirium is associated with the poor outcome and increased mortality. This article reviews the screening tools, predictive factors and predictive models of post-stroke delirium.

Objective:To construct a predictive model of post-stroke delirium (PSD) in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS), and to verify its predictive value.Methods:Patients with AIS admitted to the Department of Neurology, Lianyungang Hospital Affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University from February to May 2022 were enrolled prospectively. They were divided into modeling group and validation group according to the order of enrollment. Depending on whether the patients had delirium or not, the patients in the modeling group were divided into delirium group and non-delirium group. The independent risk factors for PSD were determined by multivariable logistic regression analysis, and the prediction model of PSD was constructed accordingly. The predictive value of the model was verified by the receiver operating characteristic curve. Results:Three hundred and fifty patients with AIS were included in the modeling group, of which 71 (20.28%) had PSD. The validation group included 150 patients with AIS, and 36 of them (24.00%) had PSD. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age (odds ratio [ OR] 1.036, 95% confidence interval [ CI] 1.000-1.074; P=0.050], National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score ( OR 1.607, 95% CI 1.438-1.797; P<0.001), neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) ( OR 1.135, 95% CI 1.016-1.267; P=0.025), and atrial fibrillation ( OR 5.528, 95% CI 1.315-23.245; P=0.020) were the independent risk factors for PSD. The predictive model was Z=0.036×age+0.475×NIHSS score+0.127×NLR+1.710×assignment of atrial fibrillation - 10.160. The area under the curve of the model was 0.935, and the sensitivity and specificity were 97.2% and 82.5% respectively. Conclusion:This model can effectively predict the PSD risk of patients with AIS, with higher sensitivity and specificity, and can provide a basis for PSD screening of patients with AIS.

Osteoarthritis is a prevalent global joint disease, which is characterized by inflammatory reaction and cartilage degradation. Cyasterone, a sterone derived from the roots of Cyathula officinalis Kuan, exerts protective effect against several inflammation-related diseases. However, its effect on osteoarthritis remains unclear. The current study was designed to investigate the potential anti-osteoarthritis activity of cyasterone. Primary chondrocytes isolated from rats induced by interleukin (IL)-1β and a rat model stimulated by monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) were used for in vitro and in vivo experiments, respectively. The results of in vitro experiments showed that cyasterone apparently counteracted chondrocyte apoptosis, increased the expression of collagen II and aggrecan, and restrained the production of the inflammatory factors inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs-5 (ADAMTS-5), metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), and metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13) induced by IL-1β in chondrocytes. Furthermore, cyasterone ameliorated the inflammation and degenerative progression of osteoarthritis potentially by regulating the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways. For in vivo experiments, cyasterone significantly alleviated the inflammatory response and cartilage destruction of rats induced by monosodium iodoacetate, where dexamethasone was used as the positive control. Overall, this study laid a theoretical foundation for developing cyasterone as an effective agent for the alleviation of osteoarthritis.
Animals ; Rats ; Chondrocytes ; NF-kappa B ; Iodoacetic Acid ; Inflammation ; MAP Kinase Signaling System ; Apoptosis