Glucocorticoid is the first choice for the treatment of nephrotic syndrome in children. But due to various reasons, nephrotic syndrome becomes hormone dependent or resistant, and progresses into refractory nephrotic syndrome in some children, which forces the clinician to constantly look for new immunosuppressants in order to alleviate the condition.,Rituximab injection (RTX) as a monoclonal antibody against CD20 has been widely used in the treatment of a variety of immune diseases in recent years. The use of RTX in refractory nephrotic syndrome in children, its main adverse effects and possible mechanisms was reviewed in this article.

Objective To observe the correlation between physical fatigue and motor function in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods The 36 patients (12 females, 22 males) with PD were elected from PD clinic in Beijing Hospital, and 18 health controls of age and gender matching were enrolled. The Parkinson Fatigue Scale (PFS), the timed get up and go test and the six-minute walk test were used to evaluate the disease progress, physical fatigue and motor function. The correlation between PFS score and motor function was analyzed. Results There were significant differences between patients with PD and healthy controls in PFS score, get up and Go performance time and the max six-minute walk distance (P＜0.05). In patients with PD, the PFS score was positively correlated with get up and go performance time (r= 0.82, P＜0. 01 ), and was negatively correlated with distance of six-minute walk (r= -0. 61, P＜0. 01). Conclusions Patients with PD show more fatigability and decreased motor function compared with healthy people of age and gender matching; The severity of physical fatigue symptom of patients with PD shows positive correlation with get up and go performance time, and negative correlation with the distance of six-minute walk.

Objective:To explore the effects of myofibroblast in the pathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis(OSF).Methods:The expressions of ?-SMA in the tissues of OSF and normal control were detected by immunohistochemistry. Fibroblasts were isolated from oral mucosa of OSF patients and healthy controls and were cultured under stimulation by arecoline.The expressions of ?-SMA in OSF fibroblasts and normal fibroblast were detected by immunocellchemistry and RT-PCR.Results:(1)No positive expression was found in normal tissues except in the blood vessel,but in OSF tissue,?-SMA positive expression was found in many spindle cells in the oral submucousal layer.(2)Few fibroblasts in vitro from normal controls were ?-SMA positive.(3)Most of the second passage of OSF fibroblasts were ?-SMA positive(85.80%?3.56%). (4)The expression of ?-SMA in fibroblasts could not be increased by the stimulation of arecoline.Conclusion:Myofibroblasts may play an important role in the pathogenesis of OSF,and the appearrence of myofibroblasts in OSF may not be directly induced by the stimulation of arecoline.

Objective:In order to elucidate the derivation and differentiation mechanisms for derivation of myofibroblasts in oral submucous fibrosis.Methods:Oral keratinocytes and fibroblasts were isolated and cultured,and a co-cultur system composed of the keratinocytes and fibroblasts was established in vitro.Expressions of ?-SMA protein and mRNA in fibroblasts were detected by immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR. The level of TGF-?1 in conditioned medium were evaluated by ELISA.Results:The expressions of ?-SMA mRNA and protein in fibroblasts co-cultured with keratinocytes preprocessed by arecoline was higher than that in fibroblasts co-cultured with keratinocytes and without preprocessed by arecoline. The level of TGF-?1 in conditioned medium of fibroblasts-keratinocytes preprocessed by arecoline co-cultures was higher than those of fibroblasts cultured alone.Conclusion:The derivation of myofibroblast from FB can be promoted by keratinocytes preprocessed by arecoline and TGF-?1 may play a role in the process.

Objective To observe the effect of Qingrelifei decoction on hemorrheology and nail bed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods Sixty cases of COPD were divided into 2 groups randomly, the treatment group was 30 cases and the control was 30 cases. The control group was treated with oxygen therapy, bronchodilators, antibiotics, glucocorticosteroid therapy. The treatment group was given Qingrelifei decoction additionally. Indexes of hemorrhelolgy and nail fold microcirculation were detected before and after treatment. Results The whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity and erythrocyte sedimentation rate decreased while hematocrit increased after medication, there were obvious differences in both groups (P

Objective:To investigate the relationship between polymorphism of leptin gene -2548A/G and leptin receptor gene ( LEPR) Gln223Arg and asthma and metabolic syndrome.Methods: 82 asthma-combined metabolic syndrome patients,114 asthma patients,100 metabolic syndrome patients and 96 normal controls were conducted.The polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism ( PCR-RFLP) analysis were performed to investigate the polymorphism of leptin gene -2548A/G and LEPR gene Gln223Arg site.In addition, asthma was graded into mild AS and mod-severe AS according to lung function.Then the associations between the polymorphism of leptin gene -2548A/G and LEPR gene Gln223Arg and different grades of asthma were performed.Results:①The biochemical indicators were different compared between each group.②The genotype and allele frequencies in leptin gene polymorphism -2548A/G were significantly difference between metabolic syndrome patients(P=0.047 and 0.046), asthma-combined metabolic syndrome patients( P=0.038 and 0.044) ,mod-severe asthma patients( P=0.019 and 0.028) and control group.③There was a significant difference of genotype and allele frequencies in LEPR gene Gln223Arg between metabolic syndrome patients and controls(P=0.037 and 0.023);between metabolic syndrome patients and asthma patients(P=0.000 and 0.000).There was a significant difference of allele frequencies in LEPR gene Gln223Arg between asthma-combined metabolic syndrome patients and asthma(P=0.032) .Conclusion: Polymorphisms of the leptin gene -2548A/G site may be associated with metabolic syndrome and mod-severe asthma.Polymorphisms of the LEPR gene Gln223Arg site may be only associated with metabolic syndrome.The two genes would be the candidate genes in early prevention and control.

Objective To explore the expressions of transforming growth factor(TGF)-?1 and connective tissue growth factor(CTGF) in viral myocarditis(VM) and the intervention effect of valsarta on them.Methods Fifty-four male Balb/c mice were randomly divided into 3 groups:control group,treatment group and model group.Model group and treatment group established VM model by intraperitoned injecting 0.1 ml CVB3.They were killed on days 7,14 and 28,respectively.Histological cross sections of heart were stained with hematoxylin-eosin and myocardial histopathplogic scores were counted under optical microscope.The expressions of typeⅠand Ⅲ myocardial collagen,TGF-?1 and CTGF were examined by immunohistochemical method and analyzed by using SPSS 11.5 software.Results Compared with control group,histopathplogic scores,the expressions of type Ⅰand Ⅲ myocardial collagen,TGF-?1 and CTGF increased markedly in model group (Pa

Objective To analyze the effect of combined detection of serum tumor markers, Ki-67 and P-glycoprotein (PGP) in lymph node metastasis and postoperative recurrence of colorectal cancerpatients. Methods The clinical data of 517 colorectal cancer patients who had underwent surgicaltreatment were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, lymph node metastasis was found in 165 cases(lymph metastasis group), and 352 cases did not have lymph node metastasis (non lymphoid metastasis);postoperative recurrence was found in 224 cases (postoperative recurrence group), and 293 cases did havepostoperative recurrence (non postoperative recurrence group). The serum tumor markers levels of cancerantigen 19- 9 (CA19- 9), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cancer antigen 125 (CA125) and theexpressions of Ki-67, PGP were compared. The correlation between the serum tumor markers levels andthe expressions of Ki-67, PGP was analyzed. Results The serum levels of CEA, CA19-9 and CA125 and the positive expression rates of Ki-67 and PGP in lymph metastasis group were significantly higher than those in non lymph metastasis group:(21.39 ± 3.15)μg/L vs. (10.12 ± 2.48)μg/L, (68.48 ± 5.82) U/L vs. (35.26 ± 3.51) U/L, (82.16 ± 7.53) U/L vs. (32.46 ± 6.24) U/L, 69.70% (115/165) vs. 13.64% (48/352) and 72.73%(120/165) vs. 14.77%(52/352), and there were statistical differences (P<0.01). The serum levels of CEA, CA19-9 and CA125 and the positive expression rates of Ki-67 and PGP in postoperative recurrence group were significantly higher than those in non postoperative recurrence group:(18.26 ± 2.34)μg/L vs. (9.18 ± 1.26)μg/L, (47.52 ± 4.85) U/L vs. (21.43 ± 2.18) U/L, (59.16 ± 4.25) U/L vs. (33.17 ± 3.46) U/L, 60.27% (135/224) vs. 9.56% (28/293) and 6.70% (15/224) vs. 7.51% (22/293), and there were statistical differences (P<0.01). The correlation analysis results showed that the positive expression rates of Ki-67 and PGP were positive correlated with the serum levels of CEA, CA19-9 and CA125 (P<0.05). Conclusions The levels of serum tumor markers and the positive expression rates of PGP and Ki-67 in colorectal cancer patients with lymph metastasis and postoperative recurrence are high. The levels of tumor markers are closely related to the positive expression rates of Ki-67 and PGP, which indicates that the combined detection of these indexes has a good effect on evaluating lymph metastasis and postoperative recurrence of colorectal cancer patients.

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of water jet debridement combined with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for the treatment of early infection after fracture internal fixation.Methods The study cohort included 6 men and one woman with an average age of 43.6 years (range,from 36 to 58 years) who had presented with early infection after fracture internal fixation from October 2013 to March 2015.All the patients sustained closed fractures initially.The wound debridement was done within 3 to 5 days after the infection was confirmed.The length and depth of an incision was determined by the methylene staining range.Water jet was used to eliminate the dying tissues thoroughly from a shallower layer to a deeper layer while the internal fixator was retained.The wound was closed by full thickness sutures in a sparse fashion for drainage.Sensitive antibiotics were systematically administered for all the patients.The NPWT device was kept for 5 days.Results All the wounds healed uneventfully after an average of 18 days (range,from 10 to 25 days).The mean follow-up time was 12 months (range,from 8 to 24 months).No antibiotics were used during follow-up.There were no local or systematical symptoms like new sinus,broken wound or fever.Bony callus formed at the fracture sites after an average of 4.3 months (range,from 2.5 to 8.0 months) and no fracture nonunion happened.All the fractures healed after an average of 10.1 months (range,from 5.5 to 16.0 months).All the patients were satisfied with their treatment outcomes.Conclusion Since water jet provides simple,rapid and radical debridement while NPWT simplifies operative procedures and promotes wound healing,combination of the two can be an effective treatment for early infection after fracture internal fixation.

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