Animals ; Erythrocytes ; physiology ; Oncorhynchus mykiss ; physiology ; Oxygen ; Water ; chemistry

Animals ; Breast Neoplasms ; metabolism ; Humans ; NF-kappa B ; metabolism ; Neoplasms ; metabolism ; Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma ; metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; metabolism ; Receptors, Notch ; metabolism ; physiology ; Signal Transduction

OBJECTIVE To investigate the carbapenemase genotype of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from Beijing Tiantan Hospital. METHODS Twenty strains of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii were collected from Beijing Tiantan Hospital. OXA-23,OXA-24,IMP and VIM genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing method. RESULTS All strains produced OXA-23 carbapenemases by PCR and sequencing,and OXA-24,IMP and VIM genes were not found. CONCLUSIONS OXA-23 Carbapenemase is a main type of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii in Beijing Tiantan Hospital.

Apoptosis ; Cell Proliferation ; DNA Methylation ; Humans ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Membrane Proteins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Neoplasm Invasiveness ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Neovascularization, Pathologic ; Nerve Tissue Proteins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Receptors, Immunologic ; genetics ; metabolism ; Signal Transduction

Objective To investigate the relationship between wheezing and serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3.Methods 130 children with lower respiratory tract infection were selected as the subjects, the children with wheezing in group A([Abstract] Objective To investigate the relationship between wheezing and serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3.Methods 130 children with lower respiratory tract infection were selected as the subjects, the children with wheezing in group A(n=70),normal pneumonia (no wheezing) were group B(n=60); The healthy children who were examined in the hospital at the same period were selected as the control group (n=60). The serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 were measured by ELISA in the control and hospitalized children. The pathogens and allergens of the two groups were also detected. Results The levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in group A and group B were (56.92±16.88) nmol/L, (70.68±21.96) nmol/L, respectively, which was significantly lower than that in control group (82.69±17.63) nmol/L, ( t=8.50, 3.30,P=0.00,0.00); compared with group A( t=3.85, P=0.00). The positive rate of group A was 65.71%, which was significantly higher than that of group B (35.00%, χ2=12.20,P=0.00). The positive rate of group A was 30.00% compared with the control group (35.00%, χ2=0.36,P=0.54). The serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 was 75.57% in group A, which was significantly higher than that in group B (60.00%,χ2=14.21, P=0.00). The positive rate of virus detection was 57.14% in 98 children with serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 level<75 nmol/L, which was significantly higher than that in serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 level≥75 nmol/L(18.75%, χ2=14.25, P=0.00). The positive rate of allergens in serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 level <75 nmol/L was 35.71%, which was significantly higher than that in serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 level≥75 nmol/L(21.88%, χ2=2.11, P=0.14). Conclusion The main risk factor for children with wheezing is viral infection, while the low level of serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 in children increases the risk of viral infection, resulting in increased risk of wheezing in patients,so the clinical can occur through the detection of serum 25- hydroxyvitamin D3 levels to predict and intervention for children with wheezing.

Objective To investigate the role of IL-11 and CTGF in bone metastasis of breast cancer.Methods A total of 180 pathologically confirmed breast cancer patients in Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital were enrolled,90 of which had bone metastasis.Twenty healthy people who took physical examination at the same period were adopted as controls,excluding those with endocrine or metabolic disease or other chronic diseases.Peripheral blood samples were collected and ELISA was employed to detect IL-11 and CTGF expression.Forty paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissue sections from those with bone metastasis and forty tissue sectioned from those without bone metastasis were detected for IL-11 and CTGF expression with immunohistochemisty.Results Serum IL-11 level was (242.9 ±56.3) μg/L in the group with bone metastasis and (85.9 ± 35.7) μg/L in the group without bone metastasis,with a significant difference (F =43.532,P ＜0.01).Serum level of CTGF was (15.6 ±7.4) μg/L in the group with bone metastasis and (15.0 ± 7.0) μg/L in the group without bone metastasis,with no significant difference (F =3.007,P ＞ 0.05).The rate of positive immunohistochemical staining for IL-11 in the group with bone metastasis (57.5％) was significantly higher than that in the group without bone metastasis (14.3％) (x2 ＝ 36.626,P ＜ 0.01).There was no significant difference in the positive rate of CTGF expression between the group with bone metastasis (17.5％) and the group without metastasis (14.3％) (x2 =0.370,P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions IL-11 expression is correlated with bone metastasis of breast cancer.Breast cancer patients with high IL-11 expression are more prone to develop bone metastasis.

Nonsyndromic hereditary gingival fibromatosis ( HGF) was a rare hereditary condition characterized by a progressive increase in gingival tissue , simultaneously with hypertrichosis and mental retardation.The patients often had troubles with mastication , appearance and pronunciation.The measure include surgical therapy.One case of HGF was reported and its relevant literature reviewed.

In this paper,the attachment of a China-made removable clear orthodontics appliances are introduced. The clinical attachment positions and considerations were illustrated with clinical pictures. A typical case was attached for demonstration.

Objective To assess the reliability and validity of Chinese version National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) and Subjective Work Assessment Technique (SWAT) in evaluating mental workload of community physicians.Methods One hundred and ten community physicians selected by convenience sampling method from Shanghai were recruited.The split-half reliability,Cronbach's α coefficient and Item-total coefficients were adopted to assess the reliability and the validity of Chinese version NASA-TLX and SWAT scales in evaluating the metal workload of participants.Results For NASA-TLX,the Split-Half,Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.703 and 0.619 respectively,all Item-total coefficients (except for performance item) were greater than 0.4 (P ＜ 0.01).For SWAT,the Split-Half,Cronbach's α coefficient of was 0.647 and 0.669 respectively,Item-total coefficients were all greater than 0.4 (P ＜ 0.01).Factor analysis showed that two scales had good structure validity; item discrimination showed satisfactory item validity (except for performance item).The Spearman correlation coefficients between two scales ranged from 0.359 to 0.465 (P ＜ 0.01).Both of the modified versions of NASA-TLX had better reliability and validity than the original one,the one with removed both performance and frustrate item was better than one with removed performance item only.Conclusions The Chinese version NASA-TLX and SWAT can serve as reliable and valid instruments for assessing the community physicians' perception of mental workload in China; and the modified version of NASA-TLX especially the one with removed performance and frustrate item seems to work better than the original one.

Objective To analyze the clinical features of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) combined with soft-tissue calcification. Methods Forty-seven patients with JDM combined with soft-tissue calcification (soft-tissue calcification group) were retrospectively analyzed, and they were contrasted with 89 patients with non-calcification (non-calcification group). Results The rates of Gotton signe, muscle contracture and joint dysfunction in soft-tissue calcification group were significantly higher than those in non-calcification group:87.23% (41/47) vs. 43.82% (39/89) and 68.09% (32/47) vs. 21.35% (19/89), and there were statistical differences (P<0.05). The dosage of glucocorticoid (conversion of prednisone measuring more than 1.5 mg/kg), rate of using immunodepressant, level of creatine kinase in soft-tissue calcification group were significantly lower than those in non-calcification group:17.02%(8/47) vs. 68.54%(61/89), 25.53%(12/47) vs. 88.76%(79/89), (566.45±240.41) U/L vs. (1 680.12±656.50) U/L, and there were statistical differences (P<0.05). Conclusions The patients with JDM combined with Gotton signe are more prone to soft-tissue calcification. The rate of muscle contracture and joint dysfunction in soft-tissue calcification patients is significantly higher than that in non-calcification patients. For the patients whose creatine kinase are not obviously elevated, they are more prone to soft-tissue calcification. Early active application of glucocorticoid and immunodepressant therapy can reduce or prevent the occurrence or development of late calcium deposition.