Objective To explore the status of intracranial aneurysms screened by CTA among the population with family history of stroke.Methods 200 patients including 108 men and 92 women in our hospital were involved,who had a family history of stroke.Head CTA examination,physical examination and laboratory tests were performed.Results 200 male and female had no statistical significance in demographic characteristics,past medical history and physical testing (P＞0.05);in lifestyle,smoking and drinking prevalence among male were higher than female (P＜0.05),and drug-usage rate of female were higher than male (P＜0.05).27 cases (13.5 ￥)had intracranial aneurysms,including 13 male cases (12.03 ％) and 14 females cases(15.22 ％),and there was one occurred aneurysm rupture and subarachnoid hemorrhage,the prevalence rate of aneurysm rupture was 87％.The 27 intracranial aneurysms cases had 29 CPC aneurysms,with 2 cases had two aneurysms.The number of aneurysm diameter ＜3 mm were 7 (24.14％),3 7 mm diameter were 12 (41.38％),and ＞7 mm were 10 (34.48％).Classified by the morphology,there were 7 (24.14％) fusiform aneurysm,22 (75.86％) cystic,3 (10.34％) small drops of blood sample.Conclusion CTA is a noninvasive and effective method for intracranial aneurysm,can provide additional valuable diagnostic information particularly for emergency of aneurysm screening.

Objective To investigate the inhibitory effect on human ACHN cell line and its mice xenograft by using interferon α-1b combined with cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor and the relevant mechanism in vitro and vivo experiment .Methods ACHN cell and the xenograft mice were devided into 4 groups(IFN-α1b,NS398,IFNα-1b+NS398 and control group).The inhibitory effects were tested by CCK8(Cell Counting Kit 8)assay after AHCN were treated for 24 h and 48 h.The expression of bcl-xl and COX-2 were detected by Western blot .The vol-ume of the xenografts of ACHN cell line and testing the expression of VEGF in xenografts were measured by immunohistochemistry assay .Re-sults Both IFNα-1b and NS398 exerted inhibitory effects on ACHN and this effects showed a rising trend with a increasing concentration of drugs.The combined group was more significant than monotherapy group (P<0.05).Western blot assay showed that IFNα-1b and NS398 downregulated the expression of bcl-xl and COX-2 in ACHN.The combined group was more significant than monotherapy group (P<0.05). The combined group has the greatest inhibitory effects on the xenografts of ACHN cell line compared with monotherapy group and control group(P<0.05).The expression of VEGF in tumor was obiviously inhibited in combined group compared with monotherapy group and con -trol group (P<0.05).Conclusion IFNα-1b combined with NS398 can inhibit the proliferation of ACHN and suppress the tumor growth .

Objective To explore the clinical outcomes of locking plate fixation of intertrochanteric fractures in patients with deformed proximal femur.Methods A retrospective review was made of the 25 patients with intertrochanteric fracture and deformed proximal femur who had been treated from January 2009 to July 2015.They were 17 men and 8 women,from 22 to 76 years of age (mean,45.2 years).The proximal femoral deformities were postpoliomyelitis syndrome in 6 cases,fibrous dysplasia in 4,malunion in 13,and hip varus caused by implant breakage following intramedullary nailing in 2.By AO classification,there were 4 cases of type 31-A2.1,3 ones of type 31-A2.2,16 ones of type 31-A3.1,and 2 ones of type 31-A3.2.All the patients were treated by open reduction plus locking plate fixation.At the final follow-up,function of the affected hip was evaluated by the Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS),and quality of life of the patients was evaluated using the SF-36 health survey questionnaire.Results The 25 patients were effectively followed up for 12 to 24 months (mean,17.4 months).No infection,pneumonia,fat embolism,or deep venous thrombosis of lower limb was observed.The fractures healed without nonunion or refracture after a mean time of 5.9 months (range,from 3 to 6 months) in the 25 patients.By the HOOS evaluation at the final follow-ups,the 25 patients scored,on average,83.7± 15.6 in pain,55.6± 14.1 in symptoms,53.6 ± 9.5 in daily living function,52.7 ± 8.9 in sports and recreational activities and 62.4 ± 12.3 in quality of life;by SF-36 evaluation,they had a mean total score of 71.2 ± 13.8.Both the HOOS and SF-36 scores were not significantly different from the pre-injury values (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Locking plate fixation is a simple and effective way for the intertrochanteric fractures complicated with deformed proximal femur because intramedullary nailing is difficult or infeasible.

The pathogenicity of a field isolate of Marek's disease virus (MDV) named GXY2 integrated with retroviral long terminal repeat (LTR) sequence from a chicken with MD tumors was evaluated. Experimental chickens were divided into group A, B, C, D and E. The later four groups were vaccinated on one-day-old with CVI988/Rispens for group B and D, with HVT for group C and E, while group A was taken as no-vaccinated control. On 8-day-old, group A, B and C were challenged with GXY2 by intra-abdominal injection, group D and E were kept as un-challenged control. All the birds were raised routinely until 82 days post-challenge (PC), died birds during the experiment and the slaughtered birds at the end of the experiment were necropsied and examined for gross lesions of MD and further confirmed by a developed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based differential diagnosis technique for avian neoplastic diseases. The results showed that time of onset of MD death of group A, B and C were PC 25, 77 and 29 days with the incidences of visible MD visceral tumors. On PC 82 days, tumor incidences and mortalities of group A, B and C were 72%, 34.8% and 50%, 84%, 21.7% and 20%, respectively. The vaccination protection of CVI988/Rispense and HVT were 51.67% and 30.56% respectively. Among all the visceral organs, heart had the highest tumor incidences (23.5%), and then followed by liver (14.7%) and gizzard (10.3%). The weight-gain of unvaccinated birds was significantly depressed and severe dystrophy of thymus and bursa of Fabricius were also found. The results of the study demonstrated that isolate GXY2 possessed the ability of causing acute tumors and overcoming the protection of the vaccinations of either CVI988/Rispense or HVT.
Animals ; Chickens ; Mardivirus ; genetics ; pathogenicity ; Marek Disease ; pathology ; virology ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Retroviridae ; genetics ; Terminal Repeat Sequences ; genetics

OBJECTIVETo establish a HPLC-ELSD fingerprint of Marsdenia tenacissima from different habitats, in order to provide a reliable method for scientific assessment and effective quality control.

METHODHPLC-ELSD was adopted to determine 25 baches of M. tenacissima herbs from different habitats. Traditional Chinese medicine chromatographic fingerprint similarity software assessment system 2004 developed by China Pharmacopoeia Committee was adopted to establish a common mode chart and assess chromatographic similarity based on the degree of correlation.

RESULTThe common mode for M. tenacissima herb C21 steroidal fingerprint was established, including 11 common characteristic peaks. Among them, 10 were identified. According to the assessment on the similarity of 25 batches of samples, 80% of them showed a similarity of over 0.80 in steroidal HPLC-ELSD fingerprint.

CONCLUSIONThe method can be used to assess the quality of M. tenacissima.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Ecosystem ; Light ; Marsdenia ; chemistry ; classification ; Scattering, Radiation

Objective:To investigate the prognostic significance of D-dimer level in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).Methods:The clinical data of 70 newly diagnosed DLBCL patients who were admitted to Tianjin People's Hospital from January 2015 to June 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. The optimal cut-off value of D-dimer for survival was determined according to the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, and the patients were grouped. The differences of coagulation related indexes and clinicopathological features between patients with different D-dimer levels were compared. Kaplan-Meier method was used for univariate analysis of overall survival (OS), and Cox regression model was used for multivariate analysis of OS.Results:According to ROC curve, the best cut-off value of D-dimer for survival was 0.75 mg/L. The proportion of patients with different clinical staging, international prognostic index score, lactate dehydrogenase level had statistically significant differences between the D-dimer ≥0.75 mg/L group (36 cases) and <0.75 mg/L group (34 cases) (all P < 0.05). The prothrombin time of D-dimer ≥ 0.75 mg/L group and < 0.75 mg/L group were (13.5±0.9) s and (13.0±0.8) s, respectively, and the activated partial thromboplastin time were (37±5) s and (34±6) s, respectively,and the differences were statistically significant (all P < 0.05). Univariate analysis showed that the 5-year OS rates of DLBCL patients with Ann Arbor stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ, international prognostic index score > 2, lactate dehydrogenase level > 240 U/L, B symptoms, D-dimer level ≥0.75 mg/L were decreased (all P < 0.05). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that D-dimer ≥0.75 mg/L was an independent risk factor for OS of DLBCL patients ( HR=0.368, 95% CI 0.144-0.944, P= 0.038). Conclusion:The level of D-dimer can be used as a clinical indicator to judge the prognosis of DLBCL patients, and the prognosis of patients with high D-dimer level is poor.

Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating ; administration & dosage ; Child ; Humans ; Intravitreal Injections ; Male ; Melphalan ; administration & dosage ; Neoplasm Seeding ; Retinal Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Retinoblastoma ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Vitreous Body ; pathology

BACKGROUNDEstrogen is involved in suppression of colon cancer development and exerts its function via estrogen receptors alpha and beta (ERalpha, ERbeta). The recently identified ERalpha46 resulted from exon 1-deletion from the 66-kDa full length form of ERalpha66 is devoid of the transactivation domain AF-1, whose function remains largely unknown.

METHODSIn this study, we compared the expression of ERalpha46 mRNA in 32 normal colorectal tissues and their matched colorectal cancer tissues by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Human colon adenocarcinoma cell HT-29, that has low endogenous expression of ERalpha46, was transfected with ERalpha46-expression vector; methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay, flow cytometry, DNA fragmentation and TUNEL staining were used to evaluate the proliferation and apoptosis status of the cells in the presence of 17beta-oestradiol.

RESULTSHigher ERalpha46 mRNA levels were observed in normal colorectal tissues than in the corresponding cancer tissues. ERalpha46-transfected cells showed a significantly decreased growth rate than control cells and an accumulation of cells in the G(0/1) phase and a reduced proportion of cells in G(2)/M phase after exposed to 10(-8) mol/L 17beta-oestradiol. There were also more positive TUNEL stained cells in ERalpha46-transfected cells than the control cells in the presence of 17beta-oestradiol (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONSThese data suggest that ERalpha46 may be involved in the development and/or progression of colorectal cancer via mediating growth inhibition and apoptosis of cancer cells in the presence of 17beta-oestradiol.

Adult ; Aged ; Apoptosis ; Colorectal Neoplasms ; genetics ; pathology ; Estradiol ; pharmacology ; Estrogen Receptor alpha ; genetics ; Female ; G1 Phase ; HT29 Cells ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mutation

Objective:To investigate the characteristics of magnetic resonance myelography (MRM) and its application in the treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH).Methods:The clinical data, MRM characteristics, and treatment of 15 patients with SIH who underwent MRM examination in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from August 2014 to August 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. According to treatment methods, nine patients were divided into conservative treatment group and six patients were divided into combined epidural blood patch treatment group. The gender, age, time interval from onset to MRM examination, cerebrospinal fluid pressure and MRM characteristics between the two groups were compared. SPSS 20.0 software was used for statistical description, and independent sample t-test was applied to compare the differences between groups. Results:All of the 15 cases reported orthostatic headache. Their cerebrospinal fluid pressure was (29.67±19.77, range 0-55) mmH 2O (1 mmH 2O=0.009 8 kPa), and onset-MRM interval was (33.07±24.22, range 7-90) days. The MRM characteristics were observed, including all 15 cases with periradicular leaks, four cases with anterior epidural fluid collections, six cases with posterior epidural fluid collections, and eight cases with high cervical (C 1-2 to C 2-3) retrospinal cerebrospinal fluid collections. There were 2 to 32 leak sites with an average of (10.20±7.87) sites. Among the 153 leak sites, 58(37.9%) sites were located at cervical vertebra, 77(50.3%) sites at thoracic vertebra, 18(11.8%) sites at lumbar vertebra, and 61(39.9%) sites at either the cervicothoracic junction (C 7-T 1 to T 1-2) or the upper thoracic region (T 2-3to T 6-7). Five patients responded well to one-time targeted autologous epidural blood patch on the basis of the location of the cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Besides, one patient improved with targeted epidural blood patch twice. There were no statistically significant differences in gender, age, onset-MRM interval, cerebrospinal fluid pressure, number and location of leak sites between the conservative treatment group and combined treatment group. Conclusions:The periradicular leaks of cerebrospinal fluid at cervical vertebra and thoracic vertebra are the most common feature of MRM in patients with SIH. MRM can identify the existence and location of cerebrospinal fluid leakage, assist in the diagnosis of SIH, and guide targeted epidural blood patch.

To explore the clinical effect of microsurgery in the treatment of the tumor which was diagnosed with the plexiform neurofibroma (PN) of the forearm and palm. Methods From January, 2014 to June, 2017, 6 cases of the PN in the forearm and palm were removed by microsurgery such as neurovascular transplantation, separation and anastomosis under microscope, etc. There were 4 males and 2 females, with an average age of 9.2 (range, 2-18 )years. There was 1 case with PN of the median nerve, ulnar nerve and their branches in the right fore-arm and palm, 2 cases with PN of the median nerve and its branches in the right forearm and palm, 2 cases with PN of the median nerve and its branches in the left forearm and palm, and 1 case with PN of the ulnar nerve and its branches in the left forearm and palm.The postoperative function and feeling of the patients were evaluated by outpa-tient followed-up. Results The pathological results of 6 patients all showed PN, and their incisions healed primari-ly.The patients were followed-up for 6 to 36 months, with an average of 18 months. No obvious scar formation was observed in all incisions. Among them, PN of the palmar of the youngest patient recurred after the operation, and it was resected in a second operation.The remaining 5 patients had no recurrence during follow-up.The 2 point resolu-tion of each fingertip of the affected limb of the patients who had median and ulnar PN was 2-5 mm, with an average of 3.30 mm; the 2 point resolution of the thumb, indicator, middle and ring fingers of the affected limbs of the patients who had median PN was 2-5 mm, with an average of 2.95 mm; the 2 point resolution of the ring and little fingers of the affected limbs of the patients who had ulnar PN was 3-4 mm, with an average of 3.50 mm.According to the related evalu-ation criteria made by the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Society (AOFAS), the results of the forearm and hand functions were excellent in 5 cases, good in 1 case. Conclusion The application of microsurgical techniques in the treatment of PN in the forearm and palm can be effective separation of tumor and nerve fibers, effectively protect the branches of the median nerve and ulnar nerve and their blood circulation, prevent recurrence and reduce nerve damage after operation.