Objective To evaluate the clinical application of multimodality treatment of brain arteriovenous malformation (BAVM) with Onyx embolization and microsurgery.Methods There were 48 patients with BAVM treated by combination of Onyx embolization and microsurgery.The clinical features,therapeutic process,complications and discharge status (by MRI,DSA and Glasgow outcome scale,GOS) were recorded in detail.The prognosis was estimated by modified Rankin scale (mRS) with 6-42 months' follow-up.Results The total resection rate was 97.9％.The therapy-related complications happened in 8 patients (16.7％).Among them,4 cases had dysfunction of central nervous system (8.3％),2 cases with intra-cerebral hemorrhage (4.2％),and 2 suffered from severe cerebral edema (4.2％).Good recovery was seen in 38 cases (79.2％) evaluated by GOS when discharged from hospital.The follow-up result mRS ＜ 3 was 97.9％.Conclusion Multimodality treatment of BAVM with Onyx embolization and microsurgery should be a good therapeutic strategy.

Objective To observe the variation of cerebral brain flow (CBF)and pathological characteristics in peripheral brain tissue of nidus after operation of brain arterivenous malformations (BAVM) and explore the mechanism and theaputic strategy of normal perfusion pressure breakdown (NPPB)after microsurgery. Methods 12 cases of BAVM that have received surgical resection were analyzed prospectively, and 8 cases of them were embolized with Onyx. The pathological characteristics of the nidus and peripheral brain tissue was observed with microscope and electron microscope. The variation of CBF in peripheral brain tissue of the nidus following microsurgical resection was observed by using Laser Doppuler Perfusion Imaging (LDPI) system. The monitering result of CBF in little meniugioma(n=6) during surgery was used as the control. Results There was small vessel expantion, neuron necrosis, gliocyte hyperplasia and blood brain barriar (BBB) destruction in peripheral brain tissue of BAVM nidus, the visibal brain tissue edema and inflammatory cell infiltration in peripheral brain tissue of the nidus and the revascularization in the emolized nidus vessels were observed after embolization with Onyx. There was significant change of CBF between pre-and post-operation (P<0.05),and after controlling depressurization during surgery was the increasing CBF step down (P<0.05). Conclusion The BBB breakdown and increasing CBF of peripheral brain tissue of the nidus may be the pathological foundation of brain hemorrhage and edema after BAVM microsurgical resection. So embolization before the operation, controlling depressuriation during and after surgery is the important methods for preventing and curing the NPPB of BAVM after microsurgery.

OBJECTIVE The aim was to explore the clinical experiences and access the auditory performance and speech intelligibility of cochlear implantation in patients with inner ear malformations. METHODS Among 700 patients who received multi-channel cochlear implantation from 1997 to 2007 in Beijing Tongren Hospital, 108 patients were diagnosed with malformed inner ear. A retrospective study was performed about the surgical characteristics and the mapping characteristics after implantation. The long term follow-up of the rehabilitative efficacy will also be presented. RESULTS ①All patients restituted auditory after operation. ②After the regular rehabilitation, the long term follow-up of the auditory performance and speech intelligibility were very positive. Everyone has shown improved listening and communication skills evaluated by Categories of Auditory Performance and Speech Intelligibility Rating. ③Most of the children are studying or working and are actively involved in their local communities. CONCLUSION The cochlear implantation can be performed safely in patients with malformed inner ear. The results suggest that cochlear implantation could also provides long-term benefits to those malformed inner ear cases.

One yeast strain, which was isolated from 256 natural samples, was found to be able to utilize D-xylose effectively. On the basis of assimilation physiological and molecular biological tests, the yeast strain was identified as a strain of Candida tropicalis. Furthermore, metabolic engineering breeding strategy was applied to change the metabolic flux in order to increase ethanol productivity. In this study, the C. tropicalis was used as the host strain and the plasmid pYX212-XYL2, which was formerly constructed for over expression of XYL2 gene encoding xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH) from Pichia stipitis, was used as the backbone of the recombinant vector. A hygro gene was inserted into downstream position of XYL2 gene, meanwhile, the result plasmid pXY212-XYL2-Hygro transformed into C. tropicalis by electroporation. Thus, a recombinant yeast C. tropicalis XYL2-7 was obtained through hygromycin B resistance screening and its specific XDH activity was 0.5 u/mg protein, which was 3 times more than that of the parent strain. Additionally, the recombinant yeast was applied in the fermentation of xylose. Compared with the parent yeast, it was concluded that the xylitol yield in the broth decreased by 3 times, however, the ethanol yield increased by 5 times. The feasibility of ethanol production from xylose by C. tropicalis was firstly studied in this paper. These research results are helpful to advance the bioconversion of renewable resources (e. g. straw, wheat bran, and husk) to fuel ethanol.
Candida tropicalis ; genetics ; metabolism ; D-Xylulose Reductase ; genetics ; metabolism ; Electroporation ; Ethanol ; metabolism ; Fermentation ; Pichia ; enzymology ; genetics ; Recombination, Genetic ; Xylose ; metabolism

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a neuromodulation technique that achieves therapeutic purpose through intermittent and chronic stimulation of vagus nerve afferent fibers, which has a remarkable effect on functional diseases of the central nervous system, and has been approved by FDA for intractable epilepsy, depression and migraine treatments. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation(taVNS) is a new type of non-invasive nerve regulation therapy based on traditional VNS and vagus nerve anatomy, and has a wide range of central regulation; taVNS can improve the cognitive state by regulating functions of cognition-related cerebral cortex and nerve nuclei, regulating inflammatory response, promoting neurotransmitter transmission, and so on, which has a broad application prospect in cognition-related diseases. This paper mainly summarizes the recent advance in central mechanism of taVNS in improving cognitive function.

Objective:To explore the application value of transrectal ultrasound images classification network model of prostate cancer based on deep learning in the classification of benign and malignant prostate tissue in transrectal ultrasound images.Methods:A total of 1 462 two-dimensional images of transrectal prostate biopsy with clear pathologic results(including 658 images of malignant tumor, 804 images of benign tumor) from 203 patients with suspicious prostate cancer(including 89 cases of malignant tumor, 114 cases of benign tumor) were collected from May 2018 to May 2021 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University. They were divided into the training database, validation database, and test database. And the training and validation database were used to train and obtain the intelligence-assisted diagnosis network model, and then the test database was used to test the network model and two ultrasound doctors of different ages. With pathologic diagnosis as the gold standard, the diagnostic performance among them was evaluated.Results:①The sensitivity of network model was 66.7% the specificity was 91.9%, the accuracy was 80.5%, the precision(positive predictive value) was 87.1%. The area under the ROC curve was 0.922. ②The accuracy of the junior and senior ultrasound doctors was 57.5%, 62.0%; the specificity was 62.0%, 66.3%; the sensitivity was 51.5%, 56.8%; the precision was 53.1%, 58.1%, respectively. ③The accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, precision of classification: the network model > the ultrasound doctors, the differences were significant( P<0.05); the senior ultrasound doctor>the junior ultrasound doctor, the differences were not significant( P>0.05). Conclusions:The intelligence-assisted diagnosis network model based on deep learning can classify benign and malignant prostate tissue in transrectal ultrasound images, improve the accuracy of ultrasound doctors in diagnosing prostate cancer. It is of great significance to improve the efficiency of screening for patients with high clinical suspicion of prostate cancer.

Objective To investigate the expressions ofstromal-cell derived factor-1α (SDF-1α)and its receptor CXCR4 in brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and to explore the relationships of SDF-1α with hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).Methods Surgical specimens from 48 patients accepted brain AVM resection,collected in our hospital from January 2012 to December 2013,were studied for expressions ofSDF-1α,CXCR4,VEGF and HIF-1α by immunohistochemical staining.The relationships of SDF-1α with VEGF and HIF-1α were analyzed and influences of embolism,hemorrhage and Spetzer-Martin classification in SDF-1α expression were assessed.Results SDF-1α and CXCR4 expressed in 100％ and 83.3％ AVM specimens,respectively.The positive staining for SDF-1α was observed in the cytoplasm of vascular endothelium within the nidus and smooth muscle cells of vascular wall.CXCR4 expressed in vascular endothelium and perivascular cells located in the space between the abnormal vessels.SDF-1α expression was significantly associated with VEGF and HIF-1α (r=0.537 and 0.437,respectively,P＜0.05).SDF-1α showed more intense expression in embolized patients than that in non-embolized patients (P＜ 0.05),while no significant difference was noted between patients with and without hemorrhage and between patients of different Spetzer-Martin classifications (P＞0.05).Conclusion SDF-1α and its receptor CXCR4 highly express in brain AVM; preoperative embolization might induce expression of SDF-1α.

This study aims to explore the impact of Rehmannioside D (RD) on ovarian functions of rats with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) and its underlying mechanisms of action. A single injection of cyclophosphamide was performed to establish a DOR rat model, and fourteen days after the injection, the rats were intragastrically administrated with RD for two weeks. Rat estrus cycles were tested using vaginal smears. Ovarian tissues were histologically evaluated, the number of primordial, mature, and atretic follicles was calculated, and the apoptotic rate of granulosa cells. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), and estradiol (E2 ) levels were determined by ELISA assays. Protein levels of Forkhead Box O1 (FOXO1), KLOTHO, Bcl-2, and Bax were investigated in ovarian tissues of DOR rats. The binding between FOXO1 and KLOTHO was verified by ChIP assay. High-dose administration of RD into DOR rats improved their estrus cycles, increased ovarian index, enhanced the number of primordial and mature follicles, reduced the number of atretic follicle number, and ovarian granulosa cell apoptosis in addition to inhibiting FSH and LH levels and upregulating E2 expression. FOXO1 and KLOTHO were significantly suppressed in DOR rats. FOXO1 knockdown partially suppressed the protective effects of RD on DOR rats, and KLOTHO overexpression could restore RD-induced blockade of DOR development despite knocking down FOXO1. FOXO1 antibody enriched KLOTHO promoter, and the binding between them was reduced in DOR group compared to that in sham group. RD improved ovarian functions in DOR rats and diminished granulosa cell apoptosis via the FOXO1/KLOTHO axis.

Objective To evaluate a model for axillary lymph node involvement combining CK19 mRNA with contrast enhanced ultrasound sonography (CEUS) score in operable breast cancer.Methods Operable breast cancer patients planned for sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy were enrolled.Preoperative CK19mRNA expressions in peripheral blood and CEUS score of axillary lymph nodes were tested before surgery.In the training set,postoperative sentinel lymph node (SLN) and non-sentinel lymph node (nSLN) pathological results were taken as the gold standard,effective modeling variables were screened,logistic regression was used to establish the prediction model.Parallel control studies were conducted between the validation set and the MSKCC model to evaluate the prediction accuracy and prediction efficiency.Results From Oct 2015 to Nov 2016,359 cases (training set) were enrolled and mathematical formulas for predicting SLN and nSLN were established,respectively.The sensitivity,specificity and AUC of predicting SLN involvement were 91.36％,94.92％ and 0.979 respectively.The sensitivity,specificity and AUC of predicting nSLN metastasis were 91.04％,90.53％ and 0.932 respectively.From Dec 2016 to Jul 2017,219 cases (verification set) were included.The sensitivity of SLN metastasis predicted by the model was 91.84％,the specificity was 96.69％,and the AUC was 0.979,significantly superior to the MSKCC model (0.739).The sensitivity,specificity and AUC of predicting nSLN metastasis were 95.35％,92.73％ and 0.945 respectively,significantly superior to the MSKCC model (0.873).Concolusions Combined with peripheral blood CK19 mRNA and CEUS score,the prediction model for axillary lymph node involvement for operable breast cancer,SLN/nSLN involvement probability can be calculated and qualitative judgment can be made.The overall accuracy and AUC of this model are better than the prediction model of MSKCC.

Objective:To explore the incidence of vascular leakage after acute hemodilution in patients with traumatic orthopedics by using 6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 (HES).Methods:Using prospective cohort study method, 48 orthopedic trauma patients in in Yantaishan Hospital from June 2018 to December 2018 were selected as the subjects of observation.The American Society of anesthesiologists (ASA) grade was divided into grade I-III.According to the degree of trauma, they were divided into two groups: general orthopedic patients group (24 cases) and severe trauma orthopedic patients group (24 cases). According to the formula of blood volume, the blood volume of the patients in the two groups was calculated.After intubation, 10% of the blood volume of HES was infused intravenously at the rate of 0.5 ml/(kg·min) for acute hemodilution.Plasma colloidal osmolality and hemoglobin were measured immediately before acute hemodilution (T0), 15 minutes (T1) and 30 minutes (T2) after acute hemodilution.The concentrations of HES in T1 and T2 plasma were measured.The urine volume from the beginning of infusion to 30 minutes after the end of infusion was saved.The urine volume and hes concentration were measured to calculate the urine hes content.Results:The amount of HES input was the same in the general orthopedic patients group and the severe trauma orthopedic patients group, which were (7.71±0.3) ml/kg and (7.70±0.2) ml/kg, and the expansion ratio was about 100%.Compared with T0, plasma colloid osmotic pressure at T1 and T2 were (27.9±1.5) mmHg(1 mmHg=0.133 kPa)) and (27.7±1.5) mmHg in the general traumatic orthopedics patients, which was higher than T0((26.5±1.5) mmHg, P<0.05). There was no significant difference of COP at T1 and T2 ((27.0±1.6) mmHg and(26.9±1.5) mmHg) compared with T0((26.3±1.7) mmHg, P>0.05) in the severe trauma orthopedic patients). The concentration of plasma HES in the severe trauma orthopedic patients ((6.8±0.6) g/L and (5.8±0.5) g/L) was lower than in the general traumatic orthopedics patients ((7.7±0.5) g/L and (7.1±0.5) g/L, t=5.660 and 6.755, all P<0.05) at T1 and T2.There was no significant difference of the urine HES content ((29.0±3.5 ) mg vs.(28.4±3.3) mg, t=0.61, P>0.05 )between the two groups after infusion. Conclusion:The ratio of acute hemodilution and volume expansion of HES was the same in the two groups.The changes of plasma colloid osmotic pressure and HES concentration were lower in patients with severe trauma orthopedics, and there was more obvious extravascular leakage in patients with severe trauma orthopedics.