Adult ; Aged ; Copper ; Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced ; epidemiology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mining ; Occupational Diseases ; epidemiology

Adolescent ; Adult ; Cities ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Male ; Occupational Exposure ; Occupational Health ; Private Sector ; Sampling Studies ; Young Adult

Objective To investigate the developmental profiles on surface expression and colocalization of NMDA receptor and AMPA receptor on dendritic structures in cultured hippocampal neurons of rats. Methods Two vectors expressing green fluorescent protein tagged GluR1 subunit(GFP-GluR1) and FLAG tagged NR2B subunit(FLAG-NR2B) were co-transfected into cultured hippocampal neurons at 5 days in vitro(DIV5).Surface expressed GFP-GluR1 containing AMPA receptor clusters and FLAG-NR2B containing NMDA receptor clusters were then labeled in living neurons by using anti-GFP primary antibody followed by Alex488-conjugated secondary antibody,and anti-FLAG primary antibody followed by Cy3-conjugated secondary antibody.Furthermore,distribution of the surface clusters was observed on the detailed dendritic structures visualized with co-expression of cyan fluorescent protein tagged actin(CFP-Actin). Results The numbers for GluR1 containing AMPA receptor clusters,NR2B containing NMDA receptor clusters,and colocalized receptor clusters per 100*!?m dendrite in DIV7 and DIV14 neurons were 59.2?5.6 and 74.8?3.1(P

Objective · To investigate the histone methyltransferase capability of DOT1L-long form and its role in breast cancer metastasis.Methods · The existence of DOT1L-long form was confirmed by PCR, and the mRNA level of DOT1L was tested by real-time PCR. In HEK293T cells in which DOT1L canonical and DOT1L-long were overexpressed respectively, Western blotting was used to test the expression level of DOT1L and the histone methyltransferase capability. In the MCF10A cell line with inducible expression of DOT1L-long, real-time PCR was used to detect the mRNA level of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) marker, and transwell assay was used to detect the migration of breast cancer cells in which the expression level of DOT1L is low or high. Results · PCR demonstrated the existence of DOT1L-long form, and real-time PCR showed it widely exists in HCT116, T98G, MCF10A cells, etc. Western blotting showed the expression of DOT1L-long form and its H3K79 methyltransferase activity. In MCF10A cells in which overexpressed canonical DOT1L and DOT1L-long, mRNA levels of N-cadherin and fibronectine increased. Transwell showed canonical DOT1L and DOT1L-long both substantially increased the migration of breast cancer cells. Conclusion · The existence of DOT1L-long was confirmed and investigated, which is 202 amino acids longer than the canonical DOT1L, and is coded by a new exon, located between exon 27 and 28. Further, the DOT1L-long has H3K79 methyltransferase activity, and is able to promote breast cancer metastasis.

Abstract: Objective　To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of 151 cases of melioidosis and the drug resistance of Burkholderia pseudomallei (BP), in order to provide the basis for diagnosis, treatment and reasonable prevention of melioidosis. Methods　A total of 151 inpatients and outpatients from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University from January 1, 2013 to August 31, 2022 were collected, and clinical specimens were submitted for examination to isolate and identify BP strains. The clinical data of 151cases of melioidosis and the drug resistance characteristics of pathogenic bacteria were retrospectively analyzed, and using SPSS26.0 software for statistical analysis. Results　Among 151 cases with BP infection, there were 138 males (91.4%) and 13 females (8.6%); the most patients were aged from 45-<60 years old, accounting for 74 cases (49.0%); melioidosis incidence was concentrated in October (19.2%), November (19.2%), August (9.9%) and July (8.6%), and; the number of confirmed cases showed an increasing trend and the time for confirmation was <10 d; Internal medicine system (31.1%), surgery system (26.5%) and intensive care department (20.5%) were the common departments for treating melioidosis; blood (49.0%), sputum (9.9%) and wound secretion (8.6%) were the main clinical specimens for detecting BP; pulmonary infection (68.2%), sepsis (35.1%) and local suppurative infection (23.8%) were the top clinical manifestations in patients with BP infection; the effective rate of treating melioidosis was 74.8%; abnormal liver function was a risk factor for the curative effect of melioidosis (χ2=5.010, P<0.05); the sensitivity rates of BP strains to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (SXT), doxycycline (DOX), imipenem(IPM), ceftazidime (CAZ), amoxicillin/clavulanate (AMC) and tetracycline (TCY) were generally more than 90%, with sensitivities of 98.7%, 97.2%, 96.7%, 94.0%, 93.2% and 90.7%, respectively. Conclusions　It can be concluded that misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis of melioidosis is easy to occur, and the understanding of the epidemiological characteristics and risk factors in this area should be strengthened. The sensitivity of BP to commonly used antibiotics has shown a certain downward trend, clinical use should be standardized, and drug resistance monitoring should be strengthened to improve the efficacy of melioidosis treatment.

There has been thousands of years' history that traditional Chinese medicines were used in the prevention and treatment of infectious disease. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine plays a unique role in the control of variety of new infectious diseases. This article provides a summary on our knowledge of the traditional Chinese medicine theory in the explanation of infectious disease, application of Chinese medicines and the pharmacological mechanism in the successful management on the Ebola virus disease.
Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola ; therapy ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Objective To determine the prognostic value of standardized uptake value(SUV)of fluorodeoxyglucose(FDG)by positron emission tomography and computed tomography(PET-CT)in nonsmall cell lung cancer(NSCLC).Methods Forty-eight patients(39 male,9 female)with stage ⅢNSCLC were reviewed.All patients had at least two repeated FDG PET-CT scans either before and after therapy and the maximum standardized uptake value(SUVmax)of the primary lung lesion was calculated. Resuits Of the 45 eligible patients,after a median follow-up of 22.5 months(rang,13 to 35 months),24 patients had local and regional recurrenee or metastasis and 21 remain disease-free.The mean SUVmax of patients who had local recurrence or metastasis before and after treatment was 12.30±3.17 and 5.35±2.29,respectively.The mean SUVmax of patients who had no loeal recurrence or metastasis before and after treatment was 8.46±3.00 and 2.82±0.63,respectively.Significant differences(tbefore=4.15,Pbefore＜0.01;Pafter=4.88,Pafter＜0.01)in SUVmax were observed either before and after treatment.However,the percent change of SUVmax between pretreatment and post-treatment were not significiantly different(t=1.99,P＞0.05).Using the SUVbefore of 9.0 yielded 92% sensitivity,62% specificity,73% positive predictive value and 87%negaffve Dredictive value in predicting regional recurrence or metastasis. While using the SUVafter of 4.3 yielded 71% sensitivity,100% specificity,100% positive predictive valne and 72% negative Dredictive value. Conclusions PET-CT may have the potientials to predict response to therapy and the SUVmax is a significant predictor for recurrent or metastasis in patients of NSCLC.

AIM: To test the effect of ERK1/2 on ischemic preconditioning (IPC) in diabetic rat hearts. METHODS: The diabetic rat model was made with alloxan. After eight weeks, 24 rats were divided into 4 groups: non-diabetic IPC rats (group A); non-diabetic non-IPC rats (group B); diabetic IPC rats (group C); diabetic non-IPC rats (group D). ECGⅡ lead, left ventricular development pressure (LVDP), and first derivative of LVDP ~(?dp/dt_~max ) were recorded. Myocardial phosphorylation of extracellular signal regulated kinases1/2 (ERK1/2) was detected by Western-blotting. RESULTS: (1) The ventricular arrythmia score was significantly lower in group A than that in group C (P

Objective In order to know the effect of heating infusion for premature infants to pro-mote their restoration of physiological function. Methods Divided 160 premature infants who need infu-sion into the experimental group and the control group randomly, there were 80 cases in each group. Normal temperature infusion was used in the control group, while heating infusion was used in the experimental group, compared the body temperature, pluse, respiration, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and the blood ghcose between the two groups. Results There were significant difference about the indexes which had mentioned above between the two groups. Conclusions Heating infusion can effective promote the reha-bilitation of physiological function of premature infants.