Objective To investigate the expression of β-arrestin2 and microtubule-associated pro-tein light chain(LC)3 in renal of rat with acute renal ischemia reperfusion injury,and to analyze the relation-ship between them and renal injury. Methods Fifty-four male SD rat(3-4 weeks old) were randomly divid-ed into three groups:control group,sham group,acute ischemic reperfusion injury group. We established the acute renal ischemia reperfusion injury model through removing the right kidney and clamping the left renal for 45 minutes with noninvasive arterial clip. We obtained the kidney and blood samples respectively at 12 h, 24 h,36 h,48 h,72 h,96 h after the surgery. Expressions ofβ-arrestin2 and LC3 protein were detected by the immunohistochemistry method and Western blot method. The renal function and morphological changes were assessed. Results Compared with control group and sham group,the serum creatinine and kidney pathologi-cal grading of acute ischemia reperfusion injury group obviously rised. The kidney injury was the most serious at the 24 h after acute ischemic reperfusion injury. The expressions of β-arrestin2 and LC3 were little in the control group and sham group. However,the expressions of these two indicators were obviously higher and reached the peak at the 12 h after acute ischemia reperfusion injury. All these results suggested that the chan-ges of these two indicators were anterior to the histopathological changes. The expressions ofβ-arrestin 2 and LC3 protein were in positive correlation with the kidney injury(r=0. 821,P<0. 05;r=0. 913,P<0. 05). Conclusion In the acute renal ischemia-reperfusion injury,β-arrestin2 may be as a kind of upstream regula-tory protein involving in the kidney pathological process through the regulation of the autophagy.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of the angiotensin Ⅱ receptor blockers (ARB) in reducing portal hypertension ( PHT) in patients with cirrhosis.Methods PubMed,EMBASE,Web of Science,The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials,Chinese BiomedicalDatabase,ChineseJournals Full-text Database and WanFang Digital Journal Full-text database were searched.Statistical analysis was performed by meta-analysis using RevMan4.2 software.ResultsAmong 8 randomized controlled trials ( RCT) including 282 patients met the inclusion criteria,4 trials were analyzed to compare the ARB with the placebo or no treatment and the other 4 trials were analyzed to compare the ARB with propranolol.Meta-analysis results were as follows.(1) The ARB resulted in more significant hepatic venous pressure gradient ( HVPG) reduction as compared with the placebo or no treatment [ WMD =1.87 mm Hg (1 mm Hg =0.133 kPa),95％CI ( 0.86-2.87 )mmHg,P =0.00003 ].Andthe ARB were similar to propranolol in reducing HVPG [ WMD =0.92 mm Hg,95％ CI ( - 0.41-2.26)mm Hg,P =0.17 ].(2)The ARB led to more significant reduction in mean arterial pressure than the placebo or no treatment [ WMD =8.89 mm Hg,95％ CI( 7.16-10.62)mm Hg,P ＜ 0.00001 ],but they were similar to propranolol had no significant difference.And the ARB had no significant effect on the heart rate of the patients,which was similar to no treatment group ( P ＞ 0.05 ).Whereas,propranolol could greatly decrease heart rate of the patients ( WMD =- 21.25,95％ CI - 25.83-16.68,P ＜ 0.000 01 ).( 3 ) No significant differences were found in serum bilirubin and creatinine levels between the ARB and the placebo or no treatment groups ( P ＞0.05).The rate of nonspecific adverse events was higher in the ARB groups than in the placebo or no treatment groups ( P =0.03 ),but it showed there was no difference between the ARB and propranolol groups (P =0.72).ConclusionThe ARB is effective in reducing portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis,which is similar to propranolol.Their effects on mean arterial pressure is similar to propranolol without significant effects on hear rate,liver functionand kidney function,and with less nonspecific adverse events.The ARB could become a new choice for the treatment of portal hypertension.

Objective The aim of the study was to develop a kind of new fluoride composite resin .We explored the practica-bility of preparing fluorinated filler by using hollow silica microsphere as a carrier of sodium fluoride (NaF) as well as its fluoride-re-lease properties in composite resin . Methods Hollow silica microspheres with mesoporous shells were prepared by the sacrificial template method.NaF was loaded into hollow silica microspheres by the impregnation method .Scanning electron microscopy ( SEM) was used to determine the morphologies of hollow silica microspheres before and after NaF loading .Hollow nanosilica microsphere con-taining NaF and NaF powder were respectively mixed with resin at the same intial NaF concentration of 13.9, 27.8 and 55.6 mg/mL for comparison, which were taken as the experiment group and the control group .The samples were put into 100 mL artificial saliva at 37℃to caculate the cumulative fluoride release quantities from 1 d to 47 d.Results The morphology of hollow microsphere did not chang significantly before and after NaF loading .In the experiment group ,the cumulative quantities of fluoride release were 0.026, 0.105, 0.21 mg/cm 2on 1 d and increased to 0.088, 0.239, 0.484 mg/cm 2on 47 d according to respective initial NaF concentration . While in the control group, the corresponding figures were 0.006, 0.025, 0.04 mg/cm2on 1 d and 0.022, 0.045, 0.056 mg/cm2on 47 d.The difference between these two groups was of great statistical significance . Conclusion Hollow silica microsphere could be used as a carrier of NaF .Fluorinated nanosilica filler using hollow microsphere promotes the fluoride release in composite resin .

The development and applucatuon of an on-lune fast gas chromatography-quadrupole mass spectrometer ( FGC-QMS) for loggung technology were ullustrated. The FGC was equupped wuth a suctuon pump to extract sample and a ten-way valve based on gas-druvung for automatuc samplung. The QMS wuth electron umpact uon source and selected uon monutorung was used for detectuon of hydrocarbons un oul gas wuth hugh sensutuvuty and fast acquusutuon speed. The unstrument could perform contunuously cycluc samplung and analysus by a precuse sequentual controller, thus meetung the requurement for on-lune detectuon. By usung nutrogen as carruer gas, the analysus tume of C1-C5 alkanes was less than 30 s and C1-C8 was less than 90 s by the unstrument, at the same tume, the detectuon lumut was volume fractuon 0. 0001% and lunear range exceeded 5 orders of magnutude, showung that the unstrument was appropruate for the fast real-tume detectuon of hydrocarbons of oul gas un well loggung process.

Objective To study the dose-time-toxicity relationship of hepatotoxicity in mice with multiple administration of Paracetamol Tablets (PT),Compound Paracetamol and Amantadine Hydrochloride Tablets (CPAH),Compound Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide Tablets (CDH),and Chaiqin Qingning capsules (CQC).Methods Mice were randomly divided into control,PT,CPAH,CDH,and CQC high,medium,and low dose groups.The acetaminophen contents of high,medium,and low doses were 266.24,425.98,and 681.57 mg/kg in PT,CPAH,and CDH groups,and the doses of CQC group were 1437.70,2300.31,and 3 680.50 mg/kg,ig administration,once daily for 5 d.General state and toxicity of mice were observed.The changes of ALT,AST,AKP,TBIL,and ALB levels in serum and organ indexes of liver,spleen,thymus,and kidney were tested on day 1,3,7,11,and 14 after multiple administration.Results CQC with the dosage range of 1 437.70-3 680.50 mg/kg to mice within 14 d,has not yet induced the increase of AST,ALT,AKP,TBIL,and ALB levels and changes of organ indexes of liver,thymus spleen,and kidney compared with normal control (P ＞ 0.05).PT,CPAH,and CDH with repeated dose of 425.98-681.57 mg/kg could induce significant increase of the levels ofALT,AST,AKP,and TBIL which reached the peak on day 1 (P ＜ 0.05),and then gradually decreased on day 3-14.The level of ALB significant decreased on day 1-11 (P ＜ 0.05),and then gradually recovered on day 11-14.The liver index significant increased on day 1-3 (P ＜ 0.05),and recovered on day 7-14.Conclusion Multiple administration of CQC could not induce liver injury in mice within 14 d,while multiple administration ofPT,CPAH,and CDH could induce hepatotocixity in mice with a certain dose,and show an obvious dose-time-toxicity relationship.

Objective To study the time-toxicity and dose-toxicity relationship of hepatotoxicity induced by Paracetamol Tablets (PT),Compound Paracetamol and Amantadine Hydrochloride Tablets (CPAH),Compound Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide Tablets (CDH),and Chaiqin Qingning Capsules (CQC) with single dose in mice.Methods In the Time-Toxicity relationship study,Kunming mice were randomly divided into control,PT,CPAH,CDH,and CQC group,and mice of.each drug administration group were randomly divided into nine subgroups according to the time (1,2,4,8,12,24,48,72 and 96 h after administration) of blood collection.The acetaminophen contents in PT,CPAH,and CDH groups were 425.98 mg/kg,and the dose of CQC group was 3 680.50 mg/kg.In the Dosage-Time relationship study,mice were randomly divided into control,PT,CPAH,CDH,and CQC high,medium and low dose group.The acetaminophen contents of high,medium,and low dose were 266.24,425.98,and 681.57 mg/kg in PT,CPAH,and CDH group,and the dose of CQC group was 1437.70,2300.31,and 3680.50 mg/kg,10 mice in each group,sex in half.Blood was collected 12 h after administration.Animal behavior was observed every day,blood and organs were collected at the corresponding time points,serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT),aspartate aminotransferase (AST),and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) level were detected,and the organs index of spleen and thymus,liver were calculated.Results There were no significant changes of ALT,AST,ALP,and organs index after once ig administration of CQC at dosage of 1437.70 mg/kg to 3680.50 mg/kg in mice.The study on time-toxicity relationship indicated that,after once administration of PT,CPAH,and CDH at 425.98 mg/kg,mice showed toxic symptom such as hypokinesia,dry hair and so on,12 h was the most obvious,24 ～ 72 h disappeared.The level of ALT,AST,and ALP in serum increased and reached to the peak at 12 h and then restored near normality after 72,24,and 24 h in PT,CPAH,and CDH group.Their organ index of liver,spleen and thymus all had no significant changes.The study on the dosage-toxicity relationship indicated that,there were no significant changes of animal behavior,ALT,AST,ALP,and organs index after once ig administration of PT,CPAH,and CDH at 266.24 mg/kg.Obvious liver injury can be induced by the three drugs with dosage of 425.98 to 681.57 mg/kg and the level of ALT,AST,and ALP increased significantly with the increase of dosage.Their liver index increased significantly with dosage of 681.57 mg/kg,but the organs index of spleen,thymus had no significant changes.Conclusion There was no hepatotoxicity after once ig administration of CQC with dosage of 3680.50 mg/kg in mice.Mice were once ig administration ofPT,CPAH,and CDH with a large dose,may induce acute liver injury and show obvious time-toxicity and dose-toxicity relationships.

Background Schizophrenia patients are often accompanied by negative symptoms and severe cognitive impairment,but effective interventions intended to alleviate such condition are currently limited.Existing researches on group play therapy for schizophrenia is still in its initial stages,and such therapy has the potential to contribute to symptoms improvement.Objective To explore the efficacy of group play therapy on improving cognitive function and negative symptoms in hospitalized female patients with schizophrenia,so as to provide references for clinical intervention in such group.Methods This study involved 40 female patients with schizophrenia who received inpatient treatment at the Third People's Hospital of Fuyang from April 2022 to May 2023 as well as met the diagnostic criteria of the International Classification of Diseases,tenth edition(ICD-10).They were divided into study group(n=20)and control group(n=20)according to the random number table method.Both groups received routine treatment,and the study group received 10 sessions of group play therapy for 5 weeks on the basis.At baseline,Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms(SAPS),Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms(SANS),Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS),Nurses' Observation Scale for Inpatient Evaluation(NOSIE),and Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status(RBANS)were used for assessment.Post-therapy evaluation was conducted by using SAPS,SANS and RBANS.Patients' baseline SAPS scores,SANS scores,RBANS total scores,and various factor scores of RBANS were used as covariates,and covariance analysis was adopted to compare the scores of each scale between the two groups after treatment.Results A total of 39 patients went through the whole study.Results of covariance analysis showed that the SANS score of study group was lower than that of control group,while several scores of RBANS(including total score,immediate memory factor score,speech function factor score and attention factor score)were all higher than those in control group.Significant difference was observed between two groups in scores of both scales above(F=13.408,10.331,4.932,9.967,10.010,P<0.05 or 0.01).Conclusion Group play therapy may help improve negative symptoms and cognitive function in hospitalized female patients with schizophrenia.

Objective? To explore the cognition and attitude towards palliative care of family members among elderly chronic diseases patients and to analyze its influencing factors. Methods? From October 2017 to April 2018, we selected 180 family members of elderly chronic diseases patients at Peking Union Medical College Hospital as subjects by convenience sampling. All of them were investigated with the self-designed cognition and attitude towards palliative care questionnaire. The simple correlation was used to analyze the influencing factors of cognition and attitude towards palliative care of family members among elderly chronic diseases patients. Results? A total of 166 valid questionnaires were collected. There were 85 (51.2%) family members of elderly chronic diseases patients understanding palliative care, 133 (80.1%) of them agreeing with implementing palliative care. The reasons of supporting palliative care included that relieving the pain on the deathbed, patients had the right to choose, long-term torment of disease. There were statistical differences in the cognition and attitude towards palliative care among family members with different ages, education levels, occupations, incomes and patients' ages. Conclusions? Family members of elderly chronic diseases patients have insufficient understanding of palliative care with a high approval rate. The higher the approval rates, education levels and ages of family members are, they agree more with palliative care.

OBJECTIVETo analyze the clinical characteristics and diagnosis of three cases with infant botulism.

METHODClinical data of three clinically diagnosed cases with infant botulism in May 2015 in Peking University First Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Literature search at databases of PubMed, Wanfang, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and VIP with the key words"infant AND botulism". The date of literature retrieval was from the database founding to November 2015. The characteristics of infant botulism were summarized through review of literature.

RESULTThree patients were infants of 4-8 months of age, and all had acute onsets of anorexia and poor response. All of them had normal psychomotor development previously, and without clear history of exposure to poisons. The main findings on physical examination were reduced muscle strength and hypotonia, dullness or disappeared pupillary light reflex, reduced facial expression, weak crying and dysphagia. Unexpectedly their states of consciousness were relatively normal. Finally, through identification and PCR genotyping of bacteria in stool, 2 cases were confirmed as Clostridium (C.) botulinum type B infection. Totally 446 reports were retrieved from foreign language literature and 52 reports from Chinese literature. More than 3,000 cases of infant botulism cases were reported in the world. Rare cases were reported in China and only 1 case was reported in 2000.

CONCLUSIONMost cases of infant botulism had no clear exposure history. The main clinical manifestations are hypotonia, cranial nerve paralysis, flaccid paralysis, but different patients may have different presentations. Detection of C. Botulinum and its toxin in stool can help to confirm the diagnosis. Infant botulism is relatively rare in China, which may be related to the insufficient understanding and inspection level of the disease. It might be underestimated in China.

An expression vector pET-28a-mGM-CSF-X10-βhCGCTP37 plasmid containing the βhCG and mGM-CSF gene was designed and constructed. The fusion protein was induced by lactose and purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation and DEAE-cellulose anion exchange column. Then dendritic cells(DC)in C57BL/6J mice were extracted and sensitized by the fusion protein to obtain DC vaccine. The DC vaccine was inoculated to C57BL of / 6J mice with prostate cancer RM-1. The results indicated that the anti-tumor effects of DC group and DC combined with paclitaxel(DP)group were superior to that of paclitaxel(Pac)group(P< 0. 01), and the anti-tumor effect of DP group was better than that of DC group. Thus, the constructed DC vaccine can inhibit the growth of prostate cancer, and have synergistic anti-tumor when used with paclitaxel.