Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of astragalus injection onβcells apoptosis of type 1 diabetes mice. Methods 32 mice were randomly divided into a control group, a diabetes group, a small dose group and a large dose group of astraglus. Except the control group, mice in the other 3 groups received intraperitoneal injection of STZ in order to induce diabetic mellitus. Then one week after injection of STZ, mice in the small dose group and the large dose group of astraglus were given 30, 60 g/(kg?d) doses of astragalus injection, while the other 2 groups were injected into an equal volume saline for 4 weeks. Serum NO, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and insulin levels were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay method, and apoptosis was measured by using a TUNEL assay. Results Compared with the diabetes group, the serum NO (25.81 ± 2.09μmol/L, 18.84 ± 3.95μmol/L vs. 30.34 ± 2.53μmol/L) and iNOS (21.38 ± 4.48μmol/L, 17.00 ± 3.05μmol/L vs. 26.62 ± 2.48μmol/L) levels were significantly reduced in the small dose group and the large dose group of astragalus (P<0.05);But the insulin levels (312.19 ± 66.91 pmol/L, 330.14 ± 56.06 pmol/L vs. 273.56 ± 43.54 pmol/L) and apoptosis ofβcells (23.00%± 16.58%, 27.38%± 18.79%vs. 31.25%± 18.19%) were not significant different among the experimental groups (P>0.05). Conclusion Astragalus injection can reduce the iNOS activity and NO production, but can not effectively decreasingβcells apoptosis.

Nowadays,with the introduction of the concept of minimally invasive surgery,laparoscopic surgery which occupied the mainstream operation method,vaginal surgery,and abdominal surgery were three main ways of gynecological surgery.Hysterectomy operation method as the routine operation of gynecology was changed as well.Laparoscopic hysterectomy has replaced transvaginal hysterectomy and transabdominal hysterectomy gradually.Historical development,operation indication,and advantages and disadvantages of hysterectomy are summarized in this article.

Objective To investigate the dynamic change and its clinical significance of serum thymidine kinase 1 (STK1) in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) when undergoing 4 cycles of chemotherapy. Methods We detected STK1 levels of 59 patients with NSCLC throughout 4 cycles of chemotherapy using Enhanced Chemiluminescence Western Blot and analyze its relationship with chemotherapy responses . Results STK1 levels with different chemotherapy regimens had no significant difference. STKK1 levels in patients with effective response were significantly lower after 4 cycles of chemotherapy. STK1 levels in patients with effective response were significantly lower than those in non-responders throughout 4 cycles of chemotherapy. The positive rates of STK1 in those with effective response were lower than those in non-responders after the last two cycles of chemotherapy. STK1 levels between lung squamous carcinoma and lung adenocarcinoma had no significant difference. Conclusion The detection of the changes of serum TK1 in patients with NSCLC undergoing chemotherapy is useful in evaluating the effect of chemotherapy and the later therapeutic schedule.

Objective To investigate the influence of hyperactivity, Stereotyped behaviors , self-injury and irritabili?ty on parenting stress and emotions of the caregivers for patients with pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). Methods Abnormal behaviors during last month were assessed in 138 PDDs patients by using Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) and Conners Index of Hyperactivity (CIH). The parenting stress and the emotional state of the patients’parents were evalu?ated by the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (CGSQ) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD), respectively. Re?sults Anxiety, depression and combination of anxiety and depression were present in 6.2%, 17.8%and 29.5%of PDDs caregivers, respectively. The partial correlation analysis showed that CGSQ score of patients’parents positively correlated with CIH score (r=0.201, P=0.023) and stereotyped act (r=0.189, P=0.033) of the patients, and negatively correlated with stereotyped speech (r=-0.219, P=0.013). The anxious mood of parents positively correlated with stereotyped act (r=0.206, P=0.021). Conclusions Anxiety and depression are common in caregivers of PDDs. Except for stereotyped speech, aber?rant behaviors of the PDDs increase parenting stress and worsen anxious mood of caregivers.

Objective To evaluate the incidence of four aberrant behaviors in patients with pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs).Methods The abnormal behaviors during the last month in 138 PDDs patients were assessed with Aberrant Behavior Checklist and Conners Index of Hyperactivity.Results The incidence of aberrant behaviors was 61.6％ for hyperactivity,81.9％ for stereotyped behaviors,13.77％ for self-injury,and 58.70％ for irritability in PDDs patients.The occurance of irritability in autism patients was higher than that of asperger syndrome (AS) patients (x2 =5.623,P=0.018).Conclusion Stereotyped behaviors,hyperactivity and irritability are common in children with PDDs.Autism patients are more likely to exhibit irritability behaviors than AS patients.

Objective To investigate the relations and evaluation value of serum thymidine kinase 1 (sTK1) in the treatment of patients withacute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonarydisease (AECOPD). Methods The retrospective treating studies were performed on 104 patients with AECOPD , sTK1 level was de-tected by chemiluminescence dot-blot assay before and after treatment , and the correlation between the expression of sTK1 and CRP after treatment in the two groups was analyzed. Results The levels of sTK1 and CRP in the ef-fective group significantly lowered after treatment (P < 0.05). The expression of sTK1 in the effective group and in the ineffective group after treatment was significantlycorrelated with CRP (P < 0.05). Conclusion sTK1 can be used as a valuable indicator to evaluate the severity of AECOPD and to estimate the efficacy of AECOPD thera-py.

Objective To explore the expression plasma heat shock protein HSP90αand its clinical signifi-cance for lung cancer patients . Methods Plasma levels of HSP90α protein of 60 patients with lung cancer and 24 healthy individuals are detected by ELISA analysis . Results The average plasma levels of HSP90αprotein [(190.338 ± 105.861) ng/mL] in patients with lung cancer were significantly higher than in healthy con-trols [(41.020 ± 19.736) ng/mL, t = 10.480, P < 0.001]. The sensitivity of HSP90α is higher than CEA, NSE, CYFRA21-1. The sensitivity of HSP90α, CEA, NSE, CYFRA21-1 and STK1 is 100%. HSP90α is correlated with STK1 and metastasis (χ2 = 4.656, P = 0.031). Conclusions This study demonstrates that the plasma level of HSP90αprotein is a useful diagnostic biomarker in lung cancer. The sensitivity is much higher when HSP90αcom-bined with CEA, NSE, CYFRA21-1 and STK1.

Objective To observe the effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO)on neuropathic pain and detect the expression of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in the mechanism of treatment. Methods A total of 30 healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into three groups (n =10):group S(sham group),group CCI(chronic sciatic nerve constrictive injury group),group HBO(HBO treat-ment for seven days group).Rats of group HBO received HBO one time per day for 7 days since the 1st day after surgery.Rats of group S and group CCI were just placed inside the chamber for approxi-mately 100 min,no HBO treatment.The mechanical withdrawal threshold (MWT)and thermal with-drawal latency (TWL)of all rats were measured on 1 d before CCI,1 d,3 d,5 d,7 d after CCI respec-tively.The animals were sacrificed after the last measurement of pain threshold,and the lumbar spinal cord specimen were taken to detect the expression of Wnt3a,β-catenin by immuno-histochemis-try and Western blot analysis.Results Compared with group S,MWT decreased significantly and TWL shortened significantly in CCT and HBO groups at 1,3,5,7 d after operation (P <0.05).Com-pared with group CCI,MWT was elevated and TWL was prolonged in group HBO at 1,3,5,7 d after operation (P <0.05).The Wnt3a,β-catenin expression increased after CCI treatment compared with group S and group HBO (P <0.05).Compared with group CCI,the expression of Wnt3a,β-catenin decreased significantly in the group HBO and group S at 7 d after operation (P <0.05).There was no significant difference between group S and group HBO.Conclusion HBO post-conditioning may relieve the neuropathic pain of rats by inhibiting the activation of spinal path of Wnt3a,β-catenin.

OBJECTIVE: In order to improve the accuracy of the current pulmonary nodule location detection method based on CT images, reduce the problem of missed detection or false detection, and effectively assist imaging doctors in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules. METHODS: Propose a novel method for detecting the location of pulmonary nodules based on multiscale convolution. First, image preprocessing methods are used to eliminate the noise and artifacts in lung CT images. Second, multiple adjacent single-frame CT images are selected to be concatenate into multi-frame images, and the feature extraction is carried out through the artificial neural network model U-Net improved by multi-scale convolution to enhanced feature extraction capability for pulmonary nodules of different sizes and shapes, so as to improve the accuracy of feature extraction of pulmonary nodules. Finally, using point detection to improve the loss function of U-Net training process, the accuracy of pulmonary nodule location detection is improved. RESULTS: The accuracy of detecting pulmonary nodules equal or larger than 3 mm and smaller than 3 mm are 98.02% and 96.94% respectively. CONCLUSIONS This method can effectively improve the detection accuracy of pulmonary nodules on CT image sequence, and can better meet the diagnostic needs of pulmonary nodules.
Humans ; Lung Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging* ; Solitary Pulmonary Nodule/diagnostic imaging* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Neural Networks, Computer

Objective To identify the surface electromyographic (sEMG) characteristics of bilateral stemocleidomastoid muscles in infants with congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) after rehabilitation.Methods One hundred and twenty two infants were enrolled from Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine between January 2013 and December 2015,including 63 cases receiving rehabilitation (treatment group) and 59 cases without rehabilitation (control group).The sEMG parameters of bilateral sternocleidomastoid muscles in cervical neutral,left and right rotation and stretching posture in the supine position were retrospectively collected before and after treatment/follow-up;and the root mean square (RMS) was analyzed.Results Before treatment,the RMS values of the affected side in cervical neutral position,cervical rotation and stretching posture were significantly lower than those of the unaffected side in both groups(t=15.758 and 11.950,4.871 and 4.746,4.142 and 4.318,P＜0.01).In the follow-up for control group,the RMS values of the affected side in cervical neutral position,cervical rotation and stretching posture were significantly lower than those of the unaffected side (t=10.692,2.198 and 3.239;P＜0.01,=0.03 and ＜0.01).In the treatment group there were no significant differences in the RMS values in cervical neutral position,cervical rotation and stretching posture between affected side and unaffected side after treatment(t=1.647,1.090 and 0.136,P=0.10,0.28 and 0.89).Conclusion Rehabilitation reduces the difference of the RMS values between the affected and unaffected sternocleidomastoid muscles in infants with CMT.