Objective To investigate the early diagnostic value and cost‐effectiveness analysis of common inflammatory markers , including interleukin‐6 (IL‐6 ) , procalcitonin (PCT ) and C‐reactive protein (CRP) in cirrhotic patients with infectious fever .Methods From January 2012 to January 2015 , cirrhotic patients hospitalized in liver center of First Affiliated Hospital ,Fujian Medical University who were excluded with community‐acquired infections and developed fever 48 hours after admission were selected .According to having infection or not ,they were divided into infection group and non‐infection group .White blood cell count (WBC) ,neutrophil percentage (N % ) ,IL‐6 ,PCT ,and CRP at admission (baseline) and at the time point of fever were recorded .The diagnostic threshold of WBC ,N% ,IL‐6 , PCT ,and CRP for infectious fever in cirrhotic patients were analyzed by receiver operating characteristic analysis curve (ROC) .The cost‐effectiveness (C/E) of those biomarkers were compared .Results A total of 299 cases were enrolled ,with 162 in infection group and 137 in non‐infection group .Two hundred and forty‐four were male and 55 were female .The mean age was 55 .1 ± 13 .0 years .Upon the onset of fever , WBC ,N% ,IL‐6 ,PCT ,and CRP of infection group were all significantly higher than those of non‐infection group (all P< 0 .05) .The area under the curve of IL‐6 for infectious fever was 0 .939 (95% CI 0 .910 - 0 .968) ,which was significantly higher than those of PCT and CRP (Z = 5 .718 and 9 .048 , respectively ,both P< 0 .01) .The optimal cut‐off point of IL‐6 was 184 .5 ng/L ,with the sensitivity of 85 .2% and specificity of 94 .9% .C/E value was 38 .3 for N% ,and 51 .2 for CRP . However ,both specificity and specificity of CRP and N % were low .C/E value was 389 .0 for PCT and 63 .4 for IL‐6 .IL‐6 had the highest sensitivity (85 .2% ) and specificity (94 .9% ) among all the biomarkers .Conclusions Compared to PCT and CRP ,IL‐6 has the highest sensitivity and specificity with lower cost‐effectiveness for diagnosis of infectious fever in cirrhotic patients .

Objective To study MRI feature in the lession and brain atrophy of cerebral multiple sclerosis (MS), and to analyze the relationship and the its correlated factors between cerebral MS and brain atrophy. Methods The MRI data from 80 patients with cerebral MS were collected and these patients were divided into two groups according to age. Each patient received T1-weighted and T2-weighted scanning. The number of lesion, characteristics of lesion and brain atrophy were evaluated and compared with control group. The correlated factors of brain atrophy were analyzed. Results (1)The most focal demyelinating lesions of cerebral MS were orbicular-ovate or similar round like with distinct boundary. Typical lesions presented with equal or long T1 and long T2 signals. The macroaxis of lesion was vertical to tangent line of lateral cerebral ventricle. (2)Compared with control group, the cerebroventricular anfractuosity was longer and lateral fissure was wider on MRI in cerebral MS group. The diameter of brain parenchyma was shorter. Statistic differences were found between two groups. (3)Among correlated factors, EDSS was the main predictive factor for cerebral atrophy. Conclusions The most lesions of cerebral MS are mainly located around lateral cerebral ventricles, orbicular-ovate or similar round like with distinct boundary, equal or slight long T1 and T2 signals on MRI.Brain atrophy is generally in cerebral MS and progress gradually, it is related to the course of disease, the number of lesion, the diameter of lesion and EDSS score. Measurement of brain atrophy may regard as an index about progression of MS.

The actin depolymerizing factor/cofilin (ADF/cofilins) are a family of actin-binding proteins expressed in all eukaryotic cells. The ADF/cofilins appear to have multiple functions, and this is reflected in their very complex association with both monomeric and filamentous actin. Phosphorylation by some kinases and other factors such as LIM kinases 1 and 2, TESK 1 and TESK 2 kinase, Insulin, etc, prevents ADF/cofllins from binding actin. The serial researchs of ADF/cofilins are increasingly becoming study hot spots, especially on the relationship between homo-sapiens disease and mechanism of action of ADF/cofilins.Now in this domain wilderness details are still far from clear, such as the mechanism by which actin filaments are depolymerized by ADF/cofilins has been controversial.

Objective To investigate the correlation between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and serum and histological viral parameters in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).Methods Clinical and laboratory data from patients with CHB who received liver biopsy from 2009 to 2015 were collected. Patients were divided into steatosis and non-steatosis groups based on the presence of steatosis in liver biopsies.Propensity score matching (PSM)was conducted to adjust the confounding bias including age, sex,body mass index (BMI),total cholesterol (TC)and triglyceride (TG).Correlation of liver fatty and viral parameters was compared between steatosis and non-steatosis groups.Student t test,χ2 test,rank sum test and Pearson correlation test were employed to analyze the data.Results A total of 874 patients with a mean age of (37.0±10.1)years were enrolled in the study,with 690 males and 184 females,and 270 (30.9%)patients were diagnosed with steatosis by liver biopsy.Age,gender,BMI,TC and TG were significantly different between the two groups before PSM (all P <0.05),but those were comparable after PSM (all P >0.05 ).Serum hepatitis B virus (HBV)DNA,hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) level,proportion of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg )positivity,HBsAg and hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg)immunohistological staining in liver tissue were not significantly different between steatosis and non-steatosis groups after PSM (all P >0.05).Patients in steatosis group were stratified into two groups according to the degree of steatosis confirmed by liver biopsies:mild steatosis group (F1 )and medium to severe steatosis group (F2-F4).The serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT),HBV DNA,HBsAg level, proportion of HBeAg positivity,immunohistological HBsAg and HBcAg staining in liver tissue between those two groups showed no differences (all P >0.05).The mean rank of liver inflammation and fibrosis in F1 group were 129.9 and 128.2,respectively,which were both significantly higher than those in F2-F4 group (105 .9 and 108.5 ,respectively;both P <0.05).Steatosis was negatively correlated with either inflammatory grade (r=-0.183,P =0.005)or fibrosis stage (r=-0.150,P =0.020).Conclusions There is no correlation between serum viral factors and hepatic steatosis. Hepatic steatosis is not associated with the expressions of HBsAg and HBcAg in liver tissue.The severity of steatosis is negatively correlated with both liver inflammation and fibrosis.

OBJECTIVE:To study the therapeutic effect of Shenfu injection on sick sinus syndrome. METHODS: 125 patients with sick sinus syndrome were divided into two groups. 63 patients were given Shenfu by intravenous drip for 14 days as treatment group. The other 62 patients were given glucose insulin potassium(GIK) for 14 days as control group. The changes of clinical manifestations, electrocardiogram(ECG and DCG) and esophagus electrophysiological examination were compared between two groups with a randomized single blind design. RESULTS: Clinical therapeutic effect: The total effective rate of the treatment group was 87.3% ,while that of control group was 40.3% .There was significant difference between them(P

ObjectiveTo review the clinical characteristics of patients with gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue(MALT) lymphoma and to investigate the effects of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) eradication therapy in these patients.MethodsClinical data of ninety-five patients with gastic MALT lymphoma were reviewed with respect to their clinical manifestations,endoscopic features,histopathological features and Hp infection.The follow-up data of patients treated by Hp eradication therapy were analyzed.The survival curve was calculated with Kaplan-Meier,while the predictive factors for resistance to Hp eradiation were then analyzed by using Cox proportional hazards model.ResultsThe clinical manifestations and endoscopic features of 85 patients with gastric MALT lymphoma were non-specific.Hp positive was found in 97.9％ (93/95) patients at presentation,and 36 patients were treated by Hp eradication with a median follow-up duration of ( 58.1 ± 29.9) months.Total remission was achieved in 94.4％ ( 34/36),including 24 complete remission 10 partial remission.Therapy failure occurred in 2 patients.3-year survival rate of patients treated by Hp eradication were 86.2％ (25/29). Cox multivariate analysis showed that age ( ≥60 years),multiple lesions and non-superficial lesions were independent predictors of resistance to Hp eradication therapy.ConclusionGastric MALT lymphoma is associated with Hp infection.Eradication of Hp can effectively induce remission in these patients.

Objective To impmve the method of "modified comet assay" in predicting the radiosensitivitv of solid tumor. Methods A single cell suspension from biopsy sample was lmdlated on ice with a dose of 5 Gy.The microscope slide was spread with agarose,lysed for 50 minutes,rinsed 3 times rinse solution,and given electrophoresis for 20 minutes. After being stained with PI,cell images were collected through the microscope and analyzed with Lucia G software(Version 4.6).In order to check system/ background errors,every sample was made into control slide and irradiation slide.The end-points were cell DNA contents and tail moment. Results The factors influencing the results included:(1)Sample was iaulty tor the biopsv taken from mucosa and no tumor cells were contained. (2)The slides with a high backgmund ( induced by necrosis) disturbed the measurement of comet assay. (3) Setting lymphocytes as control to check svstem errors was very important. (4)To separately collect images of the normal tissue cells and tumor cells from the biopsy sample improved the conformity between the clinical obscrvation and the lab result. Conclusions To increase the correlation between comet assay and clinical response,it is very helpful to set double control for checking system/background errors and to collect images of the normal tissue cells and tumor cells through the microscope,respectively.

Objective To investigate epidemiologically the prevalence of obesity and overweight in Mongolian and Han residents aged over 55 years old in pastoral area of Inner Mongolia,China.Method From 2008 to 2009,with diagnostic criteria of overweight and obesity adopted by Chinese and World Health Organization (WHO),an epidemiological investigation was carried out in 9 146 subjects.Result The incidences of obesity and overweight in Mongolian and Han residents were 32.43％ (32.25％ by WHO criteria),19.09％ (9.91％),and 33.60％ (29.85％),15.19％ (7.66％),respectively.The prevalence of obesity in Mongolian residents was higher than that in Han residents (x2 =16.272,P＜0.01).The status of obesity in Mongolian and Han female residents was more marked than that in male residents (P ＜ 0.05).Overweight between male and female of Han population was different(x2 =5.541,P =0.019).The prevalence of obesity between Mongolian and Han was statistically different (x2 =16.272,P＜0.01).Waist circumference,waist/height ratio,and body mass index between Mongolian and Han were also different (all P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion Differences in prevalence of overweight and obesity were found between Mongolian and Han ethnics among residents aged over 55 in pastoral area of Inner Mongolia,China.

Objective: The detection and analysis of exon mutations of pneumoconiosis and pneumoco-niosis complicated with lung cancer provide reference evidence for screening, clinical diagnosis and treatment and prognosis in pneumoconiosis and pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer. Methods: The pathologi-cal tissue samples from 3 pneumoconiosis patients and 3 pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer pa-tients were collected. Genomic DNA was extracted and library was prepared. Exomes of the pathological tissue samples in pneumoconiosis patients and pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer patients were se-quenced using Ion Torrent PGM platform. Results: Mutation genes FGFR3, PDGFRA, KDR, APC, EGFR, FGFR2, SMO, TP53, RET and CDKN2A were detected in pathological tissue samples of 3 pneumoconiosis patients; Mutation genes FGFR3, PDGFRA, KIT, KDR, APC, EGFR, FGFR2, TP53, RET, CDKN2A, ATM, NPM1, MET and FLT3 were detected in pathological tissue samples of 3 pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer patients (P<0.01) . FGFR3, PDGFRA were detected in pathological tissue samples of each pa-tient (mutation frequency>98%) ; Differential genes KIT, ATM, NPM1, MET and FLT3 were only detected in pathological tissue samples of pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer patients but not pneumoconio-sis patients. Conclusion A variety of exon mutations detected in pneumoconiosis patients and pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer patients using high-throughput sequencing technique have potential value of ap-plications in screening, clinical diagnosis and treatment and prognosis in pneumoconiosis and pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer.

Migraine is a recurrent chronic nervous system disease, the pathogenesis of which has not yet been fully clear. The disease has high incidence, recurrence and disability, seriously affecting the quality of life of patients, and bringing serious economic burden to society. At present, domestic specific therapeutic drugs are scarce and have serious side effects, which make the clinical treatment effect very limited. In recent years, with the further research on migraine, specific drugs for migraine treatment have been found, which bring more choices for the treatment of acute attack of migraine. At the same time, it also brings more hope to the preventive treatment of migraine. This article summarizes a large number of clinical trials on the treatment of migraine drugs by reviewing relevant literatures at home and abroad, systematically evaluates the safety, effectiveness and tolerance of these drugs in migraine treatment, and provides more help for migraine drug treatment research.