1.Diagnostic value of Color Doppler transvaginal scan for patients with ectopic pregnancy
Jufang CAI ; Minglong HUANG ; Maoping ZENG
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2010;17(15):2056-2058
Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of color doppler transvaginal scan for patients with ectopic pregnancy. Methods Transvaginal scan and transabdominal scan were used to inspect 109 cases that were clinically doubted as early ectopic pregnancy. 126 cases only received transabdominal scan were as control group. Results Through transvaginal scan,35 cases were found as early unruptured ectopic pregnancy after they stop men-stru-ation about 35 to 42 days. The inspected time of the other 74 cases and control cases was post-poned obviously. All cases were compared with laparoscopy or skive belly operation and got the consilient rate of 97%. And the inspected time was earlier for 11. 3 days than the contrel group. This was a notable discrepancy (P < 0.01). Conclusion Transvaginal scan could improve the inspected rate for the early ectopic pregnancy greatly. It had more value than other methods,so it was worth being utilized widely.
2.A Large-Scale, Stratified Genetic Analysis of the Major Histocompatibility Complex Region in Early- and LateOnset Psoriasis in China
Yi ZHOU ; Minglong CAI ; Yujun SHENG ; Xuejun ZHANG
Annals of Dermatology 2021;33(1):61-67
Background:
Psoriasis vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory skin disease which occur at any age. It can be clinically classified into two age-onset subtypes: early-onset psoriasis (EOP;<40 years) and late-onset psoriasis (LOP; ≥40 years). More evidence showed EOP and LOP have different genetic architecture, notably the risk allele human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-C*06:02 located within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region, which was reported to be the outstanding variant associated with EOP. However, genetic structure of EOP and LOP have not been fully elucidated.
Objective:
To investigated HLA genetic heterogeneity between EOP and LOP in China.
Methods:
We first calculated the MHC-based heritability of EOP and LOP respectively.Then, we conducted a large-scale, stratified analysis including 7,097 EOP, 1,337 LOP patients, and 9,906 healthy controls by using MHC target sequencing data from a previousstudy.
Results:
We observed that HLA alleles collectively explained a larger heritability of EOP (27.4%) than LOP (11.3%).Further association analysis identified three independent loci (HLA-C*01:02, p=6.70×10−8 ; HLA-A amino acid position 9, p=3.27×10−17 ; and HLA-A amino acid position 161, p=5.75×10−10 ) that confer specific susceptibility to EOP. Our data also confirmed HLA-C*06:02 as an independent psoriasis-associated variant, contributing a higher degree of risk to EOP than LOP. Moreover, case-case analysis confirmed that HLA-C*06:02-positive psoriasis patients have earlier onset.
Conclusion
Our analysis indicating that different genetic background underlie the EOP and LOP. We believe these findings will serve to predict psoriasis risk in the future and facilitate clinical decision.