Bone Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Breast Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Delayed Diagnosis ; Diagnostic Errors ; Female ; Frozen Sections ; Humans ; Intraoperative Period ; Retrospective Studies ; Thyroid Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology

Objective To investigate the acute phase adverse effects and influencing factors of adverse effects of diphosphonate treatment in the elderly patients with primary osteoporosis.Methods A total of 208 patients [male 25 patients,female 183 patients,age 60 ～ 93 with a average of (75.51 ± 7.73) years] with primary osteoporosis were selected from 1 Jan 2012 to 30 Nov 2015,admitted to Department of Geriatrics.According to the serious condition of osteoporosis and willingness of patients,208 patients were divided into zoledronic acid treatment group,alendronate treatment group,and pamidronic acid group,and received corresponding diphosphonate treatment.All kinds of adverse reactions of diphosphonate in each treatment group were closely to be observed after administration of diphosphonate in 3 days and 7 days.Results The incidence rate of adverse reactions in the zoledronic acid treatment group (59/134,44.03％;60/134,44.78％) was obviously higher than that in the alendronate treatment group (1/57,1.75％;1/57,1.75％),and the pamidronic acid group (3/17,17.65％;3/17,17.65％) after treatment of diphosphonate in three and seven days (P ＜ 0.05).In different generations,the incidence rate of adverse reactions in the zoledronic acid group and the pamidronic acid group after treatment of diphosphonate in three and seven days was not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05).There were three patients suffering from severe acute kidney injure (AKI) and three patients suffering from hypokalemia in the 134 patients treatment with zoledronic acid.Conclusions There are obvious differences in the incidence rate of acute phase adverse reactions in the osteoporosis patients who received different treatment policy (P ＜ 0.05).The safety issues in the kidney function and electrolyte abnormality (such as hypokalemia) should be paid much enough attention in the primary osteoporosis patients who receive zoledronic acid treatment.

Objective To understand the use of antiplatelet drugs in patients with coronary heart disease( CHD) ,and to compare the effect of different anti platelet drugs on cardiovascular events in patients with CHD,and to provide clinical evidence for the optimization of anti platelet therapy?Methods One thousand and twenty?three cases patients with CHD who were treated in the First Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University from April 2010 to June 2014 were chosen?On the basis of conventional treatment,according to the different anti platelet program,the patents were divided into A group(703 cases),B group(211 cases) and C group(109 cases)?Group A was treated with aspirin and clopidogrel,B group was treated with clopidogrel,and C group was given aspirin therapy?Cardiovascular events( MACE) and bleeding events were observed at 1 month,6 months and 1 year after treatment in the 3 groups?Results After treatment for 1 month,6 months and 1 year,the incidence rates of MACE in group A were 9?1%( 64/703) ,16?6%( 117/703) and 28?4%( 200/703) ,in group B were 14?6%(31/211),25?5%(54/211) and 37?9%(80/211),in group C were 16?5%(18/109),29?4%( 32/109) and 34?0%( 37/109)?After treatment for 1 month,6 months and 1 year,the incidence rates of MACE in group A was significantly lower than group B and C(P<0?05);after treatment for 1 month,6 months,the incidence rates of MACE in group B were lower than group C,while higher than group C after 1 year,but the differences were not signifiacnt( P>0?05)?There were no significant differences in total incidence of deaths,the recurrence rate of myocardial infarction and stent restenosis rate among the three groups ( P>0?05 )?After treatment for 1 month,6 months,the incidence of angina in group A was lower significantly than that in group B and C( P<0?05) ,but When the treatment time was extended to 1 year,there was no significant difference in the three groups(P>0?05)?At 1 year follow?up,the incidence of gastrointestinal bleeding in group A was slightly higher than that in group B and group C ( 4?3% vs? 2?4% vs?3?7%) , but the difference was not statistically significant ( P>0?05 )?Conclusion In the CHD patients receiving aspirin and clopidogrel dual antiplatelet therapy,the incidence of MACE was lower than that in patients with aspirin or clopidogrel treatment alone, especially a reduction in the incidence of angina,and without increase of the risks in the gastrointestinal bleeding events,but the advantages above waning with treatment time extended to 1 year.

BACKGROUNDArthritogenic T lymphocytes with common T cell receptor (TCR) Vbeta clonotypes, infiltrating in the articulars of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, play a central role in the pathogenesis of RA. TCR Vbeta5.2 and TCR Vbeta8.2 are the main pathogenic T cell clonotypes in the course of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) progression in Lewis rats. To investigate a TCR-based immunotherapy for RA, we constructed recombinant DNA vaccines encoding TCR Vbeta5.2 and TCR Vbeta8.2, and evaluated the inhibitive effects of the two vaccines on CIA rats.

METHODSGenes encoding TCR Vbeta5.2 and TCR Vbeta8.2 were amplified by RT-PCR from spleen lymphocytes of Lewis rats and cloned into the eukaryotic expression vector pTargeT. The expression of vaccines was confirmed by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. The inhibitive effects of the vaccines on articulars of CIA rats were assessed with arthritis index evaluation and histology. Interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin (IL)-4 production by spleen lymphocytes were tested with enzyme-linked immunospot assay (ELISPOT) technique, the changes in peripheral CD4(+) and CD8(+) lymphocyte populations were tested by flow cytometry, and the level of anti-CII antibody in serum was assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

RESULTSRecombinant DNA vaccines pTargeT-TCR Vbeta5.2 and pTargeT-pTCR Vbeta8.2 were successfully constructed. Both vaccines inhibited CIA, which alleviated the arthritis index score (P < 0.05), decreased the level of IFN-gamma (P < 0.05), and reduced the ratio of CD4(+)/CD8(+) lymphocytes (P < 0.05) and the anti-CII antibody in serum (P < 0.05). In addition, the histological change in DNA-vaccinated rats was less serious than CIA rats. Compared to pTCR Vbeta 8.2 and pTCR Vbeta 5.2 groups, the group that was injected with a combination of the two vaccines showed stronger inhibitive effects on CIA than either individual vaccine.

CONCLUSIONThe recombinant plasmids pTargeT-TCR Vbeta5.2 and pTargeT-TCR Vbeta8.2 have obvious inhibatory effects on CIA rats and better effects could be achieved when the vaccines were used in combination.

Animals ; Arthritis, Experimental ; metabolism ; prevention & control ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes ; drug effects ; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes ; drug effects ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Female ; Flow Cytometry ; Immunohistochemistry ; Interferon-gamma ; metabolism ; Interleukin-4 ; metabolism ; Muscles ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Peptide Fragments ; antagonists & inhibitors ; Rats ; Rats, Inbred Lew ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta ; antagonists & inhibitors ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Vaccines, DNA ; pharmacology

Persicae Semen (PS), a traditional Chinese medicine, has been widely used for the syndrome of blood stasis in China since the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the present study, we developed an HPLC-UV fingerprint analysis method for the quality control of PS. The HPLC fingerprint was performed on Shimadzu Inertsil C18 column (4.6 mm x 250 mm, 5 microm) at 35 degrees C. The mobile phases were composed of acetonitrile and water using a gradient elution. The flow rate was 1.0 mL x min(-1), and the detection wavelength was set at 210 nm. The fingerprint method was validated according to the Guidelines for Traditional Chinese Medicine Injection Fingerprint, and applied to determine 41 batches representative herbs collected from Xinjiang of China. The chromatographic peaks were characterized by UPLC-Q-TOF-MS, and nine of them were identified by comparison with the literature and/or reference standards. In order to classify and assess the samples, hierarchical clustering analysis and partial least square discriminant analysis were performed based on the common chromatographic peaks, and the samples were geographically classified into two classes, with six chemical compounds as classification markers which were significantly different between the two classes (P < 0.05).
China ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; instrumentation ; methods ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Prunus ; chemistry ; Quality Control ; Seeds ; chemistry

Tongluo Xingnao effervescent tablet (TLXNET) is a patented prescription, which comes from modified Xionggui decoction and can improve cognitive function. However, its effect on the urine metabolites and anti-dementia mechanism in the dementia model rats induced by hippocampal injection with Aβ25-35 remains unclear. The experiment focused on the changes in trajectory and inter-relationship among the urinary metabolite of rats in the blank group, Aβ25-35 hippocampal injection dementia model group and the TLXNET intervention group, in order to determine theirs characteristic metabolic markers and explain the anti-dementia effect of TLX-NET base on the change of metabolic trajectory of these bio-markers. According to the experimental results, 5, 6-indolequinone, 4-hydroxyphenyl pyruvic acid (4-HPPA), cortisol and 3-thiosulfate lactic were preliminarily identified as the characteristic metabolic markers. They mainly participate in dopamine system, glucocorticoids and energy metabolic pathways. TLXNET can apparently downregulate the disturbances of metabolic trajectory of the four bio-markers. The experiment indicates that the dementia model induced by injecting Aβ25-3 into hippocampus has its characteristic endogenous metabolic markers in urine, and ELXNET can ameliorate dementia by down-regulating the disturbances of metabolic trajectory.
Amyloid beta-Peptides ; metabolism ; toxicity ; Animals ; Biomarkers ; urine ; Dementia ; drug therapy ; urine ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; Female ; Hippocampus ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Humans ; Male ; Metabolomics ; Peptide Fragments ; metabolism ; toxicity ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Tablets ; administration & dosage ; Urine ; chemistry

Objective To examine expression of PTEN gene in ovarian cancer cisplatin-sensitive cell line OV2008 cells and cisplatin-resistant cell line C13K cells,and evaluate the effect of wild-type PTEN gene on reversing cisplatin-resistance of C13K cells and underlying mechanisms.Methods The expression of PTEN mRNA and protein in OV2008 and C13K cells were detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and western blot.Recombinant eukaryotic expression plasmid containing human wild-type PTEN gene was transfected into C13K cells by lipofectamine 2000.The expression of PTEN mRNA was monitored by RT- PCR and the expression of PTEN,protein kinase B(AKT),phospho-AKT(p-AKT)protein were analyzed by western blot in PTEN transfected and untransfected C13K cells.Proliferation and chemosensitivity of cells to cisplatin were measured by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT),and cell apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry after treatment with cisplatin.Results(1)The expression of PTEN mRNA and protein(1.02 ?0.05,1.02?0.07)in OV2008 cells were significantly higher than those in C13K cells,which were 0.45 ?0.03 and 0.55?0.03 respectively(P

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We investigated brucellosis incidence trends in Kashgar,Xinjiang in 2005-2016 for further prevention and control,and analyzed the brucellosis epidemiological characteristics there,by using the descriptive epidemiology method.A total of 767 cases were reported,with an average annual incidence of 1.68/100 000,and incidence of annual report showed a relatively stable trend (Z:29.49,P＜0.001).The maximum number of reported cases was mainly concentrated from May to July.Incidence ratio of the male and female was 1.81:1.Cases were identified in each age group,the minimum age was five months,and the maximum age was 85 years old,with the median of 39.The highest proportion of reported cases was peasant.The top five average annual incidence counties (cities) were the Markit County,Yopurga County,Tashikuergan Tajik Autonomous County,Bachu County and Kashgar City.The brucellosis incidence increased year by year,especially during 2012-2016.We need further analysis for the data from increasing brucellosis outbreak and further strengthen the prevention and control of that in Kashgar area.

OBJECTIVESTo investigate the association between susceptibility to aflatoxin B1(AFB1)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the polymorphism of detoxication gene GSTM1.

METHODSThe peripheral white blood cell DNA samples were obtained from all the subjects including 140 HCC cases and 536 controls from an AFB1 high risk area in Guangxi province. The GSTM1 polymorphism was detected using PCR technique.

RESULTS(1) The GSTM1-present was associated with a decreased HCC risk. The GSTM1-null was associated with an increased HCC risk [adjusted OR (95% CI)= 2.07 (1.20-3.57)]. (2) In the cohorts of both low/median and high exposure levels of AFB1, GSTM1-null genotype was associated with a conspicuous significantly increased risk for HCC [adjusted OR (95% CI) = 1.92 (0.92-4.00) and 1.80 (0.77-4.17)].

CONCLUSIONThe results suggest that genetic polymorphism of GSTM1 was susceptible to HCC and individuals who are GSTM1-null have an increased risk of developing HCC. There is evidence of interaction between GSTM1 polymorphism and AFB1 exposure, especially with low/median degrees of AFB1 exposure.

Aflatoxin B1 ; genetics ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; genetics ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Glutathione Transferase ; genetics ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; genetics ; Polymorphism, Genetic