Objective To observe the treatment difference of using acupiont application alone, pricking Sifeng (EX-UE10) alone, and combination of the two therapies in treating infantile chronic cough. Method Ninety patients were randomized into 3 groups (acupoint application group, pricking Sifeng group, and a combining group), 30 in each group. Same points were selected for the three groups:Feishu (BL13), Pishu (BL20), Shenshu (BL23), and Sifeng (EX-UE 10). By follow-up research of the symptom scale, the therapeutic efficacies were compared. Result The total effective rate was 83.3%in the acupoint application group, 80.0%in the pricking Sifeng (EX-UE 10) group, and 93.3%in the combining group;meanwhile, the symptom scores were significantly changed after intervention in all three groups (P＜0.05). Conclusion Separate use and combining use of acupoint application and pricking Sifeng (EX-UE 10) all can improve the condition of infantile chronic cough, while the combining use can produce a significantly higher therapeutic efficacy, thus it’s a safe, effective, and easy-to-operate external treatment in traditional Chinese medicine.

Objective To study the expression of B7-H1 in gastric mucosa of patients with gastric carcinoma,and to identify its relationship with neoplasm metastasis and prognosis.Methods Expression of B7-H1 in gastric carcinoma cell line SGC-7901 and in freshly-resected gastric mucosa including gastric carcinoma,adjacent tumor tissue and distal normal gastric mucosa were examined by flow cytometric analysis,immunochemical staining,immunofluorescence staining and Western blot.The correlated data was analyzed statistically.And so the correlation among expression level of B7-H1 and the patients,clinicopathological parameters was established.Results B7-H1 expression was detected in SGC-7901 cell line.B7-H1 was found in cell membrane and little cytoplasm.The positive rate of B7-H1 expression in gastric carcinoma was(13/21)62%,and it was(7/21)33% in adjacent tumor tissue,Whereas B7-H1 was absent in distal normal gastric mucosa.Statistical analysis demonstrated a positive correlations of B7-H1 expression in gastric carcinoma with the depth of carcinoma infiltration,lymph node metastasis and pTNM stage(P

This paper reviewed the subjective and objective evaluation tools of sleep disorders, and summarized evaluation indicators of sleep disorders, so as to provide a theoretical support and practical reference for the diagnosis of sleep disorders, intervention and related researches.

The silk gland of silkworm is the organ of silk protein synthesis and secretion. According to the morphological and functional differences, silk gland can be divided into anterior silk gland (ASG), middle silk gland (MSG) and posterior silk gland (PSG). ASG is the place for silk proteins conformation changes although it cannot synthetize silk proteins. ASG has narrow luminal structures and rigid wall which consists of chitin and cuticle proteins so that it can provide the shearing force which plays an important role in the silk protein conformation changes. The objective of this study is to identify the new chitin binding proteins in ASG of silkworm (Bombyx mori), and to analyze their expression patterns in different tissues. We identified a cuticle protein with chitin binding domain Bml1721 (GenBank Accession No. NM-001173285.1) by chitin affinity chromatography column. We also expressed the recombinant protein as inclusion body using the prokaryotic expression system, and then successfully purified the recombinant protein by nickel affinity chromatography column to generate the polyclonal antibodies. The expression patterns analysis in various tissues showed that both in transcriptional and protein levels Bm11721 was specifically expressed in ASG. Furthermore, the expression level of Bm 11721 protein was unchanged during the 5th instar. Immunofluorescence analysis revealed that Bm1 1721 was located in the ASG inner membrane. It is proposed that Bm11721 is a component of inner membrane and probably provides the shearing force for conformational changes.
Animals ; Bombyx ; genetics ; metabolism ; Chitin ; metabolism ; Insect Proteins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins ; biosynthesis ; Silk ; biosynthesis

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of the carbon ion radiotherapy for prostate cancer by Meta-analysis.Methods We searched the Cochrane library,PubMed,EMBASE,China Journal Fulltext Database,Chinese Biomedical Database,and Wanfang Database from their inception to December 2015,in order to collect clinical trial data of carbon ion radiotherapy for prostate cancer.References included within these studies were also retrieved.Meta-analysis was performed using MetaAnalyst Beta 3.13 and STATA 12.0 software.Results Six studies (eight clinical trials) were included.The results of Meta-analysis show that,the overall survival rates of 3,4,5 and 8 years were 95.7％,90.9％,91.8％ and 83.9％,respectively.The cause specific survival rate of 4 and 5 years were 97.1％ and 97.6％.The bNED rate of 3,4,5 and 8 years were 88％,86.3％ and 79.1％,respectively.The local control rates of 3,4 and 5 years were 98.1％,97.1％ and 98.4％,respectively.The rate of total death,prostate cancer death and intercurrent death were 7％,2.4％ and 7％,respectively.Different T-stage may affect the fiveyear of overall survival rate,bNED rate and cause specific survival rate.Conclusions The current evidence shows that carbon ion radiotherapy in gcncral is a fcasiblc trcatmcnt for prostate cancer,whether carbon ion is better than other radiotherapy,prospective,randomized,controlled clinical trial to get more evidence is required for carbon ion radiotherapy versus standard treatment for prostate cancer patients.

Objective To assess the efficacy and safety of the carbon ion radiotherapy for stage Ⅰ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Methods We searched multiple electronic bibliographic databases,including the Cochrane library,PubMed,EMBASE,China Journal Full-text Database,Chinese Biomedical Database,and the Wanfang Database to assemble the available studies of carbon ion radiotherapy for stage Ⅰ non-small cell lung cancer.MetaAnalyst Beta 3.13 and STATA 12.0 software were used to combine the extracted data.Results Ten studies (seven trials) were included.The overall survival rates of 1,3 and 5 years were 95.1％,68.5％ and 45.9％,respectively.The local control rates of 1,3 and 5 years were 90.2％,76.7％ and 81.2％,respectively.The cause specific survival rate of 1,3 and 5 years were 82.9％,58.5％ and 57.3％,respectively.The rate of primary recurrence and total recurrence were 45.8％ and 11％,respectively.The rates of total death and death from lung cancer were 52.4％ and 28.3％,respectively.There were differences observed between T1 stage and T2 stage in regards to five year overall survival rate,total recurrence,lung cancer death,and grade 1 and grade 2 skin toxicities.Conclusions Available data demonstrate that carbon ion radiotherapy,in general,is a safe and feasible treatment modality for stage Ⅰ NSCLC.Although current results are promising,more evidence is required before carbon ion radiotherapy can become the international standard treatment for lung cancer patients.

Objective To investigate the health behavior and the exposure rate of risk factors of rural population with high risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Methods A total of 176 cold region rural COPD high-risk persons were recruited and investigated with Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile Ⅱ (HPLP Ⅱ),Health Behaviour Self-efficacv Scale,general information questionnaire.Results The total score of HPLP was (92.70±11.22) points in the rural area of COPD,and the scores of the nutrition and interpersonal relationship were the highest,which were (20.06±2.75) points,(19.30±3.16) points,health responsibility and sports dimension were lower,which were respectively (13.74±2.60) points,(9.85±2.80) points.Health behavior self-efficacy scored (71.75±7.68) points,which showed significant correlation with HPLP Ⅱ score (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions COPD high-risk population of the cold area health promoting lifestyle and health behavior self-efficacy level are not high.Improving mral population at higher risk of COPD health behavior and self-efficacy level can form good healthy lifestyle and behavior.

Objective To understand the self-efficacy for health behaviors and its influencing factors among investigation of rural chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) high-risk groups.Methods November 2014 using the general questionnaire,Health Behavior Self-efficacy Scale for 176 over 40 yearsold of high-risk populations in rural COPD self-efficacy and health behavior factors research.Results In rural areas at high risk of health behavior self-efficacy scored (71.75±7.68) points,including nutrition and psychological comfortable highest scores which were (14.86±2.03) points and (19.75±3.03) points.Exercise and health responsibilities lower scored 18.90±2.87 and 18.42±2.52.Multiple regression analysis showed that marital status,education level and income were the main factors affecting rural health behavior at high risk of COPD self-efficacy (β=0.384,0.297,0.236,P ＜0.05).Conclusions COPD risk populations in rural areas at the middle level of health behavior self-efficacy,nurses should be given a lower level of education and income were more concerned to help them improve the health behavior self-efficacy.

Objective : To investigate the characteristics of mortality of falls among the elderly in Haishu District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, so as to provide insights into the improvement of fall control strategy. Methods: Data pertaining to surveillance of falls in Haishu District from 2017 to 2022 were collected from the Ningbo Municipal Digital Disease Prevention and Control Platform. The trends in mortality of falls in Haishu District from 2017 to 2022 were evaluated using annual percent change (APC). The distribution of demographic characteristics, locations of falls, injury sites, interval from fall occurrence to death and type of falls specified by age were descriptively analyzed. Results: A total of 1 206 deaths occurred due to falls among the elderly at ages of 60 years and older in Haishu District from 2017 to 2022, including 414 men and 612 women, with a male to female ratio of 0.67∶1. The average age was (85.20±8.42) years. The average annual crude mortality and standardized mortality of were 101.10/105 and 85.40/105 from 2017 to 2022, respectively, with no obvious changing trends (APC=5.797% and 5.337%, all P>0.05). The standardized death rate of falls in females was higher than that of males (102.60/105 vs. 69.55/105, P<0.05). The average annual mortality of falls appeared a tendency towards a rise with age among the elderly at ages of 60 years and older, with the highest mortality of 147.18/105 seen in the elderly at ages of 85 years and older. Falls predominantly occurred at home (836 cases, 81.48%) and on the same level (881 cases, 85.87%). The injury sites were mainly lower limbs (388 cases, 37.82%) and head (308 cases, 30.02%). In addition, the interval from fall occurrence to death mainly ranged from 24 hours to 6 months (757 cases, 73.79%). Conclusion The mortality of falls appeared a tendency towards a rise with age among the elderly at ages of 60 years and older in Haishu District from 2017 to 2022, which was higher in women than in men. The location of falls was predominantly at home and the type of falls predominantly at the same level. High attention to residential environments, and reinforcement of gender- and age-specific interventions are recommended.

Background The deposition of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in lens is the risk factor of diabetic complications.Researches revealed that AGEs has autofluorescence.Crystallin is a longevity protein.AGEs accumulation is probably associated with diabetic retinopathy (DR).Objective This study was to evaluate the association of AGEs autofluorescence intensity with diabetes and with DR.Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out under the approval of Ethic Committee of Shenyang He Eye Hospital and informed consent of each patient.One hundred eyes of 100 patients with age-related cataract aged 50-70 years were included in He Eye Hospital from September to December 2015.The patients were divided into non-diabetes group (40 patients) and diabetes group (60 patients),and then the patients in diabetes group were subdivided into non-DR (NDR) group,non-proliferating DR (NPDR) group and proliferating DR (PDR) group according to the DR grading criteria,20 patients for each.Glycosylated henoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) were detected for each subject,and the lens autofluorescence was assayed with lens fluorescence biomicroscope (Clearpath DS120).The association of lens autofluorescence intensity with serum HbA1c level or DR severity was analyzed.Results The age and diabetes course were matched among the non-diabetes group,NDR group,NPDR group and PDR group (F=2.587,2.899,both at P＞0.05),and the FBS and HbA1c level were evidently higher in the NDR group,NPDR group and PDR group than those in the non-diabetes group (all at P＜0.01).The autofluorescence intensity of lens was (0.159±0.032),(0.256±0.024),(0.319 ±0.013) and (0.394±0.035) cd in the non-diabetes group,NDR group,NPDR group and PDR group,respectively,showing a significant difference among the groups (F =90.265,P =0.000).The autofluorescence intensity of lens in the NDR group,NPDR group and PDR group was significantly increased in comparison with the non-diabetes group and the autofluorescence intensity of lens was gradually increased with the severity of DR (all at P＜0.01).A positive linear correlation was found between autofluorescence intensity of lens and serum HbA1 c level in diabetes patients (r =0.654,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The autofluorescence intensity of AGEs in lens appears to be associated with the severity of DR and HbA1 c.The autofluorescence intensity of AGEs in the lens of diabetes patient is probably one of the evaluation indexes of early stage of DR.