Objective:To explore changes in high-risk sexual behaviors and associated factors in HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) in industrial workers, and provide evidence for designing behavioral interventions for this population.Methods:In this observational study, HIV-infected MSM were recruited in industrial workers using convenient sampling during August to September 2021. The sample size was estimated to be 530. A questionnaire was used and combined with routine follow-up to collect socio-demographic characteristics, high-risk sexual behaviors, partner notification, viral load testing and history of sexually transmitted diseases before and after diagnosis of HIV infection. The χ2 test was used to analyze the changes in high-risk sexual behaviors before and after diagnosis and logistic regression was conducted to identify factors associated with high-risk sexual behaviors. Results:A total of 560 HIV-infected MSM in industrial workers were recruited in this study. Of whom, 32.1% (180/560) had unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) within 12 months after diagnosis . The proportions of those having UAI with casual, commercial and regular same-sex partners significantly decreased from 73.4% (381/519), 75.1% (187/249) and 69.5% (207/298) within 12 months before diagnosis to 36.2% (146/403), 40.2% (86/214) and 34.2% (67/196) within 12 months after diagnosis , respectively. Educational level of college or above (a OR=0.41, 95% CI:0.23-0.71), passive anal sex (a OR=0.40, 95% CI:0.19-0.85), both active and passive anal sex after diagnosis (a OR=0.40, 95% CI:0.20-0.83) and no unprotected oral sex (a OR=0.02, 95% CI:0.01-0.05) were negatively associated with UAI within 12 months after diagnosis. Whereas, not considering necessary to use condom consistently after having repeated undetectable viral load (a OR=3.02, 95% CI:1.37-6.69) was positively associated with UAI within 12 months after diagnosis. Conclusions:Compared with that before diagnosis of HIV infection, although the prevalence of UAI seemed to decrease in HIV-infected MSM in industrial workers after diagnosis, nearly one third of them had high-risk sexual behaviors. Therefore, relevant interventions should be strengthened to reduce high-risk sexual behaviors.

Objective:To explore the cognition of the "undetectable equals untransmittable" ("U=U") concept and associated factors among HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) receiving antiviral treatment (ART) in Shenzhen, and provide evidence for designing promotion and advocacy strategies for the "U=U" concept.Methods:We recruited HIV-infected MSM receiving ART using convenient sampling method combined with routine follow-up in Shenzhen through conducting observational survey. The sample size was estimated to be 475. A questionnaire was administered to collect socio-demographic characteristics, sexual behaviors, ART, viral load testing and the cognition towards "U=U" in HIV-infected MSM. Logistic regression was used to access factors associated with acceptance of "U=U".Results:A total of 490 HIV-infected MSM receiving ART were recruited. Of whom, 60.2% (295/490) were aware of "U=U" and 50.6% (248/490) accepted "U=U". Multiple logistic regression showed that participants who had an educational level of college or above (a OR=1.76,95% CI: 1.12-2.75) were more likely to accept "U=U". Those who had no local residency (a OR=0.51,95% CI: 0.29-0.92), had viral load >0 copies/ml in the last testing (a OR=0.61,95% CI: 0.38-0.98) and were unaware of "U=U" (a OR=0.13, 95% CI: 0.09-0.21), were less likely to accept "U=U". Conclusions:HIV-infected MSM receiving ART had a low cognition level of "U=U" in Shenzhen. Promotion and advocacy on this concept through healthcare workers should be enhanced in combination with routine follow-up in order to improve their ART adherence and outcome of treatment. Furthermore, developing related guidelines on "U=U" according to the characteristics of HIV-infected individuals is warranted to improve the normalization of promotion and advocacy on "U=U".

The aim of this study was to evaluate the roles of interleukin (IL)-17A in risk stratification and prognosis of patients with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SAKI). Methods: We enrolled 146 sepsis patients (84 non-SAKI and 62 SAKI patients) admitted to the emergency department from November 2020 to November 2021. Patients with SAKI were differentiated based on the severity of acute kidney injury. All clinical parameters were evaluated upon admission before administering antibiotic treatment. Inflammatory cytokines were assessed using flow cytometry and the Pylon 3D automated immunoassay system (ET Healthcare). In addition, a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was utilized to determine the prognostic values of IL-17A in SAKI. Results: The levels of creatinine, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-17A, tumor necrosis factor alpha, C-reactive protein, and procalcitonin (PCT) were significantly higher in the SAKI group than in the non-SAKI group (p < 0.05). The level of IL-17A revealed significant differences among stages 1, 2, and 3 in SAKI patients (p < 0.05). The mean levels of PCT, IL-4, and IL-17A were significantly higher in the non-survival group than in the survival group in SAKI patients (p < 0.05). In addition, the area under the ROC curve of IL-17A was 0.811. Moreover, the IL-17A cutoff for differentiating survivors from non-survivors was 4.7 pg/mL, of which the sensitivity and specificity were 77.4% and 71.0%, respectively. Conclusion: Elevated levels of IL-17A could predict that SAKI patients are significantly prone to worsening kidney injury with higher mortality. The usefulness of IL-17A in treating SAKI requires further research.

Complex structural variants(CSVs)are genomic alterations that have more than two breakpoints and are considered as the simultaneous occurrence of simple structural variants.How-ever,detecting the compounded mutational signals of CSVs is challenging through a commonly used model-match strategy.As a result,there has been limited progress for CSV discovery com-pared with simple structural variants.Here,we systematically analyzed the multi-breakpoint con-nection feature of CSVs,and proposed Mako,utilizing a bottom-up guided model-free strategy,to detect CSVs from paired-end short-read sequencing.Specifically,we implemented a graph-based pattern growth approach,where the graph depicts potential breakpoint connections,and pattern growth enables CSV detection without pre-defined models.Comprehensive evaluations on both simulated and real datasets revealed that Mako outperformed other algorithms.Notably,validation rates of CSVs on real data based on experimental and computational validations as well as manual inspections are around 70％,where the medians of experimental and computational breakpoint shift are 13 bp and 26 bp,respectively.Moreover,the Mako CSV subgraph effectively characterized the breakpoint connections of a CSV event and uncovered a total of 15 CSV types,including two novel types of adjacent segment swap and tandem dispersed duplication.Further analysis of these CSVs also revealed the impact of sequence homology on the formation of CSVs.Mako is publicly available at https://github.com/xjtu-omics/Mako.

OBJECTIVES: Inflammation especially the overexpression of inflammasome and inflammatory cytokines, is one of the important reasons that affect the occurrence and development of acute cerebral infarction, including the initiation of cerebral infarction, the progress and recovery of post-infarction injury. This study aims to explore expressions of absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and interleukin-18 (IL-18) in plasma of patients with acute cerebral infarction and its significance. METHODS: A total of 85 patients with acute cerebral infarction were enrolled in the cerebral infarction group. They were assigned into mild, moderate, and severe groups according to the severity of neurological deficits. They were assigned into small, middle, and large cerebral infarction groups according to the area of cerebral infarction. They were assigned into a good prognosis group and a poor prognosis group according to the Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score on the 90th day after the onset. A total of 85 healthy controls were selected as a control group. The levels of AIM2, IL-1β, and IL-18 in plasma of the cerebral group and the control group were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: The levels of plasma AIM2, IL-1β, and IL-18 in the cerebral infarction group were significantly higher than those in the control group (all CONCLUSIONS Expressions of AIM2, IL-1β, and IL-18 are up-regulated in the plasma of patients with acute cerebral infarction, and they are closely related to the severity of neurological deficit, cerebral infarction area, and prognosis in patients with acute cerebral infarction, suggesting that AIM2, IL-1β, and IL-18 may play an important role in the occurrence and development of acute cerebral infarction.
Cerebral Infarction ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Humans ; Interleukin-18 ; Interleukin-1beta ; Melanoma ; Plasma ; Stroke

Objective To investigate the risk factors of progressive motor deficit (PMD) in patients with acute middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) beyond thrombolysis time.Methods The clinical data of 123 patients with acute MCAO beyond thrombolysis time,admitted to our hospital from March 2015 to March 2017,were analyzed retrospectively.According to whether patients having National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores increased＞2 within 5 d of admission and continued for 24 h,these patients were divided into two groups:PMD group and non-PMD group.Single factor analysis was performed on all clinical parameters that might influence PMD;in addition,the influencing factors of PMD were analyzed by multiple factor Logistic regression analysis.Results Fifty-one patients (41.5％) had PMD and 72 patients (58.5％) did not have PMD.Single factor analysis showed that the differences of randomized blood glucose level,ratio of patients with PH2 type hemorrhagic transformation,intracurricular infarct pattern,radiation crown infarct and collateral circulation pathway between the PMD group and the non-PMD group were statistically significant (P＜0.05).Multiple factor Logistic regression analysis showed that ratio of patients with PH2 type hemorrhagic transformation,radiation infarct site,internal watershed infarct model and collateral circulation pathway were significantly correlated to PMD (OR=2.857,95％CI:1.037-7.869,P=0.042;OR=2.585,95％CI:1.219-5.481,P=0.013;OR=2.876,95％CI:1.327-6.232,P=0.007;OR=2.332,95％CI:1.120-4.867,P=).024).Conclusion PH2 type hemorrhagic transformation,corona radiate infarct,intemal watershed infarct model and insufficient collateral circulation pathway are the important risk factors of PMD in patients with acute MCAO beyond thrombolysis time.

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of Kouyanqing granules on prevention and treatment of radiation-induced oral mucositis patients with head and neck cancer after radiotherapy.METHODS:A total of 122 head and neck cancer patients receiving radiotherapy were randomly divided into kouyanqing group (61 cases) and chlorhexidine group (61 cases).Based on radiotherapy,kouyanqing group was given Kouyanqing granules 20 g dissolved in 50 mL lukewarm boiled water,twice a day,2-3 d before radiotherapy.Chlorhexidine group was given Compound chlorhexidine gargle 10-20 mL,twice a day,2-3 d before radiotherapy.Treatment courses of 2 groups lasted for 7 weeks.The occurrence of oral mucositis,VAS scores and ADR were observed in 2 groups.RESULTS:3rd week radiotherapy later,the incidence of oral mucositis at level 2-3 and 4th-7th week radiotherapy later,the incidence of oral mucositis at level 2-4 in kouyanqing group was significantly lower than chlorhexidine group,with statistical significance (P＜0.01).2nd-7th week radiotherapy later,VAS score of kouyanqing group was significantly lower than that of chlorhexidine group,with statistical significance (P＜0.01).There was no statistical significance in the incidence of ADR between 2 groups (P＞0.05).CONCLUSIONS:Kouyanqing granules can relieve radiation-induced oral mucositis of head and neck cancer and the degree of pain,and improve the quality of life.Its safety is similar to that of chlorhexidine.

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for simultaneous determination of 6 residual organic solvents in aprepitant raw material as methanol,ethanol,acetone,isopropyl alcohol,methyl tert-butyl ether and tetrahydrofuran.METHODS:Headspace capillary gas chromatography was adopted.The determination was performed on DB-624 capillary column using temperature programming.The temperature of injector port was 180 ℃,and flame ionization detector was used with temperature of 260 ℃.Nitrogen was used as carrier gas with flow rate 3.0 mL/min.The spilt ratio was 5 ∶ 1,and head-space injection volume was 1.0 mL.The head-space equilibrium temperature was set at 80 ℃,and equilibrium time was 40 min.RESULTS:The linear ranges of methanol,ethanol,acetone,isopropyl alcohol,methyl tert-butyl ether,tetrahydrofuran were 6.052-605.232 μ g/mL (r=0.999 9),9.987-998.718 μg/mL(r=0.999 9),9.998-999.768 μg/mL(r=0.999 8),9.986-998.634 μg/mL(r=0.999 9),9.991-999.090 μg/mL (r=0.999 7),1.461-146.133 μg/mL(r=0.999 5),respectively.The limits of quantitation were 1.782 1,2.079 0,0.749 8,1.777 8,0.223 1,0.607 0 μg/mL;the limits of detection were 0.594 0,0.693 0,0.249 9,0.592 6,0.074 4,0.202 3 μg/mL,respectively.RSD of precision test was lower than 2.0％.Only acetone and isopropyl alcohol were detected in stability test and reproducibility tests,RSD＜2.0％.Their recoveries were 99.34-100.75％ (RSD=0.52％,n=9),98.20％-100.24％ (RSD=0.69％,n=9),98.07％-100.07％ (RSD=0.84％,n=9),99.86％-101.32％ (RSD=0.58％,n=9),97.87％-104.02％ (RSD=2.13％,n=9),98.26 ％-100.58 ％ (RSD =0.75 ％,n =9),respectively.CONCLUSIONS:The established method is simple,accurate and reproducible,and can be used for simultaneous determination of 6 residual organic solvents in aprepitant raw material.

Insomnia is the most common type of sleep disorder in the clinic. Long-term insomnia seriously affects people's work and life, and the incidence of insomnia is increasing year by year.In order to provide reference for the clinic, this paper summarizes the current advances in the treatment of insomnia, including pharmacotherapy and non-pharmacotherapy. Non-pharmacotherapy includes cognitive behavioral therapy and physical therapy. Pharmacotherapy includes benzodiazepine receptor agonists, including benzodiazepine and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics, melatonin and melatonin receptor agonists, antidepressant drugs with sedative effects, antipsychotic drugs, antihistamines that have central inhibitory effects, Chinese medicine.

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of a clustering infection caused by human adenovirus-B type 7 (HAdV-B7) which occurred in one military camp located at the southeastern coastal region in January 2014.Methods All clinical characteristics of the 70 patients were collected for analysis,including clinical symptoms and signs,chest computer tomography (CT) scans and laboratory results.Throat swabs were collected and real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed to detect viral nucleotide.Results The prominent symptoms of these patients with HAdV-B7 infection included fever (100.0％,70/70),cough (82.9％,58/70),productive cough (72.9％,51/70) and sore throat (61.4％,43/70).All patients showed posterior pharyngeal wall linear congestion with ovoid follicle.Fifty-four (77.1 ％) patients had enlarged tonsils and 46 (65.7 ％) patients had tonsils covered by white secretions.Fifty-eight (82.9 ％) patients had pharyngeal follicular hyperplasia.Fifty-one (72.9 ％) patients had abnormalities on chest radiograph,including lung-marking fuzzy,pulmonary interstitial inflammation and parenchymal serous exudation.Of the 54 throat swabs from patients,34(63.0％) were identified as HAdV-B7.All patients were cured.Conclusions The clinical features of patients with HAdV-B7 infection are different from other viral infection.HAdV-B7 is easy to cause clustering infection in particular populations.Early detection and early intervention are needed to avoid exacerbation and transmission.