Objective To evaluate the effects of low-dose 125I seeds to the esophagus fibroblast cell proliferation in vitro.Methods The titanium wire was implanted in the beagle dog's esophagus to induce fibroblast proliferation,and the esophageal tissue was removed after two weeks and cultured in vitro.The 125I seeds with different dose commonly used were chosen to irradiation fibroblast in group B (11.1 MBq × 9)、C (22.2 Mbq ×9) 、D (33.3 MBq ×9) for 72 hours,while in control group no 125I seeds were used.After irradiation,cells were collected.MTT and AnnexinV/PI double staining were performed respectively to evaluate the effects of 125I seeds in cell proliferation and apoptosis.Results The inhibition rate respectively:(26.81 ± 1.96) ％、(34.52 ± 3.21) ％ and (45.33 ± 2.59) ％ ; the apoptosis rate respectively:(6.73 ±0.57)％ 、(13.11 ± 1.39)％ and (15.23 ± 0.90)％.There were significant differences among the experimental groups and between every experimental group and the control group.Conclusion The three doses of 125I seeds could significantly inhibit the fibroblast proliferation and promote cells apoptosis,of which 33.3 MBq 12sI seed was the most significant.

Objective To investigate the feasibility and preventive effect of benign esophageal restenosis by binding 125I seeds to upper esophageal stent through animal experiments.Methods Eight 125I seeds were evenly bound to upper normal esophageal stents for the animal experiments.A total of 32 beagle dogs were randomly assigned to 2 groups:experimental group,implanted with esophageal stents with eight 125I seeds (33.3 MBq),and the control (stents without 125I seeds).Four dogs of each group were killed at the 1 st,2nd,4th,and 8th week after imaging studies.The tissue of 2 cm upper stent underwent pathology analysis.Results All the novel stents were successfully implanted.No radioactive leak was detected by ECT.The lumen diameter of the top stent showed the tract gradually narrowed and at the 4th and 8th weeks,the experiment group narrowed more seriously compared with the control group and the difference was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).PCNA,ot-SMA mean optical density were significantly different in the 4th week.Both hydroxyproline and total amino acid increased progressively,with significant difference at the 4th and 8th weeks.The macroscopic and optical findings of the trachea and major vessels were basically the same in both groups.Conclusion The novel stent is feasible and safe for preventing benign esophageal restenosis and preventing benign esophageal stent restenosis.

Objective To study the antibiotic resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and the prevalence of penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae (PPNG) and high-level tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (TRNG) in Nanning. Methods Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) were determined by agar dilution method and ?-lactamase production was comfirmed by acidometric method.Results Among 458 strains, 33 strains(7.20%) were found to be PPNG and 231 strains(50.44%) were TRNG. The resistance rate to ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone and spectinomycin were 87.33%, 1.31% and 0.22% respectively. Conclusion The situation of resistance to ciprofloxacin was very serious, and it was also found that a few of gonococcal isolates were resistant to ceftriaxone and spectinomycin. The study showed that it is important to successively survey the antibiotic resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Objective To determine the prevalence and genotype profiles of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis and their related factors in patients attending sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinics in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Methods C. trachomatis was screened by a plasmid PCR in 598 patients attending STD clinics. Then, positive specimens underwent nested-PCR to amplify the major outer membrane protein 1 (ompl) gene. The amplicons of ompl gene were digested by restriction endonucleases Alu I plus Hinf I and Cfol . C. trachomatis was differentiated according to the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns. Results Out of the 598 samples, 83 were positive for plasmid-PCR. The prevalence of chlamydial infection was 13.9% with no significant difference between male and female patients. Nested-PCR based RFLP analysis showed that genotype E amounted to 27.7% (23/83), F 20.5% (17/83), D 13.2%(11/83), G 12.0%(10/83), K 7.2%(6/83), H 4.8%(4/83), I 3.6% (3/83), J 3.6%(3/83)and uncertain types 7.2% (6/83). Visible symptoms were observed less frequently in infections with C. trachomatis genotypes E and F compared with the other genotypes, while low abdominal pain occurred in 80% of infections with type G. Conclusions A certain proportion of out-patients attending STD clinic are infected with various types of C. trachomatis in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The polymorphism of ompl gene may serve as a useful tool in molecular epidemiological studies of C. trachomatis.

Background and purpose:It has been demonstrated that radical prostatectomy for patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer may contribute to improving local control of prostate cancer and overall survival by several retrospective studies. Perioperative complications play an important role in determining whether radical prostatectomy is appropriate for patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer. This study aimed to discuss the recurrence rate and the sever-ity of perioperative complications, and the primary curative effect of radical prostatectomy on oligometastatic prostate can-cer patients.Methods:A total number of 247 patients who received radical prostatectomy were recruited in the study from Jul. 2015 to Jan. 2016, including 25 patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer and 222 patients with localized prostate cancer. Patients with perioperative complications in both groups were graded with the Clavien-Dindo grading system. The proportion of PSA decline and the rates and severity of perioperative complications were analyzed in both groups.Results:The cases of prostate specific antigen (PSA) decline in the oligometastatic group were 21 (84.0%), lower than the localized group with 212 cases (95.5%). There were 6 cases (24.0%) with postoperative complications in the oligometastatic group, including serious complications (Ⅲ or above) 1 case (4.0%), and 49 cases (22.1%) with postoperative complications in the localized group, including serious complications (Ⅲ or above) 7 cases (3.2%). The differences between the groups reached no statistical significance (P>0.05).Conclusion:Radical prostatectomy for patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer could be safe, effective, and appropriate, the risk of perioperative complications should not be one of the limiting factors.

Objective To quantitative the changing information of estrogen receptor βgene which was in tissue and organ of sex gland during oestrus and dioestrus of Beagles, and to show the different expression situation of hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis during oestrus and dioestrus, and providing the basic of theory to research deeply the mechanism of heat of Beagles. Methods As the key gene in regulation reproduction, ERβgene is located in hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis, so using Beagles which was in oestrus and dioestrus, and extract the RNA from hypothalamus、pituitary、ovary and uterus respectively,after reverse transcription we detected the expression of ERβgene by real-time quantitative PCR.Results The expression of ERβgene mRNA from ovary、uterus、pituitary、hypothalamus of Beagles which was in dioestrus was 0.35 times, 0.17 times, 0.44 times and 0.43 times than the expression of ERβgene mRNA from ovary, uterus, pituitary, hypothalamus of Beagles which was in oestrus.Conclusion The expression of ERβgene was up-regulation in hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary axis of Beagles which was in oestrus.

AIM:To investigate the effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell(BMSC) transplantation on learning and memory abilities and pathological changes of Alzheimer disease (AD) mice and the molecular mechanisms. METHODS:C57/BL6 wild-type (WT) and transgenic(Tg) mice were randomly divided into 4 groups:WT/PBS group, WT/BMSCs group,Tg/PBS group and Tg/BMSCs group. The mice were administered with PBS or BMSCs via intracere-broventricular injection. Spatial learning and memory abilities of the mice were evaluated by Morris water maze test on the 3rd day after surgery. Real-time PCR was applied to detect the mRNA expression of CX3C chemokine ligand 1 (CX3CL1),CX3C chemokine receptor 1 (CX3CR1), IL-1β, TNF-α, Nurr1, YM1, insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) and matrix metalloproteinase 9(MMP9). The protein levels of CX3CL1 and Aβ42 were measured by ELISA. Western blot was used to detect the protein expression of postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95) and synaptophysin (SYP). RE-SULTS:The transplanted BMSCs were observed near the hippocampus of APP/PS1 mice on the 10th postoperative day. The escape latency of the mice in Tg/PBS group was significantly longer than that in the WT/PBS mice(P<0.05). Com-pared with Tg/PBS group,the escape latency of Tg/BMSCs group was significantly shorter (P<0.05), and the mRNA and protein levels of CX3CL1 in Tg/BMSCs group were significantly higher than those in Tg/PBS group (P<0.01). The results of immunohistofluorescence staining showed that BMSC transplantation promoted the activation of microglia in the brain of WT and Tg mice. The mRNA expression of YM1 was up-regulated in WT/BMSCs group and Tg/BMSCs group (P<0.05). Compared with WT/PBS mice, the mRNA expression of TNF-α in the cortex and hippocampus of Tg/PBS group was significantly increased (P<0.05),and the mRNA expression of Nurr1 in the cortex was significantly decreased (P<0.01). Meanwhile,the mRNA expression of TNF-α in the cortex of Tg/BMSCs mice was decreased(P<0.01) and the mRNA expression of CX3CR1 and Nurr1 was up-regulated compared with Tg/PBS group (P<0.05). The results of Western blot showed that the protein levels of PSD95,p85,p110 and p-Akt in Tg/BMSCs group were significantly higher than those in Tg/PBS group (P<0.05). Finally, BMSC transplantation reduced the protein level of Aβ42 in APP/PS1 mice(P<0.05), and increased the mRNA expression of IDE and MMP9 in the hippocampus (P <0.05). CONCLU-SION:BMSC transplantation modulates neuroinflammatory responses and promotes neuroprotective factor and synaptic pro-tein expression,thus improving the learning and memory abilities in the APP/PS1 mice,which may be achieved by up-reg-ulating the expression of CX3CL1.

Objective:To observe the effect of auricular pressure beans(APN)combined with Compound Tung-Leaf Burn Oil(CTBO)on perioperative anxiety and pain in patients undergoing circumcision.Methods:This study included 100 patients undergo-ing circumcision with the disposable circumcision anastomosis stapler in our hospital from August 2023 to November 2023,of whom 50 received routine circumcision nursing care(the control group)and other 50 APN combined with compound CTBO in addition(the ob-servation group).We compared between the two groups the anxiety scores before any intervention,30 minutes before and 24 hours and 10 days after operation,the pain scores 24 hours postoperatively and at the first change of wound dressing,the frequency of 3-day post-operative sleep awakenings,the incidence of complications,and the satisfaction of the patients.Results:Totally,94 patients com-pleted the study,46 in the observation and 48 in the control group.The anxiety scores exhibited no statistically significant difference between the two groups of patients before any intervention(P>0.05),but were markedly lower in the observation than in the control group at 30 minutes before and 24 hours and 10 days after surgery(P<0.05),and so were the pain scores24 hours after surgery and at the first change of wound dressing(P<0.05),and the frequency of 3-day postoperative sleep awakenings(P<0.05).The satis-faction rate of the patients was remarkably higher(P<0.05)while the incidence of complications significantly lower in the observation group than in the control(P<0.05).Conclusion:Auricular pressure beans combined with Compound Tung-Leaf Burn Oil can ef-fectively alleviate perioperative anxiety,reduce postoperative pain and improve satisfaction of the patients undergoing circumcision.

OBJECTIVEThe Medical Outcome Study of 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) is a well-validated generic questionnaire widely used to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and the Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire (CLDQ) is a specific HRQOL assessment designed for patients with liver diseases. The aim of our study is to evaluate the HRQOL based on SF-36 and CLDQ (Chinese version) in patients with chronic hepatitis B and liver cirrhosis, especially in the status of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE).

METHODSThe SF-36 and CLDQ were answered by 160 healthy volunteers, 20 patients with chronic hepatitis B and 106 patients with cirrhosis. HRQOL scores of the groups with different liver disease severities and with or without MHE were compared. The SF-36 includes one multi-item scale that assesses eight health categories: physical functioning, role-physical, body pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, role-emotion, and mental health. CLDQ assesses 6 categories: abdominal symptoms, fatigue, systemic symptoms, activity, emotional function and worry.

RESULTSCompared with the healthy controls, patients with chronic hepatitis B and liver cirrhosis at baseline had a lower HRQOL on all scales of the SF-36 and CLDQ (P < 0.01 for all). Increased severity of liver cirrhosis (based on the Child-Pugh score but with MHE or without) was associated with a decrease in most components, both in SF-36 and in CLDQ. However, patients with Child-Pugh B and C disease had similar HRQOL scores on both the SF-36 and CLDQ (P > 0.05), except role-physical and vitality on SF-36. There was a significant difference between patients with and without MHE on the SF-36 score (P < 0.01), and no significant difference (P > 0.05) on CLDQ scores except in abdominal symptoms.

CONCLUSIONThe Chinese version of SF-36 along with CLDQ are valid and reliable methods for testing MHE in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Case-Control Studies ; Female ; Hepatic Encephalopathy ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Quality of Life ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult

Objective To discuss the clinical value of transabdominal sonography after bowl preparation in diagnosis of ileocecal valve syndrome ( IVS) .Methods The ultrasonic features of IVS in 37 cases were summerized and correlated with the follow-up findings after conservative treatment or the pathologic results after operation .Twenty-eight cases were confirmed by follow-up and 9 cases by operative pathology.Results Among the 37 cases of IVS,28 were idiopathic IVS (75.7%,28/37) and 9 were secondary IVS (24.3%, 9/37%).For the secondary cases, the primary diseases included 5 acute appendicitis,2 Meckel diverticulum,1 terminal ileitis and 1 carcinoma of ascending colon .The diagnostic accuracy rate of ultrasound was 89.2%(33/37).Misdiagnosis rate was 10.8%(4/37),including 1 case of idiopathic and 3 cases of secondary IVS .The IVS ultrasonic images coulde be displayed clearly using 7.0-10.0 MHz probes.In fasting examination,three ultrasonic characteristic signss were found in interminal ileum region at the right lower abdomen .And these features were bagel-shaped sign [91.9%(34/37),average size (1.9 ±1.6) cm ×(0.8 ±0.3) cm],short sleevelet-shaped sign [91.9% (34/37,average size (2.1 ± 0.4)cm ×(1.3 ±0.2) cm],and rose-shaped sign [83.8% (31/37),average size (1.4 ±0.2) cm × (1.0 ±0.2) cm].The shapes of some signs were changeable when the probe compressed .In the case of idiopathic IVS ,several pathologic changes could be seen on sonography after intestinal tract filling of oral 20%mannitol,including slight thickened mucosa and submucosa of erminalileum ,enlarged ieocecal valve and the crocodile-mouth sign.Conclusions Transabdominal ultrasonic examination with high frequency probe after bowl preparation plays an important role in diagnosis of IVS .The method is simple and accurate and should be recommended and applied clinically .