Objective To assess the sequence variations in preS/S regions of occult hepatitis B virus (OHB) and their relationship to severe chronic hepatic injury. MethodsWe collected samples from HBsAg negative patients, and evaluated their HBV-DNA by nest-PCR. HBV-DNA positive samples were used for analysis of preS/S region by PCR sequencing. Results Sixty-nine cases with HBV-DNA were identified in 468 cases without HBsAg. The positive percents were 16％, 8.7％, 36.4％, 18.3％ and 0％in group of only HBcAb positive, only HBeAb positive, only HBeAg positive, both HBcAb and HBsAb positive and all indexes negative, respectively. The level of HBV-DNA of OHB was significant lower than that in HBsAg positive patients. Compared with HBsAg positive controls, preS/S deletion, M1I and Q2K in preS2 region, Q129N/R/P,G185R and S210R in S region were more common in OHB. Moreover, M1I and Q2K in preS2 region, G185R and S210R in S region in OHB with severe chronic hepatic injury were more common that those in OHB without severe chronic hepatic injury. Compared with HBsAg positive patients with severe chronic hepatic injury, the level of HBV-DNA was lower, while the frequency of M1I and Q2K mutation in preS2 region, G185R and S210R in S region were more common in OHB patients with severe chronic hepatic injury. ConclusionThe virological factors were different between OHB and HBsAg positive patients. The M1I and Q2K in preS2 region, G185R and S210R in S region might be useful for prognosis evaluation of OHB patients.

Objective To evaluate the expression of the total serum IgG and IgG subclasses of anti-PDIA3 antibody (PDIA3 Ab) in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) and discuss its association with thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb), thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb), and thyroid function. Methods The PDIA3 Ab total serum IgG and IgG subtype levels were detected by ELISA and thyrotrophin (TSH), free triiodothyronine (FT3), free thyroxine (FT4), TPOAb, and TgAb serum levels were detected by electrochemiluminescence immunoassays. Results Levels of PDIA3 Ab total serum IgG, IgG1, and IgG3 in patients in the AIT group were significantly higher than those in the non-AIT group (P ＜ 0.05). There were no significant differences in PDIA3 Ab total IgG and IgG subtype levels in the AIT with euthyroidism group and hypothyroidism group (P＞ 0.05). In the AIT with hypothyroidism group, PDIA3 Ab IgG1 subtype serum level was negatively correlated with that of TgAb (r =-0.679, P ＜ 0.05), and positively correlated with that of TSH while controlling the variables of TPOAb and TgAb (r = 0.550, P ＜ 0.05). No significant correlation was found among PDIA3 Ab total IgG and IgG3 subclass, TPOAb, TgAb, TSH, FT3, and FT4 in AIT (P＞ 0.05). Conclusion Apart from thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin, PDIA3 may be a non-classical autoantigen of AIT and may play an important role in thyroid-related injury.

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Objective:To design a patient self-rating wrist scale suitable for Chinese patients, and evaluate its reliability and validity.Methods:The primary entry pool was established by referring to the existing foreign scales and the opinions of domestic experts. Opinions of 11 hand surgeons and 10 patients with wrist diseases were referred to select better items into the primary scale. During September 2015 to November 2016, 100 inpatients with wrist diseases in the hand surgery department of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital were selected by convenient sampling method, and the primary scale was conducted on them. Eight indices including item response rate, item differentiation, item-dimension attribution, variability, responsiveness, overall item attribution, internal consistency and factor loading were summarized. All the 8 indices were evaluated to establish the wrist patient self-evaluation instrument for Chinese. Test-retest reliability, Cronbach coefficient, expert score, KMO value, explanatory power, χ 2/df, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) and comparative fit index (CFI) were used to evaluate the reliability and validity of the scale. Results:A total of 40 subjective items in the primary entry pool were selected to form the primary scale, including 32 items (A1-D4), and 4 dimensions (physiology, safety, pain and emotion). There were 92 valid scale results in 100 cases. All cases' response rate were over 90%. In terms of item differentiation, only the high grouping score [3.20±0.577 points (range, 1-3 points)] and the low grouping score [2.68±0.627 points (range, 2-5 points)] of item B10 had no statistical significance ( t=5.11, P=0.340). There were 17 items: A1, A2, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, B4, B6, B7, C5, D1, D2, and D3 were considered to be deleted according to the result of item-dimension attribution. A total of 11 items had a variation less than 0.65: A4 (0.645), A7 (0.593), B1 (0.590), B5 (0.617), B8 (0.578), B9 (0.612), B10 (0.526), D1 (0.644), D2 (0.320), D3 (0.169), D4 (0.526). A2, A4, A6, A8, B4, B6, D1, D2, D3, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 did not meet the reactivity requirements. Items with factor loads less than 0.4: D2 (-0.051), D3 (-0.127), and D4 (0.267). C4 (0.026), C5 (0.023), D1 (0.103), D2 (0.434), D3 (0.387), D4 (0.062) did not meet the internal consistency requirements. In multiple linear regression analysis, 19 items were not included in the final regression equation. Based on the above analysis, D1, D2, and D3 were finally deleted and the rest 29 valid items were remained to form the wrist patient self-evaluation instrument for Chinese. Reliability and validity of the scale: the test-retest reliability of physiology, safety, pain, emotion dimensions were 0.984, 0.976, 0.985 and 0.802 ( P<0.001), respectively. Except for there was only one item in emotion dimension, the Cronbach coefficients of total score, physiology, safety and pain dimensions were 0.943, 0.973, 0.944 and 0.881, respectively. KMO was 0.894 ( P<0.001). Except for there was only one item in emotion dimension, whose validity could not be evaluated. The χ 2/df, CFI, RMSEA results were as follows, physiology: 5.152, 0.817, 0.022, respectively; safety: 5.378, 0.795, respectively; pain: 7.439, 0.865, 0.028, respectively. Conclusion:The wrist patient self-evaluation instrument for Chinese is consisted of 4 dimensions and 29 items. As a subjective wrist self-rating scale suitable for modern Chinese patients, the scale has good reliability and validity, and can be one of the choices of the subjective evaluation for Chinese patients with wrist diseases.