Objective:To summarize and analyze the clinical status of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) antagonists.Methods: The clinical trials of TNF-α antagonists registered before August 2,2016 were searched on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Trials Register,and SPSS17.0 software was used for statistical analysis of the data.Results: A total of 306 TNF clinical trials were conducted in the world,19 of them were in China.The main research diseases for bone and joint disease,autoimmune diseases,infections,blood tumors.There were 241 items in intervention study,and 56,7,55,60 items in 178 cases,accounting for 73.9% in Ⅱ,Ⅱ/Ⅲ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ,respectively.The interventional study of TNF-α antagonist clinical trials mainly focused on intervention research,The main purpose of the practical application of the process after the listing of further validation and evaluation of drug efficacy and safety.Conclusion: There are many kinds of TNF-α antagonists,and clinical indications are wide.The design of clinical trials is diversified and mature.

Objective The transformations of clinical state in aged patients suffered from hepatocirrhosis incorporated with diabetes were observed through the lamivudine therapy.Methods The clinieal state,state of diabetes related to the grade of liver function and the influence of clinical state by lamivncline treatment in 36 patients were analyzed.Results Those with representative symptom of diabetes were less observed(2.8%) in these 36 patients.The patients complicating with the spontaneous bacterial peritonitis had a high chance.The blood glucose level show obviously abnormas after the liver function got worse.With the liver function improved through combined therapy include lamivudine,the blood glucose level turned to a low level.Conclusion The clinical state in aged patients suffered from hepatocirrhosis with Ⅱ type diabetes is untypical.The blood glucose level appearances direct correlation with the condition of hepatocirrhosis.Treatments with lamivudine was favorable for control of blood glucose level and better liver function.

Objective: Recent years has witnessed new progress in the molecular genetic study of the relationship between the myosin heavy chain and myocardial hypertrophy.This study aimed to observe the expressions of myocardial ?-myosin heavy chain(?-MHC) and ?-myosin heavy chain(?-MHC) mRNA in rats with pressure overload,and to investigate the mechanism by which abdominal aorta constriction induces left ventricular hypertrophy.Methods: Male SD rats were randomly divided into a sham operation and model group.The models were made by clamping the suprarenal abdominal aorta with a silver chip.Eight weeks later,changes in the left ventricular mass index(LVMI) and the ultra microstructure of the left ventricular myocyte were observed,and the expressions of ?-MHC and ?-MHC in the myocardial tissue were detected by RT-PCR.Results: Compared with the sham operation group,the model rats showed markedly increased LVMI(P

We wished to assess the role of chlamydia micro virus capsid protein Vp3 in recombinant molecules, chart its molecular evolution, screen the wild-type strain, and reveal its value in clinical research. Using a protein BLAST multiple-alignment program, we compared various strains of Chlamydia micro virus capsid protein Vp3 sequences. Using a "distance tree" of those results, we created a phylogenetic tree. We applied the Karplus-Schulz method of flexible-region analyses for highly conserved alignments of amino-acid sequences. Gamier-Robson and Chou-Fasman methods were employed to analyze two-level structures of sequences. The Emini method was used for analyses of the accessibility of surface epitopes. Studies of hydrophilic proteins were undertaken using Kyte-Doolittle and Hopp-Woods methods. Analyses of antigen epitopes helped to reveal the antigen index using the Jameson-Wolf method. All sequences in the six strains of chlamydia micro virus capsid protein Vp3 were highly conserved, with the main differences being between Vp3 protein in Chp1 and the other five strains of the micro virus. The viral strain of Vp3 protein was based mainly on micro-alpha helix structures, and multiple epitopes were noted in highly conserved regions. Vp3 protein was highly conserved structurally, and was an important protein of the chlamydiaphage capsid. Vp3 protein has a complicated molecular structure, highly conserved regions with strong immunogenicity, and has considerable research value.
Amino Acid Sequence ; Capsid Proteins ; chemistry ; genetics ; immunology ; Chlamydia ; genetics ; immunology ; Conserved Sequence ; Epitope Mapping ; Evolution, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Recombination, Genetic

We systematically analyzed the progress on basic research in fetal medicine in China funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China since 1987.Aiming to promote basic research in fetal medicine,a series of effective measures has been implemented by National Natural Science Foundation of China in recent years,such as defining specific research goals and keywords under the application code of fetal medicine,launching emergent management projects and organizing strategic discussion with experts.Despite the wide gap between domestic and foreign researches,we have some advantages and have already made great achievements.Here are some suggestions on future basic research in fetal medicine from the perspective of funding application in China.

Objective To investigate the relationship between occupational noise exposure and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, as well as prediabetes diagnosed by HbA1c. Methods A total of 1 181 workers from a cigarette factory were selected as the research subjects using a judgment sampling method. Workers were divided into control, low-level noise exposure and high-level noise exposure groups, consisting of 236, 359, and 586 individuals, respectively. The blood sample was collected for HbA1c test and occupation noise exposure intensity in workplace was detected by an area-sampling method. Results There were no statistical significant differences in HbA1c levels and prediabetes prevalence among the three groups of workers (all P>0.05). After adjusting for potential confounding factors such as years of service, gender, smoking, pack-years of smoking, alcohol consumption, and body mass index, multiple linear regression analysis showed that the high-level noise exposure group had higher HbA1c level than the control group (P<0.05). Multivariable logistic regression analysis results showed that the high-level noise exposure group had higher risk of prediabetes compared with the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Occupational noise exposure could be a risk factor for the increased HbA1c levels and prediabetes incidence among the occupational population. More attention should be paid to the effects of occupational noise exposure on the HbA1c level in occupational health surveillance.

Objective:To develop a simple, practical and repeatable ultrasound method to locate the muscle at the trigger point of female myofascial pelvic pain(MPP), which can provide imaging reference for clinical precision treatment.Methods:A total of 113 patients with suspected MPP who came to the Women′s Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University from September 1, 2021 to April 20, 2023 were prospectively selected. The gynecologist performed internal examination with index finger on some pelvic floor muscles (puborectalis, pubococcygeus, iliococcygeus, coccygeus) and pelvic wall muscles (piriformis and obturator internus) respectively, searched for the muscles where the pain trigger point was located, and scored the pain by referring to visual analogue scale (VAS) and numerical rating scale (NRS), and then referred the patients to the ultrasound department. The ultrasound doctor used transvaginal ultrasound to display the above muscle groups in real time for observation and appropriate pressure. The muscle where the painful trigger point was located was found through tenderness and the pain score was performed. The two scores were compared for consistency and difference analysis.Results:The trigger point was clear and of good reproducibility. For the location and score of pain trigger points located in bilateral puborectalis, pubococcygeus and coccygeus, there was a strong consistency between the tenderness guided by vaginal ultrasound probe and clinical palpation (the consistency rate was ≥70%), and there was no significant difference in the pain scores of the trigger points located in the puborectalis muscle and coccygeal muscle between the two methods ( P>0.05), and there was statistically significant difference in the pain scores of the trigger points located in the other pelvic floor and pelvic wall muscles (all P<0.05). At the same time, ultrasonic examination made up for the deficiency of clinical palpation in the evaluation of piriformis muscle. Conclusions:The present method for finding the trigger point of MPP guided by the ultrasound probe is a new non-invasive, safe, simple and practical imaging method, which can provide a new imaging reference for the clinical diagnosis of MPP and the formulation of treatment strategies.