The progressive injury of retinal ganglion cells ( RGCs) is a common occurrence in several eye diseases, which ultimately may lead to irreversible blindness. Currently, there are still no effective or ideal treatments for it in practice, however some recent studies show that stem cell transplantation may provide a promising new idea for neuroprotection and replacement of retinal ganglion cells. This paper will review the research progress of stem cell transplantation-based treatment.

Objective　To find out the morbidity and main pathogens of ventilator-associated pneumonia(VAP) in PICU.Methods　44 VAP cases were reviewed.Results　44 VAP cases were diagnosed and analyzed from 1998, 2 to 2001,1,the morbidity of VAP was 69.8%.The predominant pathogen was Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Conclusion　It has reference value in consideri ng the possible pathogens of pneumonia.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), to investigate whether there is a difference in the prevalence of depression and anxiety between PsA and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and to identify associated risk factors for depression and anxiety in PsA patients. METHODS: PsA and RA patients who visited Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology in Peking University First Hospital from May 2018 to Sep 2019 were recruited. Self-rating anxiety scale and self-rating depression scale were surveyed and compared between PsA and RA patients. Demographics and clinical features including age, gender, disease duration, disease activity score, psoriasis area and severity index (PASI), and medical application were collected. Power Doppler and grey-scale ultrasound of joints, tenosynovitis and enthesis were performed. Multivariate Logistic regression was used to identify the factors associated with mood disorders and the odds ratio of depression and anxiety between the PsA and RA patients. RESULTS: Among the 114 enrolled PsA patients, 37 (32.5%) had mood disorders, in which 36 (31.6%) with depression and 15 (13.2%) with anxiety. Compared with 201 RA patients, PsA patients showed greater odds for depression [adjusted OR (95%CI): 2.7 (1.1-6.4)]. Depression was more often observed in the PsA than in the RA patients (31.6% vs. 18.9%, P=0.011). The similar trend for anxiety was also observed, although the difference was insignificant (13.2% vs. 8.5%, P=0.185). Age (OR=0.95, P=0.008), psoriasis duration (OR=0.94, P=0.018), pain visual analogue scale (OR=1.47, P=0.011), PASI score (OR=1.07, P=0.007) and presence of ultrasound enthesitis (OR=4.13, P=0.009) were identified as factors associated with depression in the PsA patients. PASI score (OR=1.07, P=0.001) was identified as associated factor for anxiety in the PsA patients. CONCLUSION The prevalence of depression and anxiety is elevated in PsA patients. Depression is significantly more prevalent in PsA patients than in RA patients. Younger age, shorter psoriasis duration, worse pain and presence of ultrasound enthesitis are associated with depression, while severe psoriasis rash is associated with both depression and anxiety in PsA patients.
Anxiety/etiology* ; Arthritis, Psoriatic/epidemiology* ; Depression/etiology* ; Enthesopathy ; Humans ; Prevalence

AIM To analyze and compare HPLC fingerprints of wanai and Artemisiae argyi Levi.et Vant from thirty-one growing areas by multistatistical.METHODS The analysis of 80％ methanol extract of A.argyi was developed on a 30 ℃ thermostatic Agilent TC-C18 column (4.6 mm × 250 mm,5 μm),with the mobile phase comprising of acetonitrile-water (containing 0.2％ methanoic acid) flowing at 1 mL/min in a gradient elution manner,and the detection wavelength was set at 330 nm.RESULTS There were eighteen,twenty-five common peaks in the fingerprints of thirty-one batches of A.argyi,fifteen batches of wanai,respectively,with the similarities all more than 0.900.The similarities of thirty-one batches of samples from different growing area were good and together as a category except samples from Dengzhou city,Luohe city and Anhui province.Fifteen batches of wanai samples got together with Qiai among them.The cumulative contribution rate of the four principal components from A.argyi was 86.049％.Twelve batches of wanai samples had higher scores than Qiai.CONCLUSION This stable and reliable method can be used for the quality control of A.argyi.

Objective To analyze the clinical features,laboratory results,treatment and prognosis of children with idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH).Methods The documents of 25 children with IPH,who were hospitalized in Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics from Apr.1992 to Nov.2008 were reviewed.Then some of the patients were followed up.Results The median age of onset was 4 years old (6.5 months to 8 years old).Those patients aged from 3 to 6 years old ranked the first as 48％ (12 cases).The median age at diagnosis was 5.17 years old.The course of desease was between 10 days and 6 years,the median course was 1 year.Cough,pallor,fever and hemoptysis were the common clinical features of IPH patients.The chest radiological patterns for IPH were diverse.The common features of high resolution CT scan in 15 patients included declined transparency and ground glass shadows in 11 cases,cloudy patchy infiltrate in 9 cases,reticular changes in 6 cases,and nodular changes in 2 children.Twentythree cases were once misdiagnosed and 60％ of them were delayed in diagnosis as IPH for more than 1 year.Glucocorticoid therapy was effective in improving symptoms.Some patients suffered from rheumatoid arthritis later in their life.Conclusions The manifestations of IPH in children are nonspecific,therefore it is easily to be misdiagnosed.Combined chest radiographic presentations with repeatedly looking for hemosiderin-laden macrophages in sputum,gastric aspirate or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid are helpful in diagnosis.Glucocorticoid therapy can control the symptoms.Some relationships may exist between IPH and rheumatoid arthritis.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the expression features of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), glutathione S transferase-pi (GST-pi) and inhibitor of apoptosis proteins like p53, survivin and bcl-2 in lymph node metastases of gastrointestinal carcinomas.

METHODSThe expression of P-gp, GST-pi, p53, survivin and bcl-2 were determined by using immunohistochemistry technique in surgical specimens of primary tumor (PT) and lymph node metastases (LNMs) from 54 gastrointestinal cancer patients with metastasis of lymph nodes. The expression difference of 5 multi-drug resistance (MDR)-related factors between LNMs and PT were compared.

RESULTSSignificant difference was found in the expression of P-gp and GST-pi between the two groups (both P < 0.05), and expression of p53 and bcl-2 showed positive correlation between LNMs and PT (r = 0.7248, 0.5524; both P < 0.05), respectively. In LNMs, P-gp expression was positively correlated with GST-pi (r = 0.4062, P < 0.05) and survivin (r = 0.6169, P < 0.05), and also GST-pi expression was related positively with survivin (r = 0.4027, P < 0.05). Statistically positive correlations were noted between bcl-2 and P-gp (r = 0.3986, P < 0.05), bcl-2 and survivin (r = 0.2937, P < 0.05), as well as GST-pi and survivin (r = 0.4481, P < 0.01) in PT. Only a positive correlation between GST-pi and survivin expression was simultaneously shown in both LNMs and PT.

CONCLUSIONSThere is significant heterogeneity of MDR-related factors expression in LNMs of gastrointestinal carcinomas. Effective adjuvant chemotherapy after operation should target on the metastatic loci of the disease.

ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family B, Member 1 ; metabolism ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Digestive System Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Female ; Glutathione S-Transferase pi ; metabolism ; Humans ; Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins ; Lymph Nodes ; metabolism ; pathology ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Male ; Microtubule-Associated Proteins ; metabolism ; Middle Aged ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; metabolism ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo observe effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture at Neimadian for analgesia in the extremities after orthopedic operation.

METHODSTwo hundred cases enrolled were divided into two groups. The test group of 100 cases were treated with electroacupuncture at Neimadian and oral administration of placebo, and the control group of 100 cases with oral administration of tramadoli hydrochloride.

RESULTSThe mean score for pain signs at all the time points before and after analgesic treatment in the test group had more decreases as compared with the control group (P < 0.001); and in the good rate after treatment, the test group was higher than the control group (P < 0.001, P < 0.05), and for safety, the test group was higher than the control group (P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONThe analgesic effect and safety of electroacupuncture at Neimadian are superior to the routine analgesic after operation of the extremities.

Acupuncture Analgesia ; Analgesics ; Electroacupuncture ; Humans ; Pain Management

Nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma (NACC) is a rare malignancy with high local invasiveness. To date, there is no consensus on the imaging characteristics of NACC. To address this, we retrospectively reviewed 10 cases of NACC and summarized the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features. MR images of 10 patients with histologically validated NACC were reviewed by two experienced radiologists. The location, shape, margin, signal intensity, lesion texture, contrast enhancement patterns, local invasion, and cervical lymphadenopathy of all tumors were evaluated. Clinical and pathologic records were also reviewed. No patients were positive for antibodies against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The imaging patterns of primary tumors were classified into two types as determined by location, shape, and margin. Of all patients, 7 had tumors with a type 1 imaging pattern and 3 had tumors with a type 2 imaging pattern. The 4 tubular NACCs were all homogeneous tumors, whereas 3 (60%) of 5 cribriform NACCs and the sole solid NACC were heterogeneous tumors with separations or central necrosis on MR images. Five patients had perineural infiltration and intracranial involvement, and only 2 had cervical lymphadenopathy. Based on these results, we conclude that NACC is a local, aggressive neoplasm that is often negative for EBV infection and associated with a low incidence of cervical lymphadenopathy. Furthermore, MRI features of NACC vary in locations and histological subtypes.
Adult ; Aged ; Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic ; diagnosis ; pathology ; surgery ; Female ; Humans ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; methods ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology ; surgery ; Neoplasm Invasiveness ; Neoplasm Staging ; Retrospective Studies

OBJECTIVETo establish multiple short tandem repeat (STR) amplification by fluorescence labeling polymerase chain reaction (PCR) combined with capillary electrophoresis for quantitative determination of chimerism, and to evaluate the status of engraftment and predict the outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).

METHODSThirty-one patients received bone marrow transplantation (BMT) or nonmyeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation (NST) were evaluated. Peripheral blood and bone marrow were co-llected before and after transplantation in different period. Nine different STR markers were co-amplified in a single reaction by using a commercial AmpF/STR Profiler Plus PCR amplification kit. Separation of the PCR products and fluorescence detection were performed by ABI prism 310 Genetic Analyzer with capillary electrophoresis. The Genescan and Genotype software were used for size calling and quantification of peak areas. The formula to calculate donor chimerism values was based on the different allelic distribution type between donor and recipient.

RESULTS48.4% of the patients received sex-matched transplantation and the quantification of donor chimerism could only be performed by STR-PCR method. Comparison of values obtained by FISH analysis with that by STR-PCR in patients transplanted from sex-mismatched donors showed an excellent correlation. The median number of informative alleles was 6.7 (range 2 - 10). The donor's alleles appeared in all the patients on day 7 post-transplant. The median values of donor chimerism in BMT group were inferior to that in NST group on day 7, day 14 and 1 month post-transplant. However the difference disappeared in the midterm or later period of transplant. On day 21, all of the 31 patients had stable engraftment and the percentage of donor chimerism was more than 92%. Median follow-up was 17 (3.5 - 29.0) months after transplantation. Twenty-six of 31 patients had durable engraftment and donor chimerism ratio was more than 90%. So for all of them survived leukemia-freely. Four of the 31 patients had unstable mixed chimerism and relapsed within 6 months post allo-HSCT. Another patient with unstable mixed chimerism appeared graft rejection. Decreasing values of donor chimerism were detected prior to the occurrence of graft rejection and disease relapse. The incidence of GVHD was much higher in the group of full donor chimerism.

CONCLUSIONSequential and quantitative monitoring of STR is a valuable tool for studying engraftment dynamics, graft rejection, and relapse and for predicting GVHD. Furthermore it can provide a basis for early intervention of clinical treatment.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Electrophoresis, Capillary ; Female ; Graft Rejection ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Recurrence ; Tandem Repeat Sequences ; Transplantation Chimera ; Transplantation, Homologous