To explore the possible linkage between telomerase and acute leukemia, we detected telomerase activity expressed in 3 leukemia cell lines, 22 acute leukemia bone marrow and 6 normal bone marrow with PCR ELISA assay. Results showed that telomerase activities of three leukemia cell lines were positive with the average (1.57 +/- 0.056) U, normal bone marrow samples average was (0.085 +/- 0.081) U, telomerase value from 22 acute leukemia patients was (0.512 +/- 0.294) U. Telomerase activity is higher expressed in acute leukemia than normal samples and decreased significantly after chemotherapy (P < 0.01). The results suggested that telomerase activity was related to some malignant diseases and might be used as a marker for tumor diagnosis and therapy.

Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS-I) is an inborn error of metabolism with progressive multisystem involvement. Hurler syndrome is the most severe form of MPS-I that causes progressive deterioration of the central nervous system with ensuing death. This study reported the therapeutic effect of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) on Hurler syndrome in one case. The patient was a 25-month-old boy. He underwent allo-HSCT. The donor was his elder sister whose HLA-B locus was not matching. The reduced-intensity of BuCy conditioning regimen in allo-HSCT for this patient was as follows: busulfan 3.7 mg/kg daily at 9 to 6 days before transplantation, cyclophosphamide 42.8 mg/kg daily at 5 to 2 days before transplantation, and rabbit antithymocyte globulin 3.5 mg/kg daily at 1, 3, 5, and 7 days before transplantation. Human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-mobilized peripheral blood stem cells (CD34+ cells 12.8 x10(6)/kg) were infused and cyclosporine (CSA), short-course methotrexate, daclizumab and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) were administered to prevent graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Complete donor-type engraftment was confirmed by Short Tandem Repeat-Polymerase Chain Reaction (STR-PCR) on day 14 after transplantation. Neutrophil and platelet engraftment occurred on days 11 and 19 after transplantation respectively. Only grade I regimen-related toxicity of live and gastrointestinal tract occurred. GVHD and graft failure were not observed. After transplantation, the clinical symptoms and the neurocognitive function were greatly improved in this patient. It was concluded that allo-HSCT was effective for the treatment of MPS-I. The reduced-intensity conditioning regimen was helpful to decrease the regimen-related toxicity. Sufficient immunosuppressive therapy and adequate hematopoietic stem cells infusion may be beneficial to the donor cell engraftment and reducing the incidence of graft failure and GVHD.
Child, Preschool ; Follow-Up Studies ; Graft vs Host Disease ; etiology ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; Humans ; Male ; Mucopolysaccharidosis I ; therapy ; Transplantation, Homologous

OBJECTIVETo observe the effects of early goal-directed fluid therapy with hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 on intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH), multiple organ dysfunction and fluid balance in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) patients.

METHODSAccording to the criteria of selection and exclusion, 120 SAP patients within 72 hours after the symptom occurred from 4 study sites were recruited. They were given standard medication according to "the guideline of diagnosis and treatment of SAP in China" in SICU or PICU. The patients were randomly divided into two groups with crystalloid (control group) and colloid plus crystalloid resuscitation (research group). The objective of fluid therapy was to keep steady hemodynamics for 8 days. IAP was measured three times daily by means of urinary bladder transduction. Function of liver, renal and lung were detected daily. APACHE II score and fluid balance were calculated daily.

RESULTSTotal 120 cases were recruited into research group (n = 59) and control group (n = 61). The demography and baseline data were comparable. IAP was lower in research group than that in control group at day 4 and day 5 (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in APACHE II scores between two groups pre- and after admission. The decline of daily IAP to baseline (DeltaIAP) in research group was significantly higher than in research group from day 2 to day 8(P < 0.05), whilst the decline of daily APACHE II score to baseline (DeltaAPACHE II score) in research group were significantly higher from day 4 to day 8 (P < 0.05). Negative fluid balance emerged much earlier in the research group (P = 0.036). Percentage of patients with negative fluid balance within 8 days was significantly higher in research group than that in control group (94.9% vs. 62.3%). The amount of positive fluid balance was significantly lower in research group (P = 0.039). IAP correlated significantly with APACHE II score (r(2) = 0.322, P = 0.000). PaO2/FiO2 was significantly higer in research group at day 4 and day 8.

CONCLUSIONSIt is very important to pay close attention to IAP in early fluid therapy of SAP patients. Early goal-directed fluid therapy with HES130/0.4 shortens the duration of positive fluid balance, decreases the amount of positive fluid balance, reduces APACHE II score, relieves IAH, and improves PaO2/FiO2.

Fluid Therapy ; Goals ; Humans ; Intra-Abdominal Hypertension ; Multiple Organ Failure ; Pancreatitis

OBJECTIVETo explore the pathological changes of pulmonary fibrosis induced by SiO2 in rats and pigs.

METHODSThe silicosis models in rats and pigs were established by non-exposure method. The pathologic changes in lung tissues of rats and pigs were observed with HE staining under a light microscopy and under a transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the expression of cytokines was detected by immunohistochemistry.

RESULTS(1) The main pathologic changes of silicosis models in rats and pigs included: in 7 ∼ 15 days after treatment, silica dusts, dust cells, a lot of macrophages, lung epithelial cells, a few neutrophils, macrophage alveolar inflammation and nodules of stage I were found in alveolar space; in 30 ∼ 90 days after treatment, many nodules of stage I-III or IV with lymphocytes infiltration were observed in respiratory bronchioles, alveoli, interlobular septa, the subpleural and around blood vessels and bronchi. (2) The expression levels of CK protein, SP-A protein, CD68, b-FGF, TNF-α, IL-6, TGF-β1, NFKappa/P50, Kappa/P65 and VEGF reduced with exposure time, but still were higher than those of the control. (3) The shed alveolar type I cells, proliferation of alveolar type II cells or macrophages and activated cellular function induced by silica were observed under TEM.

CONCLUSIONThe development of pulmonary fibrosis in silicosis models corresponded with the process from macrophages alveolar inflammation to pulmonary fibrosis.

Animals ; Cytokines ; metabolism ; Disease Models, Animal ; Epithelial Cells ; metabolism ; Female ; Lung ; cytology ; pathology ; Macrophages, Alveolar ; metabolism ; Male ; Neutrophils ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Silicosis ; pathology ; Swine

Objective To master the prevention knowledge and behavior of echinococcosis and the influencing factors in res-idents in agricultural and pastoral areas of Maerkang City,so as to provide the reference for formulating the policy and strategy of echinococcosis prevention and control.Methods In April,2017,796 residents in agricultural and pastoral areas of Maerkang City were selected by the multi-stage stratified random sampling method,and surveyed with questionnaires.The main questions included the prevention knowledge and related behaviors of echinococcosis.Results The awareness rate of prevention knowl-edge of echinococcosis was 70.1％(558/796).The awareness rate was the lowest in the group aged 15 to 25 years.The difference of knowledge awareness rate was statistically significant among the different age groups(Χ2=16.408,P<0.01).The knowledge awareness rate of the people with middle school or above educational level was higher than that of the people with primary school or below educational level(Χ2=4.869,P=0.027).The knowledge awareness rate of the dog owners was lower than that of the people without a dog(Χ2=11.384,P=0.001).The knowledge awareness rate in the people who received the knowledge training of three times or more was higher than that in the people who received the knowledge training of two times or less(Χ2=11.439,P=0.003).The logistic regression showed that the age,educational level,training times and dog raising were the main influenc-ing factors.The related behavior survey showed that 32.7％(260/796)of residents did not drink unboiled water,37.0％(61/165)of dog owners tied the dog,43.6％(72/165)of dog owners fed the dogs with anthelmintic regularly,and only 10.3％(17/165)of dog owners buried the dog's dung.Conclusions The awareness rate of echinococcosis prevention knowledge in Maerkang City should be improved.The health education should be focused on the young people,people with low educational level,and people who have dogs.The behaviors of drinking unboiled water,tying dogs,feeding dogs with anthelmintic regularly,and burying dog' s dung should be advocated.

Neuroscientists have emphasized visceral influences on consciousness and attention, but the potential neurophysiological pathways remain under exploration. Here, we found two neurophysiological pathways of heart-brain interaction based on the relationship between oxygen-transport by red blood cells (RBCs) and consciousness/attention. To this end, we collected a dataset based on the routine physical examination, the breaking continuous flash suppression (b-CFS) paradigm, and an attention network test (ANT) in 140 immigrants under the hypoxic Tibetan environment. We combined electroencephalography and multilevel mediation analysis to investigate the relationship between RBC properties and consciousness/attention. The results showed that RBC function, via two independent neurophysiological pathways, not only triggered interoceptive re-representations in the insula and awareness connected to orienting attention but also induced an immune response corresponding to consciousness and executive control. Importantly, consciousness played a fundamental role in executive function which might be associated with the level of perceived stress. These results indicated the important role of oxygen-transport in heart-brain interactions, in which the related stress response affected consciousness and executive control. The findings provide new insights into the neurophysiological schema of heart-brain interactions.
Awareness ; Brain ; Consciousness ; Humans ; Oxygen ; Visual Perception

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the incidence of extrauterine growth retardation (EUGR) and its risk factors in very preterm infants (VPIs) during hospitalization in China. METHODS: A prospective multicenter study was performed on the medical data of 2 514 VPIs who were hospitalized in the department of neonatology in 28 hospitals from 7 areas of China between September 2019 and December 2020. According to the presence or absence of EUGR based on the evaluation of body weight at the corrected gestational age of 36 weeks or at discharge, the VPIs were classified to two groups: EUGR group (n=1 189) and non-EUGR (n=1 325). The clinical features were compared between the two groups, and the incidence of EUGR and risk factors for EUGR were examined. RESULTS: The incidence of EUGR was 47.30% (1 189/2 514) evaluated by weight. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that higher weight growth velocity after regaining birth weight and higher cumulative calorie intake during the first week of hospitalization were protective factors against EUGR (P<0.05), while small-for-gestational-age birth, prolonged time to the initiation of total enteral feeding, prolonged cumulative fasting time, lower breast milk intake before starting human milk fortifiers, prolonged time to the initiation of full fortified feeding, and moderate-to-severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia were risk factors for EUGR (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS It is crucial to reduce the incidence of EUGR by achieving total enteral feeding as early as possible, strengthening breastfeeding, increasing calorie intake in the first week after birth, improving the velocity of weight gain, and preventing moderate-severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia in VPIs.
Female ; Fetal Growth Retardation ; Gestational Age ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature ; Infant, Very Low Birth Weight ; Prospective Studies ; Risk Factors