Objective To compare the expression level of interferon regulator factor 5 (IRF5) of the health controls and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and analyze the relationship between IRF5 and SLE disease activity. Methods Peripheral blood monoeytes (PBMCs) from SLE patients and healthy donors were separated with Ficoll density gradient eentrifugation and total cellular RNA was isolated with Trizol from the PBMCs, the mRNA was reverse transcripted to cDNA. Real-time PCR was applied to determine the expression level of IRFS. The expression level of IRF5 between the two groups were compared. The correlations of expression level of IRF5 with SLE disease activity and other laboratory or clinical parameters of SLE patients were analyzed. Results The level of IRF5 was (2.1±2.2) in SLE patients and (1.5±1.2) in healthy controls, the difference was not statistically significant (P=0.161). And the levels of IRF5 in SLE patients were significantly correlated with their SLEDAI (r=0.616,P<0.01), but not correlated with other parameters such as bemoglobulin complements, immunoglobulin etc. Anti-dsDNA antibody positive patients had significantly higher expression of IRF5 compared to the anti-dsDNA-antibedy-negative patients. The IRF5 mRNA levels of SLE patients with fever or neuropsyehiatric symptoms were significantly higher than those of patients free of neuropsychiatrie involvement. Conclusion High expression level of 1RF5 may contribute to the pathogenesis of SLE in disease activity and antibody production.

ObjectiveTo analyze the correlated clinical significance by testing the serum tumor necrosis factor like ligand-1A(TL1A) levels of patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA). MethodsThe serum from 100 RA patients and 50 healthy controls were selected. The serum TL1A concentrations of the two groups were detected by ELISA. The correlations between serum TL1A levels and clinical features or laboratory examinations of RA patients were investigated. Mann-Whitney U test, t-test, x2 test and Spearman correlation analysis were used for statistical analysis. ResultsThe levels of serum TL1A in RA patients [(959±1146) pg/ml]were significantly higher than those of the healthy controls[(529±154) pg/ml, t=3.683,P＜0.01]. The levels of serum TL1A in RA patients with positive rheumatoid factor(RF),occult rheumatoid factor immunoglobulin G (HRF-IgG) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP)[(962±1043 ), ( 833±1104 ), (908±1115 ) pg/ml, respectively]were significantly increased when compared to those in RF, HRF-IgG and anti-CCP negative RA patients[(628±r343), (576±134),(628±401) pg/ml, respectively, t=3.224, 1.317, 1.003; P＜0.05]. The positive rates of RF, HRF-IgG and anti-CCP in the TL1A positive group(90％, 42％, 85％) were significantly higher than those of the TL1A negative group (56％, 11％,33％) (x2=-0.372, -2.402, -2.774; P＜0.05). ConclusionThe level of serum TL1A is significantly elevated in RA and it is significantly associated with auto-antibodies in RA including RF, HRF-lgG and antiCCP antibody, which may be a factor for unfavorable prognosis of RA patients.

Objective To test serum decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) concentration in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA),and analyze its clinical significance.Methods The serum from 180 RA patients,29 osteoarthritis (OA) patients,60 systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients,30 Sj(o)gren's syndrome (SS) patients and 100 healthy donators were selected.The serum DcR3 concentrations of the two groups were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).The correlation between serum DcR3 levels and clinical features of patients with RA were investigated.T test,x2 test and Spearman's correlation analysis were used for statistical analysis with software SPSS 16.0.Results Serum DcR3 levels in RA patients [(202±261)ng/ml] were significantly higher than those of the healthy controls [(32±31) ng/ml,t=5.33,P＜0.01],OA patients [(90±33)ng/ml,t=1.998,P＜0.01],SLE patients [(41±56)ng/ml,t=3.19,P＜0.01],and SS patients [(25±31) ng/ml,t=2.50,P＜0.01].The DcR3 cut value was 45.86 ng/ml for the diagnoses of RA,the sensitivity and specificity was 0.991 and 0.765 respectively.The levels of serum DcR3 in RA patients were related with rheumatoid factor (RF) IgM,RF-IgG,anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) and C3.Conclusion Serum DcR3 level is significantly elevated in RA and it is significantly associated with immunological index of RA including RF-IgM,RF-IgG,C3 and anti-CCP antibody,which may be a factor for unfavorable prognosis of RA patients.

Questionnaire-based survey, physical examination, and blood testing were conducted according to cluster random samplings in Kazakh residents in Xinjiang.2 760 samples were collected to analyze the association of different strata of waist circumference and clustering of metabolic syndrome (MS) components.Accoding to International Diabetes Federation standard, the prevalence of ≥1and ≥2 components of MS showed increasing trend with the increase of waist circunference, and odds ratio of clustering of MS components also increased significantly.The distance of receiver operating characteristic curve was the shortest and the prevalence of MS was 22.1% ;22.4% in men, and 21.9% in women;when the waist circumference was ≥91 cm for men, and ≥88 cm for women.

Objective To investigate the prevalence and associated risk factors of diabetes mellitus in populations of Hans and Kazaks in Xinjiang. Methods A total of 7 299 Hans and Kazaks adults from Shihezi, Xinyuan County of Yining city, and Shawan town of Tacheng City were surveyed. The data were collected according to questionnaire and physical examination and laboratory test. Results The prevalence rates of diabetes mellitus for male, female and all subjects were 8. 14% , 7. 77% , 7. 93% (Hans), and 7. 41% , 4. 90% , 5. 89% (Kazaks), respectively in Hans and Kazaks, Standardized rates were 6. 40% , 7. 06% , 6. 66% (Hans), and 5. 87% , 4. 60% , 5. 28% ( Kazaks), respectively . The prevalence rates of impaired fasting glucose( IFG) were 9. 54% , 8. 08% , 8. 70% ( Hans), and 12. 18% , 8. 62% , 10. 03% ( Kazaks), respectively. Standardized rates were 7. 04% , 7. 23% , 8. 54% ( Hans), and 10. 12% , 8. 09% , 9. 31% ( Kazaks), respectively. Old age, hypertension, dyslipidemia, overweight and obesity, and central obesity were risk factors for diabetes mellitus. Conclusion The prevalence rates of diabetes mellitus and IFG in Hans and Kazaks are higher than those in ethnic minorities in other region. Primary or secondary prevention should be implemented in time.

Objective Quality control procedure based on the patient data in clinical chemistry was set up in laboratory information system (LIS). Methods Clinical chemistry tests results of outpatients and inpatients were collected from January 2016 to March 2017 in Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital. Statistical results of daily patient data, including Xˉ, P2.5, P5, P10, P25, P50, P75, P90, P95 and P97.5 were calculated. Secondly, cumulative coefficients of variation (CV) of these statistical datawere calculated and compared to different criterions. Optimal analytes and related control concentrations were chosen. The minimum number of patient sample which use Xˉ as control point was calculated by PASS 11.0 software. Finally, the quality control procedure was set up base on the LIS and was verified by patient data. Results In outpatients, Xˉwas chosen as control point in AFU, APOA, APOB, CA, CL, HDL, K, MG, NA, NEFA, TP and URIC and the minimum number of sample needed were 23, 23, 30, 8, 10, 24, 34, 8, 8, 20, 13 and 22. P25 was chosen in ALP and TBIL. P50 was chosen in AST, GLU, GPDA and PHOS.P75 was chosen in ALB, CHE, CREA and DBIL. In inpatients, Xˉ was chosen as control point in AFU, ALB, APOA, APOB, CA, CL, HDL, K, Lpa, MG, NA, NEFA, TP and URIC and the minimum number of sample needed were 73, 19, 34, 18, 10, 30, 36, 21, 87, 12, 17, 51, 26 and 52;P25 was chosen in ALP, ALT, AST, CREA, DBIL, LDH, TBIL and TG. P50 in PHOS, P75 in GPDA, and P90 in CHE. 200 samples were needed in the tests which used percentiles as control points. Most CVs of these control points were higher than the commercial quality control used every day. Finally, a quality control procedure based on patient data were set up in LIS. L-J and Z score charts were used to find out systematic bias. Conclusion Patient data used in internal quality control was an economical and practical way, which can make up for the deficiency of traditional method.

Objective:To explore the diagnostic value of laboratory examination in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF) for interstitial lung disease (ILD) and its application value in assessing the degree of fibrosis in the disease.Methods:Retrospective analysis. The clinical data of ILD patients treated in Shanghai First People′s Hospital from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023[104 cases, male︰female=48︰56, (62.79±1.24) years] were collected. According to the imaging scores, they were divided into a mild fibrosis ILD group [53 cases, male︰female=26︰27, (61.32±1.71) years] and a moderate to severe ILD fibrosis group [51 cases, male︰female=22︰29, (64.31±1.88) years]. Patients with community-acquired pneumonia without fibrotic lesions by HRCTduring the same period were selected as the control group [49 cases, male︰female=25︰24, (65.37±1.65)years]. The clinical information of all study subjects, as well as BALF lymphocyte subset analysis, cytokine and cytology count detection results were collected. Furthermore, the Kruskal-Wallis H test was used to screen the differential indexes, and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the differential indexes to assess the degree of ILD pulmonary fibrosis.Results:Compared with the non-fibrotic pneumonia group, IL-6, IL-8, CD4+CD45RO+cells and macrophages (M%) were significantly upregulated in the mild fibrosis ILD group (P<0.05), and significantly higher in the moderate to severe fibrosis ILD group ( P<0.05). Compared with the non-fibrotic pneumonia group, IL-1β and white blood cell (WBC) count were significantly upregulated only in the moderate to severe fibrotic ILD group ( P<0.05). The correction model was constructed by stepwise logistic regression analysis, and the differential indexes were combined, and the proportion of IL-1β+IL-6+IL-8+CD4+CD45RO+cells+macrophages was finally screened as the optimal combined diagnostic mode, with an area under the curve of 0.925, sensitivity of 92.3%, and specificity of 80.0%. Conclusion:Compared with the non-fibrotic pneumonia group, BALF-derived IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, CD4+CD45RO+cells, WBC count and M% can be used as potential biomarkers to assess the degree of fibrosis, and the combination of IL-1β+IL-6+IL-8+CD4+CD45RO+cells+macrophages has a better diagnostic efficacy for moderate to severe fibrotic ILD.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic and prognostic value of immunoglobulin (Ig)G isotype rheumatoid factors (IgG-RF) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods Five hundred patients with RA were enrolled randomly.IgG-RF antibody was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).The correlations between serum IgG-RF antibody and clinical features,disease activities,laboratory of RA patients were evaluated.The comparison of continuous variables was performed by using the Student t-test or Mann-Whitney U test in accordance with normality testing.Chi-square test was performed for categorical variables.A value of P less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results ① IgG-RF was positive in 41.0％ (205/500) of RA patients.In patients with anti-citrullinated protein/peptide autoanti-bodies (ACPA) negative,RF negative or the seronegative patients (both ACPA and RF were negative),the positive rate of IgG-RF was 22.4％(24/107),13.2％(17/129) and 9.1％(5/55),respectively.② Compared with patients with negative IgG-RF,patients with positive IgG-RF had higher rates of joint deformity [(58.5％(120/205) vs 39.3％(116/295),x2=17.918] and bone erosion [(75.6％(118/156) vs 60.3％(140/232),x2=9.796] (P＜0.01,respectively).③ The patients with positive IgG-RF had higher rates of elevated ESR(86.3％ vs 67.8％,x2=22.426),IgG(29.9％ vs 20.0％,x2=6.310),compared to patients with negative IgG-RF (P＜0.05,respectively),and levels of ESR [(59±35) mm/1 h vs (47±32) mm/1 h,t=3.989] and CRP [(390±450) mg/L vs (290±340) mg/L,t=3.004] was higher in IgG-RF positive group than the negative (P＜0.01,respectivelys).④ Compared with the IgG-RF negative patients,the positive group had higher smoking rates (22.9％ vs 12.5％,x2=9.227),higher current smoking rates (16.6％ vs 7.1％,x2=11.119) and higher smoking index [(107±238) vs (49±161),t=3.199](P＜0.05,respectively).Conclusion IgG-RF had its clinical values in RA diagnosis.IgG-RF is significantly associated with joint deformity,bone erosions and smoking.

Objective To detect the anti-citrullinated alpha-enolase peptide 1 (CEP-1) antibody in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods One hundred and twenty-nine patients with RA were enrolled randomly. Thirty-one patients with primary Sj?gren's syndrome (pSS), 32 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 32 patients with osteoarthritis (OA), and 106 healthy controls (HC) were include into this study. Anti-CEP-1 antibody was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The correlations between serum anti-CEP-1 antibody and clinical features, disease activities,laboratory tests or Sharp scores of RA patients were evaluated. Mann-Whitney U test and χ2 test were used for statistical analysis. Results ①Anti-CEP-1 antibodies were positive in 64.3%(83/129) of RA patients, 22.6%(7/32) of pSS patients, 12.5%(4/32) of SLE patients, none of OA patients (0/32) or healthy controls. The positivity of anti-CEP-1 antibody was significantly higher than those in pSS ( χ2=17.7), SLE ( χ2=25.7), OA ( χ2=42.5), and healthy controls ( χ2=102.6) (P<0.01, respectively). The specificity of anti-CEP-1 antibody in RA was 94.5%. ②In patients without anti-citrullinated protein/peptide autoantibodies (ACPA), rheumatoid factor (RF) or the patients without ACPA and RF, the positive rate of anti-CEP-1 antibody was 30.3%(10/33), 41.9%(18/43) and 22.7%(5/22), respectively. ③Compared with patients without anti-CEP-1 antibodies, patients with anti-CEP-1 anti-bodies had higher rates of joint deformity, bone erosion and high disease activities (P<0.05, respectively). ④ Higher rate of interstitial lung disease (ILD) was found in RA patients with anti-CEP-1 antibody (19.3% vs 4.3%, χ2=5.494, P<0.05). ⑤The patients with anti-CEP-1 anti-body had higher rates of elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) ( χ2=6.543) and decreased serum albumin ( χ2=6.59), compared to patients without anti-CEP-1 antibody (P<0.05, respectively). Conclusion Anti-CEP-1 antibody has high sensitivity and specificity for RA diagnosis. Combination of anti-CEP-1 antibody with other RA antibodies might improve the early diagnosis of RA. Anti-CEP-1 antibody is significantly associated with joint damage, disease activity and pulmonary interstitial fibrosis.

Objective This study aimed to explore the relationships between residential greenness and cardiometabolic risk factors among rural adults in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(Xinjiang)and thus provide a theoretical basis and data support for improving the health of residents in this region. Methods We recruited 9,723 adult rural residents from the 51st Regiment of the Third Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in September 2016.The normalized difference vegetation index(NDVI)was used to estimate residential greenness.The generalized linear mixed model(GLMM)was used to examine the association between residential greenness and cardiometabolic risk factors. Results Higher residential greenness was associated with lower cardiometabolic risk factor prevalence.After adjustments were made for age,sex,education,and marital status,for each interquartile range(IQR)increase of NDVI500-m,the risk of hypertension was reduced by 10.3%(OR=0.897,95%CI=0.836-0.962),the risk of obesity by 20.5%(OR=0.795,95%CI=0.695-0.910),the risk of type 2 diabetes by 15.1%(OR=0.849,95%CI=0.740-0.974),and the risk of dyslipidemia by 10.5%(OR=0.895,95%CI=0.825-0.971).Risk factor aggregation was reduced by 20.4%(OR=0.796,95%CI=0.716-0.885)for the same.Stratified analysis showed that NDVI500-m was associated more strongly with hypertension,dyslipidemia,and risk factor aggregation among male participants.The association of NDVI500-m with type 2 diabetes was stronger among participants with a higher education level.PM10 and physical activity mediated 1.9%-9.2%of the associations between NDVI500-m and obesity,dyslipidemia,and risk factor aggregation. Conclusion Higher residential greenness has a protective effect against cardiometabolic risk factors among rural residents in Xinjiang.Increasing the area of green space around residences is an effective measure to reduce the burden of cardiometabolic-related diseases among rural residents in Xinjiang.