Objective To investigate the rates of undernutrition and nutritional risks of surgical pa-tients with pancreatic tumors .Methods Totally 121 surgical patients with pancreatic tumors from Depart-ment of Surgery Beijing Hospital were enrolled in a prospective study during January 2014 to December 2015 . Patients were divided into two groups:the pancreatic cancer group ( n=90 ) and other pancreatic tumor group ( n=31 ) .Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 was used to assess the nutritional status .Other data including an-thropometric measure, body composition, blood biochemistry and clinical outcome were collected and ana-lyzed.Results Among 121 patients, the mean age was ( 61.9 ±13.6 ) years, the mean body mass index was ( 23.20 ±2.95) kg/m2 , the mean mid-upper circumference was ( 28.8 ±3.5 ) cm, the mean muscle weight was (44.6 ±7.4) kg, and the mean fat mass was (16.8 ±7.6) kg .There was no significantly differ-ence in anthropometric measurement results and body compositions between two groups ( all P>0.05 ) .In the pancreatic cancer group, albumin [ (39.0 ±4.7) g/L vs. (42.3 ±2.9) g/L, P<0.001], total protein [ (62.8 ±6.2) g/L vs.(66.3 ±2.9) g/L, P<0.001], and prealbumin [ (136.1 ±85.4) mg/L vs. (197.8 ±112.6 ) mg/L, P=0.011 ] were significantly lower than those in the other pancreatic tumor group and a higher fasting blood-glucose [ (6.45 ±2.47) mmol/L vs.(4.95 ±0.79) mmol/L, P<0.011] was found.Among all patients , the rates of undernutrition and nutritional risk were 4.1% and 78.5%, and the pancreatic cancer group had a higher rate of nutritional risk (91.1% vs.38.7%,χ2 =36.525, P<0.001). Conclusion In this prospective study , surgical patients with pancreatic cancer have a high incidence of nutri -tional risk, with low protein level and abnormal glucose metabolism .

Objective To investigate the effect of oral nutritional supplementation on the nutritional status and quality of life in patients with gastric cancer after operation.Methods In this prospective,single blind,randomized,controlled clinical study,25 postoperative patients with gastric cancer received neoadjuvant chemotherapy in outpatient clinic were enrolled.All patients received dietary guidance.In the intervention group,in addition to standard diet,oral nutritional supplements with 2 090 kJ/d of Intacted Protein Enteral Nutrition Powder were added,which lasted 90 days.The changes of body mass,body mass index(BMI),hemoglobin,prealbumin,albumin,gastrointestinal function score,and life quality score 30,60,and 90 days after discharge were recorded.Patients on standard diets were used as the control group.Results In the intervention group,the body mass increased by(0.66 ±1.47)kg 60 d after discharge and(-0.90±1.82)kg on 90 d after discharge,which were [60 d:(-5.13±1.79)kg,90 d:(-9.56±2.44)kg] in the control group,and the difference was statistically significant(P=0.027,P=0.015).The BMI of intervention group increased by(0.20 ±0.55)kg/m2 on 60 d and(-0.32±0.55)kg/m2 on 90 d after discharge,which were(-2.06±0.67)kg/m2 on 60d and(-3.21± 0.73)kg/m2 on 90 d in the control group(P=0.014,P=0.003).There was no significant difference in terms of serum albumin,prealbumin and other laboratory indicators.Intestinal functional status and quality of life also showed no significant difference between these two groups.ConclusionOral nutrition supplementation can reduce the body mass loss and improve the nutritional status in patients with gastric cancer during chemotherapy after operation.

Objective? To investigate and analyze the domestic and oversea studies on heart failure symptom clusters through a bibliometric analysis, and provide evidence basis for future clinical nursing research. Methods? The CNKI the Wanfang Science and Technology Journal Full-text Database, the China Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), the PubMed, and the Web of Science database were searched for the articles both in Chinese and English about heart failure symptom clusters published from database establishment dates to August 31st, 2018 and analyzed on their published years, distribution of journals, and research content. Results? A total of 21 articles complied with the standard were retrieved with the first published article dated back to 2009. Among them, there were 13 cross-sectional studies, 4 longitudinal studies, 3 reviews, and 1 tool development. Although different studies had differences in research design, sample characteristics, assessment tools, and analytical methods, the main findings were basically the same: somatic symptom cluster and emotional symptom cluster were common symptom clusters in patients with heart failure; somatic symptom cluster mainly included shortness of breath, dyspnea, fatigue, declined physical strength, dyscoimesis; emotional symptom cluster mainly included anxiety, depression, cognitive disorder; there was still controversy about the classification of edema. Conclusions? At present, the research on heart failure symptom clusters in China and abroad is still at the initial exploration stage, and the research results are still unstable. In the future, we can further develop long-term dynamic observation of heart failure symptom clusters and explore corresponding symptom management strategies.

This article summarizes the research content of sodium bicarbonate solution in oral care in recent years from the aspects of the effect, application methods and the deficiencies of existing research. This article aims at discussing related issues on sodium bicarbonate solution applied in oral care so as to provide a reference for practice and research of sodium bicarbonate in oral care.

Objective:To explore the relevant risk factors for readmission of patients with chronic heart failure by Meta-analysis.Methods:We searched the PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Embase, SinoMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) , Wanfang Data and VIP Database by computer, and the search time limit was from the establishment of the database to December 31, 2019. RevMan 5.3 software was used for Meta-analysis.Results:A total of 19 articles were included, including 185 545 patients and 34 related risk factors.Statistically significant risk factors included depression [ OR=3.87, 95% CI (2.87-5.23) , P<0.01], living alone [ OR=1.12, 95% CI (1.01-1.24) , P=0.03], combined with hyperlipidemia and diabetes [ OR=1.16, 95% CI (1.14-1.19) , P<0.01], high-salt diet [ OR=3.36, 95% CI (2.60-4.35) , P<0.01], decreased renal function [ OR=2.00, 95% CI (1.95-2.04) , P<0.01], heart failure with reduced ejection fraction [ OR=2.71, 95% CI (1.93-3.73) , P<0.01], anemia [ OR=1.43, 95% CI (1.27-1.60) , P<0.01]and infection [ OR=1.12, 95% CI (1.00-1.25) , P=0.04]. Conclusions:Depression, living alone, combined with hyperlipidemia and diabetes, high-salt diet, decreased renal function, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, anemia and infection are related risk factors for readmission in patients with chronic heart failure.

To describe a novel particles surface display system which is consisted of gram-positive enhancer matrix (GEM) particles and anchor proteins for bacteria-like particles vaccines, we treated Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG bacteria with 10% heated-TCA for preparing GEM particles, and then identified the harvested GEM particles by electron microscopy, RT-PCR and SDS-PAGE. Meanwhile, Escherichia coli was induced to express hybrid proteins PA3-EGFP and P60-EGFP, and GEM particles were incubated with them. Then binding of anchor proteins were determined by Western blotting, transmission electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy and spectrofluorometry. GEM particles preserved original size and shape, and proteins and DNA contents of GEM particles were released substantially. The two anchor proteins both had efficiently immobilized on the surface of GEM. GEM particles that were bounded by anchor proteins were brushy. The fluorescence of GEM particles anchoring PA3 was slightly brighter than P60, but the difference was not significant (P>0.05). GEM particles prepared from L. rhamnosus GG have a good binding efficiency with anchor proteins PA3-EGFP and P60-EGFP. Therefore, this novel foreign protein surface display system could be used for bacteria-like particle vaccines.

Respirasome, a huge molecular machine that carries out cellular respiration, has gained growing attention since its discovery, because respiration is the most indispensable biological process in almost all living creatures. The concept of respirasome has renewed our understanding of the respiratory chain organization, and most recently, the structure of respirasome solved by Yang's group from Tsinghua University (Gu et al. Nature 237(7622):639-643, 2016) firstly presented the detailed interactions within this huge molecular machine, and provided important information for drug design and screening. However, the study of cellular respiration went through a long history. Here, we briefly showed the detoured history of respiratory chain investigation, and then described the amazing structure of respirasome.
Animals ; Electron Transport ; physiology ; Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins ; chemistry ; history ; metabolism ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; Humans ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Structure-Activity Relationship

Animals ; Cell Respiration ; Electron Transport Complex III ; metabolism ; Humans ; Iron-Sulfur Proteins ; chemistry ; metabolism ; Mitochondria ; metabolism ; Peptide Fragments ; chemistry ; metabolism ; Protein Multimerization ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Protein Subunits ; chemistry

Respirasome, as a vital part of the oxidative phosphorylation system, undertakes the task of transferring electrons from the electron donors to oxygen and produces a proton concentration gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane through the coupled translocation of protons. Copious research has been carried out on this lynchpin of respiration. From the discovery of individual respiratory complexes to the report of the high-resolution structure of mammalian respiratory supercomplex IIIIIV, scientists have gradually uncovered the mysterious veil of the electron transport chain (ETC). With the discovery of the mammalian respiratory mega complex IIIIIV, a new perspective emerges in the research field of the ETC. Behind these advances glitters the light of the revolution in both theory and technology. Here, we give a short review about how scientists 'see' the structure and the mechanism of respirasome from the macroscopic scale to the atomic scale during the past decades.