Objective To understand the current situation of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD),iodine nutritional status and implementation situation of the prevention and control measures before and after the adjustment of edible salt iodine level in Xi'an City,and to provide a basis for scientific prevention and control of IDD.Methods In 2011,seven counties (areas) of Xi'an City were selected,including Lintong,Weiyang,Chang'an,Lantian,Gaoling,Zhouzhi and Huxian,and five subareas were selected according to the five directions as east,west,south,north and centre in each county (area),one township was selected in the centre subarea and two townships were selected in other subareas,four villages were selected in every township,edible salt samples of eight households were selected in every village to detect salt iodine.Six areas of Xi'an City were selected,including Yanta,Beilin,Yanliang,Lianhu,Xincheng and Baqiao,one township was selected according to the five directions as east,west,south,north and centre in each county,four villages were selected in every township,edible salt samples of 15 households were selected in every village to detect salt iodine.One school was respectively selected according to the five directions as east,west,south,north and centre in 13 counties,42 children aged 8-10 were selected in every school to detect goiter.Two schools were selected in Beilin,Lianhu and Xincheng,respectively,30 children aged 8-10 were selected in every school to detect urine iodine.The remaining 10 counties were respectively divided according to the five directions as east,west,south,north and centre,two schools were selected in the centre subarea,30 children aged 8-10 were selected in every school to test urine iodine,one school was selected in other subareas,15 children aged 8-10 were selected in every school to detect urine iodine.In 2015,13 counties were selected,one township was selected according to the five directions as east,west,south,north and centre in each county,four villages were selected in every township,and edible salt samples of 15 households were selected in every village to detect salt iodine.One school was selected in every township,42 children aged 8-10 were selected in every school to detect goiter.Meanwhile,40 children aged 8-10 were selected in every school to detect urine iodine.Results The median of salt iodine was 33.70 mg/kg in 2011,which was higher than that in 2015 (24.96 mg/kg),the difference was statistically significant (Z =31.059,P ＜ 0.05).In 2012 and 2015,the coverage rates of iodized salt were 99.79％ (3 808/3 816) and 99.90％ (3 896/3 900),consumption rates of qualified iodized salt were 99.32％ (3 791/3 816) and 97.64％ (3 808/3 900).The rate of weighted goiter in 2011 was 2.76％,which was higher than that in 2015 (1.17％),the difference was statistically significant (X2 =15.11,P ＜ 0.01).The median of urinary iodine was 292.5 μg/L in 2011,which was higher than that in 2015 (259.0 μg/L),the difference was statistically significant (Z =2.862,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The population iodine nutritional status is more than sufficient in Xi'an City after adjustment of edible salt iodine level,there is still a space for lowering the iodine level in edible salt.

Objective To investigate the significance of variation of concentrations of serum IL-1,IL-6, TNF-α and cyclooxygenase-2 in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Methods Thirty-two PTSD patients were chosen as the observation group and another 26 normal patients were taken as the control group. The concentrations of serum IL-1,IL-6,TNF-α and COX-2 in patients of both groups were detected by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blot and were compared in these 2 groups. Results The concentrations of serum IL-1 , IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly higher in the observation group than those in the control group (P < 0.01);and the level of COX-2 in the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group(P < 0.01). Conclusions Abnormal immune states are awared in PTSD patients and the IL-1,IL-6,TNF-α and COX-2 might play an important role in the pathogenesis of PTSD.

Objective To study the stability of alkaline and degraded products of curcumin by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) and HPLC-mass spectrometry (MS) for the optimization of alkaline-dissolved process parameters of the Jianghuang Qingzhi Tablets and for the quality control of the tablets.Methods HPLC was performed for the determination of the alkaline-dissolved stability of curcumin with acetonitrile-acetic acid at volume coefficient of 4％ (48 ∶ 52) as mobile phase,the detection wavelength being 430 nm.The alkalinedegraded products were tested by HPLC-MS assembling with electron spray ionization (ESI) and quadrupole timeof-flight (Q-TOF) in the scan range of 100-2 000 m/z.Results The degradation of curcumin in the alkaline solution was increased with the temperature.When the temperature was below 20 ℃,the degradation slowed down,while when the temperature reached to 80 ℃,curcumin was degraded completely within 2 h.The probable degradation products in the alkaline solution were p-hydroxy benzaldehyde,vanillin,p-coumaric acid,ferulic acid,et al.Conclusion Curcmin compounds are instable in aqueous alkali.To obtain the high-quality of Jianghuang Qingzhi Tablets with high content of curcumin and less degraded products,the alkaline-solution temperature should be controlled below 20 ℃.

Objective To investigate clinical value of three-dimensional transvaginal sonography (3D-TVS) in the diagnosis of septate uterus and the relationship between its parameters and adverse pregnancy.Methods From Mar.2010 to Sept.2011,73 patients (aged 23-35 years) with septate uterus who were diagnosed by 3D-TVS in Fujian Province Maternal and Child Health Hospital were enrolled in this retrospective study.The septum width,septum angle,septum length and the length of remaining uterine cavity were measured among the patients with subseptate uterus,and then,the distortion rate was calculated.The hysteroscopic surgery was used as the gold standard,and the diagnostic titer of 3D-TVS in the diagnosis of septate uterus was determined.Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) were plotted to evaluate the diagnostic titer of uterine parameters measured by 3D-TVS in predicting the adverse pregnancy outcome among patients with subseptate uterus.Univariate logistic regression was used to analyze the effectiveness of uterine parameters on adverse pregnancy outcome.Results Using hysteroscopic surgery as the gold standard,the coincidence rate of diagnosis of septate uterus by 3D-TVS was 94％ (69/73).Among the patients with septate uterus,25％ (17/69)were complete septate uterus,75％ (52/69) were subseptate uterus.Among patients with subseptate uterus,the septum length [(2.2 ± 0.6) cm] and distortion rate in patients with adverse pregnancy(0.60 ± 0.10)were significantly higher than those without adverse pregnancy [(1.5 ±0.6) cm,0.43 ±0.13,both P ＜0.05].However,no significant difference in the width,angle and length of septum were observed between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).The area under ROC curve (AUC) of septum length and distortion rate in determining adverse pregnancy were 0.833 (95％ CI:0.721-0.944) and 0.800 (95％ CI:0.671-0.929),respectively.The optimal cutoff point of septum length was 1.94 cm,with the sensitivity was 74.3％ and the specificity was 76.5％ ; the optimal cutoff point of distortion rate was 0.48,with the sensitivity was 77.1％ and the specificity was 76.5％.The expectation morbidity ratio of adverse pregnancy was 2.717,3.067 and 0.514 by every adding level of septum length,distortion rate,and length of remaining uterine cavity,respectively.Conclusions 3D-TVS showed high accuracy in diagnosis of septate uterus.The septum length and distortion rate may predict the risk of adverse pregnancy,and the value of them can be used for screening adverse pregnancy in clinical practice.

Objective To evaluate effects of trichostain A (TSA) on cell proliferation, cell cycles, apoptosis and invasiveness of multiple myeloma cell line U266; as well as active changes of methylation regulating proteins including DNA methyl-transferase(DNMTs), methyl-binding domain (MBD) proteins: MBD2 and MeCP2 after treated with TSA. Methods U266 cells were treated with different concentrations of TSA for 12, 24, 48 and 60 h. The proliferation activity of U266 cells was detected by MTT and the IC50 of 24 h was calculated. After U266 cells were treated with IC50, cell cycles were check out by dying with PI. mRNA of matrix metalloproteinase-2(MMP-2), bc1-2, bcl-xl and methylation regulating proteins (DNMTs, MBD2 and MeCP2) were detected by real-time PCR. FCM and Western blotting were used to measure expressions of MMP-2 and MBD2. Results MTT results revealed TSA inhibited proliferation of U266 cells in a dose-and time-dependent manner and the IC50 of 24 h was 0.07 μmol/L FCM analysis showed that TSA could arrest the cell cycle in G0/G1 and the proliferation index (PI) in U266 cells [(49.90 0.39)%]were significantly different after exposed to TSA (0.7 μmnol/L for 24h compared with that in the control cells[(55.78 0.49)%](P <0.01). After treated by TSA, the 2-△△Ct of MMP-2, bcl-2 and bcl-xl were 0.71 0.06, 5.04 0.92 and 2.95 0.35, respectively. There were great changes on mRNA of DNMT, MBD2 and MeCP2. TSA could reverse the transcription of DNMT, MBD2 and MeCP2. Conclusion TSA can arrest the U266 cell cycle in GVG, to prevent its proliferation and promote apoptosis, which maybe greatly connect with the changes of the methylation regulating proteins.

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Objective Our purpose was to evaluate the teaching satisfaction of clinical epi-demiology among medical postgraduate and to come up with measures for further improvement of teaching quality. Methods A self-administered questionnalre was given to all the medical postgradu-ates and doctoral students of Grade 2013 by cluster sampling when they finished the course of clinical epidemiology. A total of 559 graduate students, including 324 graduate students (58%), 235 doctoral students (42%), recruitment graduate students 350 (62.6%), on-the-job graduate student 209 (37.4%).The contents of the questionnalre included many aspects such as the investigation object in general, teaching materials evaluation satisfaction, curriculum and teacher satisfaction evaluation. Respondents ' self-administered manner was adopted. Parallel input was done by using Epidata software; data were analyzed with SPSS 19.0 software, continuous variable was made by x±s, categorical variables was expressed by n(%). Continuous variables were compared among groups by t test and analysis of vari-ance. Classification grouping variable was compared by chi-square test, and P<0.05 for the difference was statistically significant . Results Overall evaluation of theory was below that of the internship teaching materials. The satisfaction rate of practicability, meeting the learning needs and difficulty degree for theory and practice teaching material were 83.7% (468/559), 87.5% (489/559), 67.1% (375/559) and 92.7%(518/559), 89.6%(501/559), 83.0%(464/559) respectively. 41.6%(87/209) of on-the-job students and 36.7% (119/324) of postgraduates considered theory teaching material was difficult for them. The satisfaction rate for faculty teaching attitude (99.5%, 556/559), faculty teaching method (98.6%,551/559), the theories combining with practice teaching method (97.5%, 545/559) were high, but the satisfaction rate for teaching hours was low (67.4%, 377/559), with one third students consider more hours for the course. Conclusion The Teaching effect of clinical epidemiology is falrly good in our school. The postgraduates are satisfied with the teaching materials, curriculum setting, and teach-ing faculty. But there are also some shortcomings. In the future teaching work, we should appropriately increase the hours, and set corresponding teaching contents and methods according to the different learning characteristics of the on-the-job graduate students and recruitment graduate students, to improve the teaching effect and teaching quality.

Objective To explore the status and risk factors of the dyslipidemia among health examination population of Lanzhou for providing the intervention measures .Methods According to the stratified cluster random sampling method ,4 505 health exami-nation individuals were recruited for the study from 5 hospitals in the Lanzhou region through questionnaire ,biochemical analysis . Results Prevalence of dyslipidemia of the population was 45 .79% ,high TG was the main type .The level of serum TC ,TG ,HDL-C and LDL-C were (5 .27 ± 1 .08) ,(1 .74 ± 1 .38) ,(1 .41 ± 0 .43) and (2 .83 ± 0 .82)mmol/L .The prevalence was 53 .49% in male , and 34 .93% in female .The prevalence was higher among the group of 35- <45 years old for male and 55- <65 years old for fe-male .The level of HDL-C was low among young people .There was aggregation of risk factors among the participants with dyslipi-demia .Non-conditional logistic regression analysis showed that the risk factors were age (OR=1 .701) ,overweight (OR=5 .560) , abdominal obesity(OR=2 .398) ,smoking(OR=0 .545) ,intake of greasy diet(OR=5 .313) ,sleep quality(OR=2 .005) and diastolic blood pressure(OR=3 .061) .Conclusion Lipid disorders becomes a serious problem in the health examination population ,measures such as rational diet ,weight control ,sleep improvement ,pressure control and quiting smoking must be taken .

Objective To investigate the expression of Iroquois homeobox protein 1 ( IRX1 ) gene and the hypermethylation status of its promoter in pancreatic cancer,and their relationship.Methods Real-time PCR was used to quantitatively detect IRX1 gene expression level of 12 sets of resected pancreatic cancer tissue and 6 sets of pancreatic cancer cell lines; gene sequences analysis was used to detect the structure of IRX1 promoter; DNA methylation inhibitor 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine (5-Aza-dC) was used in pancreatic cancer cell lines,and then the methylation of IRX 1 was measured by methylation-specific PCR (MSP) and unmethylation sequence-PCR (USP) methods.Results Expression of IRX1 mRNA in pancreatic cancer tissue was 0.31 ± 0.11,which were significantly lower than that in normal pancreatic tissue ( 1.05 ±0.32,P ＜0.01 ).IRX1 mRNA expression of AsPCl,BxPC3,Capan 2,PANCl,PaTu8988 and SW1990 were 0.36 ± 0.08,0.34 ±0.16,0.37 ±0.11,0.25 ±0.06,0.31 ±0.04,0.36 ±0.02,which were significantly lower than that in human kidney epithelial 293 cells ( 1.03 ± 0.28,P ＜ 0.05 or ＜ 0.01 ).Analysis of IRX1 gene sequence showed abundant CpG islands in promoter.Hypermethylation of IRX1 promoter site was found in all pancreatic cancer cell lines.However,its methylation status could be reversed by 5-Aza-dC,and the IRX1 expression was also restored.Conclusions IRX1 mRNA expression is down-regulated in pancreatic cancer,and it is related with promoter CpG islands hypermethylation.

Objective To determine equilibrium solubility and apparent partition coefficient of salicylic acid at 25 ℃,and to provide a theoretical basis for design and preparation of its formulation.Methods Equilibrium solubility and apparent partition coefficient (Papp) of salicylic acid were respectively investigated in water,hydrochloric acid solution (pH 1.0) and phosphate buffer solution system (pH 2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,6.0,7.0,7.8) at 25 ℃.The shake flask method and HPLC were used.The column was Waters C18 (4.6 mm ×250 mm,5 μn) with the mobile phase as methanol-0.1％ phosphoric acid water (47:53).The column temperature was room temperature.The flow rate was 1.0 mL·min-1.The detection wavelength was 270 nm and injection volume was 20 μL.Results Equilibrium solubility of salicylic acid was (2.205 ±0.020) mg·mL-1 at 25 ℃ in Water and its Papp was (6.18 ±0.08).The solubility were (1.169 × 10-3 ±7.40 × 10-6),(2.250 ±0.010),(2.410±0.010),(2.694 ±0.003),(5.208 ±0.010),(5.826 ±0.006),(6.255 ±0.030),(3.353 ±0.070) mg·mL-1,respectively,at hydrochloric acid solution (pH 1.0) and phosphate buffer solution system (pH 2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,6.0,7.0,7.8),and the corresponding Papp were (16.39 ±0.19),(4.23 ±0.07),(6.03 ±0.11),(5.56 ±0.10),(1.25 ±0.01),(0.27 ± 0.001),(0.08 ± 0.001) and (0.07 ± 0.002),respectively.Conclusion The solubility of salicylic acid increases and its oil-water partition coefficient declines with pH value increasing.Salicylic acid is slightly soluble in water and oil.It belongs to Class Ⅳ drug in Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS).