Cardiovascular Diseases ; Humans ; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Objective To observe the incidence,clinical types,and prognosis of pulmonary involvement in children with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE),and to probe the relationship between the relative factors.Methods The clinical data of 61 children with SLE,who treated in Children's Hospital of Shanghai from Jan.2006 to Dec.2011 were analyzed retrospectively.The lung manifestations of the patients were classified according to their clinical symptoms and signs,and lung imaging examination (chest X-ray and CT).Other data of the SLE patients with lung injury or without lung injury were collected,including the course of the disease,activity index [SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI) scoring 0-4 was divided into no activity,5-9 was divided into low activity,10-14 was divided into moderate activity,and more than 15 as severe activity],blood sedimentation,the values of serum complement and the positive rate of dsDNA in autoantibody,and a comparison was made and statistical analysis was performed.Results Pulmonary injury occurred in 17 cases with an incidence rate of 27.9％ (17/61 cases),and the average course of the disease was (8.76 ± 6.96) months.The clinical manifestations of 17 cases included fever,cough,dyspnea,hypoxemia,chest pain,lower breath sound,and lung rale,which were not non-specificity.According to imageological examination,in 17 cases there were 2 cases with pulmonary hypertension (the incidence rate was 11.8％),4 cases with acute lupus pneumonitis (the incidence rate was 23.5％),6 cases with interstitial pneumonia (the incidence rate was 35.3％),7 cases with lesion of pleura (the incidence rate was 41.2％),10 cases with pulmonary infection (the incidence rate was 58.8％).There were no statistical differences between patients with and without lung injury(infectious and non-infectious)in the course,the values of serumn complement,the positive rate of dsDNA and activity index.Lung lesions of the 17 patients recovered quickly after early diagnosis and active treatment.Conclusions Pulmonary manifestation in children with SLE is not uncommon,and it can happen at any stage of the disease,not just on the stage of lupus activity,but it usually indicates disease was not controlled.Pulmonary manifestation of SLE in children involve many parts of lung,including pulmonary parenchyma,interstitial,blood vessels,pleura,etc.Early diagnosis and active treatment can improve the short-term prognosis of lung injury with lupus,and long-term outcome remains to be observed.

Objective To explore the way to compile a global military medical literature collection and perspectives for its research.Methods The names of military medical research institutions and their trends of development were summa-rized via semantic analysis.The collection of retrieval words for military medical research institutions( then the collection) was constructed based on expert consultation.The names of military medical research institutions were collect-ed with manual screening after retrieval withthe collection.The literature collection of military medical research institu-tions was completed with coordinated retrieved of their papers and other publications.Results According to different needs of information analysis, the literature collection of military medical research institutions could be analyzed in terms of their size, types of development, and academic authority.Conclusion Based onthe collection, the military medical research institutions collected in this article included institutions that used to be neglected during the course of information tracking of military medicine.Three kinds of institutions should be paid more attention to.The institutions were the ones with a large number of papers and citations, the ones whose papers increased or decreased dramatically, as well as the ones whose research directions were the priority fields of Chinese PLA.

ObjectiveUsing large sample clinical study to reevaluate the safety and efficacy of recombinant human growth hormone(ANSOMONE) in treating pediatric growth hormone deficiency(GHD).Methods1012 cases were administered with ANSOMONE at a dose of 0.1 IU · kg-1 · d -1 in bedtime for 6 months.The alteration of mean height,growth rate,height standard deviation scores,bone age,and anti-GH antibody and occurrence of adverse effects were observed.ResultsThe growth rate was promoted from ( 2.50 ± 0.85 ) cm/year to ( 13.44 ± 4.27 ) cm/year,the net growth rate was( 10.94 ±3.69)cm/year.There was significant difference between the pre-treatment and post-treatment patients ( P ＜ 0.01 ).The post-treatment anti-GH antibody positive rate was 13.34％,which had no obvious effect on the efficacy.Few patients exert transient inflammation reactions,which disappeared with any treatment.ConclusionANSOMONE had significant efficacy,and could promote the height increase obviously.It had good safety without any obvious side effect and early-maturing effect.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common clinical critical disease, characterized by progressive respiratory distress, intractable hypoxemia, respiratory failure and so on, with high mortality rate and lack of effective prevention and treatment strategies. In recent years, mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) can be used in the treatment of acute lung injury (ALI), which cannot only replace the damaged lung epithelial cells, but also promote tissue repair and alleviate ARDS by secreting anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrosis factors. This review focuses on the related mechanisms and signal pathways of MSC and its paracrine factors in the treatment of ARDS by regulating the balance of macrophage polarization.

Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. ex DC is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Among its various active components, glycyrrhizic acid is believed to be the marker component. Squalene synthase (SQS) and beta-amyrin synthase (beta-AS) are key enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway of glycyrrhizic acid in G uralensis. To reveal the effects of co-expression of SQS1 and beta-AS genes on this pathway, 7 yeast expression vectors harboring different SQS1 variants and beta-AS were constructed and expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as fusion proteins. TLC and GC-MS results showed that co-expression of SQS1 and beta-AS enhanced the accumulation of beta-amyrin. The effects of SQS12 were more obvious than the other two SQS1 variants. This study is significant for further investigations concerned with exploring the biosynthesis of glycyrrhizic acid in vitro and strengthening the efficacy of G. uralensis by means of increasing the content of glycyrrhizic acid.
Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase ; genetics ; metabolism ; Glycyrrhiza uralensis ; genetics ; Intramolecular Transferases ; metabolism ; Oleanolic Acid ; analogs & derivatives ; metabolism ; Plant Proteins ; genetics ; Recombinant Proteins ; metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; metabolism

Objective To investigate the clinical features , diagnosis and treatment of ectopic thyroid in order to avoid misdiagnosis and mismanagement .Methods Six cases of ectopic thyroid admitted to Fuzhou Gen-eral Hospital from Jan .2000 to Oct.2011 were retrospectively analyzed and the literatures were reviewed .Re-sults Three cases of ectopic thyroid were located in the anterior cervical area , 2 cases were at the base of the tongue and 1 case in the gall bladder .Two cases of aberrant thyroid were confirmed preoperatively in patients whose gland wasn't discovered by imaging examinations at the normal position of the thyroid gland .A symptomless individual of aberrant thyroid did not need other treatment but follow-up.One case with foreign body sensation in pharynx had a good response to thyroxine therapy .Four cases with accessory thyroid were operated because of misdiagnosis .Three cases were ectopic thyroid tissue and one was nodular goiter confirmed by pathology .None of these patients developed hypothyroidism after surgery .Conclusions Ectopic thyroid gland is a rare disease fre-quently misdiagnosed and mistreated .Goiters in the commonly location of ectopic thyroid gland such as the anteri-or cervical area and the base of the tongue should be paid special attention .Hormonal therapy or surgical inter-vention should be chosen according to clinical features , type of the goiter , thyroid function and whether it is be-nign or malignant .Long term follow-up and thyroid function tests are absolutely necessary .

OBJECTIVEThe clinical effect of the Shi's cervical reduction technique for cervical spondylosis and related disorders has confirmed, however, there were few studies on the body motion during manipulation in vivo study. This study is to summary the law of motion and the motion characteristics of the right operation shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle joints by data acquisition and analysis with the 3D motion capture system.

METHODSThe markers were pasted on the head, trunk, left and right acromion, elbow joint, wrist joint inner side and the outer side of the inner and the outer side and the lateral upper arm, forearm lateral, anterior superior iliac spine, posterior superior iliac spine, trochanter, femoral and tibial tubercle, inner and outer side of knee, ankle, fibular head, medial and lateral in first, 2,5 metatarsal head, heel and dual lateral thigh the calf, lateral tibia of one manipulation practioner, and the subject accepted a complete cycle of cervical "Jin Chu Cao and Gu Cuo Feng" manipulation which was repeated five times. The movement trajectory of the practioner's four markers of operation joints were captured, recorded, calculated and analyzed.

RESULTSThe movement trajectories of four joints were consistent, while the elbow joint had the biggest discrete degree. The 3D activities of the shoulder and elbow were more obvious than other two joints, but the degree of flexion and extension in the knee was significantly greater than the rotation and lateral bending.

CONCLUSIONThe flexibility of upper limb joint and stability of lower limb joint are the important guarantees for the Shi's cervical reduction technique, and the right knee facilitated the exerting force of upper limb by the flexion and extension activities. The 3D model built by the motion capture system would provide a new idea for manipulation teaching and further basic biomechanical research.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of diffusion kurtosis imaging(DKI)in the classification of hepatic fibrosis. Methods Thirty-five male SD rats were randomly divided into two groups:the hepatic fibrosis group(n=28)and the control group(n=7). The rats in hepatic fibrosis group were randomly divided into 4 subgroups and seven rats per group, the rats were administrated 50％ CCl4 intraperitoneally twice a week to establish hepatic fibrosis , and the four subgroups were injected 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks, respectively. The rats in the control group were administrated same dose of olive oil for 8 weeks. One rat in hepatic fibrosis group was died of liver failure in the 7th week, and a total of 27 fibrosis experimental rats and 7 control rats were finally included in this study. DKI was performed at the end of the injection period for all rats, the apparent diffusion(D)and kurtosis(K)values were evaluated. Rats were sacrificed immediately after MRI scan and liver specimens were collected. The liver tissues were examined by pathology, liver fibrosis degree, which was graded from S0 to S4, and inflammatory activity, which was graded from G0 to G3 were graded. The difference of D value and K value between different liver fibrosis and inflammatory activity scores was compared by one-way ANOVA(normal distribution)or Kruskal-Wallis test(skewed distribution). Spearman correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were used to reveal the correlation between DKI parameters and fibrosis staging/necroinflammatory activity grade. To confirm the efficiency of using the ROC curve of DKI parameters to qualify the liver fibrosis grade, which grade was≥3. Results Seven, 6, 6, 7, 8 rats were diagnosed as S0 to S4, respectively. The difference of D value and K value among different fibrosis grades was statistically significant(P<0.05). D value and the degree of fibrosis was negatively correlated(r=-0.650, P<0.01);K value and liver fibrosis grade no correlation(r=0.336, P=0.080). Thirteen, 6, 8, 7 rats were diagnosed as G0 to G3, respectively. D value was negatively correlated with inflammatory activity(r=-0.590, P=0.001);K value was no correlation with inflammatory activity(r=0.169, P=0.389). Compared with inflammatory activity, fibrosis classification was an independent factor in determining D values(P=0.001). ROC analyses demonstrated an area under the curve(AUC)of D value, K value, D value combined with K value in the diagnosis of liver fibrosis grading ≥ 3 level were 0.781, 0.672 and 0.833, respectlively. The sensitivity and specificity of D value combined with K value were 83.3％ and 75.0％, respectively. Conclusion DKI imaging is of great value in the classification of hepatic fibrosis and can be used as an effective method for the diagnosis of fibrosis.

Objective To investigate the effect of administration intravenously of rosiglitazone (ROSI) on severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) in rats and its mechanisms. Method Fifty-four male Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham operation group (SO group), severe acute panereatitis model group (SAP group) and rosiglita-zone pretreatment group (ROSI group),18 rats in each group.SAP model was induced by retrograde inufsion of 5% sodium taurecholate into the biliopancreatic duct. The rats in SO group and SAP group were injected with 10% DMSO (0.2 ml/100 g) by femoral vein 30 minutes piror to the operation. In ROSI group,rosiglitazone partes ae-quales(6 mg/kg) was injected instead of 10% DMSO. Rats were killed at 3, 6 and 12 h after operation. Serum amylase level and myelopemxidase activity were detected. Pancreatic tissue samples were stained with hematoxylin and eosin for histopathological evaluation. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was used for detecting the levels ofTNF-α mRNA and ICAM-1 mRNA in pancreatic tissue. Results Amylase level, myeloperexidase ac-tivity, pathologic score and the expression of TNF-α and ICAM-1 mRNA were increased significantly in SAP group at each time point than those in SO group (P<0.05). Compared with SAP group, pretreatment with rosiglitazone reduced serum amylase level and pathologic score at time point of 6 h and 12 h (P<0.05), decreased myeloper-oxidase activity at 12 h (P<0.05), downregulatied the expression of TNF-α mRNA at all time pointy, (P<0.05),ICAM-1 mRNA at 6 h and 12h(P<0.05). Conclusions Rosightazone has the effect on pancreatitis in SAP through downregulating the expression of TNF-α mRNA and ICAM-1 mRNA.