In this review,the pathogenesis,clinical presentations,diagnosis of occupational asthma(OA)are discussed.The agents that cause OA are more than 300 kinds of high and low molecular-weight substances.The diagnosis of OA is generally established on the basis of a suggestive occupational history,symptoms,abnormal lung function and lab examination.Specific inhalation of bronchial challenge(SIC)comes closest to a gold standard test for some agents causing(sensitizer-induced)OA.

Atypical monkeypox broke out in many non-endemic countries in 2022, and the cumulative number of cases worldwide reached 21 775 on July 11. Although most cases of atypical monkeypox outbreaks were related to sexual behavior, there was no clear consensus on whether monkeypox is a sexually transmitted disease, and the current guidelines issued in China for the diagnosis and treatment of monkeypox do not yet rule out monkeypox as a sexually transmitted disease. This review analyzed the evidence supporting atypical monkeypox as a sexually transmitted disease and other possible explanations from the perspectives of monkeypox case definition/diagnostic criteria, epidemiology, clinical features, laboratory examinations, and public health prevention and control measures, aiming to provide suitable recommendations for the prevention and control of monkeypox outbreaks in China.

Remote ischaemic preconditioning(RIPC)is defined as brief ischemia in one organ could confer resistance to subsequent lethal ischemia insults in remote organ.Accumulating data from either basic research or clinical trials had demonstrated the cardioprotective effect offered by RIPC,which is a safe and effective means of reducing ischemia reperfusion injury.The aim of the review is to summarize the advance in the clinical application of RIPC.

Reactive oxygen species(ROS)play an important role in the cardiac ischemic and reperfusion injury.However,accumulating evidences have demonstrated that ROS are pivotal components of redox signaling cascade relevant to cardioprotection induced by either preconditioning or postconditioning. In this review,the definition, source and detection methods of ROS are introduced.Besides,the role of ROS in the cardioprotection offered by preconditioning or postconditioning and the effects of either preconditioning or postconditioning on ROS are summarized.

Objective:To establish a multidrug resistance cell line from human laryngeal cancer cells by VCR.Methods:Human laryngeal cancer cells(Hep-2) were exposed in stepwise escalating concentration of VCR until the resistant cell(Hep-2/v) line was developed. The IC50 and the resistance folds of multidrug resistance were detected with MTT assay. The differences of cell cycle distribution and Rhodamine accumulation between Hep-2 and Hep-2/v cells were studied through flow cytometry. The MDR1 gene were detected through real-time quantitative RT-PCR, and the corresponding protein was detected through western blot.Results:Hep-2/v cells was established, which had stable resistance to VCR and a resistance index of 45;Hep-2/v cells exhibited cross resistance to many other chemotherapeutic agents and its doubling time was prolonged;The number of cells in G_0/G_1 phase was increased while in S phase decreased(P＜0.05);Rhodamine accumulation in Hep-2 cells was much more than Hep-2/v cells(P＜0.01);The expression of MDR1 were increased than that of Hep-2 cells(P＜0.01).Conclusion:Hep-2/v cell line shows the typical multidrug resistance phenotype.It can be served as a model for the study of MDR.

Background and purpose:The prognosis of ovarian cancer is poor and the diagnosis is relatively late. It is needed to search for early diagnosis and treatment for ovarian cancer. This study investigated the expression of serum miRNAs in patients with malignancy or benign ovarian tumor preoperativey and analyzed its correlation with clinicopathological progress and prognostic features of epithelial ovarian cancer.Methods:Forty-eight miRNAs which have been reported to be related to ovarian cancer were ordered. The differential expression of 48 miRNAs in the serum of patients with malignant or benign epithelial ovarian tumors was detected by TaqMan low density array. The differentially expressed miRNAs were further confirmed by real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RTFQ-PCR). The relationship between the expression level of selected miRNA and clinical clinicopathological factors, progress and prognosis were analyzed.Results:TaqMan low density array and further RTFQ-PCR showed that only miR-125b was sig-nificantly increased in 135 ovarian cancer patients as compared with 38 individuals with benign tumor. The expression of miR-125b was higher in early stage patients than that in advanced stage patients (P=0.039). The patients without residual tumor expressed more miR-125b than patients with residual tumor (P=0.013). The high level of miR-125b was signifi-cantly correlated with longer progress free survival (PFS) (P=0.003), but not correlated with overall survival (OS) (P=0.069). Conclusion:MiR-125b may play an important role in the pathogenesis of epithelial ovarian cancer and prognosis. It may be a potential gene to predict the recurrence of epithelial ovarian cancer, but the change of gene expression at different stages and its underlying mechanism need further research.

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Objective To summarize the nursing key points in nursing ovarian cancer patients with early postoperative inflammatory intestinal obstruction after non-surgical treatment value. Method The nursing data of 32 ovarian cancer patients with early postoperative inflammatory intestinal obstruction in our department in January 2010 to October 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. Results About 32 patients were treated with non-surgical treatment, cure time within 2~30d, averaged (7.80 ±5.98)d. No intestinal obstruction happened after resuming to normal exhaustion, defecation and dieting. Conclusion Such nursing measures as psychological nursing, gastrointestinal decompression nursing, nutrition support nursing and auxiliary therapy like promoting peristalsis recovery are key to the increase of cure rate of early postoperative inflammatory intestinal obstruction.

Aim To construct p27kip1 eukaryotic expression plasmid to investigate its influence on mononuclear cell proliferation and cell cycle for further researching the role of p27kip1 in disease prevention and treatment.Methods p27kip1 gene was cloned into pcDNA3.0 eukaryotic expression,then pcDNA3.0/p27kip1 mediated by liposome was transfected into mononuclear cell.MTT assay and flow cytometry were used to analyze cell proliferation and cell cycle.Results The mouse pcDNA3.0/p27kip1 eukaryotic expression plasmid were successfully constructed.The cells transfected with pcDNA3.0/p27kip1 expressed more p27 protein,and their proliferation was inhibited obviously.The percentage of the cells in G0/G1 phase increased,and that in S phase decreased significantly.Conclusions Mouse pcDNA3.0/p27kip1 eukaryotic expression plasmid could be expressed in mononuclear cells,and overexpression of p27 protein could inhibit mononuclear cell proliferation by restricting the cell cycle,making cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic values of serum free fatty acids (FFA) and urine podocalyxin (PCX) in the patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy(DN).Methods A total of 120 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) were enrolled,and they were divided into three groups,normal albumin group(NA),microalbuminuria group(MA) and heavy albuminuria group(HA),based on the urinary albumin-creatinine ratio(UACR).In addition,40 healthy persons participated in medical examination were selected as the control group.Serum FFA levels were detected by a biochemical analyzer and urine PCX levels by ELISA.The correlation between them was analyzed by Pearson correlation,and their diagnostic values in type 2 DN were evaluated by the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC).Results Serum FFA levels in the NA,MA,HA and control groups were (0.61 ± 0.14),(0.81 ± 0.13),(0.95 ± 0.18) and (0.49 ± 0.11) mmol/L,respectively,and urine PCX levels were (1.86 ± 0.45),(4.47 ± 1.48),(6.72 ± 1.40)and(1.38 ±0.24) ng/mL,respectively.The levels of serum FFA and urine PCX in type 2 DM patients were significantly higher than those in the control group(P ＜ 0.05),and increased with the progression of type 2 DM.Pearson correlation analysis showed that serum FFA levels were positively correlated with urine PCX levels(r =0.73,P ＜ 0.05).The sensitivity of serum FFA,urine PCX and combined detection in the diagnosis of type 2 DN were 74.1％,80.6％ and 89.5％,respectively,and the latter significantly higher than the former two (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Serum FFA and urine PCX levels increase significantly in diabetic patients with renal injury,and both of them have important clinical values in the diagnosis of type 2 DN.