Humans ; Influenza A virus ; Influenza Vaccines ; Influenza, Human ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; virology

Adult ; Benzene ; toxicity ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Humans ; Occupational Exposure ; Reference Values ; Sorbic Acid ; analogs & derivatives ; analysis

Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; therapeutic use ; Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To analyze the expression of interleukin ( IL)-17A in a mouse model of bleomycin ( BLM)-induced systemic sclerosis ( SSc) and to evaluate its effects on inflammation and fibrosis in skin and lung tissues. Methods Twenty-four female BALB/c mice were randomly divided into four groups:normal control group ( mice were subcutaneously injected with phosphate buffer ) , model group (subcutaneously injected with BLM), antibody group (injected with BLM + IL-17A monoclonal antibody), homotypic control group ( injected with BLM + isotype control) . Pathological changes in skin and lung tis-sues of those mice were observed;inflammatory and fibrotic scores were assessed. Immunohistochemistry and real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR ( RT-PCR) were used to detect the expression of IL-17A, TGF-β1 and typeⅠ collagen in skin and lung tissues of those mice at mRNA level. Mouse lung fibroblasts ( FB) de-rived from the mice of model group were cultured in vitro and then were cultured with IL-17A cytokines with or without the interference of monoclonal antibodies. Expression of typeⅠ collagen and TGF-β1 at mRNA level and levels of IL-6 and TGF-β1 in the culture supernatants were detected by RT-PCR and enzyme-linkedimmunosorbent assay ( ELISA) , respectively. Results Compared with the mice of model and homotypic control groups, those of the antibody group showed mild skin thickening, skin inflammation and lung inflam-mation as well as lower fibrosis scores (P<0. 05). The expression of IL-17A at both protein and mRNA lev-els and the expression of TGF-β1 and collagen typeⅠat mRNA level in skin and lung tissues of mice of the antibody group were significantly lower than those of the model and homotypic control group (P<0. 05). Re-sults of the in vitro cell culture of SSc mice-derived lung FB with IL-17A showed that the expression of TGF-β1 and typeⅠ collagen at mRNA level and the levels of IL-6 and TGF-β1 in the culture supernatants were decreased with the interference of anti-IL-17A monoclonal antibody (P<0. 05), but were still higher than those of the control group (P<0. 05). Conclusion IL-17A promotes the development of inflammation and fibrosis in skin and lung tissues in the mouse model of SSc. Blocking IL-17A might inhibit fibrosis in SSc by inhibiting the production of TGF-β1, IL-6 and typeⅠ collagen.

Adrenalectomy ; Adult ; Angiomyolipoma ; pathology ; surgery ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Kidney ; pathology ; Kidney Neoplasms ; pathology ; surgery ; Lymph Node Excision ; Lymph Nodes ; pathology ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Male ; Nephrectomy ; Ureter ; surgery

Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Coal Mining ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; complications ; microbiology ; Male ; Methicillin Resistance ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Middle Aged ; Pneumoconiosis ; complications ; microbiology ; Staphylococcus aureus ; drug effects ; isolation & purification

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effects of advanced glycosylation end products (AGEs) modified bovine serum albumin (AGE-BSA) on the expression of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in human renal mesangial cells (HRMCs).

METHODSHRMCs were cultured in vitro with medium containing different doses of AGE-BSA or BSA (50,100, 200, 400 mg/L) for 48 hours, or with AGE-BSA (200 mg/L) for different times (12, 24, 48, 72 h). Immunocytochemistry assay was used to estimate the protein level of RAGE. The ROS in cells were measured by flow cytometry and the mRNA expression of MCP-1 were analyzed by semi-quantiative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) after treatment with AGE-BSA or BSA.

RESULTSThe protein level of RAGE was upregulated in the HRMCs with AGE-BSA. The expression of ROS and MCP-1 significantly enhanced by incubation of AGE-BSA in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The effects of AGE-BSA-induced up-regulation of ROS and MCP-1 level was significantly blocked by neutralizing antibodies to RAGE, while the expression of ROS and MCP-1 stood nearly unchanged after cultured with huamn IgG.

CONCLUSIONThe expression of ROS and MCP-1 in HRMCs is induced by AGE-BSA through RAGE, which may have potential effects in the pathgenic mechanism of diabetic nephropathy.

Cells, Cultured ; Chemokine CCL2 ; metabolism ; Glycation End Products, Advanced ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Mesangial Cells ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Oxidative Stress ; drug effects ; Reactive Oxygen Species ; metabolism ; Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products ; Receptors, Immunologic ; metabolism ; Serum Albumin, Bovine ; pharmacology

12E7 Antigen ; Aged ; Antigens, CD ; metabolism ; Cell Adhesion Molecules ; metabolism ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Giant Cell Tumors ; pathology ; Giant Cells ; pathology ; Humans ; Male ; Mesenchymoma ; pathology ; Mucin-1 ; metabolism ; Myositis Ossificans ; pathology ; Osteosarcoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Penile Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; metabolism ; Vimentin ; metabolism

As the increasing population aging,the incidence of age-related macular degeneration is increasing,blinding rate also increasing,so it is very important for the early diagnosis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration.There are many methods to check the aging macular degeneration,such as fundus angiography,optical coherence tomography (OCT),visual field and multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG).In recent years,many emerging ophthalmic methods have emerged and are gradually applied to clinical diagnosis,including optic coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).The function of these methods has its unique advantages,but there are also limitations.This paper will review these existing methods.

Objective To study the effects of fetal lamb cardiac bypass on the fetal cardiac function.Methods Eight ewes at gestation of 120 to 140 days have nine fetus which were randomly divided into control group (n = 4) and fetal bypass group (n = 5). Control group underwent sham procedure that fetal stemotomy was performed.Bypass group underwent fetal cardiac bypass with cen- trifugal pump and placenta for 30 minutes.Fetal mean blood pressure,heart rate and bleed gas data were recorded before bypass,30 minutes during bypass,1 hour after cessation of bypass,2 hour after cessation of bypass.Tei index of two ventricles and pulse index of umbilical arteries were recorded with ultrasonography.Plasma troponin I was assayed.Ultrastructure of fetal myocardium was recorded,Results Fetal mean blood pressure and heart rate of two groups have no changes during the experiment time.The umbilical pulse index of bypass group elevated significantly compared with control group (P