Asthma, Occupational ; etiology ; pathology ; Humans ; Inflammation ; pathology ; Neutrophil Infiltration ; Neutrophils ; pathology

Anthrax ; Humans ; Occupational Diseases ; microbiology

Brucellosis ; Humans ; Occupational Diseases ; microbiology

Asthma, Occupational ; therapy ; Drainage ; methods ; Humans ; Sputum

Adolescent ; Adult ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Female ; Hexanes ; poisoning ; Humans ; Male ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Occupational Diseases ; therapy ; Treatment Outcome ; Young Adult

Objective To investigate the ex pr ession of squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC-Ag) and carcinoembryanic antigen (CEA) and its clinical significance in patients with lung cancer. Meth ods The pre-treatment serum from 134 patients with lung cancer from 1998 to 2002 were analyzed for the SCC-Ag level and CEA level by IMX, and the correlation of the SCC-Ag level and CEA level with the clinicopathologic charac teristics were also detected. Results Significant correlations were found between the pre -treatment SCC-Ag level, and CEA level and the pathologic classification, clin ical stage, the positive rate of diagnosing lung cancer was raised by combined a ssay with serum SCC-Ag and CEA. Conclusion Pre-treatment and after-treatment measurement of serum SCC-Ag level and CEA level can be used for diagnosis, prediction of pr ognosis and monitor of after-treatment recurrence in patients with lung cancer.

Objective To compare the incidence of secondary surgical procedures after cervical disc arthroplasty vs anterior cervical discectomy with fusion in patients treated for symptomatic single level cervical spondylosis.Methods An online search of Pubmed, Medline, Ovid, Embase, Cochrane Library, CBM database, Wanfang data and VIP database were searched for prospective randomized controlled trial of cervical disc arthroplasty versus anterior cervical discectomy with fusion in incidence of secondary surgical procedures.Data were collected and extracted by two reviewers independently.Risk of bias was assessed using the criteria of Cochrane Reviews Handbook 5.1.0.Review Manager 5.2 software system was used to evaluate the data for Meta analysis.Results A total of 12 trials were included.Six of them were short-term follow up (two years).The 6 other trials were mid-and long-term follow up (mean 5.8 years).There are 4 trials with low risk of bias, 7 trials with moderate risk of bias, and 1 trial with high risk of bias.The results of meta-analysis showed there was no statistical difference in reoperation rate of adjacent level between the two groups at two years follow-up;however, the reoperation rate of non-fusion group was significantly lower in the non-fusion group compared with fusion group at mid-and long-term follow-up.The incidence of secondary surgical procedures at index level was higher in fusion group than in non-fusion group.No statistical difference was found between the two groups in using ‘ removal’ for secondary surgical procedure at two years follow-up;however, the rate of non-fusion group was significantly lower than fusion group at mid-and long-term follow-up.Conclusion Cervical disc arthroplasty was partly superior to anterior cervical discectomy with fusion in avoiding secondary surgical procedures of adjacent levels.However, non-fusion surgery doesn't have any advantages in short time (two years) follow up.Reducing the incidence of pseudarthrosis was an effective way to decrease the incidence of secondary surgery procedures in index level.

Objective To investigate the effects of down-regulation of lemur tyrosine kinase 3 (LMTK3) on the cytobiological behaviors of human lung cancer A549 cells.Methods The expression of LMTK3 in A549 cells was interfered with small hair RNA (shR-NA),and the expression level of LMTK3 was determined by RT-PCR.The effects of LMTK3 on the proliferation,migration,cell cycle and apoptosis of A549 cells were determined by the CCK-8 assay,scratch assay,Transwell assay and flow cytometry,respectively.Results The shLMTK3 cells with stably low expression of LMTK3 and control cells (Scramble) with normal expression of LMTK3 were successfully obtained.The relative proliferation rates of shLMTK3 cells cultured for 24,48 and 72 hours were significantly lower than those in the control cells (0.305 ±0.018 vs 0.354 ±0.011,t =5.24,P＜0.01;0.461 ±0.044 vs 0.551 ±0.027,t =3.91,P ＜0.01;0.74 ± 0.029 vs 0.881 ± 0.028,t =7.70,P ＜ 0.01).The relative migration rate of shLMTK3 cells 24 hours after scratching was significantly lower than that of control cells (0.51 ±0.096 vs 1.00 ± 0.029,t =4.81,P ＜ 0.01).Transwell assay showed that the number of migration cells in shLMTK3 group was significantly less than that in Scramble group (161 ±9.29 vs 308.66 ± 17.60,t =7.42,P ＜ 0.05).The results of flow cytometry showed that shLMTK3 cells were blocked at G1 phase (t =4.35,P ＜ 0.05),and that the inhibition of LMTK3 had no influence on the apoptosis of A549 cells.Conclusion Down-regulation of LMTK3 expression in human lung cancer A549 cells may inhibit the proliferation and migration of A549 cells significantly,indicating that the abnormal expression of LMTK3 in lung carcinoma cells may regulate the biological behaviors and progression of tumors.

AIM To examine the effect of metabotropic glutamate receptor ligand (s) 4 carboxy 3 hydroxyphenyl glycine 〔(s) 4C3HPG〕 on kainic acid induced epileptic seizures and brain damage in rats. METHODS Rats were given (s) 4C3HPG (500 nmol/rat) by icv infusion prior to kainic acid (KA) injection ip(10 mg?kg -1 ). The behavoir changes, electrographic seizure duration and histological alterations between different group of rats were compared. RESULTS (s) 4C3HPG markedly reduced seizures severity in response to kainate. The seizure score in the rat with (s) 4C3HPG injection icv was significantly lower than that of control during the first three hours observation period after KA administration ( P

Objective To investigate the relationship between abnormal bone mineral density (BMD) and subclinical thyroid dysfunction. Methods Thyroid function, biochemical indicators of bone metabolism and BMD were reviewed retrospectively in the subjects who received health checkups from July 1, 2009 to January 31, 2017 in the Health Check-up Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital. People who had thyroid dysfunction, recognized risk factors for osteoporosis, and medication history were excluded. A cross-sectional analysis of thyroid status and biochemical indicators of bone metabolism was performed by the standard methods. BMD at the lumbar spine and femoral neck was measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. Results A total of 6884 subjects (3726 women and 3158 men) were enrolled in the study, with an average age of (50.74 ± 10.41) years. They were divided into three groups:subclinical hyperthyroid, subclinical hypothyroid, and euthyroidism. The alkaline phosphatase in subclinical hyperthyroid group was higher than that in the euthyroidism group[ (67.95±20.64)U/L vs. (63.88±18.99)U/L]. Calcium and phosphorus in blood were higher in both subclinical hyperthyroid and subclinical hypothyroid groups. The rate of abnormal BMD in male euthyroidism, subclinical hyperthyroid and subclinical hypothyroid groups were 36.10％(1049/2906), 29.27％(12/41) and 27.01％(57/211), respectively. The rate of abnormal BMD showed no difference between subclinical hyperthyroid group and euthyroidism group (P>0.05). The rate of abnormal BMD was lower in subclinical hypothyroid group than in euthyroidism group (χ2=7.0901, P<0.01), especially in the males aged 40-49 years (χ2=10.4618, P<0.01). The rate of abnormal BMD in female euthyroidism, subclinical hyperthyroid and subclinical hypothyroid groups was 38.81％(1286/3314), 45.83％ (33/72) and 40.88％ (139/340), respectively. The rate of abnormal BMD showed no difference among the three groups (P>0.05). Conclusion There is no significant difference in the rate of abnormal BMD between subclinical thyroid dysfunction group and euthyroidism group, possibly because abnormal serum biochemical indicators preceded the presence of low BMD. More sensitive methods used to determine the status of bone metabolism await to be developed.