It have been known that many epigenetic alterations palyed an important role in development of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). In contrast to genetic alterations, epigenetic alterations could be in principle pharmacologically reversed. Application of epigenetic drugs can reactivate inactivated suppressor genes. Epigenetic drugs mainly include demethylating agents and histone deacylase (HDAC) inhibitors, which are available in treatment. 5-AZA and decitabine as DNA demethylation agents have been approved by FDAof treatment in intermediate or high risk MDS, especially those old patients who are resistant to chemotherapy.HDAC inhibitors such as valproic acid are mostly employed in phase I trial, probably effective in treating low risk MDS, but treatment schedules and curative effects still have to be evaluated. The combination of demethylation agents and HDAC inhibitors may result in synergistic activity, but its therapeutic effect seems not to be superior to monotherapy of demethylation agents in current clinical trials, and it still need new clinical trials containing more cases and rational treatment schedules to identify safety and effect of combination.

Child ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Guidelines as Topic ; Humans ; Urinary Tract Infections ; diagnosis ; therapy

Common spatial pattern (CSP) is a very popular method for spatial filtering to extract the features from electroencephalogram (EEG) signals, but it may cause serious over-fitting issue. In this paper, after the extraction and recognition of feature, we present a new way in which the recognition results are fused to overcome the over-fitting and improve recognition accuracy. And then a new framework for EEG recognition is proposed by using CSP to extract features from EEG signals, using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) classifiers to identify the user's mental state from such features, and using Choquet fuzzy integral to fuse classifiers results. Brain-computer interface (BCI) competition 2005 data sets IVa was used to validate the framework. The results demonstrated that it effective ly improved recognition and to some extent overcome the over-fitting problem of CSP. It showed the effectiveness of this framework for dealing with EEG.
Algorithms ; Brain-Computer Interfaces ; Discriminant Analysis ; Electroencephalography ; Humans

Objective To compare fentanyl and sufentanil in total intravenous anesthesia for liver resection. Methods 100 patients undergoing liver resection were randomly received either sufentanil (group S, n = 50) anesthesia or fentanyl (group C, n = 50). Hemodynamic variables, time to spontaneous eye opening and extubation were recorded. VAS-scale was used to assess postoperative pain. The incidence of nausea & vomiting, agitation and respiratory depression was recorded and compared. Results Patients in group S had a more stable hemodynamic variables, and the incidence of postoperative pain (VAS: group S 4. 2± 1.1, group C 6. 1 ± 1.2), agitation (group S 2 cases, group C 11 cases) and respiratory depression (group S 1 case, group C 5 cases)was lower. Conclusions Both sufentanil and fentanyl were safe and efficacious in total intravenous anesthesia for liver resection. Compared with fentanyl, Sufentanil had higher hemodynamic stability, and lower incidence of postoperative pain, respiratory depression and agitation.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Ependymoma ; pathology ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Meningeal Neoplasms ; diagnostic imaging ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Meningioma ; diagnostic imaging ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Mucin-1 ; metabolism ; Oligodendroglioma ; pathology ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Vimentin ; metabolism ; Young Adult

Aged ; Biomarkers ; metabolism ; Carcinoid Tumor ; metabolism ; pathology ; Carcinoma, Endometrioid ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Granular Cell Tumor ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Hysterectomy ; methods ; Keratin-7 ; metabolism ; Keratins ; metabolism ; Krukenberg Tumor ; metabolism ; pathology ; Middle Aged ; Mucin-1 ; metabolism ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Sertoli Cell Tumor ; metabolism ; pathology ; Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery

Objective To investigate the effectiveness of interventional therapy for the atherosclerotic renal artery occlusion (ARAO). Methods During the period of June 2001-Dec. 2007, 16 patients with ARAO (total of 16 occluded arteries) underwent interventional managements, including percutaneous endovascular renal artery revascularization, balloon dilatation angioplasty and stent placement. Follow-up survey was made at regular intervals. The patent condition of the renal artery was evaluated with ultrasonography and digital subtraction angiography. The blood pressure and the renal function were determined and the data were statistically analyzed in order to assess the intermediate and long-term effect of the interventional therapy. Results Of 16 patients, technical success was achieved in 15 (93.8%) and failure occurred in one. During a follow-up period of 9 - 24 months, 3 patients died. According to the data obtained at each patient’s last follow-up survey, the hypertension fell to normal in 3 (25.0%), was improved in 7 (58.3%) and showed no marked change in 2 patients (16.7%), with a clinical efficacy of 83.3% (10 / 12). The renal function was improved in 2 (16.7%), stabilized in 6 (50%) and deteriorated in 4 patients (33.3%), with an effective rate of 66.7% (8 / 12). Conclusion For the treatment of atherosclerotic renal artery occlusion, the interventional therapy carries high successful rate and can effectively lower the blood pressure level, in addition, it can also protect the renal function in a certain degree.

Objective To study the role of IL-2 in regulating allograft rejection mediated by alloantigen-specific CD8~+ T cell.Methods T cell proliferation in vivo at a single cell level was examined using the CFSE dilution assay. IL-2 expression by activated CD4~+ versus CD8~+ T cells was determined by intracellular cytokine staining. The ability of alloantigen-specific CD8~+T cells in mediating allograft rejection was studied using the islet transplantation model.Results CD8~+ T cells divided vigorously in vivo in the allogeneic hosts regardless the presence or absence of CD4~+ T cells. CD4~+ T cells, but not CD8~+ T cells, were the primary source of IL-2 when both subsets were present. However, CD8~+ T cells could express high levels of IL-2 in the complete absence of CD4~+ T cells. In 2C TCR transgenic (Tg) mice in which the 2C TCR transgene was selectively expressed on the CD8~+ T cells that specifically recognized alloantigen (Ld) of Balb/c origin, islet allografts from Balb/c mice was promptly rejected by the 2CTg recipients with mean survival time of only 8 days. In contrast, in 2CTg mice with a genetic deletion of the IL-2 gene (2CTg-IL-2KO mice), the alloantigen specific CD8~+ T cells failed to mediate the islet allograft rejection and all the Balb/c islets survived for more than 50 days.Conclusions CD8~+ T cells appear to be very plastic in producing and utilizing IL-2. In the presence or absence of CD4~+ T cells, CD8~+ T cells can use CD4~+ derived or self derived IL-2 for proliferation and effector function respectively. In an alloantigen specific TCR transgenic model, the effector function of CD8~+ T cells is strictly IL-2 dependent. Thus, in situations where graft rejection is mediated solely by the CD8~+T cells, blocking IL-2/IL-2R pathway may be critically important in preventing transplant rejection.

Objective To investigate the clinical effect of antidepressants combined with α-blockers in the treatment of chronic prostatitis.Methods A retrospective analysis of 90 cases of chronic prostatitis treated in our hospital from January 2016 to December 2016 was divided into two groups according to the random number table.The control group was treated with α-blocker Combined with vitamin C treatment, the study group using antidepressants combined with α-blockers treatment.The NIH-CPSI score and SDS score were recorded before and after treatment, and the therapeutic effects were compared between the two groups.Results There were no significant differences in NIH-CPSI scores and SDS scores between the two groups.After treatment, the scores of NIH-CPSI and SDS were significantly better than those before treatment, and the study group was superior to the control(91.1%) was higher than that of the control group(71.1%), the total effective rate of depression(93.3%) was higher than that of the control group(73.3%), and the total effective rate was 91.1%, The difference was statistically significant(P<0.05),comparable.Conclusion Antidepressants combined with α-blockers are effective in the treatment of chronic prostatitis, which is beneficial to the alleviation of clinical symptoms and the improvement of their symptoms.Therefore, it has a good clinical value and worthy of further popularization.

Objective To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the combined use of S1 pedicle screws and the iliac screws in treatment of sacroiliac dislocation and fracture. Methods 11 patients with sacroiliac dislocation and fracture were treated with S1 pedicle screw and iliac screw fixation technique. In this group, the dislocation was associated with vertical displacement of the sacroiliac joint and rotational deformity of the pelvic ring. They were classified as type B or type C pelvic disruption according to the Tile's classification. 7 patients with disruption of the symphysis pubis or pubic branch fracture underwent additional fixation of the pelvic ring using a reconstruction plate. The remaining 4 patients were treated by the posterior procedure alone. Results The vertical displacement was completely reduced in 7 patients, and the rotational deformity completely corrected in 4 patients. The reduction was maintained at the time of final follow up evaluation. No perioperative complications were found. The combined use of S1 pedicle screws and the iliac screws provided immediate stability and sufficient reduction for sacroiliac dislocation in the 11 patients in this study. Conclusion This hybrid internal fixation procedure is useful for reduction and fixation of sacroiliac dislocation associated with the vertical and rotational instability of the pelvic ring.