Enterococcus ; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Meningitis, Bacterial ; diagnosis ; drug therapy

Objective:To observe the effect of herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion on the expressions of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK1/2) and extracellular regulatory protein kinase (ERK1/2) in gastric tissues of rats with spleen deficiency syndrome, and to explore the possible mechanisms of herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion in treating spleen deficiency syndrome. Methods:Sixty Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into a blank control group (group A), a model group (group B), a ranitidine group (group C), and a herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group (group D) by random digit, 15 rats in each group. Rat models of spleen deficiency syndrome were made by intragastric administration of 4℃ 200% concentrated Da Huang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei). After successful modeling, the rats in group C were treated with 25 mg/(kg·bw) ranitidine by intragastric adminstration and rats in group D were treated with herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion at Zusanli (ST 36) and Zhongwan (CV 12), for 8 d. Excepted for rats in group A, all the other rats were treated with indomethacin at 5 mg/(kg·bw) at 8:00 a.m. on the second day after finishing all the intervention and sacrificed 7 h later to isolate the stomach. Histopathological changes of the gastric tissues were observed under light microscope after hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. The protein expressions of MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 in the gastric tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry. Results:After intervention, the gastric mucosal injury in group B was significantly severer than that in group A, with large breakage and ablating; the damage of gastric mucosa was decreased in group C compared with group B; the gastric mucosal surface remained relatively complete, and the status of breakage and ablating was significantly improved. After intervention, compared with group A, the protein expressions of MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 in gastric tissues of the other groups were significantly higher (P<0.01). Compared with group B, the protein expressions of MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 in group C and D were significantly higher (allP<0.01). Compared with group C, the protein expressions of MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 in group D were significantly higher (P<0.01). Conclusion: Herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion promotes the repair of gastric mucosa in rats with spleen deficiency syndrome, via improving protein expressions of MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 in gastric tissues, as well as activating MEK/ERK signaling pathway.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the association between long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and brain injury in inflammation-induced preterm mice, and to provide a reference for the prevention and treatment of brain injury.

METHODSAn intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide in pregnant mice was performed to establish a model of inflammation-induced preterm mice with brain injury (preterm group). The full-term mice delivered by normal pregnant mice were used as controls (full-term group). The lncRNA chip assay was used to screen out the lncRNAs associated with brain injury in preterm mice. Quantitative real-time PCR was used to validate the lncRNAs identified by the above method.

RESULTSThe preterm and full-term groups showed significant differences in the expression of 1 978 lncRNAs (P<0.05), consisting of 786 up-regulated lncRNAs and 1 192 down-regulated lncRNAs, and 29 lncRNAs were 1.5 or more times differentially expressed between the two groups. A further analysis was performed for the 10 most differentially expressed lncRNAs, and the results showed that these lncRNAs were involved in the biological processes including transcription, signal transduction, apoptosis, cell cycle, and inflammatory response, as well as G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway and neuropeptide signaling pathway. Real-time PCR was performed to validate the expression of two lncRNAs in brain tissue in the preterm and full-term groups, and the results were consistent with those of the chip assay.

CONCLUSIONSThe expression profiles of lncRNAs in brain tissue change significantly in inflammation-induced preterm mice, and the G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway may be involved in the pathogenesis of preterm brain injury.

Animals ; Brain ; metabolism ; Female ; Inflammation ; complications ; metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; RNA, Long Noncoding ; analysis ; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled ; physiology ; Signal Transduction ; physiology

OBJECTIVETo investigate the relationship between the drug resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) isolated from burn patients wounds and its mobile genetic elements, including plasmid, transposon, and integron.

METHODSThirty-two strains of PA were isolated from wounds exudate of hospitalized burn patients in Ningbo No. 2 Hospital. PA drug sensitivity was determined using GNS-448 drug sensitivity card and K-B tests. The genetic markers of plasmid, transposon and integron including traA, traF, tnpA, tnpU, merA, int I 1 were amplified by PCR and verified by gene sequencing.

RESULTSDrug resistant rate of 32 PA strains to gentamicin, amikacin, cefoperazone/sulbactam, ciprofloxacin was 43.7%, 32.0%, 46.8%, 49.9%, respectively. PA drug resistant rates to piperacillin, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, cefepime, aztreonam, piperacillin/tazobactam, levofloxacin, imipenem and meropenem were all above 56.0%. Seventeen out of 32 PA strains were found to carry transposon and (or) integron genetic markers. One strain was positive for both tnpA and merA, 8 strains were positive for both merA and int I 1, 1 strain was only positive for tnpA, 2 strains were only positive for merA, and 5 strains were positive for int I 1 only.

CONCLUSIONSPA isolated from burn wounds of hospitalized patients in Ningbo No. 2 Hospital is seriously drug resistant, which may relate with its high positive rate of mobile genetic elements of transposon and (or) integron.

Anti-Bacterial Agents ; pharmacology ; Burns ; microbiology ; DNA Transposable Elements ; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial ; genetics ; Humans ; Integrons ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Plasmids ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa ; drug effects ; genetics ; isolation & purification

To confirm the hypothesis that the high frequency sequences of high throughput sequencing are the terminal sequences of the bacteriophage genome. An adaptor of specific sequence was linked to the end of the bacteriophage T3 genomic DNA, which was then subject to high throughput sequencing; as a control, the same T3 genomic DNA without adaptor was also analyzed by high throughput sequencing. The sequencing results were examined with bioinformatics software. Similar high throughput sequencing technique was applied to analyze the genomic sequence of N4-like bacteriophage IME11. Bioinformatics study showed that the sequences tagged with adaptors were consistent with the high frequency sequences without adaptor labeling. Our analysis also indicated that the end of the T4-like phage genome had specific sequences instead of random sequences, disagreeing with the previous assertion. Evidences were provided that N4-like bacteriophage had a particular terminal sequence: the left end of the genome was unique while the right end was permuted. The high throughput sequencing technique was convenient and practical to be used to simultaneously detect the terminal sequence and the complete sequence of bacteriophage genome.
Caudovirales ; genetics ; Computational Biology ; Genome, Viral ; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing ; methods

OBJECTIVETo analyze coincidence rate of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) sub-typing between transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and clinical discharge diagnosis.

METHODSReviewing sub-typing results of TEM, light microscopy, flow cytometric analyzing, molecular biological detection and karyotype in 793 AML cases, comparing their coincidence rates with discharge diagnosis to reveal advantages of AML sub-typing by TEM.

RESULTSGeneral coincidence rates of TEM, light microscopy, flow cytometric analyzing, molecular biological detection and karyotype on AML sub-typing were 63%, 59%, 52%, 47%, 26% and 23% respectively, and clinical coincidence rates of TEM on M1, M2a, M4 and M5, M6, M7, t (8; 21) and t (15; 17) were 39%, 34%, 17%, 74%, 50%, 73%, 87% and 89% respectively.

CONCLUSIONTEM has a higher coincidence rate in general AML sub-typing, especially strong screenings on t (15; 17), t (8; 21), M7, M5 and M6, but lower coincidence rates on M1, M2a and M4 sub-typing than other methods.

Humans ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute ; classification ; diagnosis ; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission ; Retrospective Studies

OBJECTIVETo study the influence of acute pancreatitis in pregnancy (APIP) on pregnancy outcomes and neonates.

METHODSA retrospective analysis was performed for 33 APIP patients and 31 neonates born alive.

RESULTSOf the 33 APIP patients, 26 (79%) developed APIP in the late pregnancy. Fourteen (45%) patients had hyperlipidemic APIP, 13 (42%) had biliary APIP, and 4 (13%) had other types of APIP. According to the severity, 22 (67%) were mild APIP, 5 (15%) were moderate APIP, and 6 were severe APIP. None of the 33 APIP patients died. Among the 20 patients with term delivery, 11 underwent termination of pregnancy; among the 10 patients with preterm delivery, 9 underwent termination of pregnancy; two patients experienced intrauterine fetal death, and one experienced abortion during the second trimester. Among the 31 neonates born alive (two of them were twins), 1 (3%) died, 12 (39%) experienced neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, 8 (26%) had neonatal hypoglycemia, 6 (19%) had neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, 5 (16%) experienced infectious diseases, and 2 (6%) experienced intracranial hemorrhage. The hyperlipidemic APIP group had a higher percentage of patients undergoing termination of pregnancy than the biliary APIP and other types of APIP groups (P<0.05). The incidence rate of preterm infants in the moderate APIP was higher than in the mild and severe APIP groups (P<0.05). The mean birth weights of neonates were the lowest in the moderate APIP group. The incidence rates of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, intracranial hemorrhage, and infectious disease were the lowest in the mild APIP group (P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONSAPIP can lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes and neonatal diseases, which are associated with the severity of pancreatitis.

Acute Disease ; Birth Weight ; Female ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature ; Male ; Pancreatitis ; complications ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Complications ; Retrospective Studies

The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University has established pediatric MOOCs courses, including the formation of excellent MOOC teachers, the curriculum planning and design of MOOCs, making MOOCs videos, and using MOOCs for teaching activities. The MOOCs for teaching is intuitive, the courses are interesting, and the learning time is flexible. Besides, it is open and resources-sharing, and it also can increase the educational equity. At the same time, it can reduce teachers' burden, improve teaching ability, and improve learning ability of students. Most students and teachers agree that MOOCs are worthy of promotion and application.

This study was purposed to comparatively analyze the cytogenetic characteristics between 566 cases of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (aALL) and 586 cases of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (cALL). The cytogenetic analysis of all the patients was performed, and the FISH detection for partial patients was carried out. The result showed that the difference of chromosome abnormality between cALL and aALL was statistically significant. The percentage of abnormal karyotypes in aALL was 62.0%, including mainly t(9;22)(q34;q11), hypodiploidy, hyperdiploidy (47 - 50), abn(6q), abn(9p) and -7, most of which conferring an unfavorable prognosis. The percentage of abnormal karyotypes in cALL was 39.2%, composed mainly of high hyperdiploidy, hypodiploidy, TEL/AML1(+), +8, hyperdiploidy (47 - 50) and +21, etc, most of which conferring a favorable prognosis. The incidences of abnormal karyotypes, total hypodiploidy, total hyperdiploidy (47 - 50), t(9;22)(q34;q11), -7, abn(7q), abn(14q32) and +Ph in aALL were significantly higher than those of cALL (p < 0.05), whereas the incidences of normal karyotype (N), high hyperdiploidy, +8, +21*2 and TEL/AML1(+) in cALL were significantly higher than those of aALL (p < 0.05). 20.5% of aALL were Ph+ aALL, with 63.8% of which being with additional abnormalities, composed mainly of +Ph, -7, i (9q+), 9p-, +8, +21, +X, 6q-, abn(14q32) and +14. In contrast, only 4.4% of cALL were Ph+ aALL, with 42.3% of which being with additional abnormalities, including mainly abn(9p), abn(7p), -7, 17p- and +21. It is concluded that almost every chromosome is involved in the numerical and structural abnormalities and complex karyotypes are common. The significant difference of chromosome abnormality exists between aALL and cALL.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Chromosome Aberrations ; Cytogenetic Analysis ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Karyotyping ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma ; genetics ; Sample Size ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo use randomized controlled clinical research method to assess therapeutic effect of picking therapy on cervical spondylosis.

METHODSOne hundred and fifty-eight cases were randomly divided into a picking therapy group (n=56), a routine acupuncture group (n=55) and a local anesthesia group (n=47). They were treated respectively with picking therapy, routine acupuncture and local anesthesia at Jing bailao (EX HN 15), Dazhui (GV 14), Jianjing (GB 21), etc. Brief McGill Pain Questionaire was used for score, which was combined with clinical symptoms and signs to analyze the therapeutic effect.

RESULTSThe cured rate was 57.1% in the picking therapy group, better than 23.6% in the acupuncture group and 14.9% in the local anesthesia group (P < 0.01), and adverse reaction was basically not found in the picking therapy group.

CONCLUSIONPicking therapy is a highly effective and safe therapy for cervical spondylosis.

Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Humans ; Pain Measurement ; Research Design ; Spondylosis ; therapy