Objective To explore the expressions of endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERs) related factors including inositol requiring enzyme-1α(IRE1αα),p-IRE1 α,c-jun N-terminal Kinase(JNK),and p-JNK in rats with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease,and to investigate the effect of intervention with glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogue.Methods Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into normal chow group(n =15) and high-fat diet group(n=25).After 12 weeks,5 rats of each group were used to assess the establishment of rat models with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.Then the high-fat diet group rats were divided into high-fat diet group (HF,n =10) and GLP-1 group(HG,n=10) and treated with normal saline and GLP-1 analogue for4 weeks respectively.Body weight and biochemical markers in rats were measured.The expressions of IRE1α,p-IRE1α,JNK,and p-JNK were measured by Western blot.Results Compared with the NC group,the levels of body weight,plasma triglyceride (TG),total cholesterol (TC),low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C),alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in HF group were significantly higher (all P ＜ 0.01),high density lipoprotein-cholesterol(HDL-C) was decreased(P＜0.01),and p-IRE1 α/IRE1 α and p-JNK/JNK were increased(P＜0.05 and P＜0.01).After GLP-1 treatment,body weight,plasma TG,TC,LDL-C,AST,ALT in HF group were significantly lowered(P＜0.05 or P＜0.01),HDL-C was increased(P＜0.01),p-IRE1 α/IRE1 α and p-JNK/JNK were decreased (P＜0.05 and P＜0.01).Conclusion GLP-1 analogue may improve hepatic steatosis via regulating ERs related IRE1 α-JNK signaling pathway.

Objective To study on transcatheter closure of membranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) with pseudoaneurysm by patent ductus arteriosus(PDA) occlusion devices in children and summarize the skill and clinical experience. Methods The study included 20 membranous VSD cases in children.According to the finding of the left ventricular angiography, various kinds of the PDA occlusion devices was implanted. The mean diameter of the waist of the occluder was ( 10.4 ± 2.6) mm. Examination by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) immediately and left ventricular angiography after the occluder was implanted 15minutes later to evaluate the efficacy. Results In the 20 patients, one of the Ⅳ type VSD patient was quitted because of the significant residual shunts(≥2 mm). Slightly residual shunts ( ＜ 2 mm) was found in one Ⅲ type VSD patient with multi-outlet. And disappeared in 1 month after the procedure, which VSD patient was confirmed by TTE. Thirteen cases were normal by EKG examination (or the same before procedure).Incomplete right bundle branch block was found in 4 cases. First degree atrioventricular block was found in 1 case and paroxysmal junctional tachycardia was found in 1 case. All of them were recovered in 1 week.Conclusions Transcatheter interventional therapy with PDA occlusion devices for membranous VSD with pseudoaneurysm is safe and effective. The key of the procedure is to select suitable occluder and suitable position to plant them according to the membranous morphologic characteristics,size and position of the pseudoaneurysm. It is a facultative method for transcatheter therapy this kind of congenital heart disease.

Clinical data of a child with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome characterized by ischemic stroke who was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Children′s Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University in January 2019 were retrospectively analyzed.The child is a 6 years and 4 months old boy with a history of thrombocytopenic purpura and recurrent respiratory infections.The main complaint was " the right limb weakness for more than 10 days" . The head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed extensive abnormal signals in the bilateral frontal and parietal lobes and the formation of softening foci in the left thalamus and outer capsule.Blood routine showed white blood cell 4.88×10 9/L, lymphocyte ratio 0.291, lymphocyte count 1.42×10 9/L, hemoglobin 99 g/L, and platelet 23×10 9/L.Lymphocyte subsets included CD3 + 84.1%, CD3 + CD4 + 0.2%, CD3 + CD8 + 61.4%, CD4 + /CD8 + 0, CD3 -CD 19+ 9.2%, CD3 -CD 16+ 56+ 6.1%, and CD 19+ CD 23+ 5.8%.Pretransfusion tests suggested human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (+ ), and that other results were negative.Both parents of the child were infected with HIV.This paper demonstrates that neurological involvement is not rare in HIV infection, and stroke is the most common cause of clinical focal neurological deficits in HIV-infected children.Screening with MRI is recommended for high-risk children with neurologic symptoms or neurocognitive dysfunction.

Objective To evaluate the feasibility of apply Ion Proton semiconductor sequencing platform in non-invasive prenatal genetic diagnosis .Methods Totally 1 000 pregnant women with a singleton pregnancy of 12-32 weeks gestation were selected from the Third affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from Jan to Dec 2013.Using noninvasive prenatal genetic diagnosis based on Ion Proton semiconductor sequencing platform to study their cffDNA .In parallel, 72 pregnant women received invasive prenatal diagnosis by traditional chromosomal analysis with amniocentesis chorionic villus sampling .Results It′s shown that 18 out of 1 000 (1.8%) pregnant women underwent the noninvasive prenatal genetic testing had a high risk for aneuploid chromosomes , including 7 cases of 21-trisomy, 4 cases of 18-trisomy, 2 cases of 13-trisomy, 4 cases of sex chromosomal abnormality , and 1 case of 15-trisomy.It demonstrated that the rate and accuracy of fetal 21-trisomy, 13-trisomy and 18-trisomy by non-invasive prenatal genetic testing were both 100%without misdiagnosis , the rate of detection for sex chromosomal abnormality was 2/2 with a false positive rate of 1/3.However, the 15-trisomy predicted by the non-invasive prenatal diagnosis in a woman was finally proved to be a false positive .Based on the results by karyotyping (55/55) as well as follow-ups (493/493), the specificity of the non-invasive prenatal diagnosis for detection of 21-trisomy, 18-trisomy and 13-trisomy was 100%.One Ion PITM chip could detect 12 to 15 samples in 1.5 h and the whole process of noninvasive detection could be completed in 1 to 1.5 days.Conclusions The non-invasive prenatal diagnosis by Ion Proton semiconductor sequencing platform could provide fast and accurate detection of fetal aneuploidy .The benchtop high-throughput sequencing platform has laid the foundation for the independent application in clinical settings for fetal aneuploidy detection .

Objective:To explore the factors affecting bone mineral density (BMD) in adult males with low-to-moderate fluoride exposure in Henan Province.Methods:Adult male villagers from low-to-moderate fluoride exposure areas in Tongxu County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province were recruited from April to May 2017 based on cluster random sampling. Questionnaire survey, physical measurements and urinary samples collection were conducted respectively. Urinary fluoride (UF) was determined by fluoride ion-selective electrode. Ultrasound bone densitometer was used to measure BMD (T-score). Partial correlation analysis and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the influence factors of BMD.Results:A total of 439 adult males were included in this study. Age, body mass index (BMI), UF content, and T-score of the participants were (47.99 ± 8.49) years, (25.77 ± 3.23) kg/m 2, (1.34 ± 0.74) mg/L, and-1.79 ± 0.79, respectively. Partial correlation analysis showed a significantly positive correlation between BMI and T-score after age adjustment ( r = 0.194, P < 0.05). Multiple linear regression showed that T-score decreased by 0.015 (95% CI:-0.024 -- 0.005, P < 0.05) for each 1-year increase in age and T-score increased by 0.034 (95% CI: 0.009-0.059, P < 0.05) for each 1.0 kg/m 2 increase in BMI. Interaction analysis showed that T-score was closely related to the interaction between overweight (≥24.0 kg/m 2), non-smoking, tea drinking and UF [ β (95% CI): 0.134 (0.001-0.269), 0.163 (- 0.015-0.337), 0.215 (- 0.006-0.436), P < 0.10]. Conclusions:Our findings reveal a negative correlation between age and BMD, and a positive correlation between BMI and BMD in adult males with low-to-moderate fluoride exposure in Henan Province. In addition, low-to-moderate fluoride exposure is more likely to damage the BMD of smokers.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) on liver oxidative stress injury using a rat model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

METHODSSixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed 12 weeks of either a diet of normal chow (NC), for use as controls (n =15) or high-fat chow (HF), for use as models (n =45).The NC rats were administered normal saline, while the HF rats were treated with either normal saline (NS), for use as untreated model controls (n =10), low-dose GLP-1 (LG, 50 mutg/kg; n =10), mid-dose GLP-1 (MG, 100 mutg/kg; n =10), or high-dose GLP-1 (HG, 200 mug/kg; n =10); all treatments lasted for 4 weeks.The rats' weight, levels of serum biochemical markers (triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoproteincholesterol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, alanine arninotransferase, and aspartate aminotransferase), levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA), and expression of CYP2E1 mRNA and protein in liver homogenates were measured.The F test, t-test, least significant difference test and Dunnett's T3 test were used for statistical analyses.

RESULTSCompared with the NC group, the rars in the NS group showed significantly lower SOD (165.81 ± 11.64 vs.192.89 ± 16.53 U/mg, P < 0.05), significantly higher MDA (7.30 ± 1.79 vs.3.10 ± 1.30 nmol/ mg, P < 0.05), and significantly higher expressions of CYP2E1 mRNA and protein (both P < 0.05).After GLP1 treatment, the rats in the LG, MG and HG groups showed increased levels of SOD (compared to the NS group; 171.44 ± 9.80 vs.177.66 ± 14.77 vs.186.17 ± 15.43 U/mg; only the HG group had P < 0.05), significantly decreased levels of MDA (compared to the NS group; 5.16 ± 1.45 vs.4.08 ± 1.22 vs.3.31 ± 1.14 nmol/mg; all P < 0.05], and decreased levels of CYP2E1 mRNA and protein expressions (CYP2E1 mRNA:only the HG group had P < 0.05; CYP2E1 protein: both the MG and HG groups had P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONGLP-1 treatment can improve oxidative stress injury, suggesting its potential as a therapeutic agent for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Animals ; Aspartate Aminotransferases ; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 ; Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 ; metabolism ; Male ; Malondialdehyde ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ; metabolism ; Oxidative Stress ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Superoxide Dismutase ; Triglycerides

Medicinal animals are important part of Traditional Chinese medicine resources in China. Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) was selected as the standard DNA barcoding sequence for animal medical materials. In this study, the 51 animal species from 45 animal medical materials in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia were selected and the intra-specific variation and the inter-specific divergence, the barcoding gap, the identification efficiency of their COI sequences were analyzed. The results showed that the inter-specific divergence is higher than intra-specific distance. The barcoding gap existed between inter-specific sequence divergence and intra-specific dis-tance. The identification efficiencies were 100% both at the genus and species level except the Arthropoda. The cluster dendrogram exhibited that different species distinguished from others. Therefore, COI sequence as a bar-code is suitable to identify the species of animal medical materials in Chinese Pharmacopoeia.

Objective To investigate the changes and related factors of maternal thyroid autoantibodies during early pregnancy. Methods Urinary iodine concentration( UIC) , serum thyroid stimulating hormone( TSH) , free thyroxine ( FT4 ) , thyroid-peroxidase antibody ( TPOAb ) , thyroglobulin antibody ( TgAb ) concentrations were determined in 7 190 women during early pregnancy in an iodine-sufficient region of China. Results The prevalence of TPOAb positivity and TgAb positivity were 8. 7% and 12. 0% respectively. The prevalence of overt hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism increased significantly in group of thyroid antibody positivity. The prevalence of TPOAb positivity and TgAb positivity presented a U-shaped curve, ranging from mild iodine deficiency to iodine excess, especially increased significantly in the group with UIC<100 μg/L. Conclusion Prevalence of thyroid antibodies positivity became higher during early pregnancy. The positive thyroid autoantibodies during pregnancy were significantly associated with maternal hypothyroidism. Both iodine excess and iodine deficiency are risk factors of positive thyroid antibodies.

Objective:To explore the clinical charecteristics, imaging features, therapy and prognosis of stroke in children, and provide help for clinical treatment.Methods:The clinical data of 49 children with stroke were collectedand retrospectively analyzed in the Children′s Hospital of Soochow University from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019.Results:A mong the 49 children with stroke, 35 were male and 14 were female, aged 1-178 (65.69 ± 55.22) months; the specific etiologies were cerebrovascular malformation, craniocerebral trauma, tumor, vitamin K deficiencies, infectious diseases, rheumatic immune diseases, hemophilia and congenital heart disease. The first symptoms of stroke were disturbance of consciousness, hemiplegia, convulsions, vomiting and headache. The arterial ischemic stroke (18 cases) were mainly caused by craniocerebral trauma and cerebrovascular malformation. The hemorrhagic stroke (31 cases) were mainly caused by arteriovenous malformation, vitamin K deficiency and tumor. The surgical rate in the arterial stroke group was significantly lower than that in the hemorrhagic stroke group.Conclusions:Traumatic cerebral infarction and intracranial arteriovenous malformation are the main causes of arterial ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke in children. Early diagnosis and treatment can significantly improve prognosis.

Purpose: In non-metastatic prostate cancer (nmPCa) setting, it is important to early identify the patients at risk of biochemical recurrence (BCR) for immediate postoperative intervention. Our study aimed to evaluate the potential clinical utility of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) for predicting disease recurrence. Materials and Methods: This real-world observational study evaluated 161 cases of nmPCa undergoing next-generation sequencing at our institution. A total of 139 ctDNA samples and 31 biopsied tumor tissue underwent genomic profiling. The study endpoint was BCR after radical prostatectomy. Relationships between the ctDNA status and the biochemical progression-free survival (bPFS) were analyzed by log-rank test and multivariate Cox regression. Results: Of 161 enrolled patients, 19 (11.8%) harbored deleterious alterations in NCOR2, followed by BRCA2 (3.7%), ATR (2.5%), and CDK12 (2.5%). Of available pre-operative blood samples (n=139), ctDNA was detectable in 91 (65.5%). Until last follow-up, 56 of 68 patients (85.3%) with detectable ctDNA had achieved BCR, whereas only eight of 39 patients (20.5%) with undetectable ctDNA had achieved BCR. Patients who had undetectable ctDNA experienced significantly longer bPFS compared with those who had detectable ctDNA (not available vs. 8.2 months; hazard ratio, 0.14; p < 0.01). Pre-operative ctDNA status was a significant prognostic factor of disease recurrence. Conclusion Pre-operative ctDNA detection could identify patients at high risk of recurrence and has the potential to inform immediate postoperative interventions, but these approaches remain to be validated in prospective studies. ctDNA studies can provide insights into accurate monitoring and precise treatment rather than simply following routine clinical care.