Objective To study magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) features of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor(DNT) and to improve accurate diagnosis of DNT.Methods The MRI appearance and clinical features of 10 patients with DNT confirmed by surgery and pathology were analyzed retrospectively.Results In 10 cases,9 tumors located in supratentorial hemisphere cortex,3 tumors located in the temporal lobe,5 in the frontal lobe,1 in the parietal lobe,and 2 of them encroached the adjacent white matter.In 9 tumors located in supratentorial hemisphere cortex,8 cases had decreased signal intensity on T1-weighted MR images,1 case iso-decreased mixed signal intensity on T1-weighted MR images,and 9 cases increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images,9 cases slightly increased signal intensity on fluid attenuated inversion recovery weighted images.The manifestation of tumors was cystic or cystic partially oriented and was seen separate section intratumoral in some cases.Three cases appeared as hyperintense ring sign and internal septation,2 cases appeared as a triangle in shape,3 cases appeared as gyms-like shape,and 1 case as round shape,similar to cyst.Nine tumors had no significant mass effect and peritumoral edema.Enhanced MR imaging showed only 1 case with slight and heterogeneous enhancement,the rest 6 cases showed non enhancement.One case located in cerebellar hemisphere,and appeared cystic-solid mass,the solid part had decreased signal intensity on T1-weighted MR images,and increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images,the cystic part had decreased signal intensity on T1-weighted MR images,and increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images.On enhanced MR imaging,the wall-node obviously contrast enhancement,cyst wall slightly contrast enhancement,cystic part non enhancement.The tumor had peritumoral edema and mass effect.Ten cases had no hemorrhage and calcification.Conclusion The MRI appearance of DNT is characteristic and is helpful for the preoperative diagnosis of DNT.

Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is a multifunctional protein and regulates a wide variety of cellular bio-effects,such as proliferation,differentiation,migration and apoptosis.Studies have proven that TGF-β is one of the important cytokines that promote fibrosis,and it is confirmed to be closely related to the progression of tumor.Smad signaling is the major pathway in which TGF-β fulfills its functions.These years,it has been found that E3 ubiquitin ligases Arkadia can enhance the biological effect of TGF-β signal transduction pathway through Smad signaling pathway.Therefore,it is increasingly attracting public attention.This study will summarize the effects of Arkadia on TGF-β/Smad signal transduction pathway.

Objective To discuss clinical significance on early diagnosis of brain injury in premature infants with multiple sequence joint inspection of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Methods The brain MRI findings of 160 premature infants treated by Neonatal Intensive Care Unit were analyzed retrospectively.Results In 160 premature infants,brain injury occurred in 76 cases,the incidence of brain injury was 47.5％.Ischemic lesions were seen more in brain injury in premature infants,cerebral white matter injury was the most common,especially periventricular leukomalacia.Ischemic brain injury performed patchy or large sheet increased signal intensity on T1-weighted images(T1 WI),decreased signal intensity on T2-weighted images (T2WI) and obviously increased signal intensity on diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) in half egg circle center and around the lateral ventricle.Periventricular leukomalacia performed patchy decreased signal intensity on T1WI,increased signal intensity on T2WI and decreased signal intensity on DWI.Periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage was seen more in hemorrhagic lesions.Hemorrhage stove was performed different signal because of different bleeding time.MRI performance in acute phase was iso-signal or slightly decreased signal intensity on T1WI,increased signal intensity on T2WI,increased signal intensity on T1WI,slightly decreased signal intensity on T2WI in early subacute,increased signal intensity on T1 WI and T2WI in late subacute and obviously decreased signal intensity on magnetic sensitive weighted imaging.The detection rate of ischemic lesions by DWI was higher than the conventional MRI,and DWI could show cerebral white matter damage of premature infants much earlier than the conventional MRI.The detection rate of hemorrhage stove by susceptibility weighted imagingc (SWI) was higher than the conventional MRI (x2 =23.78,P ＜ 0.05),and SWI could show hemorrhagic lesions much earlier than conventional MRI (x2 =27.02,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions MRI,especially combined multiple sequence checking,could provide accurate imaging evidence for the early diagnosis of brain injury in premature infants.

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of adult patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection, and provide evidence for early identification of MP infection. Methods A prospective, multicenter and cross-sectional study was conducted. 452 adult patients with CAP admitted to Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing Guangwai Hospital and Air Force General Hospital from August 2011 to October 2015 were enrolled. The diagnosis of adult MP infection was confirmed by the combined application of double serum antibody titer and MP-DNA nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) through testing serum and throat swab samples from patients to identify acute infections, past infections, pathogen carrying, and non-MP infection. The clinical characteristics of patients with acute MP infection were summarized by analyzing the baseline data, clinical parameters and chest imaging findings in patients with non-MP infection and acute MP infection. Results Of 452 enrolling patients with CAP, 288 patients (63.7%) suffered from MP infection, and 164 patients (36.3%) with non-MP infection. There were 56 patients (12.4%) with acute infection, 10 patients (2.2%) with past infections, 222 patients (49.1%) with pathogen carriers in MP infective patients indicating susceptible to MP in adult patients. There were no significant differences in gender, age, fever extent, duration of fever, sputum production, shortness of breath, rales, underlying diseases, etc. between non-MP infection and acute MP infection patients, which suggested that the baseline data of the two groups were equilibrium. The acute infection rates of MP in summer and autumn (43.9% and 43.5% respectively) were more than those in spring and winter (13.3% and 12.3% respectively). It was shown by laboratory examination results that serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT) increased significantly in acute MP infectious patients more than that in non-MP infection patients (30.4% vs. 9.8%, P < 0.01), which indicated that patients with acute MP infection were more likely to have myocardial injury. While there were no significant differences in blood routine, blood electrolytes, blood glucose, as well as heart, liver and kidney function between the two groups. It was shown by chest imaging that the diffuse lesions (57.1% vs. 37.2%), mediastinal lymphadenopathy (60.7% vs. 37.8%) were less founded in the middle lobe of the right lung (12.5% vs. 32.9%), which were the main manifestations in patients with acute MP infection as compared with non-MP infection patients with statistical difference (all P < 0.01). There were no significant differences in the chest imaging performances of pulmonary ground glass shadow, lobar and segmental consolidation, patch shadow, a shadow, acinar nodules, grinding glass density nodules, the photic zone, hilar lymphadenopathy and pleural effusion occurrence between the two groups. Conclusion Adult CAP patients are easy to carry MP, myocardial damage is a common complication in acute MP infectious patients which are characteristic of image findings of diffuse lung disease, mediastinal lymphadenopathy and less founded in the middle lobe of the right lung.

The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is a classical circulating enzyme pathway that plays an important role in regulation of pancreatic function. In recent years, with deepening understanding of RAS, researchers found that RAS not only includes the classical ACE-Ang II-AT1 axis, but also includes the new ACE2-Ang (1-7)-Mas axis. Extensive studies have confirmed that the ACE2-Ang (1-7)-Mas axis can antagonize the effect of the ACE-Ang II-AT1 axis. This paper reviews the composition and function of both axes of the RAS in the local pancreas, and also presents the comparison between the two axes.

To identify the related substances in pioglitazone hydrochloride by hyphenated LC-MS techniques,an Ultimate XB-C18 (250 mm × 4.6 mm,5 μm) column was used for separation of the related substances with methanol and 0.1％ ammonium acetate buffer as the mobile phases in gradient elution.Electrospray positive ionization high resolution TOF/MS was used for the determination of the accurate mass and elemental composition of parent [M + H] + ions of the related substances,and triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry was employed for the product mass spectra determination.Eleven major related substances were detected and identified to be one synthesis intermediate,six by-products and four degradation products,by using LC-MS determination,spectra elucidation,and further synthetic process and stress degradation mechanisms analysis.The results are useful for pioglitazone hydrochloride manufacturing processes optimization and quality control.

Objective: To review the articles evaluating parental ability on child injury prevention and to provide suggestions for developing assessment index for parental ability on child injury prevention. Methods: Relevant studies were retrieved from the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Wanfang, CNKI, VIP, PubMed, Medline, Springer, and Web of Science, and were reviewed based on instruments, contents, as well as reliability and validity of instruments. Results: A total of 47 articles were included for analysis. The methods for assessment mainly include quantitative and qualitative investigation, mainly quantitative surveys through scales or questionnaires. Assessment contents mainly included parental knowledge, attitudes and practice on child injury prevention(44 papers), as well as home safety(3 papers).The evaluation object mainly concentrated on parents of preschool children. A small part of studies tested the reliability and validity of the instruments in quantitative investigations.The reliability test indexes included retest reliability and Kronbach coefficient, and the validity test indexes included content validity, structure validity and scale validity. Conclusion There is a lack of assessment tools for evaluating parents ability on child injury prevention in Chinese background. The development of corresponding assessment tools should consider the characteristics of children in different age groups, injury types, as well as its reliability and validity.

OBJECTIVETo study the chemical constituents of Monascus purpureus metabolite.

METHODThe compounds were isolated by column chromatography methods, and their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods.

RESULTEight compounds were isolated from the petroleum ether fraction of ethanolic extract and elucidated as stigmast-4-en-3-one (1), 3-oxo-24-methylenecycloarane (2), stigmasterol (3), 7beta-hydroxystigmasterol (4), 3beta-hydroxystigmast-5-en-7-one (5), 3beta-hydroxystigmast-5,22-dien-7-one (6), 5alpha, 8alpha-epidioxyergosta-6,22-dien-3beta-ol (7), sitosterol (8).

CONCLUSIONAll of the compounds were isolated from this genu for the first time except compound 3 and 7.

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Objective: To explore the dose-response relationship between duration of emotional experience of primary school students and the intensity of anxiety disorders, and to understand the risk of anxiety disorders corresponding to different emotional state levels. Methods: A total of 7 152 primary students from grade 3 to 5 were investigated with questionnaire survey from 16 public primary schools, by using the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorder (SCARED) and Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale. Results: The prevalence of anxiety disorders was 19.91%, among which the prevalence rates of anxiety disorders in boys and girls were 19.41% and 20.43%, respectively. After adjusting for gender, grade, household register, the only child, parental marital status, parental occupation, parental educational level, family financial level, serving as a class leader, receiving special training or counseling in sports and art, and being bullied, the risk of anxiety disorder in children with positive emotions lasting for 7-16 days, 17-24 days and >24 days was lower compared to those with positive emotions lasting for less than 6 days(P<0.05); the risk of anxiety disorder in children with negative emotions lasting for 0.27-0.93 day, 0.94-2 days and >2 days was higher compared to those with negative emotions lasting less than 0.26 day(P<0.05). Restricted cubic spline analysis showed that the duration of emotional state and anxiety disorder showed a significant non-linear dose-response relationship (non-linear test, P<0.01), that is, as the number of days of positive emotions increases, the risk of anxiety disorder continues to decrease, and as the number of days of negative emotions increases, the risk of anxiety disorder continues to increase. Conclusion There is a significant dose-response relationship between the duration of the emotional state of primary school students and the prevalence of anxiety disorders. Acquirement and maintain positive emotions m be an important entry point for mental health promotion among primary school students.

Objective To observe the protective mechanism of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) 2 on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced hepatocyte inflammation by inhibiting P38 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK)/activator protein (AP)-1 pathway.Methods Rat liver BRL cells after immortalized culture were randomly divided into five kinds of groups:control group,LPS (10 μg/ mL) group,LPS + recombinant(r) ACE2 (5,10,20 ng/mL rACE2 for 30 min before cells stimulated with LPS) groups,LPS+ACE2 inhibitor MLN-4760 (10-7,10-6,105 mmol/L MLN-4760 for 30 min before cells stimulated with LPS) groups,LPS + rACE2 (20 ng/mL rACE2 for 30 min before cells stimulated with LPS) + P38MAPK inhibitor SB203580 (10-5 mmol/L SB203580 for 30 min before cells stimulated with LPS) groups.The changes in protein levels of ACE2,P38MAPK,p-P38MAPK and AP-1 were detected by western blot after LPS exposure for 6,12 and 24 hours,and the mRNA expressions of P38MAPK,AP-1 and tumor necrosis factor-α were quantified by real-time RT-PCR.Results Compared with control group,the protein levels of ACE2,P38MAPK and AP-1 were up-regulated in LPS-induced hepatic cells in a time-dependent manner,peaking at 12 h after LPS stimulation (all P＜0.05).Compared with LPS group,the mRNA expressions ofAP-l,P38MAPK,p-P38MAPK and tumor necrosis factor-oα decreased significantly in rACE2 group (all P＜0.05).The dose of 20 ng/mL rACE2 had the best inhibitory effects on the mRNA expression of AP-1 (0.12±0.002 vs.0.04±0.005,P＜0.01),P38MAPK (0.17±0.02 vs.0.02±0.002,P＜0.01) and p-P38MAPK(0.29±0.01 vs.0.02±0.01,P＜0.01)compared with LPS group.The mRNA expressions of AP-1,P38MAPK and p-P38MAPK increased in MLN-4760 group in a concentration dependent manner (all P＜0.05).Furthermore,the inhibitory effects of rACE2 on AP-1 and tumor necrosis factor-α levels were cancelled by SB203580.Conclusion The rACE2 can alleviate the LPS-induced hepatocyte injury by down regulating the P38MAPK/AP-1 signaling pathway.