Objective To determine the effect of interleukin (IL)-17 on the proliferation of fibroblastlike synoviocytes (FLSs) from rheumatoid arthritis (RA)patients and to investigate whether signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) was implicated in this process.Methods FLSs were acquired by primary culturing from RA patients.STAT3,p-STAT3,Bcl-2 and Bax expression in FLSs were determined using western blotting analysis.The proliferation of FLSs was determined by MTT assay.Analysis of variance was used to determine the differences between two groups.Results IL-17 promoted the proliferation of FLSs from RA patients and inhibited their apoptosis.The pro-apoptotic Bax was decreased and anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 was increased in FLSs from RA (t=2.612,P＜0.05;t=2.723,P＜0.05).However,targeted silencing of STAT3 could inhibit the effect of IL-17 on FLSs (t=2.745,P＜0.05).[the control group:Bax (3.814±1.623),Bcl-2 (1.429± 0.311);IL-17 group:Bax (0.972±0.017),Bcl-2 (3.175±1.356);STAT3 silent group:Bax (5.729±1.236),Bcl-2 (0.637±0.006)].Conclusion STAT3 is critical in IL-17-induced proliferation of FLS from RA patients.IL-17/STAT3 pathway might be a good candidate for RA treatment modalities.

Objective To investigate the efficacy and influence factors of hysteroscopic guiding endometrial resection on dysfunctional uterine bleeding.Methods One hundred and eighty women with dysfunctional uterine bleeding were selected as our subjects in Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Qinhuangdao from Jan.2009 to Jan.2011.One hundred and fifty which meet with operation indications underwent hysteroscopic guiding endometrial resection.Operation periods,blood loss,adverse effects rate were recorded.Serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH),luteinizing hormone (LH),estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P) hormone levels were detected at preoperative and postoperative.The efficacy was recorded at 6 and 12 months after the procedure.Results The average operation time and amount of bleeding were (31.2 ± 11.0)min and (32.3 ± 10.5) ml,and no blood transfusion performed during the operation.All cases got the succeed operation.There were no significant difference in terms of serum FSH,LH,E2 and P concentrations before and after treatment(P ＞0.05).At 6 months after treatment,improvement rate was 64.0％ (96/150),and effective rate was 32.0％ (48/150).The total effective rate was 96.0％ (144/150).At 12 months after treatment,the improvement rate was 58.0％ (87/150),effective rate was 36.0％ (54/150).The total effective rate was 94.0％(141/150).There was significant different in terms of total effective rate between 6 months and 12 months after treatment(x2 =113.6,P ＞ 0.05).Postoperative complications occurred in 2 cases,including 1 cases of abdominal pain,and 1 cases of dysmenorrhea.Uterine cavity depth,age and disease duration were the main factors affect the clinical efficacy.(OR(95 ％ CI):-1.14 (-1.17 to-1.07),1.60 (1.31 to 2.08),-1.02(-1.14 to-1.08),P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Treatment of hysteroscopic guiding endometrial resection on dysfunctional uterine bleeding is proved to be efficacy due to the less adverse reaction.

Object To study the effects of different growth regulators and organic additives on rooting of regenerated shoots from Dendrobium huoshanense C Z Tang et S J Cheng protocorm like bodies Methods In order to induce root development, the regenerated shoots were cultured on MS medium containing 3% sucrose and 0 8% agar and supplemented with NAA, IBA, BA, KT, banana mud or amino acids at different concentrations During rooting induction, the development of roots was observed and the frequency of rooted shoots was scored Results The frequency and the process of root initiation were significantly influenced by different growth regulators or organic additives For initiation and development of roots, the suitable concentration of NAA, IBA, BA, KT, banana mud or amino acids was 0 2 , 0 1, 0 8, 0 8 mg/L, 20% and 0 1%, respectively Conclusion In all media tested, NAA, IBA or banana mud display greater effects on rooting of regenerated shoots of D huoshanense than others and KT enables shoots to keep green

Objective To investigate the radioprotective function and its mechanism of Sulforaphane (SF) in mice acute radiation-induced lung injury.Methods Totally 40 female C57BL/6J mice were equally divided into 5 groups randomly.Group A,treated by SF 3 mg/kg plus radiation;group B,treated by SF 5 mg/kg plus radiation;group C,treated by SF 10 mg/kg plus radiation;radiation group with a single dose of 12 Gy in 6 MV X-ray by a linear accelerator,and control group with sham radiation.The mice in drug group were administered intraperitoneally with different concentration of SF every other day from 7 d before irradiation to 7 d after irradiation,while the same volume of DMSO plus physiological saline solvent was given in the control and radiation groups.After being sacrificed at 14 d of SF administration,the pathomorphological changes of mice were observed in trauma lung tissue,the positioning and expression of NLRP3 was observed by immunohistochemical staining,the levels of IL-6,TNF-α and TGF-β1 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were measured by ELISA,the expressions of NLRP3 and IL-1β mRNA in lung tissue were assayed by qRT-PCR,the expressions of NF-κB p65,NLRP3 and IL-1β proteins in lung tissue were assayed by Western blot,the activity of NF-κB was detected by EMSA.Results In comparison with radiation group,there was an obvious amelioration in pathological injury of lung tissue in the treatment groups:the expression of NLRP3 in lung tissue decreased;the concentration of NLRP3 in the drug intervention group (SF 10 mg / kg) markedly decreased (F =42.750,P ＜ 0.05).the IL-6,TNF-a and TGF-β1 levels in BALF decreased (tIL-6 =-62.65-21.00;tTNF-α =-32.18-16.57;tTGF-β1 =-58.22-46.11,P ＜ 0.05);the expressions of NLRP3 and IL-1β mRNA markedly decreased (tNLRP3 =-6.56-5.68;tIL-1β =-29.75--21.20,P ＜ 0.05),and the expressions of NF-κB p65,NLRP3 and IL-1β proteins decreased (tNF-κB p65 =-34.00--1.71,tNLRP3 =-25.01--16.91,tIL-1β =-73.70--55.14,P ＜ 0.05);the relative expressions of NF-κB p65 and NLRP3 were reduced in a dose-dependent manner (r =0.945,0.926);and the activity of NF-κB were obviously reduced (tNF-κB =-38.68,-614.82,-2 831.40,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Sulforaphane effectively alleviates the RILI in lung of mice by downregulating the expressions of inflammatory factor NLRP3.

BACKGROUND:Because macrophages play an important role in the body’s inflammatory response, the detection of the impact of biological materials on the behavior of macrophages can assess the immunogenicity of materials. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the activation effect of decelularized extracelular matrix materials on macrophages. METHODS: The peritoneal macrophages of BALB/c mouse were obtained and cultured by dividing into five groups. Control group was simple cel culture group, experimental group 1 was acelular matrix membrane material directly contacting with macrophage for culture, experimental group 2 was fresh pericardial material directly contacting with the macrophage for culture, experimental group 3 was acelular matrix membrane material indirectly contacting with macrophages for culture, experimental group 4 was fresh pericardium material indirectly contacting with macrophages for culture. After 24 hours of culture, the secretion of nitric oxide and cytokines in cel culture supernatant was determined. After 48 hours of culture, the absorbance value was determined by MTT method and the toxicity grading was determined. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The toxicity grading in experimental groups 1-4 was respectively grades 2, 4, 0, 2. The nitric oxide level in experimental groups 1 and 2 was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05), and the nitric oxide level in the experimental group 2 was higher than that in the experimental group 1 (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in interleukin-2, interleukin-4,interferon γ, interleukin-17A and interleukin-10 levels between these five groups. The interleukin-6 level in the experimental group 2 was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05); The expression levels of tumor necrosis factors in experimental group 1, 2 and 4 were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05), and experimental group 2 higher than the experimental group 1 (P < 0.05), experimental group 1 higher than the experimental group 4 (P < 0.05). These results show that acelular matrix material can activate macrophages in direct contact.

Objective:To explore the clinical significance of different metabolic parameters measured by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT in predicting the effectiveness of chemotherapy in advanced lung adenocarcinoma patients. Methods:A set of metabolic parameters of PET/CT and clinical characteristics which were detected from 127 patients (70 males, 57 females, age (56.8±10.1) years) with advanced lung adenocarcinoma treated with at least two cycles of chemotherapy in Hainan Cancer Hospital between August 2017 and June 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. The effects of those parameters on patients′ survival were analyzed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, Kaplan-Meier method (log-rank test) and Cox proportional hazards model.Results:Maximum standardized uptake value (SUV max), metabolic tumor volume 30% (MTV 30), and total lesion glycolysis 30% (TLG 30) had larger areas under the curve (0.581, 0.606 and 0.693 respectively) compared with other imaging parameters, and the optimal cut-off values were 10.12, 20.21 cm 3 and 81.25 g respectively. Kaplan-Meier univariate and Cox analyses synergistically showed that clinical stage (hazard ratio ( HR)=0.293(95% CI: 0.190-0.451), P<0.001), smoking ( HR=0.732(95% CI: 0.605-0.885), P=0.001), and MTV 30 ( HR=1.555(95% CI: 1.078-2.242), P=0.018) had significant predictive value for progression-free survival (PFS). Stratified analysis showed that smoking and MTV 30>20.21 cm 3 were independent prognostic factors for poor PFS in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma receiving chemotherapy ( HR=0.738(95% CI: 0.611-0.893), P=0.002; HR=1.502(95% CI: 1.037-2.177), P=0.032). Conclusions:Clinical stage, smoking and MTV 30 are independent prognostic factors of PFS in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma receiving chemotherapy. MTV 30≤20.21 cm 3 is expected to be an image biomarker for predicting survival and selecting patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma who are more likely to benefit from chemotherapy.

Objective:To build a systemic and automatic importing scheme for importing CT images and structures into the treatment planning systems (TPSs) of Eclipse and Monaco.Methods:Based on two TPSs of Eclipse and Monaco, the files of CT images and structures were automatically transported from OAR auto-delineation system to the importing directory of these two TPSs using batch script in Windows system. Following the standard importing procedures of these two TPSs, the automatically importing script of CT images and structures were developed using the application of UiBot. Finally, the CT images and structures were imported into these two TPSs opportunely.Results:By comparing the importing time using script and manual methods, the script not only achieved auto-importing CT images and structures into TPSs, but also yielded almost the same efficiency to manual method. The number of imaging layers in most patients was between 130 and 180, and the average manual and automatic importing time within this interval was 76 s and 75 s.Conclusions:Automatic scripts can be developed by using the automation function of UiBot combined with the actual problems of radiotherapy and repeated workflow. The efficiency of radiotherapy work can be significantly improved. Manual and time costs can be saved. It provides a novel alternative for the automation of radiotherapy procedures.

Objective:To explore any effect of combining robot-assisted virtual scenario training of the upper limbs with scalp acupuncture on post-stroke cognitive impairment.Methods:Ninety patients with post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) were divided at random into a control group, a scalp acupuncture group and a comprehensive group, each of 30. In addition to routine health education and rehabilitation training, the scalp acupuncture group was given scalp acupuncture, while the comprehensive group was treated with scalp acupuncture and virtual scenario training with an upper limb robot. Before and after 4 weeks of the treatment, the subjects′ cognitive functioning was assessed using the Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale (MoCA). Ability in the activities of daily living (ADL) was quantified using the Modified Barthel Index (MBI).Results:After the intervention, significant improvement was observed in the average MMSE, MoCA and MBI scores of all three groups. The average MMSE and MBI scores of the scalp acupuncture group were then significantly higher than the control group′s averages, while the average MMSE, MoCA and MBI scores of the comprehensive group were all significantly better than those of the other two groups.Conclusion:Robot-assisted virtual scenario upper limb training combined with scalp acupuncture can significantly improve the cognition and ADL ability of PSCI patients.

Objective:To investigate the predictive factors of delayed high atrioventricular block(DH-AVB) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement(TAVR) and the risk of pacemaker implantation.Methods:Patients who underwent TAVR in the heart center of Qingdao Municipal Hospital from January 2019 to October 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. A total of 85 patients who met the criteria of transcatheter aortic valve replacement were included in this study. They were divided into DH-AVB group after TAVR and non-DH-AVB group after TAVR. The data were analyzed by univariate analysis and binary logistic regression analysis. Results:The results showed that the over-rate of valve implantation( OR=3.582, 95% CI: 0.923-13.902, P=0.048), the depth of valve implantation( OR=3.727, 95% CI: 1.138-12.204, P=0.030), the new postoperative CLBBB( OR=5.958, 95% CI: 1.258-28.220, P=0.025)and the prolonged PR time limit( OR=1.036, 95% CI: 1.008-1.065, P=0.011) were independent risk factors for DH-AVB after TAVR. With the progress of conduction block, patients in DH-AVB group had a higher pacemaker implantation rate(81.82 % vs.18.18 %, P<0.001). Conclusion:The excessive rate of valve implantation, the depth of valve implantation, the new complete left bundle branch block(CLBBB) and the prolonged PR time after operation are independent predictors of delayed complete atrioventricular block after TAVR. The incidence of pacemaker implantation in patients with delayed complete atrioventricular block after operation is higher.