Atrial Fibrillation ; surgery ; Catheter Ablation ; methods ; Humans

Objective To analyze the change and clinical significance of blood lipid and high sensitive-C reactive protein (hs-CRP) in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism.Methods Fifty patients with subclinical hypothyroidism were selected as observation group,and 50 health people with the same gender and age were selected as control group.The blood lipid and hs-CRP levels in the two groups were measured and compared.Results The total cholesterol (TC),triacylglycerol (TG),and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in observation group were significantly higher than those in control group [(5.20 ±0.84) mmol/L vs.(4.79 ±0.80) mmol/L,(2.21 ±0.97) mmol/L vs.(1.78 ±0.60) mmol/L,(3.25 ±0.65) mmol/L vs.(2.83 ±0.51) mmol/L],high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was significantly lower than that in control group [(1.18 ± 0.15) mmol/L vs.(1.28± 0.22) mmol/L],and there were statistical differences (P ＜ 0.05 or ＜ 0.01).The hs-CPR in observation group was significantly higher than that in control group [(4.2 ± 1.1) mg/L vs.(3.0 ± 0.8) mg/L],and there was statistical difference (P ＜0.01).Conclusions Subclinical hypothyroidism can cause increased TC,TG,LDL-C and hs-CRP and decreased HDL-C,which may accelerate atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.It is necessary to timely screen and treat the disease.

Humans ; Interferons ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell ; drug therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Thalidomide ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use

purpose To investigate the release properties of gatifloxacin in situ pH-sensitive gel in vitro.Methods The improved paddle method and the membraneless model were applied in assessing the drug release behavior.Results The gel erosion and drug release were increased with the increase of surface area and shaking frequency.The cumulative quantities of gel erosion were well correlated with the cumulative release of drug loaded in the gel.Conclusion Gatifloxacin was released from in situ pH-sensitive gel with zero-order kinetics characters,and drug release was mainly controlled by gel erosion.

Objective To investigate the effect of H 2 S and its synthetase inhibitor propargylglycine ( PAG) on the autophagic function in caerulein-induced acute pancreatitis ( AP) mice.Methods A total of 60 male BALB/c mice were randomly divided into control , AP, NaHS and PAG group using random number method.AP was induced in mice via hourly intraperitoneal injection of caerulein (50 μg/kg) continuously for 6 hours.NaHS and PAG group received NaHS (10 mg/kg) or PAG (50 mg/kg) 1 h before the AP induction . A equal volume of normal saline solution was injected in control group and AP group .All the mice were killed at 12 h after the first caerulein injection and blood sample was collected for the detection of serum amylase and lipase content.Deproteinization spectrometry was used to detect serum H 2 S content, and pancreatic tissue was pathological examined and scored . Real-time PCR detected mRNA expression of CSE , and the protein expression of LC3-Ⅱ/LC3 Ⅰand p62 was measured using Western blot .Results Serum amylase, lipase, H2S, CSE mRNA, LC3Ⅱ/LC3Ⅰand p62 were (2 700 ±100)U/L, (70 ±20)U/L,(22.9 ±1.7)mmol/L, 1.0 ±0.1,0.419 ±0.080, 0.227 ±0.140 in control group; (17 290 ±500)U/L,(520 ±40)U/L, (31.3 ± 3.0)mmol/L, 5.4 ±0.4, 1.184 ±0.120, 1.985 ±0.210 in AP group; (27 784 ±1 200)U/L, (900 ± 80)U/L,(38.6 ±3.3)mmol/L, 6.9 ±0.9,1.600 ±0.210, 4.229 ±0.050 in NaHS group; (13 750 ± 2 000)U/L,(370 ±20)U/L, (24.5 ±2.1)mmol/L, 4.2 ±0.5, 0.745 ±0.130, 1.203 ±0.080 in PAG group.All those biomarkers detected above in AP group significantly increased compared with control group , which were much lower than those in NaHS group , but higher than those in PAG group , and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05).Pancreatic histological damage in NaHS group was more severe than that in AP group , which in PAG group was less severe than that in AP group .Conclusions PAG could greatly decrease serum amylase and lipase level , and reduce the damage on autophagy and the severity of AP .

Objective To assess the clinical value of dual-energy CT (DECT) Volume software in quantitative analysis of urate crystals.Methods The DECT data of 60 gout patients based on the American College of Rheumatology diagnostic criteria were analyzed retrospectively.The volumes of urate crystals were quantitatively analyzed by using Volume software with two senior radiologists.The results were statistically analyzed.Results Seventy-two joints of 60 gout patients were scanned by DECT.40 of 43 joints had urate crystals in foot and ankle with the average volume of (0.621±0.742) cm3;18 of 19 joints had urate crystals in knee with the average volume of (0.842±1.086) cm3;10 of 10 joints had urate crystals in hand and wrist with the average volume of (0.796±0.583) cm3.There was no statistical difference for volume measurement between two doctors (P>0.05).The volumes of urate crystals in 4 patients with regular medication were reduced.Conclusion Volume software of DECT can quantitatively analyze urate crystals with a good repeatability, which has high application value in clinical diagnosis and treatment monitoring of gout.

Objective To explore whether synergistic action occurs in development of depression-like behaviors using ovariectomy combined bondage stress,and whether hippocampal neural progenitor state is changed following depression-like behaviors in mice.Methods Forty female C57B/L mice were divided into four groups randomly,which included ovariectomy,bondage stress,ovariectomy combined bondage stress and sham groups.Depression-like behaviors were evaluated by open field test,sucrose preference and forced swimming test after animals had been treated for 21 days.All animals were fixed by 4％ PA perfusion through left ventricle,then brain was removed,and coronal serials sections were made.Expression of Ki67 and DCX was tested by immunohistochemistry or immunofluorescence in subgranular zone of hippocampal dentate gyrus (SGZ).Results Body weight((18.70± 0.25) g vs (20.96±0.24)g),novelty-seeking behavior and sucrose preference decreased in ovariectomy combined bondage stress-group compared with those in sham group (P＜0.05),but forced swimming time increased in shame group((165.6±9.6)s vs (140.28±12.3) s).Likewisely,Ki67-positive cells((8.6±2.4)/section) and DCX-positive cells((4.2±1.4)/section) in SGZ decreased in ovariectomy combined bondage stress-group compared with those in sham group(Ki67:(16.7±2.5/section),DCX:(12.6±2.3/section) (P＜0.05).Unsimilarly,depressionlike behaviors had little change in ovariectomy-or bondage stress-groups compared with those in sham-group.Conclusion Ovariectomy combined bondage stress has synergistic action in development of depression,and inhibits the active state of progenitor in SGZ in mice.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the mortality and morbility of children with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) following treatment with decompressive craniectomy and further analyze its long-term outcomes.Methods Seventeen children with sTBI undergone decompressive craniectomy between 2004 and 2010 were retrospectively studied.Quality of life of the patients who survived the operation was assessed by using the King' s outcome scale for childhood head injury (KOSCHI).ResultsOf 17 children with sTBI,the mean preoperative Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score was 5.27.Five children (29％) died postoperatively,of whom three children were died of cerebral infarction.Twelve children who survived the operation were followed up for average 4.6 years,which showed the mean KOSCHI score of 4.75.Among the 12 survivors,five patients (42％) experienced posttraumatic shunt-dependent hydrocephalus and four (33％) suffered ipsilateral and/or contralateral hygroma.ConclusionsAlthough a high mortality rate is observed in the children with sTBI after decompressive craniectomy,the survived patients have satisfactory outcomes. Posttraumatic hydrocephalus and hygroma are two common complications after decompressive craniectomy for children with sTBI.

Objective To study the feasibility of artificial immune system(AIS)in assistant designing of computer for new Chinese herbal compounds with anti-infectious function.Methods A group of Chinese herbal drug compounds from Treatise on Exogenous Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases were selected as training samples.Serum was obtained from mice which were infected by Staphylococcus aureus and ig administrated with the various Chinese herbal compounds.The inhibition ability against S.aureus of the serum was tested and input into an artificial neural network(ANN)together with the characters of the every Chinese herb included in those compounds.The ANN was optimized using AIS so that it can predict the inhibitory ability against S.aureus of the Chinese herbal compounds according to the characters of Chinese herbs included in those compounds.After that the computer generated a number of Chinese herbal compounds randomly,calculated their inhibitory ability against S.aureus and output those among the top levels,so as to verify whether the predictions were correct or not.Results After verification,the Chinese herbal drug compounds designed by computer could significantly raise the serum's inhibitory ability against S.aureus.Conclusion The computer can be an assistant for designing new Chinese herbal compounds with anti-infectious function

Background Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans (CSPGs) can cause the termination of ocular dominance plasticity in the visual cortex.Recently,protein tyrosine phosphatase σ (PTPσ) has been identified as a receptor that inhibits CSPGs.However,whether PTPσ and its downstream molecules participate in the reactivation of ocular dominance plasticity in adult visual cortex has not been studied.Objective The present study was to investigate the changes in the expression of the PTPσ,probabilistic neural networks (PNNs),and molecules downstream of PNN,such as N-cadherin/β-catenin,after the reactivation of adult visual cortical plasticity.Methods Fifty-four SPF Long Evans rats were grouped according to different postnatal week (PW) as the PW1 (6 rats),PW3 (6 rats),PW5 (6 rats),PW7 (24 rats),and PW9 (12 rats) groups,and the upper and lower eyelids were sutured in the 12 rats from the PW7 group for 14 days to establish the binocular plasticity reactivation models.Expression of PTPσ and PNNs in the rat visual cortex was detected using immunochemistry,and changes of PTPσ mRNA,N-cadherin mRNA and β-catenin mRNA expression in the rat visual cortex with plasticity reactivation were assessed by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (RT Q-PCR).The use of animals followed the Regulations for the Administration of Affairs Concerning Experimental Animals by State Science and Technology Commission.Results The expression level of PTPσ mRNA was significantly higher in the PW9 group than that of the binocular plasticity reactivation models and the PW7 group (t =1.965,3.526,P＜0.01).The staining of the rat visual cortex for PTPσwas localized to the cellular membrane,cytoplasm and axon.Cell densities of the PW9 group in the Ⅱ-Ⅲ layer,Ⅳ layer and Ⅴ-Ⅵ layer of the visual cortex were elevated in the PW9 rats compared with the PW7 rats (t =24.593,23.444,13.556,P＜0.01) and rats from the binocular plasticity reactivation model (t =44.111,43.000,16.556,P＜0.01).Cell densities for PNNs in the Ⅳ and Ⅴ-Ⅵ layers were significantly increased in the PW9 rats in comparison with the PW7 rats (t=1.926,P＜0.01 ;t=1.370,P＜0.05),but the cell density in the Ⅱ-Ⅱ layer has no statistical significance (t=0.889,P＞0.05).However,cell densities for PNNs in the Ⅱ-Ⅲ and Ⅳ layers in the binocular plasticity reactivation models were lower than those of the PW9 rats (t =2.556,4.585,P＜0.01).Compared with PW1 rats,the expression levels of the N-cadherin mRNA in the PW3,PW5,PW7,PW9 rats were lower (t =28.932,28.988,27.083,28.908,P＜0.01),but those in the PW7 rats were enhanced in comparison with the PW3 rats,PW5 rats and PW9 rats (t =1.848,1.904,1.825,P＜0.01).No significant difference was seen in the expression of the N-cadherin mRNA between the PW9 rats and rats from the binocular plasticity reactivation model (t =0.072,P＞0.05).A statistically significant increase was found in the β-catenin mRNA expression in the PW1 rats compared with the PW3,PW5,PW7 and PW9 rats (t =3.918,3.534,2.645,4.652,P＜ 0.0 1),as well as between rats from the binocular plasticity reactivation model and the PW9 rats (t =0.570,P＜0.01).Conclusions PTPr,PNNs and β-catenin are involved in the reactivation of ocular dominance plasticity in the adult visual cortex.