0.05) except the patient’s age(P=0.00).Conclusion Follow-up of patients with non-tumoral lesions in prostate gland with MR imaging usually does not give useful informations in addition to the first MR examination.

Objective:To evaluate the variation of clinical data and referred purpose of prostate magnetic resonance(MR) examination in the past 12 years in Peking University First Hospital.Methods:One thousand and sixty-six patients underwent prostate MR examination(1 296 exams) from May 1992 to Sept.2004.The clinical data of the patients were retrospectively analyzed.The number of patients was counted and three groups were classified(diagnosing group,staging group and follow-up group) according to the purpose of prostate MR examination per year.For the diagnosing group, the clinical data of patient's age,symptom,level of serum prostate specific antigen(PSA),and the result of ultrasound or digital rectal examination(DRE) were evaluated.Results:(1)The number of patients increased year by year in the past 12 years,and the majority of the increased patients required differential diagnosis.(2) Diagnosing group: the percentage of patients with the symptom of BPH increased year by year.The average level of serum PSA dropped and the percentage of patients with elevated PSA or with nodules detected by ultrasound or DRE referred for detection of prostate cancer or with the symptom of metastasis decreased.Conclusion:With the widespread screening of prostate cancer,more patients of early prostate carcinoma and non-tumoral lesion in prostate gland are examined by MR imaging.

Objective Shunaoxin Dropping Pills (SDPs), a Chinese patent medicine, has been used widely in China for the treatment of headache, amnesia, and insomnia. The aim of the present study is to observe the effect of SDPs on inducing angiogenesis and neurogenesis in vitro. Methods The present testing system using the serum obtained from animals ig treated with SDPs and a co-culture system in vitro was used to investigate if SDPs promotes brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) tube formation and neural differentiation of neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs), which plays important roles in angiogenesis and neurogenesis. Results The SDPs serum sampled from rats ig treated with SDPs for 3 d dose-dependently promoted the tube like structure formation of cultured BMECs, and enhanced the fraction of MAP-2 positive cells of NSPCs, which co-cultured with the BMECs and astrocyte. In addition, there was no significant change in the percentage of glial fibrillary acidic protein positive cells. Conclusion Our results show that SDPs serum can induce neural differentiation and BMECs tube formation in vitro.

Objective To evaluate the correlation between CT perfusion blood volume (Lung PBV)and the degree of pulmonary embolism by CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA).Methods 1 65 patients with suspected pulmonary embolism underwent dual-ener-gy CT angiography,then the Lung PBV iodine distribution was analyzed by using a software algorithm.Consistent CTPA results evaluated by two experienced radiologists were taken as standard reference.After two months,the CTPA images were assessed by other two radiologists at random.The position and the number of perfusion defects,and (or)hypoperfusion were recorded.Results Of all 1 65 suspected patients,41 were diagnosed as pulmonary embolism with involved 1 64 segment arteries including part occlusion in 56 and complete occlusion in 108.Lung PBV showed perfusion defect in 141 pulmonary segment including 42 in patients with part occlusion and 99 in ones with complete occlusion.1 7 pulmonary segments were misdiagnosed with part occlusion in 9 and complete ones in 8.23 segments were misdiagnosed including part occlusion in 14 and complete ones in 9.The perfusion defect of Lung PBV was correlated to CTPA moderately or well (to part occlusion with r =0.508 and P =0.022;to complete ones with r =0.905 and P =0.000).Conclusion Dual-energy lung perfusion imaging is helpful for accurate assessment of abnormal blood flow distribution caused by pulmonary embolism,and improve the diagnosis.

OBJECTIVE To study the in virto interaction of allicin combined with cefoperazone against clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.METHODS The protocol was designed by checkerboard method and the MICs of allicin combined with cefoperazone against the 17 strains of sensitive and 14 strains of drug-resistant P.aeruginosa were determined by broth dilution method,the FIC index was calculated according to MIC results.The combined effects were confirmed by FIC index.RESULTS The percentage of the FIC index less than 0.5,from 0.5 to 1,from 1 to 2,and more than 2 was 41.2-64.3% 35.7-41.2% 0-17.6%,and 0%,respectively.CONCLUSIONS Synergism and additivity of allicin combined with cefoperazone against P.aeruginosa are their main action,there are little autonomy and no antagonism.Allicin can significantly improve the antibacterial activity of cefoperazone against drug-resistant P.aeruginosa.

OBJECTIVETo clarify the binding character between Beta-2-glycoprotein I (Beta-2-GPI) and HBsAg.

METHODSBeta-2-GPI was purified from human plasma and labelled with biotin. Solid phase enzyme linked absorbance assay was used to investigate its binding with HBsAg.

RESULTSBiotinylated Beta-2-GPI was found to bind HBsAg and the reaction could be inhibited by excess unlabelled Beta-2-GPI.

CONCLUSIONSBeta-2-GPI may play a role in hepatitis B virus infection.

Binding Sites ; Biotinylation ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; methods ; Glycoproteins ; isolation & purification ; metabolism ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens ; metabolism ; Hepatitis B virus ; chemistry ; metabolism ; Humans ; beta 2-Glycoprotein I

Objective To explore the effect of the rehabilitation self-efficacy of patient with total knee arthroplasty on the first time of ambulation after operation.Methods Totally 110 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty were recruited,they were investigated with self-designed general information and disease situation questionnaire and recorded the first time of ambulation.The self-efficacy was measured by the Self-Efficacy for Rehabilitation outcome scale(SER).Results The earliest time of ambulation was 7.5 hours after surgery.The latest time of ambulation was 54.0 hours after surgery.The median time of the first ambulation was 46.0 h.The mean score of self-efficacy for rehabilitation therapy exercises was (28.58 ± 9.18) points,and the mean score of self-efficacy in overcoming barriers was (43.07 ± 11.04) points,and the mean score of SER was (71.65 ± 18.47) points.The total score of self-efficacy for rehabilitation therapy exercises,self-efficacy in overcoming barriers,and the score of SER were negatively correlated with the first time of ambulation (r=-0.442,-0.299,-0.399,P＜ 0.01).The self-efficacy of rehabilitation was one of the influencing factors of patient's first time of ambulation(P ＜ 0.05),which explained 9.7％ of total variance of early ambulation of patients with total knee arthroplasty.Conclusions The self-efficacy of rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty was significantly correlated with the first time of ambulation,and the higher self-efficacy of rehabilitation,the earlier the first time of ambulation.The self-efficacy of rehabilitation was one of the important factors that affect the first time of the patient's ambulation after total knee arthroplasty.

ObjectiveTo investigate the effectiveness and safety of nanoknife ablation guided by real-time virtual sonography (RVS) in the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC). MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 27 patients with LAPC who attended The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from April 2018 to October 2019, and according to the treatment method, the patients were divided into combination group (12 patients treated with IRE combined with chemotherapy) and control group (15 patients treated with chemotherapy alone). The chemotherapy regimen was gemcitabine combined with tegafur, gimeracil and oteracil potassium for both groups. Adverse reactions and complications were observed for the combination group during the perioperative period, and the two groups were compared in terms of the changes in myocardial enzymes, blood amylase, and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) before treatment and at different time points after treatment, as well as remission rate (RR) and disease control rate (DCR) at 3 months after treatment and survival status during follow-up. The Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of non-normally distributed continuous data between groups, and the Wilcoxon test was used for comparison within each group; the Fisher’s exact test was used for comparison of categorical data between groups; the Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze the survival status during follow-up. ResultsIn the combination group, there were 12 cases of adverse reactions and mild complications during the perioperative period, i.e., 9 Clavien-Dindo grade I cases and 3 grade II cases. All patients in the combination group experienced a transient increase in myocardial enzymes, which returned to normal within 7 days, and there were no significant changes in creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase on day 7 after treatment (P＞0.05); 9 patients had a significant increase in blood amylase on day 1 after surgery, which significantly decreased on day 7 after surgery and basically returned to normal on day 14 after surgery, and there was no significant change in blood amylase on days 7、14， and 1 month after surgery (P＞0.05). Before treatment, the level of CA19-9 was higher than the normal value in both groups, and the combination group had a significant reduction in CA19-9 at 1, 2, and 3 months after treatment (all P＜005); in the control group, the level of CA19-9 firstly decreased for a short time and then increased, while there was no significant change in CA19-9 at 1, 2, and 3 months after treatment (all P＞0.05). At 3 months after treatment, the combination group had significantly higher RR and DCR than the control group (RR: 75.0% vs 26.7%, P=0.021; DCR: 91.6% vs 53.3%, P=0043). During the median follow-up time of 13 months, compared with the control group, the combination group had significantly higher median progression-free survival time (10 months vs 5 months, P=0.014) and median overall survival time (18 months vs 10 months, P=0.034). ConclusionRVS-guided percutaneous nanoknife ablation has marked clinical effect and high safety in the treatment of LAPC and can be used as a new treatment option for patients who refuse or cannot tolerate laparotomy for ablation therapy.

Using mutation PCR, we cloned the target gene containing 421-480nt (141-160aa) and 598-639nt (200-213aa) of VP1 gene of foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) into the deleted region (508-532aa) of Nsp2 gene of a highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus derived vaccine strain (HuN4-F112) that was used as vector. The recombinant cDNA was in vitro transcribed followed by transfection of BHK-21 cells for 36 h. Then, the supernatant of the cell culture was continuously seeded to monolayer of MARC-145 cells for recovery of the recombinant virus. CPE was obviously visible after a couple of passages in the seeded MARC-145, and the rescued virus (designated as rPRRSV-F112-O/VP1ep) was identified by Mlu I digestion, sequencing and immunofluorescence assay. Meanwhile, expression of inserted FMDV epitopes was also detected by indirect immunofluorescence assay with polyclonal antibodies against VP1 protein of FMDV. The analysis of biological characteristics shows that the titer of the rescued recombinant PRRSV (TCID50 = -log10(-6.75)/0.1 mL) was similar to its direct parental virus rHuN4-F112-delta508-532, but higher than rHuN4-F112.
Animals ; Antigens, Viral ; immunology ; Base Sequence ; Capsid Proteins ; immunology ; Cell Line ; Cysteine Endopeptidases ; genetics ; Epitopes ; genetics ; Foot-and-Mouth Disease ; immunology ; prevention & control ; Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus ; genetics ; immunology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus ; genetics ; immunology ; Recombination, Genetic ; Swine ; Transfection ; Vaccines, Attenuated ; genetics ; immunology ; Viral Envelope Proteins ; genetics ; immunology ; Viral Vaccines ; genetics ; immunology

OBJECTIVECompare the characteristics of magnetic resonance imaging（MRI）liver T2*, cardiac T2* and serum ferritin on the assessment of iron overload.

METHODSA total of sixty-nine patients from November 2011 to June 2014 were enrolled in this study. Their cardiac and liver iron concentration levels were measured through MRI examination, with other clinical data were collected to perform statistical analysis.

RESULTSThe correlation between liver T2* and adjusted serum ferritin（ASF） was statistically significant（P=0.003）. However, no significant correlation was found between cardiac T2* and liver T2*, ASF, respectively. According to the statistical analysis of the 69 cases, it is found that the number of iron overload cases diagnosed by liver T2* was 62 and 20 cases were severe iron overload （32.26%）; the number of iron overload cases diagnosed by ASF was 47 and 14 cases were severe iron overload（29.79%）, while the number of iron overload cases diagnosed by cardiac T2* was only 25 and no severe iron overload cases.

CONCLUSIONSince SF was affected by other factors, it cannot reflect the level of iron overload in human body objectively. Now, liver T2* has become the gold standard for assessment of iron overload because of its good reliability and repeatability. However, cardiac T2* cannot correctly be used as assessment for iron overload, and it is only a method of evaluating the level of cardiac iron deposition.

Ferritins ; blood ; Hematologic Diseases ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Iron Overload ; diagnosis ; Liver ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Myocardium ; Reproducibility of Results