Objective To observe the rat cardiac size and cardiac function changes before and after trimetazidine administration plus bone-marrow stem cells transplanting through echocardiography.Methods Forty wistar rats were divided into the following 4 groups randomly:control group (T),myocardial infarction group (Ⅱ),bone marrow stem calls transplantation group (Ⅲ),and bone marrow stem cells transplantation plus trimetazidine administration group(Ⅳ).The rats' left anterior coronary artery in group Ⅱ,Ⅲ and Ⅳwas ligated to produce myocardial infarction model,then bone-marrow stem cells were injected around the infarcted area into the later two groups.Furthermore,rats in group Ⅳ were administrated with trimetazidine.The size and systolic function of the hearts were measured 4 weeks after transplantation.The left ventricular systolic pressure(LVSP) and the end-diastolic pressure(LVEDP) were also measured at the end of experiment.Results The left ventricular diameter of rats in group Ⅲ and Ⅳ was smaller than that in group Ⅱ,and the ventricular systolic function increased,LVSP increased and LVEDP decreased statistically in group Ⅲ and Ⅳ.the amelioration of cardiac size and function was significantly notable in group Ⅳ than that in group Ⅲ.Conclusions Bone marrow stem cells transplantation can release the enlargement of left ventricle and improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction.The therapeutic efficacy can be further elevated if administrated with trimetazidine simultaneously.

Ovarian tumor-associated protease B1(OTUB1) is a member of the deubiquitinase family. Its highly specific recognition and cleavage function of polyubiquitinated chains has attracted widespread attention, and it can regulate a variety of important signaling pathways, such as the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) pathway, the MAPK signaling pathway, and the p53-related signaling pathway. In recent years, it has gradually become a new direction of oncology research. More and more studies have proved that OTUB1 is closely related to various tumors such as hepatocellular carcinoma, colorectal cancer, and breast cancer. It regulates the occurrence, development, and prognosis of tumors. OTUB1 could be a potential treatment for tumors. Urinary tract tumors mainly include prostate cancer, bladder cancer, and renal cell carcinoma. In this review, the research progress on the correlation between OTUB1 and urological tumors was reviewed, including its important role in the occurrence and development of urological tumors and the possibility of treating urological tumors with OTUB1.

Objective To explore the efficacy of quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) in the assessment of osteoporosis and the impact factors on the QSM values.Methods A total of 105 volunteers (35 males and 70 females) were recruited in this study.The height,weight,waistline and hipline were measured,and the body mass index was calculated.All the subjects underwent MRI-based QSM and quantitative computed tomography (QCT).The measurement of QSM and QCT values was performed on L3 vertebrae body.According to QCT value,the subjects were divided into three groups (normal,osteopenia and osteoporosis).According to age,the subjects were divided into group I (21-30 years old),group 2 (31-40 years old),group 3 (41-50 years old),group 4 (51-60 years old),and group 5 (＞60 years old).Differences among all groups were compared using one-way ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis.Results According to QCT value,54 subjects were normal,22 osteopenic and 29 osteoporotic.The QSM value for the subjects with osteoporosis [148.60(109.42,188.81)ppb] was significantly higher than that of normal (P＜0.001)and the osteopenia (P＜0.001).The QSM value for the subjects with osteopenia was significantly higher than the normal (P＜0.001).The coefficient of QSM and BMD was-0.749 (P＜0.001).Multiple linear regression showed age was the independent influence factor for QSM value (r=0.72,P＜0.001),whereas the gender,BMI,waistline and hipline showed no significant difference (P＞0.05).With the increasing of age,the QSM value showed a gradual increasing trend.And there were significant differences of QSM values among the different age groups (P＜0.001).The QSM value of 138.98 (100.37,183.84)ppb for group 5 (＞60 years old) was significantly higher than that of group 1,group 2,and group 3 (P＜0.001).There is no difference between group 5 and group 4 (P＞0.05).The QSM value of 96.62(28.62,143.99)ppb for group 4 (51-60 years old) was significantly higher than that of group 1 and group 2 (P＜0.001).And there was no difference between group 4 and group 3 (P＞0.05).The QSM value of group 1,group 2,and group 3 showed no significant difference (P＞0.05).Conclusions The QSM of bone is feasible in the assessment of osteoporosis and has the potential to be a biomarker providing new insights into osteoporosis.And age is the critical factor affecting QSM value.

Objective:To explore the effect of pediatric critical illness score (PCIS), pediatric risk of mortality Ⅲ score (PRISM Ⅲ), pediatric logistic organ dysfunction 2 (PELOD-2), pediatric sequential organ failure assessment (p-SOFA) score and Glasglow coma scale (GCS) in the prognosis evaluation of septic-associated encephalopathy (SAE).Methods:The data of children with SAE admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences from January 2010 to December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. They were divided into the survival and death groups according to the clinical outcome on the 28th day after admission. The efficiency of PCIS, PRISM Ⅲ, PELOD-2, p-SOFA and GCS scores for predicting death were evaluated by the area under the ROC curve (AUC). The Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test assessed the calibration of each scoring system.Results:Up to 28 d after admission, 72 of 82 children with SAE survived and 10 died, with a mortality rate of 12.20%. Compared with the survival group, the death group had significantly lower GCS [7 (3, 12) vs. 12 (8, 14)] and PCIS scores [76 (64, 82) vs. 82 (78, 88)], and significantly higher PRISM Ⅲ [14 (12, 17) vs. 7 (3, 12)], PELOD-2 [8 (5, 13) vs. 4 (2, 7)] and p-SOFA scores [11 (5, 12) vs. 6 (3, 9)] ( P<0.05). The AUCs of PCIS, PRISM Ⅲ, PELOD-2, p-SOFA and GCS scores for predicting SAE prognosis were 0.773 ( P=0.012, AUC>0.7), 0.832 ( P=0.02, AUC>0.7), 0.767 ( P=0.014, AUC>0.7), 0.688 ( P=0.084, AUC<0.7), and 0.692 ( P=0.077,AUC<0.7), respectively. Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test showed that PCIS ( χ2=5.329, P=0.722) predicted the mortality and the actual mortality in the best fitting effect, while PRISM Ⅲ ( χ2=12.877, P=0.177), PELOD-2 ( χ2=8.487, P=0.205), p-SOFA ( χ2=9.048, P=0.338) and GCS ( χ2=3.780, P=0.848) had poor fitting effect. Conclusions:The PCIS, PRISM Ⅲ and PELOD-2 scores have good predictive ability assessing the prognosis of children with SAE, while the PCIS score can more accurately evaluate the fitting effect of SAE prognosis prediction.

ObjectiveTo review the development history of research on people with disabilities, summarize the patterns, characteristics and deficiencies in this discipline, and make suggestions for discipline development in the future. MethodsThe literature about disability from 1986 to 2018 were searched and retrieved on the CNKI. Valid literature were selected based on the title and abstract. Descriptive analyses were used to analyze the development of research on people with disabilities in China. VOSviewer was used to explore the cooperation among researchers and research hotspots in this field. ResultsA total of 2 267 papers were included. Researches on people with disabilities in China started in 1986 and then experienced rapid development driven by survey data, showing obvious stage characteristics. The foundation of academic cooperation networks has been formed initially, showing the comprehensive development of multiple themes. However, in the new stage, the lack of follow-up support for research infrastructure conditions, as well as the slow innovation of research theories and expansion of research contents may become key factors hindering the further development of the discipline. ConclusionThe research foundation should be consolidated in the future, including broadening cooperation and communication channels, strengthening disability statistics, and promoting cross-disciplinary research. Theoretical research should be strengthened by standardizing research methods and finding internalized theoretical innovation points combining the national conditions. Finally, research content should be enriched, especially by closely combining the current changes in the needs of people with disabilities and strengthening the research on disability prevention and control, health promotion, social integration, and social management of the people with disabilities.

Rats ; Animals ; Adipose Tissue, Brown/physiology* ; Adipose Tissue

OBJECTIVETo investigate the change of autophagy level of bone marrow mononuclear cells（BMMNCs）in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes（MDS）.

METHODSThirty- eight patients with MDS and 26 megaloblastic anemia patients were enrolled in this study. The autophagic vacuoles were observed by transmission electron microscopy （TEM） and the quantity of autophagic vacuoles was detected by monodansylcadaverine （MDC） staining. The LC3 protein positive cells were counted by immunofluorescence assays. The expression of Beclin 1, LC3A, mTOR mRNA were measured by real time PCR. The expression of Beclin 1 proteins were detected by Western blotting.

RESULTSThe autophgic vacuoles of double membrane that surrounds lysosomes appeared in MDS patients. The percentage of MDC positive cells was significantly higher in MDS patients［（9.75±2.63）%］than that of controls［（2.90± 0.89）%, P＜0.05）. The percentage of LC3 protein cells was also increased in MDS patients（6.13±1.03）% vs（1.5±0.58）%, P＜0.05）. The expression of Beclin 1 and LC3A mRNA in low-risk and intermediate-1 MDS were higher compared with controls （3.61 ± 3.02 vs 1.55 ± 1.03 and 6.56 ± 3.97 vs 1.21 ± 0.95 respectively, both P＜0.05）. The expression of mTOR mRNA was down- regulated in low- risk and intermediate-1 MDS compared with controls（0.39±0.37 vs 1.50±1.03, P＜0.05）. There were no significant difference in expression of Beclin 1, LC3 and mTOR mRNA among intermediate-2 and high-risk MDS and controls. Beclin 1 protein expression was higher in low- risk and intermediate- 1 MDS patients（1.257 ± 0.197）than that of controls（0.528±0.086）and inermediate-2 and high-risk MDS patients（0.622±0.118）.

CONCLUSIONThe autophagy levels were increased in low- risk and intermediate- 1 MDS, while not enhanced in intermediate-2 MDS. Autophagy might be considered as a cell protective mechanism in MDS. The relatively defective autophagy in intermediate- 2 and high- risk MDS might contribute to disease's progression.

Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins ; metabolism ; Autophagy ; Beclin-1 ; Bone Marrow Cells ; cytology ; Humans ; Membrane Proteins ; metabolism ; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission ; Microtubule-Associated Proteins ; metabolism ; Myelodysplastic Syndromes ; pathology ; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases ; metabolism ; Vacuoles ; ultrastructure

Objective To express the monkeypox virus (MPXV) A23R protein in Escherichia coli and purify by Ni-NTA affinity column, and to prepare mouse antiserum against MPXV A23R. Methods The recombinant plasmid pET-28a-MPXV-A23R was constructed and transformed into Escherichia coli BL21 to induce the expression of A23R protein. After optimizing the conditions of expression, A23R protein was highly expressed. Recombinant A23R protein was purified by Ni-NTA affinity column and identified by Western blot analysis. The purified protein was used to immunize mice for preparing the A23R polyclonal antibody, and the antibody titer was detected by ELISA. Results The expression of A23R recombinant protein reached the peak under the induced conditions of 0.6 mmol/L isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactoside (IPTG), 37 DegreesCelsius and 20 hours. The purity of the protein was about 96.07% and was identified by Western blot analysis. The mice were immunized with recombinant protein, and the titer of antibody reached 1:102 400 at the 6th week after immunization. Conclusion MPXV A23R is expressed highly and purified with a high purity and its antiserum from mouse is obtained with a high titre.
Animals ; Mice ; Monkeypox virus ; Antibodies ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Blotting, Western ; Recombinant Proteins ; Escherichia coli/genetics*