Objective To explore the value of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in assessing severity and predicting prognosis in children with severe hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD).Methods A total of 119 eligible children with severe HFMD admitted in the pediatric intensive care unit were enrolled in this retrospective study from March 2012 to March 2014.According to NT-proBNP level,children were divided into ≤ 500 pg/mL group (n =70) and ＞ 500 pg/mL group (n =49) ; whereas according to severity,children were divided into severe-type (n =74) and critical-type (n =45) ; and based on 28 days outcome in children with critical-type HFMD,children were divided into fatal group (n =27) and survival group (n =18).The chi-square test,two-sample t test,rank sum test Pearson or Spearman' s correlation,area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) were used to analyze 119 children with severe hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD).Results Within 24 hours after admission,NT-proBNP ＞ 500 pg / mL group had higher rates of fever,abnormal breathing,abnormal heart rate,abnormal systolic blood pressure,capillary refill time ＞ 2 seconds and higher levels of laboratory biomarkers than NT-proBNP ≤ 500 pg/mL group (P ＜ 0.05) ; and during hospitalization,the rates of pulmonary edema,pulmonary hemorrhage and death also higher than NT-proBNP ≤ 500 pg/mL group (P ＜ 0.05).NT-proBNP,BS,WBC were higher in critical-type group than severe-type group (P =0.00),while the PCIS (pediatric critical illness score) was lower in critical-type group (x2 =14.70,P =0.00).NTproBNP was higher in fatal group than that in survival group (t =-2.60,P =0.01),PCIS was lower in fatal group (Z=2.70,P=0.01); and there were no statistically significant differences in BS and WBC between fatal and survival groups (BS:t =-0.60,P=0.55; WBC:t =-0.72,P=0.48).NT-proBNP,BS and WBC were negatively correlated with PCIS (r values were-0.58,-0.46,-0.56,P values were 0.00).The AUCs of NT-proBNP,BS,WBC and PCIS to determine the severity of severe HFMD children were 0.94,0.80,0.74,and 0.97,respectively; and to predict 28 days survival in criticaltype HFMD were 0.73,0.56,0.53,and 0.73,respectively.Conclusions Higher level of NT-proBNP could prompt cardiopulmonary involvement.NT-proBNP could reflect the severity of illness and served as a sensitive marker in predicting 28-day survival,being better than BS and WBC.

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a common, highly aggressive and heterogeneous hematologic malignancy in adults. Patients with DLBCL have substantially differences in molecular biological characteristics, clinical manifestations, and prognosis. Increasing evidence shows that the tumor microenvironment plays an important role in the occurrence and development of DLBCL. CD47, an integrin related protein, is overexpressed in DLBCL cells and plays a key role in immune escape of lymphoma. This work reviews the research progress of CD47 in DLBCL TME in terms of CD47-related signal pathway, CD47 role in DLBCL TME, and therapeutic strategies targeting CD47 in DLBCL TME.

Breast cancer is a malignant tumor originating from breast epithelial tissue. Ferroptosis is a novel type of programmed cell death which differs from apoptosis and necrosis. Research found that the accumulation of lipid peroxides in cells, a crucial process of ferroptosis, can be induced by multiple mechanisms. The ferroptosis regulation is closely related to the occurrence and development of breast cancer, and it induced by drugs is a potential and valuable research direction in breast cancer.

Purpose To investigate the diagnostic value of 18F-FDOPA PET/CT imaging and semi-quantitative analysis platform for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease(PD).Materials and Methods There were 27 healthy controls and 56 clinically diagnosed PD patients,including 33 early PD(Hoehn-Yahr class Ⅰ-Ⅱ)and 23 advanced PD(Hoehn-Yahr class Ⅲ-Ⅳ),underwent 18F-FDOPA PET imaging in Nanjing First Hospital,Nanjing Medical University were consecutively enrolled from January 2018 to December 2019.The striatal to occipital ratio(SORs)in radioactivity was calculated by HERMES BRASS platform,thereby completing the semi-quantitative analysis of the brain based on regions of interest and observing the asymmetry of the striatal subregions in early-stage PD and late-stage PD patients.Using artificial intelligence techniques to perform principal component analysis on the SORs of the striatal subregions in PD group and healthy control group,the degree of data aggregation and the distinguishability between groups were observed.Results The SORs was significantly reduced in the whole caudate,anterior,posterior putamen and striatum of advanced PD patients(t=9.02-11.72,P<0.000 1).The area under the curve was 0.952,0.973,0.995 and 0.982,respectively.Compared with the healthy control group,the loss of striatal asymmetry index(mean)in each subregion of the striatum in early PD group was caudate(7.61±5.50)%,anterior putamen(11.43±8.97)%,posterior putamen(17.17±11.63)%,and whole striatum(10.65±7.46)%,respectively.The uptake of 18F-FDOPA in the striatum of PD patients was significantly reduced,and the most obvious loss of early PD patients was contralateral posterior putamen,with a decrease of 34%.Conclusion The platform semi-quantitative analysis of 18F-FDOPA PET/CT images provides objective semi-quantitative values for early diagnosis and differential diagnosis of PD.Asymmetry in the striatum,especially in the putamen,may be an important parameter for early diagnosis of PD..

Objective: To explore the protective effect and mechanism of Somatostatin (SS) on the mice with Paraquat (PQ) poisoning, and to provide theoretical basis for clinical treatment of PQ poisoning. Methods: 48 SPF male BALB/c mice were randomly divided into control group, SS group, PQ group and PQ+SS group, with 12 mice in each group. 20 ml/kg SS solution was intraperitoneally injected into the SS group and PQ+SS group, and the same amount of normal saline was intraperitoneally injected into the PQ group and control group. After 1 hour of the above treatment, PQ group and PQ+SS group were given 60 mg/kg PQ solution by one-time gavage, while the control group and SS group were given the same amount of normal saline by gavage. After the above treatment for 3 hours, the SS group and PQ+SS group were intraperitoneally injected with SS solution (20 ml/kg) again, and the PQ group and the control group were intraperitoneally injected with the same amount of normal saline. 6 eyeballs were randomly selected from each group for blood collection, and the levels of TNF-α, MPO and il-6 in the blood of mice were detected by ELISA and other methods. The left lung was taken after blood collection to calculate the D/W ratio. The levels of SOD, caspase-3 and MDA were detected in some lung tissues by chemical colorimetry, and the amount of NF-κB was detected by Western blot. The lung histopathological changes were observed under light microscope. Results: The mice in the control group and SS group showed normal activity and good general condition; Mice in the PQ group ate less and moved less, responded slowly to stimulation, breathed shallow and fast with thickened breath sound, had messy and dull fur, and had varying degrees of cyanosis on their lips and limbs; The above performance of PQ+SS group was less than that of PQ group. Under the light microscope, the alveolar structure of PQ group was disordered and seriously damaged. The pathological changes of lung tissue in PQ+SS group were significantly improved compared with that in PQ group, and the pathological scores were decreased (all P<0.05) . Compared with the control group, there was no significant change in the levels of various indicators in the SS group (all P>0.05) . While the levels of inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α, Protein expression of NF-κB) , oxidative cytokines (MPO, MDA) and apoptotic cytokines caspase-3 in PQ mice were significantly increased, and the levels of oxidative cytokines SOD and lung tissue D/W were significantly decreased (all P<0.05) . Compared with the PQ group, the PQ+SS group, the levels of inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α, Protein expression of NF-κB) , oxidative cytokines (MPO, MDA) and apoptotic cytokines caspase-3 decreased, and the levels of oxidative cytokines SOD and lung tissue D/W increased (all P<0.05) . Conclusion PQ poisoning can cause lung injury in mice, while SS can alleviate lung injury in PQ poisoned mice, improve the general survival state of mice, and play a certain protective role in lung injury caused by PQ poisoning, which may be achieved by SS throμgh reducing the inflammatory response, oxidative stress response and lung tissue apoptosis in lung injury caused by PQ poisoning.

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