Objective To study the influence of UPPP on resonance characteristics of four resonance cavity in patients with OSAHS .Methods Using multi-channel voice analysis system to test the cavity resonance character-istics and energy distribution of 36 OSAHS patients (including pre - and post -operative) and 36 normal males when they speak /a:/.The frequency spectrum was 4 000Hz(FR1 ,FR2 ,FR3 ,FR4 ) .Results FR2 energy values of the head cavity and mouth cavity of OSAHS patients heighten significantly after UPPP (P<0 .05);FR1 energy val-ues of head ,mouth and thoracic cavity were higher than that of in normal males'after UPPP(P<0 .05) .FR2 ,FR3 , FR4 energy values of head cavity ,FR2 ,FR3 energy values of mouth cavity ,FR2 energy values of thoracic cavity were lower than those of in normal males'after UPPP(P<0 .05) .Conclusion UPPP surgery removes the obstruction of the upper airway of OSAHS patients and changes the morphology of the pharynx ,thas changes the resonance charac-teristics of the head cavity and oral .

Objective To evaluate the effects of phonosurgery combined with voice therapy in patients with vocal polyps accompanied with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) .Methods The study retrospectively enrolled 117 patients with a diagnosis of vocal polyps accompanied with MTD .All the patients were divided into two groups ac‐cording to the different remedies:the surgery group (n=57) ,and the combination group (n=60) .The Xion acous‐tic analysis was carried out on the two groups before and after therapy .We compared the results in each group ,the results of post-therapy between two groups ,and that of post-therapy with the control group(n=50) .The acous‐tic parameters were jitter percent (jitter) ,shimmer percent (shimmer) ,dysphonia severity index (DSI) .Results The results obtained in the study showed that all the voice analysis parameters were significantly improved after therapy in both the surgery group and combination group(P<0 .05) .Jitter and shimmer in post -therapeutic out‐come of the combination group were lower than those of in surgery group ,and DSI was even higher(P<0 .05) .Jit‐ter and shimmer in post-therapeutic outcome of surgery group were higher than those of in normal group ,and DSI was lower than those of in normal group(P<0 .05) .But there were no clinically significant differences in post -therapeutic outcomes of combination group compared with control group(P>0 .05) .Conclusion As for vocal polyps accompanied with M TD ,successful phonosurgical treatment and voice therapy can improve patients’ voice quality .

Objective To investigate the expression mechanism and significane of helper T cells in children with aplastic anemia(AA).Methods 53 children of AA were divided into heavy AA group(SAA group,21 cases),light AA group(MAA group,i7 cases),AA remission group (CR group,15 cases) by the disease,the other taken the non-aplastic anemia blood platelet disorders caused by reduced or anemia in children (AL group) of 16 cases,20 healthy children were selected as the NC group.The peripheral blood CD4+,CD4+ CD225+,CD4+ CD25+ CD127low,CD4+ IFN-γ(Thl cells),CD4+ IL-4 + (Th2 cells) in each group were detected by flow cytometry.ELISA test was used to detect peripheral blood levels of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β),interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and interleukin-4 (IL-4).Results The peripheral blood CD4+,CD4+ CD25+,CD4+ CD25+ CD127low,TGF-beta 1 levels in the SAA group were (26.59 ± 4.37) ％,(3.44 ± 0.29) ％,(3.13 ± 1.16) ％,(14.59 ± 3.10) ng/mL,respectively,which in the MAA group were (32.67 ± 3.19) ％,(5.42 ± 0.28) ％,(4.29 ± 1.21) ％,(22.98 ± 3.38) ng/mL,respectively,which in the CR group were (33.13 ±3.24)％,(5.23 ±0.26)％,(4.36 ± 1.33)％,(23.19 ± 3.91) ng/mL,respectively,which in the AL group were (37.98 ± 4.01)％,(6.89 ± 0.28)％,(4.99 ± 1.42)％,(34.46 ± 5.23) ng/mL,respectively,which in the NC group were (38.66 ± 3.41) ％,(7.01 ± 0.38) ％,(5.10 ± 1.52) ％,(35.17 ±5.i4) ng/mL,respectively,the differences among the four groups were statistically significant(F =23.72,25.49,15.24,24.52,all P ＜ 0.05).Peripheral blood Th1,Th2 and Th1/Th2 levels in the SAA group were (13.04 ± 3.01)％,(3.44 ±0.29)％,(1.99 ± 1.17),respectively,which in the MAA group were (11.01 ±2.89)％,(6.28 ±2.99)％,(1.75 ± 0.97),respectively,which in the CR group were (10.38 ± 3.27)％,(6.41 ± 3.18)％,(1.62 ±1.03),respectively,which in the AL group were (8.033 ±.42) ％,(6.35 ± 3.08) ％,(1.26 ± 1.11),respectively,which in the NC group were (8.41 ± 3.84) ％,(6.23 ± 3.44) ％,(1.34 ± 1.12),the differences among the four groups were statistically significant (F =35.92,42.43,22.24,all P ＜ 0.05).Peripheral blood IFN-gamma and IL-4levels in SAA group were (13.04 ± 2.58) pg/mL,(17.22 ± 3.88) pg/mL,respectively,which in MAA group were (10.11 ± 2.22) pg/mL,(17.24 ± 4.21) pg/mL,respectively,which in the CR group were (9.88 ± 2.16) pg/mL,(17.01 ±4.00)pg/mL,respectively,which in the AL group were (8.01 ± 1.68)pg/mL,(16.63 ± 3.58)pg/mL,respectively,which in the NC group were (38.66 ± 3.41) pg/mL,(16.743 ±.81) pg/mL,the differences among the four groups were statistically significant (F =24.17,3.39,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Treg cells decreased,the inhibition extent of TGF-β1 on Th1 cells and IFN-γsecretion decreased,which leading to Th1/Th2 shifted to Th1,leading to hematopoietic marrow failure may be one of the pathogenesis of children sufferred from AA.

Objective: To study the roles of miR-497 and PlexinA4 in the progression of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: The expressions of miR-497 and PlexinA4 in fresh tumor specimens and adjacent normal mucosa tissues as well as in cell lines of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) were detected with qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. The association of miR-497 and PlexinA4 expressions with clinicopathologic factors and their prognostic values in LSCC were evaluated PlexinA4 siRNA and pcDNA3.1 (+ )/PlexinA4 plasmid were transfected into the LSCC and measured by Transwell to evaluate their effect on the invasion of LSCC. Results: miR-497 was low expression in LSCC, which related to pathological differentiation, while PlexinA4 mRNA was high expression in LSCC. Kaplan-Meier method showed that the prognosis of patients with high miR-497 expression was better than that of patients with low miR-497 expression (χ²=10.342, P=0.001); . Cox regression analysis showed that miR-497 was an independent prognostic factor for LSCC. The double luciferase reporter gene showed that the variation of the fluorescence activity of wild type PlexinA4 was significantly different from that of the control group (P<0.01). In Hep-2 and TU212 cell line, the number of cells with PlexinA4 siRNA passing through the compartments was 70.00±10.85 and 85.00±6.45, significantly higher than control (F values were 30.251 and 23.936, both P<0.05), the number of cells with pcDNA3.1 (+ ) /PlexinA4 was 170.56±11.95 and 142.00±10.43, also significantly less than control (F values were 35.104 and 29.643, both P<0.05). Conclusion The expression of miR-497 in LSCC is decreased, indicating poor prognosis, which is as an independent risk factor for prognosis of LSCC. miR-497 may modulate LSCC invasion through PlexinA4.