Objective:To explore the role of Th17 cells in the pathogenesis with Graves′disease (GD),through examining the proportion of peripheral of Th17 cells and the plasma levels of Interleukin-17 ( IL-17 ) before and after 131 I or methimazol ( MMI ) treatment with GD patients.Methods:We studied 31 subjects and 30 subjects with GD after 131 I or MMI treatment as 131 I therapy group and MMI therapy group and examined as before treatment (T0 ),one month (T1)and three months (T3)after the treatment.29 age-and sexmatched healthy subjects were enrolled as the healthy control group.The Th17 lymphocytes cells were investigated by flow cytometry analysis.The levels of serum IL-17 were measured by ELISA.Results:The proportion of peripheral Th17 cells and the levels of IL-17 were significantly increased in the T0 group GD patients compared with the control group( P<0.01).In the 131 I therapy group the levels of Th17 cells,IL-17 in T0,T1,T3 decreased gradually,but still higher than in normal group( P<0.01) .But there was no sig-nificant difference in MMI therapy group (P>0.05).The proportion of peripheral Th17 cells had positive relationship with the level of IL-17( r=0.758,P<0.05 ) .Both of them were associated positively with thyroid autoantibodies.Conclusion: Th17 cells, IL-17 are highly expressed in the GD.Th17 cells may play an important role in the pathogenesis of GD.In addition,radioactive 131 I may also work on GD via Th17 cells and IL-17.

Objective:To establish a fluid dynamics model of upper airway before and after surgery and explore the changes of three-dimensional fluid dynamics in patients with micrognathia.Methods:A patient with micrognathia and severe obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome(OSAHS)accepted CT scan before and six months after mandibular advancement operation.Computation-al fluid dynamics model was built on the base of CT scan by Mimics 1 0.01 and ANSYS ICEMCFD1 4.0.The internal flow of upper respiratory tract was simulated by ANSYS-FLUENT 1 4.0 and the results were analyzed by Tecplot.Results:Fluid dynamics model of upper airway was constructed before and after the surgery respectively.The volume of the upper airway of the patient increased from 37.284 cm3 to 44.498 cm3;the most narrow area of upper airway was located in the lower bound of pharyngopalatiae,and it was augmented from 1 .1 35 cm2 to 2.297 cm2;the minimum pressure was decreased from1 01 308 Pa to 1 01 272 Pa;the maximum air velocity increased from 3.476 m/s to 4.978 m/s.Conclusion:Mandibular advancement may correct the occlusal deformity,ex-panse the upper respiratory tract,decrease the negative pressure and maintain the patency of the airflow in the treatment of patients with micrognathia and OSAHS.

Objective To study the characteristics of bone mineral density and bone metabolism in elderly men.Methods 220 male elderly hospitalized patients were selected and divided into three groups according to age:65-74 years group,75-84 years group and 85-94 years group.Bone mineral density and bone metabolic biochemical makers including serum parathyroid hormone (PTH),bone gla-protein (BGP) and 25-dihydroxy vitamin D (25-OH VD) were detected.Results The prevalence of osteoporosis was increased along with ageing in three groups (6.8％,12.0％ vs.22.9％,respectively,F=4.986,P＜0.05).The characteristics of bone metabolism showed that serum PTH level was increased and serum levels of BGP,25-OH VD were decreased along with ageing (F =4.986,3.245,5.997,all P＜0.05),and the levels of BGP,25-OH VD were generally decreased in elderly men.Conclusions The prevalence of osteoporosis is high in elderly men.Bone metabolism can be used as the auxiliary index for osteoporosis risk assessment,which is helpful for the early diagnosis of primary osteoporosis.

OBJECTIVETo explore the incidence, degree, and pattern of rib cartilage calcification in congenital microtia patients, in order to provide reference for harvesting the rib cartilage, sculpturing cartilage framework.

METHODSFrom Jun. 2013 to Nov. 2014, 383 patients (age range, 6-45 years) underwent CT scans of the chest. 11 patients with bony diseases or traumatic history were excluded. The remaining 372 patients were divided by age into four groups as 6-15, 16-25, 26-35, 36-45 years old. Twenty patients (10 male and 10 female) were selected by the order of patient identification number in each age group, thus selecting a total of 80 patients (40 male and 40 female). Retrospective study of CT scans of the chest in 80 patients and the incidence, degree, and pattern of cartilage calcification of the sixth to eighth ribs were noted. A chi-square test is conducted to test whether there are significant difference between the variables through the SPSS 19.0 software.

RESULTSOverall, 40.4% (194/480) cartilage was calcified; female patients (47.50%, 114/240) showed higher frequency of calcification than male patients (33.33%, 80/240, P = 0. 025). Calcification rates of all age groups are 1.7% (2/120), 46.7% (56/ 120), 49.2% (59/120), 64.2% (77/120). Calcification rate of 6-15 years group is lowest in all groups (P < 0.05) while other three groups have no statistical significance (P > 0.05). Calcification rates of the sixth and sevent rib cartilage were higher than those of the eighth rib cartilage in all age groups except 6-15 years group, who had a similar rate of all three ribs. Calcification rate of all three rib cartilage was significantly increased with age. Calcification rates of the amle's rib cartilage and the female's in all age groups are 3.3% (2/60) and 0.0% (0/60) (6-15 years): 33.3% (20/60) and 60.0% (36/60) (16-25 years): 40.0% (24/60) and 58.3% (35/60) (26-35 years), 56.7% (34/60) and 71.2% (43/60) (36-45 years). In 6-15 years group calcification rates of male and female had a similar rate, while female's rates were higher than male's rates in other three groups. Male and females mainly had the granular type of calcification [70.0% (56/80), 63.2% (72/114)].

CONCLUSIONSFemales who are over 16 years old should pay more attention to the possibility of middle-severe calcification before harvesting rib cartilage. These patients should take CT examination if necessary. In addition, the patients who had previous operation, or traumatic history, rib deformity, or spine deformity should select the CT examination.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Calcinosis ; diagnostic imaging ; epidemiology ; Cartilage Diseases ; diagnostic imaging ; epidemiology ; Child ; Congenital Microtia ; Costal Cartilage ; diagnostic imaging ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Sex Factors ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Objective To establish a gene diagnosis assay for spinal muscular atrophy(SMA) in children. Method Analysis of the survival motor neuron (SMN) gene in 19 SMA patients and in 21 normal controls were performed by using polymerase chain reaction - fragment length polymorphism (PCR - RFLP) method. Result Deletion of exon 7and 8 in SMNt gene were found in all 19 SMA patients, while no such changes were found in normal controls. Conclusion The SMNt gene exon 7 and 8 examine can be applied to SMA gene diagnosis, and the PCR- RFLP method have higher sensitivity and particularity to the SMA diagnosis.

Objective To study the effectiveness and safety of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) thrombolysis therapy for acute ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).Methods A total of 94 patients treated with intravenous rt-PA thrombolysis within 4.5 hours after cerebral stroke onset were analyzed and divided into two groups:a non-AF group (n =64) and an AF group (n =30).Another 30 acute ischemic stroke patients with AF without thrombolytic therapy were selected as a control group.The prognosis of the three groups was compared.The National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) was used for comparison among the three groups before therapy and 7 days after therapy.The incidences of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and symptomatic ICH (SICH) were recorded.The patients were followed up for 90 days and their clinical outcomes were assessed by using the modified Rankin scale (mRS).Results There were no significant differences in the NIHSS scores among three groups before treatment (P ＞ 0.05).The NIHSS scores were significantly lower in the AF and non-AF groups 7 days after thrombolysis therapy than those before thrombolysis therapy (P ＜0.05 and P ＜0.01),and no significant difference in the NIHSS scores was found in the control group before and after therapy (P ＞ 0.05).The incidence of ICH was significantly higher in the AF group than in the non-AF group (26.7％ vs.9.4％,P ＜ 0.05).No significant difference in the incidence of SICH was found between the AF and non-AF groups (13.3％ vs.6.3％,P ＞ 0.05).The favorable prognosis rate was higher in the AF and nonAFgroups than in control group (40.0％ vs.16.7％,P＜0.05; 45.3％ vs.16.7％,P＜0.01).No significant difference in very unfavorable prognosis rate was found between the AF and non-AF groups (20.0％ vs.18.8％,P ＞0.05).Conclusions It is effective and safe of rt-PA thrombolysis therapy for acute ischemic stroke patients with AF.

Objective To investigate the association of vitamin D receptor gene (Apa1,Bsm1,Taq1) polymorphisms with autoimmune liver diseases risk.Metiods Case control test documents were retrieved through Pubmed,Ovid,Medline,and Web of science databases,according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria included in this study.The design of experiments,the characteristics of the object of study,research results was excerpted,STATA version 12.0 software were used.The correlation intensity was demonstrated with odds ratio (OR) and 95％ confidence interval (CI).Results A total of 6 publications containing 9 studies (7 studies about primary biliary cirrhosis,2 studies about autoimmune hepatitis) published from January 2000 to February 2012 were identified and 844 cases and 1 522 controls were included.The combined results based on all studies showed that there was a statistically significant link between Apa 1 and autoimmune liver diseases (OR =0.85,95％ CI 0.74-0.96,P =0.058,for a vs.A; OR =0.75,95％ CI 0.58-0.97,P =0.212,for aa vs.AA;OR =0.78,95％ CI 0.63-0.98,P =0.235,for Aa vs.AA; OR =0.77,95％ CI 0.63-0.94,P =0.231,for Aa/aa vs.AA),while the Bsm 1 and Taq 1 didn' t show the association with autoimmune liver diseases.Conclusion The current meta-analysis shows that Apal may be a low-penetrant risk factor for autoimmune liver diseases.Bsm1 and Taq1 don't show the association with autoimmune liver diseases.

Objective: To investigate the protecting and regulatory effects of water extract from Fructus Ligustri Lucidi (FLL) on bone structure and bone metabolism in osteoporosis rats. Methods: SD female rats were bilaterally ovariectomized to establish osteoporosis model, and Sham operated rats only cut the fat around the ovary. Experimental rats were divided into four groups: Sham operation (SHAM) group, model (OVX) group, alendronic acid sodium (ALN) group, and Fructus Ligustri Lucidi (FLL) group, with nine rats in each group. The rats in FLL group were given FLL water extract (3.5 g/kg) and rats in ALL group were given ALN suspension (0.12 g/kg) by ig administration for 12 weeks. At the end of the experiments, the contents of serum and urine calcium (S-Ca) and phosphorus (S-P), urine creatinine (U-Ca/Cr and U-P/Cr), serum high density lipoprotein (HDL-C) cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL-C) cholesterol, total cholesterol (TC), and triglyceride (TG) were measured by biochemical methods. The levels of collagen I amino terminal peptide (PINP), collagen I carboxyl terminal peptide (CTX-I), osteocalcin (OCN), and urine deoxypyridinoline (DPD) were measured with ELISA. The determination of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) was by radioimmunoassay method. To evaluate the change of bone tissue structure, the bone density instrument, VivaCT, and a universal testing machine were used. Results: FLL could inhibit the increased body weight of ovariectomy (OVX) rats, increase S-Ca, S-P, serum HDL and PINP contents, reduce urinary U-Ca/Cr and U-P/Cr ratios, reduce serum LDL-C, TC, TG, ALP, OCN, CTX, and reduce urinary DPD content (P < 0.05 or 0.01) in OVX rats. Meanwhile, FLL can elevate the femur head and vertebral bone mineral density, bone micro-structure and bone strength in OVX rats. Conclusion: FLL can improve the bone density and bone strength in OVX rats by regulating Ca and P metabolism, collagen and non-collagen metabolism.

Ligustri Lucidi Fructus (LLF), which could nourish the liver and kidney, was used for the treatment of bone atrophy in ancient times. The current basic and clinical studies have shown that LLF had a broad application prospect in the treatment of osteoporosis. In this paper, by reviewing the related literature of home and abroad, we summarize the related experimental and clinical research progress of LLF and its compound on the treatment of osteoporosis, and clear their function mechanism, hoping to lay a theoretical foundation for further experimental study and clinical research.

BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown that anemia after renal transplantation is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease after transplantation, as wel as the independent predictor of death. OBJECTIVE:To explore the prevalence, processing and risk factors of anemia after renal transplantation. METHODS:The data of 154 cases renal transplantation recipients who fol owed-up in the Department of Urology, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command were retrospectively analyzed. The blood routine and blood biochemistry of the renal transplantation patients were col ected for analysis during hospitalization and 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years after transplantation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The prevalence of anemia during transplantation and the subsequent 5 years after transplantation were 45.5%, 10.7%, 9.6%, 14.8%, 13.5%and 19.6%, respectively. Patients had anemia at least once in five years, and 42%of the patients experienced recurrence. Relative analysis showed that hemoglobin levels were associated with function of transplanted kidney. Different genders, ages and the using of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers or not has no correlation with the prevalence of anemia. Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels at 1 year after transplantation were correlated with the diagnosis of anemia, and only associated with serum creatinine level at 5 years after transplantation. Iron drug is relatively common, but erythropoietin is rarely applied in the anemia patients with transplant renal insufficiency. The prevalence of anemia after renal transplantation is high, and transplant renal insufficiency is a major risk factor for the disease.