Objective To compare the immune regulation of syngenic and allogenic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in the transplantation combined with islets. Methods After induction of diabetes in 30 Lewis rats with streptozotocin (STZ), the recipient Lewis rats received islets from SD rats combined with syngenic (group B) or allogenic (group C) MSCs injection via the portal vein. The group of islets transplanted alone served as control (group A). The survival time of grafts in all groups was assessed by the level of blood glucose. ELISA was used to detect the levels of interferon-γ (IFN-γ), interleukin 2 (IL-2), IL-4 and IL-10 in the peripheral blood on the 1st and 3rd day after transplantation. Results The blood glucose levels in all three groups were decreased in a normal range (13. 9 mmol/L) and the survival time of grafts in group B (11.38 ± 4. 03 days) was significantly longer than in group C (5. 50± 2. 07 days) as well as group A (2. 88 ± 1.25 days). On the 1 st and 3rd day after transplantation, the levels of TH 1 cytokines IFN-γ and IL-2 in group A were significantly higher than in groups C and B (P＜0.05). Meanwhile the levels of TH 2 cytokine IL-10were increased in group B, but there was no significant difference between groups A and C (P＞0.05). The levels of IL-4 had no significant difference among these three groups (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Islet transplantation combined with MSCs could prolong the survival time of grafts.Syngenic MSCs, superior to allogenic ones, were more effective in changing the balance of TH1/TH2to TH2. Decreased expression of TH1 cytokine (IFN-γ, IL-2), which was closely related to the induction of immune tolerance, was beneficial to the long-term survival of grafts.

Objective To observe the role of nitric oxide(NO) in the immune regulatory effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs). Methods Bone marrow MSCs were isolated from Lewis rats by adherence screening. Concanavalin A (ConA) was adopted as the stimulator and T-lymphocyte isolated from peripheral blood of SD rats as the reactive cells. The changes of the ability of T-lymphocyte proliferation, when co-cultured with MSCs, were measured by CCK-8 assay. The inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) mRNA and protein expression on MSCs and were detected by RT-PCR, Western blot. The contents of nitrites and the levels of Th1 type cytokine IFN-γand Th2 type cytokine IL-4 were measured by Griess test and ELISA respectively, in the co-cultured supernatant. Results T-lymphocyte proliferation was inhibited by co-cultured MSCs, which was concentration-dependent. In this study, the inhibition was most obviously group[ (79.03 ± 1.70)% ] (P ＞ 0.05 ). The I NOS mRNA expression, protein and nitrite levels were signifigroups, the proliferation rate of T-lymphocyte recovered. The content of IFN-γwas increased with the ratio decline of MSCs in the experimental group and IL-4 in each group has no significant difference( P ＞ 0.05 ).Conclusion MSCs inhibited T-lymphocyte proliferation by influencing Th1/Th2 balance, and the secretion of soluble factor NO, which secreted by MSCs, may plays an important role in the immune regulation.

Objective To observe the expression of phosphatase and tensin hom ology deleted on chrom o-som e ten (PTEN) in m yocardial tissue in patients w ith coronary heart disease, and explore the relevance betw een the expression of PTEN and the occurrence and developm ent of coronary heart disease. Methods A total of 16 death cases w ith pathological diagnosis of coronary heart disease w ere collected as experi-m ental group, and 19 cases w ithout m yocardial lesions w ere selected as control group. The expression of PTENprotein and its m RNA w ere detected by im m unohistochem istry and real-tim e fluorescence quanti-tative PC R respectively. The correlation betw een the expression of PTEN and the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease w as analyzed. Results The expression of PTENprotein in myocardium in cases w ith coro-nary heart disease w as significantly low er com pared w ith the control group (P<0.05). There w as no sta-tistical difference of the expression of PTEN m RNA betw een experim ental and control group (P>0.05). Conclusion PTEN m ay be involved in the occurrence and developm ent of coronary heart disease.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequently occurring cancers. Hepadnaviral DNA integrations are considered to be essential agents which can promote the process of the hepatocarcinogenesis. More and more researches were designed to find the relationship of the two. In this study, we investigated whether HBV DNA integration occurred at sites of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), one of the most detrimental DNA damage. An 18-bp I-SceI homing endonuclease recognition site was introduced into the DNA of HepG2 cell line by stable DNA transfection, then cells were incubated in patients' serum with high HBV DNA copies and at the same time, DSBs were induced by transient expression of I-SceI after transfection of an I-SceI expression vector. By using nest PCR, the viral DNA was detected at the sites of the break. It appeared that integration occurred between part of HBV x gene and the I-SceI induced breaks. The results suggested that DSBs, as the DNA damages, may serve as potential targets for hepadnaviral DNA insertion and the integrants would lead to widespread host genome changes necessarily. It provided a new site to investigate the integration.

Objective:To study preoperative MRI imaging and its enhanced mode on tumor features in predicting microvascular invasion (MVI) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods:The clinical data of patients with a solitary HCC who underwent MRI examination followed by surgical resection at the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University from January 2017 to June 2019 were studied. The patients were divided into the MVI (+ ) and MVI (-) groups according to the findings on postoperative pathological diagnosis. The relationship between the rates of MVI and MRI tumor features including diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) signal, enhancement mode, enhancement type and other imaging characteristics were analysed.Results:Of 84 patients with HCC enrolled into this study, there were 65 males and 19 females. Their age (Mean±SD) was (54.94±11.51) years. MVI (+ ) was found in 46 patients and MVI (-) in 38 patients. The maximum tumor diameters (Mean±SD) of the two groups were (7.08±3.45) cm and (4.28±2.47) cm ( P<0.01). Single-factor analysis and comparison of imaging characteristics of the two groups of patients showed tumor DWI signal, tumor encapsulation, enhancement mode, tumor edge smoothness, abnormal enhancement around tumors, and intratumoral arteries were significantly different ( P<0.05); There were no significant differences in T 1WI signals, T 2WI signals, tumor periphery, and enhancement types between groups. After inputting MVI(+ ) as a risk factor into the logistic regression model, tumor maximum diameters >6.33 cm, type 3/4 enhancement mode, and unsmoothness of tumor edge were independent risk factors (all P<0.05). Through combined diagnosis using ROC curve analysis with a cut-off value of 0.53, the area under the curve was 0.881, the sensitivity 0.870, specificity 0.789, and the Youden index 0.659. Conclusion:The multivariate logistic regression model and combined diagnosis using ROC curve analysis improved the diagnostic efficacy of MVI in its prediction of HCC on imaging studies. The risk predictors were easy to use and to promote in clinical practice.

Objective: To examine the effect of dietary behaviors on handgrip strength loss among the elderly, so as to provide insights into the prevention of handgrip strength loss. Methods : Based on the health surveillance cohort among the elderly in Zhejiang Province, two villages or communities were randomly sampled from each of Shaoxing and Zhoushan cities using a multi-stage cluster sampling method, and all residents that had lived in local areas for one year and longer and had an age of 60 years and older were enrolled. Participants' demographics, dietary behaviors, smoking, drinking, and exercise were collected through questionnaire surveys, and the height, body weight and handgrip strength were measured. The handgrip strength loss was diagnosed according the 2019 Consensus Update on Sarcopenia Diagnosis and Treatment proposed by Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia, and the effect of dietary behaviors on handgrip strength loss was examined using a multivariable logistic regression model. Results: A total of 1 265 residents were enrolled, with a mean age of (70.67±7.30) years, and including 565 men (44.66%) and 700 women (55.34%). The overall prevalence of handgrip strength loss was 42.85% among the participants, and the prevalence was 40.35% in men and 44.86% in women, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that nut intake for 1 to 3 times a week (OR=0.180, 95%CI: 0.088-0.367) and for 4 to 6 times a week (OR=0.241, 95%CI: 0.113-0.514) led to a reduced risk of handgrip strength loss among the elderly, and intake of sugary drinks for 4 to 6 times a week led to an increased risk of handgrip strength loss among the elderly (OR=2.298, 95%CI: 1.120-4.714) after adjustment for age, body mass index, educational level and exercise. Conclusion Intake of nuts and sugary drinks may affect the development of handgrip strength loss among the elderly.

Objective Toexplorethevalueofdualvolumereconstructionininterventionalembolizationofwideneckedintracranial aneurysms.Methods Theclinicalandimagingdataof30patientswithintracranialwideneckaneurysmrupturedwerecollectedfrom June2016toDecember2017intheMeizhouPeople’sHospital.Thetreatmentoftheintracranialwideneckedaneurysm,theposition andopeningofthestentreleasing,therelatedcomplications,andfollow-upreviewafter6monthswereretrospectivelyanalyzed.Results Ofthe30patients,therewere35aneurysms(4 multipleaneurysms),inwhich26caseswerestentsassisted,with26stentsimplanted, and4caseswereballoonassisted.3D-DSAwasperformedimmediatelyafteroperationandevaluatedbydualvolumereconstructionon AdvantageWorkstation (AW)postprocessing workstation.(1)26casesofdenseembolism ofaneurysmswithouttumorneckor tumorresidual(86.7%),3casesofaneurysmcervicalresidual(10%)and1casesoftumorresidual(0.33%);(2)26stentswithaccurate locationsandcompletereleases(100%).(3)2caseswithvasospasmandstentthrombosisduringoperation,and1casewithsecond aneurysmruptureduringoperation.(4)DSAreexaminationsinhalfayearafteroperations:3casesrecurred (11.5%)inthe26cases ofdenseembolism;theresidualin2casesincreasedin4ofaneurysmalneckresidualand2oftumorresidual,andtherestremained;26stentsstayedinthesamepositionandthestentsin3caseswerenarrowed.2D-DSA,3D-DSAanddualvolumereconstructioncould clearlyshowthedegreeofembolizationofaneurysmsin20cases(66.7%),25cases(83.3%)and30cases(100%),respectively.The degreeofembolizationofaneurysmswassignificantlydifferentinthreeimagingmethods(P＜0.05).Conclusion Intheprocessof interventionalembolizationforintracranialwideneckedaneurysm, doublevolumereconstructioncanbeusedtoshowtheeffectof embolization,thelocationofthestentandtherelationshipwith theneckoftheaneurysm,whichprovidesanassessmentofthe situationofaneurysmembolism,thedevelopmentoftheauxiliarystentandtheobjectivefortheselectionofthesurgicalstrategy.

Objective:To systematically analyze and compare the focuses and frontiers of research on microbial resistance to disinfectants in China and abroad, and to provide suggestions for strengthening academic research on microbial resistance to disinfectants as well as the prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance in China.Methods:Relevant literature focusing on the resistance of microorganisms to disinfectants was retrieved from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Web of Science? Core Collection database from January 1, 1994 to December 31, 2018. After analyzing the basic information of the literature, co-occurrence and cluster analyses by the CiteSpace visualization software were introduced to identify and compare the similarities and differences of topics and frontiers between domestic and foreign research on microbial resistance to disinfectants.Results:A total of 234 literatures published in Chinese and 1 563 literatures in English were included. Among the 1 563 literatures in English, 97 literatures were published by domestic scholars as the first author or corresponding author, and 1 466 literatures by foreign scholars. The quality of the journals publishing these studies was relatively high. Compared with the general trend of foreign research in this field, the number of relevant articles published by domestic scholars started to decline in recent years, and the journals were relatively concentrated. According to the co-occurrence analysis on keywords, " Acinetobacter baumannii" had the highest centrality value of 0.36 among the literatures published in Chinese by domestic scholars, while " Escherichia coli" was presented with the highest centrality value of 0.63 and 0.21 in English literatures published by domestic and foreign scholars, respectively. According to the analysis of the research trends of the literatures, much more burst terms were detected in the papers published in English by foreign scholars. Among those literatures published from 1994 to 2018, the focuses on the types of pathogens had gradually shifted from Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus to Klebsiella pneumoniae and Salmonella enterica, and the attention to the types of disinfectants had gradually switched from chlorhexidine and quaternary ammonium compound to sodium hypochlorite and peracetic acid. However, only a few burst terms, mainly including "bacteria" and " Pseudomonas aeruginosa" , were detected in the papers published in Chinese by domestic scholars, which emerged in an earlier period and ended in 2008 and 2010. Conclusion:Although domestic research on microbial resistance to disinfectants has made some progresses and gradually achieved international standard, comprehensive and in-depth research should be consistently strengthened to form a stable and sustainable development pattern.

Objective:To investigate the differences and changes of blood flow status of splenic volume, common hepatic artery, splenic arteriovenous, inner diameter of portal vein and hepatic in patients with hypersplenism of different degrees using multi-slice spiral CT whole-liver perfusion model.Methods:42 cases with hypersplenism of chronic hepatitis B with cirrhosis and 15 cases without hepatosplenic disease were collected as controls. All patients underwent multi-slice spiral CT whole-liver perfusion imaging. (1) The differences of spleen volume, common hepatic artery, splenic arteriovenous, and portal vein diameter between different degrees of hypersplenism and the control group were measured and compared. (2) The correlation between spleen volume and the inner diameter of each related vessels were analyzed and compared. (3) The values of perfusion parameters related to the five lobes of the liver in Couinaud segments based on hepatic artery perfusion (HAP), portal venous perfusion (PVP), total hepatic perfusion (TLP) and hepatic artery perfusion index (HPI) were measured and compared. One-way ANOVA was used to analyze the measurement data. The correlation between the spleen volume and the inner diameter of each blood vessel was analyzed by Pearson’s correlation analysis.Results:(1) spleen volume and the inner diameter of splenic artery, splenic vein and portal vein in the cirrhotic hypersplenism group were significantly larger than control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( F = 37.108, 17.484, 23.124, 13.636, P < 0.05). (2) spleen volume and the inner diameter of splenic artery, vein and portal vein in the moderate and severe hypersplenism groups were significantly larger than the mild hypersplenism group, and the difference was statistically significant ( F = 25.418, 13.293, 15.136, 7.093, P < 0.05), but there was no statistically significant difference between the moderate and severe hypersplenism groups ( P > 0.05). (3) The inner diameter of splenic vein, portal vein, and splenic artery was positively correlated with spleen volume ( r = 0.680, 0.548, and 0.726). (4) PVP and TLP of the whole liver in hypersplenism group were lower than control group ( P < 0.05), and the differences were statistically significant ( P < 0.05). HPI in the right posterior lobe of the liver in the moderate and severe hypersplenism group was higher than mild hypersplenism group ( F = 3.555, 4.570, P < 0.05), and there was no significant difference in the HAP in the whole liver among the groups ( P > 0.05), but the HAP in the whole liver in the severe hypersplenism group was lower than control, mild and moderate hypersplenism group. Conclusion:The inner diameter of the splenic arteriovenous in patients with hypersplenism of different degrees has widened to varying degrees, and is consistent with the increase in spleen volume, particularly in moderate and severe cases. Portal venous perfusion and total liver perfusion in patients with hypersplenism of different degrees have declined and the hepatic arterial perfusion in patients with severe hypersplenism is significantly reduced.

Objective:To explore the protective effects of bradykinin postconditioning on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rats, and to assess the underlying mechanisms.Methods:Forty-eight adult male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into four groups according to random number table: Sham operation group, cardiac arrest (CA) group, bradykinin treatment (BK) group, and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) inhibitor Compound C+ bradykinin treatment (CP+BK) group, finally, 8 rats in each group were taken for follow-up experiment. CA was induced by asphyxia. Rats in the Sham group received arteriovenous catheterization, endotracheal intubation, and mechanical ventilation, without CA. Compound C (250 μg/kg) was intraperitoneally injected in CP+BK group 30 minutes before CA, and the same volume of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was given in the remaining groups. Bradykinin (150 μg/kg) was intraperitoneally injected in BK group and CP+BK group 48 hours after restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), and same volume of saline was given in the remaining groups. The neural function of rats in each group was evaluated with neurological deficit score (NDS) 72 hours after ROSC. Microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3) and p62 expressions were detected by immunohistochemistry, autophagosomes were observed by transmission electron microscopy, and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling method (TUNEL) assay was used to assess apoptosis.Results:Compared with the Sham group, the NDS was decreased (60.75±5.80 vs. 80.00±0.00, P < 0.01), the expression levels of LC3 and p62 elevated [LC3 ( A value): 1.04±0.64 vs. 0.40±0.14, p62 ( A value): 2.75±0.57 vs. 0.36±0.12, both P < 0.05], the number of autophagosomes and apoptotic cells increased in the CA group [(39.00±8.00)% vs. (3.87±1.90)%, P < 0.05]. Compared with the CA group, the NDS (67.75±6.32 vs. 60.75±5.80, P < 0.05), the expression of LC3 ( A value: 1.60±0.34 vs. 1.04±0.64, P < 0.05), and the number of autophagosomes increased in the BK group, while the expression of p62 and the rate of apoptotic cells reduced [p62 ( A value): 1.51±0.32 vs. 2.75±0.57, apoptotic cells rate: (23.03±1.91)% vs. (39.00±8.00)%, both P < 0.05]. Compared with the BK group, the NDS (59.00±8.19 vs. 67.75±6.32, P < 0.05), the expression of LC3 ( A value: 0.62±0.41 vs. 1.60±0.34, P < 0.05) and the number of autophagosomes declined in the CP+BK group, while the expression of p62 and the rate of apoptotic cells elevated [p62 ( A value): 3.50±0.47 vs. 1.51±0.32, apoptotic cells rate: (44.53±10.15)% vs. (23.03±1.91)%, both P < 0.05]. Conclusion:Bradykinin postconditioning played a neuroprotective role in CPR rats by activating autophagy and reducing apoptosis.