Objective To explore the clinical value of combined detection of procalcitonin (PCT ) ,C reaction protein (CRP) and white blood cells (WBC) count in diagnosis of neonatal infectious pneumonia .Methods A total of 137 cases of neonatal infectious pneumonia ,including bacterial infection group of 72 cases and non‐bacterial infection group of 65 cases ,were selected .Another 63 healthy neonatus were enrolled as control group .Levels of PCT ,CRP and WBC were measured .Results Levels and positive rates of PCT ,CRP and WBC in bacterial infection group were significantly higher than the other two groups (P<0 .05) .The sensitivity and specificity of PCT were higher than CRP and WBC .The sensitivity of combined detection were further increased .Conclusion Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of PCT could be higher than CRP and WBC .Combined detection of PCT ,CRP and WBC might be with important clinical value for the differential diagnosis of neonatal infectious pneumonia and observation of curative effect .

Objective To explore the incidence and characteristics of thyroid disease in early pregnancy and to provide a scientific basis for eugenics .Methods The chemiluminescence immunoassay was used to detect the concentrations of serum thyrotropin (TSH) ,free thyroxine (FT4) ,triiodothyronine (FT3) and thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb) in 776 early pregnant women (<12+6 weeks ,experiment group) and 100 non‐pregnant child‐bearing women (control group) .The test results were analyzed accord‐ing to the different diagnostic criteria of early pregnancy and non‐pregnant childbearing women .Results The serum concentrations of TSH ,FT4 and TPO‐Ab had statistical differences between the experimental group and the control group (P<0 .05) .The inci‐dence rate of thyroid diseases in early pregnant women was 35 .05% ,which was significantly higher than 15 .00% in non‐pregnant childbearing women ,and the difference was statistically significant (P<0 .05) .The thyroid diseases in pregnant women of the ex‐perimental group were mainly hypothyroidism (9 .28% ) and sub‐clinical hypothyroidism (22 .94% ) ,compared with the control group ,the difference was statistically significant(P<0 .05) .Conclusion Early pregnancy has high incidence rate of thyroid disease , which can lead to birth defects .Therefore ,screening early gestation thyroid diseases should be paid attention to provide theoretical basis for eugenics .

Objective To access the relation between the Doppler waveform of the hepatic venous flow and the hepatic fibrosis.Methods To construct fibrosis models,20 experimental rabbits were fed with thioacetamide as the only drinking water at the concentration of 1.2 g/L,then the Doppler waveforms of the hepatic vein were detected at the time before constructing the fibrosis model,then later the 8th week,12th week and 16th week during constructing the fibrosis models,the results were compared with the hepatic biopsy ones.Results With the process of constructing the fibrosis models,the experimental rabbits had more abnormal Doppler waveforms of the hepatic venous flow.Conclusions The changes of the Doppler waveforms of the hepatic venous flow reflect the change of hepatic parenchyma.

This paper has reported the data of health volunteer's liver sections, which are measured with B-Model ultrasonic scan, so as to provide the data to be for clinical reference.15 data for each volunteer were measured and treated them with statistics, the conclusions represent as follows:1. The thick diameter (i.e. anterior-posterior diameter of liver)of liver mear-suing at right midclavicular and preaxillar line are compared with body surface area and thoraxic width(transverse diameter)and thickness, the thick diameter has relevance to them closely (r= 0.3159-0.4409, P

This article is to introduce the result of the ultrasonographic examination of the patients with portal hypertension. The portal system of 42 patients with portal hypertension was examined with B-mode ultrasound and that of 109 healthy adults was also examined as control. The diameters of the portal and splenic veins of all the cases were measured. It was found that the average diameters of the potral veins of the control and the patients were 1.11?0.17 cm and 1.65?0.28 cm respectively (t = 7.3, P

The value of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) remains controversial. From Nov.1987 to Jan. 1993, thirty-one patients with small cell lung cancer received PCI. PCI was given for complete remission SCLC patients after chemotherapy and chest radiotherapy. The total dose of PCI was 40Gy in 26 cases, 30～

Objective To investigate the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the IL2RA-RBM17 region and vitiligo in the Chinese Mongolian population.Methods Five milliliters of venous blood samples were collected from 425 patients with vitiligo (patient group) and 503 healthy human controls (control group) of Mongolian nationality after informed consent,and genomic DNA was extracted with the AxyPrep DNA extraction kit (AP-MX-BL-GDNA-25).Nine SNPs were selected across the IL2RA-RBM17 region,including rs706779,rs3134883,rs7090530,rs12251307,rs4750005,rs3920615,rs4747887,rs4750012 and rs7099083.Ligase detection reaction (LDR) was performed for SNP genotyping.With the PLINK 1.07 and SPSS 11.0 packages,statistical analysis was carried out by the chi-square test for comparisons of allele and genotype frequencies between the patient group and control group.Linkage disequilibrium analysis was performed for 5 SNPs by calculating the r2 and D' values.Haplotype analysis of 5 related SNPs was conducted to investigate differences in haplotype frequencies between the patient group and control group.Results There were significant differences in allele frequencies of 5 SNPs,including rs4750005,rs3920615,rs4747887,rs4750012 and rs7099083,between the patient group and control group (all P ＜ 0.05).Under a dominant mode of inheritance,a significant decrease was observed in the frequencies of GG/GC genotypes of rs3920615,CT/CC genotypes of rs4747887,CT/CC genotypes of rs4750005,TC/TT genotypes of rs4750012 and AG/AA genotypes of rs7099083 in the patient group compared with the control group (all P ＜ 0.005 6).Moderate to strong linkage disequilibrium was observed between the 5 SNPs (D' =0.424-1,r2=0.137-0.985).Haplotype analysis showed that the frequency of a haplotype (H2:CGCTA) was significantly lower in the patient group than in the control group,and the difference reached statistical significance after Bonferroni adjustment (P=0.001 6,OR =0.674).Conclusion SNPs in the IL2RA-RBM17 region are associated with vitiligo in the Chinese Mongolian population.

Abstract: Objective To establish a method for detecting sdaB virulence gene of Streptococcus pyogenes with loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). Methods According to the conserved sequence of Streptococcus pyogenes sdaB gene published in GenBank (GenBank: 69901515), LAMP primers were designed with Primer Explorer V5.0 software. Main components of LAMP reaction system were optimized including of fluorescent dye, MgSO4, betaine, deoxyribonucleosidetriphosphate (dNTP), and Bst DNA polymerase, with the concentration of MgSO4 from 0 mmol/L to 12 mmol/L, betaine from 0 mol/L to 2.4 mol/L, dNTP from 0.2 µmol/L to 2 µmol/L, forward inner primer (FIP) and backward inner primer (BIP) from 0.2 µmol/L to 2 µmol/L respetively, forward outer primer (F3) and backward outer primer (B3) from 0.2 µmol/L to 0.4 µmol/L, Bst DNA polymerase from 0.16 U/µL to 0.96 U/µL, fluorescent dye from 0.2 µmol/L to 2 µmol/L. With the optimized system, the methodological specificity and the minimum detection limit were evaluated on the ABI7500 real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR analyzer, and 13 standard strains including Group A Streptococcus, Group B Streptococcus, Group C Streptococcus, Group G Streptococcus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus viridis, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were detected. Finally, 103 clinical samples were tested. Results The optimized reaction system contained 25 µL reaction mixture, including 0.8 µL of 25 µmol/L fluorescent dye, 1 µL of 100 mmol/L MgSO4, 6 µL of 5 mol/L betaine, 1.4 µL of 25 mmol/L dNTP, 2 µL of 20 µmol/L FIP and BIP, 0.5 µL of 20 µmol/L F3 and B3, 1 µL of 8 U/µL Bst DNA polymerase, and 2 µL of template. After adding deionized water, the mixture was incubated at 63°C for 45 min to complete the reaction. The limit of detection (LOD) was 500 pg/µL. All 12 non-S. pyogenes strains tested were negative. Compared with the culture method, the clinical sensitivity and specificity were 100.0% (16/16) and 96.6% (84/87), respectively, for 103 clinical samples. Conclusions This LAMP assay is reliable for the detection of Streptococcus pyogenes in clinic and is suitable for field detection with good specificity and sensitivity, as well as simply operation.

Objective To investigate the effect of microbubbles mediated ultrasound insonation on proliferation and apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in different phase of cell cycle. Methods Rat thoracic aortic VSMCs were cultured in vitro by the method of tissue adherence. The cells were synchronized by the methods of serum starvation and double thymidine block. The synchronization results were detected by flow eytometer. VSMCs in different phases of cell cycle were exposed to 1 MHz continuous waves ultrasound for 120 s at intensity 0.3 W/cm2 in the presence of lipid-coated microbubbles (1 ml/L). Apoptosis of VSMCs was analyzed by AnnexinV/PI staining using flow eytometry. The proliferation and the proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) protein expression of VSMCs were detected by MTT assay and immunoeytochemistry, respectively. Results The synchronized G0/G1 and S phase VSMCs were achieved, with synchronized rates to 89.53 % and 66.87 %, respectively. Ultrasound sonication for 120 s with microbubbles could significantly inhibit the proliferation and downregulate the PCNA expression of S phase VSMCs,but the proliferation and PCNA expression of G0/G1 phase VSMCs were not affected. After treatment of ultrasound with microbubbles, the apoptotic ratio were found to reach (7.05 ± 2.04)% in G0/G1 phase VSMCs and (27.01 ±3.87)% in S phase VSMCs. Conclusions Microbubbles mediated ultrasound insonation can significantly inhabit the proliferation and induce apoptosis in VSMCs at proliferation stage.

Objective To investigate the effect of ultrasound irradiation combined with liposome membrane microbubbles on the reorgnization of cytoskeleton in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Methods Rat thoracic aortic VSMCs were cultured in vitro. VSMCs were exposed to 1 MHz continuous waves ultrasound radiation for 120 s at intensity 0.3 W/cm2in the presence of liposome membrane microbubbles (1 μl/ml) after treated with platelet derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB). The reorganizations of microfilaments, microtubules and intermediate filaments were examined by using immunofluorescence and fluorocytochemistry techniques. Results There was a substantial increase in the expression of F-actin and assembly of long bundles of stress fibers in the transversed cell body when treated with PDGF-BB. Neither alterations of β-tubulin nor of vimentin cytoskeletal protein organization were observed in PDGF-BB treated cells as compared to those of the contol group. After ultrasound irradiation combined with liposome membrane microbubbles, the expression of F-actin, β-tubulin and vimentin were reduced along with the simultaneous changes in microfilaments, microtubles and intermediate filaments array. Conclusions Ultrasound irradiation combined with liposome membrane microbubbles can induce significant changes in cytoskeleton structure of VSMCs cultured in vitro.