Objective To study the feasibility of joint phototherapy in the treatment of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation and non-drug therapy in clinical popularization value of 1064 nm Qswitched laser in combination with low energy intense pulsed noncoherent light for secondary pigmentation.Methods A total of 128 patients with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation were randomly divided into 3 groups according to different treatments:first group (42 cases) was subjected to low energy 1064 nm Q-switched laser treatment;second group (40 cases) had intense pulsed light treatment;third group (46 cases) had low energy 1064 nm Q-switched laser plus intense pulsed light therapy.Results After treating for 6 times,the effective rates of intense pulsed light and Q laser were 50％ (20/40) and 52.4％ (22/42),respectively,without statistical significance between two groups (P＞0.05).Effective rate of the third group was 73.9％ (34/46),with significant difference (P＜0.05),compared with the first two groups.Conclusions For those who refuse any drug treatment,low energy 1064 nm Q-switched laser with intense pulsed light therapy is an effective option to facial postinflammatory hyperpigmentation.Furthermore,it has obvious and safe effect without complications and deserves popularization.

Objective To establish an animal model of high-iodine and low-protein in Wistar rats,and to observe the effect of combined excess-iodine and low-protein diet on growth,metabolism and morphological changes in thyroid.Methods According to body weight[(110 ± 10)g] and sex(half male and half female),one hundred and ninety-two Wistar rats,1 month after weaning,were randomly divided into ① normal iodine control group (NI),② 10-fold excess-iodine group (10HI),③ 50-fold excess-iodine group (50HI),④ 100-fold excess-iodine group (100HI),⑤ low-protein control group (LC),⑥ low-protein and l 0-fold excess-iodine group (L10HI),⑦low-protein and 50-fold excess-iodine group (L50HI),⑧ low-protein and 100-fold excess-iodine group(L100HI).Twenty-four rats were in each group,with the experimental period of 6 months.The iodine content of NI and LC groups was 4.65 μg/d; 10HI,50HI and 100HI groups were 46.50,232.50 and 465.00 μg/d,respectively.The animal's body weight,water and feed consumption were recorded weekly.At the end of 60,120,180 days,urine and blood samples were collected from eight rats in each group.Urinary iodine was tested by arseni cerium catalytic spectrophotometry; serum iodine was tested by the method of chloric acid.Histological change of the thyroid gland was observed by transmission electron microscopy and hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining at the end of 6 months; apoptosis of thyroid was tested by terminal-deoxynucleoitidyl transferase mediated nick end labeling (TUNEL) method.Results At the end of 4,8,16,18,22 and 24 weeks,the differences of body mass of rats among groups were statistically significant(F =4.26,3.75,4.98,4.09,3.28,3.95,all P ＜ 0.05).At the end of 60,120,180 days,the differences of iodine concentration in urine and blood among groups were statistically significantly (H =5.37,6.03,all P ＜ 0.05).Light microscopy showed that thyroid follicular epithelial cells became flattened,and follicles became distended with colloid following increasing of iodine concentration.Electron microscopy showed increased glial vesicles,condensation of nuclear chromatin,karyopyknosis,and karyolysis with increasing of iodine concentration.The differences of apoptotic indexes among groups were statistically significant (F =4.59,P ＜ 0.01).The apoptotic indexes of L50HI and L100HI groups [(21.50 ± 5.20)‰,(26.70 ± 6.40)‰] were higher than those of 50HI and 100HI groups [(11.20 ± 4.30)‰,(19.40 ± 4.80)‰,P ＜ 0.01 or ＜ 0.05].Conclusion Excessiodine and low-protein can cause growth retardation,abnormal iodine metabolism,and thyroid follicular epithelium damage in Wistar rats.

Objective:To compare two digital methods of quantitatively accessing the degree of facial asymmetry by three-dimensional data.Methods: The three-dimensional data of 20 subjects were got by the FaceScan, and then were input to the reverse engineering software Imageware 13.0 and Geomagic 12 .Their mirror data were acquired and superimposed with the original data by the methods of interactive closest points ( ICP) and Procrustes analysis ( PA) .The mid-sagittal planes of the two methods were ex-tracted respectively, the degree of facial asymmetry and the distance of 21 automatic landmarks to mid-sagittal plane were calculated and compared.Results:The paired t test was taken and t=1.346, P=0.193.Conclusion:We can safely come to the conclusions that for the subjects with no evident facial asymmetry, there are no significant difference between the PA and the ICP methods for extracting the mid-sagittal plane from three-dimensional data.

Objective To study and evaluate the ability of allogeneic bone marrow stromal cells(BMSCs) to survive and regenerate bone in muscles without using immunosuppressive agents. Methods A complete mismatch between donor BMSCs and recipient rabbit was confirmed by one way mixed lymphocyte reaction assaysprior to implantation. And then bone marrow aspirates were obtained from donor rabbits.BMSCs were isolated from the bone marrow, cultured in conditional medium to be ubdyced to become osteogenic, and then to examine these characteristics. After that the donor BMSCs were transplanted into the recipient rabbits. Immunological tests such as lymphocyte transformation rate and cell mediated cytotoxity, histological observation, seeding cells survival and bone formation were performed following transplantation. Results Allogeneic BMSCs transplantation did not actually elicit an adverse immune response, and bone regenerated at the transplantation area, and then the transplanted BMSCs marked with BRDU preoperatively were founded to be living 8 weeks later after transplantation using immunohistochemistric technique. Conclusion Allogeneic BMSCs would not elicit an adverse immune response in vivo without the immunosuppressive therapy, which could survive and form new bone tissue with the help of BMP-2 in the muscles.

Objective To explore the application value of real-time shear wave elastography (SWE) technique in diagnosing and staging of chronic viral hepatitis B and hepatic fibrosis and to establish Young's modulus reference range for diagnosing and staging of hepatic fibrosis.Methods Forty-eight patients with chronic hepatitis B and fifty-eight healthy adults were enrolled and their Young's modulus values of S5 and S6 segments of liver were measured.Histopathologic examination was performed on 48 patients with chronic hepatitis B.Comparative analysis was conducted between the pathological findings and Young's modulus values,by means of which Young's modulus reference range for diagnosis and staging of hepatic fibrosis was obtained.Results There was significant difference in Young's modulus values of S5 and S6 segments of liver between chronic hepatitis B group and the normal control group (P＜0.05).Young's modulus values of S5 and S6 segments of liver in chronic hepatitis B group were (11.7 ± 2.9) kPa and (12.1 ± 3.2) kPa respectively,which were significantly higher than those in the normal control group,(5.7 ± 1.1) kPa and (5.8 ± 1.3) kPa respectively.Significant differences of Young's modulus values were detected in every staging of hepatic fibrosis (P＜0.05).S5 segment of liver Young's modulus values in S0-S4 stages were (5.8 ± 2.2) kPa,(7.3 ± 1.9) kPa,(10.3 ± 2.8) kPa,(10.3 ± 2.8) kPa,and (25.3 ± 3.6) kPa,respectively.S6 segment of liver Young's modulus values in S0-S4 stages were (5.7 ± 2.3) kPa,(9.2±2.1) kPa,(10.5±2.1) kPa,(14.7±4.5) kPa,and (26.1 ±2.1) kPa,respectively.Young's modulus value of the liver rose with the increase of S stage.Conclusion SWE technique can establish the Young's modulus reference range for hepatic fibrosis stage.Besides,it features high sensitivity,specificity and accuracy.

Objective The goal of this study is to understand the function of FKBP51 in resistant to high fat diet-induced obesity using FKBP51 knockout ( KO) mice and in vitro adipocyte differentiation.Methods Four-week old male FKBP51 KO and wild type ( WT) mice were fed separately with regular or high fat diet for 6 weeks.The body weight and food consumption were recorded weekly, the energy expenditure differences ( O2 consumption, CO2 production, respiratory exchange ratio, and heat production) of each group were monitored using the MM-100 metabolism cages system for 24 hours, then the liver from the above animals were stained with the Oil red-O to detect the lipid accumulation and the expression of metabolic genes.In addition, induction of adipocyte differentiation of immortalized MEF cells from WT and FKBP51 KO mice were used to observe the effect of FKBP51 gene on lipogenesis.Results Compared to WT mice, FKBP51 KO mice has less weight increment, and less lipid accumulation in the liver, but with no difference on food consumption during high-fat diet fed.Moreover, FKBP51 KO mice exhibited more O2 consumption, CO2 production and heated production under both RD and HF diet conditions.The PEPCK, G6Pase and UCP-1 genes up-regulation.In addition, lipid content was reduced in FKBP51 gene deficient MEF cells after adipocyte differentiation.Conclusions The FKBP51 gene plays an important role in high fat diet-induced obesity through the energy metabolism enhancement and lipogenesis inhibition.

Objective:To evaluate the actual measurement accuracy of 2 three-dimensional(3D)facial scanners for real person. Methods:3D digital face models of 1 0 volunteers with normal ficial form were obtained by 3dMD and FaceScan facial scanners respec-tively.The measurement values of 1 0 feature lengths and 5 feature angles were measured on each 3D model by the software respective-ly.The reference values of all characteristics were acquired by line laser scanner (Faro)with high accuracy.Statistical and surveying analysis were taken between the measurement values and reference values.Facial morphology measurement error and actual accuracy of facial scanners were obtained finally.Data were statistically analysed.Results:The length measurement accuracy of 3dMD and FaceS-can was(-0.37 ±0.68)mm and (-0.29 ±0.53)mm(P =0.223),the angle measurement accuracy was (-0.22 ±2.1 4)°and (0.1 2 ±2.69)°(P =0.428),respectively.Conclusion:The 3D data of ficial morphology obtained by the 2 scanners are not signifi-cantly different.

Objective To investigate the value of cytokines in bile combined with clinical indices in predicting the degree of liver injury after liver transplantation. MethodsA total of 16 patients undergoing liver transplantation who were hospitalized in Center of Organ Transplantation, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, from January to December 2018 were enrolled, and according to the level of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) on day 1 after surgery, the patients were divided into mild liver injury (ALT ＜500 U/L) group with 10 patients and severe liver injury (ALT ＞500 U/L) group with 6 patients. Bile samples were collected on days 1, 3, 5, and 7 after surgery, and MILLIPLEX assay was used to measure the levels of 17 cytokines. R software was used to perform principal component analysis (PCA) of bile cytokines and clinical indices and gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of bile cytokines. The two-independent-samples t-test was used for comparison of normally distributed continuous data between two groups; The Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of non-normally distributed continuous data between two groups. A Spearman correlation analysis was performed to evaluate the correlation between clinical indices and bile cytokines. ROC curve analysis was used to evaluate the predictive value of cytokines in bile and clinical indices for liver injury after liver transplantation. ResultsCompared with the mild liver injury group, the severe liver injury group had significantly higher expression levels of bile Fractalkine (Z=-2.828, P=0.003), soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) (Z=-2.850, P=0.008), interleukin-4 (Z=-2.398, P=0.017), CXCL10 (Z=-2.475, P=0.023), and macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (Z=-1844, P=0.043). The correlation analysis showed that on day 1 after liver transplantation, aspartate aminotransferase, ALT, and lactate dehydrogenase were positively correlated with the levels of several cytokines in bile (all P＜0.05). The area under the ROC curve of Fractalkine, sCD40L and AST were 0.933 (0.812-1.000), 0.833 (0.589-1.000) and 0.917 (0.779-1.000), respectively, suggesting that AST and Fractalkine and sCD40L in bile on the first day after liver transplantation have significant predictive value for liver injury. The results of PCA showed that bile cytokines combined with clinical indices on day 1 after liver transplantation could better distinguish the patients with mild liver injury from those with severe liver injury. GO analysis showed that bile cytokines were associated with positive feedback regulation of external stimulus, cell chemotaxis, receptor ligand activity, cytokine activity, and cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction. ConclusionFractalkine and sCD40L in bile can predict the degree of liver injury after liver transplantation.

Objective To investigate the role of protein O-linked mannose β1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 1 (POMGnT1) in the pathogenic process of Alzheimer's disease (AD).Methods The expression of POMGnT1 gene was examined in AD model cells (N2a/amyloid-precursor protein (APP) 695swe,n=3) and N2a/wt cells (n=3) using real-time PCR and Western blotting.This expression was also examined in AD model mice (APP/PS1,n=3) and wild-type mice (n=3) using immunofluorescence staining.Amyloid β-protein (Aβ) were examined in POMGnT1-gene-knockout mice (n=3) and wild-type mice (n=3) using immunochemistRy.Results The expression of POMGnT1 gene decreased in mRNA and protein levels in N2a/APP695swe cells compared to N2a/wt cells (mRNA:0.80±0.02 vs 1.00,t=10.52,P＜0.01;protein:0.50±0.02 vs 1.31±0.04,t=18.64,P＜0.01).Immunofluorescence results showed the reduced expression of POMGnT1 protein in neurons of APP/PS1 mice.Immunochemistry results showed more Aβ deposits in POMGnT1-gene-knockout mice (2 months old:0.358±0.014 vs 0.048±0.001,t=22.58,P＜0.01;1 year old:0.266±0.004 vs 0.229±0.003,t=7.771,P=0.002).Conclusion These findings suggest POMGnT1 gene may play an important role in the pathogenic process of AD.

Objective To identify mutations in the NEMO gene in a family with incontinentia pigmenti.Methods Clinical data were collected from the proband,and peripheral blood samples were obtained from the proband,her parents and 200 healthy controls.Multiplex PCR was performed to detect heterozygous deletion of exons 4-10 of the NEMO gene in the blood samples of the proband and her parents.Then,PCR was performed to amplify exons 2,3-10 of the NEMO gene in all the blood samples,and all exons in the gene coding region and their flanking sequences were subjected to DNA sequencing.DNA was extracted from paraffin-embedded lesional tissue of the proband's father,and PCR was performed to amplify exon 10 of the NEMO gene and its flanking sequence followed by DNA sequencing.Results The deletion of exons 4-10 of the NEMO gene was undetected in the peripheral blood of the proband or her father.Sanger sequencing showed that there was a heterozygous mutation c.1236dupA in exon 10 of the NEMO gene in the peripheral blood of the proband,which led to a mutation in amino acid residues (p.H413fs*7).The c.1236dupA mutation was not found in the peripheral blood of the proband's parents,while a mosaic mutation c.1236dupA was detected in the DNA from lesional tissues of the proband's father.Conclusion The mutation c.1236dupA in the NEMO gene may be the underlying cause of incontinentia pigmenti in the proband and her father.