Objective To investigate the effect of tunor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) antagonist treatment and traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs treatment on the quality of life of male patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).Methods In 42 patients with AS open-label study,patients were grouped after consent,and divided into the TNF-α antagonist treatment group and the non-TNF-α antagonist treatment group.All patients were treated for 4 months.The clinical and laboratory indexes and quality of life changes were analyzed before and after the treatment.T test,Pearson's correlation analysis were used for statistical analysis with software version 13.0.Results There were no significant differences in age,disease course,disease activity and the quality of life between the two groups before treatment.Disease activity and the quality of life of the two groups after treatment were improved compared with that of before treatment.After treatment,the Bath ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index (BASDAI) score [(1.9±1.6) scores,(3.0±1.3) scores,t=-2.429,P=0.020],erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) [(9±6) mm/1 h,(18±17) mm/1 h,t=-2.286,P=0.031] and C reactive protein(CRP) levels [(18±21) mg/L,(62±85) mg/L,t=-2.258,P=0.035] of the TNF-α antagonists treatment group decreased significantly than those non-TNF-α antagonist treatment group,while the hemoglobin (Hb) levels [(143±15) g/L,(138±18) g/L,t=2.545,P=0.015] were significantly increased in TNF-α antagonist treatment group.The improvement extent of quality of life was more evident in TNF-α antagonists treatment group,such as,the average score [(72± 15) scores,(55±19) scores,t =3.254,P=0.002].The average degree of improvement in quality of life and BASDAI score,Bath ankylosing spondylitis functional index (BASFI) score were negatively related to the improvement in the TNF-α treatment group (r=-0.497,P=0.018; r=-0.558,P=0.007).Conclusion TNF-α antagonist treatment can not only improve the AS disease activity,but can also improve the quality of sexual life of male patients,which may direct affect on male reproductive system.

Objective To identify the clinical features and risk factors of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD).Methods The clinical and laboratory data of 595 patients with RA hospitalized in Chaoyang Hospital.550 cases of patients were performed pulmonary high-resolution CT examination.Risk factors were analyzed with logystic regression analysis.Results ① There were 237 (39.8％)patients with RA-ILD.13.5％ of RA-ILD occurred before the dia-gnosis of RA,69.7％ of RA-ILD occurred within ten years after the diagnosis of RA,16.8％ of RA-ILD occurred more than ten years after the diagnosis of RA.② The most common manifestations of HRCT were reticular opacity (57.8％),pleural thickening (57％),ground-glass opacity (53.2％),followed by septal thicke-ning,nodules,bullae,cellular-like changes and bronchiectasis.③ Pleural disease,bronchiectasis,pulmonary hypertension in RA patients were associated with RA-ILD.④ Compared with the RA-N-ILD patients,RA-ILD patients had a higher proportion of male patients,higher rate of smoking,older mean age at onset,shorter duration,more swollen joints higher levels of lactate dehydrogenase,globulin,erythrocyte sedimentation,C-reactive protein and rheumatoid factor,the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).The forced vital capacity,forced expiratory volume in one second,carbon monoxide diffusion rate was lower,the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).Logistic regression analysis showed that age,smoking,elevated lactate dehydrogenase,RF-positive rate were relevant factors of RA-ILD.Conclusion ILD is common in RA,and most of it occurrs within ten years after the diagnosis of RA,and often coexists with other lung disease.Age,smoking,elevated lactate dehydrogenase,RF-positive rate

Objective To investigate and analysis the prevalence rate of hospital infection and community infection,and to reduce the incidence of hospital infection.Methods First we investigated hospitalized patients in September 9,2013 by two ways which in-clude bedside investigation and reviewing the medical records;and then described the prevalence case of infection and the usage of antimicrobial agent by descriptive approach.Results Seven hundred and seventy patients were investigated with the rate of 100.00%;18 patients were hospital infection cases,the infection rate was 2.34%;most of the hospital infection cases was occur in lower respiratory tract;228 patients were community infection cases.The infection rate was 29.61%;the primary affected areas of community infection were respiratory and gastrointestinal tract;the structure of hospital infection pathogens were almost the same with the community infection,most of them were G- bacteria;186 patients were used antimicrobial agent in that day,the usage rate was 24.16%.Conclusion Promoting the managements of high risk departments and susceptible affected areas,making relevant rules of operation are the focus of our works in the future.

Objective To explore the relationship between osteopontin (OPN),its downstream product thrombin-cleaved osteopontin (NTOPN) and radiographic changes in osteoarthritis (OA).Methods The levels of OPN and NTOPN in serum and synovial fluid were tested by enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA) kit in 22 OA patients and 21 health controls.The correlation between the above parameters and clinical data such as radiology changes of OA patients was analyzed.Results The serum level of OPN in the OA group was positively correlated with C reactive protein (CRP) (r =0.574,P =0.005).The serum level of OPN in the OA group was slightly lower than that in the healthy control group [(1.8 ± 0.5) μg/L vs (1.7 ± 1.1) μg/L,P ＞ 0.05].Similarly,the serum level of NTOPN in the OA group was significantly higher than that in control group [(21.1 ± 11.7) μg/L vs (14.7 ± 3.6) μg/L,P ＜ 0.05].Meanwhile,serum NTOPN level in female patients was significantly higher than that in male patients [(23.2 ± 11.80) μg/L vs (11.1 ± 4.9) μg/L,P ＜ 0.05].In synovial fluid of OA group,the level of OPN was (7.75 ± 2.33) μg/L,NTOPN was (0.91 ± 0.49) μg/L and the ratio of NTOPN/OPN was 0.12 ± 0.08.The level of OPN of synovial fluid in the OA group was positively correlated with CRP (r =0.574,P =0.005).NTOPN-to-OPN ratio of synovial fluid in the OA group was positively correlated with Kellgren-Lawrence grade (r =0.535,P =0.022).Conclusions The serum level of OPN is correlated with severity of inflammation in the OA patients.Meanwhile,NTOPN-to-OPN ratio of synovial fluid is correlated with OA severity.As a downstream bioactive product of OPN,NTOPN may play an important role in OA pathogenesis.Whether these parameters can be used as predictors of joint lesion severity and inflammatory status is worth further study.

Objective To establish a high-performance liquid chromatography method for determination of mycophenolic acid in human plasma.Methods The method was performed with C18 column(3.9mm?300mm).The mobile phase consisted of 40mmoL/L TBA solution-acetonitrile adjusted to pH 4 with orthophosphoric acid(55∶45,V∶V),with a flow rate 0.8mL/min.The UV detection wavelength was 254nm.Plasma samples were extracted with methanol.Results The linear concentration of the calibration curve ranged from 0.8 to 51.45mg/L(r=0.9998).The relative recoveries were between 95.5% and 109.2%,and the extraction recoveries were more than 90%.Relative standard deviation(RSD) of intraday and interday assays were both less than 10%.Conclusion The method is proved to be reliable and simple for monitoring mycophenolic acid in human plasma and bioequivalence research.

Age of Onset ; Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Female ; Genes, BRCA1 ; Genes, BRCA2 ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Neoplasm Staging ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Receptors, Progesterone ; metabolism ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 ; metabolism

Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell ; metabolism ; pathology ; Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous ; metabolism ; pathology ; Carcinoma, Endometrioid ; metabolism ; pathology ; Carcinoma, Transitional Cell ; metabolism ; pathology ; Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous ; metabolism ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Humans ; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial ; classification ; metabolism ; pathology ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; classification ; metabolism ; pathology ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 ; metabolism ; WT1 Proteins ; metabolism

Objective To understand the basic situation of hospital infection ,relevant problems were collected so as to pro‐vide reference for making infection control program .Methods Infection data in 2013 was reviewed and input into database which was built by EpiData3 .0 ;the descriptive statistical method was used for the characters of clinical distribution of hospital infection and χ2 test was used for the rate comparison by the SPSS17 .0 software .Results Four hundred and thirteen hospital infection cases were found in 2013 and infection rate was 1 .2% ,which was higher in patients with malignant tumor .The main parts of hosipital in‐fection were respiratory and urinary system .Escherichia coli ,Pseudomonas aeruginosa ,Acinetobacter bacteria Bauman ,Staphylococ‐cus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae were the main pathogen in nosocomial infection .Conclusion The focus for future prevention and control work are to strengthen hospital infection training ,susceptible sites management ,and formulate relevant rules of opera‐tion .

Objective To investigate the clinical features of connective tissue diseases (CTD) related organizing pneumonia (OP). Methods The clinical and radiological features, therapy and outcome of 57 CTD-OP patients diagnosed by biopsy were retrospectively analyzed. T test, x2 test, Pearson/Spearmanˊs correla-tion analysis were used for statistical analysis with software version 15.0. Results CTD-OP accounted for 44% of all the OP. There were 36 cases (63%) with the initial clinical manifestation of OP in CTD-OP patients. The underling primary disease of CTDs included Sj?grenˊs syndrome (22, 38%), polymyositis/dermatomyositis (13, 23%), RA (13, 23%) and undifferentiated connective tissue diseases (9, 16%). At baseline, the clinical symptoms of cough and malaise [54% vs 83%, x2=7.749, P=0.005; 49% vs 71%, x2=4.007, P=0.045] were significantly lower in the CTD-OP patients than in the COP patients. The signs of moist rales and crackles (54% vs 32%, x2=4.160, P=0.041; 49% vs 27%, x2=4.529, P=0.033) were more common in the CTD-OP patients than in the COP patients. The TLC%, FVC% of the lung function reduced significantly in CTD-OP patients than in COP patients [(72 ±18)% vs (97 ±29)%, t=-2.475, P=0.027;(75 ±26)% vs (96 ±23)%, t=-2.174, P=0.039). The dosage of corticosteroids [(44 ±14) mg/d vs (37 ±10) mg/d, t=2.541, P=0.013] were significantly higher in the CTD-OP patients than in the COP patients. The complete recovery rate was slightly lower in CTD-OP than in COP (22% vs 29%, x2=0.384, P=0.483) with a tendency towards higher recurrence rate in CTD-OP (33% vs 14%, x2=4.007, P=3.958). Conclusion CTD-OP is probably the common cause of OP. OP can be the initial manifestation of CTD. The primary disease of the CTD-OP includes Sjogrenˊs syndrome, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, rheumatoid arthritis and undifferentiated connective tissue diseases. Compared with COP, CTD-OP patients may have milder clinical symptoms, but the more severe damage of the lung, the higher the recurrence rate, therefore, CTD-OP is worthy of more attention from rheumatologists.

Objective To study the clinical value of anti-ribosomal P0 protein antibodies (anti-P0). Methods Line immuno-assay and immunoblotting methods were used to detect anti-P0 and rRNP antibodies of 49 SEE patients and 61 patients with other rheumatic diseases.The expressions of anti-P0 were compared with those of rRNP antibodies.Possible relations between anti-P0 and clinical features and other antibodies in SLE were explored.Results 36.7%and 6.1% of SEE patients showed positive anti-P0 and rRNP antibodies respectively.Anti-P0 was always negative in patients with other rheumatic diseases (P＜0.01).Among SLE pa tients,incidence of skin rash was 77.8%(35.5%) ff anti-P0 was found to be positive (negative) (P＜0.05). Besides,for patients with positive and negative anti-P0,the chance of positive anti-SmD1 was 61.1% and 19.4% respectively (P＜0.01).Sensitiviy of anti-P0 for SLE diagnosis was 36.73% with specificity and positive predictive value as high as 100%,and 66.30% as the negative predictive value.Conclusion Sera anti-P0 is highly specific for SLE and it is associated with the occurence of rash and the expression of anti-StuD 1 anti bodies in SEE.