Objective To investigate the percentage of CD5-positive B cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMC) of patients with chronic HCV infection and its clinical significance.Methods The expression of CD5 molecule on B cell surface was detected by flow cytometry and HCV RNA copies were detected by real-time PCR.Results The percentage of CD5+-B cells significantly increased in the patients with chronic HCV infection(58.4%?9.8%) compared with healthy controls(22.5%?5.9%)(P

Objective: To study the clinical therapeutic characteristics of myasthenia gravis (MG) with hyperthyroidism and the effects of surgical procedures for the patients. Methods:Subtotal thyroidectomy,thymectomy,and simultaneous subtotal thyroidectomy and thymectomywere performed on eleven patients with MG and hyperthyroidism. These patients were followedup after the operation. Results :The neck incisions were infected in two of seven type Ⅱ b patientsdue to trachestomy and the infected incisions were surgically healed. The MG symptoms of threecases (1 cases in type Ⅱ. and 2 cases in type Ⅱ b) relapsed in 3 to 6 months after subtotal thy-roidectomy. The MG symptoms of 2 cases (1 case in type Ⅱa and 1 case in type Ⅱ b) relapsed in 8to 12 months after thymectomy. Among six patients treated by simultaneous subtotal thyroidecto-my and thymectomy,the MG symptoms relapsed in a type I case 3 months after the operation,remitted in three case (1 case in type Ⅱ, and 2 cases in type Ⅱb) and improved in two type Ⅱ bcases since the operations. Conclusion:The simultaneous subtotal thymectomy and thyroidectomyfor patients with MG and hyperthyroidism might have better effects,although infective opportuni-ty of the neck incisions increased owing to trachestomy. However,the prognostic effects were notvery satisfactory whether simple subtotal thyroidectomy or thymectomy for the patients with MGand hyperthyroidism was performed.

Objective To analyze the dTP value in the patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) complicating diabetes mellitus (DM) and its relationship with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and rehospitalization.Methods Two hundreds and seventy CHD patients were selected as the research subjects,including 136 cases of non-MD and 134 cases of DM.Their clinical condition was recorded.The indicators such as height,body mass,blood pressure and heart rate were measured.ECG,echocardiography,coronary angiography and other examiantions were carried out.The various indicators were detected.11-dh-TXB2 and 6-k-PGF1a levels were detected in the two groups and then dTP value was calculated.The 1-year follow-up was performed,MACE and rehospitalization were recorded.Epdate software was used for building a database and SPSS 17.0 software was applied for conducting the statistical analysis.Results The dTP level in the f non-DM and DM patients were 1.8 ± 0.6 and 2.0 ± 0.7 respectively,the difference was statistically significant (P＜ 0.05).For the non-DM CHD group,hs-CRP,systolic blood pressure,diastolic pressure,lesions number and severe lesions number were correlated with dTP level(P＜0.05).For the complicating DM CHD group,hs CRP,blood glucose,CHO level,lesions number and severe lesions number were correlated with dTP level(P＜0.05).After 1-year follow-up,MACE had 33 cases (24.3％) in the non-DM group and 44 cases (32.8％) in the DM group respectively,the difference was not statistically significant (P＞0.05).The rehospitalized cases had 12 cases (8.8％) in the non-DM group and 24 cases (17.9 ％).in the DM group respectively,the difference was statistically significant (P＜ 0.05).The dTP levels of MACE occurrence and non-MACE occurrence were 2.3 ± 0.8 and 1.8 ± 0.6 respectively,the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).The dTP levels of rehospitalized patients and non-rehospitalized patients were 2.4 ± 1.0 and 1.9 ±-0.6 respectively,the difference was statistically significant(P＜0.05).Conclusion The dTP level in the patients with CHD complicating DM is significantly increased,suggesting that platelet is obviously activated,moreover higher dTP level increases the risk of MACE and rehospitalization.So the anti-platelet therapy should be strengthened.

Objective To analyze Clopidogrel Resistance (CR) and influencing factors of coronary heart disease (CHD) with diabetes (DM) patients and evaluatc the relationship of CR and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and readmission of CHD with DM patients.Methods 270 CHD patients were enrolled.Clinical conditions of CR were measured by adenosine diphosphate (ADP) induced maximum platelet aggregation rate (MPAR).After 1-year follow-up,MACE events and rehospitalization were recorded.Results CR of NDM and DM patients were 45 (33.1％) and 78 cases (58.2％) respectively,and the difference was significant (P ＜ 0.001).Factors of CR of CHD DM patients included heart rate,TG level,the number of severe coronary artery disease.MACE events of CS and CR patients were 35 (23.8％) and 47 patients (38.2％) respectively,and the difference was significant (P =0.010).The readmitted patients of CS and CR groups were 15 cases (10.2％) and 27 patients (22.0％) respectively,and the differcnce was significant (P =0.008).The MACE of CR and CS patients in DM group were 32 (41.0％) and 12 cases (21.4％) respectively,and thc difference was significant (P ＜ 0.05).The Readmitted cases of CR and CS patients in DM group were 19 (24.4％) and 5 (8.9％) respectively,and the diffcrcnce was significant (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions CR of CHD DM patients increased significantly.The influencing factors of CR of CHDDM are including heart rate,TG level,the number of severe coronary artery disease.MACE events and rehospitalization rate were significantly increased in CHD patients with DM AR.Therefore,it should be further strengthened the anti-platelet therapy for CHD patients with DM.

Background:Inflammation-based indexes have been used to predict survival and recurrence in cancer patients.Systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) was reported to be associated with prognosis in some malignant tumors.In the present study,we aimed to explore the association between SII and the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer.Methods:We retrospectively analyzed data from 444 gastric cancer patients who underwent gastrectomy at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University between January 1994 and December 2005.Preoperative SII was calculated.The Chi square test or Fisher's exact test was used to determine the relationship between preoperative SII and clinicopathologic characteristics.Overall survival (OS) rates were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method,and the effect of SII on OS was analyzed using the Cox proportional hazards model.Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to compare the predictive ability of SII,NLR,and PLR.Results:SII equal to or higher than 660 was significantly associated with old age,large tumor size,unfavorable Borrmann classification,advanced tumor invasion,lymph node metastasis,distant metastasis,advanced TNM stage,and high carcino-embryonic antigen level,high neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio,and high platelet-lymphocyte ratio (all P ＜ 0.05).High SII was significantly associated with unfavorable prognosis (P ＜ 0.001) and SII was an independent predictor for OS (P =0.015).Subgroups analysis further showed significant associations between high SII and short OS in stage Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ subgroups (all P ＜ 0.05).SII was superior to NLR and PLR for predicting OS in patients with gastric cancer.Conclusion:Preoperative SII level is an independent prognostic factor for OS in patients with gastric cancer.

Objective To explore the protective effect of Xionggui Decoction against cardiac myopathy in a mouse model of heart failure following myocardial infarction(MI)and explore the underlying mechanism.Methods We searched TCMSP,GeneCards,and CTD databases for the targets of active ingredients Xionggui Decoction and heart failure,and the intersecting targets were analyzed with GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis using DAVID database.In a mouse model of heart failure following acute MI induced by coronary artery ligation,the cardiac protective effects of 3 g/kg Xionggui Decoction were evaluated by assessing cardiac function,cardiac myopathy and ventricular remodeling of the mice using HE staining,Masson staining,RT-qPCR,and immunohistochemistry.We also tested the effect of Xionggui Decoction at 50 and 100 μg/mL on tert-butylhydrogen peroxide(TBHP)-induced apoptosis of H9C2 cells using CCK8 assay,detection kits for ROS,MDA,SOD,JC-1 and Hoechst 33342/PI staining.Results Network pharmacological analysis identified 62 potential targets of Xionggui Decoction for treatment of heart failure,and the core targets included PTGS2,ESR1,caspase-3,PPARG,HSP90AA1,BCL2,JUN,and GSK3B,which were involved in cell apoptosis and the AGE-RAGE,P53,PI3K-Akt,and VEGF signaling pathways.In the mouse models of heart failure,treatment with Xionggui Decoction significantly alleviated cardiac myopathy and ventricular remodeling,obviously improved heart function of the mice,lowered myocardial expressions of caspase-3 and BAX,and enhanced the expression of BCL2.In H9C2 cells,Xionggui Decoction significantly alleviated TBHP-induced cell apoptosis by inhibiting oxidative stress in the cells.Conclusion Xionggui Decoction can alleviate myocardial injury and improve cardiac function in mice with heart failure following acute MI possibly by inhibiting cardiomyocyte apoptosis induced by oxidative stress.

Objective To explore the protective effect of Xionggui Decoction against cardiac myopathy in a mouse model of heart failure following myocardial infarction(MI)and explore the underlying mechanism.Methods We searched TCMSP,GeneCards,and CTD databases for the targets of active ingredients Xionggui Decoction and heart failure,and the intersecting targets were analyzed with GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis using DAVID database.In a mouse model of heart failure following acute MI induced by coronary artery ligation,the cardiac protective effects of 3 g/kg Xionggui Decoction were evaluated by assessing cardiac function,cardiac myopathy and ventricular remodeling of the mice using HE staining,Masson staining,RT-qPCR,and immunohistochemistry.We also tested the effect of Xionggui Decoction at 50 and 100 μg/mL on tert-butylhydrogen peroxide(TBHP)-induced apoptosis of H9C2 cells using CCK8 assay,detection kits for ROS,MDA,SOD,JC-1 and Hoechst 33342/PI staining.Results Network pharmacological analysis identified 62 potential targets of Xionggui Decoction for treatment of heart failure,and the core targets included PTGS2,ESR1,caspase-3,PPARG,HSP90AA1,BCL2,JUN,and GSK3B,which were involved in cell apoptosis and the AGE-RAGE,P53,PI3K-Akt,and VEGF signaling pathways.In the mouse models of heart failure,treatment with Xionggui Decoction significantly alleviated cardiac myopathy and ventricular remodeling,obviously improved heart function of the mice,lowered myocardial expressions of caspase-3 and BAX,and enhanced the expression of BCL2.In H9C2 cells,Xionggui Decoction significantly alleviated TBHP-induced cell apoptosis by inhibiting oxidative stress in the cells.Conclusion Xionggui Decoction can alleviate myocardial injury and improve cardiac function in mice with heart failure following acute MI possibly by inhibiting cardiomyocyte apoptosis induced by oxidative stress.

Plasticity in the glutamatergic synapses on striatal medium spiny neurons (MSNs) is not only essential for behavioral adaptation but also extremely vulnerable to drugs of abuse. Modulation on these synapses by even a single exposure to an addictive drug may interfere with the plasticity required by behavioral learning and thus produce impairment. In the present work, we found that the negative reinforcement learning, escaping mild foot-shocks by correct nose-poking, was impaired by a single in vivo exposure to 20 mg/kg cocaine 24 h before the learning in mice. Either a single exposure to cocaine or reinforcement learning potentiates the glutamatergic synapses on MSNs expressing the striatal dopamine 1 (D1) receptor (D1-MSNs). However, 24 h after the cocaine exposure, the potentiation required for reinforcement learning was disrupted. Specific manipulation of the activity of striatal D1-MSNs in D1-cre mice demonstrated that activation of these MSNs impaired reinforcement learning in normal D1-cre mice, but inhibition of these neurons reversed the reinforcement learning impairment induced by cocaine. The results suggest that cocaine potentiates the activity of direct pathway neurons in the dorsomedial striatum and this potentiation might disrupt the potentiation produced during and required for reinforcement learning.