OBJECTIVETo establish a model of chronic periodontitis (CP) accompanied with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in SD rats and investigate the relationship between chronic periodontitis and COPD.

METHODSEqual gender SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups, A: control group, B: CP group, C: COPD group, D: COPD with CP group (n = 10, respectively). Each group was subjected to its predesigned intervention to establish a specific disease model. After 10 weeks, animals were sacrificed. The level of alveolar bone loss, lung function measurement, and the histopathological changes of periodontal and lung tissues were examined. The serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α level was detected by enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay kits.

RESULTSBleeding index (BI) levels of group A and C were (0.25 ± 0.04) and (1.30 ± 0.25), respectively. Attachment loss was (0.43 ± 0.02) and (0.51 ± 0.02) mm. BI levels in group B and D were significantly higher than those in group A and C. Forced expiratory volume in 0.2 second to forced vital capital ratio (FEV(0.2)/FVC) values in group B, C and D were significantly lower than that in group A. Pulmonary function were worse in group D than that in group C (P < 0.05). The levels of serum TNF-α, a sensitive indicator of both diseases, were increased in all test groups compared with the control, and increased most in group D.

CONCLUSIONSThe chronic periodontitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease model was established in SD rat. The chronic periodontitis may be a risk factor for promoting and inducing COPD.

Alveolar Bone Loss ; Animals ; Chronic Periodontitis ; Disease Models, Animal ; Forced Expiratory Volume ; Lung ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ; Rats ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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Humans ; Interferon-gamma* ; Pityriasis Rosea*

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Asian Continental Ancestry Group* ; Humans ; Psoriasis*

In addition to its well established role as a neurotransmitter, extracellular ATP has been considered as a paracrine/autocrine factor, either released from sperm or epithelial cells, in the male reproductive tract and shown to play a versatile role in modulating various reproductive functions. This review summarizes the signal pathways through which ATP induces anion secretion by the epithelia of the epididymis, as well as its epithelium-dependent modulation of smooth muscle contraction of the vas deferens. Finally, the overall role of ATP in coordinating various reproductive events in the male genital tract is discussed.
Adenosine Triphosphate ; physiology ; Animals ; Epididymis ; physiology ; Epithelium ; physiology ; Humans ; Male ; Muscle Contraction ; Muscle, Smooth ; physiology ; Signal Transduction ; Urogenital System ; physiology ; Vas Deferens ; physiology

OBJECTIVETo study endovascular treatment of DeBakey type I aortic dissecting aneurysm.

METHODSSeven patients with DeBakey I aortic dissecting aneurysms were treated. Diagnoses were confirmed by MRA, CT and angiography. The intimal tear entry was in the ascending aorta, 2.5 approximately 6.0 cm from the ostia of the coronary arteries, and 0.5 approximately 4.0 cm from the brachiocephalic trunk opening. Endovascular stent-grafts were deployed via a left common carotid artery (LCCA) approach in 2 cases and right femoral artery (RFA) approach in 5 cases. Prior to treatment, a left subclavicular artery (LSA)-LCCA shunt was established to ensure blood supply to the LCCA during surgery in 2 cases via LCCA approach, and a LSA-LCCA-right common carotid artery (RCCA) synthetic bypass was established to ensure blood supply to the brain in 2 cases in RFA approach.

RESULTSThe operative success rate was 100%. In 3 cases, endoleak persisted after the first stent was placed, but this was eliminated by placement of a second stent. All patients survived except one who died of acute massive hemorrhage from the upper gastrointestinal tract one month postoperatively. The false lumen in all 6 cases became thrombosed and no endoleak or new aortic dissecting aneurysms developed.

CONCLUSIONSEndovascular treatment of DeBakey type I aortic dissecting aneurysm is feasible, minimally invasive, and effective. Case selection depends on the distance of the coronary artery ostia from the tear entry.

Adult ; Aged ; Aneurysm, Dissecting ; surgery ; Aortic Aneurysm ; surgery ; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation ; methods ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures ; Stents ; Treatment Outcome

OBJECTIVETo explore the cause, urgent management, further treatment, outcome and prevention of internal carotid artery (ICA) injury during transnasal endoscopic surgery.

METHODSFive ICA injury happened during transnasal endoscopic surgery of sphenoidal sinus and (or) sellar region, involving 1 case of traumatic optic neuropathy, 1 case of sphenoidal cyst, 1 case of fungal sphenoid sinusitis, 1 case of sellar adenoid cystic carcinoma and 1 case of pituitary tumor. These five cases were from three different hospitals in 1990 - 2009, and the clinical data were collected and retrospectively reviewed.

RESULTSInjury of ICA was related with improper anatomic localization and operative procedures. The locations of injury were in cavernous segment in 3 cases, lacerum segment in 1 case, and clinic segment in 1 case, respectively. The types of injury included 3 cases of bleeding of laceration, 1 case of carotid cavernous fistula and 1 case of pseudoaneurysm. Salvage sphenoid sinus packing with vaseline strip and subsequent intravascular stent graft implantation (2 cases) and endovascular embolization (2 cases) effectively controlled bleeding. Four cases were successfully treated without craniocerebral or ocular complications, only 1 case died of massive blood loss. Among 4 survival cases, 1 patient abandoned further therapy, the other 3 patients were cured of primary disease by reoperation or subsequent treatment.

CONCLUSIONPreoperatively, reading carefully the imaging data, intraoperatively, identifying anatomical positions accurately, performing proper operation, and stopping bleeding decidedly, postoperatively, seeking interdisciplinary cooperation to repair vascular damages, all these procedures can effectively reduce the surgical risk of ICA injury.

Adolescent ; Aged ; Carotid Artery Injuries ; etiology ; prevention & control ; surgery ; Carotid Artery, Internal ; Endoscopy ; adverse effects ; methods ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nose ; surgery ; Retrospective Studies

OBJECTIVETo study the techniques and therapeutic effects of endovascular stent-graft exclusion in aortic dissection and dissecting aneurysm.

METHODSThe clinical data of 20 cases with aortic dissection and(or) dissecting aneurysm were analysed. Stanford A dissection was found in 2 cases, in which one had a tear entry on ascending aorta. Stanford B dissection was found in 18 cases. Five patients had two or more tear entries in different sites. Endovascular polyester-covered stent-graft exclusion was performed in all cases, of which, one case was also given fenestration and graft replacement and one subjected to Y graft bypass from ascending aorta to the left common carotid artery and left subclavian artery before endovascular stent-graft exclusion.

RESULTSNo one died in operation. One patient died of heart infarction on the third day after operation. During the followup of 1 - 20 months, 19 patients were alive well (95%). The aortic dissections and(or) dissecting aneurysms of all the patients disappeared without endoleaks and organ or limb ischemia.

CONCLUSIONEndovascular stent-graft exclusion with high successful rate, low mortality and high survival rate, is simple, safe and effective in treating aortic dissection and dissecting aneurysm.

Adult ; Aged ; Aneurysm, Dissecting ; surgery ; Aortic Aneurysm ; surgery ; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation ; methods ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Stents ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To evaluate the risk of hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection among preschool children who were the non-responders to hepatitis B vaccine in future. Methods A prospective cohort study was conducted. Children aged 2 to 5 years were selected from 64 kindergartens.These children were inoculated three doses of hepatitis b vaccine at 0, 1 and 6 months after birth. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)and Hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs)were detected during the period from March to May 2015. The children who were HBsAg negative were enrolled in the study. The subjects were divided into exposure group (anti-HBs negative) and control group (anti-HBs positive) . The follow-up began on June 1, 2015 and ended on June 1, 2016. Serum HBsAg of children in the cohort was then collected and detected from June 1 to 30, 2016. At the end of the study, the HBsAg positive rates between two groups were compared. Results 83 children who received hepatitis B vaccine again during the follow-up period were excluded from 1 907 non-responders. The actual number in non-responders group was 1 824. 151 children were lost at the end of the study. The actual number of follow-up was 1 673 and 5 children were found to be positive for HBsAg and the infection rate was 0.30% (5/1673). In the respondent goup, 2 054 were enrolled and followed. Finally, 140 children were lost and none of the remaining 1 914 people were HBsAg positive at the end of the study. HBsAg positive rate was higher in the non-responder group than in the responder group (P=0.023). Conclusion There is a risk of HBV infection in the children who are non-responders to hepatitis B vaccine in future.

Objective To analyze the characteristics of adult anomalous aortic origin of coronary artery(AAOCA)and the causes of missed diagnosis by transthoracic echocardiography(TTE)so as to facilitate TTE in diagnosing adult AAOCA.Methods A total of 37 adult patients with AAOCA diagnosed by non-invasive coronary CT angiography(CCTA)and/or invasive coronary angiography(ICA)were selected as research samples at some hospital from January 2019 to December 2022,and their clinical symptoms and the findings of 12-lead electrocardiogram,cardiac enzymes and TTE were summarized;the patients were typed according to the site of origin of coronary artery anomalies,and the causes for the missed diagnosis of TTE were eplored.Chi-square test was used to compare the differences in TTE missed diagnoses.Results Of the 37 patients,31 ones had no or only mild symptoms;most ones had negative results in terms of 12-lead electrocardiography,cardiac enzymes,changes in the size of the cardiac chambers,segmental ventricular wall motion abnormalities and left ventricular systolic function.The patients with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from left sinus(ARCA-L)gained the largest proportion of 59.45％(22/37);21 patients were diagnosed with anomalous origin of coronary artery arising from the opposite sinus(ACAOS)in the two examinations of TTE,of whom there were 19 cases of ARCA-L,and the detection rate of ACAOS by TTE was 87.5％;all the 13 patients origins in branches and high-grade openings were missed by TTE.The detection rate of ACAOS by TTE was significantly higher than that of coronary artery anomalies originating in branches and in high openings,and the difference was statistically significant(21/24 vs 0/13,P＜0.001).Conclusion Most adult AAOCA patients lack specificity in symptoms and related examination results.TTE has a high detection rate of ACAOS,while it is easy to miss the diagnosis of coronary artery anomalies originating from branches and high openings.Ultrasonographers have to identify false negative AAOCA by multi-section and multi-angle scanning and color Doppler flow imaging in order to reduce the rate of missed diagnosis.[Chinese Medical Equipment Journal,2024,45(1):71-75]

BACKGROUNDPlasma transfusion is a common clinical practice. Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) protects organs against ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. Whether preconditioned plasma (PP), collected at late phase after RIPC, could protect organs against IR injury in vivo is unknown. This study explored whether transfusion of PP could reduce myocardial infarct size (IS) after IR in rat in vivo.

METHODSEighty Lewis rats were randomized to eight groups (n = 10 for each group). Two groups of plasma donor rats donated plasma at 48 h after transient limb ischemia (PP) or control protocol (nonpreconditioned plasma [NPP]). Six groups of recipient rats received normal saline (NS; NS-IR 1, and NS-IR 24 groups), NPP (NPP-IR 1 and NPP-IR 24 groups), or PP (PP-IR 1 and PP-IR 24 groups) at one or 24 h before myocardial IR. Myocardial IR consisted of 30-min left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery occlusion and 180-min reperfusion. The area at risk (AAR) and infarct area were determined by double-staining with Evans blue and triphenyltetrazolium chloride. IS was calculated by infarct area divided by AAR. This was a 3 × 2 factorial design study, and factorial analysis was used to evaluate the data. If an interaction between the fluid and transfusion time existed, one-way analysis of variance with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons was used to analyze the single effects of fluid type when the transfusion time was fixed.

RESULTSIS in the NPP-IR 1 and PP-IR 1 groups was smaller than in the NS-IR 1 group (F = 6.838, P = 0.005; NPP-IR 1: 57 ± 8% vs. NS-IR1: 68 ± 6%, t = 2.843, P = 0.020; PP-IR 1: 56 ± 8% vs. NS-IR 1: 68 ± 6%, t = 3.102, P = 0.009), but no significant difference was detected between the NPP-IR 1 and PP-IR 1 groups (57 ± 8% vs. 56 ± 8%, t = 0.069, P = 1.000). IS in the NPP-IR 24 and PP-IR 24 groups was smaller than in the NS-IR 24 group (F = 24.796, P< 0.001; NPP-IR 24: 56% ± 7% vs. NS-IR 24: 68 ± 7%, t = 3.102, P = 0.026; PP-IR 24: 40 ± 9% vs. NS-IR 24: 68 ± 7%, t = 7.237, P< 0.001); IS in the PP-IR 24 group was smaller than in the NPP-IR 24 group (40 ± 9% vs. 56 ± 7%, t = 4.135, P = 0.002).

CONCLUSIONTransfusion of PP collected at late phase after remote ischemic preconditioning could reduce IS, suggesting that late-phase cardioprotection was transferable in vivo.

Animals ; Blood Component Transfusion ; methods ; Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial ; methods ; Male ; Myocardial Infarction ; etiology ; prevention & control ; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury ; complications ; Plasma ; Rats